He then appealed to the president, urging that, in the absence of a written creed, they should take the writings of their recognized church leaders to ascertain what the doctrines of his opponent’s church—granting that it was a church—were. The president so ruled. It then became the duty of Doctor Holt to show that the doctrines indicated were the doctrines of his church according to the church authorities, and also that they were Scripturally sound; and furthermore to prove that other doctrines promulgated by the church leaders, which he had not mentioned, were in strict harmony with the Word. This opened up a bigger field than even the great high priest of Campbellism was prepared to occupy. Newgent was as familiar with the teachings of his opponent’s church as Doctor Holt was himself, and had foreseen and prepared for this emergency. “I knew you would not be prepared for this, so I thought I would be good to you,” he said in a manner suggesting a cat’s habit of playing with a mouse just before crushing its bones, “I have, therefore, prepared a creed from the writings of Mr. Campbell and other leaders of your church, which will enable us to ascertain what your church teaches.” He then read the following improvised creed, the different items of which were based upon statements cited in the writings of recognized authorities of the church Doctor Holt was so zealously defending: I. We profess before all men that we believe in water baptism by immersion; that it is the great panacea for all spiritual maladies. II. Immersion is the line between the saved and the lost. III. Immersion is regeneration, conversion, and the new birth. IV. Immersion is obeying the gospel; it alone is the act of turning to God. V. Repentance, pardon, justification, sanctification, reconciliation, adoption, salvation, a good conscience, a pure heart, love to God, saving faith, acceptable prayer, the reception of the Holy Spirit, and the intercession of Christ for us, all depend upon immersion. VI. Immersion is the converting act, and is the most important of all the commandments. VII. The water is the mother of all Christians. VIII. We further believe that the Apostles set up the kingdom of Christ on the Day of Pentecost. IX. That the gospel was first preached by Peter, that the first Christian baptism was administered, and that the reign of grace began on the Day of Pentecost. X. That the kingdom of Christ has apostatized and become totally corrupt. XI. That the meaning of the Christian institutions was lost in the Dark Ages, and that no one pleaded the true cause of Christ from the great apostasy until Mr. Campbell’s day. XII. That the true foundation of the millennial church was lost, and that it was laid again in the present century. XIII. That we have restored the ancient gospel. XIV. That Mr. Campbell, with others, has from nothing reorganized and established the kingdom of Christ on earth.