Lord's Supper, insist on the observance of your human laws, and yet, at
the same time, do not take the least interest in teaching the people the
Lord's Prayer, the Creed, the Ten Commandments, or any other part of the
word of God. Woe unto you!

Wherefore I beseech you in the Name of God, my beloved brethren, who are
pastors or preachers, to engage heartily in the discharge of the duties
of your office, to have mercy on the people who are entrusted to your
care, and to assist us in introducing the Catechism among them, and
especially among the young. And if any of you do not possess the
necessary qualifications, I beseech you to take at least the following
forms, and read them, word for word, to the people, on this wise:--

In the first place; let the preacher take the utmost care to avoid all
changes or variations in the text and wording of the Ten Commandments,
the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, the Sacraments, etc. Let him, on the
contrary, take each of the forms respectively, adhere to it, and repeat
it anew, year after year. For young and inexperienced people cannot be
successfully instructed, unless we adhere to the same text or the same
forms of expression. They easily become confused, when the teacher at
one time employs a certain form of words and expressions, and, at
another, apparently with a view to make improvements, adopts a different
form. The result of such a course will he, that all the time and labor
which we have expended will be lost.

This point was well understood by our venerable fathers, who were
accustomed to use the same words in teaching the Lord's Prayer, the
Creed, and the Ten Commandments. We, too, should follow this plan when
we teach these things, particularly in the case of the young and
ignorant, not changing a single syllable, nor introducing any variations