That while the ministers and people thus remain together in this holy order and Christian communion, each one endeavoring to do the will of God in their calling, and thus to walk in the obedience of faith Christ has promised to be present with them, to bless and defend them against all adversary power, and that the gates of hell shall not prevail against them.¹

1. Deuteronomy 28:1ff.; Psalms 125:2; 132:12–13ff.; Zechariah 2:5; 12:2–4; Matthew 16:18; 28:20; Luke 12:35–38 ↩︎