A Manual on Christian Baptism: Its Mode and Subjects; Being the Substance of Six Lectures Delivered in the Congre Gational Church, Brantford, C. W., ... September and October, 1856 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from A Manual on Christian Baptism: Its Mode and Subjects; Being the Substance of Six Lectures Delivered in the Congre Gational Church, Brantford, C. W., During the Months of September and October, 1856

The following lectures are printed at the request of the church of which the writer is pastor. They were not originally intended for publication, but were delivered to meet a peculiar local necessity. A most powerful religious revival, during the progress of which a large number of persons were hopefully converted to God, seemed likely to be suddenly arrest-ed by an ill-timed discussion of the subject of baptism. The minds of the young converts were beginning to be disturbed, and the thoughts of the enquiring diverted from the great ques tion of salvation to that of immersion. To avert the threatened evil, the writer publicly requested that during the progress of the revival all reference to this subject might be avoided, so that the work of God might proceed unimpeded. His request was misinterpreted, and taken as indicative of the weakness of his cause, and a conse quent fear of discussion. Knowing such an impression to prevail he announced his intention of delivering a course of lectures on baptism at some future time; and, after a delay 'of nearly six months, he redeemed his pledge, and the reader has before him in substance the result.

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