Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-07-28
Sunday READING.


from reading your paper. that the review Of
. clergy mans letter by ~. L." on impor>
tant subjects connected with the christian
religion aud doctrinal tencts, has not been
answered Of replied TO in any way. This
certainly cannot DO owing to the want Of
interest felt by the community on these
ever dcbsteable subjects. Nor can it be
said by the theologians of Davenport that
they have not "-hot small enough for such
small game" -. H." is historic man ia
the theological and religious world; he has
written pamphlets and other religious pros
dactions, that upon hich msjofity OF the
clergy Of our city have pronounced the
highest calogies that the
writer showed great research, accuracy Of
reasoning aud strength Of mind.
a Nor will i be Admitted by them that his
positioO are unanswc cradle that be he's 40
tssti0td his statements, BY historic and
sciiptutal documents, that Il is unsafe to
take Tissue" with him, concluding that dis
erection is the better part Of vslory No; |
can nor will not pusuAdc myself that the
clergy have concluded 70 take 10 humble 0
position. knowing that such course would
cndanger many of their darling and highly
cherished opinions. II they remain silent,
what other conclusions can the members Of
their churches come to. 'than this" that
they have been preaching aud teaching doc
trines they cannot successfully defend, to-
wit That baptism occupies the same re-.
,ation to the christian church that circum-
cision did to the jewish church, and whcn
called on to prove it. by giving, thus
sayeth the Lord. for their opinions,
they isnobly surrender the field
leaving their beloved church creeds not
even body guard. j. II. also says in
his review, that circumcision was instituted
four hundred and thirty years before wc
iad any word in the Bible that expressed
TIL idea OF "church." lie fcarlcssly AYERS
also. with the Bible before him, and ehal-
longing contradiction at tho sanc time that
there never was an Abrahanic church. lie
pronounces il = fabulous church-that il
has no Bible origin, Bible name, or Bible
hist0sy; that the writer Of tbs first five
books " Tho Old Testament says nothing
about this original Abrahamic church; he
further says that God never had - lwos
pie." I'll Of which, if admitted, sweeps
from under infant church membership
land infant sprinkling) their only foanda>
ton. These are plain, candid, unvarnished
statements. moi. obliqucly expressed nor mys.
siasd BY mssaphy sical phraseelogies. The
hutnblcst reader may understand them, and
strange 10 say, after ths columns Of the
DgnoCRAr arc open . then ~. b." still
writes unanswered, and the outside world
~ we'll o. the pedo Baptist community, 10
klk 70 infss. that it cannot be success(ullv
n:wSsS ri. Ill; ~ is !: s1u.y ssp.'sis And
sms ememlng Thea the tmuersion Of bee
lever !: tns cniS cassstian Baptism; and
immers'on IN water was the only mode prac-
t'sed Tor the .hrss ~ centuries, and that
spr'nkiing ana pouring water on the cam
dldate Tor oabt'sm Was first practised on
sick, osd>nodsn persons. This review was
an answe g : !eaef Wfieese BY . hiGAly
talented pede bee'ist clergyman q our
city ne setting forth the pedo Baptist
vlsws on the suc)scs. md This centrevafsy
cannot % SAID to De Of Eder J. HIS seek
~. les e. Pno''o MIND come TO What con-
Hss'en " msy. "a LccksH OK"
COPS WoRp.-Thc mountains shall dc>
1eethoa tue billie b ssuoved. The vesod 4 !
one promise Of Code Holy Word shall ever ".
I'll. Hverv preuhec, Of insnirsd ,.;s th...
"a has proven true, and shsll d not be ID
to the end Of timo, Christians and sin
ners there arc aUsa uua psscioes 0r0nlss4
for you. "Ho every one ihirstest. come ve
to the sesaesa. n issss .isyii~ vs s
that cometh to me, will no wise cast out :"
Christ, from which eushes forth li,;o.
fountains of -hsayaplx. sladness, that .shail
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