[3] But the third sort [of Divine Service], which the true type of Evangelical Order should embrace, must not be celebrated so publicly in the square amongst all and sundry. Those, however, who are desirous of beingChristians in earnest, and are ready to profess the Gospel with hand andmouth, should register their names and assemble by themselves in some houseto pray, to read, to baptize and to receive the sacrament and practise otherChristian works. In this Order, those whose conduct was not such as befitsChristians could be recognized, reproved, reformed, rejected, orexcommunicated, according to the rule of Christ in Matt. xviii. Here, too, ageneral giving of alms could be imposed on Christians, to be willingly givenand divided among the poor, after the example of St. Paul in 2 Cor. ix. Herethere would not be need of much fine singing. Here we could have baptism andthe sacrament in short and simple fashion: and direct everything towards theWord and prayer and love. Here we should have a good short Catechism aboutthe Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer. In one word, if weonly had people who longed to be Christians in earnest, Form and Order wouldsoon shape itself. But I cannot and would not order or arrange such acommunity or congregation at present. I have not the requisite persons forit, nor do I see many who are urgent for it. But should it come to pass thatI must do it, and that such pressure is put upon me as that I find myselfunable with a good conscience to leave it undone, then I will gladly do mypart to secure it, and will help it on as best I can. In the meantime, Iwould abide by the two Orders aforesaid; and publicly among the people aid inthe promotion of such Divine Service, besides preaching, as shall exercisethe youth and call and incite others to faith, until those Christians who aremost thoroughly in earnest shall discover each other and cleave together; tothe end that there be no faction-forming, such as might ensue if I were tosettle everything out of my own head. For we Germans are a wild, rude,tempestuous people; with whom one must not lightly make experiment inanything new, unless there be most urgent need. Well, then: in the name ofGod. The first requisite in the German system of Divine Worship is a good,plain, simple, and substantial Catechism. A Catechism is a form ofinstruction by which heathen, desirous of becoming Christians, are taught andshown what they are to believe, to do, to leave undone and to know inChristianity. Hence mere learners who were admitted to such instruction, andwere acquiring the rudiments of the Christian faith before their baptism werecalled catechumens. This instruction or information I know no better way ofputting than that in which it has been put from the beginning of Christianitytill today: I mean, in those three articles of the Ten Commandments, theCreed, and the Lord's Prayer. In those three articles is contained, plainlyand briefly, all that a Christian needs to know.