The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-04
81 Book Of Special Forms and Services
far Preybytarans.

Following is a description of a Book
of Special Forms and Services as re-
ported by the committee of the Vino
ma assembly for the voluntary use Of
the Presbyterian churches.
The book as now submitted contains
forms and services for the following
occasions:
Morning and evening worship on
| the Lords day.
Public worship on land or sea
/ (where there are no regular church
ordinances).
The Lords supper.
The baptism OF infants.
The baptism of adults.
The reception of those baptized in
infancy to the Lords supper
The soiemnizatiOn of marriage.
The burial of the dead.
The ordination Of q minister. And
a treasury of prayers for general and
special uses.
Your committee desire to call at
tention by way of Illustration 10 Ger
tain points which may help to mako
clear the spirit and purpose of the
book.
Morning and Evening Services.
There is considerable room for vari-
: a.on within the general order. as much
as is compatible with practicable
unity The forms aS printed SuggeSt
an ORDER which seems generally 2d-
NISabic- The rubFics make provision
/ for such modification as may be de-
sired IN 2Iy church. In all the pray
{ eTS II IS ieit TO the minister's diScre-
I tton whether he viii use any Of the
forms given in the book or not. For
J the long prayer in morning service "a
{ general ruoric Is given. according To
the directory for Worship. which the
minister may follow ia his own words
or he may use one or more of the
/ forms which are arranged for his con-
VenieuCe in The Urea Sury of PRAYERS
/ Fer the principal prayer in the evening
I service a brief comprehensive form
/ is given. (iess than five minutes long,
+ which may be used as it stands, or TAX
: en- as a model
! Sacramento Services.
/ These services embody. in the ad-
! dresses, prayers ana TubTiCs, the in
/ struCti0ns given IN the Westminster
| Directory for Worship and the amend
1 ed Directory for Worship Of orr own
/ church. Passag es from the Confession
of Faith, the Larger CateChism- and
1 John Knox's Book of Common Order
! are carefully wrought into the service.
/ The faith of the Reformed church in
/ regard to the sacraments Is expressed
! in the language of devotion
! The Lords Supper is presented not
[ as Z sacrifice offered by a priest, but
/ as our cOmmemoration of ChTiSt's sac.
1 rifice offered once for all upon the
| cross The oblatiOn of the sacrament
/ is our Offering of praise to God for
4 this great gift. and the conservation
| Of ourselves. through Christ, according
| to the holy scripture. The last prayer
/ of the service Is d petition for holy
/ living. for the prosperity of the church
/ for the success of missions, for the
/ salvation of the lost, and for the heav-
/ emily fuIfllment of the communion Of
| saints. The faithful and reverent pres
] entation of such thoughts in the com
muniOn service must tend to make il
! not only more comforting. but also
more strengthening, to all who take
/ part in it
1 THE order for the baptism of adults
/ is made on similar principles. and II
( is so arranged that at q certain point
/ ii may be combined with the service
/ for the rece ption of those baptized in
/ infancy to the communion Thus the
/ covenant relation OF baptized children
| to the church is emphasized. and at
the same time an orderly method Is