"That may be true," said Dorothy, with a troubled look on her face, "and yet what else can I do? Is there no church, Mr. Sterling, that believes that only immersion is baptism and that only believers ought to be baptized?" "Yes, there is one denomination--the Campbellites, or rather the Disciples--for they do not like the first name. The Disciples believe only in immersion and the immersion of believers. They are the only denomination that teach this except, I believe, the Baptists; but of course you would not join them." "It looks, daughter, as if you are shut up to the Disciples." "But think, Miss Dorothy, these Disciples have just started up not a great many years ago. They are a small denomination and with few churches." "That does not make any difference. Believing as I do about the Bible, I would certainly feel more comfortable with them, than with some other denominations whose doctrines I could not accept. It seems to me I would have to cry out and not keep quiet." "But how do you know that you would believe the other doctrines of the Disciples? You seem to have fallen suddenly in love with them." "What do they believe?" "They believe in baptismal regeneration." "My, those are words!" said Dorothy with a smile. "What do you mean by that, Mr. Sterling?" asked Mr. Page. "They believe that a person's sins are washed away in baptism." "Washed away in baptism?" asked Dorothy with amazement. "Are you sure they believe such a strange doctrine?" "I know it. I have heard their ministers say that a person was not saved until he was baptized." "What, even though the person had believed in Christ?" "They say that such a person is only partly saved and not completely saved until he is baptized." "I can't understand, Mr. Sterling, what you mean by being partly saved. Don't you reckon you have been misinformed about these people?" "I have been told that there is a Disciple preacher that lives here in town," said the father, "and that he has two churches out in the county, but makes his home here. Suppose you capture him, Sterling, and march him up here to speak for himself, and tell him you have a prospective member for him." The last remark was accompanied with a smile at Sterling and a wink towards the daughter. "No, indeed, you must not tell him that," spoke up Dorothy. "And yet I should like to hear about the doctrines of his church. I want to know my duty and I desire all the light I can get." Sterling felt sure that Dorothy would recoil from the doctrines of the Disciple church.