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 But for (lie present Ameriean war, this little 
 rolume,lonfrerethiSy would have issued from the 
 "American Baptist Publication Society" of Phi- 
 ladephia, under a fictitious name; the manuscript 
 having been examined and approved of by that 
 Society before the breaking out of the war; but 
 since the commencement of hostilities, that very 
 useful society has published no new works. 
 
 i33S^ ^fotv additions have been made since the 
 return of the manuscript. 
 
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THlE 
 
 
 ^/^uc^<W^ 
 
 have none. Because what would be consider- 
 ed a suitable one by us, might not be so con- 
 sidered by the reader; and some might construe such 
 an embellishment, into a dy attempt to prejudice the 
 mind of the reader at the very onset. Whereas in fiX-t 
 it is very far from our wish, either to connnen.c, 
 continue, or end in any manner, than such il^ be- 
 comes an investigation of God's word. 
 
 fe have none. Because we think it useless (,o 
 Write, what is so very seldom read. 
 
 M 
 
 '^m€y^. 
 
 one is made. We think this little woj'k may be^ 
 nefit the reader, but we know it will not the 
 
6 
 
 THE BERBAK. 
 
 writ,.,; ami therefore fails to see wherein any apolosr 
 ."called to., beyond following a senseless fashiof 
 -Inch we do not feel disposed to do, in addition to 
 <Mir time and trouble gratuitously given. 
 
 [ccause, of the host of works already inexistance 
 _l on the subject of Baptism, none, in our opinion 
 -■« well adapted for "77,. mlli«^ " . Because in the 
 l"»t place: they are too large to be generally read: 
 ■""' m the next place, they are too Doetor-of-Divini- 
 l.v-i»h, aud M«8ter-of-Art-ish for the massa. Well ad- 
 "l-ted they are, to fill some niche in a theological li- 
 brary of some high educational establishment, but as 
 » necessary consequence, no, well adapted to be 
 thumbed by "TAc MiUio,, "- too much Greek, and 
 .00 „,any authors quoted- too many deductions and 
 .nfore.,ces_and too little "Thus saith the Lord". 
 1 lie general reader who commences to read them,may 
 -e enabled to pick up here and there an occasional 
 ciMu.b of„,formation,but he finds each morsel 
 »u,-,ounded and at times buried, by such a mass of 
 i""™«l, au,l to him useless verbaige, that the task is 
 ..bmdoned. It is „ke some antiquated doctor, pre- 
 ■scnbing to a patient, five ounces of Peruvian-bark.for 
 tl>e sake of the few grains of Quinine contained there. 
 
 Tliere is so imich ''cltatlzo''' 
 
 ''bapbe''' ''haptlzein''^ 
 
THR BEREAN. 
 
 ''deipnizor Haptizor ''lo?w" ^^Mizo^'nipto,'' bebapdse- 
 mon^^ ^^oUaa^^ »./?;» «./," ^^eisupo^^ ^^sumplmtoV^ -tm- 
 go'' Sfc, Hfc, S^r. With quotations from '' Sophocscs'" 
 '^Harac/u/as'' ^^Poufwrn'' ^^Thcmistim^^ ^'Hippoocrat- 
 ts'' ^^Pol^hUs'' ^^Porpharf ^^Siculus'' -Ecderi-A.t- 
 icus'^ -Moschus'' ^^Horodotm'^ ^^ Aeschyhes'' ^^Harpoc- 
 
 ina 
 
 HalkariiasHus'' ''Callimackns'' ''Pnrphinr 
 ''JamhUchusr ''Hyyothcsh;' ^'Dioscondes,'' the^^kpt^ 
 uagifir^c; ^c; ^. 
 
 Wiiile we are frank to admit, that the above le- 
 marks may perhaps be tinctured in some degree with 
 fox-and-the-sour-grapes-ism, because we cannof come 
 up to their standard; we nmst claim for ourselves a 
 nmch more extensive field of usefulness than they;for 
 while only one in a thousand can fully understand 
 many of then- productions; ten hundred in every 1000 
 will be able to understand ours. Such writers would 
 almost lead us to believe it as necessary for a lialf 
 dozen lexicons to accompany the Bible, as for a "ten- 
 der" to accompany the locomotive. 
 
