Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13

tlon As to what he meant to be done
the law of baptism in Math, % 10,
20, Then reader, look into the rec
ord and see Turn to Acts 2nd chap.
and "a verses (Revised Version,)
And suddenly there came from
heaven Il sound As of the rushing OF
Il mighty wind, and it (the sound)
filled all the house where they were
sitting. And there appeared unto
them tongues parting asunder, like
rs of fire; and it sat upon each OF
them. And they were all filled with
the Holy Spirit and began to speak
with other tongues rs the spirit gave
them utterance.' They were %''tille,i
with the Holy Spirit" not the Holy
Spirit flied with them. Here in this
baptism, administered by the Lord
Jesus himself, the persons baptized
were passive and receptive, while the
baptizing agency or instrumentality
was moved and brought upon them.
Peter says (Acts 11:15) 1.-The Holy
Spirit fell on them even as on us at
The beginning The record in Acts
l0:44, As is, while Peter yet spake
the Holy Ghost fell on all them which
heard the word" And those that
came with Peter were 'samazed be-
cause that On the gentiles vas poured
out the gift of the Holy Ghost"
This baptism at the house of Corne-
Illus was administered by the Lord
in person. And because the Lord had
baptized them with his spirit Peter
said ''who can forbid the water, that
these should not be baptized, which
have received the Holy Ghost as well
as me-" On this passage the learned
Dean Afford remarks .'that it is in
ns9asti"e as showing that the (Apos-
- vas 10 bring the water
to the candidates and not the can
didates to the water"
This much is settled then. When
the Lord baptized with the Holy
Spirit he poured it out upon the people.
The people were not moved and put
into the spirit-lt fell upon them /;
and when Peter would symbolic the
baptism which the Lord personally
administers, he brings the water to
the persons-not the persons to the
water. We will see further on how
the water was used when it was
brought. Now, reader, [ ask in all
caador, what possible force a there
be in the laundering guesses of learn
ed or ignorant men about the mean
ing Of baptizo, when the Lord him.
self defines so plainly what he meant
by the word? It can now be seen
why | said that the only foundation
for the idea that baptizo, ever or any.
where, meant to move the person and
put him into the water over head and
ears, was and is, the perversion ant
! prostitution of that ordinance by the
Catholics, after the End century, who
put their people into (not under) the
blessed, baptized water in order tt
: "soak out sin and soak IN grace
God never commanded any man tt
put any other man into or unde
, water, Or any other element, for an,
purpose. No rite, ceremony or sac
: rament of divine appointment wa
ever to be fulfilled by any such &C
1 ton. In all scripture baptisms
whether will-spirIt, fire or water, tn
: baptizlng element or instrumentalit
is always moved and brought upo
x the person baptized. The same i
true of all classic baptisms, olde
: than the New Testament.
|. Again, how did Paul understan
l the word and ordinance of baptism
II We have already seer hat the bod
of the Lord was never buried (onl
l prepared for burial) and that his be-
IL ing laid in the rock tomb of JOSEF
/ was q mere matter of human conv'
nience and no fact of the gospel
IL mans work, not the Lord's-an
! that the Catholic Interpretation {
: Rom. 6:3-5 and Col. 2:l2 are ba.
perversions of the Apostles teaching
e and ~eviscerates them of all sen.
L and gospel truth. How then do'
D. the great Apostle of the Gentiles u
III he word bopttzo Turn to Hebre
Ill 9:10. Here the Apostle says the
q were divers baptisms" (washing
the English) in the service of Il
'd Tabernacle. Now the Old Test
ment and the New land ~Josephus to-
give us a detailed account of t
furniture of the Tabernacle as it W
erected and furnished according
divine specifications. But in, al
about, that place of divine worshi
b. built by plans made by the Gre
We Architect of the universe, there W
all no vessel, tub, tank, pool Or hole-i
C. foreground, into which any pers
L. could get for washing or baptizi
he himself, or into which he could
in put by anyone else. Nothing of
of kind was even constructed by div
er appointment. So there were no d
n pings or dimensions into water, Pr
W. or mixed; into oil, blood or any o
at er element, and positively no place
tn dip or immerse in, for there were