By the Author of
AGNES AND THE LITTLE KEY;
or,
BEREAVED PARENTS INSTRUCTED AND COMFORTED.
BOSTON:
S.K. WHIPPLE AND COMPANY,
161 Washington Street.
1857.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by
S.K. WHIPPLE & CO.,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED BY
HOBART & ROBBINS,
New England Type and Stereotype Foundry,
BOSTON.
This book, and that which is also named in the title-page, were writtenat the same time, and as one book; but they were afterward separated, asmore properly constituting two volumes, the part which was the originalof the present volume now being greatly enlarged. Thus the two booksgrew in the author's mind together, from one and the same root,—thedeath of a little child.
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PROBABILITIES OF AN ORDINANCE FOR CHILDREN, 9
THE GRANDFATHER'S LETTER.—THE NATURE, GROUNDS AND INFLUENCE,
OF INFANT BAPTISM, 16
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BAPTISMS.—THE SUBJECTS AND MODE OF
BAPTISM, 76
IS THERE ONLY ONE MODE OF BAPTISM? 121
SCENES OF BAPTISM.—REASONABLENESS, BEAUTY AND POWER, OF
INFANT BAPTISM.—USE OF SPECIAL VOWS.—HUSBANDS AT
BAPTISMS.—NEGLECT OF BAPTISM, 130
TESTIMONY OF THE CHRISTIAN FATHERS.—APOSTOLIC PRACTICE OF
INFANT BAPTISM.—MINISTERIAL USAGES IN BAPTISMS, 143
TERMS OF COMMUNION.—NON-INTRUSION.—DENOMINATIONAL COURTESY
AND KINDNESS, 184
THE ROAD-SIDE BAPTISM, 198
THE CHILDREN OF THE CHURCH.—ARE THEY MEMBERS OF THE
CHURCH?...