The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-10-23
Reply to Ola Stump

III the CalnOun Chronicle OF Aug
ust 9Th, that Mr.. Ola Stump has
compared me to several creatures
of the brute creation; but l don t
care what he compares me to, or
calls me. just so he doesn't call
me a Baptist.
Now Hon. readers. could call
MIR. Stump lots of bad names, and
compare him to low and degrad-
ed things but have more princi.
pie and respect for my fellow
man. than to Atoop SO low.
Mr.. Stump says that l classed
him of the non Christian order.
Correct. do, and he also classes
himself as non Christian man;
for he says the name Christian is
not of divine origin and authori-
ty; but that the terih Christian
was given by the rude Antioch
ians. through scorn and derision.
and he "reviles aud blaspehmes
the name Christian" Isn't that
CHASING himself as non Christian {?
Now Mr.. Stump. if the name
Christian was given by the rude
Antiochians. through scorn and
derision, why do you Baptists
claim to be a Christian denomi-
nation? Why do you Baptists
deride your church by claiming
it is a Christian denomination d?
| would like to hear some Baptist
scholar explain the above para
graph.
l notice that Mr.. Stump says
that he doesn't profess to be
smart enough to write q Bible
like / do" Now kind readers
Mr.. Stump nor any other man
ever heard me claim that l was
smart enough to write a Bible.
He is sadly mistaken in regard
to the matter, or else he has been
misinformed by some one.
l also note what he says in re-
gard to Pauls rehearsal. He said
that / tried to make out that Paul
had preached wrong. Now Hon.
readers. please read my article
in the Chronicle of July 18th and
note what l said. l did not init.
mate that Paul had preached
wrong; but I simply stated that
Paul in rehearsing had made
mention Of the last event first.
Read Rom. 10:17. Paul says
Faith comes by hearing and
hearing by the word Of God.
Here Paul mentionslthree things
that are dependent on each other:
Faith, Hearing and the word of
God. And he mentions the third
item first. The modified or 10y
ical construction would read thus;
by hearing the word Of God
produces faith, yet / do not claim
that Paul stated it wrong. He
simply stated in the transposed
form.
l would like to hear Mr.. Stump
preach from this text: Faith
comes by hearing and hearing by
the word of Cod" 1t would be
amusing to hearhim try to squeeze
repentance in between faith and
hearing. / presume that in SO
doing, he would expose some OF
the Baptist blunders; for it would
be impossible for him to squeeze
repentance in between faith and
the thing that produces faith.
hearing is the progenitor Of faith
30 in the name of reason, how
could he cram repentance in be-
tween faith and its progenitOr?
The educated Baptists have Civ.
en- up several of their ignorant
and spurious articles of faith,
such as repentance before faith,
and the setting up Of the church
by John the immerser. and eter-
nal salvation before baptism. In
the Baptist translation of the Ri.
BILE, in End chapter and SO verse
OF acts, it reads thus: Repent
and be baptised unto the remis.
sion of sins" That knocks in
the head that old "damnable
heresy" Of being saved before
baptism, and being baptised be.
cause their sins were already for.
given. The Baptist scholars have
began to get their eyes open, and
are coming to knowledge of the