The Author's views of Baptism are stated more fully and methodically in the
Aids to Reflection
; but even that statement is imperfect, and consequently open to objection, as was frequently admitted by Mr. C. himself. The Editor is unable to say what precise spiritual efficacy the Author ultimately ascribed to Infant Baptism; but he was certainly an advocate for the practice, and appeared as sponsor at the font for more than one of his friends' children. See his
Letter to a Godchild
, printed, for this purpose, at the end of this volume; his
Sonnet on his Baptismal Birthday
, (
Poet. Works
, ii. p. 151.) in the tenth line of which, in many copies, there was a misprint of 'heart' for 'front;' and the
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