Infant baptism is contrary to reason and Scripture; infants are without sin; "of such is the kingdom of heaven." It is true that the sin of Adam passed upon all mankind; but Christ took that sin upon Himself and atoned for it upon the cross. The Bible teaches that the sins for which men should be baptized are their individual sins, and not the sin they were born in, for the Lord Jesus atoned for that. [Sidenote: Forgiveness is the gift of God.] [Sidenote: Acts 8: 18.] It will not do to say that baptism remits a man's sins, for that is the work of the Lord. The "laying on of hands" does not give the Holy Ghost, for it is the "gift of God." The {152} blowing of rams' horns did not throw down the walls of Jericho; it was the power of Jehovah. "Simon saw that through the laying on of the Apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given." MODE OF BAPTISM. [Sidenote: Buried in water.] [Sidenote: Eph. 4: 5.] [Sidenote: Rom. 6: 4, 5.] [Sidenote: Mark 1: 10.] [Sidenote: Col. 2: 12.] [Sidenote: John 3: 23.] The mode of baptism was also designated by the Lord, and His instructions were strictly obeyed by His servants. Paul testifies that there is "one Lord, one faith, one baptism," and describes the manner in which the ordinance was performed: "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection." As the Lord had been buried in the watery element in the river Jordan, "coming up out of the water," so also were the Saints "buried with him in baptism;" they received the ordinance by immersion in the same element, according to the prescribed method. John baptized "in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there." [Sidenote: Born again.] [Sidenote: Matt. 3: 13-17.] [Sidenote: Acts 8: 17-19.] [Sidenote: Acts 19: 5, 6.]