The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-11
THE CHRISTIAN MEETING.
Elder Tant DisCourscS on the Mode
of Baptism.

Elder Fant pisCourScS on the Mode
of Baptism.
The Christian meeting continues
/ with interest. and will run over sun
day night il not longer. Elder Tant
last night discougsed on baptism and
used a diagram on the blackboard
to explain his position. He affirmed
that baptism is condition of saliva
ton the same as repentance and faith
and argued that all scholars OF all
churches for 1900 years after Christ
taught baptism for the remission of
sins just like he teaches it today
Elder Tant argued. first, we must
do Gods will to be saved, Mat. 7:21.
Baptism being a part of Gods will,
therefore. We must be baptised to be
saved Second, Jesus said except a
man De born of water and the spirit
he can not enter the kingdom of
God" Third. That John the Baptist
taught baptism of repentance for the
remission of sins Mark IA. Fourth,
in the commission as given by Mark
nc. Jesus said preach the gospel to
every creature. he that believeth and
is baptised shall be saved" Fifth,
Peter taught in Acts Alp, that We
can be saved only in the name Of Je-
sus Christ, Elder Tant then showed
that in Matt. 2S:19 we are baptised
int of (Nbriet yf
argument was on Acts 2:3S where
Peter commanded them to be baptis-
ed into the name of Jesus Christ for
the remission of their sins. His sew
enth argument was on Acts l6:31-32, !
He claimed that most preachers
would stop on verse q where Paul
said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved and thy
house, but as verse 80 commanded
them TO be baptised and as Jesus
has commanded them to believe and
be baptised that they might be saved
and obeying verse 80 was just as es-
sential to their salvation as verse 81.
His eighth argument was on Acts
22:16 where Ananias commanded
Paul TO be baptised and wash away
his sins calling on the name of the
Lord. His ninth argument was on
Rom. 6:3. Here Elder Tant argued
We are saved by the blood of Christ
and that We must come where Christ
shed his blood in order to be saved,
and all things necessary to bring me
to the blood of Christ is necessary to
/ my salvation and Christ shed his
blood in his death and we must come
TO the death of Christ. And Paul
says that We are baptised into his
death, therefore, baptism brings us
to the death of Christ where we have
redemption in his blood. His tenth
argument was in Gal. 1927 where
Paul says that LAS many of you as
have been baptised into Christ have
put on Christ" His 18th argument
was on Tit. SO where Paul says that
God saves us by the washing of re-
generation and the renewing of the
Holy Ghost" Elder Tant argued that
all scholars including such men as
John Wesley and DR.. Adam Clarke
claimed that this washing of regen-
Grafton means baptism.
Elder Taut's next argument was on
l Peter 1921 where Peter says even
baptism doth also now save us" At
ter submitting these twelve PROPOSE
tons as to what baptism is for he
then said some people We're troubled
as to how they should be baptised and
claimed that the word sprinkle
was used seven times and the wold
. pour" eighteen times in the New
Testament but Christ nor the Apos-
ties never used either word in refer
ring to baptism but upsed baptidzo
its noun and verb form l27 times
when referring to baptism and this
word always meant to immerse and
never TO sprinkle or pour.
Elder Tant then claimed that if
man knew nothing of language he
was not left in the dark as to how
ne should be baptised and showed in
John 3:23 that John baptized in
Aenon because there was much wa
ter there. And when Philip baptised
the Eunuch they both went down in
to the water and after he was bap-
tised them came upu out of the water
found in Acts S:39-39 and that Paul
says We are buried with him by
baptism" as found in Rom. 6:4 and
Jesus says We are born of water and
the spirit in John 3 50. Then Elder
Tant argued that it required, to be
scripturally baptised, much water;
second, going down into the water;
Bird, a burial in water; 4th, a birth
of water; 18th, a coming up out of
the water
Elder Tant then argued that this
position would stand the test of crit /