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they u "taA a
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1 tf. AjK
ir.to consU
fj Ut two "ITonrO - It l. tl
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th
Thej
httaSta the destruction ur.J.T.n. -.-j
e great political and
mora!" convulaioni
WhlAk kit ..''
the other raS,a to wMcfi I fore itferre?
dul ccrtamlr refer In t,.f ,v. nlj.
ins Dnn:
v( o, prophetic pTanat6n ia ta both cai
0 VUU1 WA
ral ah4
second com
propheUc u wgt-.bjr commot OH fes!ament
on a , larger '8calira?Fned to
tha type, proporl anj h u i "
foclc,'aH raised tpnin v
lire Cohanfi'Ap., .
' r13 Tha' same vn.
271, aayar. -He wLj .
oo fa) the waters, r
ii:omenoa) t turret v
U iUea pantacothen) 1
U 1 4. i Basil the Great,
Cesarev oni theIIolj
ay?t ,V Imitating the
wptiam. (fapf iVmafo ;)
tb9se ;zci (6afjV.
rhuried in (taj:L
Conaat'e Ap. 70 -j
i ;J5.Xhrjostomf A.' 1
ponstantinople, Coa ;:
cow$e'40,'!.8ayii ,fcl'or
r
m newness of
'ructloa''Vpl
bun. m (rniuf
crilalletai) on
.ec.7 .Cohant'i
Vl i 4i i
370, Elsopf
-t, ch.; .15 35,
f Christ byfjthe
too 'bodies, of
n) 'are ' as M
the water.--
.,zfu
X rAtriarch of
n I Cor, J)i?-
then to
'A of .the de-
f th is heaven 1, not cnljc- feel the di
rsate, bu I breathe the ; ambrosial air of
- ; v ir I nut die d Jie 1 mtt ; , "
--Kit eon kind seraph come.- -'i '
mTIOLE -KO. 1287
,My I bat hv 4 view, -4 K' f V j
'UThougV Jordan should oerfow ita tanks. : i i
' boldly renture thnnrh " , ' f
I
The First Eiea;'14P' .uf
it and to kit.- ThiC'tiJe
JM. UMjUM.ortt AJaif vhatwork
bTe we set ourselTet ho pon-instead ! IIoW
T w Tge4 th garderv instead of.kept
itfsedm ourar-horses with;4its flowers,
and eplintetingits'trees into'spesr shafts I " '
Ana ai toe ast. flammc twora. 1m
3 7 an-' re t!:"As?'. rifn
nyTo e?q
we ctQDpt .bat Inquire with li! icitudt'wbtth
er, ita commtSKica does cot extend to' anoth
er world v and thougj an aCLnnatiTe answer
may shock the ear of guiX it wiH make ihe
heart f virtue beat high with" delightful an
ticipationsi ,;J - -t ..-4 -. ,, . s' , ;
Een thiaaligU raferrnce to some of the
powers ol Uie ham an soul, - slows "that it is
amaze cf wonders. "What is there ia the
bolder flights of. imagination to compare
with it? 5 Here then, thm
1,
( rm
'r I -, '. 1 - Icr the r.ecorderj '
Utile SiUIe bl LzTUstltw
Bro. James teed yen the fHowiar
senrersatioa that took plaas reercay between
1
uiue ca-.ie nne years e4i 1 and her mother, !
which I hope you rU prb:Uh:fc . fck ; , I"
- S. Mamma; ain't they,that rrint the Bt- T
lies good chrkiaa men? , . " 'T ".','.17 j
ill. Very wicked cea ciar pnntVe Bi- !
ble, fajj dear; bat it was at xst written by J
can-una enough to feed ius West lore of L xtr A L -the
new &d u, wonderful without the aid nPlelVdoxhiytnat B2te3 M!f. ;
of romance.'. TV'jU. Tr.v-S. a . jOdiat Bibles too? r n ."
7 . :! ,1 - , , 11 ; ' M. No. dear, the BILIm am !1 .lit. . 1
5
a' Pjeachfng is bo' instn;ciiT aa"doctin.
al preaching, by reason of the1 fertHlty ; it
gives to Ihe preacheraowa mini. . Mind is
very ench as its oHpcU cf thon-ht. If a
S.- Mamma.' vrhen amnl-AanI tibi "hmr
Bible to read it,:doet ahe read where Philip
went down into the water and came up out
of the. water?. t .t,.:
i , -Yes, it reads ia ber . BiUe itrsi as' it
s 13 rr.r.e.
-. .
Torfe Vut m theory of church orsraaiV
Baptist I and eottstitutes One of the
fUt' featnv ; between th;,; Jewish.
to and thej Christian chdrcbl It tth
MirtiW hule mirtioawto see that the
ntaay of til Gospelldmicl destroys
ill M Wantity wjHwrd to exist brtwert it
ui die Jewish uUilment.; But 5 still
jdpHstt are puipvil lis rderltatsMf
l ikir l6n Bf ptism, to 1 asome the
(fcatifjrpf ihe fortaer wrthph Ia4ter7l
b3 is tler - own ;words, iheir argn
fsMt. fey which ty atteoipt to engraft Ju
ausa.ipiHi te Gospel. -Here it is: -fAb4
liui and his seetl,re divine! conf.itnted
itroe Tisihle chBrch of God. The Jew
uksxiety before CJmst, and the Christian
Mcietf ai'ter Christ, are one and the same
ciurclii iu diflVrei t dispensations. ; . Jew-
iua ciniootciVioa before Qiruti and. (J1fistin
ihtptiam after ChrfU, are me and the same
li tfioasMn direuttorni. .Such is the
jsv platform bo.lt for the sopport of Ijn
tat bap6sas..-'JIt cpatains twa abeordttie
ae'of whtch shal be exhibited ia this num-
If litis theory I true, It is evident tKat jU
roirai loth Jojaistpand Chriuiaaity-U
that w, the whole fparaphanalia of Judaism
frg&ee wWtlw htea n'd Jcfnoe4 of the
Christian ay stein f to make oiie.ch urch.,This
u the oury ratioaa construction that be
jpat spin the PedbaptUC doctrine, "sindl it;i
rW ttat their teaching and,; the ; Xew Te
aateot are as wid apart as the poles. lBut
k us lik iat Uif matter la.. little further.
