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

"Thev were all under the cloud;" wish
YOU to notice this is singular, not plural
There was but one cloud over them, and
that wos the cloud of fire. and they were
not baptized with water from the cloud,
but were baptized IN the cloud and in the
sea- In the quotation from Psalms il is said:
"the clouds poured out water" So to have
this water poured on the Children Of Israel,
the gentleman will have TO manufacture
a cloud; for to make it plural there must
be two, and then the cloud of fire must
pour out water, and ae will have them
drenched.
| We are all accustomed to such express.
ions as these: tolerab;y hard rain, slight
shower, heavy rain, considerable shower;
bu, when il comes down in torrents, we say
it pours down. SO take it when the
clouds poured out water, il must Have been
on the Egyptians. 1t was poured out of
The clouds, accompanied by the roar OF
thunder, and terrific display OF lightning.
| Not that peaceful evidence that heaven
smiled, when the lsraeltes were baptized.
| cannot admit tina, the gentleman is COR
rect IN his supposiion that the passage
which says the clouds poured out water. Is
applicable to the Children Of Israel. To
draw this conclusion. he not only has to
wet the ground, bu, bring water out Of
cloud Ll fire, and must manufacture anothr
cloud, supposing Paul made Il mistake and
left out one. did no, undertake to prove
an actual dipping in this case, nor an nc,u-
al buring, Tut the same effect. IL you
cannot see the likeness of a burial in this,
do not know what would resemble it.
Twenty odd times, b7pfo is translated in
the Old and New Tes,aments, and in eve
: rv instance bu, one it is translated dip, and
in that one, the wetting was so copious ~
To amount to saturation.
The case of murder the gentle man brings
up a, an offset 10 my argument that John
) baptized in jordan AM in Enan, furnishes
no evidence against immersion. In that
case reference is had to Il division Of the
country: in the Case Of John the Baptist it
is to the water he baptized in-in the riv-
cr Jordan and in Encn-w which | have al
ways understood to be pond of the river
jordan. The gentleman says, how could he
; find water enough in the wilderness, to i'm.
, merse in, answer by referring him to
Mark i. 4. 5. where it is said. John baptized
and we're baptized OF him IN jordan. Show.
lin. conclu,ivcly that the river Jordan was
, in the wilderness, and consequently when
he baptized in jordan he baptized in the
r wilderness.
, Mr.. Harrison wcnt down into the Mis-.
souri, river, and Rev. Mr.. Perkins poured
water pn his head. Why did he go into
: the river at al The Bible drove him in.
It seems to me, he took Il vast deal Of trou.
,, bic 10 have water poured On his head, when
+ he might rs easily have had his whole body
f waShcd; or, as Naaman was, dipped.
, JoShun iii. Is. 1t is said "the priests that
3 bare the ark, came unto Jordan, and their
feet were dipped in the brim of Jordan. for
. ,rdan overlloweth all his banks all tho
y time of harvest" So the priests stood not
in jordan, but on the bank in the edge Of
, the water, and their feet were buried in
water, because Jordan had ovcrhowed
= his banks.
Why leave Jordan to 60 to Enon, when
: the iorme, afforded n suiliciency Of wnierl
Answer. John went up and down Jordan.
baplzing in different parts of the country
: as circum ,tances required. Having occa-
t sion 10 change his position, he selected
t l,noh in preference to one of the smaller
: streams, which are to be found in this part
n Iol the country.
o Mr.. CAPLES. Tho gentleman has some
celebrity in this state as critic. The law says
J. tho prizes, shall ,prinkle the leper seven ,imss
d and pronounce hn clean.
!. In Joshua ill., II, it 10 said 'rhs priests that
r. bare. the ARK stood firm OH dry ground in the
midst OF Jordan, and all the ls<aeli,ss passed o.
:. yer on dry ground, until all the people were
;, passed clean over Jordan" You will plsass
! to notice, the priests stood sti in the midst Of
: Jordan, but were they im'nerssdp So John tsp.
t lIz d in Enon; does it prove that he immersed
e in Envn
It The cloud TINT stood over tho Israelitss by
C day and by night, it 10 reasonable 10 supposs,
v could havs furnished them " ith rain.
i Did Johu dip the people into the wildernssss
:. The Bible does not say he baptized them 10
the water, but in tho wilderness. But this de-
J., signa,es the place. and in John iii, 25, 26, We
"a have word used synony with bsptixs,
- that 10 purify; which proves that John used the
i Jewish mode Of purifcation, which was sprink.
). ling. Why baptizs IN water whom John ssys
b II bap.izs with water" Why doubt then. thss
/ the baptism in Jordan and in Enon, desgnatss
- the place and not tho ac,ion ?
> In John iii, 1926, il 10 said John was bsp-
e lizing, Ard question sross 'sbout purifying"
!. the context evidently showing that the words
:, were used syncnymously. Now lot us Try the
. rule Of substituting: let us see IL We eau pu!
> purify in the place Of bspizs and make sense.
. Aud John also was purifying 10 Ensu,
= near 10 Salem, because there was much water
y there and they came ard were purified.
Then there arose question between some Of
= Johns disciples and The Jews, about purifying.
" "A nd thew came into John and ssiA l,nto hisS