"If you can, if you can't;
If you will, if you won't;
You'll be damned if you do,
You'll be damned if you don't."
Let the brethren remember their covenants, and let them bring their offspring to the altar, and there consecrate them
to God, through the ordinance of sprinkling; and if they are to be saved, they will be saved. Otherwise, though not a span long, they will go down to the bottomless pit.
Elder Longface. Brethren,—The subject of my discourse will be found in the following text: "Whom he did predestinate," &c.
We learn from this,—1st, That we are sinners. 2d, We need a Saviour. 3d, That we must be baptized by immersion. 4th, That we should exclude from the communion-table all such as are not immersed. 5th, That many are called, but few chosen. 6th, That those who are chosen will be saved, without their own action in the matter. 7th, That those who are not chosen will be damned, no matter what they do, in and of their own strength; and lastly, in order to have the least opportunity to be saved, you must join the Baptist Church.
The Lord grant that many may embrace the truth as it is in Christ Jesus, and unite with "our church," and be saved. The brethren will sing,—
"O, when shall we see Jesus," &c.