<TITLE>02. Par 8-15</TITLE>L-8 Now, I believe they have some little babies here, that come from out of town that they wanted dedicated to the Lord. Now, this... Many people sprinkle them, and so forth. And that's perfectly all right. I have nothing against that. However, sprinkling is not Scriptural to baby or adult. See? Sprinkling is just a--a--a ecclesiastical form that has been adopted first by the Catholic church, and then handed down through Protestantism. But there's no Scripture for no sprinkling of adult or baby.
And being that we like to stay right with the Scripture, just as close as we can, in the Bible they brought little children to our Lord, and He lifted them, picked them up in His arms, and blessed them, and said, "Suffer little children to come to Me." Now, that's what we are trying to do: follow the commandments of the Lord in that way. And we bring the elders of the Church, and we stand around and dedicate the children to the Lord.
If our pianist will play our song, "Bring them in," all right and those mothers that's got the little ones, will come, stand forward, Brother Neville and some of the elders will stand with me here, if they will; and we'll dedicate these children unto the Lord.
Bring them in, bring them in,
Bring them in from the fields of sin;
Bring them in, bring them in,
Bring the little ones to Jesus.

L-9 Now, this is just a form, of mothers dedicating their little ones to the Lord. And this Easter morning, what a wonderful time for a baptism or a dedication, this early season and the resurrection time. Let's sing it again while the rest start.
Bring them in, bring them in,
Bring them in from the fields of sin;
Bring them in, bring them in,
Bring the little ones to Jesus.

L-10 Now, friends, I know them's, each one, is the prettiest baby in the world. I know that. I know better than to say anything else about that. That's right. And that's the way you should feel.
They're little treasures that God has given you the responsibility of raising. And I've always said and made this kind of a saying to mothers. We know, written of four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. But there's a fifth Gospel, unwritten; that's mother. She gets them before Matthew-Mark-Luke-and-John's teaching gets them. So the responsibilities is placed upon you mothers and you fathers to raise these children to the--for the Kingdom of God. And I'm sure that's your heart's desire.

L-12 We lift them to God in prayer and dedicate your babies to Christ. The elders and I will come forward to... You just give us the name. And now I know my wife is kind of jealous of me in this job, cause...
Lisa Ann Mitchell. Oh, oh. Lisa Ann Mitchell, a treasure for anyone's arms. Let us bow our heads.
Heavenly Father, as Your servants, we lift this little Lisa Ann Mitchell to Thee, in the Name of the Lord Jesus. We dedicate her and claim her life for the Kingdom of God. May she live and grow and be a wonderful person to the Kingdom of God. We do this for the--because we're commissioned of our Lord. In the Name of Jesus Christ we pray, Amen. (God bless you.)

L-15 H. A., E. J. Junior. E. J. Junior, while he's taking a nap. So let us bow our heads.
Our heavenly Father, we lift to You this little fellow; pray that if Jesus tarries, You'll make a great servant of God out of him. The mother gives him to You. And--and we present him, in the Name of the Lord Jesus, that You'll bless him and the home that he comes from. May he be raised to the glory of God, as we dedicate him to Jesus Christ. Amen.
God bless you, preacher, and your...?... I'm kind of careful of that job, 'cause I'm always afraid I'll hurt the little fellows.


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