Contention on Infant Baptism and Ritualism Explored
A speaker defends Congregationalist integrity against infant sprinkling and Ritualism. He argues infant baptism lacks efficacy, exposes the Church to ritualistic danger, and contrasts it with believers baptism. He urges unity on conviction, rejects infallibility claims, and warns that lingering practice weakens allies in the broader religious struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Friends
England
Religions and Denominational Melos
A survey of church appointments and missions across England includes Rev H B Payne to Nantwich, Rev F Vaughan to Wickham Brook, and Rev J Jackson Goadby to Henley-on-Thomas. The Free Church of England plans lay mission services with Bishop Price licensing lay deacons. A donor funds ten churches in ten Ritualistic parishes. A Friends conference meets in London to discuss growth and attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. 8. Payne
Davenham
Nantwich
Cheshire
F. Vaughan
Amberley
Independent Church
Wickhambrook
Suffolk
Raleigh
Canonbury
Holy Land
J. Jackson Goadby
Gravesend
Congregational Church
Henley-on-Thomas
Free Church of England
Price
Battersea
Society OF Friends
London
Reapina
Trinity Congregational Church
Reading
Thomas Insell
India
E. Porter
Insell
Henry Hines, Esq
Southend
J. Williams
Sussex Home Missionary Society and County Association
Brighton
United Prayer
London-road
Pelgrave-street Chapel
Home Missionary Society