 ^he ONLY doctrine which we propose to discuss 
 
 ^ m this work, is the subject of Hajtrwui, viz:- 
 
 whether this divine ordinance, is to be administered 
 
 ^y the sjyrinkling of u./ew drops of water upon the 
 
 /ace of an unconsciovs in/ant, or by the m;/^er.m of the 
 
 whole body of a person old enough to bcUcvc, and after 
 
* THE BEREAN. 
 
 such profession is luadc. 
 
 The former are correctly called Pedo-baptist,and 
 tlie latter Baptists, or Anabaptist; but as these names 
 iail to convey readily to tlie masses, the idea desired, 
 we shall-eveu at the risk of offending mv/ polite ears 
 - call tlie fbi-nier hfant Sprinklers: and for fear that 
 thes*' ''Ijijhnt sprinklers 'm^Y construe this most suita- 
 ble, and comprehensive name,into an uncliristian term 
 of reproach; we will call the latter-a name of parall- 
 el dignity~the Adult Immcrsers* 
 
 ^ung converts, like Paul, often exclaim, "Lord 
 what wilt thou have me to doV" and very natur- 
 ally become anxious to satisfy themselves in relation 
 to the doctrine of baptism. The inquirer seeks ad- 
 vice from some Adult-immerser, and is by him, recom- 
 mended to read the works of the pious Drs, A.andB. 
 These works are attentively read. Application is next 
 made to an Infant-sprinUer, and by him^ is strongly 
 urged to read a work by the sainted Dr. C. and the 
 ^oodoldDr.D. These requests are complied with; 
 and the impression produced upon the mind of the 
 inquirer is, that all four were good pious men, who 
 
 *By adult: we mean those, who are old enough to "be ready always 
 to give au answer to every man that aeketh you a reason of the hope" 
 that is in him. 
 
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 I desired, 
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 fear that 
 ost siiita- 
 tian term 
 if parall- 
 
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 y natur- 
 relation 
 eeks ad- 
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 L and B. 
 1 is next 
 strongly 
 md the 
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 dy always 
 the hope" 
 
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 THE BEREANT. ' 9 
 
 entertained very different vicw;^ on the doctrine of 
 baptism: but Httlo or nothing i^ done, towards satis- 
 fying his own iinnd, as to vviu;T God's revealed will 
 really is; and he b.giiis to think, that tlie two views 
 are so equally poised, rhar it ishxmaterial, and quite 
 beyond his power to decide the nice point upon which 
 Doctors diircr,l'or,iu the riiyiuing adage, 
 
 Wiien doctors disagree, 
 Disciples then are free. 
 consKpi, uLly decides upon taking "a leap in the dark'* 
 unit.s vvitli tiiat churcii with vvhon) he has hitherto 
 ■associated, without being able " to give an answer 
 to every man that asketh him a reason of the ho]»e 
 that is in him." 
 
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 ®///^i^ , a/i^a^h^ 
 
 It^ill no doubt be asked, what different course we 
 I ^propose to pursue. We answer, that we propose 
 to give all that Clod has said on the subject; 
 
 together with a few remarks of our own. We have 
 within our reach a number of good commentaries, 
 but we do not intend to avail ourselves of their assis- 
 tance: nor shall we quote but to a limited extent 
 from any other works. We admit, that the tempta. 
 tion to do so is almost too great to be resisted; but 
 for the sake of brevity we shall not. 
 
10 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
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 jome argue, that baptism being a non-essential, 
 _| and Adult-Immcrse,sH themselves admitting, that 
 iill Infant sprinkelrs; who "believe on the Lord Jesus 
 Christ, shall be saved;" the matter is therefore not 
 worth much trouble or consideration. We feel 
 that it requires a considerable mental effort on our 
 l>iirt, to resist the temptation to occupy considerable 
 space, in meeting this very flimsy argument, ( V) but 
 lor the sake of brevity we must content ourselves, 
 with owe argument, and one illustration. 
 