Iflhe Jeariih chnsch and the! Gospel church
Js ide niical, it Wbws thai" Chnatj and the
itpostlf did not fiitild a church ia Uie da s
F,"ut (" becau the Jewwa church
wu eslabrb.Wd In tW faouly. f ;.Aoirabi's
jentariesl-fore the advent of ClirisUhia
Ving the case- dii church was already erec
W :ieerpmt;ca 'the worlit Sii
ruu hwoiddl 'M'twrei Suilt "it anew.
Jet sbar thefippaa and Apoden
;wstioa -iOafe say -vl B!ioI,T Uy
' Jam for a fouLlatioa, a mtooc, tried
Jne, a precM clruer etone a aur fownda
Jw : he that WlieWtb shalliwt toake hasted
J-8' 16- In (he days of tb Rmnari
r "rl , w Kings, accurdiurto
16. In (he
or of iu klnr,
-m 1 . ' 1 .. - 1 O
W peaoiiaect to up ,kioduifc "In
.pe day God uf heawit art npin
-.CertaSilr .tticoohl Jibw.tKo
jwiah, arthat hld been.et op boikMs
f jears prevwasj to this prophecy. Xbe
Pi ..-Ws refer dirrtiW to
fr ignMiiradrtdi Jfw Wbrt
Jt J T. i ..vfv ana my iue pro
Jjof- OieG.Hir-.l (church afyet tv bo laid.
l d;n M .Alraiaro. Lttnk be
fenf Hstofihe pr
iffff'l Thlalangtaage Waiiit
i Mt,, i?,d " in .oa on wblcf.
! Erf i ..witnuj was;thenrio,wmfnence
1 Jfo, t JVH?vVpeakopitive
H .y buili ? Dors lW ui
!i SjJorM' with a Mpiorrii
' pltT Pedubaptis affe
VH'ef corner stonwrre
tij, Wrtf nd Ae Apostles UielaanOal
OTUUharchn
SuJt,r,,?,t on of the
.?,,h- rhihme4rw w
"e are mm
TUurThe
driven rin contending
GodlTheBaViotardei
i
and nronheta were
was , v r u f uen press into it. 1
'ffer'Fr ? ,tU ittrouct.on df an--,BJ
hob, , s outTeacVwhouhath
I waV?? broken drown the
Nl4ieiifcpaIt,t?oil tw w f having
W ,n hJ? flH tl!e enmitri even th!
N't arVt $ W ' himseinor 1WAD
ie
IWAIX
ingf peace -land that
0T t'XTO Go IX oxi
rV'W'ia the enmity
grl.V-4 tew mat?
' ii,Sraad association brcharch.
! iipictiw W?nsation: crens with
i f ft. . .Jince; .
opens
titut-a
bcaven
new
13 tt
e the church
j W Posed bf bpliin r . - 1
nrted as one body b
'. t-v. Vm More anAn ' ' '
-v'a irmr.
a
; ITl ' V ' " "
"hst
ar
O" - ' ' 1
SVOwcd in f; del
aars : ... .
the d'rfct rc-1
Bp '
atllr
t r,y ?
"rn.-
P3
w I!
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T7
--t
cr a
rfnl t.V
tft to t
f -1-
c - - - T V.
h-
1? ii r
t
tuejti
sea the
of Man,iilf hcaren-.an.1 ti,.-.. V.n
Son of Man cnmitU ? i, . 1 . .
. . . ,. - --r""o c vufuos oi neavert
StttXiik Tr V? T,Min8P .ah that
learful siketeh of Ue process 0f the final
judgment, i-ow airthese,
cuo mtmlr th. am, iiiScultr : 'whiter
" " in air. 1 rfv
.u h:
til JBvrTl I.J hidiK , a ' : . .
mostdccidedlf t6'ref.-r thwnuti.;
one.
a. t;
O : . .1 . . . .
ryw, vcvnacominff.l,Pn(t!
3 SfuT ,!a, tha of his ath-
shall act noon ,the tWn. .:..
when, in-his own solemn
BMritim; they; "shall see the Sou of Man
Mug vie ngni nana of power, and com
mg m -Ot clouds of- hearea when; Wsaid
jti'Sr dWpH- "this tame
1 toom ir ta3t manner; as ye have
ai bim p into heavenr when tha Lord
Jesca shall be rerealed fram hearen with his
snightangels, in flaming firii takin verb
Wee,1? &c If there could be any possible
cttufet about the, refereace of the passage on
ill a? Prticularly com ra eating-1 it
wouM be dissipateiiy that immediately pre-cediaff-J'or
the Sonrnl fA .l,.1i Lii
the &fr ht? Father, with his angels? and
,c jcwiw everv man accord n 9-ia
kw works.1 r It can admit no doubt that this
an an ouier passages relate to the Paroosia,
aad teach, or aeem to teach, the speedy com,
rag of the Son of Man. a So familiar has this
language become, that the dying thief
praya the Lord to remember him when he
cometh ra his kingdom The erroneous ren
WOff oC ourrersibn; finia thy kiagdomv
obscurea, ivdoea not materially chaige, the
meaning.
.Tha diScuttyjrt relation to 'them alL dL
appears with the recognition 'cf tha priaciple
which l - hare endeavored . to iljaatra'te, that
yfvpiiccy oiieu applies the language which
strictly belongs only to the. final and con
sumraaUng event, to other events which, oaf
Uauy 'smtkipated and aymbolized it,' .AVitb
but. bearing this in mind, we are !f ia wan
dering naaxea. lost" m our explication of IIe
orew propiiecy. ine rest of the heaTenly
Canaan I .ad ! its partial realization; and coun
terpart iri that of the earthly Canaan, i The
predictiau f the durability and clorv of Ihe
j-reignof ihe Son "of Daid, link themselves
wnmronwir to uie eign. oieoiomonj f The
giowitig.vioits ot the tuture tnompb and
glory of th spiritual "ixrael,- stand conoected
witli the, return'of the tefn&orarisrael.from
UtoBabyioniaa '-exite.1 And' this character
of iivrophecy iliaratotiizea with the whole
cJiaracter and economy of Sen ptu re. The
whole Old Testament dispensation was a
typical otte Sacrifices- kadexpiations," the
Uluod oilbullj and of goats which could ner-
er take away sinpaJmnbrated the great and
effident iaacriEce, yet with ino present Inti
matioa . that ibesre w ra not efficacious ' in
UiemseivleSL UWhero whole system ia typ
ical, and but shadow '-of good -things to
come, we cannot won Jr tliat thel prophecy
which formed a prt of . it should have its
typieal, iu aixcsslve atges offalfillment'-
To ignore or deny tin's doctrine of a doable
and often, a triple fenao in 'prophecy, isi to
ignore tha whole structure of the Old Testa
ment economy ia to judge : of a part :on
principles totally . diverse? from those which
regulate the. whole. - f1 tjr :'1 -
i Vfheao ' passages of ; tha New Testameni,'
tiien, refer to tiia second coming of Christ,
and represent it as hear at tiand7 and In lan
guage which produced th conviction in the
early chnrcb. that it ?a near" at hand, bat
which the Spirit .wlu dictated it intended
then, to ,falll only aymbolically In other
words, the eventful, most siicaTTt and aw
ful. acenea connected witb the t downfall of
Jernsalrtn, were seized cpon'aa a fitting1
sy mboLnader which to portray the triampha
and,i.he terrors of th' Last Day, and thus,
as in many times preceding; the expectations
of the church . were disappointed by' that pa
tience of God which io sorely tries the reck
jess and confident- eagerness of man. The
typical event, however,' to wbichrlmmediate
reference a,had in the passage before tis, is,
perhaps, matter of some doubt.; By tiany
recent interpreteta, if isreferred to the de-struction-cf
jjerustletn, and the setting op of
Christ's ki?o On Xheirutaslof the Jewish
polity j:;by others sChrys6stotn;:the
transfigurniictt of CjirkVaneyenthichjjiil
eacli of thos Qospels that record that scene,
follows tin laedi A tely upon the".declaraUdn.
How1 importsat wai tiiia arent how power
ful aftd, J3stic ; Its impression oa those who
witnessed it, is showu by2eferchapterju;
where tho Apostles appeals" to f Jthis very
event Li proof that. they-had not ' fallowed
cunningly devbed fables in making ;known
the power artd com:? (the tzcovd coming
in lovrer and g'ory) toI the Lrd Jes'is
Chn-t,' tui were "eye-witnessca - of his
maj;.iy.w ' Turn to tl.it iaiv'and
weih ccrcf-Iiy its .z:Z', Ht'-3 power and
eye-wili. :::cj of In rsp.J:sty
ccivtJ frcii. Cod the F.Ln-r !.
r," -id it Tt manifest th.t Fctr rc .rJs
.!... j f,,Yt' an.l a:i assurance of
f
e: 1 r.
Clrist'
"He
or and
a 1 'a -mi-, T...1!. 1
t.ed and
incline
ration to. the viS10n vouchsafed 4o the favor-
A ihre? tt SJ-0?"1:0 Tranafigurationl
Apart from the' nther reasons for it the
uv.wm one seems to point to a
cry smaii an select "number ' r d
r
t v, :- ha Religious Herald.-
Mage:f EipUdzoo .kisd a$ Eqt:ifi.
MEssas, Eniroas :mHe reading life
Ij Br. Conant treatW oa .-Thr meaoinl
vision -of Matthew; I have collated the fol
bwmexampres of words and phraseawita
which laidzoo and iu compounda'aad de
nvatires ara used as equivalent, or by war
Of raraphrase,1by Greek writers. :ifoptng
that they may Jbe interesting and useful U
some, who either have not seen DrC Cvnant's
work, or have inot lif! tfiA;ii --: !j
' . e.A KLLrEiiiiiii 11 t mil
uuapart or jt, 1, venture to ask jeuto
pulhsh them.! - - - , :A
-1 li- Cyrill Biahoo of Jn1m A T
m nta Qiriifcfan TnitifttiAn " !'!
After thse things,,. were led, bv the
hand to the sacred font of the divine Upturn
baptxmaioi) afc Christ from the cross to the'
areparea HomhS And eeurA was asked, if he
btluve in the Wrte or tlfelFather, an4 of
tha Son,T and of thaHolv
pTofrssed tlie. iating profession and 4unk
aovn waauctt) thnce into the' water." and
again came up 1 Conanfa Appendix, p. 60.
PolIWuK. 205 jears' before Christ,
History, B; 5; ch. 47 i V Speaking of ca
ralry sent to attack the enemy in a position
where he was protected by marshes, be says '
Who, by themselves, lapfued and Anting
(Mptidx&rMMikaiiztajututnUs)
many of them perished" , Conaht't An. p"
2 3. ireliodoras.A. B.5 390 " BishoV" of
TiieeV Jiliioptci, B.: 5, ch. S. - Speaking
of pirates who were anable to manage a ves
sel in a storm, says : And lecoMtnt lajh
tized nrf teaf liuU ' of tinking, -baptidzomenoi
la i kataduna tnikron apoleip.
ontoon.) Canant's Ap. ptlZ ;5
.. . ?-.. .A .t , . . : - iL "
.piuo ui iamagetus, attributed to
Hippocrates.- Shall I not langh' at htm.
wha having baptized (.Mwa Ins slip
with too much merchandise," then blaroeshe
sea for having )engulfed it?- (loaen
Conantfa Appendix-15, Bonn'eganfs Lexicon,
1st Arnerv Edr aaya hCbutkidz6o haa the
same sense, as lap idzoa and refers to He
liodorusas authority. "7 1 -.-
Bwdorua, Wore Christ . 30. Hist B.
15, ch. 8CL ; In ; his -account bf Timoleon'a
defeat ot the Carthaginian army, aaya: iTbe
rjrer baptized (ebaptidz) many, and destroy,
ed them t Idiephtkein attemptinff to awim
through, wiUt . tb,eir, armor. Conant'a Ap J
6. Tbe same work, B 1, ch-36. Bescrib
ing lheSectaof ha jnandatioa of the Nile,
he aays : " Most of tha -wild land animals ara
surrounded by the stream, and perish being
baptized, (dutphtheintoi baptidzomena.)
Conant'a Ap pL 5. a f t ; 4 .
- T. Josephus,A. B;'37, Jewish AntiqmV
He i. o, cn,.u,r jfar. 3. describing tha
muraer oi: tne ,ooy,' Amtobulus,1 who, by
Herod's command, "was drowned ia a swimming-bath,
ha says : e,1 Continually pressing
uww7 um,, yuptmng mm oarountt3 ka pap
tidzontes) whilei. swimmmir. as if in snort
they did not desist, 4ill they ; had entirely
.i,Tv.nft i;m r--a ,
8. r Strabbi beCure Christ BO, Geography B.
12, ch 6, f; V speaking of the 4aker.Tatta,
which; he calls a natural salt-pi says;s 'The
water solidifies ao readily around everything
that is 5 baptized baptisthenti) Into .it, that
they araw up salt crowns when they lei down
Sjcauumt a.arcia 01 race, v (Sonant Ap
P. iU.t
i j. .it Ui, A.-1). 1 w 4 o, Archbish
cp of Achnda, on KiLak ch. 1, wiys : For
on laptisn (em beptim) ispoken!; as
alaoona faith, bt?causa pf th doctrihd resDtct-
"7 We initiation. lin
which has been taught to&ptize Uaptidzein)
irith , . the invocation of . the Trinity'and to
" i7it resurrection,
by the threefold jmifly'?ou (Jtafaiastf,
P 7 a. . l-.-'v ...: .-v V, :.- tZV.i. h.
Ur . Vnkn the Act ch,J, 5, says:
I lie who is baptizedJaptidzomenos int.
ter, oafufiy Me j vhoU body (O7on to aoiiia
trechoon,) while b who simply recelres wa
. uuk Trnouy wetted on all places."- Co
nanYa Ap.. p, iLm H m U-
ih.The aamoo Matt.3,'n f.IHa trtH
wiii uvernow uafdAffiweil yoo
nnaparinglywith the, graces of the Spirit."
Oonauta Ap., p.' 7or; : In the same sense we
spean of overuowmg animal apirits.1 of tover
flowing plenty, &9t&&u.&d
rnVi tate;thatbe has carefully
mun oia quotauons, by reference to
the opginal authorities,' tad refer to them,
gtTWg thechapter.section.,fcaf-Rn1 ;t?n
. kJ Pindar, befarp Christ 525, Odea 1 7a
80, comparing himself to a cork of .the fish
er's nev floating at the top, while the other
parta of thef tackle, are in the . depth below,
JETor as when the rest of the tackle i3 toil
ing deep.ia tha i sea, so 7, as a cork above,
the net, m: Miibaptiztd (abaptistos) in ; the
brine."- Conant'a Ap y:2Q. This exam
ple shows that immersion is necessary to ihe
meaning of baptism, and that sprinkling' or
the applrcaUori ef ' water m any other war. is
oat ofhe v&tibTi'-;
,10. and I U rolvbua, tbefora; ChrisOOS.
Jlist IJ. 35, ch.-3, 7r describing th manner
Of taking the eword-fish, with aa iron-headed
spear, he saya: fAnd even if the epear falls
into the sea, it is not jost for it Is compact
ed ofboth oak and pine, 10 that when the
oaken part is lapiiz baptidzamenoi).bf the
weight the rest t$ buoyed up and is easily
recovered. , Conant'a Ap., p. 3.. .Thi ex
ample, shows that wheayjar of an fcbiect is
said to . be bapthtod the word is applied to
re-
1.
U.ke i
flv.'l C.
l'ie r.arratlr
' T tLa jcr.d
7 - -rc n
cf tl.s tcc-.a cor:
ary ci x t-v.
.1
r-
L..3
i 1
r on
.. . 1
. ;,r
rrVcfl
tAai part onhj aad tha rent of the object is
exrrejsly-excepted from its application T.In
a word an oHect is baptized, just to far as it
is irjrjerseo, ana'B0xiariner. t4 tjo jfoiyts,
Histj'B. 3, ch, 7?,r4, Epeaking of the pas
page, of kaoarmyv- through: a swollen river,
says; ' They; passed :lhroujK ; (ittSataaa)
with diucuhjj the foot.soldicrsiii (Jap
tilzommoi) as far as to ihs Ireasis." Co
i-nt's Ap.r p.-3. ' Tb?y p::::i tbcrh the
.-.-tsr f to ths LrcsctVtsd -r tley. ara
r-u3 t? be bsti-d, ar. M f-i!.:r.
: 12.. CyrilC Eishc: cf Jeru:!;
:I--trnc:.;n 3,-..on-Capt!s3L...l
a A. B.
"Fcr
..cr.
