mind."

"Go ahead," said the father. "I think Dorothy will soon find herself a
Presbyterian."

"I ought to have stated," continued Mr. Sterling, "that we believe that
salvation comes by faith in Christ. All of the redeemed in Christ will
be received by him when he shall come again and shall live with him in
everlasting happiness, but the unbelievers will be banished into
everlasting punishment."

"Hold on," said Mr. Page; "you don't endorse that last awful doctrine,
do you, daughter?"

"It is awful, father, but I have to endorse it, for I have read it in
the Bible with my own eyes and I remember it was declared by Christ
himself."

Sterling was delighted at the progress he was making. The thought of
Dorothy coming into his church filled him with joy.

"Another doctrine," he said: "We believe in Christ's words concerning
the little children--'of such is the Kingdom of Heaven'--and that, as
Peter said, God's promise is unto his people and to their children and
their children's children, and as baptism is the door to the church--"

"Oh, yes," exclaimed Dorothy, "I saw a baptism once. Do I have to be
baptized, too, Mr. Sterling?"

"Yes, indeed."

"That was a very interesting baptism I saw in Nebraska, where I was
visiting. It was in a river and they put the people under the water."

"Oh, Miss Dorothy, that was not baptism," exclaimed Sterling, apparently
horrified by her remark.

"It was not? What was it, Mr. Sterling?"

"It was merely an odd practice observed by certain curious sects. I beg
that you will get that well fixed in your mind."

"Well, you know I have to learn about these things. What do you mean
then by baptism?"

"Baptism is performed by having water sprinkled or poured gently upon
the head of the candidate. It is a very impressive ceremony."

"That is strange, for do you know I saw in the Bible just the kind of
baptism that I witnessed that day in Nebraska?"

"Oh, never. Bible baptism is by sprinkling and sprinkling alone."

"Well, I read in one or two places about people being baptized by being
put under the water; that is, unless I am very much mistaken."

"Hold on," said the father. "I guess you had better clear up that point
about baptism before you go any further."

"Not at all," said Sterling very earnestly; "there is nothing to clear
up. It is a plain fact of history as well as of Bible teaching that
baptism was done by sprinkling."

"Do the denominations differ about baptism?