 *he thief on the cross; had never partaken of the 
 _ Lord's Supper, or doue any owe religious duty: 
 but on the contrary, had spent his whole life, untill 
 he was nailed to the cross, in the grossest crimes;yet 
 he has been in heaven nov- for about 1825 years,with 
 millions of Infant SprinUers, "singing God's praise;" 
 because ( blessed truth ) all things are ; in one sense, 
 non-essentials, except simply to "believe on the Lord 
 Jesus Christ," which he had done. 
 
 uppose, dear reader, you had been appointed by a 
 very dear friend; sole executor of an estate, and 
 
 
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THF BEREAN. 
 
 11 
 
 fiole guardian of two fine children. Could you for a 
 moment think of shewing any thing akin to partiali- 
 ty to either ? Would you follow strictly the instru- 
 ctions of the will with respect to the younger one, 
 and ignore, orbecoitpariitiv-Iy Iieedless with regard ^. 
 the elder? We will answer the question for you, bv 
 a decided negative - yon would not - you coufd not so 
 Hct. Now my deai wiuU; He "by whom we live, 
 move, and have our bcjjig," ],as, by his last Will ajid 
 Testauii-nt, U-it his ^yh/hmcrs'' two ordinances; and 
 upon what authority we ask; can an/ remain so very 
 heedhvss with ri.ptct to the first one instituted,whil8 
 they so strictly comply with the one last established? 
 Should any by their conduct, tell their maker; that 
 on.; of his ordinances is of littU^ or no consrcinence? 
 You certainly will not, we trust, think it unrea- 
 sonable, if we most [stoutly contend; that we all, 
 should do ALL, that a God of infinite wisdom has 
 commanded us to do; and at the time and in the man- 
 ner he has ordained. 
 
 ^e contend-in unison with the reader no doubt^- 
 that it would be decidedly wrong; to substitute 
 water instead of wine*r r little biscuitsf ; for " bread 
 
 * I wUl drink no more of the fruit of the VINE, until that day that 
 1 drink it new in the kingdom of God. Matt. 14: 25. 
 t JesuB took Bread, and blessed it, andBRAZ it, and gave to them. 
 
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 12 
 
 THF BEREAN. 
 
 broken", in tho admim'stration of this ordinance. 
 
 We tliink that tlio bread nhould be broken,* and 
 the wine jnjured ,out,t in tiie jjresence of'tlie connnu- 
 niciints;to assist tiieir" renieniberance ofnie." 
 
 Onr motto is; add nothing to, and take nothing 
 from; any onhnance instituted by Christ our head,but 
 Jiave a " thiis saith the Lord:" a "do this in remem- 
 berance ot'nie," "as I have connnanded you":and thus 
 prove that we love him, by "doing whatsoever he 
 connnands you." 
 
 Upon this point, there appears to be such a sat- 
 isfactory unanimity among all evangelical christians, 
 that it is really quite a refreshing religious luxury to 
 behold. But in complying with this ordinance, there is 
 no inconvenience, or ''cross" to bear He/ore the world:' 
 In that of adult immersion, there are both. Has not 
 this; tliink you reader, no small influence in causing 
 so much iiniformity in the "faith and practice'Vith 
 resjH ct to they«6' ordinance; and so little with respect 
 to tlie OTHER? 
 
 efore we proceed any further, it must he distinctly 
 understood, that we hold; as firmly as any sinner 
 
 He BRAKE it and said, Take eat, this is my body, which is BRO- 
 KEK" for you: this do in rememborance of me. 1 Cor.ll:26. 
 t Because ho hath POURED out his soul unto death. Isa. 53: 12. 
 
THE BEREAN. 
 
