The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-16


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,la = ~ b .ss and Of goats. ana ~
iooo u S, ha;far sprinklIng the anesee,,.i
shes q - .... ~, purifying Of the nesh,
y sl1all the blood q Chtlss
low NUT ~, ..,,,science from dead Works
leanse J ~. ~ 1 e,,i1 God. The blood O.
9 {. serNe ~ sr r.l- Of as the blood q
mis-. .ss.l;a If YOU would properly ~
.ti.sent the cleansing Or rensWins ~. .,star
,esrt YOU ought to sprinkle tne m.aJa
Z bsnfism. If sprinkiing was tne n,s
= by God to represent sp as Il
10 nsiT,r WHY can it not 90 80 sun :....a5
I.s,.; baptism could be admlnls'e ~.
- nourina or sprinkling, why n.s ..r al }
81, r;stian baptism be 50 admihisee. -.
- = $50 : sa;d that we cannot prove lna s
- Tavish baptism ~was ever ehe. 800
~ snrinkling7 say we can, p5oelus e
* sr -. who lived In the early days @
G e1iu understood their own
language. ~ -. ,w;sbad to be
o,aansad by typical baptism vas
snr;nkled with the blood Of the lamp
4 bunch of hyssop.n Again, he VINO I
la v,,; whether in conformity Win
~ law or in conformity with the COS
nal i cleanssd; in conformity WIN LII VA
law because Moses sprinkied the pi1o1
If the lamb with bunch OF nyssoP
Here are given two OF the divers v, pap
t;sms Of which Paul speaks ne on9
i : baptism by the sprinkhng OF p'o ~
and the other by the sprlnkiihg u 'ne
water of separation. .on
"i Ri 1,yriI and Gregory Nazlanzen
n,antian baptisms Of bleos. and heilel
alhas nnder the law. Therefore, wnen
pa,io. hantists interpret the sprlnkhns
aa ~ az by Paul, in the 9th chapter O
HeIraws as belonging to the divers pap
49,, he here sets forth, we are IN mar
m rrSs with the early Greek and Latii
ORIGIN speaks of the baptism OF bloo'
9If God would grant to me tiat
,o;obt be cleslnsed by my own oloou
thst I might attain that second baptlsu
JT;ng for Christ, | would depart out Q
~ World secure" Again, he says
sSFor it is only the baptism OF oio 90
which can make us more pure tina" :"
baptism of water made us. -, !
John the Baptist was representedi =
the fathers as baptized by his own ploo'
and also our Lord, ana many others
! Now blood is fluid, but there Is M
, Hood enough in any man to lmmerse
noo into il. so as to cover him rs IN
rave "Rlush o, prosecutors! (says re-
5;anns1 We make martyrs like to Chris
, rhom after the water of true baptls'
: haptizing blood sprinkles.
= o-'e fsrn,Ts n,otes Ezekiel, SO: %
oThen shall sprinkle clean water up
. Won and We shall be clean, etc, ana tn
;, Comments. thus: ''Then | will pour o
! Tor sprinkle) upon you clean waite
n HI will pour out the clean water OF -
, rhsn aIds: And it is to be o6ser'
, tbat a new heart and new spirit m
N he given by the pouring and sprinkil
G. of water -o
.! Ezekial the very image oil oaptls"
e So, also, Cyril, of Jerusalem SPe'
a. Of this sprinkled water OF the Prop
"a effecting baptism. Cyprian d
~ the very same.
o. Clemens, Alex. speaks Of those
= we're baptized second time by te'
! Now. Mr.. Editor, as there was |
- tism by the sprinkling OF the blood
= the lamb. as there was baptism by
= shrinking of the heifer-ashes water
=. there was a baptism by the shedding
" ane's own blood, as there was bapt
!; Inv the shedding forth of tears ant
ID God promised baptism IN the chris,
:" dispensation by the sprinklIng OF Ct
~ w.tar / am forced to conclude tha'
W the mourning or sprinkling OF water IN
~ ~ name of Trinity, the ritual baptism
~ Christianity is scriptually adminlste
ar If the pouring or sprinkllng OF W
II. effected Jewish baptism, what rease
y, there that the symbol baptism OF Chr
=, anity cannot be effected In the
y way? The only mode of baptism 81
~ fed in the scriptures is by sprinkllng
Az ~ pouring. In some of the washlngs o
@ law no mode is given, as wash, or b
y Is not word of mode. You viii do
-" less say that the washings or bathing
'"' the law are clippings or immersion'
-, wish YOU to prove this. 1t will neH'
Wy for YOU to say that bathings were
W H. rqH9 dimensions among the jew
~ positively deny that personal lmme
80 was ever enioined in any case OF Je
=! washings. You will doubtless TEL
SIN !, H. that the Jordan, the much water o
Enon springs, the "some water OF
E way to GAIA, and the 9th chaaptt
u . Romans prove dipping. shall 3
" visit all these places and passages
The YOU, if you will allow me. | do nc
~ iieve that in asolitiry instance IN re
-, ~ I to one of these, there ever was diI
al. - of the bodies of those baptized,
e eeI like to give the 18th of Numbers an
, !" 9th of Hebrews thorough inyestig
IL with YOU so as to set forth more
nc, no. tail some of the divers baptisms that
~, speaks of in that instructive epistle
~ Yours fraternally,
the john HUNT