Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-11-16
The Discussion Closed.
WHICH Is THE SCRIPTURAL
MODE OF BAPTISMf
Rev. Jackson Ends The Debate With
A Review Of His Twenty Reasons
I'm Favor of Effusion.

privilege OF closing the newspaper
feature of this discussion.
The brethren act as though some
strange thing had befallen them.
l preached in my own church,
and "for the indoctrination of those
who waited on my ministry" a ser
mon on the mode of baptism. If l
have sinned let me be forgiven. l
knew our immersionist friends
claimed exclusive water privileges,
and 1 now see that they will not
permit any trespassing. l will,
however, at the risk of calling out
the entire population of hornets,
whose nest l have dared to disturb,
say few things by way of review
ing my reviewer.
My reviewer is Rev. G. M. Will
liams, professor in Hardin Col
lege. | admire the spirit of fairness
and Christian courtesy with which
he conducts his review. He, how
ever, and l am willing to believe un-
Intentionally, misrepresents me in
his statement that "Bro. jackson
strives to prove that immersion is
not baptism" We place here our
statement on this point: "We ad-
nit the validity of baptism by i'm
mersion, not by reason of the inn
mersion, but in spite of it," Bro.
Williams statement that INNER
sionists do not contend for a mode,
but for the thing itself, is statement
he has right to by all the laws of
nations, he being the inventor and
discoverer. 1t is a thing read and
known of all men that the mode of
baptism is the thing immersionists
have fought, bled and died for
wherever this baptismal issue has
been joined. In saying he does not
contend for mode he surrenders
the grounds of controversy, and is
not in the issue here joined. But
as evidence that he does not under
stand himself he proceeds to 60 On
in serial article to defend INNER
sion as mode. Verify, the legs of
the lame are not equal!
Again: AS to Bro. Williams
bewilderment as to what we refer
to when we say the word immerse is
not found in the Bible, we cannot
account for, unless it be on the
grounds that his people have gotten
out so many denominational bibles
In which baptize is rendered i'm
merse that they have gotten them
selves added as to what is the
Bible. Of course in United States
language the Bible is the Bible
King James translation. Don't
shift the grounds Of controversy !;
turn to the Bible you and your peo-
pie use and me and my people and
find me the word immerse.
He refers to pedobaptist transla-
tions of the original Scriptures.
Does not his information tell him
that the King James revisionists,
while they were pedobaptists and
practiced infant baptism, were never
theless immersionists. Read the
rubrics of the Church of England
of that period.
Bro. Williams labors when he
comes to New Testament Greek. He
fails to find Schlushner and we'll for
his cause he does not, for he says
baptizo in New Testament Greek is
never used in the sense of immerse.
He disposes of Robinson by accus-
ing him of being a Presbyterian
(for this let him be forgiven), and
then quotes Prof. Humphrey Ga
Methodist) on his (Williams') side.
Very, the Methodists are growing in
gracel Greenfield is against him
as is seen in his own putting. He
says the Greeks immerse to this
day. How far will Bro. Williams
keep company with the Greek
Church? They immerse or baptize
for remission of sins and practice
infant baptism. Methinks Bro.
Williams would cut their ac-
quaintance rather than quote them
as authority. Why does Brother
Williams not tell us that the Greeks
practice trine immersion, which was
introduced in the third century?
The church Bro. Williams repre-
sents would not accept a candidate
for membership who had been thus
baptized.
As to Barnabas with his bap-
tismal regeneration ideas Mr.. No
sheim, church historian and INNER
sionist, and good authority with i'm
mersionists, says: "The epistle of
Barnabas was production of some
Jew, who most probably lived in
this century, but with mean abilities
and superstitious attachments to
Jewish fables" l am surprised at
the brother adducing this authority.
Bro. Williams says John was I'M
mersing, that the Scriptures in the
original say so. He certainly ought
to know that there is not a Greek
lexicon extant that gives to dip or
immerse as the New Testament
meaning of baptizo. Bro. Williams