"Is there any other case besides that of baptism, where we would take families at hazard, and deny the existence of young children in them? "Take eight families in a street, or eight pews containing families in a place of worship; they will afford more than one young child." _Mr. M._ How does he make out eight cases of household baptism by the apostles? _Dr. D._ Let us examine his list: 1. Cornelius. 2. Lydia. 3. The jailer at Philippi. "Thus the church at Philippi, just organized by the apostles, and consisting of but few members, offers two instances of household baptism." 4. Crispus. "Compare Acts 18: 8, and 1 Cor. 1:14--16, by which it appears that this Crispus was baptized by Paul separately from his family, which was not baptized by Paul. Yet Crispus 'believed on the Lord with all his house.' If his house believed, it was baptized. It was, then, a baptized household. But if we believe that the family of Crispus was baptized because we find it registered as believing, then we must admit the same of all other families which we find marked as Christians, though they be not expressly marked as baptized." He is not proving, here, you notice, that there were children in any of these households; he thinks he proves that elsewhere, by the doctrine of chances. He is now showing the grounds for supposing that certain "households" were baptized. He applies his argument respecting Crispus to 5. Aristobulus's household. 6. Onesiphorus's household. 7. Narcissus's household. 8. Stephanas's household. This household was baptized by Paul separately from its head, who was not baptized by Paul; this case being just the reverse of that of Crispus. "Eight Christian families, and therefore baptized." Now comes the question of probability as to there being children in those households not capable of faith. Begin anywhere, in any congregation, on the Sabbath, and count eight pews, the proprietors and occupants of which are the heads of families; and the chance of there being no minor children in them is almost too small to be appreciated. Should we read, in a secular paper, that a foreign missionary had baptized eight households in a pagan village, the general belief would be that it was a missionary of some Paedobaptist denomination, and that children were baptized in those families. I must read to you (said Dr. D.) something on the other side of this argument. I found the following, not long since, in a deservedly popular and useful Dictionary and Repository, written and signed by a gentleman of excellent character and standing. He says: