“Now I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord, [i]2452[/i] as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you?”
_and now when the people had heard these words,
_they clapped their hands for joy, and exclaimed:
“This is the desire of our hearts.”