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160 sin, and subjects of eternal punishment. Gen. 1: 27. Rom. 5: 12,19. Gen. 6: 5. Ps. 14: 1,3.

We believe that the only way of salvation from this state of guilt and condemnation, is through the righteousness and atonement of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who, as the Savior of his people, confers upon all those who repent and believe in him, all blessings, temporal, spiritual, and eternal; and that it is the duty of all men to repent and believe. Luke 19: 10. John 3: 16. Rom. 3: 24, 25. Rom. 8: 32. Acts 17: 30.

We believe that all who are ever brought to repentance and faith in the Gospel, were chosen in Christ unto salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth; that repentance is produced by the efficacious grace of God; and that it is the duty of every believer to strive for sanctification. Eph. 1: 4, 5. 2 Thess. 2: 13. 1 Pet. 1: 2. Philip. 2: 13. 2 Tim. 1: 9. James 1: 18. 1 Thess. 4:3. 5: 23.

We believe that all who are renewed by the Holy Ghost, are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. John 10: 28, 29. Philip. 1:6. 1 Pet. 1: 5.

We believe that the	first day of the week, called the Lord's Day, ought to be	kept holy as the Christian Sabbath. Exodus 20: 8. Rev. 1: 10. Acts 20: 7.

We believe that the only proper subjects of Baptism and the Lord's Supper are believers; that Baptism is properly administered only by emersion, and is, by scriptural example, a prerequisite to admission to the Lord's Table. Mark 16: 16. Acts 8: 36—39. John 3: 23. Rom. 6: 3,4, Col. 2: 12. 1 Pet. 3: 21.