Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-05-29

member tnelT SINS against tncte lilllc creatures!
The command to be baptized, is positive law;
something to be understood and obeyed, and
cannot include children. Under the Jewish
dispsns sa,iun children were born into The Jewish
church. as we are born citizens Of the United
States; it does not follow, therefore, that be
cause children entered into covenant with God,
under that dispensa,iot, that under this dispen-
sation, they ought 10 he baptized
Where in .he New Testament will You find
a passage which proves ,ha, children were
baptized? II /. said uf the Samnriians, that
the, were baptized, both men and women. lfl
1t had only said children! bu, children were
not included. "Philip went down TO the city
%. SA,naria, and preached Christ unto them; "
" when they believed Philip" "they were
baptized, both men and women"
po.ice that wherever the gentleman finds
the word children used. he makes il mean in
faut,. There i, u difference between children
and infants. Some ol !hcsc young ladies aud
gentlemen are children, though they have long
since passed tho nge of inia'cy. The law con
slider, them children until the boys have reach.
ed the age of twenty one, and the girls eigh
teen. To suppose the t'rm children to mean
infants, wherever it is found in the Bible,
would be to convert the whole Jewish na,io'.
into a nation of iniau,s. While oil Infants are
children, all children are not infants.
"Suiirr little children 10 come uut, me- for Of
such i. the Kingdom Of Heaven" The chill
Ir.n were brought I, Christ 10 receive his hles-
sing; but we are not Informed that the pareits
brou.h them IN their arms.
Clmi,t .ay,:-' Sufr-r little children to come
unto M; for If such is the Kingdom of Heav-
en-" Now, if ~lrrrdy such persons are fit sub
jrc,s for Heaven according to the b be doctrine
a.. ii, h,,. I I,I,
irct to having all the wcrd in the church. If
we had all the infants, we should have mass
of nr.h and blood und not the Holy Spirit. or
those b,ptised in infancy. few grow up Chris
tian men and women. Where, them there are
great many children grown mp in the church,
where i, the world AMI where is The church?
Mothers! teach your children to know the
Scriptures, that, being wise in spiritual mat -
trrs, they may enter the church with II knowl-
| clge OF what they do; bit don't tap,ise them
I'LL the New Te.,amcn, tells you 10 do SO.
/ In order to make the case of Lydia prove in
/ fan, baptism, (rrirrred to by Mr.. c. it is nee
e,>ary To presume, lst-th,l Lydia had hu,-
! band; 2l-that she had infant children; 3 that
sh. brought them with her, distance Of eighty
miles; and, 4th-that they were baptized! MIR
| e.. also mentions the case of the JAilor ard his
household 1t i. said, Sand they preached un-
I him the word of the Lord, and To all thai
were in h,s house, What does TINT meai?
1t would have been small business for the a
postle to preach to infants, who could not IN
der.rand. Tho fourth verse excludes the idea
that the word. ''all that we're in his house,"
aud "al his" included children; for it is said
,ha, the Jilor rel ,iccj,' "believing in God
with all his hnu.e.' These are nctinrs of
which infant children are incapable. Mr.. C..
: ,.so referred 10 the household Of Steph,nu,.
Paul says they went right off to preaching; so
that this presumptive argument is against Facts.
i In reply to my statement that the Jews were
born in Tie church, the gentleman talks about
children breaking the covenant, and being cut
off, !, not the fact that Jewish children were
cut of if not circu,ncised at eight days old, n
proof tha, they were born in the churoh' ilo"
can you cut oif that which was not onp How
can you cut oif from the trunk thlt which was
not on the tree?
I've are all the children Of God by iai.h in
CHRIST Jesus" | ask the gentleman II inants
can have !al,s in Christi All the blessings ana
privileges Of the Gospel are suspended Oh t4i,h.
Those who are heirs Of tho promise, are heirs
through iAilh How can infant" be heirs through
iAIn! Tnoso OF VS. who are grown up, are
hers through faith; Infants are heirs without
faith None can bc members ot the Church OF
Chrisl, except those who ara capable OF, aud do
have faith. Un, teach your children, so that
When they grow ur 10 DO responsible beings,
tnuy may become members Of the church Who
wii mol Gisaonur their ReIeemer by profess
ing hls name, without faith, and without repent
aiIctl
The church Of Christ, tho new church, is new
from the foundation to the capAtone. 1t Is u new
with n beltcr iueuiatDT, heller blood,
and cunierriEg spiritual blessings instead OF
temporal. But even admitting .ne identity OF
the covenants, and that God VIII not remember
bAliised; We must then suppose the opposite,
where tney are not baptized, and that God Will
remember their sins against them; 40 that in-
liant darnatlon Is proved by the very provisions
Vi tAe cvvenall!!
: Baptism introduces child into the church. -
suppose alter he grows up, he become" wick
ed; nov will you get him out OF the rhnroh!-
, lie grows up III II, when and how does he gel
GU, oi NJ A child baptized, il oapiism does
nat wash away total depravity -supposlng III
| least one commandment voluntarily. Baptism
Of infants destroys the distinction between the
world and the church. With oil the world il
the church, the church would be ann,hllaled.
la reference 10 the identity Of the Old anl
f New Church, the gentleman has read us thu
parable Of the olive tree, in Rom, xl. "Be
. cause oi unbeliei they were broken uh, an'
thou 'tandest by fai,h," say. Paul, in that chap
ter. Those were broken oil from tho old chuIcI
then, who had lost their faith. | admit that n
braham was the root Of the tree of the churcI
OF lae Jews; and tha! spme branches for unbe
lief ware bruken off The peull,uan'a naIabl