Des Arc citizen., 1860-02-29

Bibfe" e"--to translate baptideo and it's cog 4 mates, immerse, immersion, &c. Poo
 man. he trembles for the fate of his secta
 rian darling pilfered from the .scarle
 whore" of Rome, Pedorantism. Blu, |
 the rule. "The eract measang Of the in
 spred text, as that tex, expressed 1t | those who understood the original Scrip $ lures al the time they were first written
 mus, be translated by corresponding word
 and phrases, so far as they can be found l in the vernacular tongue of those 10
 whom the revision is designed, with tn,
 least possible obscuritvfor indeiiniteness
 Is moi ihis rule catholic Wherein is si
 sectarianism Is 1t seclarian 10 give hs "eTact meaning" oflhe original texls Ye
 this Is the principle that the Unlon claims ito vindIcate." The sum total of the al legged seclarlanism IS here discovered by the Argus-eyed wardens of anti-revision l Here 1t is Certain persons have de. clared that under this rule, baptidso and it's cognales must be hansiaied soamerse &c. What of il2 Is not inamerse, the ercact meaning of doptidso? Will MT
 M dare deny [? If then, il be the exacl Kineanlng, IS it sectarlan 10 sotranslate Il But is such rendering novelty or taisel 1 We will present a few witnesses of Mir. Moore's own ecclesiastical complexion as an offset against anylhing he can say Will he give as many names of equal au. thority against us. We will see.
 In CALvIN's Institutes, Vol II, page 49l, (editon, of the Presbyterian Board of Pubicalion), "Tae very word bap- tize, however, signltfes 10 samerse; and 1t is certain that iaaaaersion WIS the prae- tice of the ancient church. Either GAIL vIN has stated the truth. or he has not l II the truth 1t is not sectaran to translate baptdzo, imnerse, for il so means. We insis, upon 1t, that Mir Moore, tells the public whether or not. 1t be secfaridn to render c aoord by is eract aleaqaingi Dr
 Robinson, in his Lexicon of the N. T. says: [" In Greek writers from Plato on- wards Bapfidso is ecesy achere 10 sink, 10 sf;n,nserye, fo ouergAeias eislicr .sholly CT paruaIly." Dr Geo. Campbell, Scotch Presbyterian, says: "The word Bapiid- sein, both in sacred authors and in classic | signifies to dip, 10 plunge, 10 i0anserse. It is always construed suitably to this mean ing" The great Moses Stewart, when addressed by Jndson, Wade and others, missionaries to Burnah, in the following question: :" Shall we franster the Greek word bapfideo into the BuFman language when il relates 10 the ordinance of bap- tism or translate 1t by a word sgnfican nt of immersion, or by a word of some other import" gives the following as the result of hls researches: bapto and baptidso mean to dip, plunge or immerge into any thing liquid All lexieographers and critics of any noe are agreed in this" If all Photographers agree that baptidzo means, immerse, can t be seclarIan so to render ii? Your correspondent 10 sus- tain biniself must say yes. bu, doing so must stulllfy himself For if wrong or sectarianto translate one word, it IS equal iy wrong and sectarIan to translate any otaer word. If the world had been always governed by this magnificent logic, we would have now, not even the common version The version which MT. M
 calls seclarian and lnmersonist, viz: the Bengol version of Carey and Yates, notwithstanding, 1t had immerse as a z substitute for baptidzo, was used and palronized for about Mnfy years, by the British and Foreign B ble Sociely. It's seclarianism was the after- r-lhooght of few blgoled and illiberai minds. In re- ference to lhis same secarian," :. Bap- tsl" version. the celebrated lngulst, Mir. Greenfield. who says of himself: "la am neither Bap,is nor the son of a Bap. 'isl," writes: 1 trust that these observa- tons will suffice to exonerale the Seram- pore Missionaries from the charges of bigotry and sec,arianism in thus conscien- ciousiy rende ing bapiidzo, to immerse. Bigotry, that is blind zeal or prejudice they cannot justly be accused of while they have the primatue sense of.the term and the rendering of so many ancient and modern transla.ions as the foundation up- on which they have grounded their yer sion; nor can they consistently be charged with sectarIanism, while they are found in company with the churches oi Syria. Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Germany, Hol- land, Sweden Denmark. and others, to- gelher with the church of England itself
 If they be bigois. know not what name the advocates of pouring or sprfnkiing. acho haue no satch basis 10 rest on, merit and if fhei,'s be a sect, il must be comics
 sed to be very ancient and a very exten- sive one" We quote this for two reasons, first for the proof it contains in favor of the Unions" position; second, to show howa large and liberal mind can view a noble and phllanlhropc enterprise, even though il did not originate elsewhere than among those who shouted his party's slogan. With soms, every movement promotive of human good, is sectarian, which they did not originate.
 MT Moore's second objection is: :" Be cause it's tendency is to take away confi- dence In the Scriptures in common use and to leave the English speaking world without Bible" In the development Of this Mir M grows absolutely funny, im- mcnsely hunoroas, proves, that like < poor Yorick." he IS [" a fellow of infinite jest, of mos, excellen. fancy" for certain ly, he was not in earnest in his gory