Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-03-04
WHITWELL,

be saved because be repents of his
personal sins and refuses to obey
Christ and be baptized OF course
there are more than one baptism refer
red to in the Bible, but l am talking
about water Give me your opinion
and belief My reason for putting
these questions is there are lots of peo-
pie protesting sanCtifcation and holt
ness, that ignore the church and bap-
tlsm, claiming they are free from the
Adamic sin because of their sanctifica-
ton. You know that, and while we
are discussing religion. let us throw
all the light we can on the subject.
Can you tell the News readers the
meaning of the word "catbolic," and
the reason your church can't make
any claim to the title. Isn't it be-
cause your church is 1900 years too
late to be in any sense catholicr For
the benefit of the News readers, let
me say catholic means universal, a
teacher of divine revelation, of which
Christ is the head and founder Pro-
testants can never claim the title.
They are known by the names of their
founders and bear the stamp of the
same. They deny many doctrines of
Christ's gospel and limit it to certain
persons, while the Catholic includes
the whole human race, old and young,
rich or poor. The Catholic church
begins at the beginning and no man
can trace any other origin for her ex-
cept Jesus Christ and his apostles
She is at home anywhere in the world
and ready to help all human beings,
She is following Christ, she is for all
men, for all places She is universal
and catholic in doctrine. She has sac.
redly guarded the scriptures of eter-
nal truth, a thing some denominations
have never done, but sought to change
them Look at the changes in the
King James tran>lation or version,
which affects some of the es entail
do trines of christianity. The world
has not lost the true scripture and
never will so long "a the true church
exists Luther tried to change the
text by faulty translations, AMI | guess
some of more lecent uats are as gull
ty
am trying to inform the News
readers for what purpo q baptism was
ever instituted and why | consider it
q holy sacred and divine sacrament,
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it is because Jesus commanded it, and |
stressed it to Nicodemus on the night
of their conversation, and the next is
because of original or the Auamic
lin All persons must be freed from
That before they can enter the king
dom of heaven In John 35, we read
''Verily, verify, I say unto thee, ex
cent man be born again, he cannot
see the Kingdom of Goh." Now, use
the Greek word, "tis," and see if it |
don't include the whole human fam
lily. Except a per.ou, (tis) be born
of water" etc. Are children human
beings Are they not the children of
WRATH, and do they not need the
baptism of regeneration at
eight days OLD cannot believe one
doctrine is as good as another, OF that
one church is as good as another Re-
ligion is not a mere OPTION, and
hope you will not say so. Some peo-
Pile are very Indifferent and don't take
enough interest in their souls welfare
to inquire into the truth of religion.
Well, must stop. Please just give
me your honest and candid belief on
baptism. l am not fighting your
church or anybody else's church l
am just seeking to bring out what
BAPTISM is really for. Is it to cleanse
from original or Inbred SIM If not.
now are we to atone for this sin which
s general Some say by conservation :,
and sanctfcation l dispute that
dea, no such doctrine is taught for
original sin. UNCLE TOM.
Daylight, Tenn.