3 cf
!3 L:.l their 1:
th;:: t'.-i-
- ll:ra
r 3. Jc--:3
-..cr!l ul;l thst having
r."l ? th?3 v ii r
UartisL 12, .iys;
Ecur.:nx'' tha.; jica .cf tc2
.tlaia s:a rr.?2ls
-hteer.'hic-ii-ea t:-3 the;?,
qUOt-.A comparUoo and summa
" ? eM;Ta3ages hows, that the an
cientTjreek and Latin amrch, Fathers and
otherf writers, use Various words and phrases!
besidet baptidzoa and it part; aa equivalent
toLO! xplanatorv.and deacrintivfrof thm A
uon, effects, and attendant circumstance of
fueui , mad mat taey are of tha following
import, namely :tosink quite down, - or to
the bouom to destroy---tb perish to drown
to press down to Kink fo-nA Ut Arm,n
into- to ingulfrt bory to orerwhelm
w uus uown in to be lorrounded on all
awlea I by to bet buried jn immeraon and
emersion to pas through to hatha the
whole bod vi-to"be as in a womlwtn hnrv.
to be entombed to be wholly covered by
tOb be dead ia iav-fi2are-to 1 immerire-td
plunge to overflow to icundate to rob
merge toink nnder -I leave;yoar read
era to draw their pwneoncIsiaus as to what
they understood to be tho meaning of bap
tism, and the usage bftha'chufch
-' Ia conclusion, 1 respectfully s$k any Greek
scholar, of whatever aenominationjp ia me
and your readers the favor, of iifbrming us,
through the Herald, what 'Greek ; words ex
preas the sense of suamerye morj plainly and
specifically than Judabvtkidzo6, hUadumi,
nfjytakhub t a Lejpany, One then who
denies that Jopoo uheqivocly express
es jtnmersion, be asked,! VVhat Creek word
ooea to express it? - IT ha nnaes any, or
all, of the above, refer bMto tt Examples
I to 41 and 1 7. where parts of 'those "Verba
are footed, and nsed ;eqoivalentJy with bap
tidzooi aad ha .wiU be aelfrefated. ' Though
the above quoted Father apeak of and prac
tised, trine immersion, tfuV neither establishes
that castom, (Tertullian acknowledge that
that Jt iOM aomewhat .moreUhaa ' the Lord
prescribed) not doea ytt . Invalidate , their
knowledge of tha true sense of aptiizoa as
familiar word I of 1 their mother tongua In
common and' daily inae by thera. Indeed,
the tery. purposa for which thi practised
trin,imincr8ira, agree with ao other mode
of bapUsm ; namely, to?. symbolize, arnd in a
figure to imitate . th three -day burial of
ChriaU . tTha -nnwayerinr testimoar. of -all
antiquity is, that baptism' symbolize union
mll Dn.t I J..l. !. 1 ... I
and liff.1 -
. ohoatd yoaaee
take occasion
subject, f Yonra fraternally.
a " 1 1 ' - ' '
wrr r or what can we c nceive cflthat
ur feiv wiucti we might :t win back if
wacnoser -well? he-flow trs are always
mi grow wnerever ' we ur them':
and tha airer the; closer.- There miy,' id
deed. bavaben m Pull r,F Tn .k - r.ii
yn...bMt wsuredly creature tucli as we
are can' new fancy : nothing lovelier than
roses 1 and.Ehea,' -which weald grow' for us
fcdeliy sidej leaf rerlapping leaf,? Uil .the
M was woitex Anared with .them, if; we
cared to,hve it sow- . And Faradiso Iru fall
of pleasant' hadea and fr uitful av'enuea
w ea ; wbat hmder t from coveriu as
tnuch of tho world aa we like with i.pleawit
f V P-a blossom, And goodly., fruit ?
Who forbid iu yalleys tQ.be covered . over
witlj corn,itill they laugh and sing? - Who
preyenu Itsdark forests,, ghostly an'dr unln
habitable front Ieihg changed into infinite
orchardv-wreatlung" tho hills with iM-flo
retted anQw. far away; to tha laJf-hghted bor
laonrof April, and flushing the face of all the
autumnal earth with gW of plastered food ?
Bat Faradlae"wa3 a place bf peaci, we f say
ad"ne,D"n vjra gentla servants to
uv VWell ; tha world would yet be a pbce
of peace if way were all peace-makers, ;nd
pnU.e service should wa Jiara of it, crea
turei I wa gave them gentle matery.u:
But long as we itake sport of 'slaying' bird
and beast, so long as we choosa toffcontend
rather with oar fellows than with oar faults,
and make battlefield of our nwadowa instead
ast.eTt -na"roljr. the flaming word
will tiH tern every way, ndj tha "gates of
tden remain barred close enjough, - till we
haVa 'Isheathed.t thaharper ? fiamei of -our
passions, and broken down .the closer catea
of our own heart. Jiuskin. j j ; -
4
i The Wonden ffAeiIiadr ti .,-
There reason : to 'beliere! that f ho idea
which yef axistad ia the mind can be lwsd.
H my.eern to ourselves tQ be goar since
we haye io, power .to.. recall it: aa 13 the
case with tha vast majority of our thoughts,
Botrjureeroos facta sIkjw that it' need 'only
omo chanire in our physicsi or intellectual
condition, 4o restore. ths- long-lost irnpresi
uu rvant gin, tor instance, twenty
four years old, who could neitherread por
write, in the paroxvisms of afiverl eammm.
ced repeating fluently and protnpOusly "pass-
gcvtxHiunr-vreeK aaa, tie brew j-and it
allerwarda appeared that her erly4 Jay
a learned clergyman with whdm alia lived
had been .In Uie daily habij "of -walking
tlirough a passage in his house that opened
into ihi kitchen,-and repeating- aloou' the
very passage which ahe uttered daring her
fever. . How manT - interesti Infr-nha
crowd upofi Uie mind in view of such facta 1
t uat mu rn.mAz.iDg power ao tiiey prove to
exist in the soul I. And ' what - aatorjlin'o-
development wul bf mad in thia worli or
another, hen the yast magaziae of thoughts
wiuun us soaii oe ucseaJed ; And who can
avoid the inquiry, what kind of thourhti h
ia daily pouring into this storehouse 1 1 ; - -The
capacity.'of , thai vhuman mmd for
Igiowledgai .ia another cf iu woiiderfol pow
ers. By. 4rery accesaioi of j knowledge is
that capacity enWed : n'er have the ;
of that expansion ever been reached J or Hm-
gineo. inaeeo tnes nature' bf th : r!
leaus iis ua in conciustOD tlial Uhero are no
uverj day wa ee; the fact -inn,traU:a' that
mma takes on tU type' of jt, pursuit. 41 If
the minister aim at what is Uchnie-Jlr trm.
