, 1876-02-27

al, en,
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otlFlcea.
CLOSE COMMUNION AND THE 6AP-
lists.
PRESENT D1y1s1oxs or TIE DENOMINATION,
70 &a4 Ea,for Of me ca1eaoo Y11uu<:
cu,c.no Foh o5Tto 5a,;,1 4vh;c1, N. .y;cb-
D. rts.o.s, - -. 49, ~. ".,-
80 ltapsla. onu.eu ~ ,no Wy .esen..,
open communion has given an additional local
interest to the controversy On that eubiect
ubicb ;a nov con.idarah,v ,1;ta+;no +ba Rantiat
"N'ea 80 uos e'notue4aoy "5 su' naestaS
oenomlnat'on. or1et statement IN leiat'on TO
munion may not, therefore, be uninteressing to
ria rcadara ~ Tur T,p,nrxr
Ths p.nti.t Jana1o;.,t,on nm, =. ,t.asisat
10 o"e'4o' a0uo1nas'oo n"' W es''aue"
to which ! vonld call attention is probably un-
known to most of vonr reaf]ara oyen tn Bantista
.,.oaa'... s,,r.so =. 49,. ,asraat.
.aou'eo''eo' "tA"oe =" D@ - o." Ae7
ple minority among oou'ne'o oap''7'S "no ass-
ignAte themselves as
~----. "LAyDsftRKEns
ard nro,o7,an+ .nono vhorn "a +ba Rar T r
C-et.. ss;t. - 49,. -. na1,;e,
Gia'es' ~ ~ eu''oe u 'no Tennessee ooptts'
This body claim that baptism (lrnmersion). which
ia an outward set to signify IN inward change of
heart ia tha first aten in a nuh1ic nrofesai0n nf
fai cb1istisntT l M Ind Ind unless this is comped wita
al other re)ipione ceremonies and orfinsncea
ara mil and yoid hence no one bnt bantized
f,mn,ersed1 man can come to the eommunion
snd no one Int = bnn.ized fimmersed1 man can
ha a miniater NJ tho Gosnel nr other officar NJ
the Church and furthermore none but churches
whose 1uembers have been baptized (tmmerBad1
IT I.n3markerso viii not. therefore. allow the,r
clergy to exchaneo pu!pits with the clergy Of anv
other denouiuation.
The second division Of tho Bapt,st deno5utna-
ton comprises the
REGULAR" OR "c1osE-coMMus1oS
churches whosa numbers and influence far exceed
thosa of the other two d1yisione. Thege churchea
have tho e.me rule in reiatiou to the LORDS
Snnnar A. nrayais in the Preahyterian. Conrre-
1a1;on,i IN .onoa other ;3eno1n;n.t;nns e.
tShst nornnnn;c.n4s nnat hsra haan n-av;onsiv
hant;zed The Hantista hold that nnne haye
hern hant;zel WIN haTe mt been 1nnmersed
henco thav ssV Tint the term - c]osa hantism j
should be- used and not "closo communiou," az
.nni;ad ~ rhen, r. w. prant rhat the mia shoTn
1efarred Ia ia Serintnrsi then the loojc of the
Rant;sfa il nsrSect snd thajr roncfns;on nv
avnidshle 1 weak nn;nt howevcr' anneaTa
rirht hare. Tho nren1isn ia wrong. This
mia irst raferred n h,a m fonndekion in
Scrint1,re. AZ ti1af celebrated Hant,st divine
the late DR.. Wayfand. once aaid. *Tbare
il m tThnn saith thn 1ord1 for + y
The Baptists 0lead Apostolic example rs fouu-
dation for the rule, asserting that when the SUP
per vaa iustituted by the Savior ali the Apostles
lad beeu previously baptized forgetting that
similar inference would require that no women
or laymen should participate in tho ordinance,
Is mona eucb we're thero on tbat memorable oc-
legacy from the Papacy, and is as il-becomingt to
other denonlnations as II Is 10 the baptssss An
iuc9nsts!eacy appoaso ~ 'ao FUZZY y. eao 1eeo-
1,sr9cFs i,s isttsr ~ ~ - .hs re.snDa hars
alIeady given. will not exchange puIpits Nitl
other denominations, while, as Is well known,
the regular bsptisss viii. 70 oe min,
oa11;i '1 tha h;psss+ of;pa 10 n'' -. ~
Nav Testament. Surely such q man should have
taken all the preliminary steps before be is rec
ognlzed by the churches; "Regular Bapsists
"lll e1coans9 pulpt1s, 4nu IN osnes "aes 1ecoS