...in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then shall the Priest say, WE receive this child into the congregation of Christ's...crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against kin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's...

...those who object to the beautiful symbol of the liquid cross marked on the brow of the baptised, " in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to...faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end;" — they who stiffen the neck and knee, when an assembled congregation presses, as it were, into the...

...that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to tight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the...Priest say, SEEING now, dearly beloved brethren, that Mis child is regenerate and grafted into the body of Christ's church, let us give thanks unto Almighty...

...in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then shall the priest say, WE receive this child into the congregation of Christ's...priest say, SEEING now, dearly beloved brethren, that this child it regenerated and grafted into the body of Christ's church, * Here the priest shall make...

...brow in baptism is a token, as is well expressed in the office for that sacrament in our church, " that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess...faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end." It is lamentable that we should be more unwilling to enrol ourselves under the banner of Christ, and...

...exactly harmonizes that noble description of the Christian warrior, which immediately follows : ' That he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ...faithful soldier, and servant, unto his life's end.' It is unquestionable, that, by God's blessing on early religious education, and, especially, on the...

...Thus, in Baptism we retain the sign of the cross, only expressly adding, that we sign the baptized with the sign of the cross,* in token that hereafter...banner against sin, the world, and the devil ; and the forehead we sign with this mark, the forehead being the seat of confident expression and determined...

...choice — unprepared to enlist with all your heart under the banner of the Cross, henceforward " not to be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified,...and the devil ; and to continue Christ's faithful soldiers and servants unto your life's end." Once more I say, You have a Choice to make. Will you be...

...preserve thy soul from becoming a prey to the enemy. " We receive this person (said your Initiator) into the congregation of Christ's flock : and do sign...faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end." Therefore, thou shalt never walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor...

...the holy Trinity. The minister then receives him into the congregation of Christ's flock, and signs him " with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter...faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end." The custom of signing the forehead with the sign of the cross appears to be very old, and is said to...