It is a fact, stated by Paul, that we are _buried with him by baptism_. Is it more probable that we are buried with him by sprinkling, than that we are buried with him by immersion? We have now presented eight questions on the probabilities of the case. Now for the possibilities of the case: It is a fact that the Lord was baptized in _Jordan_, and it is a fact that he went up straightway out of the _water_. This shows that when he was _in Jordan_, he _was in the water_, or he could not have gone “_out of the water_.” As a question of fact and possibility, could the Lord have been _sprinkled in the water_? It is a fact, stated by Paul, that in baptizing, or, as a result of it, the “body is washed.” As a question of possibility, can the body be washed, or, as a question of fact, is the body washed at all, when sprinkling is performed in the usual way? It is a fact, stated by the Apostles, that “we are buried with him in baptism.” As a question of fact, is this done in sprinkling? As a question of possibility, _can persons be buried in sprinkling_? It is a fact, stated in Scripture, that “we are buried with him by baptism.” As a question of fact, are persons buried by sprinkling? As a question of possibility, _can persons be buried by sprinkling_? “A MIGHTY GOOD FOUNDATION.” Some years ago, our Bro. Burnet resided some eight miles in the country. We were in Mt. Healthy, a short distance from his residence, and took an omnibus for the city. In a few minutes the omnibus stopped in front of the residence of Bro. Burnet, with two respectable looking gentlemen in it, one sitting facing the residence and the other with his back towards it. The one facing the residence said, “Here is where Mr. Burnet resides.” The other replied, “Who is he?” “A celebrated Campbellite preacher,” was the answer. “What do the Campbellites hold?” inquired the other. “That the Bible is their foundation—their only creed,” was the reply. “They have a mighty good foundation—a very good creed,” answered the other. “Yes,” was the reply; and here the conversation ended. The same must be the response of every honest believer in the Bible. It is certainly a good foundation—a good creed. If there is any good doctrine, or _teaching_, as the word doctrine means, in the world, it is in the Bible, and the man who takes the Bible, finds it in his book. If there is any sure foundation for all our hopes beyond this life, it is found in the Bible. If there is any sure lamp to the path of weary and dying pilgrims in this world, it is the Bible. All other books are nothing compared with the Bible. It is _the book_ of all books, _the authority_ of all authorities, the only sure and infallible guide from this world of sin to the land of rest. A HARD QUESTION FOR PREACHERS. The Lord said once to a preacher, “Simon, lovest thou me more than these?” This question has been variously expounded. It has had at least the following three interpretations given to it: