Q. Is there any form of words in which Christians express the principles of their belief?

A. Yes the Apostles' Creed, which was composed in the second century after the death of Christ.

Q. Is the Apostles' Creed binding upon the consciences of Christians?

A. All creeds, written by men are liable to There is no creed which is binding except

error.

the New Testament.

Q. What then are the conditions of Church fellowship?

A. A hearty repentance for all sins, a sincere forsaking of them, and an earnest purpose to conform the character to the precepts and spirit of the Gospel.

Q. Repeat the Apostles' Creed?

A. 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; the third day he arose 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 living and the dead.

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

Q. What do you mean by the holy Catholic Church?

A. The universal church, composed of believers in Christ, who live in all parts of the earth, and worship God in various forms.

Q. What do you mean by the resurrection of the body?

A. I mean that we shall live again in a body, which God will give us, made like unto Christ's most glorious body, free from disease and pain, and imperishable.

PART II.

Q. DOES the Bible teach us what God is?
A. Yes; it teaches us that he had no begin-

ning, and can have no end; that he is God from everlasting to everlasting; that he is the only God, and beside him there is none other; that he has no equal, and that the Lord our God is one God.

Q. What does the Bible teach us of the attributes of God?

A. It teaches us that he is omnipotent, holy, pure, righteous, just, merciful, wise, omniscient, long suffering, forgiving transgression and sin. Q. What does God require of us?

A. That we should deal justly, love mercy, and walk humbly before him.

Q. Has God given us any positive commandments which we are to obey?

A. Yes; he gave ten commandments to the children of Israel, and we, also, are required to comply with the spirit of them.

Q. What is the first commandment?

A. Thou shalt have no other gods but me.
Q. What is the second commandment?

A. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the

water under the earth; thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them; for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, and show mercy unto thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Q. What is the third commandment?

A. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain.

Q. What is the fourth commandment?

A. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day; six days shalt thou labor and do all thou hast to do, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, in it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man servant, and thy maid servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

Q. What is the fifth commandment?

A. Honor thy father and mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Q. What is the sixth commandment?
A. Thou shalt do no murder.

Q. What is the seventh commandment?
A. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Q. What is the eighth commandment?
A. Thou shalt not steal.

Q. What is the ninth commandment?

A. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Q. What is the tenth commandment?

A. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife; nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his OX, nor his nor anything that is his.

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Q. How did our Saviour sum up these commandments?

A. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.

And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, On these two