A., and for my own sake, what objection there is to retaining the name, _member_, in this connection?
_Mr S._ My answer is, it is the occasion of great stumbling to those who reject infant baptism, and are confirmed in rejecting it, by misapprehending the views and feelings of many who use the term in an objectionable sense.
The discussion now became animated.

Mr.S.said that he had a further objection.

It leads many, who use it erroneously, into perplexing and fruitless positions.

Assuming that the children are members of the church, they discuss the question, as the sermon has stated, Of what church are they members?
Some reply, Of the church to which their parents belong.

Others say nay, but of the church universal.