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 234 THE HISTORY OF BAERENGTON. ers of the Barrington Sunday School were the pastor. Rev, Luther Wright, Deacon Kent Brown, Deacon Joshua Bicknell, Jabez Heath, George Gladding, Mary Bos- worth, Mary R, Bullock, Eliza Martin, Permilla Paine, Sally Tiffany, Elizabeth W. Allin, and Nancy Viall. It was during Mr. Wright's ministry that the Church adopted Articles of Faith, though a Covenant had been used by the Congregational Churches of New England from the first settlement. The following are the Articles of Faith and Covenant of the Church, adopted July 19, 1817. There is no record that a creed had been established prior to this time. They are in substantial agreement with the Churches of this order throughout New England at that day : THE ARTICLES OF FAITH, and The Covenant of THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH in Barrington, R. I. Articles of Faith. 1. I believe there is one only living and true God, the Creator, Pre- server, and Governour of all things. 2. I believe the apostacy of our first Parents, the depravity of the human heart, and the ruined condition of mankind by sin. 3. I believe that God, in compassion to the fallen children of men, in pure mercy, provided a Saviour for them. 4. I believe the Lord Jesus Christ to be the only Saviour of a guilty world, that he is both the Son of God and the son of man; and, that he is the onl}' mediator between God and man. 5. I believe in the Holy Ghost as the sacred agent, who enlightens the mind, and purifies the heart of men; and, in the necessity of his influence, to bring us out of a state of sin into a state of grace.