[Bertha and Her Baptism by Nehemiah Adams]@TWC D-Link bookBertha and Her Baptism CHAPTER Third 34/41
That is the most sublime spectacle of union.
It comes nearer to fulfilling the prayer of Christ, "that they all may be one," when we differ strongly, and yet keep the unity of the spirit.
I am doubtful whether, even in heaven, there will not be such innocent diversity of views about things successively beyond our knowledge or comprehension, as to stimulate inquiry and discussion; but that we shall ever be capable, as we are here, of alienation, in consequence of these varying opinions, is impossible. _Mr.K._ Do you not think, Mr.M., that we shall all think alike about baptism in the millennium? _Mr.M._ I suppose that you expect that we shall all give up infant baptism.
But my expectation is that, as we approach that day, the last prophecy of the Old Testament will be as truly fulfilled as it was at the coming of Christ, and that the hearts of the fathers will be turned to the children, and the hearts of the children to the fathers.
Parental piety and discipline will be greatly promoted, and an attendant of it will be, I suppose, a greater use of the ordinance of infant baptism, demanded by the pious feelings of parents, as pious feeling in the regenerate craves the ordinance which commemorates the love and sufferings of the Redeemer.
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