"You may ask me some questions if they are not silly questions. You don't seem to have any creed, but you DO seem to have a catechism! Well, on with the catechism! I hope it will be better than those I have read." So bidden, the lad began;-- "Is it Apostolic Christianity to declare that infants should not be baptized?" "It is!" The reply came like a flash of lightning. "And those who teach to the contrary violate the word of God?" "They do!" "Is it Apostolic Christianity to affirm that only immersion is Christian baptism?" "It is!" "And those who use any other form violate the word of God?" "They do!" "Is it Apostolic Christianity to celebrate the Lord's Supper once every seven days?" "It is!" "And all who observe a different custom violate the word of God?" "They do!" "Is it Apostolic Christianity to have no such officer in the church as an Episcopal bishop?" "It is!" "The office of Bishop, then, is a violation of Apostolic Christianity?" "It is!" "Is it Apostolic Christianity to make every congregation, no matter how small or influenced by passion, an absolute court of trial and punishment of his members?" "It is!" "To give every such body control over the religious standing of its members, so it may turn them out into the world, banish them from the church of Christ forever, if it sees fit?" "It is!" "And those who frame any other system of church government violate the--" "They do!" "Is it Apostolic Christianity to teach that faith precedes repentance?" "It is!" "Those who teach that sorrow for sin is itself the great reason why we believe in Christ--do they violate--?" "They do!" "Is it Apostolic Christianity to turn people out of the church for dancing?" "It is!" "The use of an organ in worship--is that a violation of Apostolic--?" "It is!" "Is it Apostolic Christianity to require that the believer in it shall likewise believe everything in the old Bible?" "It is." "Did Christ and the Apostles themselves teach that everything contained in what we call the old Bible must be believed?" "They did!"