Believing it is the elders ' responsibility to ensure that participants do not " eat and drink judgment to themselves " ( as mentioned in I Corinthians 11: 27-34 ) they require those who would participate to make themselves known to the Kirk Session before the service begins.

Believing that the Second Coming of Christ would occur during their lifetimes, the Harmonists contented to live simply under a strict religious doctrine, gave up tobacco, and advocated celibacy.

Believing that more freedom would cure Paraguay's ills, they abolished slavery and founded a constitutional government as soon as they came to power.

Believing that Wilson and his advisers would not voluntarily transfer power to the vice president, a group of Congressional leaders initiated Marshall's requested joint resolution.

Believing that Caesar would be distracted by the turmoil in Rome following the death of Publius Clodius Pulcher, the Carnutes, under Cotuatus and Conetodunus, made the first move, slaughtering the Romans who had settled in their territory.

Believing that de Grasse would return a portion of his fleet to Europe, Rodney detached Rear Admiral Sir Samuel Hood with 14 ships of the line and orders to find de Grasse's destination in North America.

Believing that the English people would not react well to a foreign invader, he demanded in a letter to Rear-Admiral Arthur Herbert that the most eminent English Protestants first invite him to invade.

Believing nothing honest and unsentimentalized had been written about the Bowery, Crane became determined to do so himself ; this would become the setting of his first novel.

Believing that more people would turn out for the march on a Sunday, and so as to mark the date of the start of the Stonewall uprising, the CSLDUC scheduled the date for the first march for Sunday, June 28, 1970.

Believing many others would follow in an uprising, their goal was to create an independent state based on the ideals of Fidel Castro's Cuba.

Believing the show would become a hit, Channel 4 ordered 13 episodes for the first series, uncommon in the UK where a TV series often consists of just six episodes in its first year.

Believing the concept too derivative of a common game design, Warshaw proceeded with his concept, which he felt would capture the sentimentality he saw in the original film.

Believing society would be better for it, Raskolnikov commits murder with the idea that he possessed enough intellectual and emotional fortitude to deal with the ramifications, on his paper / thesis, " On Crime ", that he is a Napoleon, but his sense of guilt soon overwhelms him to the point of psychological and somatic illness.

Believing that the monarch's policy would either wreck his own career or generate a wider insurrection, he did not intend, like his unfortunate father before him, to be on the losing side.

Believing that boiling would kill all living things, he showed that when sealed right after boiling, the broths would cloud, allowing the belief in spontaneous generation to persist.

Believing existing educational institutions and the Indian Civil Service did not do enough to provide Indians with opportunities to gain this political education, Gokhale hoped the Servants of India Society would fill this need.

Believing the Perfectos would draw greater attendance in more densely populated St. Louis, the Robisons transferred most of the Cleveland stars, including future Baseball Hall of Famers Cy Young, Jesse Burkett, and Bobby Wallace, to St. Louis.

Believing that the foreign secretary should be non-partisan, he would objectively present all the information on a subject to the Cabinet, as if placing faith in his colleagues to reach the appropriate decision.

Believing that the paper would be a means of wealth, Bourne instead soon found himself facing debts of nearly £ 1, 600.

Believing he would gain the support of the dissenting army chiefs, Alexander Kerensky, the head of the Government, yielded to their demand and reintroduced the death penalty at the front line on July 12.

Believing Manhattan would be the first target, he moved the bulk of his forces there.

Believing that in a wise way it is good to go to church, and that associating with Christians would improve my character, I have adopted the Christian religion.

" Believing that the amendments would help him achieve additional budget cuts, Johnson estimated that one year after their passage the Defense Department would be achieving savings at the rate of $ 1 billion per year ( he later claimed that he had attained this goal ).

Believing the Blue-haired Fairy died from sorrow, he weeps until a friendly pigeon offers to give him a ride to the seashore, where Geppetto is building a boat to go out and search for Pinocchio.

Believing that he'd messed up his first audition, Belew persuaded Zappa to give him a second one.

Believing his success as a manga artist being largely due to basketball, Inoue started a Slam Dunk Scholarship for Japanese students as he wanted to give back to the sport by increasing its popularity in Japan.

Believing that Habrocomes must be dead, and finding marriage to another man intolerable, she conspires with Eudoxos, an Ephesian physician, to give her a poison.

Believing Peter has deserted her, Ellie calls her father, who is so relieved to get her back that he agrees to let her marry Westley.

Believing that Beth needs her help, Liz attempts to return to 1990 via the Time Barrier, but is kidnapped by Traynor.

Believing herself to be a normal human girl named Mary ( who had miraculously recovered from cancer three years prior ), she rediscovers her powers and identity when she finds her boyfriend and best friend betraying her on Prom Night.

Believing he still has a chance with Buffy after seeing her reactions of jealousy and hurt when he has a drunk sexual encounter with Anya, Spike corners her and makes aggressive sexual advances.

Believing that she could yet make him love her, she was determined to try to woo him once more.

" Believing that the film version of Gypsy was within her grasp, she generously gave him the many house seats he requested for friends and industry colleagues, only to discover she had been duped.

Believing Madeline to be dead, Ernest phones Helen for advice, not noticing as Madeline slowly stands and approaches him with her head now twisted backwards.

Believing that she is in every way the opposite of Gormenghast, Titus becomes infatuated with her.

Believing it to be the gentlemanly thing to do, Fielding convinces Aziz not to seek monetary redress from her.

Believing Danny to be involved, she, the servants, and her pompous admirer, Hubert, go through Danny's things when he is not around, finding a picture of him and the missing woman buried among his belongings.

Believing none of this ( despite seeing the elephant with her own eyes ), Victoria tells Gregory that he is insane and she is going to have him committed.

Believing that if she told someone her dream, she might finally do something, she told Ellen Gates Starr.

Believing her husband, David, and Carol are all against her and trying to put her away, Louise bursts into David's apartment and kills him in a schizophrenic episode.

Believing her brother Jason is dying and in need of an heir who can run the Colby empire, Constance gifts to Jeff her 50 percent of the company's voting stock.

Believing her nephew to be truly faithful, Grand Empress Dowager Wang further transferred more of her authority to him.