Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-08

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Ihaye ~ dSot tnning1 III some plAcos,
anA II evory inaing II - sscceeseul -
the Arse thin0 Will ~ CLEANED up -
every sphere of life. 81 s
'All sorts and subsidiaries and sup
plsmonts are offered toAAy 1or he
gospel. The nationalist o6ees sduca-
ton. the socialist o1ss0 lsgisaAtisa. The
senttm entalist Offers reformation. All
that IL good ~ each ono Of thsss
schemes Is found In the gospel. The
gospel OF Christ goes further and Of
fsrs that without which al these. SIS
TENS must fall. namely. regeneration
for the individual ana for sscaety. &
1.-THE church calls upon the brother
hood to assert that Jesus Christ 10 the
light Of the world and this Light -
sufficient for every realm OF life ana
for every problem OF society. A.
christian men we need to affirm that
the world can never outgrow tho gos-
pei of Christ. We need to hold that
there is not b thought in philosophy.
not an ideal in sociology. not q pro-
gram in practical reform that is worth
while but in explicitor implicit In the
gospel OF Jesus Christ.
Este 81 the URhaesixsd.
A distinction between those who arc
unbaptized because Of ignorance and
those who wilfully rsJsct Gods will
was made by the Rev. II. Fass Dyer.
D. D., rector OF the Church Of the As
cension, in sermon on what Be-
comes Of the Unbapti1ed?" Df. Dyer
said In part:
TT was Christ Himself who sid,
Except q man be born Of water ana
the spirit. he can not enter the king
dom Of heaven and not any fallibls
enthusiast or extremist. 30 it car NOT
rea sonably be supposed that It does
not matter much whether one 10 bAp-
tized or not There are many things
IN the spiritual life and practice which
do not essentially matter; e. g., atti-
tude in prayer, kneeling or standing or
sitting: externals OF worship black
coat and platform or vestments and
chancel; method OF prayer from
book or heterogeneous place Of wor-
ship. ones own bedroom or great
There are only few things which
do essentially count. Among these IL
holy baptism. Our Lord Jesus Christ
Himself said some definite and strik-
ing things about baptism, and the
writer's OF sacred scripture also have
made statements concerning It. The
5000 converted by 81. Peter on the
frst Whit sunday were told by him
that the thing to be done was for every
one Of them to get their sins forgiven
by being baptized. 81. Paul directed
his class OF twelve men at Ephesus
first to be baptized ana then to be con-
nrmed, both Of which sacramento he
proceeded to administer to them.
These things hatne so. does the
church believe or teach that the un-
ba ptized are lost? II they say. 'Bap-
tism is necessary 70 salvation then 1t
would seem to follow that the un-
baptized are not saved Bearing in
mind that the Catholic church teaches
sanctified common sense, let us make
a distinction between infants and
adults. 80
1--WE have three classes OF unbAp
tized: The heather In Africa OF Phila-
delphia, who knows nothing Of God or
devout people who would do anything
baptism) II they knew God
wflIed Il for them. For these two
classes God win surely accept = bap-
tism Of desire for . baptism Of water.
The otlssr class, who thru pride or
cowardice or indifference or life OF WI
ful unntness for any sacfament. re-
fuse 10 DO known duty: these must
face their gentle and wise but just
Judge. They have wilfury disobeyed
their God, and to Him. not to I'D. they
must answer The other large section
Of humanity IL the Infants who die UNI
baptized. Here Again holy common
sense comes to our rescue. Two things
are true: God said. they can not en-
Ter into the kingdom Of God but God
IL too just and too kind to permit them
70 suffer for neglect Of their parents
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