, 1880-09-12

:holders for the benefit Of negro laundresses,
and that those .prophetesses have been so de-
graded in their own sight rs to be content
with this proud distinction, even as squaws
are proud to carry packs for their masters.
the titles which tie Church confers upon ller
favorit sous do unfit them for lninisteriug at
death-beds? Might not 4 u. D. give drink
of water to a dying man In an acceptable
manner without becoming. Uncle Jack u
tottice suffer stain by his rendering: the most
;menial service in a hospital, and must he
needs be Bob OF :Bilfeyer after to- the public
in general? Mrs. Anderson's own estimate
!; of the title Of her heroine Is shown Ill her
;s ,16s e H. Of az: aant'e G{sm%ings
called Aunt H}Ay, a. precise .old ,nlaid, whose
j. Wanting the book to sell IS good reason
for giving, the title it has, aud What object
'to: is enot. 50; much the try Of the book, as
which the Church holds even Divine gifts il
bestowed upona woman, the masculine ar
rogance which has made it more necessary
u. designate such woman IN such way.
: Il is disgraceful to the Church, not her, that
/ do object to Lizzie, and Sallie, and Mol
lie, and Judie. and Biddie,, and all the other
"ies by which grand old HISTORIC names are
made contemptible. object to any respecta-
bic girl r. woman being sp9kssn s to and about
geon.. Elizabeth a thefton was called at II to
preach the Gospel to ali nations, it she could
.yoach them, baptiziug them in the name OF
the Father. 4 boy with such 4 call the
sioSed, and sent @ tortl, in lie work Of Saving
sinners: He might have married, and gone
West; but this would not have made him a
ditch-tggger watching chance to speak for
Christ to some other ditetl.dlgger. Why
should the Church have LETT her without
f? Were there no need Of iaborers in the be-
Masters vineyard, that one baked cakes, 10!
all those many yeats? The mortality In her
family Is proof thattthe care of the sick was
not her vocation, eFen if she acquired the art
6y dnt Of Sa ii eqt eensa %nsa 1 1d aa AZ
them - that her children al died she is afloat
Of foreorlination and free will, ailt: She lad
better keep away, God takes the goo per cent
of babies who die in New, York tenement
Sy 5oSSss dies eef9se sx ass e rou;yands yss e'S y
in luxurious holnesi from cold and
foul air, and God takes them; yet some one
has blundered. when any one dies Of any
open to q charge Of presenting her subjectlul-
Etruthfulness OF her style which makes her
story SO valuable as an Illustration Of evils
she does not see 49,;
dignided;. t is a criticism / have long in-
tended to make, anti threw it in there be-
cause: it-seemed to fit I have never seen
more. Il absorbing Interest more personal
vanity displayed about ball costumes, than
about Gaptisnlal dresses. How shall look
how ny dress Viii appeaF when come up
out Of the water, do, I think, IN most cases
take precedence Of all thonght OF the sins I
shall take down aud the righteousness I
shall bring up .t'':<@&-
Then the fundamental idea Of baptism is
wishing; not was hing clothes, but bodies.
In the old Pagan days when one changed his
philosophy he was baptized In token Of the
washing away Of the old errors, and from
this comes the Christian idea Of baptism;
yet have heard Baptists try to overcome
under water without getting wet; have
been sadly misinforlned, 1t people do not
wear oil-cIoth caps and waterproof clothes
to preserve the person from contact with
the water during, immersion.
The last cereidny Of the Kind L ever Wit
messed was In Indiana County, Pennsylvania,
in clear, rushing mountain strealn, over
hung with majestic pines, and borueEed with
rhododendrons. The subject had probably:
never, been washed, unless that ceremony
WIS ptIlU1ulEtlt5AkkA AlkGI Ul!GH lJl0 pItACll6l
was In hifuFcated India rubber bag; the
subject in aheayy woOlen oyercoat, worn on
purpose to keep out the water, and those who
assisted to:ehange his dress assured me that
the lining was notwet Any clothing which
prevents the washing of the body converts
the baptism into q acaricatfre.s. !:
I have NO idsaaEaas; on& T;etting man 'ads i
to the command; Having your bodies
washed with pure water; present your souls
all baptism is meant to Synb0liZe, and he
who sprinkles in baptism might as we'll cover
the face with a napkin and sprinkle that US
he who inlmerses to exclude the water from
the body Of the subject. In all our churches
the substance Is lost in the shadow; for not
one of them requires baptized people to keep
themselves clean.-to wash their bodies III
pure water in obedience to their baptismal
vow.
This world has sad accumulation of dirty
Christians descended from the old monks,
who fancied that haireloth shirts, dirt, and
degradation were especially pleasing to the
Deity, and forbade the M0ors to bathe on pain
Of death and Punishment from Spain. The
Baptists, Of ali other denominations are
bound, in consistency, to teach cleanliness
as next to godliness, and should begin by
teaching converts that getting wet Is not
dangerous in baptism.