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Spirit is figurative use of the word
and the figure is much more strik
ing with the idea of immersion
On the day of Pentecost the whole
room where the Apostles were was
filled with the influence OF the Spirit
and the Apostles were completely
immersed in it. (e.) John did moi
say, 81 have need to be baptized Of
thee," but 81 have need to be i'm.
mersed of thee.". He used the
word baptizo, which pedobaptists
could not translate by any word ex.
cept immerse or its equivalents, and
this they were not willing to do be.
cause it would put the Bible in con-
fiict with their practice; SO they
just transferred the word without
translating it and made the Eng
lish word baptize.
Fourth. Jesus did not say that
John baptized into water. This is
another pedobaptist translation. 1t
might just as well be translated in
water-see Revised Version.
Fifth. "Jesus called the pouring
out of his soul unto death a bap-
tism-Luke 1850"
Yes, he uses baptism to represent
figuratively his great suffering, and
l submit that the figure would
be a very poor one with the idea
of sprinkling or pouring. Sprink-
ling or pouring would not repre-
sent very great suffering, but with
the idea of being completely sub
merged in sorrow, the figure is very
striking.
Ninth. Bro. Jackson says: {:
"The baptism of the three thous-
and on the day of Pentecost was
by effusion, and he gives five rea-
sons: First. Size of the crowd.
Second. Water supply too small
for the baptism of SO many. Third.
The attitude of populace toward
this new sect. Fourth. This was
in a sense the fulfillment of Isaiah
52:15. Fifth. The Savior has
just shown them that a baptizing
element ''poured out" or "shed
forth" on the subject constituted
baptism.
AS to the number, on the 10th
of April, A. D. 4O4, Chrysostom
immersed three thousand people in
Constantinople, dipping every per-
son three times.
In the Madras Conferacy, in 1873,
six Baptist preachers baptized in
six hours, two bsptizing at time,
1922 converts.
There were twelve apostles and
other disciples who could have help
ed if it were necessary. But, il
baptizo means to immerse, as all
photographers say it does, the
Bible says 5000 people were i'm
mersed, and l am ready to accept
anything the Bible says.
AS to the amount of water in
Jerusalem, We will let DR.. Philip
Schaff, learned Presbyterian
scholar and historian, who died
only few weeks ago, testify: "Bu'
immersion was certainly not i'm
possible, since Jerusalem has sew
eral large public pools, bethesda,
Hezekiah, Upper and Lower Gihon)
and many cisterns in private houses
The explorations of Captain Wilson
(1S64) and Captain Warren (1S67)
have shown that the water supply
of the city, and especially Of the
temple, was very extensive anC
abundant. The baptism Of Christ il
the Jordan and the illustrations q
baptism used in the New Testamen
(Rom. 6:3-4; Col. 2:12; Cor
1872; 1 Peter 3:20-21) are all IL
favor of immersion rather thar
sprinkling, as is freely admitted b,
the best exegetes, Catholic anc
Protestant. Didache, PIP. 55, Sc
This is only one of many witnesses
that could be brought forward
Third. fail to see the force of tn
third reason and hence pass it by
Fourth. / deny that Isaiah 52:1j
has any reference whatever to tn
lday OF Pentecost, or to baptism a
any time, and call on Bro. jackson
for proof. Fifth. We have abov
lshown that Jesus did not do any
timing Of the kind.
| Tenth. Bro. Jackson gives fou
reasons for believing the Ethiopiai
Eunueh was not immersed. First
| He says: "The correct rendering
OF the account would be, they wen
down to the water an,
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