Thus we have a threefold guard to keep _baptizoo_ to its primary or proper meaning of _to dip_ or _immerse_. First, an abundance of Greek words to express every general and specific idea about the application of water, except that of immersion; second, the fact that a tropical meaning of a word cannot refer to the specific outward act indicated by the word; and third, the law of interpretation which demands that a word be given its primary or proper meaning in commandments, or plain narrative, unless the context expressly demands a different meaning. The above definitions of the word _baptizoo_ are taken from Dr. Thayer's "New Testament Greek Lexicon." In reply to letters inquiring about Dr. Thayer's "New Testament Greek Lexicon," the following answers-were received. It is the "best" (Professor Hodge, of Princeton); it is the "very best" (Dr. Alexander, of Vanderbilt University); "nothing can compare with it" (Dr Hersman, president of the Southwestern Presbyterian University). This opinion is practically made unanimous from the fact that Dr. Thayer's Lexicon is used at all of the leading schools in the country. A request for an authoritative lexicon that gives "sprinkle" or "pour" as a meaning of _baptizoo_, elicited the following answers: "There is no such lexicon" (Professor Humphreys, of the University of Virginia, and Professor D'ooge, of Colby University); "I know of none" (Professor Flagg, of Cornell); "I do not know of any" (Professor Tyler, of Amherst). "_Baptizoo_ means _to immerse_. All lexicographers and critics of any note are agreed in this."--_Dr. Moses Stuart._ Thus we learn, through the testimony of experts, without consulting all the numerous Greek lexicons, that they define the word _baptizoo_ as meaning _to immerse_ and that none of them say it means _to sprinkle_ or _to pour_. The great mass of Christians know nothing about the Greek experts who make the lexicons, but are much better acquainted with and influenced by the great church leaders and church standards. Therefore we present the following quotations: _Scholars and Churches Admit that Christ Taught Immersion._ NOTE.--These quotations are taken from a tract of mine on baptism. I. _Council of Toledo_, 633 (Catholic): "We observe a single immersion in baptism." 2. _Council of Cologne_, 1280 (Catholic): "That he who baptizes when he immerses the candidate in water," etc. 3. _Martini_ (Roman Catholic): "In all of the pontificals and rituals I have seen (except that of Madeleine de Beulieu), and I have seen many, ancient as well as more recent, immersion is prescribed." 4. _Dollinger_ (Roman Catholic): "Baptism was administered by an entire immersion in water." (Chu. History, vol. 2, p. 294.) "A mere pouring or sprinkling was never thought of." (First Age of Chu., p. 318.) "Baptism by immersion continued to be the prevailing practice of the church as late as the fourteenth century." (Hist. Ch., vol. 2, p. 295.)