37. Baptism

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“A Reader of Things New and Old, in a distant country, has his mind much exercised about baptism.” We strongly recommend our correspondent to study the New Testament, in a prayerful, subject spirit, and with purpose of heart, to know the Lord’s will in the matter. If, as the result of such study, he finds that all believers should be baptized, let him, in the name of the Lord, forthwith arise and submit to the sacred and significant institution. But let him remember, that baptism is a sweet privilege, not an iron yoke. Let him beware of contemplating the subject from a legal point of view, or regarding it as a ground of fellowship, or term of communion.