The following church covenant, written in 1790, was drawn up by the Baptist Church in Horse Fair, Stony Stratford, Bucks, England. Every church would indeed be a little bit of heaven on earth if its members would observe this precious and godly agreement. We whose names are underwritten do now declare that we embrace the Word of God as our only guide in matters of religion, and acknowledge no other authority whatever as binding upon the conscience. Having, we hope, found mercy at the hands of God, in delivering us from the power of darkness, and translating us into the Kingdom of His dear Son, we think and feel ourselves…