The New York herald., 1872-10-06
SCIENCE AND RELIGION.
Plain Talk for Intelligent Readers About
the Bible.
CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA.

Ministerial Movements and
Changes.
Services To-day.
DR.. A. R. Thompson breaches morning and even
ing at st. Paul's Reform church, Rutgers College
chapel.
DR.. W. W. Newell and Rev. David Mitchell will
speak at the Canal street Presbyterian church.
7. G. Foster will be in trance twice to-day at
Apollo Hall.
Rev. p. L. Davies lectures at both services at the
Berean Baptist church.
Bishop Snow speaks about the 'Mystical Baby
lon" ct the University at three P. NJ
Rev. DR.. Flagg will discourse morning and even
ing at the Church OF the Resurrection.
Rev. w. G. Dawson breaches at the Christian
church at both services
Rev. G. s. narrower will lecture morning and
evening at st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. Dr. Krotel will conduct the services at the
Church of the Holy Trinity.
Rev. J. H. Chaplin speaks at the Fifth Universal
ist church.
Bishop Harris will preach at the Rose Hill Metho-
dist Episcopal church at halfpast ten A. NJ.
Rev. W. T. Egbert breaches morning and even
ing at the Church OF st. John the Evangelist
at st. AIMS church, Eighteenth street
Rev. Robert Cameron breaches at the Seven
teenth street Baptist church.
Rev. W. Fl. Pend!eton lectures twice at the
Fifty-third street Baptist church.
In the Orthodox Eastern tRussian Creek chapel,
05l Second avenue, near Fiftieth street, there will
be divine service at eleven O'Clock in the morning
Free admission to every one.
The Rev. II. Glackmeyer, the well-known Jesuit
preacher, win deliver lecture "Religionn next
Sunday evening, In st. Lawrence's church, Eighty
fourth street, between Fourth and Madison ave.
nues. The reputation OF Father Gackmeyer as a
lecturer and pulpit orator ought Of itself to be
SUFFICIENT attraction to crowd the church in every
part, even though the proceeds were not to be, as
they to be- devoted TO the relief of the poor Of
St. Lawrence's parish.
Rev. r. II. Newton breaches at the Anthon Me-
mortal church.
Divine services viii be held at the Free Church OF
St. Mary the Virgin.
Rev. DR.. Ever discourses at st. Ignatius church.
Rev. W. I. Clarke will preach at Unity chapel,
Harlem.
Baptism-Whnt Shall We Do To BE
Saved!
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Seeing an article In the Sunday HERALD in which
the writer is asking for Information on the passage
In Mark xvi, Is and 16, with your permission l
will give my view OF t.
And He tchIisp said unto them the discples Go We
that beeveth not shall be damned
The writer propounds in this wise Mr..
A. believes and is baptized; he OF course is saved
Mr.. b. believes and il not baptized. Mr.. G. does
not believe and Is not baptized. There is of course
no salvation for him. But the question is, what
position does Mr.. b. occupy Can he be con-
demned because he is not baptized? l would
take the position that Mr.. b., not being baptized
did not believe; for to believe that they must be
baptized was part OF the Gospel that the apostles
enjoined on their hearers to believe. Peter, in
preaching on the Day OF Pentecost after telling
them, how they had killed the Lord and that He had
risen again, the Jews ask the question, Men and
brethren, what shall we doY' what is his answer
Acts H., 38-"Then Peter said unto them, Repent
and be baptized, every one OF you in the name Of
Jesus Christ, for the remission OF sns.n 4l-"Then
they that gladly received his word were baptized"
This shows plainly that part OF the Gospel that
Peter preached was that they must he baptized,
and those that obeyed his teaching showed that
they believed what the Apostle preached
while those who were not baptized showed
that they did not believe it, for the
Ibelieve that ~ but II requires obedience the pre-
cepts taught. When Christ sent the apostles to
preach the Gospel He does not state what words
they should say; but we dnd that, while He spake to
the Jews In parallels, He taught His disciples pri-
vately, and promised that He would send the Holy
Ghost to bring to their remembrance all things he
had taught them, and this came on the Day OF
Pentecost, and Peters preaching was the effect OF
It, In the case OF Philip and tile eunuch we lind the
eunuch reading the Scripture and asking Philip to
explain what he reading tActs viii, 35l Then
Philip opened his mouth and began at the same
scripture and preached unto him Jesus "What is
the effect OF Philips preaching Jesus unto himy'
sSel.-"And as tney went on their way ana
said, See, here is water; what dotn hinder me to
be baptized = y s7-"And Philip said IF thou be-
ference can we draw rom this There not
word said ofbaptism in the Scripture the eunuch was
reading, therefore he must have been told 1t when
Philip preached TO him Jesus; or, In other words,
the Gospel Therefore the only conclusion that we
can come TO is that Philip In preaching to him
Jesus preached the necessity OF baptism. Paul
also says-Romans, Nv, iI-"6od he thanked that
ye were the servants Of SIN but ye nave ooeyed
Ivered you" What form OF doctrine had Paul de-
nvered unto them He SAYS IN the third verse,
"Kn0w ye not that so many OF us,as were baptized
into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death ~
Then baptism was part or the Gospel that Paul
tse Gospel to the Gente and t Is Not
possible that the Gentiles who were idolaters
should know anything OF or 9apnsm , unless s., tod SD
lieve and obey In order to their savation.n Again
he ssys-Gaiatians /. s-"But though we or an
angel from heaven preach any other Gospel unto
you than that which we have preached unto you,
let him be accursed.n Peter ALSO In his First Epis
e W. 70 and n n S using N9an ae ana oo n
angure, The like figure whereunto (baptism doth
ego now save US mot the putting away OF the NTH
ward GodD by the resurrection OF Jesus Christi
And Paul says-Galatians Ill, 26 and 27-"For ye
all the children OF God 10y faith in Jesus Christ
for as many OF you as have been baptized unto
Christ have put on Christi In all this testimony
the apostles teach conclusveiy that those who have
done In the ark OF safety, and also that II is
part OF the Gospel to he believed and obeyed and
without IL they are not heirs according TO the
promises made to Abraham. Hoping that .In-
quirer' will search for himself and be convinced IN
Eis own mind will close. W. r. Is.
Science and Religion.