Your little, unconscious babe belongs, in that sense, to the church.

You will not, you cannot, misunderstand me.
These are the children of a child of God.

All your brethren and sisters in Christ count them in their great family circle.

They covenant with you to pray for them, to watch for their good, and to rejoice in it, to provide means for their spiritual prosperity, and to seek their salvation.

But, above all, God will ever have special regard to them as the children of his dear child.
"Receive now," said he, "the divine ordinance of baptism, whereby God signifies to you, and seals, all that is implied in being your God." He drew near the bed, with a silver bowl, from which he sprinkled water upon the head and forehead of the dear believer, whose countenance expressed the peace of receiving, rather than the effort of giving, while her lips moved now and then during the quiet scene.
They brought Edward, the first-born, and he stood, with his hand in his mother's hand, and was baptized.