Having given ourselves to God, we now give ourselves to
His church and covenant with it and with each other, as also with God:
I. That we will forsake all unrighteousness, even the
appearance of evil. We will abstain from all questionable pursuits and
pleasures; we will forego all hurtful habits; we will avoid all evil
associations.
II. That we will follow earnestly after righteousness and
true holiness in the fear and love of God. We will seek first the
kingdom of God and His righteousness trusting that all needful and
helpful things will be added to us; we will seek entire consecration to
God; we will live a life of prayer; we will seek the constant abiding of
the Divine Life within us; and we will be satisfied only when we have
evidence that we please God and are accepted of Him.
III. That we will faithfully improve all the means of
grace. We will attend and support the services of the church, the
preaching, the social services, the business meetings; we will
contribute freely of our means for the advancement of the Gospel; and we
will cooperate with our brethren in every enterprise having for its end
the glory of God and the salvation of men.
IV. That we will be Christ-like in our deportment. We
will be tender and affectionate toward each other; we will be careful of
each other’s reputation, thinking no evil and backbiting not with our
tongues; we will return good for evil; we will be just and honest,
truthful and honorable in all our dealings; we will do unto others as we
would be done by; we will be meek, loving and forgiving as we desire and
hope to be forgiven.
V. That we will be faithful Christian workers. We will
do whatever Christian work comes to hand, shunning no cross, shirking no
duty; we will even seek opportunities to do good, glorify God and save
souls; we will study to win our associates, our neighbors, our families,
all whom we may influence, to become Christians; we will count it more
than our meat and our drink, more than all things else, to do the will
of our Father in Heaven, to lead souls from sin and death, and lead them
to God and heaven.
VI. That when we remove from this place we will, as
soon as possible, unite with another church where we can continue to
live by the Spirit of this Covenant and the principles of the Bible.