Excerpt from The Ceremony of Confirmation, as Practiced by the English Church, Tried by the Word of God: In a Letter to the Rev. J. G. Geddes, Episcopal Minister, Hamilton This vow having been made, the Bishop lays his hand upon the heads of those children and young persons, and (distress ing to aflirm) without any knowledge of their previous char acter - without any genuine mark of personal religion, thus addresses the heart-searching Jehovah concerning them Almighty and everlasting God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants by water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins! L! And lest this should not suffice, he certifies them, as he lays his hand upon their heads, by that sign of God's favor and gracious goodness towards them. He does this, notwith standing the 25th article of the English church says, that this observance has not any visible sign or ceremony ordained of God but has grown of the corrupt following of the Apostles. He does it in the absence of scriptural authority or evidence of the persons being in a state of grace. 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.