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"H'rFES FOR TIE PRESS.
JOHNS BAPTISM.
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NO. 6.
!. "Bv wla: formulu did John admins.
ter Baptism?
2. Was John's Baptism, Christian Ban.
ii>m2
3. II Johns Baptism Was Christian Ban.
t's'n, why We're the people who submiitel to
1t Juptized3
4..fWhy was our Lord Jesus Christ bap-
tized?
8. A"d, "pon srhat profession Of Faih2
9. Wha, does bapti~:': represent,
Z. Fit represents the burial and resur-
rection Of Christ, what represents the de-
srensl"n of the Holy Ghost, or, the baptism
ofthe Holy Ghost!
g. BY what mode was baptism admins.
tered
0. II by immersion, how does ";n.o
mean un,1er!'
"l'r what mode was baptism administer
cd! If hy immersion show how iuho
means unelcr -
Both these queries relate to the mode O!
"aFl'sm ! now proceed to answer them.
Ny 4uerist suIposts the mole was not i'm.
mcrs'on because Into does not mcan un,1,r
1t therefore follows HAT the mode WIS b.,
sprinklng! If into aud under are sy.
anonymous baptism is immersion. If they
are not. it is sprinkling. Unfortunately for
The Baptist world, these propositions a,e no.
synonymous. This logic pre>upposcs that
the meaning of lap'ize has nothing 10 do with
'bc modes, but the meaning Of the Greek
word expressing tho ordinance is. to Le d..
'ermned by the synonymous character OF
two English propositions!
What pity that into Tie house does no
mean under the llonse How sad to think
that into the river does not mean under the
river. 1t is lrue Into is connected with the
ordinance OF immersion, for going into the
water Is preparatory to being put under the
water, rs going into a field is preparatory
to Piowing it, but into does not mean blow
ing.
But what has into TO Jo willis rinkIino 2
Is the subject put into the cup Or into the
pitchers l. it the custom Of our pedu- bap.
list hrelhreu to lead the rauliIate into the
water to be >prinkl.d If it be why have
their garments wet, ard ip that "ri.Itn!ou.
state expose them to the g;1zc Of spectators +
i n nm IL 4 !.
drops Of water upon the head.
That Baptism is immersion and nothing
else will appear from the following .:ousi,l
eraIions. -
| T.. Oat of twentv-seven Greek l.xruns
t"en'y-six dr!nr Baplizo To inmr',.., over
~heIm, dip. sub,nergr. The other one dc
tinrs II ITO pour upon" and this having bee.
abandone,i, is not found in The later editions
Que inserts The definition ITO sprinkle" Lu
ad'luces no instance i'll support Of sucl
usage. We will place oppo>ile it the fol
lowing concession vi Prof Robinson who
had the proitssorship Of BibIica! literatur.
i" the Union Theological Seminary ~hiul
10 be found in Il note under duPtizo. "Ir
the Creek writer's as above exhibited from
Plato onwards Baptizo is EVERYWHERE lo
sink 10 inmcrse, to overwhelln, eALer Who'll
y or partially"
2. Between eighty and one hundred ol
ths most eminent Pejo Baptist jiviass l'av;
admitted 'bap'ize to mean i,u,nersioD.-
Among them was John Wesley.
3. Pedo-BaptiSt churches, who require
baptism prior 10 the reception Of the supper
admit baptism to be. immersion when they
invite baplists to their table.
4. The propositions employed in the
Greek testament clearly show that ,they
went into the water. were baptized in the
river, and come up out Of the water. And
these propositions have no connection what.
Prlo Baptis,s. Besides if en- means at
els with and apo only ffotu VIC will make
by Il similar translation scores Of passages
! perfectly ridiculous. AS els ton Jordanen
means baptized with Jordan =? John was
baptzing" daptizon en- te eremo, with the
wilderness 7" d.. sc.
S. If We substitute spriRkiing orpourng
for The word bsp,ize, We will destsSg. or i'm
pair the sense in every passage whsie. the
word OCCURS. But if we read immstson
wherever bHp,ize occurs it will sustain the
sense. If baptize does not mean irufinerse
then no word in the Gree lasguage did,
7 The first two Of these argumeuts SSaid
forever settle any ,othsf question. And
will hera.add, ttiss t@ ,hs,aske Of biseasi,y I
have in several cases simply stated the. ar
gument, but il denied the proof can be fur
nished.
In closing. this ssries I at first designed
alling my 4usris. to The stand and presnm-