Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-05-21
ACTION OF BAPTISM.

DR.. Gallaher, in his article of April
3oth, said immersion or dipping
people under water, head and ears,
was never heard of in the worlds
history till after the middle of the
sixteenth century, and was not prac-
ticed by the Baptists till l641," and
says 81 have the records
Now, Dr., I called for the records
in my last article. Why did you not
produce them? / still call for them.
But instead of giving the records you
say if disciple" affirms 1t let him
bring the proof" Now, sir, that, l
must say, is begging the question.
Have not been bringing the proofs
all the time? Come up with the
records or I will conclude you cannot.
The DR.. says / misquote the Lexi-
cons. Are you not joking? Suppose
you try your hand at it; maybe you
can do better than / have. Now, to
be candid with you, must say ]
think 1 have quoted correctly, but to
crafty you will try again, and in
so doing will establish the fact in
lyour mind, if possible, that you are
wrong in saying that immersion "was
not practiced or heard of in the
worlds history till after the middle
of the 10th century" Now 1 am
sorry you said that; you ought to
know better. You certainly see
things "through a glass dsrkly."
Now, sir, we will give you the words
of eminent photographers, none OF
them Baptist. We will begin with
Liddell and Scott. Baptizo, dip re.
lpeatedly, sink, bathe. Greenfield,
Iimmerse, immerge, submerge, sink
&C., &c. Robson, immerse, sink,
wash, cleanse. Scapula, immerse
submerge, bury in water, wash, bathe
1Schleusner, 1. Immerse, dip, plunge
into water. 2. Wash, bathe, cleans,
in water.
/ Now, Dr., if 1 have not quoted cor
rectly, set me right, if you please
And now, as you are not satisfied will
the examples already given from
classic writers, I will try again. 1st
Strabo, born 60 B. G. Example II
J speaking of Alexander's army, say
they marched the whole day, baptize'
as far as the waist. 2nd. Diodarus
born so B G. Example 13, speakin
of the defeat of the Carthagenial
army on the banks of the Crimissu
river in Sicily, says: "Many of th
futives perishing in the stream swo
len by violent storm, the river rust
ing down with a current, increase
7 in violence, baptized many and d.
J stroyed them attempting to swil
through with their armor on" Will
swimming they were not baptized BIT
many of them attempting to swil
with heavy armor on were unable t
do so and were baptized. We cannt
fail to understand the meaning of I'll
word ''baptize' here. I will gi1
one more example. I now quot
from DIR. Conant's '.Baptizene," pae
4, Polyblus' History. book 81, exam
pie 6, speaking of the manner I
taking the sword fish, he says, "An
4 even if the spear falls into the sea
| is not lost for it is compacted of OF
and pine, so that when the oakt
part is immersed (baptized) by tt
weight, the rest is buoyed up and
easily recovered"
Now, Dr., / have given you d
Conant. You have said that there
no such book as the learned Doct
has here given. You and him for
This is the second time / have CIV
this example. We could give ma
more examples If necessary.
The DR.. says .'Disciple" had bett
be candid like DIR. A. Carson, (Ba
tist) page 55, and say ''all lexicog1
piers are against me-" Now I il
ask the readers of the LEDGER to tn
\ to the page cited and see what /
/ A. Carson says about it. DIR. Cars
| does not say that the iexicographt
. are against him in saying the wo
Baptizo means dip or immerse, b
in saying it is verb of mode.
Carson had no fight with the LIE
cons about the word meaning d
What say you, Doctor?
Next we must notice what the ]
says about the pools of Jerusale
With him at tirst it was "dry city
butnow he has water enough alm'
I to immerse a continent. I suppt
they had way to get into tht
pools by consulting the 9th chapter
Johns testimony. You win see Il
at times multitudes who were diseas
would rush into the pool Of Bethes
and + guess that when the peo
wanted to be baptized in the days
Apostles they found a way to get il
water. Do you not think so, Doct'
/ guess, like the Roman brethren Q
others, they awere buried with CHI
IN baptism We would like for }
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