ed -popular preaching,': ,where ; matter , of
-utwpr culture, or the tragedies 0 the day
are the principal topics of discourse, he may
oa a aensationist,- but n'otan Instiuctor.; He
ay utter soft aentimentality : he toay par
k. and. flash, and catcblthe Jaacy aad. the
imagination, but from the nature of the case
he can not . be a fruitful preacher" Some
Bowers may blossom there, 'but' tbe'nVor
that tome from Wrikitrg down mlo th toll
WTtrspphBg with iu forces tad.'extrae
tmgjts iiuces, wdl be .waoUng,. j W
. Uocirmal preacher . comes into direct
comninniOnwith the mindofGod.' He lis
ten to the still,- small Voice;1 as! truth1 bv
truth, it tmfold- thestibHrne Wysterie of
gQdhoeaa.;.vThH truth enlwta hu - eaergie
and detplop his mental forcea. aa no other
truth can. , It clarifies his reason, open the
fpnngs of tbouglit, and stir the profoundest
deptla ofhis soul The! drsconrse puU his
soul all gW.'IIs) see as be rjerer aaw
Ufoii ; thdoghf chase cthb'ugTiU j truUi is
mked with truth ; bU mind bnmiag, and
lie mst speak. These iajmsMn
are Idee the cherublni "and flaming gword . of
v. iucu -j uimea every j way. - They
point.- wherever' Omniscience J has left "a
thought, v.xtey reach rorA ihe,
animalcule to which a drop is an tocean,, to
""'s wvnpa on nigtt. ;; ;i; i
"",!Wffe ShouJOenolKjt"-
A. man whq has ben redeemed by the
Wood of th Sob of God bm,M tu.
He who is an heir of life shocld be'hoIyHe'
who is atteaded by the celestial beinwd
who is soon, h know pot haw soon, to be
translated to heaven, should be bolv . Are
ngels my attendants? Then I should walk
worthy t their r companionahip.V Am 'I
soon to go and dwell with angels? Then I
ho.dd- bo. ure. Are -these feet jon to
tread the court of hearen ? la thia tongue
rng tSod? Are fca . aye of mine
soon to look on tha throne of 'eternal glory
aad the ascended leemerT Tbeix thesi
eet and aye and lip ahovld ha pure and
rV"11,,0011 ett.to;tbe world,
aad live for Heaven. A , 1 '
, ' a. Uames,
can Ua.lItL.tthn. l
:" Little Saliie is a member fury congrc -
tion, and a awee. chHdr indeed.. But the;
question ahe r asked hr Ma. would be too
much for any Melhodlat " " " -1
fe 5 1 lV-s , 11- v4 i"or the. Becorder. .'
la my former letter I said the price from
Norfolk to New York by steamboat in 185?
was $8 including boarding and bed room.
The fare' from New York to Niagara Falls ,f
to Quebec including board' and bed root !
on the steamer was $12 SO.rAWhilearlew I
of the Atlaaric would pay front Norfolk to
New Yorl a. view, of Lake Ontario and St.
Lawrence" would pay from Nispara Falls to 4
Q aSed -. ' It " :
Bra, Shuck's School has "33 or. 40 nchoV- '
ars,- ana u incrsaaing even in lbee hard
timear 'r-f-:- TV DOnsONr-1
t 1.
r
t haa already been shown that
trlifitova
u seauj, ounai, resurrectiOB t,'.'"'"'Jr vwieage ine1 mma acquires, it
;-, .What a magnificent concep-
fit.to jnscrt .tiiiaC X mat twn. Attempt to follow the mod alonjr the
toaay aomethlnff more on the !,Rla Oflts immortal exisUnce, and to aoe it
i . . forever drinking in the stream of knowVA
' ?. - .. , .
. tiH-i . f tTHOa COOKE,'?' ereby.tooatantIy tccitoiolalw-atrengt'h,
" Harrisonbtffgi March 16. r ' nihas theephera-of iu capacity enlarged,
i-r " ' .;V.; yet remaining eternally infiniuly, inferior to
,4 ; Creat Tfianpts.' f" r th,atrf fte P"y H'-Yet who can 1 concetve
;rBeioidimfeei liff!!
Sncnei anrl
t e .v m - .
we 003 01 man standing on the r.rht hand
ot uod, wrf(fslH'-;i
' ;.'Thui spake the proto-martyr in the expec
tation of death. "- And in all aees hare there
heen those acrcsa. whose vision, at their dyr
ing hour, similar, scenes of, blessedness have
passed. I As orbs of light meet cur gaze
when the drkne33 of , nightfallf - vers - the
earth, so do scenes '.of Igloryl sometimes ar
pear to; the Christian , whqa the shadows of
evenin g close his day of life. ; The ere rrowa
dim in the light of the celestial city, the ear
dullin Etrains of richest melody, the warmth
pC the "hdy H as H were, fanned" gently
winS3 of lanccli . The' domus
xiltima u the outer oouxt of the palace cf .the
Great King., ;? It-- '
If'Christ" I'anirels'r "beaatlfal" "rnjiV-."
nificentT"delightfl,,! was the lan-uae of
vne expiring ur.iope.v :.' :
I 'Horae home 1" said INoiman 1
mith.
;Tliey praise
Her.
p ALL mm
Day Star
Oli freak
t i.i'
fa-
an:1
luried (f-i-Vew) ia the wat:rs, t3 ha ia th
ML see the life w Jerusalem
mm,; iney praise. uim."r.s ; . .
I " Now .farewell world" ssi J
Holland,! i' welcome heaven! th 9
from onligh has visited ray heart,
it when X urn coneland: preach. it
neraL God dealeth familiarlv witl r an. I i
el hfs mercy.' 1 sea his marestr. "Th eth
er ia the body or out of, tha bo Jy I c'r.nnot
tell; out k see thmthftt aretr.-'. -lla.'
MIhave been,? eaidv Walker c." Truro.
".upon Urn wings of cherubim. ' II- . . en haa
in a manr-r. opened to me.' I slrll rl:: be
there." J ; "Al '. -! 1 - .
