26 MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION. 



The Sacraments of Baptism and Holy Commu- 

 nion — A Ministry of Three Orders — The Rite of 

 Confirmation — The Observance of the Lord's Day — 

 The use of Liturgical forms in public worship. 



It is not said that these are all the points which 

 could be noted as features of the Church in apos- 

 tolic days, but they are the most prominent, and 

 serve to identify it, as it has continued to exist 

 down through the ages since then. 



It is not said, either, that there is any positive 

 command on the part of our Lord, that all of these 

 features are necessary to the existence of .the 

 Church, but-Js we find them so early and so uni- 

 versally appearing, and as for age after age they 

 continued to be part of it, wherever planted, we 

 have reason for thinking that they were agreeable 

 to Bis will. 



