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It is, indeed, one of the best stories for boys we bare ever read. Tbe bock is thor oughly healthful and stimulating. 'It will make a welcome addition to the libraries of tbe young. The Forum for December contains the lecond article of Archdeacon Farrar on Tolstoi's remarkable career, the October Bomber having the : first article on the .object by the same writer. Tbe re viewer criticises Tolstoi's religions teach- ' aga and explains tbe. religions meaning and the literary value of bis great novels. Dr. Austin Flint will discuss the evi deuce that all: infections d Ueases, in cluding yellow. fever, are caused by bac teria, and the possibility of eliminating all contagious diseases from the ills that flesh is heir to, Mr. George W. Cable, following tbe line of argument of his recent article on tbe Negro, will discuss the relations between tbe races at the - South. Mr. Edward's Atkinson's con- hlhtiiinn sill Ka Th Pnnu . T .tta W and Mr. Z. R. Brockaway, Superintend- 1 ent of the Elmira (N. Y.) Reformatory, will write about prison convict tysteins to show the necessity of giving convicts elf sustaining work. Tuere will be six other timely articles. . - ' The Wake Forest Student, for Novem ber, is thus spoken of by a correspond ent:: Among the interesting magazines that it is our good fortune to read, the Wake Forest Student deserves special mention. The November number con tains several very thoughtful as well as interesting contributions. Among the ones especially admired by tbe writer, is that of Mr. D. A. Davis. "Laisstz ,faire is the true principle of govern men.. Tbe , subtle reasoning, the flow ing lac uage, tbe deep thought of this writer, clearly show that hehas not much to overcome before b -'.will reach tbe highest point! of literary success. An other piece of j merit is Mr. J. O. Atkin son's article on tbe "Pubiic Schools of North Carolina." To the reader.it would at first appear that tbe author had taken rather a pessimistic view of the tobjeet; but, after closely following bis line of argument and bis impartial conclusion, we can say witb hitn that "Nortn Caro lina is not rightly providing forlbe edu cation of ber children:" Oti the whole, the magazine is . well gotten up and re fleets mpeh credit on its editors, as well as its contributors; and it certainly should receive . the tonanimous support of the patrons and well withers of Wake forest College. , , : y ,y . ,:-... .. .. .. ,. : . "A Manual of Dietetics for Infant jind Invalids is the title of a book re cently published by Dr. W. B. Pritch AKD, of New York. We call the atten tion of tbe -medical profession to this work.1 --The book will be found a eom ' pendium of very useful information and instruction upon the management and feeding of infants and tbe selection of food for the sick. The importance of ; proper food in its effect upon the pro'-. , gress of any Illness has long been rec- ognized, but it is only within the past few years that any definite effort has been made to systematize the subject "" from - '' scientific ' and practical stand point. Dr. Pritehard in his Manual has taken op each disease separately.and has carefully, and elaborately outlined tbe diet most appropriate in each affection, : basing tbe selection of food upon the effects of the disease upon tbe system and the special organs. and functions involved. It is a book that should be found in every family.- The relations question, 44 What shall I give my patient to eatP need not prove a source of an noyance to the physician or nurse any longer. -. With your Manual to refer to, joa have '' a ; reliable and convenien t ; souree of information constantly at hand. The book is a handsome; volume of nearly 100 pages,: neatly and eabstan- : tially bound in cloth and; may be pur chased for tbe nominal sum of SO cents,' or bound in paper covers 25 cents,' post i , age prepaid (stamps may be sent). .Ad dress "Dietetic Publishing Company, i 115 Fulton Street, New York. ;.; 1 . From Bro, FulortL s Cleveland Cknrch Pledges Needed. Permit me to say to the brethren and Bisters who gave Bro. Hord pledges for' uleveland church, and who have not yet paid their pledges, that we are sorely m need of the money. . - u ; e The noble little band at Cleveland nave worked bard to finish their house of worship." They have finished ceiling it, and have pat in a good stove. But there is .some debt remaining, which these unpaid pledges would nearly; or ' quite liquidate. ' . . ; . . ; - Now, dear, brethren and sisters, -won't you respond promptly to this call, and make our hearts glad by relieving as from: the burden that is resting upon us, and which is a hindrance to the gen- - era! work of tbe charcb. , . : ' ' " : ' - 1 Cleveland is a mission point and Is your God given work, and yon eannot afford to let it suffer. The church at this place is not anmindfal of the obli- g&aons due the denomination for. what has been done, and may yet be done for it. its members give uberauy and. pay promptly all they promise to the gen era! work of the denomination. They have even gone beyond their ability, but wey da not eomplaim . - v ' Let us hear from' yoo. The unpaid Piedfires are in mv bands for collection. Send the money by registered letter to my address, and it will be cromntlv ac knowledged and your names marked rom tne list. Tnis la tne second tune I nave appealed through the KXCOBDXB, na to some I have written private let wra, but all without avalL . 8urely Bap-. usis do not .-need t to-.be ortred in matter like this, when tbey are able to eueem their pledges. S i; IVaternally. -(;,WiaVL Fpuobd. "Difflculty, said Lord Lyndhurst, 'is pmething to be overcome.? It is not a og to daunt ns. Grapple with it, Send a quick cry to heaven for aid and Jflen lay on. Take it as a ehanee God has -J . . . ... ... . given you to try tne mettle of. your J<n of courage. It la a saying of aar&e that "difSsnltv is a severe in s Jtictor set over ca by the supreme ordi nance of a parental guardian who knows f better than we know ourselves, as He ies 03, better too. He that wrestles T . T 1' a r V U3 onri ti.uL Our anta""T'r.!;t i -3czrtc:rcr., Volume 54. : Th IArdf0 $upper as Observed ty Christ and His Apostles, and " ! -y its Rdatlon to Baptism, . i l . ' , BX RKV. J. Ik WHITK. ' . I TaxT-t'Then they that gladly received his i word were baptized : and the samerday there wereu added unto them about three! thousand souls. - And they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in break ing of brean, and ta prayers." Acts 2: 41, :i. ri There are but two ordinances In God's . Word obligatory upon us, viz; Baptism and tbe Lord's 8upper. : These are God's positive institutions. Therefore tbe ? obligation to 1 observe them rests not od our; perception of their fitness,; but wholly ou the revealed will of God. Bishop Botler, tbe most profound scholar of bis age, remarks : " Moral precepts are' precepts jtbe rea sons of which we see i positive- precepts are precepts the reasons of which we do not see.