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 can possibly hold, tiiut the firsts greatest^ and 
 most importtiM—^'ililj important— Aniy en- 
 
 joined upon IIS all; is **/o believe nn the Ijortl 
 Jesus Christ.'' This is the doctiine that saves 
 the soul, jJuT, it is N(»j tin- object of this work, to 
 treat on tliis doctrine; !»iit one ol' very much less im- 
 portancc-coaiparing spintnni things; with spiritual 
 things: but yet ofvciy great importance: comparing 
 K.]>iritiiiil things with tc-niporal things. There are also 
 mrny other very in;portant doctrines contained in 
 God's word; but the on>.' which we Jiiive isolated 
 from the rest, in tfiis woik, is that oi" baptism. And 
 we wish moreover, \*J^RV particular attew 
 tion paid, with resp( ct to the manner in which 
 we propose to treat this subject. We intend giv- 
 ing every text in aod's word in which the 
 
 words BAPTISM, BAPTIZE, BAl'TIZKD, BAPTIZETH, BAP- 
 
 TiZEST, and baptizing occur. These words embrace 
 every word commencing with JBapt; with the ex- 
 ception of the word Bajxlst, which word occurs only 
 in connection with John the Bapist; which w^e think 
 it would be useless to give. 
 
 Reader examine tliese t( xts, when we come to 
 them, with all that care and attention that God's 
 word demands, and with no JjISSS. Read our 
 comments thereon, with that attention they are enti- 
 tled to, and HO more. 
 
 None of the foregoing words are to be found in 
 the Old Testament. 
 
u 
 
 THE BEBBAir. 
 
 netnember also this fact. That the Bible 
 was translated, from the languages in which it was 
 originally written, into that of the English, by thirty 
 Infant- Sprinkler, without one; Adull-hmwrscr. 
 
 THE PROPHETIC FORE-RUNNER-The com- 
 mencement of the Glorious Gospel dispensation, was 
 thus announced 14-50 years before the appearance of 
 John the Baptist; by the Prophet Isaiah, Chap .11,3: 
 "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Pre- 
 pare ye the way of the L^rd, make straight in the 
 desert a highway for our God." And again 379 years 
 before this glorious event, by the Prophet Malachi. 
 (Chf.p.3:l' )tlius:- '«Behold, I will send my messenger 
 and lie shall prepAre the way before me; and tlie 
 Lord, whom ye seek shall suddenly come/' 
 
 A short time before John's birth, "a angel of the 
 Lord of hosts," told his father; that "many shall re- 
 joice at his birth," and that "in the Spirit and power 
 of Elias," lie "shall go before, to make ready a people 
 prepared for the Lord." "In those days came John the 
 
 %^^^^*^' f'or this is he that was spoken of 
 
 by the ]iropoet Esaias, saying, The voice of one cry- 
 ing in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the 
 Lord." J/af///6U'.3:l,3. Now if this fore-nmner had 
 sprinkled infints; they certainly could not have form- 
 ed ajiy part of those "made ready, for the Lord," as 
 John was the same age as our Saviour. And if he 
 liad baptized all those who applied to him indiscrim- 
 iualc^y, wit'iout a/]y n'g;;rd to their faith; then we 
 
THE BEREAN. 
 
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 1 it was 
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 iss, Pre- 
 in the 
 9 years 
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 8SHii<rer 
 nd tlie 
 
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 power 
 people 
 ihn the 
 ken of 
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 Br had 
 form- 
 ■d," as 
 
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 look in vain forthe fu.filment of theproph.'cies made 
 concerning him, that ^^hcmuU ready a peoyle prepared 
 for the Lord.^'' 
 
 ■ JOHN THE liAPTlST-Thisisheofwhointhe 
 prophets, wiote. "Tlier • was a man sent from God, 
 whoM- naiiie was Joiin." John.\'A\. ''As it is written 
 ill tlie propliets. IJ.'iioId I send my messenger before 
 Thy tac), which sliall prepare Tiiy way before tiiee.- 
 MarL\y2, ««The word of God came unto John, the 
 son of Zacliarias in the wiklerness." Lulcc.'.i:'2. Herod 
 
 ";^''»^»^ l»c would have pnt him [.John Jto death 
 
 ..... feared the multitude, because they counted 
 him a« a prophet." Matt. 1 4;U.o. 
 
 CHK18T\S TI«>;T1M0NY— "Verily I say unto 
 you, among them that are born of woman there has 
 not risen a greater than John the Jiaprist."3i«//. I I : I | 
 
 JK«L'8and JUHNriiEACH REPENTANOK— 
 "In those days came Jolm the Baptist, preaching in 
 the wilderness, and saying, Repent ye for the king- 
 dom of heaven is at hand." Matt:S'A.2. 
 
