St. Paul daily globe., 1886-06-29
THE ADVENTISIS HAPPY.
Necessity of Supporting the Cause of
God by Their Means.
Many branches Requiring He1p--A
z Sermon on Baptism.

The camp meeting on Lake Harriet is
drawing to close, and although yesterday
was not the last day on the list, yet nearly
everything closed then. The Adventists
feel very grateful for the fine weather they
have enjoyed in their meeting thus far.
Everything has worked splendidly for
them. Fine weather, with fine grounds and
large attendance.
In the morning meeting. when all assem-
bled in the large pavilion, Elders Haskell
and Butler spoke to the people in regard to
the necessity of supporting the cause of
God by their means. The ministers were
deeply in earnest,and set before their hear
ers these wants With great emphasis. There
are many branches requiring help, and
many more constantly developing. Their
missions in Europe, Australia and the Pa
citic islands, as well as the wants of the
cause here in aIinnesota. The people of
this faith in Minnesota are building church
in Minneapolis on the corner Of Lake street
and Fourth avenue South, and this
city is to be the headquarters of this de-
partment in The state. The meeting was
again called after breakfast and at this
time an invitation was extended to all to
give to this cause Remarks were made by
the elders, and it was believed that all ap-
something in this line. Many had donated
for other branches of the work, but cheer
fully gave again. The lists showed various
sums given, some as high as $1,000, and
from that down. The whole footed up
Sc, 600. At II o'clock Elder G. |. Bur rer
preached revival sermon.in in which he carr
estly appealed to all to make religion and tie
salvation of their souls and the service OF
God the first and leading object of their
lives. The audience were deeply moved
by his sermon, and a solemn spirit mani
tested itself throughout the whole camp.
When an opportunity was given large
number came forward with tears and much
feeling. Many spoke. and then there was
feryent season of PRAYER.
At 2:30 Elder D. NJ. Canright preached a
sermon upon Baptism" previous to prepar-
ing the candidates for that rite. Text: Mark,
xvi, Is; HE that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved 'Some ask" said he,
IT'S IT NECESSARY TO BE BAPTIZED?
Can not 1 he saved without it? We are sorry
to hear anybody ask such questions. 1t shows
an inclination TO evade every duty so far as
they possibly can. The only question for a
Christian is: What does the Lord require?
and immediate and cheerful obedience should
be rendered. Jesus commanded them to be
baptized. Peter says, Acts IL, s. ''Re bap-
tized every one of YOU This should be suffi-
cient Christ was bsptized, the apostles were
baptized.g and they always baptized their con-
verts. Let us do the same. What is the OBJ
ject of baptism? The Bible plainly teaches
that it is to show our faith IN the burial and
resurrection of Christ. He was buried in the
ground and then was raised out of the grave
Just so by baptism the convert is buried
in the water and raised out of the
water, and this is to show his faith in that
fact of the gospel; hence, Paul says: eve
are buried with him by baptism. Romans
vi, 4. We do not keep Sunday to commemorate
the resurrection, because the Lord has given
US baptism for that purpose. What is the
proper mode of baptism? Undoubtedly it is
immersion. The best scholars in every de-
nomination now freely admit this. Sprink-
ling and pouring were brought in by an apos-
tate church hundreds of years after Chrst's
time. Every reference to baptism shows
that in the New Testament it was by INNER
sion. Paul says. as quoted above, ssWe are
bpried}by baptism and again he says, 1--WE
are planted together III baptism. roman
VII, ,5.-aJesus went down irto ,Jorlau; the
eunuch went down into the water; John held
g camp meeting WI ere there was much water,
John ILL, 23 in order to baptize his converts.
The Greek, also, has three distinct words for
immersion, pouring and sprink ing, just
the, same as the English has. The
word used for baptism is invariably the one
which means immersion and never the word
that means sprinklng or pou ing. Who
SnOuid De DaptlIeQ! only believers. Believe
first, then be baptized. Little babes can not
believe, nor repent; hence, they are not SUBJ
jects for baptism. There is not single case
in the New Testament where babe was bap-
tized, When should person be baptized?
JUsT-AS SOON AS THEY BELIEVE.
At Pentecost, they baptized believers the same
day they were converted. The eunuch, Lydia
and her family, the jailer and his family, and
all others in the New Testament were bap-
tized immediately. The idea of waiting six
months 10 see if you will back 81 is un-
scriptural, and only productive OF evil At
the close of the discourse, ninety candidates
presented themselves for baptism. These
were briefly examined, and no objections be-
ing raised to any of them, they were admit
ted. The Elder made few pointed remarks
as to the soiemnity of the step they
were taking, and the purity of life that would
be expected of them. After this, the whole
assembly repaired tt lake. which was but
a short distance awa5, TO administer the rite
of baptism. 1t was an impressive scene.
Hundreds were assembled on the shores of
the lake. For a long distance along the shore
oGtaesia'1e on each sice the whole beach was
thronf Ell with people Scores of parties in
carriages halted to witness the scene. About
thirty boats with their occupants were closely
gathered up around the space selected for the
baptism and the crowd extended back into
the woods. The baptism was administered
by three ministers. elders Johnson, Hill and
Schram. The preachers took two at q time.