Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-01-21
MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JANUARY q, 1886
(haptisma) for the bodies


it were buried in water. The water
presents the image of death receiving
the body as in tomb"
John, Archbishop of Constantine
pie, born A. d., 347. In his COM
mentory on Corinthians, says:
"For to be immersed (baptizo) and
to sink down, then to emerge, is a
symbol of the descent into hades,
and of the ascent from thence"
Now we regard the case as abund-
antly made out from the foregoing
authorities that the word baptizo
means to immerse and that it has no
such idea as sprinkling or pouring
water on a person for baptism in it.
We also claim that it was not the in
tention of the Savior to use the word
in any other sense than that of i'm
mersion for the reason that if any
thought of sprinkling had been in
tended the word raino or .rantizo
would have been used as they mean
to sprinkle. Had there been any de-
sign to bapt'ze by pouring the word
cheo was the proper one to use. Now
it is also certain that no Greek word
expresses the idea of immersion so
clearly as baptizo. Now let US reca-
pitulate all that we have said.
1st. The Gospel must be preached
as Peter preached it on Pentecost.
2nd. People must hear, believe, re-
pent and be baptized. This is the
order of the Bible.
3rd. Baptism, preceded by the
above requirements, is for the remis
sion Of sins.
4th. The word baptizo means tc
immerse, and no other act but i'm
mersion will fill the demands of the
law and entitle the applicant to par
don at the court of Heaven. AS ev
idence of this the Pentlcostian'
heard, believed, repented and were
Immersed and were added to the on
hundred and twenty disciples.
| The jailer heard, believed, repentet
and was (baptized) immersed. Pau
heard, saw, believed, repented, ant
by baptism washed away his sins
The Ethiopian heard, believed an
was immersed by Phillip and went O
his way rejoicing. Many of tn
Corinthians hearing believed an
we're baptized. Cornelius heard th
Gospel from Peter and when the la
ter saw that Cornelius had recei i've
the Holy Spirit as the enc hundre
and twenty Jewish disciples had dor
on Pentecost, commanded him to (
immersed into the name of the Fat
er, Son and Holy Spirit, and thus p'
him in the Kingdom.
: But that we may reduce the id'
of any other form of baptism to
absurdity we ask our readers to tai
the New Testament and read
Through and wherever the word il
. merse (baptize) occurs substitute Il
j, word sprinkle or pour and see how
will look. Because if the word ba
. tie means to sprinkle or pour, tn
II the meaning may be put for the wo
- and will make sense.
- We will only give you a few exa
-. pies. Matt. iii, 5, 6. Then went
to him Jerusalem and all Judea Al
all the region round about the j.
don and were sprinkled by him in
=, Jordon. confessing their sins. ST
= stitute the word pour. Then th
!. we're poured by him in the Jorde
"a confessing their sins.
- Again, Matt. iii II: 1 inde
70 sprinkle you in water Zen udati)
ho to repentance; but he that com
=, after me is mightier than I, VIII
shoes I am not worthy to bear.
~ shall sprinkle you in the Holy Sp
- and fire. Substitute pour and
G. Ireads be shall pour you in the H
ro Spirit and pour you in fire.
49, Matt. iii, 1917: Then cometh Je
% from Galilee to the Jordan, u
=. John to be sprinkled by him.
~ John forbade him, saying: 1 b
-, need to be sprinkIed by thee.
comest thou to me! And Jesus
.s swering said to him: Suffer it to
so now for thus il becometh us
=, fulfill all righteousness. Then
:- suffered him. And Jesus when
e was sprinkled went up straight
. out of the water. In the name
.,e all reason what did he go into W
49, for if he was only sprinkled
49, sprinkler never goes into the W
nor does he put the candidate
~ Now if it be true that we have to
49,. low the example OF Christ every
- lander we ever saw has not been
;.h gaIly sprinkled, and therefore
baptism is no account if sprinkh
.a: baptisms.) And 10 the heavens
opened to him, and he saw the s
of God descending like a dove
lighting upon him. But lastly. {
iii, 1928. After these things
" Jesus and his disciples into the
of Judea; aud then he tarried
~. them and sprinkled. And John
go ~ sprinkling in Enon near to S
because there was much water
;, and they came and were sprinkl
What use had John for much
,izo, if the modern sprinkler is right
,a,,.a practice Now don't every on
Il