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

and dmc up oa OF Jordan. The gentle.
man will not say they were baptized wih
jordan. lie will say they were washed.
Dad they have their ioreheads washed, lie
has got TO prove positively sprinkng and
pouring. Ills arguments have been inier-
ence and resumption. from begina;ng to
end. "lla"ing our hearts rinkled from
an evil con'clence, aud our bodies washed
with pure water" Heb. \, %. The gen
tleman says this can he done By sprlnkling
- how Elijah said to Naaman, "Go
wash, and he wen, aud dipped: that is.
he went into the water, and was buried in
it. Thus we fulfill the command of our
Savior, when we immersc in the name OF
the Father, Son and Holy Ghost Can the
baptism of the Holy Ghos, and of fire, he
represented by sprinkling lsay it ccnnot.
So complete and all pervading are the in
tlucnces of the lIolv Spirit, that moistening
the forehead with iew drops of water,
can give no idea of it. The figure is of a
complete immersion. Nor can any form
of baptism, but immersion, so well figure
the overwhelming suiltr,ngS of our Savior.
/ Mr.. CAPl.ES. The law ior cleansing lepers was,
that they should be sprinkled seven times The proph.
ct Told Na,nan TO 90 aud wash seven times IN Jorian
Tie went aud bdpp times. This is translated dip,
but requires not little ccduy TO believe that jew
would voluntarily depart from the law without a rca-
son for they were extremely tenacious OF their customs
In the Of dipping the bird, there is evidence, and
the gentleman admits it, that the bird was not irner.
sed therefore when bdpio translated dip, imnmersc
is not necessarily ,,ied. The gentleman says that
if only the toe dipped, it would be sufficient TO
make the action Of dipping; but observe, the law does
not say dip the toe but says dip the brd II this be
case oi Immersion, then the sticking OF ones foot in
the river wou. also be Immersion
Mat, Xxx, -. Jesus said, ~ Are Won able 10 drink
OF The cup that shalt drink Of and to b. baptized with
the baptism Iha am baptized WITH" Are We able to
drunk ol the cup that shall drink Of cure that
represents suffering strongly as any other portion of
the passage VIII my friend alter tins fgme employed
By our savior himself, aud make il read Are We bile
10 be dippta IN the cup that | dippei n?" As the
passage ,tad, now, our Saviour figure more like
pCuing than immersion
admit that immersion. when there has been convc.
on converson, an al The elements necessary are
present, IS as mucn Christian baptism sp lnkling
but deny that II Is any more Though our Savior
was covered with, ~ overwhelmed with suit, ing, that
does not necessarily make the action of immersion; and
.honsh Nebnciadn'AGar may have been covered with
dcW uhtli ne was wet from head TO foot or may
have walio~ei III the long grass covered with dew yet
there was no action oi dipping. We accompany our
TREAD To the cross on Calvary, we behold with hun the
tide oi Anguish that rolls upon the Son o God We see
HIN whem tue inqhity Of world Is upon hun, he bears
II ALL we -re his uioo. poured ont for the ssion ol
sins, yet there Is no act Of immersion lie ha, never
quad answer 10 the uuc argnnani thar P,ni
times called sprnkling baptism, Jnc SPEAKS OF pour
Ing oul The Sprh all flesh, aud Peter says, through
sane iIca''on OF the spt unio obedience and sprnK-
ling OF the blood o Jesus Christi and can, until
II deter mined that immersion only, l. according to
The Nori God.
| woud like try his rule of substituting one word for
anotner, on the passage IN ,t Cor. Y Dipped into Mo-
Sc, Immersed mo Moses lie was apoH, rill mum
lnry we're not baptized INTO tn, cloud into the sea,
b." into Moses. The action OF dipping he is maintain
Ing he Is Determined To have somewhere, and according
" na plunged the whole ,rb, into Noes. The gan
- ut \,l the whole
case. In, Is what we call plunsing baptism. ENol.
XIV 10 rne history g'ven b. Moses Is PLAIN and un-
sophisticated. llISiacts OF course accOdmsto the
Bible. Moses statement will stand forever. 'And the
angel OF God winch went before the camp OF Israel
removed and went behi them; aud the piiar OF tne
cloud nent IRON before their face aud ,too beni them.
How could the cloud al the TIN, get over aud be-
hini them? My friend prove dap lose The
lie nu,l prove TO demonstration al least one case % en-
tire nin,,sIon or else acknowledge he has tailed, aud
report hn'.ll caught m the mcshcS oi trnh The
gentleman says the walls Of yarr on each side were
convccd lnto monnIas of icr rnc first TINE ever
heard oi zee IN Egypt 'Tne d,p,t' were c,n ,caci
Sc II the gentleman had consulted hls Dictionary
he would have found that there wore more d' NATIONS
) han one 10 the word CONCEAL. have away tho,tht
il meant peculiar hardening or ,llilrnlnS oi u sub
stance. When is said thai hc depths we're conscaIl
in the heart ol the sea- understand II 10 mean, Inat
the bed oi the sea, ael the waers icceded was N le
firm, by means Of mlracuiou, hardening, 81 that tue
cmlden of l.iaci could pas, over on drv ground.
have not what appeared to 10 be the r,l nli
nation o mountain oi ice. have heard OF llh gen
teman giving this explanation IN other parts ol the
State, though think i, Is orglhhl w'lh hun u nay
reasonably be supposed ih" walls were made hard BY
miracle, bu, he has converted them into ice ny the p'"
OF his nag lna ion. BY means OF the same lacdiy
he has corved TO get the children OF Israel completely
buried IN the lie has fixed modna oil Zee on e
. ther side, the cloud above aud behnd them, aud has
thrown the light N 'front.' to I'LL up the gdu! Wni
} work! The gentleman has reduced thr width oi the
passage 10 half a mile, by close calculation, and h'
lie links Is the very lowest he can allow Ihe gentle