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merse" is not the New Testament
meaning of the word baptizo. But
maybe Disciple" will Qike some of
his brethren) say that the great Lex
icon of Schleusner is not fairly inter-
preted in this article. But if he does
I will inform the reader now that
Schleusner gives in his Lexicon as
examples Of the use OF baptizo not
found in the New Testament, the
very identical sentences from the
Greek writings of Polybius, Strabo
and Diodorus Siculus, which '.Disci-
pie" and DR.. Conant have introduced
to prove that baptizo means to inn
merse. So that according to Schleus-
ner, one of the greatest Lexicograph-
ers on earth, baptizo is never used
in the New Testament in the sense
in which it is used by the very same
authors quoted by disciple" to
prove that it signifies s'dip or i'm
merse."
Here I now rest the argument from
the Lexicons. The reader will now
see the ground and occasion OF DIR.
A. Carson's vail, "all the Lexico-
graphers are against me!'' And it
will be apparent to every unbiased
mind that disciple" was not very
fortunate in the selections of wit
nesses when he called in the Greek
photographers to prove that baptizo
in the New Testament (Math. 28:19,
20) signifies "dip or immerse."
'Disciple,' seeing the futility Of
his arguments from the Greek class
les in favor of dipping has MAY 21st)
brought in a perversion of Paul's
teaching in Rom. 6:3-5, to prop his
sinking cause. "Disciple's" inter
probation of that passage Of scripture
was, like his dipping immersion, orig
mated by the superstitious Catholics
and is not to be found in the records
of Christendom till after the first
council of Nice, A. D. 1926. It evis.
cerates a precious scripture of all in.
telligibility and gospel truth. DIR.
Robert Robinson, the greatest of the
English Baptist historians, has wei
} said on page $50 of his History o.
Baptism, THE first English Bap
lists, when they read the phrase
| buried in baptism instantly though
of an English burial. and therefore
baptized by laying the body in th'
form of burying in their own coun
try, but they might have observed
that Paul wrote to Romans, and tha
Romans did not bury but burned tn,
dead, and buried nothing of the deat
but their ashes In urns, so that NJ
fair reasoning on the form of baptiz
ing can be drawn from the mode o
bury ing the dead of England
} commend this language of the great
est English Baptist Historian to tn
candid consideration of disciple
, and his friends as a sufficient offse
against all the quotations fror
''grand and great predobaptist au
: thors" that he has made or may ye
: make.
: I hope at some future time to fin
D space to give the readers of the LEI
e GER rational and scriptural inte,
!, probation of Rom. 6:3-5 and Col. 2:1i
t But as we have now seen that ther
l is no ''dip or immerse'' in the Ne'
S Testament baptism nor in the class
e lies older than the New Testament
= will readily appear to every reade
that those authors who suppose
: they found references to "dip or in
t merse" in Rom. 6:3-5, were badl
/ mistaken and sorely deceived by whs
e the Baptist Robinson calls "no faj
D reasoning" DISCIPLE again lug
s in that fictitious quotation from Boo
:. "a of Polybius' History. That show
: how hard pressed he is for example
e If baptizo always means "dip or in
|. merse," and is a word of definite an
S specific action, why don't disciple
IS find plenty of examples in the clas'
It ic Greek where it has that signifc,
i tion2 All, gentle reader, there
IS the rub! It never had such meal
d ing on earth, and if you have hitheri
7. believed such a doctrine you ha,
70 been deceived and it is now yol
n duty and privilege to call upon 70,
Is teachers and preachers to produ'
=. examples of specific and defni
e, "dip Or immerse'' in the classi,
- older than the commission, and whe
% they fail, as fail they will, just {
r Disciple has failed, then it will b
st come your bounden duty as you fe
re God and love his truth to repudia
ut dipping and immersion" as rel
e, of popish superstition, and then SCI
in and receive scriptural baptism.
a. There is no conflict between Q
in Conant and myself about that fab
III lous Book 81 of Polybius. The co
e, fict is between DR.. Conant and {
to Charles Anthem, both of them intr
W duced as witnesses by 'Disclpl
~ himself.
in Disciple" is very handy at mixil
- up statements when he wants to CO