Excerpt from Baptism; Its True Nature, Object, Necessity, and Uses: As One of the Sacraments Appointed by Our Saviour, at the Establishment of the Christian Religion Whoever seriously reflects on the signs of the times, must feel that the present state of the Christian world, as regards doctrine, is in the highest degree anomalous and unsatisfactory. Nothing, perhaps, presents its condition in a more striking point of view, than the fact, that, among the other controversial topics which divide Chris tians, the operation and effect attending the first ordinance, whereby admission is given into the Christian body - that of baptism is a matter of dispute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.