-: Moral duties arise out "of the nature of tbe case itself, prior to exter nal command ; positive duties! do not arise out bf the nature of the case, but from external command, (But. An. part 11, cb. 1.) .This being the nature of these ' positive institutions,' resting wbIly on the revealed command of God, they require literal as well as tin cers obedience. No authority but that of God can change a positive Institution of religion in the least particular. The power to change involves the power to abrogate entirely. Who dare annul a command of God, except God himself t Hence obedience must ' embraee " the literal doing of the speeifle action'en- joroed. '; Some other action than that commanded,' or some other' form ' ob served as a substitute on tbei- srround that no-mere outward form can be in Itself essential to salvation, is not, and from the' nature of the case cannot be, obedience to a - positive institution of Jesus Christ. Brethren, it doesn't mat ter whether we know why God gives such commands, but- if tbey are given,' it remains for us to literally obey them. To obey literally, three things must be known: L The commands given: 2 The order in which given ; 3 - Tbe form. ARK THB ORDINANCES OF BAPTISM AND THB LOKC'3 SUPPER GIVES f , Shall 1 impose euch a question upon tbe intelligence of this congregation T We know that tbey are commanded.' Jesus was baptized.' He had all his fol lowers baptized. He cbmmaaded the apostles to baptize all who should be lieve on bim. ' The apostles did baptize. Jesus took the supper witb tbe twelve apostles. The apostles observed it everywhere tbey . went. Christians ob--serve it to-day. - And Jesusvsaid: Do this in remembrance of me.? f Paul said: " As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ?ye do show forth tbe Lord's death till he come." ! '. Are they importantt : 8urelyi the fact that our Lor5L Jesus Christ commanded them is a sufficient answer to any intel ligent mind, mnch less a Christian. Brethren, K these two ordinances are God's unchangeable symbols, in which He sets lorth the two : fundamental truths of His gospel far more impres sively than in words, viz: Regeneration and atonement. Regeneration is ex pressed in the symbolic burial and resur rection in baptism The atonement of Christ as the only means of justification and the only support of the new life, is with equal clearness symbolized in the Lord's ; Sapper.:' ' And , these dmnely- appointed witnesses of these vital truths are to bear their impressive, unchanging testimony" to the end of tbe world. What mortal man, then, will be so pre sumptuous as to say that they are not Important! H. TH3 ORDKK I2J WHICH QXVVS, t 'Jesus suffered only tbe twelve disci ples to be present at the Supper. These bad all been baptized making baptism precede eommunion." The following circumstance shows that they had been baptized : ; John 1 : 35, 37, says, " And the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; and looking upon Jesus as be walked, he saith, Behold tbe Lamb bf God. And the two disciples heard bim sneaky and tttetf followed Jesus." Verse 40, ' One of the two, which heard John epeaki, and followed Dim, was An drew. Simon Peter's brother." It is evi dent that tne otner one was Joqd tne disciple. These two bad been baptized. for they were disciples of John the Bap tist. - Verse a 4L "And Andrew nrst .findeth his own ' brother Simon,- and brought bim to Jesas," - It is to be sup posed that Simon Peter was also a dis ciple of tbe Baptist, and so had been baptized. Verses 43, 44, ' Jesus nndetn JPbillip. How Fhtiip was oi Betnsaiaa, the city of Andre w and Peter." Since PhihD was ' an aeauamtanee Of Peter and Andrew, be bad evidently seen the Baptist, and doubtless was a disciple. and so bad been baptized. ' Mark 1: IS states that the fifth disciple called was James, the brother .of John the disciple. As John was a disciple of . the- Baptist, it is also supposable - that bis brother James was, and so had been baptized Put tbe supposable- easeo aide. ,.We know that Andrew and John bad beeu' baptized, for tbey. were; di-eipt'fc f tu Baptist.- John 4:1, 2, states that Jesus had all his followers baptized. ; Jesas himself was baptized, saying as He did that it was necessary to fulfill all righ teousness. It is clear that He would not have allowed the ten to remain on baptized, if tbey bad not been baptized when He called them. All circumstan tial evidences go to show that all of the twelve were baptized. It is a remark able fact that the first called were John and . Andrew, . wbo . bad been beyond doubt baptized. Remembering John 4 : ,1,2, they wer.e evidently called first so as to baptize otners who may not nave been baptized. Christ never contra dicted himself in word x or . conduct. Therefore we confidently say that the twelve disciples bad been baptized Whoever holds different views will make Christ contradict himself .a thing impossible. The disciples were Christ's ordained witnesses, and were to organize the gospel church, which should ever continue as first organized. :S t The areat commission establishes the order. In Matthew 28: 19, 20, Christ said: " Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in (he name oi the jfatner, and oi tne bod, ana oi we Holy Ghost j teaching them to observe all tbiusrs whatsoever I have commanded you.". Here it is evident that the first thing required is faith in Jesus; .As secand is Laptism; the thirdia to observe all things commanded ; One of the "all thinx " ia, , Do this in remembrance of me." Hence the divine order, Believe, be baptized, commune making per- sonal faith In Christ a prereqaisite to baptism, baptism a prerequisite to com munion. And emee baptism is'ffts ac- knovledied door cf tbe visible church, it follows that the Lord's Sarr?r is an crdi-asca icitMn the ch-rch. The Organ of the North Carolina! :r ' The apostles carried out the commis sion just as given. These were men inspired, "filled with the Holy Ghost," and could not err in establishing the '; church. - - Therefore what they did is as important to as in order to obey as what tbey atd. Did they ever commune wltn an no baptized person If Let ns examine their conduct on tne