Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-11-16
pale him on the following inaeeura,

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Second. He misrepresents "him-
self" by saying he does not contend
for mode.
Third. He raises a false issue
under the pretense OF not knowing
what | mean by "the Bible"
Fourth. He sets aside a learned
photographer because, forsooth, he
is Presbyterian and hugs a one
horse Methodist professor to his
bosom.
Fifth. He brags on the Greek
church with all its doctrinal mon-
strasities and quotes Barnabas a
superstitious Jew.
Sixth. He gratuitously assumes
that "baptizo" means to immerse
in the New Testament Greek, in
the face of every authority extant.
Seventh. He insinuates in sun
dry places that the King James
translators were effusionists which
is not fact, and casts reflections on
them for not rendering the word
baptizo by immerse, when there
was not at that time any such word
in the English language.
Eighth. He says "the Bible says
that Jesus went into the water to
John, that John immersed him" :"
A pure piece of immersionist inn
agination.
Ninth. He says they were inn
mersed in the "sound" on Pente-
cost. We grant him this crumb OF
comfort, but regard it as drowning
man catching at a straw The sound
was not the baptizing element.
tenth. He imposes on. oul
credulity by wanting US to believe
and one man could perform 5000
immersions in one day. Alas !!
Alas !! for the man working in Bro
Williams employ.
| Eleventh. Bro. Williams quotes
classic Greek which is not authori
ty.
i Twelfth. He ignores in tha
"desert" baptism, history, geog-
raphy, topography and the full
ness of Philips text.
Thirteenth. He admits that ar
element ''falling on" the subject ii
baptism, as in the case of Cornelius
Peter said it fell on them and Bro
Williams admits they were baptiz
ed.
| Fourteenth. Bro. Williams quotes
Adam Clark unfairly.
Fifteenth. He calls on me il
many places to prove negative.
A novice in controversy knows this
is not permissible.
| Sixteenth. AS to the argumen
from antiquity in sculpture he sur
renders the point.
| Seventeenth. Bro. Williams say
the Baptists have been practicinl
immersion for nearly 1900 years
They appear first in 1923 ant
in Switzerland. Not quite 4O(
years. I declare his mathematic'
are as faulty as his Greek. "Alas
| Alas" for those under his tuterag'
in mathematics.
| Eighteenth. 1 charge him will
antagonizing Paul by putting "bap
tism" as "obeying' the gospel.
| Nineteenth. 1 charge him o
falling into the custom of his Graf
in the closing lines of his review O.
my sermon, to-wit that of attempt
ed proselyting. II shall rejoice
he says, eff some shall turn ane
obey" i. e., be immersed.
| Now, and let the angels rejoice
this review by Bro. Williams, the
length of which IS equaled only by
its weakness and inaccuracies, ano
which should be labeled "Prolixity
long drawn out" and which, taken
in its length and its breadth, in its
height and its depth; in its con.
vexity and concavity; in its CON
catenations and voluminous i'm
aginations transcends in meaning
lessness the hieroglyphics oi
the pyramids of antiquity has come
to an end.
| My twenty reasons stand unim-
peached and unlmpeachable.
really expected something stronger
from a professor of languages. Now,
my brother, word of advice :stick
to your knitting. The next time
a pastor sees fit to preach a doc.
trinal sermon to his people in 6
town where you are the village
schoolmaster, don't get so nervous
for fear your craft will suffer, and
pose as the defender of the faith
and make another exhibit of youl
incompetency. J. H. JACKSON,
Pastor of the M. E. Church, South
"Nothing succeeds like success
| and nothing will more o,1icklu in,