Excerpt from The Moral Dignity of Baptism The views herein set forth are not original, but such as our people have always advocated. It is remarkable 'how these views are gradually working their way among other denominations, and are even maintained and get fresh emphasis by others than Baptists in their latest and best expositions of the Scriptures. It has been my aim, Without the use of quotation or footnote, except in a few cases, to make straightforward state ment of the latest results of the best scholarship. The trained interpreter and the ordinary reader of the Word of God are at one as to the form of baptism, and almost at one as to the meaning of the ordinance. The common ground of their meeting is Where Baptists have always stood. 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.