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Excerpt from Fulfilling the Law; Baptism; Blessed Are the Meek; The Seventh Commandment; The Question of Enemies; Love Envieth Not; The Church Manual: Articles Republished From the Christian Science Periodicals The subject of religious ordinances is fre quently referred to by those Who are ih terested in Christian Science, adversely or other wise, and the neophyte is often called upon to give a reason for his changed views concerning Baptism and the Communion. With respect to the former, We find it first mentioned in the Bible as the distinguishing feature of John the Baptist's ministry. There is a tradition that his father, Zacharias, an Officiating priest, was slain at the altar (luke xi. Because of his re fusal to give up his child in Obedience to Herod's cruel edict which condemned to death all the infants in Judaea in order to kill the child Jesus. John was, however, hidden by his mother, it is said, in the desert, where he lived the life of an ascetic up to the time of his public ministry, which was cut short by his violent death for daring to rebuke Herod's immorality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.