 "Froui that time Jesus began to preach nnd \u 
 .say; Repent, for the kingdom ol heaven is at ham!.- 
 MattA'Al. 
 
 fE would much rather have quoted but one text 
 _ ^^it the time, and in regular order, but for very 
 selt-evident reasons, it would not be wise to do so as 
 far as the gospels are concerned. 
 
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 THE BEKEAN, 
 
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 ^HK un^ |(,ok<.(l i;,r fonMuiuuT. is now alumt fo 
 
 'ihImm- ill the most gl(,rious event of our worNrs 
 
 l.iMtoiy. As yt'f we have l,eeii, in a g,vat measure 
 
 'M-nip.ed with ooniments of our own, but an. now 
 
 Jnst enier^rji.^r i„to the chMir ocean of God's woni- let 
 
 ff'ert0 text U^ carefully studied. 
 
 •''^^''^'^"'''^^^ 3:5.(;.7.8,l77u.'.v./o.^,. k;„, ./,,,,,,,,^, 
 ">"^.Wm. .n„Tnll ihv rrginn ro„„J af.onf Jnnhm; '-i^ av,f 
 '*-' " iHiJi^tiZett ( read-immerse.f sprinkle, or poured.) 
 '•'l>nn,n.lord,n,,rn>,fe,.!ng thnr sins. lh,t ,rh'n he smr 
 '^''y '>/rhi' nnnneesXaml !SnddHcerH\\r,m. to hi, tmp" 
 tifim, ( read itumersion, spnn/:fh,g, or pouring ) Ur 
 ■v"d„nto them, generatwu of ripen, .hn'hath ,r„med >/ou to 
 ffrr/romtheirrafhto am^pf Bring thvrvf ore forth fmiU% 
 unit for repentance, 
 
 MARK. 1:4 .b.—John did bupUze (read immerse 
 
 sprnd'h; or pom; ) iti the loildernm, and preneh the baptm 
 mw [read, immersmn, sprinkling or pouring, ] of re- 
 
 ; Some contend that the river Jordan, is not deep enough to imm- 
 er«em Perhaps it is not; but it certainly was. It would require much 
 less water f<.r John to immerse with; than for Naauian to dip himso'f 
 seven times. Ji. Kings: 5:]0. 
 
 fit will be found that if the word immerse, be substituted for • lu.^ 
 ol baptism, it will ALWAYS read quit as weU: but no other word Uiil ' 
 
 I Wo unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for yo are like 
 unto wbited Sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outside, but 
 aie withii; full of dead men's bones. Matt:23:27. 
 
 II For , . S.;dducee8 say that there is ^o resurrection, Act8.23:8, 
 JMa:4*>' v i •'*0r..s^8werable to amendment o« life." 
 
THE BEREAV. 
 
 17 
 
 lIxMIt to 
 
 neasure 
 iire now 
 'onl; let 
 
 ; * tunf 
 poured.) 
 
 Ill' sum 
 
 1 hnpm 
 
 uig) Ih 
 »jI i/ou to 
 fruits % 
 
 merne 
 bapt» 
 
 ] o/re- 
 
 i to imra- 
 ire iiiiK'h 
 > himsa'f 
 
 1 for <:\ii>.t 
 
 rd will. 
 are like 
 side, bat 
 
 t8.23:8. 
 
 r 
 
 ptntanrefo- the mtUMwn of ^!m. .hal there naif nut unto 
 him of. the hunt ofJmh.,, ntol thn, of ,hru»>ikm, ami were ull 
 bapilxed [ roul fmmerftfff, sprii.kK d or poured, ] uf 
 him in the river Jonfuti, eotiftHxiiig their xitiM. 
 
