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The following is a list of questions father Reeves used to prepare his class for their quarterly examination by the traveling minister
"My Dear Brother, -- You will be asked in the first place, whether you believe that all mankind are fallen, and are become sinners?
The answer is, Gen. vi, 5; Isaiah i, 4-6; Mark vii,21-23.
You will be asked whether it is needful that a sinner should repent, and what repentance is?
Luke xiii, 5; xxiv, 47; Acts v, 31; xvii, 30.
Also, What would you say to a poor sinner who should cry out, 'What must I do to be saved?'
The answer is, John i, 29; Acts xvi, 31.
You will be asked, whether Christ died for all men?
The answer is, Heb. ii, 9; i Tim. ii, 4-6; Acts x, 34, 35.
You will be asked, How is a sinner justified, and what text of Scripture you would give to prove it?
You may find an answer, Rom. v, 1; lii, 2831.
You will be asked, What is sanctification?
You may givea Scriptural answer, Matt. xxii, 37.
And by what means a believer is sanctified?
Take Acts xv, 9; I John i, 9. The promise of sanctification is found in Ezekiel xxxvi, 25, 26.
You will be asked, whether it is possible to lose it and finally fall?
The answer is, i Tim. i, 19; Heb. x, 26, 27, 38; 2 Peter ii, 2022; Heb. vi, 4-6.
You will be asked, whether you believe in the general resurrection, and the day of judgment?
The answer is, John v, 29; Acts xxlv, 15.
And whether you believe in eternal punishment?
Matt. xxv, 46; Mark ix, 43; Rev. xiv, ii.
You will be asked, whether that the Holy Ghost is God?
The answer is, Acts v, 3, 4."
Father Reeves might have added other questions, but these show how alive he was to the reputation of any who had been his members.
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