The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-04-11

n'st chfeI, oflglnal PrlncIpal, ETC.,
meanings of words, were it other
wise, the human language would be
an enigma. If each had a definition
|of its own, and one State adopts one,
another q second, and the General
Government a third, we would have
virtually another Babel scene,. in
short order.
The Rev. Mr.. Walker gives some
Of James rules to govern tho trans
'lation. There was no use in wasting
paper with rules, it matters not how
wise or unobjectionable, after the
first one, Which bound them, not to
translate certain ecclesiastical words;
and to follow the Bishops translation
as far as the original text would al
low; this seems to imply that he
would just as soon vary from the
original as from the Bishops.
The Rev. Mr.. Walker thinks the
translation by the Bible Union shows
"sectarianism, rediculouslness and
bigotry."
This is some of his quotations
from the Bible Union Company. "In
those days came john the immerser."
Let's try this with his word, which is
also his act, i. Q. pour or sprinkle, it
would read thus: In those days came
John the pourer, this would be de-
lec'able, again he quotes. 81 indeeR
llLmerse you in water unto rcpgn,
'ance," put in his word again. 4 ing
deed sprinkle You i'll wa,er VITO ~
pen'ance. Christ went intokLe Hvcr
aud gave an illustration otthisB Bordi-
nance; this is stranger tImn language
can make it. Turn through your
lestameuts. and substitute sprin-
kle for bap'ize in every place vhese
this VOID occurs, and yun will drop
the idea Of this making sense. There
ls no doubt in my mind about i'm
merse being tho proper word. can
not believe the Dictionaries Of the
Greek language and the church his
torIans WHO have recorded their
evidence for nearly fifteen centuries
(ahd some of them for eighteen) arc
unreliable. / learn from very good
authority that there were some eight
or nine denominations assisted in the
work Of the American Bible Unions
Company. Who shows most big
otry, the man who is governed by
the authorities, or the man who de-
6es all authority.
Do you, Sir, presume to brand with
bigotry, Calvin, Luther, Wesley, S.
Clark, Baxter, Whitfield, Coney bear
and Howson, Schaff Spanh6im, A.
Clark and many other great lights,
all in referring to Romans vi and. 4th,
Say it was most certainly immersion
in water referred to there. Tbese are
all Pcdobaptist authors. The great
host of church historians of each and
every denomination, for fifteen CEN
turtles, believed this word meant inns
merse. Wesley came to America an
lmmersionist. Men have 9,ot read
much church history. who say, none
but the conceited Baptist believe this.
Immersion. may not be essential to
salvation, but truth is. respect
good and wise teachers and preach.
ers as much as I ought to, hope, but
advise all to beware of pinning their
faith too tightly to man.
We have known a great many to
fall short of what they had long been
rated at, some under excitement
have donned the cockade, hurried
their ncighbors into revolutions
and war, deserted them at once
many such things, and even worse
they some times do. In imitation OF
Rome some of the divines appeal to
the vanity OF nun to influence them
against immersion as established bv
Christ, teach the people it is in
decent, thus impeach Christ with