Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-03-09

Just fifteen minutes Ih.'dIe Iii, their work
And with Il well bred WHISPER close tle sceneE
Educated to 'sgrsnd divinity OF. other
days." they are intellectually and spirit:
rally nntir for any lofter work than stuff
fng Freedmen with '"old wives fables
and pnpiSh legends, and regeneraipg their
infant otfspr,,g with Il few drops OF water
and the sign OF the Cross.
''Sufor ne supra erepidan.
We now propose TO state, briefly as pos
sible, the origin, &c. ct the discussion.
BE it remembered tEen, that on the frs:
Lords Day in October, "A. D.. 1855, We
did, in the village of Pfafftown, ,publicly
invite the Clergy of the county, to meet
ns in the village aforesaid, on the first
Lords Day in February, 1866, for the pnr-
pose Of ascertaining, if possible, by fair,
friendly, full and tree and public investi
CATION the one foundation, upon which all
who honor the one imperial head of the
family of God-tiie one body, or Church,
might be united and speak ;lse same things
''tliat tic aoo1ld may believe the Father
sent Him" This was our ony ol,jec'. and
surely that for which Jesus prayed, The
unity ot all 'who should believe on Him
through their .Qhe Apostlesl word" can
not be thought unworthy "t a mighty et-
t"rt-''a long pull, strong pull and a
pull all together"
at 3 O'Clock P. NJ, of the same day, the
Rev j. Condor (Lntheran) delivered him
sett ,f a sermon Oh tn: subject OF Baptism
in Which, as we told him, .'shere was no
truth" We repeat it, and only ask al
opportunity to put him to the prort.
AT the conclusion OF the discourse. he
remarked that he was willing to debate
The subject, and we very ''g!adly received
his word," and then and there corres>
podence, as preliminary to the discussi II
was agreed upon.
Ii this makes us the "cha|lenging party" !"
as your correspondent asserts, then there
is one '''count" in our "bill" against him
for tysag may be stricken out.
We want it, however, distinctly under
stood. that we arc not all scrnpnlous as to
challenging the clergy OF the various sects;
we have done it, slnt expect, while we
live, to continue Ii. We have put On the
whole armor,"-we have taken the
"sword OF til. Spirit" and intend to die
Jsyhtang. AS soldiers we kliow no other
use tor the sword put into our hands by
our King On tic occasion aforesaid, we
think it can he only properly said, that we
consented TO or accepted MI. Condors
proposition to debate. This is however a
small matter, us there is now outstanding
Il challenge which we oaUn, both for him
self and T. G. uenke, Which they may
acc.p' if they see proper.
NJ. Con,lor S. cured the services Of the
Rev. =. &. Ienkcl, OF Catawba, the Mag
nus Apollo of Lutlieranisin. lie came,
with four or five ministerial attendants,
all .scalled aud sent az was Aaron | snp-
pose, aud We met them at Nr. Beck s res>
idence on SATURDAY., A. ~, before the
first Lords Day III February.
The propositions 70 be discussed were
agreed npon, and were in the following
form, viz:
''Immersion in water is Christian bap-
tism." This was oar affirmative
AN infant is scriptnral snhject OF
Christian Baptism. !" Mr.. Henkel's atar
native. -
The "Rules Of Controversy" already
prepared, were then produced. and seeing
nothing in them, which we at the time
thought exceptionable, we signed them.
We met next morning at the appointed
hour and we opened the discussion on the
first propositions. -. .....
We expected to find hlr. Henkel schoz
z,. and not afraid of truth, aud we prepar-
ed to exhaust the argument. We propos-
ed to examine thoroughly every .;uccur-
renee of Bapto and its deriyatise .Baptizo
/ in tile Greek. Scriptures OF both Cove.
llanis, and also, every occ currence Of han
IL n.o..L word far c,aria, u 10. !. w !,