the church, being only an executive body, cannot modify Christ's law concerning, 939
the law of, fundamental, and therefore unalterable save by Legislator himself, 939
any modification of, by church, implies unwisdom in Appointer of rite, 939
any change in mode vacates ordinance of its symbolic significance, 939
objections to its mode, immersion, 940
if its mode impracticable, ordinance not a duty, 940
when its mode dangerous, ordinance not to be performed, 940
the mode of baptism decently impressive, 940
the ordinance symbolizing suffering and death is consistently somewhat inconvenient, 940
God's blessing on an irregular administration of, no sanction of irregularity, 940