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


Sentlcman's whole argument; which is that
the subject is pushed in. The prescription
of the ordinance leaves entirely unsettled,
the mode ofappIicalion; whether much or
little water, or how administered; whether
by Sprinklng. pouring or immersion. He
set out with an immersion that was To
plunge. lie soon found the word dip
The action, performed and names used IT
first we are willing TO stand by. john says
"hc shall bap,izc you with the Holy Ghost
and with fire" have shown the gentle.
man at the Holy Ghost and fire came and
rested on the disciples, the very action call.
eI by ,he inspired writers bapiism; SO that
pouring is baptism at last. John SAYS, "l
indeed bapliAe You with water. but he shall
blp,izr you with the Holy Ghost and with
lire Ant the ilolS Ghost and fire were
poured out on the di ciples on the day OF
Pen rc" t: hcy came anl sat upon them,
aut jhi, was hupti>m. 1t is too late to- say
u'1i We lisurllvc sense l. moi the same as
'I.,i "a ,rn.r. lie ha long tried 10 show
'at .... ~, = iiLura'iyr inn.r,'l; and
% tr "ou.I do ,ur,, nc could show there was
Il .r,J melulug / rgrer with h'H here,
aud am sIad he has made hi ackro Tclg.
mcu'.
Ezekirl. XxX,i, -. He has ,uid rli,w,s
Il promi-e nt Jewish puii'aiun. We say
il wa, u promise to them ol Nhri,iipn DIp-
. ,i,m when they shall be cnlel home, after
I having been scattered among all the IA.
lions ot the earth.
The gentleman ha, remarked that sprn-
ke or poul IS not IN the Bible called baptism.
lie has learned this much, that sprinkle "r
pour is called bup,'m by Peter, Paul aud
Christ. John 'iIih chapter and eighth verse;
"And there are three that bear witness in
. earth: the spirit, and the water, and the
, blood, and these three a.rec III one The
, spirit bears this testimony; it comes into
a our hfdrtS with its renewing and ,anciiiyng
: influences, and thus te,liiic> Of that Savior
| who shed hi, blood to save Us from sill
b. When the split comes on any one, it is
emphalically shedding upon; Il pouring
. out. How is the testimony given of the
u shedding of the blood OF our Savior, and
II the pouring out of the Spirit! The answer
is that water is like the blood and spiri,
;. shed forth. Take, then, the declaration
first presented, derived fran the New les.
- lament Scriptures. and Immersion i'piov-
10 ed to he an action which is incapable of ties
n tilyins to the spirit coming down on them
'e John sayS:--"l indeed baptize you witt
m water, but he shall baplize you with the
ID Holy Ghost aud with fire" Way did John
' place them ia connection, bat tina, one
', was the type oi ano'hor' These ia'ting'
~ p"uring$ down. sheddlngi forth, are bnp
li-mS. show mea passage whcrc pnng-
u lnG = '8CrHH'C. II, III the Thousand mNan
re',i c"ula be shown lhai pluhEn% Is tiGhl
II, yea, Wmi' pnutin- out bears the testimony
=, II i also ughi. he blood "i the hofi Jc
's sits ChriNi Is the great procuring medium u
'r mcrcie'--it sprinhlcN oar hearts from N
evil conscience; and thus 'cstitics of llii
ter tc'tii'S "' this; Ics'lil OF III" shedding
. iorlh "l Ills blood on calvary; teSlll!eS "
il the shedding upon VI "l 'hc Nr'!'', ana 'c'
r.. tie> oS part ot the evidence, that we ar
lhe rhIidIcn OF God, by placing his seal ur
/ ON unr lorchcads
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''rt ~"nh, rf'"h iN '""'ra ny any INSPIRE
wIiieI uhpiI'm Yet ! am Wiling To Il
49, lpw that immersion 't bipll m; am wi
or nag u" ''Nt '"c "'"''''i''" ~ '"e va ''' 'li
Il Nlh hi'n "e'c"mt :" 'hr 'ac''" "F"'hlhc'
IN. his own way. g'oriiI 'herc privilege
look upon lm.ne1rl"n as lh'""ur; hnt
r.. am bound by no iron chain io II bpcau
in. Christ does not specify any parlicul;
Els mode. These are the broad principles Il