The tree of life was one, and so was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Adam and Eve knew better, at first, than to say, 'So long as we love and obey God, of what use are these symbols ?' By not regarding symbols afterward, they brought death into our world and all our woe.

Even before that, God had appointed a symbol of his authority, and a seal of a covenant between him and man forever, in the appointment of the Sabbath.

The mark on Cain's forehead, the rainbow, the lamp passing between the severed parts of Abraham's sacrifice, Jacob's ladder, the burning bush, the passover, and things too numerous to mention, show how God loves signs and seals.
"There are many good people, at the present day, who say to me, I am willing to consecrate my child to God in prayer, and bring him up for God; but I do not see the necessity of an ordinance.

Why bring the child to baptism?
I can do all which is required and signified, without the sign." "What do you say to them ?" said Mrs.Ford.
_Pastor._ I tell them they are on dangerous ground.