Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-04-08
THE MAN OF GATH.

anne and rtues him luto the "A'ae' II
,ess in search of church; says a
.h.,e was one book there and II he
,an find it he proposes TO swamp IL
and half sole IL with Christianity, put /
n new fence around it, call the babies !
into it by putting baptism in the place
.,s circumcision. furnish the coral
with an ample supply of the West
minister confession of faith bound III
sheen at half price. He says he
knows the boy babies were taken INTO
she lavish church on the Sth day al
TOR birth and unless there is some In"
to put them out they are yet IN them
Isuppose tue Jews still c'rcan
else the boys on the s,h day and take
,b.m in the Jewish church. l don't |
know of any statute of any state or
nation to the contrary. Our consu'
tution, state (since BRAKES time was
over) and national, guarantee reil-
g;nus freedom to every one and that
includes the Jews.
| While IN the wilderness sss-ss4- ssea-ilal re6
not as .weiitt- weiitt -hasat-dp hurt dp Noah's Ark !?
One has as much connection with
Christianity as the other; both were
types, nothing more. Peter said of
the Ark The like figure whereunto
; baptism doth also now save us, and
Paul said of the old or Jewish cove
nant, That which waxeth old is
ready to vanish away" Heb. S-l3.
Then in the 9th chapter Heb. Paul
goes on to discuss the old covenant
and all that appertained to it down to
{ to the 10th verse, where he lntrodu-
: ces Christ in his official capacity, and
: in the 10Th verse says: And for this
cause he is the mediator of the Neat
Testament that by means of deatL
for the redemption of the lransgres.
sions under the first testament, the,
which are called might receive the
u promise of eternal Inheritance. L
is new order Of things. Jesus sait
" to Peter, Math. 1918, 'And l say
unto thee that thou art Peter and up
u en- this rock aoiU build my church
d and the gates of hell shall not prevail
u against it, and after giving hi
d great commission to his chosel
l Apostles in the last chapter of Luke
He gives them this injunction in tn
Is 49th verse, "And behold I send tn
promise of my father upen you; bu
r tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem un
~ til We be endowed with power from o
: high This adjourned all furthe
r. business to Jerusalem, and to tia
point they went and Peter preache
l. that memorable sermon after the M
raculous outpouring Of the spirit 0
se the disciples. Now some meintai
that these Jews who cried out, "Wha
ne shall we do?" had been operated upo
le directly by the Holy Spirit independ
sd ent of what Peter said, but this coul
ne not be true because Peter said t
them, "Repent and be baptized fo
the remission of sins and you sha
he receire the gift Of the Holy Spirit
Now if they had already receive
in it then Peter was mistaken for h
II. said you shall Culture tense) receis
10 it. But the thing for Go" to d,
bl bi and don't you forget it, is to sho
rh where any apostle euer baptized
90 baby.
You need not think to lead me frn
We the point by voluminous quotation
ali from the Jewish scripture, and Ill
an the illustrious Richard the Thil
ie- ''clothe your naked villainy with oc
ng old ends, stolen fowl of holy writ an
go seem a saint when most you pl:
the
Give us one, just one rule or o.
to case where the Apostles did such I
ig- act l don't care a fig what Je,
it or pagons did. What did the Ape
ON ties in setting up and establishil
Of Christianity do? That's the qnestie
ore NJ, Y. DUNCAN