THE

HISTORY OF SPRINKLING

BEING A COMPILATION OF THE BEST THOUGHTS OF STANDARD
AUTHORS, HISTORIANS AND LEXICOGRAPHERS

ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES, TOGETHER
WITH REFLECTIONS BY THE

AUTHOR.

OF

IS NOT

DESIGNED TO PROVE THAT "SPRINKLING FOR BAPTISM'

AUTHORIZED BY THE BIBLE, MAKING A VALUABLE

BY

L. C. WILSON,

AUTHOR OF WHAT THINK YOU OF CHRIST," "BIBLE
BAPTISM," ETC.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION

BY

J. H. PAINTER.

"The best possible testimony, the acknowledg ment of an adversary."

FIFTH EDITION.

--Archibald Travis.

CINCINNATI, OHIO

THE STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY

Publishers of Christian Literature.

COPYRIGHTED 1895(

BY

LOUIS C. WILSON.

Electrotyped by the Star Eng. Co

Des Moines, Iowa.

CSB
W69

609754

DEDICATION.

TO ALL

PREACHERS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,

WHO LOVE

"PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY'

AS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND WHO CONTEND
EARNESTLY FOR THE COMMANDMENTS AS

THEY WERE DELIVERED TO THE

APOSTLES OF JESUS CHRIST,

THIS WORK IS

AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

BY THE AUTHOR.