teach, even the child's eternal destiny depending upon it, do you not
think there would have been some plain commandment in the teaching of
Jesus and his apostles to that end? One command would be sufficient, but
we have none. Infant baptism originated in the confusions of the apostasy.
John refused to baptize some because they bore no fruit of repentance.
Repentance, therefore, must precede baptism. This was plainly taught by
Peter. "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of
you in the name of Jesus." Acts 2:38. A little child can not repent, and
needs no repentance.

Does baptizing an infant prepare it for heaven? If so, give one text as
proof. If an unbaptized infant dies, will it be damned? If so, give one
text as proof. Does baptism make the child any more religiously inclined,
and will it not go into sin the same as unbaptized children? Give one text
showing what is effected by infant baptism. Thousands are having their
children baptized, and they do not know the reason why any more than that
it is a custom. Thus we behold the meaninglessness, looseness, and
carelessness of professed Christians. Just doing things because others do
them. They have no conviction from God nor the Bible. God wants us to be
able to give a Scriptural reason for all we do in our form of worship.

Some have taught that circumcision of the Old Testament typifies infant
baptism. This is a gross error. The circumcision of the Mosaic law is
typical of a broken, penitent heart. "For he is not a Jew, that is one
outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh;
but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the
heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men,
but of God." Rom. 2:28, 29. A man was made a Jew under the old law by
circumcision. He is made a spiritual Jew by the circumcision of the heart
under the New Testament. It was only the male children that were
circumcised according to the law of Moses. If circumcision be typical of
infant baptism, it is only the boy infant that would be Scripturally
baptized. You may ask, "What harm can result from such ceremony, even if
it accomplishes no good?" It leads the child into error, and blinds his
understanding to the true mode and object of baptism. To be a light in the
world is to be and do just as Jesus did. To be in error concerning any
doctrine of the Bible is to be to that extent in darkness.

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