Dr. M. De Haan on Baptism and the Covenants (1)

Someone recently placed in my hands a booklet dis­playing the title, "Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Common Grace." In this booklet the author, Dr. M. R. De Haan, pastor of Calvary Church (undenomina­tional), derides the doctrine of Infant Baptism as a doctrine taken not from Scripture but fabricated by the Fathers of the Christian church. In putting his thoughts into words, the author uses some strong state­ments. We quote: "This little treatise on the much discussed and little understood...