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Minister.

_At Private Baptism of Children._--(1) Observe what the service is.
See the third rubric at the beginning of the Office, and what follows
(page 251).

(2) Note what is directed, after the FORM OF BAPTISM, as to the public
reception of the child privately baptized (page 252).

(3) Note the conditional FORM provided for use in cases of doubt (page
256).

(4) Observe that the MINISTRATION OF BAPTISM and the receiving into the
Church may be combined (page 257).

_At the Baptism of Adults._--(1) What has been pointed out, in
connection with the BAPTISM OF INFANTS, in reference to the people
standing until the LORD'S PRAYER, the saying of the THANKSGIVING after
the EXHORTATION, and the use of a conditional FORM (page 265) in cases
of reasonable doubt, applies also to the BAPTISM OF ADULTS.

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(2) Observe what may be done when necessity may require the baptizing
of adults in private houses. See the second rubric at the end of the
Office (page 265).

(3) Observe that the Office of Infant Baptism and that of Adults may be
conjoined. The service, however, involves so much difficulty and
repetition that it is not often used. Third rubric (page 265).

_At Confirmation._--Observe that the congregation are to stand until
the LORD'S PRAYER.

_At Marriages._--(1) Note that the Prayer-Book calls the service the
"Solemnization" of Matrimony. The company present are there as
witnesses and to ask God's blessing upon the marriage. While,
therefore, they may bring into the church gladsome hearts on such an
occasion, they should guard against levity. They should behave with
reverence, attend to the service, say the Amens to the prayers, and
conduct themselves with the same regard for the place, and for the
sacredness of the act, as they would at any other service.

(2) The congregation should stand throughout the service, the bride and
bridegroom only kneeling for the prayers and the BLESSING.

_At the Communion of the Sick._--(1) Note the order of the service.
See the latter part of the {102} rubric at the beginning of the
service, and the first and third rubrics following the GOSPEL (page
293).

(2) Note permission given in the last rubric following the GOSPEL.

_At Burials._--(1) Note that one or both of the SELECTIONS OF PSALMS
may be used (page 294).

(2) Note the permission given for additions to the service (page 298).

(3) Observe that the response, "Christ, have mercy upon us," is to