THIS little book is well written, and presents the views of the sect which it represents with accuracy and cleverness. The margins of its seventy pages bristle with text reference to Holy Scripture which, while generally apposite, are as generally open to the charge of proving too much. This is a failing inherent in all religious bodies that take a stand more or less opposed to the teachings and practices of the church which was in existence a score of years before a line of the New Testament was written, and the writer of this book deserves to be complimented for the excellent way in which he has handled a difficult question.
The title suggests a contradiction in terms, for neither Webster's Dictionary nor historic Christianity recognizes the use of the word "baptize" except as involving the element of water.
It would be a fairer title and one not open to objection from the philologist or the churchman had it been called: "Why Friends (Quakers) Do Not Baptize."
–Journal, Volume 47 [1910]
