s' baptism. And I would observe here, by the way, that
the passage to which I have just now alluded, John vii. 17, has been a
most remarkable comment to me on many doctrines and precepts of our most
holy faith. For instance: "Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee
on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue
thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And
whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him
that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou
away. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that
hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute
you." Matthew v. 39-44. "Sell that ye have, and give alms." Luke xii. 33.
"Owe no man any thing, but to love one another." Rom. xiii. 8. It may be
said, surely these passages cannot be taken literally, for how then would
the people of God be able to pass through the world. The state of mind
enjoined in John vii. 17, will cause such objections to vanish. Whosoever
is WILLING To ACT OUT these commandments of the Lord LITERALLY, will, I
believe, be led with me to see that, to take them LITERALLY, is the will
of God.--Those who do so take them will doubtless often be brought into
difficulties, hard to the flesh to bear, but these will have a tendency to
make them constantly feel that they are strangers and pilgrims here, that
this world is not their home, and thus to throw them more upon God, who
will assuredly help us through any difficulty into which we may be brought
by seeking to act in obedience to His word.

As soon as I was brought into this state of heart, I saw from the
Scriptures that believers ONLY are the proper subjects for baptism, and
that immersion is the only true Scriptural mode, in which it ought to be
attended to. The passage which particularly convinced me of the former, is
Acts viii. 36-38, and of the latter, Rom. vi. 3-5. Some time after, I was
baptized. I had much peace in doing so, and never have I for one single
moment regretted it.--Before I leave this point, I would just say a few
words concerning the result of this matter, so far as it regards some of
the objections which occurred to my mind when I was about to examine the
Scriptures concerning baptism.

1. Concerning the first objection, my conviction now is, that of all
revealed truths not on is more clearly revealed in the Scriptures, not
even the d