The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-10-01

that there was "no dipping" How sin.
gular The admission from a writer, many
Of whose best days were spent, in assert.
ing against all opposition, that Bartizo
means dip, and nothimg Jut dip! We'll
it is comfortable for the Pedo-baptist to
think, amid the scorn so libprally poured
upon his system, that, ia the Judgment of
Dr.. Carson hiIaself there may he a " real
edptSm," where there is no djDDing or
immersion. Indeed, We could scarcely
conceive OF a testimony more forcible, AS
against identifying immersion with bap
tsm. The Disciples having come togeth.
cr, the wind, if YOU will, and the fire, as
cmh!cms Of the Spirit, entered the place of
their assemblage and there was admin
iStcred that heavenly baptism, which had
hega predicted successfully bv John, and
by our Savior. The emhlems came upon
ill.," Disciples; the Disciples were not din.
pci Into the cnblcms. Their baptism"
SAYS Carson, CONSISTED in being sur.
roundcd with the wind, not ia tie manner
in which the wind came :" and we take
Icav" To add, certainly not az tie manner
II which the Disciples came in.o-contuct
with the wind. Ii language have mean.
mg. here Is baptism without regard to
Kramer or mode, and admitted Ia be SO.
toy an author, whose funhamealal position
is, that "hsp,izo ncrcr expresses anytajng
6"t mod"." An attempt is made to recon.
cIle these contradictions, hv alleging that.
in reference 10 the pcntccostal cffns;on the
term baptism is usc,b in n catarhrcs,ic. or
hgmra'Ne acccptation. But does not this
Virtually abandon the dogma Of u "rcal
baptism ia the cmhlems Of the Iloly
Sririt anl whcse is the consistency Of
presenting hr our acceptance, rcu&ty on
one l.'-", and on the next, disappointing
us. tN transforming the reality into n 5Qi.
"chr"NIS, a n:y"re a, Yrce& p Ellis procc
dnt" We pronounce extraordinary aad un.
Ju>tliinhIc. II bears on our rnind the i'm.
preston, that figure has been summoned
=" the rescue Of fact, because n zeal i'm.
m"'s'"n is found incompatible with DR..
Car.":> own exposition.
liz" correct Interpretation discovers ia
The passage only one enblcm of the Spirit.
aud THIS completely cXplodeS Dr. Car-on's
rata"hr">tc immcrsioB. That the place
"ns filed wiia wiEd, is an uDScfip.nral
amd gronndlcSs fancy that it was filed
with certain sound, is clearly expressive
of The means by which Goa attracted the
attention of the disciples. to the approach
of the miraculous blessing. Wien the
Lord makes himself known, in the way Of
supernatural disclosure, the manifestation
Is commonly preceded by some prcpara,o-
~ circumstances Of an impressive charac.
ter. Tins, in the woudrous spirhany
mndc TO E,jal in the cave at Mount IIo
rel; wind, aud earthquake, and fire sue.
ceSsir"Iy went before that "s;ili small
voice." in which the prophet revcrentIv
recognized the immediate presence of
doiiy. la like manner, n sound ns Of the
rushing tempest, pre"c'lcs the appearance
If tl!"sc tongues Of fire. in which every
man instantly pcrccivrs the appropriate
rmblem Of that wonderful gift Of tongues,
hy which the spirit qualified the commits
stoned Apostle for the cvnngelzatinn Of
the world. The sound Was preparatory ::
The divided tongues as Of fire, constituted
:hc significant emblem. On this ground,
then, We dispose OF the last ycstige of a
carachres,ic immersion while We reitera,c
DIR. Carsol's statement and admission
that there WAS "a real L"ptisn.," though
ihrie WAS no d,Pping" The strength OF
lie Argument against exclusive immersion,
derived from the Ient"c"stal baptism, al
mits CC no fuller Development. We are
charged 10y DR.. Carson with confounding
things that differ, when we call the out.
pouring OF the Spirit a baptism; and
though the charge rcmsins approved, lac
has attempted to explain it. " Water"
lie says, "is poured out into vessel in
order 70 bave tLings put into it. But the
pouring out of the water, and the aPpiica-
tom OF the water SO Eoured out, are differ.
ent things. Water is poured into bath,
10 order 10 immssse slo feet CT the body,
but the immersion is not the poViRg.-
Now, our opponents conlound these two
things. Because the Spirit is said 70 be
poured out in order TO tile baptism Of the
Spirit, they groundlessIy Y conclude lha, the
pouring is the BAPTISM"
Such are the positions taken by DIR.
Carson, and that they are utterly indelen.
S'c'S' w "'o I'cpaHru 10 SHOW, by tie
evidence Of Scripture. respecting the bap-
tism Of the Spirit. Let The following re.
marks be duly weighed. The Pen,ecostal
baptism does not exempify the two opera.
tions Of pouring and immersion Water
we are told, is poured into a vessel, in or.
der that the body may be wholly or bar.
tally dipped. Fhis process we can un.
derstand, ths two parts of which il con
sists, are rs clear rs a sunbeam. Bat on
the day Of Penteeosi.. We encounter only
one part Of the process, while the other is
not merely omitted in the narrative. but
cannot be reconciled with the recorded
facts. The Holy Spirit descends in Pc
culiArly instructive emblem, and the Disci.
pies are baptized IN the apartment where
they had assembled. What is the mod.
OF this baF Fiismi We are charged with
confounding things that differ. with fail.
ing TO discriminate between poutipe and
immersion. But in tlris instance, where
Is the immersion. Whatever may have