The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-18
RELIGIOUS AWAKENING.
Brief Account of Sunday Services Boiled
Down for Our Readers.

audience was hushed into silence
while he offered the invocation. A
brief song service was held; Rev.
Watson, the pastor offered prayer.
Mr. Moore then delivered the SER
mon on "Have l Been Baptized?"
Text, Eph. AS, lone Lord, One
Faith. One Baptism"
Human organizations shsvesymb"ls,
the Odd Fellows have three links
and other symbols, these point to
something. Christianity has it's
symbols and they point to something;
baptism is a symbol and points back
to the burial and resurrection of
Christ, 8, g Rom 6:4-5. Prospective
ly it anticipates our own burial in the
earth and resurrection by the power
of God.
Political parties have platforms
composed of certain planks, on these
they stand and ask the suffrage of
the people. Christianity has it's plat
form, have read it from Eph 4:4-5
and it has six planks; it is the sixth
plank that l will discuss tonight
one baptism.
Three ways, called modes, are
advocated viz sprinkling, pouring
and imm arsion. According to Gods
book if sprinkling be right, then
pouring and immersion are both
wrong. If pouring be right then
sprinklipg and immersion are both
wrong, but if immersion be right
then sprinkling and pouring are
both wrong, for there is but one
baptism.
Baptism is founded upon {here
chart was used) the death burial and
resurrection of Christ and to be valid
must be preceded by faith and repent
ance; the one thus prepared in heart
and life is a proper subject to be i'm
mersed, by this act he is initiated
into the family of God and invested
with all the rights and privileges as
a citizen. 1t is the consumating act
by which he enjoys forgivness from
past sins see Mark 1916. Acts 2:3S,
Acts 22:16.
1t inducts him into the church,
Gal 1927, 1 Cor. 12:13, Col. lis.
Into Christ is same as into the body;
into the body is into the church as
body in above passage means church.
Notice the three Greek words ex-
pressing the three acts.
GREEK. ANGLICIZED. TRANSLATED.
Baptizo Baptize Immerse.
Rantizo Rantize Sprinkle.
Chico Cheize Pour.
Thus it will be seen the word mean
ing immerse was not translated in
our King James version, only angli-
cised, and why? The Kings trans
lators were Episcopalians, they prac-
ticed sprinkling and rather than
translate the word making it express
just what God commanded, they left
it untranslated. Hear learned men
say what it means.
Baptize signifies to dip in or under
the water, Liddell & Scott's lexicon.
Calvin, Presbyterian, said the very
word baptize signifies to immerse
and it is certain that immersion was
the practice of the primitive church.
Brenner, Catholic, 1900 years
was baptism generally and regularly
an immersion of the person under
the water.
DR.. Phillip Schaff, Presbyterian,
said immersion and not sprinkling
was unquestionably the original and
normal form; this 10 shown by the
very meaning of baptize.
John Wesley, Methodist, said Rom.
GA meant simply q burial in water
Milton w. Humphrey, A. M. Ph.
d, Methodist, former professor of
Greek in Vanderbilt University, now
at University of Virginia. declared:
There is no standard Greek-En-
glish lexicon that gives sprinkle or
pour as meanings of baptize.''
Sprinkling was made law by q
council held at Ravenna in 1911. A
law made by man and not by God.
But in maintaining this important
proposition build not on councils or
testimonies OF men. IL ~ CAAAoI Os
shown from this book (here he held
up the Bible) let it perish from our
minds and our hearts.
Referring to a large chart on the
left you notice what the Bible re-
quires for baptism.
1. Water-Mark. LIS.
2. Much water-John 3:23.
g. Going down into water Acts
s:3s.
4. Buried-Rom. GA; Col. 2:12.
g. Planted-Rom. 6:5.
6. Born-John SIS.
Z. Resurrected-Rom. ga.
8. Coming up out of-Acts. $3.50.
g. Body washed-Heb. 1922.
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