The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-16
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ne for this end, considering the Auls
discussions that have been held on TINS |
subject. / shall endeavor 10 be As bret as /
possibly can.
In the first place, the Greek word bap.
lido is a word of generic and not OF
,peeiae meaning, and no word of specInc
can be substituted for It, or be
regarded as It's equivalent. There Is no
one form of an act that can meet all the
demands of baptidze, and if there Is
sucl. form OF act. you can point It out,
and will be obliged to you. II IS Ike
the word travel, or the word labor, OF
the word iniure, and other words of this
class. Take any of these words, an4
YOU can find no form of act to meet all
its demands. You can travel by walk
ing. BIZ riding on horseback, or sailing
i'm a snip, and | say no one form OF act,
or word of specific meaning, can meet
all the demands of the word travel
Therefore these words named, including
baptize tlet me use the English form
for convenience sake), are words that
express condition and not act, and while
they al imply acts, yet these acts are
not expressed By the words themselves.
1t is true, Or. Carson says the word
means "to dip through all Greek Ftera
ture, mode and nothing but mode.
| Bat he did nstt stick to MS own detini
ton. lie had not the courage 20 sub
stitute dip wherever the word haptiz'
occurs in Greek literature. When h,
could he used dip, and WLen be coulC
not he slipped in immerse. Now every
body that knows anything about Ian
guage, knows perfectly well that dip auf
| immerse are not e9uiealents. II the.
me, you can point out their Perfec
equality.
Il was Just here that Carson said tina
al! the photographers AMI co,naenta
tors were against hiai lie sid th
word had but one meaning, and that
specific one. dip. The photographer
denied this, and gave several divers
meanings lie said the word WIS spc
cific; they showed it was generic. II
said twas word of mode; they Shove
il was one of condition. He said the
ought not to have said so, and Bdptis
generally a.ree with him. but to thi
! day they (the lexicographers), insist o
giving the word as they always did, an
! Pc To- Baotisfs agree with them. Thel
: is no mode expressed in the word bal
tie. You will perhaps admit that
word cannot express at and conditlo
at the same time.
: | think can prove by Baptist write
themselves, that baptize is a word
; coalition and not of mode. Let
hear from pr. Conant, and / admit
: is II great scholar Speaking OF Gree
r writers, including the Christian Fathe
/ where they do not speak Of the Chri
/ tian rite, he says the meaning OF Il
word is, to immarse, immer-a, submere
10 dip, to plunge, to imbasAe, to which
Now there are but two modil words
the whole seven, viz: dip and plung
In other places he renders its meanil
r as ogerwhelm, endure, undergo, and y
after Ill these meanings he says Oh pa
: go: TT means simply, to put into,
under water" Now, if it means sil
5 ply this, then let US have it in the
Il vision he makes OF the old version, b
he never so renders it in solitary
u stance. Bat why all these twelve mes
n ings in a word which has but one me,
n iad? If it means one of the twel
"a why give us the other eleven? ID,
the word demand al. these meanins
Why do you tell us that it is a word
only one meaning, and then proceed
Il give it twelve, and several more?
The only reason ! can see for this
} that it is not a word expressing mo
p. but condition. Can my good brotl
ds Gamhren prove that it has but one me
=, iaG when such a scholar IS DR.. Com
gives it a score of meanings! | tr
: you viii give US a satisfactory expla
< don of this, unless you do not want
ch enlighten your poor benighted Pedo- b
nd fist brethren.
Again, in some $50 examples given,
renders it immerse, only l07 times, lie
* * ing 123 examples against what he 5
i is its only meaning in the word of G
he Among all the meanings he assigns
Of the word baptize, he says immerse
le- been selected for use in this revis
in Baptist) ''ds most nearly resembling
Ike original word in the extent of its APP
r a cation" Reader, after all that is s
of the perfection Of the Baptist del
ton Of the word baptize, they have O
lit selected the word that in their opin
So most nearly resembles the word bap
: in meaning. Now, / ask, are words
" have the most close resemblance to
us another in meaning, equivalents? !
I') resemblance in extent Of meaning (
ler stitute identity Of meaning? Is this
= best Baptists can do in defining bapt
u / hope, Mr.. Editor, you will make
M ter showing than this.
vas Alexander Campbell. also a e
de- scholar, and one with the Baptists, a
- mode, defines baptize as sink, dip, plul
Sus immerge, merge, immerse, overt
to drench, overwhelm, undergo, end
.er, and several other meanings. And We
the insists there is but one mode in all til
s. Pedo-baptists must be excused if I
ne. do not believe this.
Conant and Campbell say the "
means to overwhelm. Carson, on
other hand, declares that it aecer mt
oyerwhelm. Campbell says baptize
a mits the subject to stay under the
ev- ter but cery little time, and
ltes emerge again. Conant and some OF
! oil say the idea of emersioa is not inelu
ma in the meaning of the Greek W
-, ~ These are the men who propose to tt
~. i,e the world the one and the only meal
81 of the word baptize. Alas, my fri
raw whom of all these are we Pedo-bap
nts to believe?
ace. Now let us hear Dr. Cox, of Lont
hat After saying that the idea of dippiI
sue in every instance conveyed, he Al
ana . 4 person may indeed be Immersed
nor pouring, but immersion is the b
lion plunged into water, or (the being) 0
of wheImed by it. Were the water to
mo- eend from the earth it would still |
this baptism were the person wholly GOV
her by it. If this does not instruct
aere Pedo-baptists in the one and only m
arty ing. ask what would7 Please inf
sner US what is the one and only act the
s. &, tier does in pouring, plunging and
~. ~ rising up of the water.
~. Next, let us hear Morell, of Edinb
~ ssThat the word baptize uniformly 81
.e;r fies to dip, / viii not venture to as
aiid nor undertake to prove. carson an
in took to do it, however.) believe
ion the word does mean dip, and
can this Is its most usual meaning. 81
j a appears quite evident that the "
and also. bears the sense of covering by
perfusion. This Is admitted By DR..
say, Thus far, we surrender the question
{ 70 immersion in company of Dr. g
ious VIII Mr.. GambrelI join bis brethre
p 4 teaching that the word IS not on
b mode. but secures cOnd itiOn or ed
You are fond Of quoting DR.. Flu
He wrote 4 book IF several hum
tors pagss. styIed The Act Of Raptil
Now We viii obtain the one defnife
without fail, AZ follows: the to
- - case Is produced I'd show that Bapt
4 - does not always denote the act Of pi
) -. Afx xsf.s7fsnIa - that Rant