Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-06-27

oooUo0 O6sioeion m1nistss " the c0vsnsnts
- iolhns eAuseh ns0brsship uhssh csss
q ~ is,eod y ~ fsssh bis reese IN Ist>
- . - ssoe days allss, which lsttef vas
hoa1e1 = Uise n. ebeosvopoooe. The fol-
lsuiae b Hl1e H.'s ssply = eaid lsttsr.
Ths lselse = ~ hioad weld have been
publishsd = es9nsstisa With Hder h.s
ssspsass ~ ils publication net bic sppro-
bai3so. Not Wishing Eldee H.'s sasvef TO
Be- lot y The oen0unity, have eeoc,uded
= pesesot L y ~ publis thsssgh your 90
es.noda0ioe popes, inviting q the same
time . eandi1 rsvieW Of his arguments
vhieh he editor of The DEuocRAf will take
grsal plasars ia publishing. II.
The paper you handed me has been read
cd ~ esnteats coaoidefeA Yes ny on
he lrst pees Cireomcision had the same
dsep siiei6eoace thae Baptism has-both
ed9il>s3 y ths visible church." Circum>
eisioa was administered 4s0 years before
~ exieasoso q any ehirch-before any
woed thaS eentains ths idea Of . chusch can
b 1ouod1n the Bible. Words ase the sigma
q i1sss end q no word 10 found in Genesis
dse9ipeivs Of such state Of religious 30
ciety.-thseefnee eireumcision would not
|ad9it its eabjsets into that which Was not
|-had - e1istence. On The third page
you say: 'sThs grousd Of jefset baptism is
ehs COvooaat of Gen. 17:-the "CAsrcA
CSssnsas." The beginning Of your next par
agsapb giveo your 0saning of tec Church
Coveno0e i.s. the Covenant ofcircumcision.
~ 0nd eh,ldrsn more originally admitted
into The church under the church covenant,
&e Owing te ny view . pssitjss command
y not necessary to admit thsm-bscauss
thsy ass slrsady il wifh their pars~ts by
the original constitution Of the church
There is want Of logical adhssiveness in
year argument. 70. say that circumcision
snA Baptism edmit into the visible
ehurch, h,-and then you say (infants)
are already in (ths charch) with their pa
ssots By the original constitution Of the
church. Thsn both parents and infants
were admitted into the visible church By
sircuocision. II this bs so-in-
iants must b. rs>admitted BY bsp-
tism, Soe do not see how one
can b admitted into the church who 10 al
rsady 10 The caufch. Here 10 some confu-
sios ef thought and speech. II you had
said o.roumcision admitted into the
visible church, and baptism re-
tains in the visible church,
thsa yeuf meaning weuld b transparent |;
WhstA0 correct o. incorrect according 70
the Bihle. Bot thsse 10 yet another dii{1-
suity n ny way Of receiving circumcision
/ % the ''Church Covenant"
1sh0Asl was oircumcised - we'll % Isaae,
and Esan - well - Jseob, - also the sons
Of Abraham BY Kasurah. Were they i'm
mediate cireumaissd descsodants Of Abra.
~ end thsir o6spring in the church "In
lsaae sha,l thy ssed 30 called" Let me
ell yosf atasntisn 70 Tie following, before
cited. You say. II 6nd children more
esiginal1y admitted into the church under
~ ehureh eovsaant." The word ''chil>
deea" s0tsoeee beah sexes-aale and fe-
0ale Yoas ehuseh covenant says, ''svery
nm cAild among you shall b circumcised." !"
"And b thas b not circuusissd." "And
The eireumsissd nan child" This 10 eho-
90. definite language, such - Law gives
would uss. Thea yoa uss the word ''in-
fants'' in the zane comprehensive sense.
Ihis b % exceeding lax uss Of Bible Ian
guage. Asa u u vess ever true hat the
church beeaa h the family Of Abraham,
aoa ~ ei6uu0cisieo was the Introductory
ehussh esvsaaat Il would have admitted
msb ek66rsa salv. Every nan child among
yea shall - besiseuosissd. The Law Of the
elsounoleioo Nheu, u tAe moet explicit
tesme, e1eluded fsoals infants, and inas,
0ucA - 20 bslieys and Ay that ''circum.
eieis1D I'D ~ same deep Significance
baptism hAs"-beth because saving or
G6aoes thleugh 6silh. On is q spiritual
n its meaning - The ether. This gives the
suojecta sssious aspect. For your church
covenant excludes females from . saving
ordnance and spiritual blessings. This
ccneluaios you must admit, or change your
predicate.
