The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14
OF THE PEOPLE.

uution would be tile same III any oils
else should apply. SO all this Uiamor
nbout Christian UNITY" Is mere cccle.
s na ntyworhs lsi 0l e I,ratg
tude tiut - ever renuS to run away
With something out OF the ordinary
run OF ytlinHs
II 1 should apply Tor membership
into Baptist Church / wouiu be inel
with y different propositions, for
would know at once wnat ( would lave
down creed till you got SO iur ii,
that you cannot buck out, and lhei,
confront you Whit IT hungs outside,
Disciple proceeds to make quota.
tions to SHOW thut his net formula.
Believe. repent and DO bnptized," IL
scriptural. Any Ilun sylo stops to
confounds conviction with evangelical
faith, or, rather, makes no room fox
fnlthiut' oil. The belief" which moved
Men anu brethren what s::-----> we do q
was conviction wrought in tho con-
science ,.'l, by the Holy spirit, who drove
oo ins word preae9 ha BY the apos
to which they were exhorted involScd|
IN It's iinul expression "fnith toward
our Lord Jesus Christ" The baptism
to which they wero told to submit was
the cleansing Of the Holy Spirit. Thes
Spirit not tho water. washed nways
their sins, for neither Peter, nor Paul,
or buptisinul regeneration, doctrinos
taught by every Disciples arcacher
known ~ y VT, to me. John Tho. Baptist anid:
lie shall buptize you with tho Holy
Ghost and with fire" Jesus said.
Joh IN truly ny baptized with water, but
Ghost not many days hence On thetI
day OF Pentecost Peter said that prom /
isc was fuliilled So PAU was told byII
wash W. 81, away ~ y, thy sins, calling upon,the
upon the name of the Lord" thntH
brought t, the divine power which took
| the ceremonial sign Of that fact. SOD
when this same Paul uttered tho text.a
| which claim Is good Methodist doc
trine (Romans, NJ. he was careful toA
| use his own experience, and say: "Who-A
| so ever shall call upon the name OF the \
Lord shall be saved" And to the eld-s|
record Of his ministry among them atss
| l2phcsus: Il kept back nothing thap
| was profitable unto you. and hayef
4 taught you publicly and from house tod
1 tiles repentance towards God and faith,
4 toward our Lord Jesus Christ" 4
TO the Phiiippan tailer. who crle a.as
/ they paul and silas) said: believe Ing
the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shaltS
be saved, thou and thy house" Hes
him. and he was baptized because OFF
that fact. And so, throughout NIL hiss
1 cpistlea. Paul constantly emphasizes
salyation by the blood OF Christ, an,eE
4 The writer to the Hebrews says: 'Fd,S
II the blood OF bulls and OF soats nnes
4 the ashes Of n heifer, sprinfling th9
A nnc.>Sn., sanciiGeth to the purifying "a
the flesh. how much more shall th'Ss
blood of Christ who. through the eter8
nal Spirits olfered Himself without spot
unto God. cleanse your conscience fron$
dead works to serve the living God. II
Il Paul saws to thu Corinthians: y thnnix
. God baptized none OF you but Crispuf8
md Guins and the household OF sterhz
anus. For Christ sent me not to bapss
TIE. but to preach the gosrcl The
difference between the Apostle PAU
and Evangelist Small and his "plsciplo.s
Is easily seen by comparing that teN /
the Seventh street Christian Church
/ disciple makes the as e;
OF Romans docs not tell n sinner wha
: to do to be silvsdl' ] assert that
does, and ask the candid readers rs 3 l,!i
t ra 1Ga,s a nc, Wlv
/ In thy Heart that God has raised Hin
!, FROM the dead. thou Shalt be. anyed
Just M faith is involved in repentance
G in Acts H. 3s and In Ill. 10. where bans
!. tism is not even mentioned but Is ms
yol n n ths s;m1nshin az MAJ ofe
a
Al to tho word ''baptize." ] laFi
little to say. Neither .pisciple" MOI
can say any new thing on that sub
tect3 / am far more interested IN en-
nosintr theRfnllnry OF baptismal rel
r Generation, Offering the people saliva
9 ton By method that vii never .,!a, ,s|
It The best scholarship says the word u
e tho New Testament Grnel: means neitih
or 10 sprinkle. n rour upon nor y
s irnmerse:" that ut conveys In It's ritl
i, nal use the idea OF ceremonial nurii,ica
q | ton by water. including all thcs
g, modes. hut limited4to mons. OF ,Henl, y.
re one English word Expresses IT; and
rs was. therefore. wise and necessary !.
"a transfer the word from the Greek '
r. " .,piscple'' has had the COURAGE q
ie Ito do what the translEtors we're 70
4 wise TO do-that Ia. translate the wor
ct and give 1t n significance y did nc
IN bear in the original. And 1t limps nae
8 !: liz in rhe torical procession SHOWN
s. that 1t has been injured somehow y
o. Theological surgery.
BE I1Sor myself. prefer tile "one bar
I'd tism." "bv one Spirit into one boGy
ed Water may do II we have that; othe'
hit wise It is worthless
Il" Come ashore. brother, 70 solid gronr'
q and preach salvation by the blood
"a, Christ. (which speaketh better thinl
nc .han the blood of Abel" One drop
that blood does save: one drop OF WI
CHI river. A1'1TFIoDIsT.