The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-05-15

Badtize with means to apply the water "a
the candidate, listen: Baptixe you with
. river OF Jordan or Baptixe river Jordan,
where Is the philosophy, we see none but
we can see the philosophy with water and
30 did John, and that is why he used the
: word with, st. John 1913, Enon near to
oahm. Enon IL on the west side of the
Jordan, supposed to be eight or ton miles
south OF Bethshean, salim il 4 town.
Much water, rs have said above, multi
tudes came to his Baptism, the people had
70 nave water TO drink, we see no reason
Tor Immersion, but a. he has used with
water all through his administration We
can readily believe he Baptized with wa
tor, our correspondent uses the third
and fourth verses of sixth chapter of Ro-
man, and seems to throw considerable
stress on those verses. We compare Matt.
1870, which explains 34th verse, which
gives u spiritual Baptism with Christ
We will take up death in those verses.
death 10 taken in scripture. First, for the
seF:--a4snnI Of body and soul, Gen. 25:11.
second, for alienation from God, and ex-
posture to his wra1 LIST John 8:14, etc.
Third, tor the seed u death that of eter-
nal dsmnatfon, death was the penalty If.
fixed to Adams transgression, Gen. 2, II.
S:1S. and all his posterity are transeress-
ors and share the curse inflicted upon
MIN. Christ is our life, all believers share
his life spiritually and eternally, and
though sin and bodily death remain to
amict them their sting is taken away and
In the resurrection the last enemy shall be
trsmpled under foot, Roman s, 1921. Lat
Cor. 10. Natural death 10 described m .
yielding up Of the breath or spirit expir-
ing. Psalms 1O4:29, ~ . return to our
original dust. Gen. 3:19, Ecol. 1877. ~.
the soul laying OF the body It's clothing.
I'd Cor. 8, Sd, or the tent in which Il hsa
dwelt, I'd Cor. s, 49, Pet. 1, 1914. the
death of the believer is a departure =
going home a falling asleep in Jesus.
Phil. Ia, Matt. 1924, John 11:11. tho
'erm death is also sometimes used for anv
Ireat calamity or imminent danger
life a. persecution, I'd Cor
10, the gates Of death, Job 3s:17. sirnifv
he unseen world occupied by departed
'pirits, death is also figuratively used To ,
lenote the insensibility Of Christians In
ne temptation Of . sinful world, Col. S:3.
think the above il sufficient to convince
my man who il favorable to the inveat;-
'ation OF the truth that the third and !
curtin verses OF the sixth chapter OF Rome.
mot Baptism with water orby Immersion.
We come to Lat Cor. 10; LIST, Id, Sd and 4th Z
erses. Moreover brethren would not 7
lat We should be ignorant how that all
ur fathers were under the cloud and ali | Il
assed through the sea and were all Bap- y
ICED unto Moses In the cloud and in the
20, etc., also LIST Cor. 1878, Rom. 6:A.
81 Cor. 10; LIST, I'd, I'd and 9Th verses. ara I
- concurrent. In conclusion will say :
'hrist was not Baptized for sin. fo,-;se had
one; he was not baptized for an example.
'r John was Baptising and had baptized
great number before Christ came to be
aptised by him. Baptism, "what 10 it9', :
Is the Holy ordinance by which per-
ms are admitted as members Of the
hristian community, it il administered
the name of the Father. Son and Holy
host, which John could not do. and il a r