" Do yea Eee " said Edmcr.d A
blessed as:sbly who vrr.it ny r-riv
oa cear tnat sweet tnnsis, with v. I.
oly mea inyita m-, that I rrar
la a rarhler cf t!ie;r harpir.cr ? ;
T -1 ,a,i i u- - ,
cpiritsI.lLetcs ro.'..'lT.'e rr.- '. '
K3 ni" r 11 .1. . 1. . -l
: " x cu s ra to e-: ?y fcrctc;' -
edl.c-9.tL 0,CoUIs. ,."0
longer a Lrctis," to "tha j:
IT
at
Do
:1c-3
:rth
v. !
I' :3-Let
mately atUini or it mora than afflgeCc intel
leciuaiiuifipt rr., y. i. ::- ,,
1 r. 7
m -Noie ivonderfur is man a fapacity foa
happiness. "J- Here,' too. we find ao Iimitant
ihfinityl The hanpy emotions of to-dsy'on-'j
7 nuiuiiy ia ioui ior stronger emotions to
morrow, provjded all the strings of the deh".
cate. instrcment .are. in tune. Nor is; the
increase ia aa arithmetical but in a geome
trical ratkC' Who shall set limits to the ex
panalng series, or who "will doubt- but; God
iainfiU to oyetflowrng tbe mostThlarged ca
pacity through -eternal age ?
iU-Alilee nanlimited. -i mana capacity , for
mtery. In this world his Kifferrigs some
time rise to a. fearful befght," Nor can wa
discover, fa the nature" of mlnikmr-'rM.srirt
whvf an increase of knowledge 4houldl not
addaproportionatainterfaity to suueriro'
vau kc.t nuk jvuuuMus oi laisery may
le brokea ttp, or when, in the round of eter
nal ages, the angry, billows shall .cease to
roll ever the soul that has broken loose from
the great' law of rectitude , and haopbess ?
O, it is not strange that an inspired writer
should declare that teaa i not onlv,
ful batcarW7y jnade. t Hiauxlimited ca-
pacity tor misery, is, surely: a most fearful
trait ia his tatel!ectaal'coastitutica.' C
"Not less' fearful is the supremacy that is
given to conscience in bit moral ; nature; es
r.ccially.whea we - recollect with: what ! un".
bending seventy she applies her scorpion
lash upon the soul that hss fallen? under her
displeasure! Yet no less prompt! r does her
approving. roice cheer the soul that is alro
gling alog tie straight and narrow path' 4of
duty, and brbg down into . the- ;heart ; the
spirit of Heavenr Ia ahorVto-the mastery
of tha csntdc'nfe etery ohatoust sooner or
later submit. Rightly has it Uen called
uows vicegerent ia the soul and ouh'it
ne-parsot onrs:Ive3, wacarvas c.iy aani
hilatetha sou!, ns escape from its Irninion.
vru wnra wi think how ternb'.o are hi
i..ctiorl3 sorrietimcs. trpoTi tha g
fnan tta .m V.?. J ...
collect our tmlimitod capacity f
or
m-ra-
rcldery,
Jt aril
TnUhs It Baptist Sabbath -
-W:-$C-WlSt;lfii.- 1
- .What are tha disflnctlrB ff4tnr.!nr "R.U.
tlt faith ami pohtr with- whM
children 1 tight .to.be indoctrinated a early
a possible,?"' -': ' . .;! ' . j J
""-rTVJ"-ft "-o lutrrTogaiory, we
wUl propound and reply to another ; suppose
it wer proposed to omit- from our Sabbath
school iustructious,, the. inculcation of fkith
repentance or to ignore the truth thai aal-
..wuu, w vi grace inrongh the meriU of
Vunas,ror Uiat It l best Pot to tirl, tt,. w
mosUqve our enetniea; return good for evil
or pray foi those who despitefiiUy me nV
what would be theffect? .Whr . Knii
horrorwould pas through eTeiy Ide vout
frame. ? j S ;.; ' . '. J iWCUfc
-AJla Jfcl 1 failure to lmrmrt In
.,10 otner.Tery tmportant 'command
oi Christ and instruction of tha Bible and
inculcate obedience to them, is rivW wuk
ao l particular degree, of , concern by many
Baptists.; 1 -. u :rJ.
-.; ifjt 1 nrfit to 'love -our .--;. m.
, , ... r . . .. .v
tnem m curse us, and ray for those who
deipitefuliy use us,' and to teach oar .chil-
aiao rgnt to teach them that
immemonrbelieyer only ; U baptism, and
c - V? ' - " culJ 19 repent, believe and
be baptized, that they, may thus become a
member pf a true gospel church 'and there
fore be entiUed to partake of the Communion
? St jDCe 10 0x11 Saiour'a command.' -;
1 The .distinctive feature of i Baptist faith
and polity with which, our Babbath chool
children .onght, then, ,tq. ba . indoctrinated as
early as possible, are that, as it 'is the duty
to repent and believe, o it U the daU
of believer?,. and believers only, to he bap
tized, that immersion .is baptism, that baptia
td pepons bnly can compose a true gospel
church, that such only . ooght to partake of
the aacred elemenU t in , commemoration of
Christ s deatL that each chnrrS . i-.n.-.. .
dent and the highest seat of ecclesiastical au
inor!vt tnat all mimsters are oa an pquality, :
and no member is entitled to a TTre-i.min.nr
oyer others that the only rulo of. faith' aad
practice ia the Bible,j according, express
puiui)n o.:; wmcn churcr tlisciplrae
f BSi prestrved pure an4 invio-
..Let these things ba taught, - and ; all ' our
saooiiin school children will grow up .tbor
ough BaptisU from.principle not frora p'rejal
dice ; and they will be able not only to give
a rrason for the faith that is in ) them,, but
oe aoie to defwd .their principle and the
polity of. their Denomination frota the! fre
quent aswnla of PedobspU'sU Index '
: T x
: H yoa want you rpirllttal Ufa tof ba'mort
healtbly ar.d " Yiorona, yoa Tonst jast . cowe
more boldly "to the! throne of grace. J Ti e
ecret of your jreaixess is your' Iiule " fih
acd your HtUe prayer. l;The . founUra h r,
sealed, but yoa only, cp a few drops, . Tte
bread of ife'i' before yoajyet you ouTr
eat a few cTumba. treasury of hearrn
ia open, but yoa only 1 take a few ptner.
