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.