Excerpt from Mercy to Babes: A Plea for the Christian Baptism of Infants, Addressed to Those Who Doubt and Those Who Deny the Validity of That Practice, Upon the Grounds of the Doctrine of Baptism, and the Eternal Sense of Holy Writ However, let us dwell for a moment upon this consideration. There are manifestly but two sides to the question the baptism of infants according to the letter, the tenor, and the spirit of the Gospel, this is the one side; or, the baptism of infants contrary to the letter, the tenor, and the spirit of the Gospel; this is the other side. Both these cannot be true; one must be true and the other false. This must be the case, no matter how many are on the one side or on the other; there is no alternative, no indifference, no third point. This must be the conclusion of every reasoning man and woman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.