"I shall and will not risk…depending on who a minister is, or what he believes. But in order that my baptism be certain — I want to look at its Establisher, and listen to what His Word and command is! The minister must indeed be there, and extend his hand and mouth to
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it. But I would not be pointed to the visible [human baptizer], but to the invisible Baptizer Who established and ordained baptism….
"God supplies the minister, be he whatever he may…. He [the minister] does not baptize in my name, nor in that of Peter or Paul [cf. First Corinthians 1:13-16]…but in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. It is Thereinto that I see the baptizee baptized…or sprinkled with water! Thus, I know that such is a correct baptism. For Scripture clearly testifies this…. For here it is God the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost Himself Who baptizes.
