Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-08-24

of Christ, he commissioned
His disciples. And what was their COM
mission go We into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature. He
hat believelh. and is baptized, shall be
saved. and he that believelh not shall be
damned" Mark xvi: Is, Is. Take the
commission as recorded. Mat. xviii: 10,
20: Go We therefore, teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name ofthe Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost, teaching them TO
obserre all things whatsoever | have COM
manded you, and 10! am with you al
way even unto The end Of the world,
amen" Now, brother Murray, with this
scripture before you, can hardly see how
you could arrive at the conclusion that
there is nothing in the scripture 10 settle
the question whether Christ desired TO have
the ordinances continued or not. "Go
teach, or deciple, all nations.'' Do you
think this was confined TO the apostolic
age2 Is The scripture siien: upon this
subject, whether there is 10 be any more
teaching or decipling beyond their age ?
presume you have not come 10 this con-
clasion. Have you doubt but that the
teaching and baptism ran parallel, one
with the other? Did Christ think that
the deciples Ele vas addressing would live
till the world should end 2 Is not this a
fair construction to put upon hisscripture
that Christ designs that the whole OF
this institution should continue to the end
of time! That he would raise up minis
ters whose duty it should be TO teach all
nations and ba ptize all believers till time
should end! You speak as though the
ordinances mig hit be needful to distinguls
the new dispensation from the old, and
why not now! Are we not under the
new? Ii ordinances under the old dis.
pensation were to continue rs long as that
lasted, why not those of The new SO long
as that shall last? fit was necessary in
the apostolic age for persons 10 be buried
in water to manifest death to sin, and de-
Termination to lead new life, and also q
belief in the death, burial, and resurrec.
ton of Christ, why not now 2Q0) H.
| have many other things to say, bu
perhaps 1 have written more now than
you will be willing 10 publish Ifyou dc
not lash me so severely, that am unable
to write. you may hear from. me again
Now, Hulher Murray, don't take thi;
communication unkindIy, for | mean tc
have no ankind feelings. QD ! have TAX
en- the Telee raph ever since it was pub.
lished, and | an unwilling TO give You uF
as a baptist Editor.(2) Neither, do
ask you 10 stop my paper now. But un
less you renounce sone Ct your errors, a:
| consider Them, / must seek another re-
ligious paper for my family, if l can fine
one, that is sound upon the subject Of abo
litionism, and things of the day, and wil
defend Bible sentiment, [ must procure
JUGS Yours. &c. +"
JONATHAN BALDWIN.
/ . NOTES BY TIE EDITOR.
! u. CD Yes, l have known exclusions 70
these sins. ] have also known all these
sins clicked up by the church, where the
sinners have been wealthy, or otherwise
influential
| - az Why, yes, brother Baldwin, it was
Were they received to the fellowship o
the church without attending 10 the ordin
ances"? Could they have been thus re
ceiVed? If not, then certainly the observ
ance Of the ordinances was The test. Moth
ing can be palmer. cid not pretend tina
this was the only test. allowed that pro
| lession Of other things was required; an
that this requirement secured some practise
But / maintained that the practice of th
other things was not made Indispensable
that they are all allowed TO be neglected, I
an enormous extent, to the violation of eve
f ny article and section of the whole mora
law. But profession merely, in regard I
the ordinances, will not do, in the case {
single Individual. Here there must b
practise, Eot only by those who are in othe
things faithful, but by those also who are i
other things delinquent. Thus it is cles
that the observance Of the ordinances
paramount to everything else, with oil thos
denominations which hold 10 them. '.~ :
/ 81 Rrotl,er Baldwin has not been suff
cienlly careful On this point. He has jun
bled things together which kept separate
| ! stated distinctly that positive inslilutio
was mol based on the eternal law of God
that il had its origin in Circumstance,
Hence say, on further examination Of III
subject, that il will have its end in circun
Stances. What those circumstances Wer,
and are, in regard TO all religious ordinance.
rites and ceremonies. stated more fully i
my remarks made Two weeks ago.
(4) 10 reply to all this, refer brothe
Baldwin, and other readers, 10 what put