Excerpt from The Subjects and Mode of BaptismThe fact that the Church is one, adapted to different condi tions, has a most important bearing on this subject, and unless otherwise stated we are justified in believing that the conditions of membership are the same. The infant was a member before the comingof Jesus. Inasmuch as the apostles regarded the Church of Christ as one with the Church before His coming, they would regard infants as still entitled to the position commanded by God. There is no hint, much less command or authority, for the claim that infant church membership was abolished. The teaching of Jesus and the apostles proceeds on the assumption that they were still to be regarded as members of the Church.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.