World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1912-04-04

l. XecOnS
We have taken tie W;r3. srd
aad the word alone, and it must
be the lamp to our feet. and light !
10 cur pathway, for if is the on |
~ thing that is going TO do US
any god at death.
Some will say, inorlcr to JUST
fy themselves in splinkllng or
pouring, that the word says,
with wa'er: Therefore. SO as
to obey in this you will hive to
apply the water to the applicant.
This within itSe' is sufficient
to condemn them; for the word
says strive not about words OF
no profit" But this is not all:
if spripklng or pouring ~oald
have been the mode instituted.
then John could have haptlzed
them without 1ap'lzng in .)ordon
See Mat. SO. Neither would
Jesus had to went W straight
way out of the wa>er.' (Ma't,
3l6) Neither would Iphn of
bl en- bApllzlng in Enon on the &C
count Of much water. Is, John
3 ,23) if a little sprinIiling would
have done.
But this is not all, VIZ have
proven by their own argument
that Johns mode was inmers.
ion, we lad that Cnri>t him self
represents il az burial: bur
led with him by BAptism."
Shame on III man that doeth
the work Of the Lord cJldiy;
On, We >rr.Lhlers, warm up
those cod Ae4rts OF yours, and
fear not the soiiing Of YOUR
broad ,clothe by the nnm bleness
Of your heart ia putting off the
clI man with his deeds: and put
ting on the new man, which is
Christ; Having ysur bodies wash,
ed with pure water: So that you
can lay that you have pres, nteo
your body living sacrifice unto
God and MT only your head, but
var entire b0uy.
One more poin', We de~ire 10
speak on. and that is. that bap.
tism has taken tile place Of cir
cum clslon, is general conclusion
with all Sectarian churches to
day. Which again, is contrary
to the teachings # Holy Writ
For we fad that Paul speaks of
baptism back as far as thu child
ZEN of Israel crossing The Red
Sea, for lc says, Moreover.
brethren, | would no. that sc
shou d be ignorant, bow that all
our fathers were undo. the c'nud
and all passed through tie sea. -
AID were all b,r' H., untc
! Moses in the cloud al 4 n ,he
sea" Il Cor. lO,l22.)
THIS Baptism HI> >.t GeA h AZ
beng under, and A>n u.uAlg A
compete Immersion, .;id I'll. -
suillcIeIt to prove that i> p'isul
does hot take the place e. ':rcur,-
els on. And Peter coue. e,t in
bold letters and declares the
foundation Of baptism to be clear
beyond the ordnance Of circum-
cisiun, in this language, while
the ark was preparing, vherl in
few, that is. eight souls were
saved by water" Tie Ike
figure whereunto Baptism doth
a 50 save US" 4 P=tnr 3 2U.21
! 1hs prst f i, th:u, Mean and Il y
f"mi y va saved by water. Ard
that too, ry immersion. r r
Noah restcd between two mighty
iin ds- The fountains IF the
great deep. and the windows of
heaven. (Sec Gen. III. Also
Saa)
What a grand immersion this
was, Noah buried by water in
the Ark Of safety The like figure
Whereunto baptism doth now
also save us, by the resurrection
of Jtsus Christ; WHO now is the
real Type Of the Ark of life.
Oh, how foolish it il, TO" any
ole to say. thst baptism takes
tie pl'c Of circumcision. when
it is the oldest OF the two. And
holding up such a theory they
condemn Paul, for as we have
already quoted in this little
pamphlet from Rom. 3.1-2. what