fdar or entecost. wnen - tne model church was organized. Our text is a full explanation. Those who gladly received bis word were bap tized, and those who gladly received bis word and were baptized "continued stedfastly in the 'aposUes doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.' ,-; . Breaking of bread, refers to the Lord's Sapper, or the occa sion when they observed it. ' In all this the apostles strictly observed the order given by Christ, viz: believe, be bap- tized,' and commune. This was no mere accident, for they always did lust this way.' In Acts b 12, Luke says that tbe people of Samaria believed ! Philip preaching the gospel. After they believed, did the apostle first of all tell them to commune I No; ? they were baptized, both men and women.1. Ilere.the order is observed After Paul was convicted he was, told to go to Damascus, and there Ananias met bim and commanded bim as the JUord bad directed.' Did Ananias tell Paul to arise and eommanet No; bat. he re ceived bis sight forthwith, and arose and : was! baptized."? (Acts 9: 17, 18.) These, arid every instance In the New Testament, prove that baptism was the Zrsteommand given and obeyed after the exercise of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Other exact examples of obser ving the communion arj3 given. Paul went to Corinth and preached. " Many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized."' -(Acts 18: 8.) With these tbe apostle constituted a church ; and in 1 Corinthians lit 2, be com mends this same charcb for keeping the ordinances : a he had delivered them. In this same chapter Paul rebukes tbem for taking the jjord s Sapper in an an worthy manner among themselves: for be is addressing only members of the ehureh. In Aets 20: 7, are these words And upon the first day of "the week (our Sunday), when the disciples cn-mo together to break bread, Paul preached onto1 them. Evidently only disciples earns together, only disciples ' brake bread, or communed, Brethren. God's Word is our only crolde. That word declares unmistak ably that faith precedes baptism, and baptism precedes tbe Lord's Supper. Therefore. whoever communes without being baptized, or whoever invites the ODbaptized to commune, violates tbe plain command of the Lord Jesus. An inversion of this order obliterates the distinction which God intended to make between his church and tbe world. Can we afford to do this! This apostolic order of observing tbe ordinances is farther established by tbe great .historians of the first centuries succeeding the completion of God s WorcU Moeheim, of the third century, says: "Those who bad been solemnly admit ted into . tne charcb by baptism were permitted to all parts of religious ser vice. - Those believing, not yet having received baptism, were not admitted to the sacred copper." Neander also says: JNo one could be present at; the Lord's Sapper who was not a member of the Christian ehnrch, and who' bad not been admitted into the church by the rite of baptism," Again. Baptism is recognized by all evangelical denominations as prerequi site to communion. J All tbe leading de nominations of the world agree upon this one point. -. Some in all churches hold loose views, but all creeds require baptism. Dr. Doddridge, of the Congregational church, in his Rise and Progress, says It is certain that Christians have at ways been spoken of as baptized per sons, . and as far, as oar knowledge of antiquities- reaches, no uobaptazed per son received tne liord s H upper. Dr. Wall, of the Episcopal charcb, says: "No ehureh ever gave communion to any before tney were, baptized. Among all tbe absurdities , ever beld, none ever held that a person should re ceive the eommunion before being bap tized." Dr. D wight, an . eminent theologian, says : It is an' indispensable qualifica tion to communion triat tha person, be a member of tbe visible church in good standing, and that he should have been baptized." rv v; : " W' -. Dr. Dick, of the Presbyterian"ehureh, says:; As cirenmcision was indispensa ble" (to an Itrneiitel "for eating the pa&s over, so baptism is requisite to entitle a person to ear at tbe Lord'8 table." Uur Methodist friends who make much ado oyer 'close com munionw bold that only the baptized have a right to eat at the Liord s table, and so bold doss eom munion. In their Discipline published in 1880, compiled by nine of their ablest, nuen, and adopted by the M. E. Church South, contains the following, found, on i-ages 23 .and 25U: (The minister ad- :irtaing c-uly tne persons baptized and a, waning recognition), "Brethren, tbe chu rch is of G od and will be ; preserved to tbe end of time for the promotion of worship and due administration of bis word and ordinances"-here ordinances are wttntn the churcnj "the - malote- nance oi enrisuan leiiowsnip and dis cipline the edification of believers, and the conversion of theirorld. : All, of ev ery age and station, stand ' in need of the means of grace which it alone sap- piles., ("It" refers to the church since communion' s a means of grace, u is alone within the church.) "But as none who nave arrived at the years of discre tion can remain within, its pales, or 6s admitted to its communion: without as suming its obligations, it is my duty to demand of these persons present" (who had already' been baptized, see caption) '.whether, they are resolved to assume the same then tbe minister shall ad dress the candidates "for recognition, not baptism, for all had been baptized,") as follows: "Do yoa solemnly, in the presence of God and this congregation. ratify and eonnrm tne promise and vow of repentance, faith and obedience "con1 tained In tne baptismal covenant.'' Xas distinctly declares that a person must not only be baptized, but also that be must most solemnly vow that he will keep the baptismal covenant before be can be admitted to eat at the Lord's Table. This seems a little "close. (The above parentheses are" my own com ments.) , : In the New York Christian Advocate, of October, 1SS8, a leading paper of the Methodists, edited by the Rev. Dr. Buckley, a learned and good maa ap pears ttli qiery a:id answer: "Is it proper and aaeorlicg ta the practice cf the ifethodist Episcopal cUurcLies to raaLs tLa 1-ivitatioa to the conimusica Baptists,4 Devoted to Bible , : . table general: thus Instead of Inviting alt members of our church, and those who are in good standing in other churches, to invite all who love the Lord and desire to live a better life t There Is no authority,' scriptural or Metho distlo,: making the invitation general. The man who will not subject himself to the Christian church, and ally him self with4 Its members, has no Tight to ask or receive the eommunion - at its . bands," Tbe course pursued by some ministers degrades trie cnurcn ana cue aicrarnents.1 Every ' person 'should' be forinslly 'recognized as a disciple' of Christ j it should not be left to bis own judgment. '' Years ago' a minister said : 4 We sit in judgment upon no one. ' If in his heart he feels that he loves the Lord, be - can come, and commune with ."as. 