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Excerpt from The Apostolic Rite of Confirmation: Being the Substance of Two Sermons Preached Before His Congregation, on Sunday, January 27, 1867 The doctrine of Baptisms and laying-ou-oi-hands. Heb. Vi. 2. We have come, my Brethren, for the first time, in our new parish, to a season when the Rite of Confirmation is about to be administered. Although from its frequency - a happy improve ment on bygone days - people seem now somewhat better informed than hitherto Of its nature and its Obligations, yet it is Obviously the duty Of your Minister not to let so important an event in our church-proceedings pass by without the notice it deserves. Besides this, it were only what may be expected by those, who, as parents Of families, are interested in the Christian profession Of the younger members, who, we presume, have been brought up in the nurture and admonition Of the Lord, as well as by the young persons themselves, some of whom may now be 'hesitating, and shrinking from coming forward to avow their determination to be for ever the servants and sogdiers Of the lord jesus christ it were only, I say, what may be expected from your minister that he should explain the meaning of the Ordinance, state the authority on which it rests, and enforce its obligations on ail who have not yet been partakers of its benefits. To these points may be added a few remarks regarding the zdtfi'erences of its administration in the various branches Of the Catholic Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.