The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-25
AT THE TABERSACLE.
10:30 A. N.

1890 A. NJ
The Sunday School institute convened
al 10 a. M 4 good attendance of Sunday
school workers were present. Prof. N.
Ingalls, is a man of superior scholarship
and large experience and has on hand and
in use at the institute complete set of
scripture charts, designed to fill the meas
ure of the Apostolic injunction, study to
show thyself approved unto God work
man that needeth not to be ashamed
rightly divining the word of truth"
Tue Bible is not only a revelation
from God but book of sublime
harmony and order. Its symmetry and art
is divine and no touch or readjustment as
the assumption of human skill or wisdom
can be considered other than the ''sin of
presumption"
Brightly divining the word Of truth"
implies the danger Of wrongly divining it.
God in His wisdom has provided portion
of Revelation adapted to the sinner, as an
alton from Him, in which He makes
known the conditions of salvation from
sin, and adoption into the kingdom of
Christ and family of God, and another
portion that teaches adopted sons and
daughters of the family of God what their
duties and privileges and distinctive rights
and honors are. God is not the author of
confusion either in His works or word, and
we ask what sin can exceed his who
to suit his own preference or defend his
own religious or theological theory, re-
jects the plain obvious teaching of the
word of God, either in precept or example.
Look to your marching orders" was the
answer of a great chief to a quibbeling
infidel How much more is it the duty of
every soldier in the army of the Captain
of our Salvation" to look to his marching
orders as they are given by Him who ''con-
quered death and brought life and immor-
tally to light"
The Sunday school work of the Churches
of Christ" in this state is in very efficient
hands and the outlook is filed with
promise of increased fruitage. Let every
earnest prayerful worker realize that it is
privilege to gather fruit unto eternal
life"
p. m, subject of discourse, Text,
Hebrew, g: ?: Many Baptisms." The
subject of discourse and it object are
essentially connected either suggestively
or as the logical application of the subject
to the object in view. The subject tonight
implied the discussion and analysis of
many baptisms, but the object in view
was not the consideration Of many bap-
tisms in themselves but to bring out a
contrastIpeculiar to different dispensatioDs,
times and circumstances, and to illustrate
the dignity and sovereignty of the Divine
will The grasp of the human mind is
circumscribed by a narrow limit so far as
different knowledge is concerned. But
God sees the end from the beginning,
and, in mercy and wisdom, prescribes and
appoints the means and conditions essen
tial to mans discipline, development and
best interests. No wonder that with mans
narrow vision the wisdom OF God is fool
ishpess until he is ready ito walk bv faith
and not by sight" to speak, and trust, and
act, because he believes
The evangelist gave a critical summary
of the subject of baptism
l. Figurative baptisms, as Noah and
the ark. Wherein few, that is eight, souls
were saved by water, the like figure where
unto. baptism, doth now save US
:. The passing through the sea and
were all baptized unto Moses in the
cloud and in the sea' Next attention was
called to New Testament baptisms:
l. Baptism by John the Baptist.
>. The baptism of the Holy Spirit.
3. Christian baptism as administered
by the apostles OF Christ, which baptism
is the only baptism any man Is authorized
to administer since Christ arose from the
dead.
Christ alone administered the baptism
of the Holy Spirit, and no man was ever
commanded 10 be baptise1 in the Holy
Spirit. The entire subject was carefully
classified and clearly Calculated and
impressed with remarkable force
of liction The discussion OF the entire
subject in one discourse was skIIlfuuy i'm
proved in clearing the subject of confusion
and impressing the subject as it IS applica-
BILE TO all men, under the great commits
sion: go ye into ali the world and preach
the gospel to every creature. He that be-
lieverh and IS baptized shall be saved, and
be that beheveth not shall be damned. "
The audience was much larger than last
evening. the additional seating room oc-
cupied and the attention of all undivided
not understanding the intense heat. Sub
ject tomorrow evening is the Great Har-
vest
In response 70 the invitation q large
number came forward and several bap-
tisms were administered.
There Will be baptisms in the Little
river, at the Thirteenth street bridge, at
p. II. today.