Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-05-08

20 ought tobe translated iinmerse. say II is
not specific, but generic; and when performed IN
the way that Christ, Paul aud Peter have termed
bap,iziug, is baptism. | regret that he deducted
from Chr,ts promise that he would baplsc Wiz
ihe Holy Ghnst and Nth fire, an argument that
Ibap,i zing IN fire referred to Hell. dar e not,
with this authority (Biblc) before ma to conf
leully assert that pouring is not 6apiiziug. Ex
crpt IN the single iustarce ol two fave Iers,
there Is NJ passage from which To inter sny
change of place TO obtain water TIE Euhuch
said "Lcre is water; i'll am proper subject and
you proper administrator, why should no,
be baptized?" To say ,ha, Philip immersed
him, is gra,u,tou,. II in immersion, you carry
The subject IN to the shoulder, only dipping the
head, still it is called baptism. Three bear
witness on earth, the spirit, the blood and !he
water. The first two are not 50 distinct, that
one pouring or other suifuson, msy not reIre-
sent both.
have spared the brother. lie has kept him
self in good hunor. His high trust in the
church IN Missouri | have no doubt he well
deserves; bu, immersion has gone by the board;
there is no, in the Bible worG 80 defined ! have
| 'spri,kled' him with arguments. hope they
have made good impression, and that he will
never shake it oii
DR. HOPSON. The gentleman said that he
h,l sprinkiei me with his arguments. | grant.
tia, lie has, but have 'immeIs sca" him in mine !!
II, la. occupied the affirmative On this question,
aud i. has devolved on Lin TO prove that sprink
ling or pouring is b,p,ism. In his ,ilor, TO do
this, Mr.. Caplss has assumed that there are
places AMI circumstances where the ordinance
Of bipli, - co,l,! no, be administered by INNER
-, T., ~
undertook TO show him that IN Green and,
: and .yerywhefe else un the Globe, where man
b can dwell water enough can be procured Tor
1, immersion. | undertook TO show him th,, it
, extraordinary circumstances wer. TO be ap
Z peeled to for ohjrc,ions that circumstances
q NIGH, occur where there might 3n wanting an
: essential constituent of baptism named 10y him;
Il iht there might be places whore a man, living
g isolated from his iollo" tures, but with his
u Bible before him, could come to the conclusion
that he ought to turn from the error Of his way
II and be baptized into the church If Christ, bat
i that this would be rendered mpracicablc, by
n the absence Of properly author orized admins
r TRAITOR. do not approve Of this kind Of argu-
Is ment but he has thought proper to introduce
'r oh eCtlons drawn from extraordinary circum-
Is stances, and one case is an offset to tho other
Il Where com pliancc with c mnand IL impnssi-
ns does not require impos sibilt;es Of any man.--
,e The argumen, ior >prnhliny is derived hy thu
" g.ntlem,n irom the Old Testament; pouring from
b, other sources AMI he advocates both sprinkline
and pouring; but without contendng that sprink
ar ling or pouring is required. His argument /,
ly for water alone lie almit. tha, there was IL
y positive evidence Of .prinklng or pouring II
er the Bibles while have established that ther
1 were plenty of inmtrsions do not belev'
~ there ever WAS place where man desiring
,r baptism could not be immersed. Again, 1t /
.aid that N-huchadnez2 ,r waswet with the Jrv
| OF Heaven iIe argues from ,hi, that the .
i instances where bop'o is translated dip, .houl
l. be thrown away, and this exception, this iigu
i'll rtvc apple, ofthe w"rd adopted as H. l'''ra
it meaning; although it is plain, that Nebuchad
nezz,r soc mi I,ttly sDtnra'd d, s" thoroug
n ly wet ,hn the ,if~ct was the same a' though h
nG were tnp-izrd. In The case Of Naanon, es
SO iahlishcd that wash in ant To dip.
nr In Isaiah, il is said that "he shall sprinkl
1T many Nations" showed that sprinkle, i'll tli
he instance, should he aStonish
od Ezek. xvi, "a, %. This refers 10 the res
he orntion of the Jews. 1t says To the Jews i
al irndnpc when you are restored to Your ow
ii, land, then shall he fulfilled this promis" ut r'
Id riGcalion | spoke n' to baptism "l hre,-
he moi as an action, but that figure, to ex
* pres. the rxian and degree Of the punishmcn
A. il was said that the wicked should he immsrSo
ny in fire With regard to the washing Of cnp'
II pot, and t,hlcs, referred To Mum Xxxi, -,
rs --Nhst ever could not abide tnc fire, was 10 Z
nj through the water How could an,tne t
rn Mrough water, withun' immers'onT
is The gentleman says John c0nic not have in
mcr>ed for he bnp,ized sneh great nunhers'
ter say he baptized very few.