sary and ^ood to us for what is past, forasmuch as we can find out according to the upright proof to put it down, also first and successively to put down the annotations in this book by one of our members of Jesus Christ, whom we judge to be able and to possess tire knowledge thereto, to put rightly and successively what will come to our knowledge and experience, that which we can find out with truth as will follow.

The volume itself is divided into eight special books, the last of which contains the previous memoranda abbreviated and concluded for the accommodation of the kind reader.

The first hook contains the first memorandum of the yearly ministry of the word of God and the holy sacraments, as also the salary for each journey, per year and date as noted.

In the second book is registered the names of the members of Jesus Christ, who after Christian examination and exhortation have disposed themselves to receive the Lord's holy communion. In the third book of the church memorandum are also registered the names from year to year of the election of elders and deacons to be accepted and confirmed thereto, the year and date, with the addition of the resigning elders and deacons after they will have served two years.

The fourth book contains the names of the baptized children, together with the names of their respective parents, also the names of the witnesses, and in what year and month, <fcc.