The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-10

gsssssg A to this and agree
(lfASI0R RUSSElDl also that we
have belle we'd
many things which we ought not to
have believed and have left nnbelieyed
many things which we ought to have
| believed" said Pastor Russell :
Saner Views Now Held
Christian Disciples still theoretically
say that everybody not Immersed In
water Is still in sin end bound for
eternal torture. although this is not
the logic of their teachings. Our Bap-
fist friends no longer believe that only
those who have been Immersed in wa
alter constitute the one Church OF the
/ living God whose names are written in
heaven" and that these alone will be
saved Nevertheless, this is still the
Baptist theory. and for this reason
our Baptist friends still invite only the
immersed to the Lords Supper. Evil
IDENTIFY the Apostolic teaching of Bap.
tism got lost Human speculation and
theories buried 1t in rubbish. In Ter
tulian's day the Disciple view pre-
vailed, that water baptism cleansed |
from sin At That time 1t was GUS |
tomary to postpone baptism until death
was supposed to be near-that all sins
up to date might be washed away.
Thus ii was In Constanlinns day.
Later came st Augustine VIII diff
ferent proposition. which swept every
thing before H. His claim was more
nearly that Of the Baptists. that only
the Church would be saved from eter-
nal torture and that baptism is the
door into the Church Thereafter in.
FAINT immersion became popular.
Later orr Roman Catholic friends
declared immersion unnecessary that
few drops Of winter would he equally
efficacious as protection against the
fires of eternal torture Sentiment ran
so strong that it became the custom
to perform sprinklng Ut an unborn
5 child--in ,ferO--if there were any fear
S that 1t would not be born alive.
"John's BAPTISM" Not For Us
: Repndiating all the theories of the
: Dark Ages. Gods people should return
to the instructions given by the Lord
and the Apostles. A careful examina-
7 ton shows not single reference to in
! FAINT baptism in the New Testament
=, On the contrary. only believers were
= instructed to be baptized.
= Two haptisms are noted. Johns
: Baptism and Christ's. The first was
for the remission Of sins and was ap
9 plicable to all Jews. by 1t such Jew:
. as had been living In open sin re
= nounced the sin. and returned to har
mony with God. under the Law Cove
= nant. Such rs thus sincerely returned
to Moses were ready to accept Chris
Z ms the antitype and by faith wer
y transferred from Moses to Christ
. from the house Of servants to tn
s house Of sons. (Heb. iii. S. g. Thes
I. ut Pentecost became really. officiall
o recognized as he Church OF Christ
o. subsequently Gentiles were invite
0, to be baptized into membership in tn
n Body of Christ the Church. John
Baptism was not preached to Their
~ because they did not belong to th
lie holy nation which originally was bar
ne tized into Moses in the sea and cloud
d. The Gentiles. on the contrary, wer
re aliens. strangers. to the commonwealth
Of Israel They were not to come int
to Christ. through Moses. but to be bar
ng TIED directly into Christ.
le- Genties Baptized Into Christ
Ia The true theory OF Baptism does nc
Is exclude sanity Methodists, Presby
ne terians, Congregationalists. Lutherans
ry Catholics. from the one. true Churc
ne which is the Body Of Christ; neithe
an does 1t admit 10 membership in tn
ers true Church ai who have been in
ar mersed into wafer Water immersio
hit, is merely the symbol or picture OF th
Ter real immersion. In order to be men
MT. bers of Christ. members of the Churc
alb which is the Body of Christ. we mus
it be immersed into Hin. but not by W;
its ter immersion. Hearken 10 the Apo
nal ties statement: 80 many of you 6
md were baptized into Jesus Christ dnl
it'll membership in His Body. the ChurcI
were Immersed into His death tR
,dy mans vi b
the Our immersion into Christ's deaf
The begins with the conservation of OF
wills. our hearts. our all. Then ar
by there Goo through Christ accepts Il
en-, conservation ana we are rechon'
the dead according to the flesh and begc
ten OF the Holy Spirit to newness
ike life as New Creatures in Christ. WIZ
Tho the last member OF this consecrat
old little flock" shall have passed in
ish death the baptism OF the Church in
ass Christs death will he completed al
~ oil the faithful ones will then sbn
!. 9. in His resurrection 10 glory. hon
TIC and immortality-"th first TOR chic
iii resurrection
."' His death was different from I
:, death of Others in that He did not {
az a sinner. but rs Sacrifice" .