The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-30


out Of death for the redemption Of His lost seed In
ADAM and .'of clarifying Himself with the same
glory which He had before the world was" (St John
''Geo. H. BIS" references to Matthew, Mark
and John are stumbling blocks to him and all who
lack Scriptural UNDERSTANDING The writer may
take another opportunity of showing now they har-
monize with the unity OF the GOdhead in the single
person of the Lord Jesus; but there Is Et space for
Your correspondent &c. "" is noticed. He Will
find his objections removed in one or other OF the
articles which "Truth' proposes to furnish the
HERALD
Truth has said and now repeats, sthat there is
not single passage Of Scripture, from Genesis to
Revelations inclusive, which says there are three
persons In one God; on the contrary, the Scrip
lures. as shown IN this article, abound In positive
Father Son and Holy Ghost-are indeed ana in
truth names or titles which belong 10 one single
reflect the threeiod manifestations by which 1t has
pleased hum TO ma his , wisdom and known
He is the Son. AS the Holy Ghost He Is the Sanct-
"lruh' wrote the article in the HERALD of July
16, entitled "Fhe Nature or God-Who and What He
Is" expressly to expose such iallacies those OF
tute imagination for revelation. In small compass
II lmparts spiritual knowledge rarely seen In
newspaper or indeed elsewhere Its value en-
u is founded upon and can be supported by
the word of God. The same can be SAID OF
further communication of spiritual character
which may come from the same pen. The writer
not give utterance to single assertion which cannot
be sustained by Scripture IL therefore seems pro.
may be lnconsideraely ventured upon, for those
who war against Scripture 'kick against the
pricks" TRUTH.
Regeneration by WRter-Ritualism and Bap-
tism.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Having read your article Of the Esd instant, upon
the doctrines OF the Church, with much interest,
desire to say few words in reply.
You assert that the rltualists maintain that re-
generation comes by water. Water alone is power.
less to effect any spiritual change whatever IN the
condition OF man. The word water ls used in con-
nectiOn with the words Holy Ghost, and can only be
regarded as the instrument by which the Spirit
brings about certain result. The water an out
ward visible sign Of an inward, spiritual grace.
God has some wise design in associatng these two,
and it behooves us humbly to receive the mystery
and not endeavor place ourselves above Christ by
discovering what He has joined together. In the
New Testament baptism Is connected with remls-
sion OF sins, Acts H., 49, XIII, 49, with saliva
ton, in Mark XVI, 10; Titus ILL.,, 81; and with
mystical burial with Christ as in Romans vi, IA |;
Coossians H., IL Thus a distinct benefit is con-
terred upon the recipient-a grating into Christ's
mystical body. accompanied by remission Of sins
and the gift OF the Holy Spirit
You say that baptism is nothing more than sign
stand by church membership God, for wise pur
poses has thought fit to save men not only by work
Ing in them personal religion, but by gathering
them together in a body, family or church, with
whom He has made q covenant. This Church con-
slss not only OF those who have consciously come
to Him and received forgiveness OF SINS but OF both
good and bad, those who 90, and those who do not,
believe and realize that they in the fold OF God.
into this visible community or fellowship. ana which
is called His body or church. All those protesting
the faith OF Christ and baptized into His name are
accounted as this visible church, and are TO be re-
garded in the same light were the cirCumcised
Jews and the Christians OF apostolic times BY no
means were all the members looked upon as living
up to their profession, but many often fell away.
ana were continually eXhorted to return to
e 0o which ad the rraee of oI had m
parted at their baptism Baptism certainly
effects now what 1t did in apostolic times and as
have ST. Paul's teaching that baptism Is 'burial
with Christ, and by baptism we put on Christ so,
II we to look upon baptism in Scrptura sense,
In different relation from what they were before
that they have become ceansed from the original sin
atonng merit OF the second Adam By this regenera.
ton do not imply conversion. nor the final
tinuance IN grace OF all those who have received 1t.
On the contrary, Christians are always addressed as
In danger OF falling from this state OF grace and
not regarded as never having come into that state.
We administer the rite OF baptism to infants as
New Testament which Intimales thar they are IN
capable OF receiving Gods grace, even though they
may be unconscious. Christ, no doubt, implied that
they were fit subjects OF the Divine favor when he
blessed them. Tney, OF course, were unable TO
realize the greatness and importance OF the benefit
In regard to rttuallsm I would say that IL is a
matter of secondary Importance, and one which in
wolves no vital question. Rites and ceremonies,
provided they are not unmeanng, but symbolic OF
great truths, serve when properly employed to rem
der the worship Of the Church far more impressive
they only incte the faithful to greater ZEAL but
ignorant.
and consent to amcaby differ III nonessentias, let
not yield one iola to the spirit when makes light
OF the truths OF Revelation and endeav0rs In q
rationalizlng manner 10 pull down the fabric which
remember that now we can but see through a
glass darkly'' and that the great mysteries en-
bodied In the Divine plan for the salvation OF the
world Will day be made clear TO those who trust
In Him and are sanctfed through the blood OF Christ
4. II.
The Relations Of the Soul to The Body
Psychal shortsiai,tcd.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
.sThe passions says Hevetius, mot only concen-
trate our attention certain exclusive aspects OF
the objects which they present, but they likewise
often deceive US in showing these same objects
where they do not exist. The story well known
OF parson and a gay lady. They mad both heard
that the moon was peopled. believed II, and. tele.
scope in hand. were attempting to discover the In
habitants. III am not Mistaken says the lady
who looked first, Il perceive two shadows; they
bend towards each other and, have Nd doubt, are
two happy lovers Lovers, madam says the
divine, who looked second; oh, fe The two
shadows you saw the two steeples OF
cathedral This story is The history Of man. In
general, perceive only in things what we are de.
sirous OF finding. On the EARTH as in the moon
various prepossessions make US always recognize
either lovers or catnedrals." SO &C. v" and "E
T." in their dogmauc materalism, asserted 50
boldly In their communications to the HERALD
published last week-give evidence OF q psychal
shortsghtedness which can perceive nothing in the
mirror Of CONSCIOUSNESS but what they might term
perhaps, 'the earthly relatively OF the soul" VIII
ing TO ignore the Immortality OF the soul, probably
| from Interested and personal motives they by 81
doing stile the monitions OF consciousness thus de
| stroying the very means by which the soul OBTAIN!
q lust idea OF the relation II sustans TO the body
for CONSCIOUSNESS, like the Bible, Is revelation o
| the truth both afinrdinQ the truth TO those VIII