Excerpt from The Constitution of the Reformed Church in the United States: Approved by the General Synod of Allentown, May, 1905, Adopted by the Classes, Declared Adopted by the General Synod of York, May, 1908 Art. 3. Those baptized in infancy shall be received into full communion with the Church by confirmation, and unbaptized adults by baptism and confirmation. In both cases they shall first receive proper instruction in the truths of the gospel and give satisfactory evidence of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.