Excerpt from Minister's Pocket Ritual: A Hand-Book of Scripture Lessons and Forms of Service, for Marriages, Baptisms, Confirmations, Receiving Candidates Into the Church, the Lord's Supper, the Visitation of the Sick, the Burial of the Dead, the Laying of Corner-Stones, Dedications, Etc
And so in regard to Baptism and the Lord's Supper: in some instances there will be plenty of time, and a somewhat full and formal service will be desirable. In other cases, either for want of time. Or for other reasons, it is important that the service be brief, though at the same time appropriate. And so in regard to the visitation of the sick, and the burial of the dead services need to be varied as circumstances are varied.
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