'And the meanest loafer In the town, in debt to half tbe church for money spent on his vices, unkind to his heart-broken wife, and expelled from another charch, marches forward with a smirk on his face to take : the communion. , After what the minister had said, he could not consistently refuse bim, bat nearly ev ery important member of tbe charcb expressed bis disapproval in "such a man ner that the experiment -was not tried again."i;Hence the absurdity of free communion, We had Just as well dis band the church and nave a gay time around the Lord's table, even if it does bring dishonor upon a sacred ordinance l I Baptism, therefore, is the grand point of difference as to tbe participation of the Lord's Sapper. Baptists cannot in vite Pedobaptists, for Immersion fa only scriptural : baptism and therefore those who have been sprinkled or poured have not been baptized. . .Let Dr. Hibbard on baptism, a recognized theological text book among tbe Methodists, speak for the Baptists. Dr. Hibbard says: "In one principle .Baptist and Pedobaptist churches agree. They both reject from their convnanion at. the table of tbe Lord and deny the right of charch fel lowship to all who have not been bap tized. . The only question that divides as is, what is essentia to baptism. The Baptists have only acted upon a princi ple held in common with other churches, viz., that baptism is essential to comma nion, but it is equally evident, that they Can never return the" courtesy, and the charge of close eommunion is no more applicable to Baptists than to us." This is the decision of a fair, unprejudiced mind. We separate on baptism. There fore if immersion is not the only mode, we are wrong in our restriction. III. I NOW PROPOSE TO PKOVB THAT 1MSIKRSIOS IS THB ONLY. BAPTISM GIVEN AND COMMANDED BY CHRIST AND PRAO TICKD BY THB APOSTJbBS. : The Greek word baptizo, translated "baptize,: was never originally osed ex cept when it undoubtedly meant to dip. to plunge, to immerse. The most. emi nent Greek scholars affirm, as the origi nal shown, that in all standard writers, as Polybins, Plutarch, Hippocrates, Ho mer, Joiephus, Diodoms, Siculus, Plato, Xenqphon, this word baptizo is used hun dreds of times and always in the sense of. immerse and never in the sense of sprinkle or pour. ' : - , . Dr. Conant, after an- elaborate exam ination of the word through the whole compass of Greek literature, says: "The grand idea expressed by baptizo is to pat into or under water, so as to immerge or submerge..". Dr. Anthon, the eminent classical editor of bis day, says: "The prinary meaning is to dip or immerse. Sprinkling, &c, are entirely oat of the question. Professor Moses Stuart, of Andover, a Congregationalist who carefully studied tbe subject, seeking to prove that bap tizo meant to sprinkle or pour as well as immerse, is forced to say that the only classic meanings of the word are, first, "to --' dip,- immerse- anything in liquid; second, to overwhelm, literally or figuratively." The same Prof. Stu art affirms that "all lexicographer and critics of any note agree that baptizo means to dip, plunge or immerse in any liquid. " If we accept the testimony of man on any subject shall we not also accept this testimony as to the correct meaning ot baptizo, since it is given by great and learned men of nnquestiona ble piety t :: .- ; The most celebrated Hebrew scholars affirm that tbe Hebrew equivalent of baptizo la only osed four times in the Septuagint, and each time It means to dip, to overwhelm. 2 Kings v. 14 Naa- man ''dipped himself Beven times : in Jordan." Hebrew for dip is the Greek baptizo. . Isaiah 21: 4 "Iniquities over whelm me." Hebrew for overwhelm is Greek baptizo. So with the other two instance found in Judith 12: 7, and Si- rach 39: 25. I Baptizo la tbe New Testanent is always used withlthe idea of immersion. land only when . immersion is - clearly meant: and this is the only word osed by Christ and the apostles in connection with baptlsm.':"i;:iv: :,ip ' Now I submit, had oar Lord wanted to enforce sprinkling or ; poaring, he would nave osed the - words meanmg ,tnat; The ttreet langaase Is tbe richest in the world, and capable of expressing tne ; most delicate ahades of meaning. When sprinahng is meant," rantizo is always used; to pour, ekkeo Is ased; to wash, louo is nsed; and the word. that meant general use of water, was ka thairot but baptizo always with the Idea of dipping or plunging. Jesas always osea oapuzo, iisewise tne apostles, in connection witb baptism, and never tbe others. To say that the Holy Spirit and Jesas selected a word meaning only one thing, immerse, to express either sprink ling, pouring, or Immersion, is an im peachment of the , divine wlsdom of Christ and the. Holy Ghost. Our trans lators have never dared to render barn tizo to sprinkle or pour, nor have they .ever translated ranttzo, louo, or ekkeo. to baptize, bat always to sprinkle, to pour, to m&sh. Baptizo and . these- are .no more interchangeable than born and" die are. . : - ; : r;-' f One says, 4tI know that Mark 7: I. says that when they come from the mar- ; ket place,, except they wash themselves they eat not; and many other things there . be, which they have received to hold, washing of cups, and bronze ves- "the word to wash is baptizo.n "And bow tilly,". continues he, "to think of immersing" cups,, plates, eodehes," &e. If it is silly, that is just what Jesus : Christ said; The New Version says that to wa. snould be translated to bavtize. iTo get the meaning of this passage, we most know what law or tradition Christ referred to, Tbe market place being mentioned, we can find the law. Bead Leviticus 11th and 15th chaps., yoa will find that the law required complete im mersion pi tne body whenever the per son had come in contact with anything unclean. Mark refers to the Pharisees coming in contact with Romans and com ta on people who were unclean so the Phareo mast bathe before eati. Religion, Education Literature and General Intelligence. Maimonides, the great Hebrew theolo gian of tbe twelfth century, says : "If the Pharisees touched bat the garment of the common people, they were de filed and needed immersion, and were compelled to It; and in .water, .they dtp pea ail andean vessels. A bed that is defiled is dipped partiby part. : Meyer. the greatest German commentator, says:: "Mark 7: 4, Is not nndarstood as wash ing of hands, but the Immersion of the body, which the word baptize, always means in classic and in the New Testa ment." j Therefore since baptize in tbe New Testament always means to dip, to immerse. Is it not . pure logic and com mon sense to ear that In order to be scripturdlly baptized, yoa mast be im mersed; and that immersion is essential to baptism.;-" i'- y-y-y :-x' 1 Again, the prepositions osed with Gap tizo1 farther prove beyond a doubt its true; meaning; and the , e.reumstancer attending the baptisms farther establish thelrue mode.