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the most absurd and havs less truth
in them than any that have ever fai-
len to my lot TO review. Here you
are, "Uncle Tom." see yourself as
Others see you, and as God sees you'
teaching infant damnation. You pos
itively say "But to the infant, by
the very fact of original sin, every
man because of Adams sin Is born In
TO the world derived Of Gods grace,
and of the right Of an entrance In1o
heaven" NV Lord and my 600,
what an idea Infants deprived OF
Gods grace and of the right OF en-
trance into heaven because OF Adam
sin, a sin committed by another De
fore they are born. and yet they are
deprived Of Gods grace and the rlgnE
Of entrance into heaven on account oI
it. We are not responsible for Adam
sin, neither was he for ours, for. EV-
eryone of us shall give account OF MN
self to God" Rom t4:12. Infants are
not sinners, transgressors, until they
become such, and they never become
such until they possess ability anu
then go into disobedience like Adam
old. When they have ability tney
are responsible to God for their elus,
Infants have never been lost, because
| GleY ubVcE udN0 OCCh
have. in every age Of the world re-
NAMED in perfect relation with their
loving Creator, until they had ability;
then disobeyed. God takes care OF
them without repentance. faith, bap-
tism or church membership, for they
are not required to do any OF these
things because of their inability
They can't be brought into relation.
shin with GOD because they never
have been out of it. Anyone's own IN
iuuity, wickedness, is the only thlng
that can or will ever sever the rela
tionsbip between God and his Great
ures, Isaiah 1913. "Christ came not
to call the righteous, but sinners TO
repentance. st. Mark 2:t7 lt was
the lost sheep he was so much concern,
ed about, those who had wandered
from the tender care of the Gooi Snep'
herd. He did not die the ignomlnl-
Gus death of the cross for infants, tor
they are godly, but "Christ died TOT
the ungodlv, Rom $50. Infants
don't need salvation, that is. deliver
! ance from sin to save tnem' put tue
ungodly lost sinner does, because ne
has separated himself from 600 py
,, disobedience. Had not little chil1,
rem been holy, Jesus never woulu
: have said to his disciples, "Except 70
be converted and become as httie
! children. ye shall not enter into see
: kingdom of heaven. '-Matt. 100
d Here Jesus points them out as exam
. ples of goodness for his disciples TO
. follow. To suppose that BAPTISM can
or does regenerate an infant and
:, cleanse it from a sin it never COM
= mitted, is very silly, since Jesus ~
< speaking of little children. said. "Oi
o such Is the kingdom of heaven. -
Matt. 1914 Redemption comes TO
l. the penitent believer only through
blood of Christ, Even the forgive
. ness Of SINS" Col. TIA, for "tnt
~ blood of Christ cleanses us fiom al
ain ~ john III, as that Is the ONCE
; of the blood Of Christ. The man wh'
r ignores the blood of Christ, which II
!, the means God has provided and de
. pends on baptism to cleanse him iron
10 sin. will miss it badly and will die II
10 his sins unless he lepents and goes U
a. Leans for the cleansing power and !
a. washed in the blood Of the Lamb o
~ Calvary, Rev. TIA. Your statement
10 "Uncls Tom." that infant baptism
le a tradition handed down from IN
Il auostles ia as false as the DEVILS prom
a. Uses It was Matched in TIE pandemo
OF Mum of hell and introduced on cart
., for the sole purpose Of underminin
~ and setting aside Christ's command
az baptize believers. The very fact tbs
ee infant baptism tends to undermin
no and abolish believers baptism, whic
eu ia the only gospel baptism for all {
~, Gods people, and that none or u
APOSTLES make mention OF 1t then
vi selves, proves it was unknown in 81
l t ostolic age, and did not belong to the
'ln creed, therefore was not handed doM
II. from them to us. Tertulllan 10 u
gu first to mention it and be earnestly o
So poses it Neander's ca. His, Vol
~ n ali. DIR. Wall says: Among
The tbe rersons that are recorded as ba
So tized by the apostles there is no g
M nress mention of any infants. hi
'en inf. Bap. Introd PIP. I, 3d. D
In (Iood win saws: Baptism supposeth l
pm: generation save in itself, first sacr
not meuts are never administered for
eir begin. or to work grace; you suppc
ere children to believe before you bapti
DC them Read all the acts. still it
All said, they believed and we're bapt
Ism cd. Works, Vol. l. Part :, p. u
Prof. Jacobs says. ''Infant bsptis
nj was established neither bv Christ n
ID. nv the APOSTLES. Art. Bap., Kitt'
ms Cycl. Bib. Lit Prof. LANCE say
be All attempts to make out infant ba
am tism from the New Testament fail.
'hn Is totally opposed to the spirit of I
We apostolic age, and to the fundament
ris- principles Of the New Testament
attn Inf. Bap., p 101, Dune. Hist. Ba
can n. 2e4. In conclusion will say
pei "Uncle Tom" to either support 70
we case with truth, or abandon it like
sed A"''' G. ". WHITE,