"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."