-, y-y-xt John 1 8: 23, tells ns' that' John" the Baptist "was also baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there." Where In the history of the world has it required much water to sprinkle " or pourt One little well or spring Mould afford sufficient to sprinkle thousands, yet John selected a certain place, "because there was much water there. Matthew 8: 6, says that they "were baptized of bim In Jordan.'- The New Version puts it more emphatic, "in the river of Jordan." John always preached where there was much water. He lingered at Jordan, because it afford ed the greatest convenience for immers ing the multitudes. ? ' ;?,f : - Matthew 3: lo, Jeeus was baptized of John. Certainly the Lord was baptized just like all the others "in the river Jor dan." "And Jesas when he was. bap tized went up straightway oat of tbe water or from the1 water, as some con tend. Since baptizo means only to dtp ot plunge, it is evident that. Jesus went up from i the water into .which be nad been dipped. Dr. George Campbell, a Presbyterian and best Greek scholar of modern times, . says : The word bap tizen, both r in sacred and in classical authors,-signifies to dip, to plunge, to immerse. Accordingly the baptized are said anaoaienten ta arise, emerge or i cend. lietit be further observed that the verbs raino and rantizo, need in Scripture for sprinkling, are never ased in this manner. It is to be regretted that since we have so much evidence, even good and learned men allow their judgment to be warped by the senti ments and cuttotns of the - sect which they; prefer. The - partisan always in clines to contract the diction of the Spirit by that of the party.", Bat in Mark 1: 9, 10, the Spirit is still more specific and plain than in Matthew. ''Jesus dame," says Mark, "and was baptized of John In (els) the Jordan. , And straightway coming op out of (ana ek) tbe water be saw tbe heavens rent asunder.? Tne marginal note of the New Version trans lates 'in the J ordan," ' 'into the J ordan." Baptizo is here used with the Greek prepositions eis 'into" and ono-Af "np oat of." JSis, ander certain circumstan- ces, may mean at, near, or up to. Since baptizo only means to dip or immerse, how would it soand to say, "He was dipped at, near to, or an to the river of Jordan f'. But the . Greek , prepositions eis and ana-ek ased together give to each a definite and contrasted meaning, viz.. eis is thus only into and ana ek only up out of or from within. - - This is a law given by all leading 0reek grammars of the New Testament. Therefore, these prepositions thus nsed define beyond a shadow of doubt the meaning'of baptizo For . granting that , baptizo means to sprinkle (which it never does), you would make John sprinkle Jesus into the Jor dan, wnicn on its face Is, ridiculous Certainly the Greek verb baptizo with its attendant prepositions eis and anaek proves conclusively that Christ was im mersed, which the scholars of the world are now, and ; ever have been agreed apon. .. Also the old and new. versions differ nothing in . translating the word describing this baptism. Tbe. word of God is correctly translated, and needs no adding to, nor taking from. ! Who ever attempts this from personal or other reasons, is very presumptuous, if not im pious, or must . proiess to nave . more brain and learning than the world bas ever possessed, more even than; Christ and the apostles had. y yM:x ma;-.. I am aware of tbe report that Baptists have been charged with translating and publishing a Bible tb'suit their peculiar views a Baptist JBible, of the Baptists, for the Baptists, by the BapsistsI - I want you, my brethren and bearers. to know the whole troth of this: Several years ago the American Bible Union ap pointed certain able men to : revise por tions of the New Testament. - Ke vision was then mnch agitated, and the result was that there appeared a revision of Matthew's Gospel in which occurred "John tbe Immerser," See., instead of John tbe Baptist.",- Dr. Conant, one iQf the principal revisers, gives (a full ex planation ot now u au happened. ' lie writes ander. date of April 21st, 1886: "This Society bad been aided in defray ing the expenses of its work by tbe large andWalthy Teommunity-aUing tbem selves "Disciples of Christ," the follow era of Alexander CampbelL This sect holding the dogma of baptism by immer sion. deBired a version of the New Testa meat in which it is expressly taught. Their aid was willingly accepted, though tney were not feliowBhlpped by Baptist chnrches, for which tbey naturally de sired that the word Baptist should not be retained in tbe JMew Testament. prepared for the Bible TJnion, I had re tained ; the common and established form " John the Baptist," as a proper name : the term j Baptist being eon stantly used in the. New. Testament as the surname of an individual ; by which be was aistingulshed from all otners, ana wnicn was borne - by no other one. , Josephns1 says of him, that , ne was "surnamea .Baptist." ; "The treasurer of the Bible Union. who was in sympathy with the so-called disciples ; of Christ, earnestly pleaded with me to comply with their wishes. I at length consented to leave the qaes tion to Dr. Hackett, my associate In the work of revision, whereupon two of these men hastened to bis remote resi dence, and returned the following day, bringing hia oral decision in their favor. " How they represented the case to him I have never known, ncr have I any reason to noprvwe that rny grounds for the position f field were common!' cated to bim. Ilenco the absurd ren deriag, John the Immerser, which desig nates nobody." . . ; ? - - -- -. i - The Bible Union published this work. but the Baptists have never adopted it, nor do they uso it. I do not use it, as has been alleged, and have seen but one copy in Korth Carolina. A dozen Ties will net Lj iczzl Hi .;C0O' Baptist in P this State. ' Those. .who charge as with baviog and using such a Bible ought to blneh at such a gross misrepresentation, or feel humiliated at displaying such appalling Ignorance. No. - Bapt 11 are -no sticklers. XTbe autboiiZhd vtrsion isgcod enough for them; because U Is the pare and simple. Word of 004. , This old Bible is tbelr creed, is their faith : and practice.