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Rh The visit is made prior to the Communion meetings, and it is thought best that two should go together and go from house to house. The importance of this visit cannot be overestimated, and therefore it should be made with great care, taking time enough at each house, when practicable, to have a season of worship with the family.

As a guide to the character of the visit the following form of questions has been submitted:

1. Are you still in the faith of the Gospel, as you declared when you were baptized?

2. Are you, as far as you know, in peace and union with the church?

3. Will you still labor with the Brethren for an increase of holiness, both in yourself and others?

4. Liberty should be given to members to bring anything they may desire to, and which they may think the good of the church requires, before the visiting brethren.

After all the members have been visited, the deacons, or those who make the visit, report what they have found, or the condition of the members, at a church-meeting appointed for the purpose and to make the