Olv man of littla jaith,. wherefore do yu
doubt 7- Awake toj know your . j;riT3eg 1
Tdl me' not of spiritual bunged and Uiirat
and poverty,? so long aa tbw throne, f grace
1 before, you. Say, ralher, ypa are preod,
and will not coma tn it . TWIT ainrvar 1
Say rather,' yoa are Joyfulaid wiT W
take rains to get taore! Xast aiide-' tha
the graya-clolhe of pride that stlBs bar -anmnd
you. t Throer ttS the Egyptian :gar
meat., f: mdedence, tVch ought ttc t to
bare been broueht thrrmh t)i
: Away with that belief wLich llw -paralyreaj
your tongued. ' Yoa are ?aot
atraigiitened in God; ut in yocreelf. :CWe
boldly to . the throneof race, where the -Father
i ever waiting to giv-nd Jeani
stands by him to Intercede.. JCome boldly,
for you mar. caS!airifol u von ftriT ;r ..
e in the name of the great High FriC
come
A Tcscilr;
1 a. T4 -
-! -Nothing can be more touching than to be
hold a scft-and tender woman, who bad been
all weakness and dependence whPe treading
the prosperous paths of lifa, sudif&ly rising
iatnenUl force to be the"con:forter and sup
porter of her husband tinier cUfc-tcse; At
the vine which baa' beg twined i'.3 fracefal
foliage about the ca!c, and lica If.el by it
i . -. ...... . - J .
rifted bytliethtradeilolt, clin romd it with
ita caressing tendril and .Ih.J cp iia that
terca bort!:r.s, so woman.- who ia t :i
dent and ornament of - man in h '3 hart ier
i.uur, unutDy ma s;ay ana soLjco when
smitten- with- anddn sr. irrcfr? ...T'
..The Eat Is the BfrHtalrr. .
t Jim the death of tha dying year i the Ii
f the comine : so b it witn ih- r r,u.
Our relation close at thai time with , earth.
But they begin in a higher degree to eterai
ty. ' l- v. ;,--' v - .
i The end of life! ihe begTnnra of oar
knowledge of God. . Our ignorance of tho
Great Being, with.waoeecoiintfess moTe
meaU ia Providence and tiatora,- we hourly
come in contact," la surprising. ' A intimate
and necessarily as wa taove in the" atmos
phere ; so do we lire and lav our being in
vod, r Yet we go on tot yeari, and scarce-'
yrealixathat wa eyer.met Him. VTb go
down to the grave, as 'un conscious of . hi
presence and power, ia thobgh He wer&
dead, Thi fact will be; a eubjectof thedb
est wonder to the thoeghtlea ia tha world
to come, When I awake' I ara atill with
thee.n There wiU ba at that ; awakin g ia
eternity, many marrel. . But nothing will
so deeply aatonish "tha oaaV, a their life
long midnight tgnbranee of the overshadow-!
ing presence and powe of Jehovah ?
Tha and of life ia jthe beginlng, of onr
knowledge of ourselrea; Tha .Thotghta 0
Pascal" unfold, perhaps, the most ' profound
consciousness of his own relations to God
and eternity, found iaT4ny writer: ; 'Etern
ity dwindles to poiat-inind d pbmt cf time
expands into eternity " Is if surprising tha
under such delusion, , million Eve ahd di.
never seriously knowing thai they are' bv
mortal I k ; .
A scholar looka with! wrmd'eV i t1m
fettered, hand, aa lie carries m-his tyrtem
on orraaizatioa so comntete with Ai-rln
der of tkill and power.! And angels look i
with profounder wonder at that aaroe achol. 1
ar, carrying ia b is bosom a spirit, far mora
compCcate ia its nature, ; and overfiowirrf-
with ten-fold more of wonder 1 and m-rrrr -
Yet the nnderout scholar lites as profound-"
y ignorant of his spirit as the rnatie A'
of hi . body: ; Bat 1 when th change;
coaej5, the ren drops. ' La end of Efa wUl
oe to many the begintung xf self-ksowl-1
dire--: ,..!... .
. The end of sorrow ia the hirir ; f a-it
joy if; we are the' children "cf God. ' Th
Spanrsh monarch who had tasted cf the mer-'
ey of a: pardoning God, wa haded with a"
wish from eome courtier. :,Sre"raiT all '
king lire forever.,, . He replied TheaV
would I .not be king. . ) Under birirrown
clostered many aid cares, " ;Th"us riih the
rankraad fie of mankind ; - they find bt
sorry inheriunc in this rala el tears. To
many are mil red to Coctirraa the. txpen
ttentcf jkiLrtrticg comfcrt from Ji cure-, ,
until (he grave cla-e the scene. - Bet to
die believer' "longing to dr part and b wi'J"
Chnst,' death brings a bleced rcleaae frora '
these aorfo'wa . aad heart aches.' like tha
Grecn!and.,tammer'a run at Uhe xaiin'gVt
boar; it is seen,- briey dipping Uhlnd the -cold
ice' mountains, ana pl-iing th-ir frisgl"'
rocks kzl Vtr;.:r glide rt with hit til
iS teams.- And whUa tLedw!!erlraM. "
the tight is tarred, aad the ecra dawes, in -the
tame look, which saw its rtfr- r!-rt. .
Thus death is the corrtrnencer-e-t cf i;.r5.
The end cf oar aarJily tcrrow, is ths lc- ''
ginning cfctf averhrsLrj pjiJ.ur; l.
Iamity,
4.
i :
A.
t
1 11c ir.xi
ra-jie ea- Ues frcn c:o t!.it w
but 1c
arcs n:e pvjr indcel