For as much as Almighty God, by His grace, has been pleased to call us out of darkness into His light, and having been baptized upon a profession of our faith in Christ Jesus, and having given ourselves to the Lord and one another in a gospel church way, to be governed and guided by a proper discipline agreeable to the Word of God,

We do covenant together, by the help of God, to keep up the discipline of the church of which we are members, in brotherly affection toward each other. To watch over one another, and if need be, in the most tender and affectionate manner, to reprove one another, and not to be whispering and backbiting.

We agree, with God’s assistance, to attend our church meetings and not absent ourselves from the communion of the Lord’s Supper without lawful excuse. To be ready to communicate to the defraying of the church expenses and for the help of the Ministry. Not to irregularly depart from the fellowship of the church, or to remove to the bounds of distant churches without a regular letter of dismission, and placing it in the church where we reside.

We do agree to keep sacred these things by the help of God.

AMEN

December 4, 1897