The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-02-08

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Afraid" Isaiah vii. ~.
arrer thoughtful consideration they
should feel justified in assuming that
they alone ere 1.-The elect" Let us hope
that with broadening sentiment they
are more and more realizing that
there are saints and sinners in their
own number, as we'll as in all denomi-
nations and as well as in the world;
and that "the Lord knoweth them that
are his" and will care for them, regard
less of denominational lines. But for
that portion of Adventists which con-
siders the keeping of the Seventh Day
of the week the all-important part of
Christianity we see no ground for Fed
GRAFTON, unless, indeed, they may choose
to get about the difficulty by counting
the calendar the other way around the
world. Thus they might bring their
Seventh Day into harmony with what
others term the First Day Or, by
counting the calendar in the opposite
direction they may still keep their Sew
enth Day and realize that others are
keeping the same day, though calling
it the First Day.
Disciple Doctrines to Be Voided.
Undoubtedly Alexander Campbell
was a good man with a great head.
And undoubtedly many of a similar
class following his lead are today
known as Disciples or Christians.
Undoubtedly these are following close
ly to apostolic customs in the matter
of Church organization, which in
many respects is beautiful in it's sim
plicity. Doctrinally they claim most
faithfully to stand by the Word of
God alone. And one of their familiar
declaration Is. when the Word of
God speaketh we speak; when the
Word Of God is silent we are silent"
But this beautiful simplicity Of theory
our Disciple friends have found diff
cult to work out in practice Hence
we find them as strongly intrenched
behind unwritten- creeds as are others
behind elaborated creeds These are
inculcated through the writings of
their standard authorities-in including
the editors of their leading journals
Disciples hold most tenaciously as
the Bible teaching that baptism in
ioater is indispensable to the remission
of sins. This doctrine is supported by
several Bible texts which declare
Arise and be baptized and wash
away thy SINS Baptism unto repent
ance and remission of SINS" etc.
hot ,r1Ii
cations of these texts let US note the
facts that according to their theory
all others of mankind. Christians. Jews
and heather, who have not been i'm
mersed have not had their sins washed
away. Consequently such are yet in
their sins. Consequently such are lost
And lost according to the general I'M
Outstanding of Disciples and other
Christians signifies shut out of heaven
shut out of Paradise-shut into hell
and its eternal torment
Do our Disciple friends act as
though they believed this teaching?
Do they spend all of their time and
fellowChristians into water baptism
for the remission of sins and escape
from eternal torture? Assuredly they
do not. Hence we are justified in
supposing that like our Baptist friends
they have not taken seriously and log
ically their own doctrines. Rather
they have assented to them thought
lessly. 1t would appear to us, there.
fore. that doctrinally our Disciple
friends might easily be prevailed upon
TO abandon their peculiar tenet to the
extent that it would not hinder them
from losing their identity as advo-
Gates of baptism for the remission
decorating with others.
40 assist them out or their d1rncuity
we remind them that all the Scripture
they cite in support of immersion for
the remission of sins belonged to the
Jews. and none of 1t to Gentiles. The
Jews were exhorted 10y John the Bap-
fist and others to renounce sin, to
return to harmony with Moses Law,
and to show this change of character
by water immersion. But those Ephe-
slams who believed in Christ and
whom Apollos baptized for the remis-
sion of sins did not receive the holy
Spirit. st. Paul explained to them
that their baptism was an improper
one-that they as Gentiles required
an immersion into Christ (Acts xix,
II; Romans vi. 81.
Baptist Union Not Federation.
AS week ago we suggested to
Presbyterians, Congregationalists and
Methodists a union of heart and head
as better than federation, so now we
suggest to the denominations whose
doctrines we are considering today.
What we shall suggest respecting bap-
tism will apply to all Christians.
All Christians agree that Jesus and
his apostles taught baptism and that
there are but ''one Lord, one faith and
one baptism" (Ephesians iv, 81. We can
not here elaborate, but merely suggest