- And the Baptists are the only, denomination in tbe world .wbo? are willing to give a young convert, or any one else, tbe Bible, aod leave to his judgment and to tbe. guidance of the Holy Spirit the Question of baptism, and .abide by bis decision without a manner. This isthe way"; Baptists proselyte. If extraneous influences i were withdrawn, if people were allowed to read and hear the doc trinesas glven by Christ and the apos tles,' there would be still a greater turn ing to the Baptists. ? It is alarming that in this age of liberty people are forbid den to bear - the gospel. Alas 1 is not such conduct a confession that somebody fears that spots will see tbe troth, and, obey t be V truth I ? Or are ; we Baptists heretics auc preaoh strange doctrines f I advise every one to read the Word for. himself. It speaks iu no uncertain terms of tbe manner in which Jesas was bap tized, Viz : That - he was baptized into the water, and cume up out of the water. I urge every one to follow Christ. If this be heresy, Christ was a heretic and I am not as good as my Lord. 1 ' J ' - j to bk cosTisruso.1 Mr Spurgeon and ihe Canada , i , k j i Baptist, : The 'Convention of oar brethren in Canada passed resolutions similar to those of the: General Association of oar State, afcBU ring Spurgeon of their sym pathy with! bim in the stand he bas taken for the Baptist faith, and their hearty agreement witb bim in doctrine. We give his reply in fall below, as we know all oar readers are interested in oar great preacher, and will be glad to learn bis position in his-own words: . : Dear Brethren in Christ M heartily thank you for the words of cheer which yoa have sect me. Sach a resolution, from such brethren at such a time. gladdened j me - greatly. . From the depths of jmy soul, 1 1 thank ) all . the brethren, and I pray the Lord richly to recompense: them.r I am grateful that yoa have por misjudged my action in reference to the English Baptist Union, from which I have felt bound to sepa rate myself.; 1 have not acted from sud den impulse, much less from any per sonal grievance; but 1 have been long protesting qc ;e; ly, and have been at last compelled to make a stand in pub lie. 1 8aw the testimony of the churches becoming obscure, and I observed that in some inst nees tbe testioony-f rom thi pulpit was very wiCe of tile Word of God, and rI grieved over tbe state of things which is sure to follow upon de fection from the gospel, i I hoped that the many faithful brethren would be aroused to j the peril of the situation. and would earnestly endeavor to cleanse their Union of tbelr more flagrant offen ders. instead of this, l am regarded as a trouble iq Israel by many, and others feel that, important as truth may be. the preservation of the Union must be the first object cf consideration. Noth Ing could have more folly proved to me that my protest is rather too late than too early, f " "un surveying tne position, i per ceive that the basis of our Baptist Union afforded nothing to work npon if a re lorm were attempted, for any person who has been immersed is eligible for membership. So far as anything found ip tbe printed basis is concerned, every immersed person has a right to loin it. Within its bounds there is neither ortho doxy nor-heterodoxy, for all have an equal right of place, -This does not ap pear to me to be the right condition of matters, and - therefore I quitted the confederacy. Altogether, apart - from the soundness or unsoundness of Indi viduals, the compact itself is on wrong grounds; and can never produce real unity.?; There are numbers of faithful. honored and beloved brethren in the Union, but! these, by their presence and countenance, are bolstering up a con led eracy which is upon a false foundation. it is not for me to censure them, any more than It was for them to censure me: but I. cannot but feel that a more decided coarse of action on their part would nave secured for oar country a testimony to the truth which is greatly needed ini these evil times; whereas their shielding of the false and erro neons has given a sanction to evil teach ers which tbey are not slow to perceive. " Tne pain 1 have felt in this conflict I " would not wish any other man to share; but; I would bear ten thousand times as much with eagerness, if J could see the faith -once for all delivered to the saints placed in honor among the Baptist' chnrches of Great Britain. I resolved to! avoid personalities from tbe very j beginning: s and'Hhoagh sorely tempted td publish all that I know, I nave held my peace' as to individuals, And thus have weakened my own hands in the conflict. " Yet this - also I had rather bear than allow contention for the faith to degenerate into a complica tion of personal quarrels I . am - no man's enemy, but 1 am the enemy of all teaching which is contrary to the Word of the Lord, and I will be in no fellow ship witb it -jk hy?? ,; - : ;. vjNothtnK has occurred to cause in toy mind the least alienation from Bap tist brethren, who hold the doctrines taught in Holy. Scripture. Far other wise. .1 nave never, had a doubt as to the . Scriptural correctness of : our View of baptism i and I rejoice that with the mass of those wbo obey the Lord In this matter I am still in nearly anion. As-. saredly I am one with you, and all the more consciously bo because yoa have not hesitated to stand by me in the hour of trouble when many shan my company and condemn my. conduct God bless you, my beloved breth ren, and ' seep yon in bis iaitn at this day 1 . ; , May the . .Lord also increase and strengthen ; yea more and more, and through your works of faith and labors" of love. Yoa are cot ashamed to state your beliefs. Ton do not with to eover up error by a cloudy, indefinite state of things which, like darkness, encourages evil. xou love the truth, una therefore do not shun ihe light" " May the Holy Olioft bo mm all your ministries, and dwell, in ail your members t Peace be to yoa and grace I a y y s? " Unable to write all that I feel, V turn to prayer, and beseech our God in Christ Jesus to bless you exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or even thiokJ ' , - . ! " Yours most gratefully and lovingly, ;; Nfitber 23. IVhere I was First Forgiven, The following lines were given ' me some years ago by a Christian ' woman who sapsr thm very sweetly: She did not know the author, and I hare never been able to ascertain. I quoted tbem la my sermon at tbe recent Baptist State Convention at Greensboro, ' N.