Excerpt from These Little Ones Which Believe: A Plea for Early BaptismThe single purpose of this little book is that of emphasizing the importance and validity of early baptism. While it cannot be denied that in the early church the practice of baptizing infants was universal, not so much can be said of the church of the present. For this, grave misconceptions, both as to the meaning of the sacrament and of What it requires on the part of the recipient, are to blame. Few Will deny that a quickening of the conscience of Christian parents touching their ob ligations in this respect to their little ones is the religious need of the present. But While earnest souls are both laboring and praying for such a quickening, it is, certain that it cannot be expected until these misconceptions are removed. To this end this little book aspires to contribute. Its purpose is concrete, rather than dogmatic it ap peals to the Christian parent rather than to the theologian.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.