The Christian, maturing. A Young Christian must not be left, as soon as the Pastor is persuaded of his conversion, or has carried him forward to a profession. There is a special danger in our Church of considering Confirmation an end of the matter. The way of life is to be travelled only step by step, each step in advance of the rest. Right principles are to be inculcated.
Graces are to be cultivated.
Holy habits are to be formed. Understanding of the Gospel is to be enlarged. The work of the Holy Spirit is to be chiefly dwelt upon, representing Him as author, helper, and guide in all that is good. Sanctification is to be explained to be a process going on steadily, sometimes, indeed usually, with reverses, but steadily, and on the whole being growth. The Young Christian.