The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-05-20

and he must have sins to be remitted.
Now let us look at the little child.
The infant can not be taught the things
Of the gospel while in infancy; the lit
tie babe is not capable of believing or
of repenting. 1t has nothing to repent
Of. 1t can not call on, the name of the
Lord. 1t has no conscience to approve
or condemn its acts. 1t has no sins to
be forgiven. All are relieved from the
Adamic sin by the death of Christ.
The sins for which we must give an
account and for which baptism is in
tended, are the sins which we, our
selves, commit The Bible says "every
one must give account of himself to
God" The babe is innocent, commits
no sins and hence needs no baptism.
Infant baptism is not taught in the
New Testament. 1t came into prac-
tice in the second century and is bor-
rowed from Paganism. Many came
brought with them their former Gus
toms and modes OF worship. Along
with celibacy, giving communion to
infants, the worship of images, bap-
tismal regeneration, and sprinkling of
water to drive away evil spirits, came
infant baptism.
What is the action of baptism? Is it
sprinkling, pouring, or immersion
Let the scriptures speak. Substitute
immerse for baptze wherever it is
found in the Bible and it makes good
sense. Substitute sprinkle for baptize
and in only few cases will 1t have
any meaning. In the New Testament
baptism requires water, Acts 1896;
much water Jno. 1923; going to the
water, Acts 1886; going down into the
water, Acts 1898; coming up out Of the
water, Acts $3.50; forms Of birth, John
3:5; form OF resurrection. Rom ga;
form Of burial, Col 2:12; form Of
planting Rom 6:5; washing of the
body, Heb 1922.
Immersion requires and represents
all the above. Sprinkling and pour
ing require only one thing, viz: water
Hence they are not New Testamen,
baptism. The meaning of the word
should determine the proper action
The Greeks had and still have a WORD
for immerse, one for sprinkle and one
for pour. Baptizo means to dip or i'm
merse. Rantizo means to sprinkle and
Chico means to pour. This is now the
meaning Of these words in Greek and
was also the meaning when Christ
was on earth. Now, il Christ had de.
sired the diciples to go forth and
sprinkle He would have used the WORD
that meant sprinkle; II He had desired
Chico, which meant pour; If He hat
wanted them to use water regardless
of any special mode He would have
used the word Hudraino; but He
wanted them to practice immersion
therefore he used the word Baptizo.
The word immerse is not found in
the Bible because baptizo has not beer
translated hut is an anglicised word
The Bishops Bible was translated
from the Greek into the English II
1861. At this time, immersion wa.
practiced in the Church of England
The idea of changing the ordinance tc
sprinkling was being discussed ant
many of the bishops were in favor ol
making the change, hence when they
came to the word baptizo, they real
lied II they translated 1t, 1t would
have to read immerse and thus they
would have additional trouble in max
ing the change to sprinkling. They
decided to not translate the word. bu
to transfer II from the Greek into thu
English language, and have 1t reat
baptize. In the Septuagint Greek, L
Kings 5:14. they find this same wore
baptizo and translate II dip. WheI
King James called his men together t
make translation in 1911, they wer'
told to follow the Bishops Bible ant
alter 1t just as little as the origina
would permit. In the Bishops Bibl'
they found baptize used and they cop
led 1t into the King James version
Listen to what the following say OF