! AYeu 81" respecting the mode, think
the subject 10 not % important. have,
howevse, grave doubts whether immsrsien
b . eef'ptural mode Of baptism. -
viii ~ ths ''modc" ID ''impoetaut," for IL
the esrb ''baptisine'' In Math., 90, 10, means
70 sprinkle, then am On unbaptized man.
end - yoa say, and most truly say, that
1eaptisn '3htsugh faith is saving ordi
nance" !: behooves me to enquire into this
mAetsr, fer Do net choose to live and die
without The full benefit Of all that the Lord
has ordained ~ ny salvation.
eeuSsss, however. that your learned
negativs aseiusat against immersion does
DOT cause me 70 dlstrust my aptism, for
rsasss in this wiss, Il the primitive, apos-
ts,ie baqeiso was BY sprinkling-whn could
have desired change from sprinkling to
Ii00ss1isa, fes Improvements Dc not 20 that
way.
That eGhsiou d moro convenient than
in0se1isa, inm9sisnises freely admit. We
have o(leo felt The inconvenience Of inmcr>
elsa, both 10 the odminiatrator and the can.
4 dote. if the mode was . matter Of
choice With n, We would neither be i'm :
assssd nor immesss. Nov, suppose, for
H. seke ef asgumset, that BY The authori-
i y of Jesus Christ On the early disciples
Wees spfinkled, how and By whom could
the change baSs been elected The change
0ase haSe 6een 1fst psupeesd By . mern>
| ~ u tho causeA q one not . member Of
the ehossA. nby ~ latter, The proposed
sAaaGs veoA net havs tsea entertained By
~ ohmsA. TAsa Il rsmsiss that The
sheags hea epstnhliae 10 immersion vas
~ pu0possd by ens - oesU baptised
/ eAnreS esn6ssc. This suppositlon sur.
essts tve questions. First, what could
6ass 6ssa tAs motive 10 rspudiate The au>
thesissd snd univssoally estahlishsd bap>
tisosf Not improvement. 6ee - before
said, iapeovsssnts dsast p tAst eay.
Thsy always 60 ftsn ths inconvenient to
~ eeossnieot.
Seeos1, ~ y reject . doubsftl baptism
| ~ eesisvs inmssSioa to satisfy the de>
maob sfa tsadss < tnsciencs, = = ffs.
qosa1lv ~ sass seW, spsistliee bsine new
10 e1ooGglea eapeien. 0ot suppsos i0oef-
- - Asvs bsea ~ apeslolic baptisn,
4oM ~ eheG0e = eaaily aseeun1s1 (oe "a
~ 6oosO ofG0sossus6A nh oeeuneut
= thoooust - ounaooo oonoo vou0 have
- vs!(Ae 49, = atstsnsst bsssa upos
~0sook eSUpeoj(iooo'' y
TAeen0easonnsaI yin apply b iaeIae
|AoQo1o0t oopqooo ~ apeooloo oetlne u1n6
~ ~ toGlliDoiso ~ bopeisea u is.
49, = oapoisse nofuDta What ana she
6s116 tASS soGeses1 ~ dtmue Net ths
| pessale - sl11as - ~ lsvs efsGsprine
Usoa6 hass ~ ~ 0sd se1aiesd pssetics
III s sssssinss ~ - ssns she es,,,
|sl1hay, - ~ lsvss = isfssss. llows
|essr ~ - - they - - iseoasides-
| ~ elaes, al tbsif aisaashsepy could
! - Aags syailsd. Ths ssbss laca b this,
~ - G1aGDn no1gied q aonlafyied ~
|opsst ~ siohoe q ioeha1s, - iufaae ini.
tfaaisas iaee ~ dhuesA by baptien being
snes sseA6ai6Asd y divise authsrity, &
vs1lA haye bsan inaesable, ~ nsiihse
~ = sapsies - i.vsat - sejsseieo.
1neAoe oGr1is0 = IN ouoepohtSeo( otats<
osee ef ~ tssss, fbe ~ q noe ssehee 70
knmf{mA tne,>sa 49, - k,6>~As