Part IV: Appendix

Chapter 1—Historical Statements

Section 1—Excerpt from Indiana Discipline

B. Advices to Ministers and Elders

1. Let all, in their testimonies, be cautious of using unnecessary preambles, and of asserting too positively a divine impulse; the baptizing power of truth accompanying their words, being the true evidence.

2. Let all read the Holy Scriptures frequently, and be careful neither to misquote nor misapply them.

3. Let ministers be careful how they enter upon disputed points in their testimony; or of making such objections as they do not clearly answer.

4. Let all be cautious of interrupting the solemnity of meetings, by unnecessary additions towards the conclusion.

5. Let all be careful not to hurt their service by tones, avoiding all affectation, and those gestures, which do not comport with Christian gravity.

6. And, lastly, let all dwell in that which gives ability to labor successfully in the Church of Christ, adorning the doctrine they deliver to others, being examples of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.