- C. and as a number of tbe brethren asked me for copies, I must beg the Recorder to help ma comply witb their request. J. WM. JOKES. There is a place to me more dear ' ( l nan native vale or mountain ; . ; A place for which affection's tear. "7 .- o)fiiug gnuciu uwn us luuniuo. , Tis not where kindred souli abound, i nouga tbat were almost heaTen But where I first my Saviour found v : - And felt my sins forgiven. -' Hard was the toil to reach the shore, , j lxne tossed noon- the ocean : l r. j Above me was the thunder's roar. " 4 . 1 : . tk . Darkly the pall of night was thrown pr Around me faint wilh terror, -i In that lone hour how did my groan . Ascena tor. years ot error. : , ' . Sinking and panting as if for breatfei r, I knew not help was near me, : ' Save me, O Lord, I cried, from death. immortal Jesus bear me ! 1 Then, quick' thought, I felt Him mlae. My saviour stood before me, t-v I saw His brightness "round me shine', , And shouted glory I glory f -,"- Ji-tTgi.-pt-1tt.-t. . -...- j Oh, sacred hour O, hallowed spot, -: Where love divine first found me, Wherever fulls my distant lot, - 1 '. - My thoughts still hover 'round thee! c And when from earth I'm called to soar ; Up to my home in heave or 4 5 ' Down will I cast my look once more , Where I was first forgiven. - w (Relative Guilt, The Old Testament saints were very Imperfect saints, x Many of them, most of them, fell into- sin; it was not'very uncommon fori them', to fall into griev ous sin. Noah, Abraham,': Lot.-Jacob: David, Solomon, and how -many more we know not, were guilty of gross im moralities. " But the Lord forgave them all. We he be as lenient with ast The blood of Christ is . as efficacious now as it was then, and has power enough now, as it always had, and "will always have, to wipe oat any sin. StilL there is an equity in the dealings of God with bis people.;, increased light brings witb It, in the very nature, of things, Increased obligation; and the violation of a great obligat Ion ' involves ' deeper 5 guilt-; than the violation of an .obligation not so great. Hence, what would be a great crime In this, oar noonday of revelation and privilege, would have been a com paratively venial offence ; in the early dawn of divine light in tbe world. Noah would. not Le guilty of. drunkenness now, nor Abraham of deceit, nor David ofhis numerous crimes. On the other hand, we who lead what are called irre proachable lives now, would have com mitted as great . sins if we- had lived tnree or lour, or nve tnoasand years ago, as any of those of that date no w on record s. . - ra: Take the patriarchs and prophets. witn tne lignc tnat they bad, and com pare them with ourselves, with the light tnat we nave, and it may be that while their overt acts of wrong are far grosser than oars, their guilt was nevertheless far less , than , oars, y Those who , lived long ago found great, forgiveness for. great sins: oat we mast not infer from this that we shall e dealt with as era-: cionsiy, u we snould do the same things. , While the evil deed might be tbe same, the degree of sin would not be the wme. God knew how to make allowance in those early days for the want of light, and. for the influence of evil surroundings. He knows now how to bold ua responsible for our ereater light and increased advantages. If one of ns bas committed grievous sin. let him not expect the same forbearance that was vouchsafed to sinners wbo lived forty centaries ago. An excase four thousand years old which was good at tha time, is out of date now. We often wonder that. God was so long-suffering with those who have gone: before us; tne greater wonder is tnat be enould be so long suffering with ourselves. There is one saying which is appropriate in any age of the world: "U thoa. Lord, sbouldest mark iniquities, O. Lord, who shall stand !" . Ps. 130 : Z. Christian Indtx. .. ' ' vr- - . SevivaZ at New Bethel, ? I held a meeting at New Bethel, com mencing the second Sunday in October and continuing eleven days. There were forty professions daring ? the services. from among whom there were twenty- six accessions to the obureb. r .-- During the year just ended, this church has given more liberally: for missions than ever before during its blstory of seventeen years. ,-.; ? t , . I have, since last August, baptized Into my churches eighty new members. To God be praise and thanks for bis mer cies and grace. . - . - "G. W. COPPEDGK. Z Assurance. y A carpenter who is at work on a lofty scaffold, does not keep looking down' ward, measuring with bis eye the dis tance to the earth, and imagining the dreadful consequences of a fall. ;. If be did, he might soon become dizzy and, lose his balance; bat no, he goes quietly jabout his, work, occupying his mind with its details without the thought of falling. It should be so with the Chris tian. He should sot be constantly ex amining bis own spiritual moods, bat should engage heartily and steadily in Christian work, which is the best care for spiritual hypochondria. - - Take the place and attitude that be long to you. and all men acquiesce. Tbe 'world moKt be last. It allows every man with profound unconcern to set bis own rate. Hero t-r. driveller, It med dles not la the matt r.--r It will certainly accept your own measure of your doing and being. ismerson. - x ; Music In its highest and noblest form.' Is devotional, y "All Inmost things, says Carlyle, "are melodious; naturally utter themselves in song, , See deep enough and yoa see musically." There is ome- tniug sacramental," says Charles Kings ley, "in ? perfect t metre ; and rhythm. They are outward and visible signs of an Inward and spiritual grace. v . Four things come not back the spo ken word, the eped arrow, the part life, the neglected cppcrtcity. Hazltit. $S 2, $8 50 $15 00 $27 00 3 inches..... 3 iuctica.;... i inches. . . uarter col. Third col... Halt col .. One column 2 001 8 00 . 4 00 '5 00 6 50 15 00 2750 8500 BO W i'i 00 52 00 65 00 80 00 , 85 00 135 00 275 00 8 50 21 00 11 00! IS 00 23 00 80 00 27 50 87 00 50 00 65 00 75 00 moo 7 60! 10 0? 