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178 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH.
upon them to use all diligence to be rightly instructed
in God's holy Word ; that so they may grow in grace,
and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, and live
godly, righteously, and soberly, in this present world."
2. Infants.—There is but "one baptism." This
principle the Protestant Episcopal Church consistently
maintains. It is the same rite and implying the same
essential ideas, whether administered to the adult or the
infant; there is no such thing as one baptism for adults
and another for infants; consequently no infant is allowed to be baptized, unless there are with it sponsors,
or sureties to assume, in its behalf, as a legal and valid
act, the obligations of the ordinance. The following
passage from the Church Catechism will illustrate our
remarks:
" Question. What is required of persons to be baptized 1
Answer. Repentance, whereby they forsake sin; and
faith, whereby they steadfastly believe the promises of
God made to them in that sacrament.
Question. Why then are infants baptized, when by
reason of their tender age they cannot perform them ?
Answer. Because they promise them both by their
sureties; which promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to perform."
The obligations assumed are precisely the same, in
baptism, with the infant as with the adult, the sponsor
answering " in the name of the child," as his legal proxy
or representative.
The duties of the sponsors are expressed in the following exhortation to them at the close of the service
of infant baptism;
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000182 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 178 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. upon them to use all diligence to be rightly instructed in God's holy Word ; that so they may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, and live godly, righteously, and soberly, in this present world." 2. Infants.—There is but "one baptism." This principle the Protestant Episcopal Church consistently maintains. It is the same rite and implying the same essential ideas, whether administered to the adult or the infant; there is no such thing as one baptism for adults and another for infants; consequently no infant is allowed to be baptized, unless there are with it sponsors, or sureties to assume, in its behalf, as a legal and valid act, the obligations of the ordinance. The following passage from the Church Catechism will illustrate our remarks: " Question. What is required of persons to be baptized 1 Answer. Repentance, whereby they forsake sin; and faith, whereby they steadfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that sacrament. Question. Why then are infants baptized, when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them ? Answer. Because they promise them both by their sureties; which promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to perform." The obligations assumed are precisely the same, in baptism, with the infant as with the adult, the sponsor answering " in the name of the child," as his legal proxy or representative. The duties of the sponsors are expressed in the following exhortation to them at the close of the service of infant baptism; |
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