Having given ourselves to God by faith in Jesus Christ, and adopted the word of God as our rule of faith and
practice, we now give ourselves to one another by the
will of God in this solemn covenant.
We
promise by His grace to love and obey Him in all things,
to avoid all appearance of evil, to abstain from all
sinful amusements and unholy conformity to the world,
from all sanction of the use and sale of intoxicating
beverages and to provide things honest in the sight of
all men. We agree faithfully to discharge our
obligations in reference to study of the scriptures,
secret prayer, family devotions, and social worship and
by self-denial, faith and good works endeavor to grow in
grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ.
We
will not forsake the assembling of ourselves together
for church conference: public worship and the observance
of the ordinances of the Gospel, nor fail to pay
according to our ability for the support of the church,
of its poor, and all its benevolent work. We agree to
accept Christian admonition and reproof with meekness
and to watch over one another in love, endeavoring to
keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace, to
be careful of one another's happiness and reputation,
and seek to strengthen the weak, encourage the
afflicted, admonish the erring, and as far as we are
able promote the success of the church and of the
Gospel.
We
will everywhere hold Christian principle sacred and
Christian, obligations and enterprises supreme; counting
it our chief business in life to extend the influence of
Christ in society; constantly praying and toiling that
the Kingdom of God may come, and His will be done on
earth as it is in heaven.
To
this end we agree to labor for the promotion of
education and denominational enterprises, the support of
Missions, the success of Sunday schools, and
evangelistic efforts for the salvation of the World.
And may the God of peace sanctify us wholly, and
preserve us blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ.