The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-11

re;ghty an argument rs adduced by my
friend. Let>us nete a few things consscu-
lively in his last letter.
=. say irIsna mas objected 10 my presch-
ing what conceive TO be the truth, simply
bec,use II does NOT accord with his under
| standing Of the matter. have very poor
opinion Of any mioisler who hasn't enough
moral rength to preach against error as
! well as advocate the truth. When see an
error shall always endsavor 20 point Il ous
and attempt to set the parties right. IL
they do not choose 10 be righted, then l have
done nay duty and have - clear Conscience.
| 1 may MT always b. right myself. but
strive 70 be, and hence, whenever nm Ia
error it is q fault Of the mind and mot Of
the heart, and Am always grateful to any
| one to set me right.
2. few words more about Pauls bap-
tisn. In my lest letter I thought L gave
sufficient proof to remove ali doubt as to
how Paul was baptized but it seems that
| my frieni would like to use lt,le irony
about it. ] am sorry that in "his zeap' to
refute my argnmen, he failed to give sill The
facts in the case. He seem, to doubt the
Importance If the word aaastas, found in
the Original, (Acts %: ICY, which implies
not only TO IA ise, but m tiou after rising,
aud thinking perhaps that Acts o L.: 18 would
throw weight on his side, he quoted "Aud
Immediately there fel from his eyes as Ii
had been scales and he received sight
E rthwith, anI arose and was baptized"
If my friFnd will get his Greek Testa-
ment and examine this text, he will ind the
very same word here that we discussed in
tho other text, meaning motion from or
tearing a place etc. ] do not see anything
in this trauelation 'at variance with the
written word.' In order to remove all
doubts, let us quote few passages Of Paul's
writing: therefore, we are buried with
Him (Christ) by baptism into death, that
like as Christ WAS raised up from the dead
BY the glory of the Father; even so zoe also
should walk in neSness of life," etc., Rom:
6: 4: ELSE what shall they do, which are
baptized for the dead; if the deal rise not
a, all why are they then baptized for the
dead p l Cor. Is 20; 'For as many Of
You as have beon baptized into Christ have
put On Christ" Gol 3 27; "Buried with
| Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen
with Him through the faith of the operation
Of God, who hath raised Him from the
dead" Col. 2: II "One faith, one Lord,
one baptism Eph. 4: s. Does this not IN
itself explain how Paul was baptized, and
what he regarded as baptism? II it doss
not mean that he was immersed and that he
preached immersion as baptism, please ex-
| plain 10 me these passages
The other passages quoted by my friend
do not need any commen, since with un-
trammeled thinking the meaning IS obvious,
and have not space to note each passage
separately:
3. agree with my friend that ws should
let tho bible explain itself; but in order to
understand the true translation of the bible
wo must not bo satisfied with the King
James version alone, but 60 TO the original
Greek Testament and with the help of lexi-
| cons get the true meaning of the text.
a. In reference TO infant baptism 10 which
Friend "Joe" alluded in his last letter, |
have but few words to say at present.
| (D 1t is unscr. plural and believe wrong.
| (2O Baptism should be adm nsler.d 10 those
ouly who have exercised saving faith in
Col. This l claim infants can not do.
5. Friend "Joe' wants to know if the
| baptism of water the Holy Ghost aud fire,
spoken of in Mat. 3: IL, meaus immersion.
l imphatically aoswer yes. Il indeed bap-
tizs you wih w,ter unto repentance; but
he that cometh after NE is mightier than I,
whose shoes am not worthy to bear, He
shall bartize yOu with the Holy Ghost and
| with fire.
You must bear in mind that our King
James version of the bible is the Epscoi
palinn translation. Get your Greek Testa;
ment and let us examine the original aud
see if it is in or With water, etc., that should
be used, The original says: Il indeed
hiptize you IN wdter ten hudai) unto repent,
auce. lie shall baptize you in the Hoy
Ghost Zen puenmatD and in fire (en puri).
In this same chapter, 9th verse, we have
the very same proposition translated in tho
King James version, sin Jordan." Why
not say baptized ",oith Jordan"
10 be baptized Of the Holy Ghost then
| means thai the sous Of believers must be
immersed in the Holy Ghost so that it
would entirely penetrate their being and
form within them principle of life. Read
Acts l : 5.
s. Friend joe c,lls the lcb.ated
Peiobapiists scholars who dc not agree with
him as to the meaning of "bapGzo," scl.is-
matical immers ionists." | dil not know
that Charles Anthon. George Campell,
| Thomas Chalmers, Moses Stewart Martin
Luther, j ohm Caivin. Adam Clarke, John
| Wesley, the founder Of his ewn church,
were schismatos That is news to me
7. He closes by saying "The primitive
mode Gf baptism IS not necessarily the bible
mode" In that assertion he vir:urlly
admits that the primitive mode was by
imme:siou. Now, lei me ask my friend
| question. If primitive baptism is not bible
baptism, what is bible baptism?
| In matters Of law We mus; use words in
their primary or historical sense. No
sec rndarg CT hguratise sense can be applied
as long as the historical .ense can b. ap-
pied. This is n fun iamcntal rue TO lie
used in the Interpretation of all wiring,
both sacred and protane. Unless words are
used in the!r primary sense they will fail of
their design. This being true, immersion
is inevitably the act of Christian baptism
for beyond doubt the word "bart.o" in Tho
| hi sturical sense menns to dip ana the
ike. Therefore, since there is but one
bal tism, all other forms Of baptism are uu-
scIptural.
| Now in conclusion let me ask few ques-
tions, and if my friend answers them satis-
fact rily and eviuces TO rnc that he is C T.
rect and any ,ther th 'ns immersion is the
o'tle or primitive mode Gf baptism, as ussl
by the Apostles, shall be converted to his
faith
l. Can yon find any other word in the
Greek exicon. hesides Japtizo that means
TO dip, mmerse, etc?
2. If y'u claim that japt'zo mem to
srr'nk'e or pear, eau you find any other
pnrln nrt n,,l, IL. Il.