A Catechism.

ation" though not instituted by Christ, is administered by the ceremony of imposition of hands on the head of each person, with prayer for the grace of the Holy Spirit, as used by the Apostles( Acts 8. 12-17).

Question.

WHAT is your name?

N. or M.

Answer.

Q. Who gave you this name?

A. My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism; wherein

I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an in­heritor of the kingdom of heaven.

Q. What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for you? A. They did promise and vow three things in my name: First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. Secondly, that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith. And Thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.

Q. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe, and to do, as they have promised for thee?

A. Yes, verily; and by God's help so I will. And I heartily thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my life's end.

Catechist.

Rehearse the Articles of thy belief.

Answer. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of

heaven and earth:

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was con­ceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he de­scended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead, he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrec­tion of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. 469