in the Church.

WHY CHILDREN SHOULD BE BAPTIZED.[12] As children were received into the
Old Testament covenant by the rite of circumcision, which was a type of
baptism, so God desires that they shall be received into the New
Testament covenant by baptism. Some of the reasons for infant baptism
are the following:--

[Footnote 12: Baptists sometimes argue against infant baptism on the
basis of the Scripture passage: "Go ye and teach all nations, baptizing
them," etc., claiming that Christ says first teach and then baptize.
But, as a matter of fact, Christ mentions baptizing before teaching in
this passage. For in its correct translation, as given in the Revised
Version of the English Bible, it reads, "Go ye therefore, and _make
disciples_ of all the nations, _baptizing_ them into the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; _teaching_ them to observe
all things whatsoever I commanded you." If the order in which the two
words "baptize" and "teach" occur in this passage proved anything with
respect to the baptism of infants, it would prove that they _should_ be
baptized. For in the case of children, baptizing comes first and
teaching follows, just as in the passage quoted.]

1. Children form part of the "nations" whom Christ commanded His
disciples to baptize.

2. They are by nature sinful and need God's grace as well as adults.
[John 3:5, 6, Job 14:4] While they have not yet committed any conscious
transgressions, they have inherited a sinful heart, and the germs of sin
in them will soon grow into actual transgressions.