Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-09-12

tain HIMSELF in regard to ordnance Of the latter
di.pensation betray conscious want Of better au-
thority-i. c. the lack of a law, command. or any
instruction, from the mouth Of the Great Law-Giver
Of the new dispensatOn, in support of his assumed
positioni
Il would have been doing me an unspeakable ia
vor-it would have been shedding glorious light
on my path--if friend Buckham had taken upon
himself the trouble to tell me iCy he "beieyes it is
the viii Of the Lord Jesus Christ" that he should
sprinkle unconscious babes. must believe that if
he had, when he to this point, felt himself a
BILE to put his finger on passage, or word, in the
New Testament, aifording q shadow OF ground for
his belief that he thought would be satisfactory
convincing to others, he would have bazoned forth
the last letter of But is he benefited any by 60
ing back to the Jewish ritel IL because God CON-
\ manded Abraham to eireumeise unconscious babes,
under the old dispensation, therefore friend Buck
ham feels required or authorized to sprinkle uncon-
scious babes, under the Hep, ask the latter where
he gets his requirement or authority for sprinkng
females7 as they were not the sebjectS Of circum-
clsion. And Abraham was required to circumciss
all cho mere born ia his house, and all ChO Uere
bought EiLt his money. Why should not baptism
be extended to all such, alsoa Again: If the COM
mand to circumcise is authority to 6api=e, why is
il not equally good authority to administer the
Lords Supper Why should not unconscious
babes be carried to III, table and partake of the
bread and the wineI
In regard to the view Of Anti-pgdobapti is, to
the faith OF jewish parents and guardians, friend
Buckham gets up his man-Of-straw, and then demol-
ishes it with woadrous dextarity. The views Of
Anti-P adobaptisIs on the whole subject, are sim
ply and briefly these :-Circumcisi0n toGs a posi-
tue institution from God to the Jetcs, and TGs done
alcay triH all The other rites aud ceremonies Pecu-
i1r to the Jerish dispensatiOn It's subjects Tere The
male menl ers of all Tithm tie pale Of Tie JeTish es-
LabEshueu. These views are founded on the COM
mand of God to Abraham-See Genesis, xvii. chap
" ter commencing with the latter clause of the 10th
: verse; On the other hand: BAPTISM is a PositiU'
institution from Jesus Christ to his toLloeers, IL
subjects are all those, and no OtherS-mateS and Je
uaaLes-Jers and CeAtIes-1rhO 6ekiere in Him an
repeat of hiir sins. This doctrine Is based on eV
cry leAt in the New Testament requiring baptism
being manifest either from these texts themselves
or from theia contexts, that bekererS only are tn
. subjects of this ordinance.
: (5l And what is to be understood by these uncon
;, scious babes being "receivd into the church C tn
living God7" Am TO understand, indeed, that a
| many as have been sprinkled are now " in tn
: church Of the living God" except those who haV
been labored with and accommodated, accordin
to the rules of Gospel discipline Then, surely
y Pgdobaptist churches have large portion of yer
= strange materials in them; and our good brethre
must in all conscience, on httlo reflection, aba'
something from their charge Of unpardonabla sil
. brought against Baptists for what is termed "cos
communion ~ On the contrary, if this large clai
ii. e., all the sprinkled who remain in sin and vi
- beIiaf-are out of the church, without labor ar
= exclusion,-pny tell us how they got out! FaV
us with your mOdUs OperaRdi.
(6( In reply to his question. concede, OF cours
that IF he [the Lord has required this III
sprinklins Of unconscious babes] at the hand Of b
ls ministers, then, truly. they who do it perform
3. work of supererogation; moreover, woe j. "P
tbsm II they omit. And so too; if the Lord requIr
re ttne Epise-r,~l Pr;sst to questian hnbes-and
n u;ros the Bishop lord il over his heritage
at why, amen TO their proceedings On the con'ra'
be if he requires Of these things then say aga
SIS they are oil worse than works of suPererogatt
es- I know Of no better way to dispose OF these II
sr- than to 60 to the law and the testimony.
his IN So far was from designing to "spoak as
ell the controversy between 1.-THE Baptistsl and
do Padobaptists wers decided" really designed
rye invite discussion; and am happy so far to hi
not gained my object; and this happiness would be
MS creased if my friend Buckham would unteHcr hi
in ssn and once moro come into the field. Let
have no struggle for victory. Discussion condu
cd in the spirit Of the Gospel cannot fail to res
in the furtherance of truth.
lists THE ECLIPSE Of the sun, already men'I
n"'e cd, will take place on the 18Th instant CT
III. mepcing at 1-2 minutes past 3, and
bap- ing at As minutes past S, p. NJ, accord
TO a calculation made at Burlington, In
my State, and signed, z. IT, LprobabIy
doc Thompson,J and accompanied by
iseo. of which the following is pretty TAR
upon ration, showing what the appearance wi
1t Is al that place. -... .a
5 not
,reby
his 49,