Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-05-06


virtual confession that there is no
record of the organization of any
new chm oh by Christ or the Apostles
Now. reader, remember | called for
chapter and verse" where the record
of the organization of the new church
was to be found Mr.. ID. says it Is
in "2d Chap. of Acts, King James
Read that chapter
there are only A verses--see il you
can find any trace OF any church I
being organized on the day of Pen
tecost. And when you fail to find
anything Of the kind remember that
that is the only show for record |
Mr.. Duncan or any of his friends
have III the New Testament. Or in
other words there is not trace of
such record in existence. Math.
1918 means: II will upbuild
(extend, enlarge,) my church, to in
clude all the Gentiles according to
the law of baptism. Math. 2S:l9, 20.
Christ put the infants of his people
into his church he never put them
out nor authorized anybody else to
exclude them, so that Mr.. Duncan
and all his kind are in open rebellion
against the Lord when they refuse to
recognize that their children belong
to the Lord, and have them marked
with the name of the Father, Son
and Holy Spirit, and thus publicly
pledge themselves to raise, train and
discipline the children God has given
them, for His service here and here
after. Infant baptism is for the
children of the Lords people, and
the man who neglects OF rejects it,
virtu ally repudiates all the blessings
God has in store for his child, and
all the claim God has upon the SER
vices of that child. He has no right
to expect the Lord to hear and an
swer any prayer he may make in be-
half of the child he has refused to
recognize as belonging to the Lord.
But why is Mr.. Duncan so careful to
tell US to read "Acts I'd in King
James translation9:.' Simply be-
cause in the revised version, by the
authority of all the best Greek texts,
the word "church'' is not found in
the 47th verse, nor in the whole
chapter. Mr.. DIS. careful reference
to King James translation is very
suggestive. Many of the readers OF
the LEDGER can we'll remember that
IN 1854 to 1860, many of Mr.. Dun
cans brethren (and the Baptists too)
were filling the whole country with
their abuse of King James version.
sit contained 10000 errors. was not
fit to be trusted, King james, the
tyrant and hypserite, would have
chopped off the translators heads il
they had not translated to suit him
that a new translation must be made
by the competent scholars of the
age, and of course the good people
in sympathy with the movement
must contribute their dimes anC
dollars to help on the good work,
etc. And the people did contribute
of their means. But where is thei
translation? It is rare document
especially the first edition, printed
in 1866. Their translators put il
. the word ''immerse" and ''immerser,
where the old translation had ''bap
tize" and "baptist." But that killei
7 the translation. 1t was too mucl
7 for the stomachs of even the Bap
lists and Disciples to digest. Blu
r now Mr.. Duncan falls back on Kins
l James and embraces the "old hyp
: ocrite" and clings to the ''transla
ton, with its 10000 errors," as hi
only hope! Alas! alas for Dunca
8 and his gospel! The fact is, reader
there never was dipping-antipedo
i baptist church On earth till afte
v King James translation was issue,
GA. d. l61D, and the false texts an
J the erroneous renderings of tru
n texts in that translation are respor
: sible for the dipping -antipedobar
tist system now in existence. MI
o Duncan threatens me with some
: body to read Greek. Well, a
= right, bring ON your critics. Blu
! why swear ny King James, if yo
S have the Greek on your side? H
g is so completely befogged that h
+ cannot read plain English. I sal
y the confession was not binding o
e Presbyterians, except in so far it w:
e in harmony with the word of God.
1, Now Mr.. D. quotes me as saying tt
d confession was without any bindin
d force on anybody" and "wants
l. burn it as rubbish because we ha,
r the bible and can get along witho'
n the confession of faith. Well, d
r. not the ''poor people, have the
d bibles before Mr.M. 7. Duncan b
le gan writing his gospel lesson'
h Where then was the use for his lie
K sons? If Mr.. D. wants to bul
Iy rubbish" he had the best chance
d the world. If he had burned up /,
III his lessons before they were print,
ID his reputation as theological stude
s. and debater would have been fair
e, than it is to-day. IT'S true, won
E. have been deprived of a vast deal
IN sport, and the ''poor people" miss
., eaa;,or his laseopo ay.snorafad a