60 00 17 50 45 00 100 00 185 00 Special Notices charged 20 cenu a tine. - , No contracts made for every-other-week adver tiaemeats.' " . ' - - 1 Obknariea, sixty words long, are Inserted free of charge. .When they exceed this length, one cent for each word most be paid in advance. -:, JL Christmas Entertainment, (iXChrMmas is coming t The ;.qaestion witn all children, loving workers in our Baptist Sunday-schools, Is, "How shall we bring a bit of Christmas joy down Into oar Sunday -schools!" v All wleamg to find the solution to this question may obtain It by sending their names to Miss Fannie E. Heck, Raleigh, Ni C, who will: send .them, free of all charge, a complete plan for an ictere&tirg and de lightful Christmas entertainment, &c. i Apply at once. Address . i- ?i J Raleigh, N..C. Christ's Need of Us. I That we need the Lord Jesus, CbrUt is - - a religions axiom that certainly no Chris- . tian will dispute, i But it is equally true that In' order to the fnlnllmertt of His : glorious scheme of the world's, tedemp- - i tiop,' He needs all : of us who prof ecs to ; be His people..; Jesus Chrisls or Jrro prietor; all that we pretend to own is a lease from Him, and to be ased not for' ' self, but in His eerviee. - We do not even ' ' own our own ourselves "in fee simple.". We are, bought with - Christ's precious atoning blood ; therefore are to glorify Hun witn oar bodies ana our seals, oar time, our money, and oar influence. - - c There is a eide-light, thrown upon $1 00 this important truth by the little Infci- " . dent that - occurred before oaf Lord's ' remarkable-eD try-into Jerusalem. : He f sendstwoof His disciples into the vil- : v lageof Bethpage with certain explicit , instructions. . "Go your way into the Village over tigamet you, in the which, as ye enter, ye snail, nnd a eoit tiea whereon no man ever yet eat; loose bim and bring him.?Their, omniscient Mas ter predicts; not; only just "where the '- beabt thall be found but that: they -. will be asked,' "Why do. ye loose the - eoUfM The suclent answer was to be , he .Lord-hath need of That. , was, the elaim which they were to pre sent, Sagacious old ' Matthew Henry -(the prince of practical commentators) remarks that our Saviour "went to sea v in a borrowed boat, rode on a borrowed colt, and was buried in a borrowed sep- t nlchre." It seems presumptuous to dis- - sent from any of Henry's bright expres- r sions; but there is an important sense . inp which our Lord never ''borrowed" . anything. He had supreme ownership. The Father had given all things into His hands. He owned the sea and com manded it 'tto be quiet at His bidding: , He put even the tlsb in the eea under tribute when He told Peter to go and get one with a ball shekel in its mouth. He owned the trees, and smote a fig-tree with perpetual barrenness when it was claying impostor. He owned the temple, and scourged out the sacrilegious huck sters who were turning it into a house - of merchandise.- - That ass s ' eolr. was -really Christ's property; He. requued it -for Bis own nee, and was only asserting His sovereign claim when He said tbat -, He "had needn of It. J . -z-. Jesas Christ describes Himself 'under " the figure of a Shepherd coming to seek 1 and to save His wandering sheep. That - the poor forlorn vagrants needed the ' Shepherd's restoring love, and needed ' to be brought back and Jed and shel- . tered, is. very trues jtjs equally true : that the divine Shepherd bath need of His flock ; His infinite heart : of love -could only be satisfied by their recovery A sick child requires a mother's care, ; bat still more does the mother's heart reqaire the, darling of ber love. If .. Heaven would not be Heaven to as, were Jesas not! there, neither wonld it - be each a Heaven as Jesas desires, if a . multitude of redeemed souls Were not there also to chant His praise, j Rever ently be it said that the glorified Re deemer needs as in His many mansions; - or else He could not "see of tbe travail - of His soul and be satisfied." i That was -the joy set before Him, for! which He endured the cross and bore all Its shame ? and agonies. . - f - The true idea which every Christian should keep in mind is, that he does not own himself. Christ owns as, and has ; a perfect right to put ns jast where He chooses, and to demand of . ns just what He wants, j He bas a right to the first lings ot the flock to the brightest sons , and daughters of oaf families. ;The best brains and highest culture are none too good for Hia service.;" If His pulpits and His ' mission fields need them? then in God's name let them not be confiscated : to mere money-making, or office-seeking, "' or earthly ambitions of any kind. J What ' we call oar property really belongs to - Christ; we only surrender to Him His own when we pour it -into His treasury I Jesus has tbe first claim a claim to tbe best, and Is not to be put off with tbe ', candle-ends and the cheese parings. Is this great principle acknowledged by - . those church-members who squander their thousands on fine bouses and equi-: page; and then dribble out stingily what "they eau error" 11) to Him who bas - purchased for them an eternal salvation! Ah, let such remember that they cannot afford to rob their loving Master of what - is His own. ; It is no sin to have money, bat it is a ein to let money have ns. If we put the chest of gold on our own shoulders, ft may erash us into selfish ness and ruin : if we pat it ander oar feet, it may lift us up to itsefulnessand ; the emue of our approving Lord. ; How much of my time and mobey and talents does Jesus Christ needt That is the way; that cnrisuans should look at the matter. - ; " ' -- --'i - -. The supreiro ownership by Jesas Christ allows him to take away from na -whatever He wilL and when He will. A beloved and eloquent minister, a Sum- ' I merfield, a McCheyne, a Nott, a Dudley Tyng is ealled away to heaven, and a bereaved ehurea wonders why they are bereft. "The Lord hath need of them" ' somewhere else. That is enough. - Our ' bright eon sickens and dies ; our lovely daughter droops away and vanishes from our arms. Why is this! we cry out in oof agony.? The Master ; was only ' taking "Hie own'; let ns open oot oar ' mouths, for He did it. Hs needed to do it; there was e, divine purposa of wisdom to be served; . God's dealipgs are often ; igreat n?"teries, but they are never mis- ' takes, tie puts His own wbere He needs - them mo-t. He gives ns the discipline , . that -we most require. Then, good friends, if our divine Lord once bad need of a little bit'of-d beagt in Jerusalem, : . let us eomfort ourselves with the thought ' that He jiotg honor on sach humble ' creatures as. we are ten He coade-. scends to use oa or ours for Ilia I! service. Dr. . T. L:y Cuyler, in 'Zi Evangelist. - 3ed Y. I have f-cldom', known any deserted truth in trifl??, who trusted in : uiatt era cf i; Paley. Ot 3 ec ;. wbo i la
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