Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-05-01


to bs al the lowest calculation at lta., half Of
{ ~ inhabitants OF those countries. How many
inhabitants were there ? not less than 5000 |
900. Then John must have baptized DOC, 900
in not more Than ten months. Taking out
Sundays then, and allowing twenty days for
travelling, and he must have baptized thirty six
every minute! john could not have immersed
such multitude in that tine Moses also bap
tixed great mutt tide, not less than 100000,
in single mig I. The Jews never chided
John for changing the formt Of this ceremony,
welded as they we're to their customs, and
ready to raise an cutlery, upon any innovation oil
work to establish his right to change the cere-
monial law ? Christ conformed to the ceremo
NAL law until his dea,hp What Jewish rite wa,
ever performed by the gontleman's modeP-
Not one. Who ever put facts together without,
srriving at this conclusionp The contrary let
him believe who can.
Ope mus; have great credulity to believe that
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was dipped IN the dews of
Heaven This is not a case Of fgura.ive wet
ting; il /, literal. lie assured US that bapio
meant nothing but dip, and said mus, be very
ignorant Of natural philosophy, not to know that
dew comes up out Of the ground, instead OF de.
scendiug. l know that vapor comes up on,
Of the ground ani that it is not dew until il
descends.
lie says the light from the cloud Of fire was
nvt to fill up the gap but to illuminate the dark
passage. Then how can he make on, case Of
immersion? lie says we are all immersed in
this house; as though we had all been plunged
in from the top. II We entered at the door we
wero not dipped in the house. lie says II the
duors were open. we would still be buried in
the house. But suppose tive end Of the house
were taken out " hat would be the consequ, n ,p
i, would not be house ut all, but only three
walls. So with the children OF israei, me,
were not buried il the whole front was let
open.
L,,k at he case Of uArrison lie went to
the river and baptism was applied TO him; he
went to tho river" There is no instance in
the Bible, Of ever taking the pople 10 the wa.
ter, or bringing them away from ii. On the
day Of Pentecost three Thousand. after crying
"n, "what shall we do to be savedp" were bap
tiz.d. Why not so to some pool; why not some
ihtmation OF going to water? Blu, no, it is said
simply that they were baptized. There is no,
case on record till we come to the Enin case,
where they went away to hunt water. The
Eunuch did not ask Philip whore pool or river
could be found. but merely said See, here is
water, what doth hinder me 10 be baptized ~
Not All instance To authorize our being driven
from our houses. Not u single instance Of going
from the place Of con, ersior. The Jews never
objected to Johns baptism, or that OF the Apos'
ties, Or the Seventy. II job II was engaged IN
Administering an ORDINANCE contrary To liie Gus
tom ofthe Jews, he changed the mode himself,
and might expect TO lave great hue ana cry
raised against INN, II IS mol 10 DC supposed
they would quietly submit TO such proceeding
Let any take ,hcse facts and look them Ia the
face, und say that John did net bapize accord.
ing To the Jewish law, The gentleman in,,-
demonstrate that TINS Is not Tie -no'h'hs
le' VIII do. thousand i'-'''ce' oi psaeIi'
eng immersion, al or since "'N t'he' VIII mol
prove 'ha' 'pr'hHiIhe 10 ho' pnsm'
have many argnm, n's " Lch should IKE 10
present 1t have limo.
Dr. HOPSON. Inc gentleman mas oroush'
forward arguments 10 prove mat III JORDAN doe
not mean IN jordan ANA refers 10 'o'nu" III
~ to sustain hun IN his position. Do" u"iSn
the priests s'oo! on hrln grouhu III we mus. OF
jordan Is not sara t"ey paP'!"'u Oh ",y
ground. Dry ground IN 'ofaah,'s miracle
like the crossing ol the hed 'ea ny inc ,h'idrel
Vi Israel.
Bapii.ing in the wilderness Nafs' l. =
where dIdIh Be' wn'ef' Tue heN' verse sh""'
that they col IL IN jordan JON" u'a ""p
tze in the wilderness ana '"efe ws"' 10 III"
all The land "i I"dea' ah" '"oy o, Jerusalem
aud were baptized oil MN III the hiver OF Jor
dan. The gentleman, seems !" MINK Jon" u.
Baptist had to 60 10 i'.oh 10 ma water enough
to sprinkle them w"h'-"fa'se perVer''oh oil
taot.!
we have at last arrived AZ tne sage eo"c'n''nh
Ihut to Dap'lZe means 10 PURIFY NO" as 10 h''