_At the Baptism of Infants._--(1) Note that the general congregation and the company at the Font are all to stand until the LORD'S PRAYER.
(2) Note the permission given to shorten the service. The Minister shall say, "Hear the words of the Gospel," etc., or else pass immediately to the { 100} questions addressed to the sponsors, provided that "in every church the intermediate parts of the Service shall be used, once at least in every month, (if there be a baptism,) for the better instructing of the People in the grounds of Infant Baptism."
(3) Observe that the THANKSGIVING following the EXHORTATION upon the words of the GOSPEL is to be said by all, the people joining with the Minister.
_At Private Baptism of Children._--(1) Observe what the service is. See the third rubric at the beginning of the Office, and what follows (page 251).
(2) Note what is directed, after the FORM OF BAPTISM, as to the public reception of the child privately baptized (page 252).
(3) Note the conditional FORM provided for use in cases of doubt (page 256).
(4) Observe that the MINISTRATION OF BAPTISM and the receiving into the Church may be combined (page 257).
_At the Baptism of Adults._--(1) What has been pointed out, in connection with the BAPTISM OF INFANTS, in reference to the people standing until the LORD'S PRAYER, the saying of the THANKSGIVING after the EXHORTATION, and the use of a conditional FORM (page 265) in cases of reasonable doubt, applies also to the BAPTISM OF ADULTS.
(2) Observe what may be done when necessity may require the baptizing of adults in private houses. See the second rubric at the end of the Office (page 265).
(3) Observe that the Office of Infant Baptism and that of Adults may be conjoined. The service, however, involves so much difficulty and repetition that it is not often used. Third rubric (page 265).
_At Confirmation._--Observe that the congregation are to stand until the LORD'S PRAYER.
_At Marriages._--(1) Note that the Prayer-Book calls the service the "Solemnization" of Matrimony. The company present are there as witnesses and to ask God's blessing upon the marriage. While, therefore, they may bring into the church gladsome hearts on such an occasion, they should guard against levity. They should behave with reverence, attend to the service, say the Amens to the prayers, and conduct themselves with the same regard for the place, and for the sacredness of the act, as they would at any other service.