 LUKLE. 3: 3,7. — .1,*,/ /wntme mtto the eoimtri/ nimut ,hn 
 ihn,,pr„a-hiug the buplUtm ( read tmmerftiOH, sprik- 
 
 hug or p.,nring, ) .f,;'p,.„t,.ne,f„' //„• ,rml,ss:,m ,fsi„.* 
 
 Then said he tt, th, nnii/itinfr thot ea on forth f^i !„■ bupti 
 tea ( rca<l, immersHi, .'Sprinkled, or poured. ) of him. 
 Ogeine'tioi, ,f rigors, irhn hnth ir„n,e,l you to live from th> 
 irrath to eom^ / Jirimj forth the rr/ore fruits north n of re on, I, 
 one*. 
 
 MIE tnungclist Julm iiiak«'s no ulliision to ./oln/s 
 
 ba[»ti.sni. JJut tow subjects aiv uu'iitioinMl by 
 tlieiij all. In the Ibregoiiig, we have instinetioii [ I J 
 as to the su/jjccfs ba|>ti.se(I,-those ''amjh.sing iheir sin.s' 
 or "/«//f/e ready' throuirh the -pn-uhhtg </repenlo,tce' 
 by John, and [ 2 ]the mamem-MJV*Wordan. 
 
 Both Matthew and Mark plainly state, that the 
 paities baptized by John, were those ''confessing their 
 .S7//.V;- and HO Other, Even adults, who came and aj.- 
 plied tbi' baptism were refused, because they gave no 
 satisfactory evidence of their belief in Christ-wiio.sr 
 Ibre-runuer he was. ^fter John had satisfied him- 
 self on this matter, *'thcy were baptized ofhiml^M^^ 
 Jordan ran Matthew has it; or ''7/jere all baptized of 
 him in the river Jordan,'' as ]\[ark states it. 
 
 Witli tliese tew plain comments, on a few plain 
 
 • Thciu shall go before the face of the Lord to give know- 
 ledge of salvation unto his peoplo, by the remission of their sins.Lnke.t:?*; 
 
J 8 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 ! i 
 
 texts, we miglit to be allowed toproceed, but in con- 
 
 scqiu^iice of .some very foolish objections raised by lu- 
 
 J'ant-Sqnnkltn, \Ki our views of the foregoing texts, 
 
 we feel in duty bound, to make a few additional re-' 
 
 marks. 
 
 Here we may be allowed to state, that although 
 there is perfect agreement among Infant- Si)rinMers 
 iis to the sprinkling of infants, there hnoue as to their 
 reasons. If we compare one of their writers with an- 
 othej-, all argument is given up, because each wri- 
 ter entertains views peculiar to himself. Let the fol- 
 lowing illustrations gufRce. Dr. Miller, in his pub- 
 lic controversy with Dr. Carson, give& the following 
 as Ills opinion why John resorted to tlife river:- 
 
 " John, was a poor man; it is not to be supposed that he 
 posvsessed ajyproprlate vessels for administering baptism to 
 such a multitude by pouAig or sprinkling. He therefore 
 seems to have made use of the rivers and streams in the 
 ■fiighboarhood." 
 
 Contrast the above with the following, which 
 we copy torn one of the most popular works they 
 have goU—Hibbard's Christian Baptism, page 26. :- 
 
 " We may suppose ht sprinkled the people by means of 
 a hyssop branch, dipped in water. If this were the actual 
 manner of John's baptism, he might have performed the labo- 
 ur with comparative ease, administering to many at the same 
 instant of timej as they might pass before him in rank. 
 
 Jlr»Miller places, both John, and the candidate, 
 
 in the river^ because Joha could not find so much as 
 
19 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 n 
 
 a cockle-shell to hold sufficient water to sprinkle 
 them on land ! ! This is far too tedious a process for 
 the fast Mr. Hibbaid; for notwithstanding the Ho!v 
 Spirit placed both John ;md the candidates "tt« ihe 
 river,^' he places thonj both on drp laud, and 
 then -holy-water liishioii- sprinkles them by the 
 gross ! and perhaps the ''camels mid a.sses" too; for in 
 another part of his work; he assigns^ as the reason 
 why a place oi '•'much water''' was chosen,was, because 
 the camels and asses belonging to the company re- 
 quired much drink.* 
 
 The very parties who thus conjecture, use as an 
 argument agahist immersion, that we never in the bi- 
 ble reiid 41 bout the changing of the wet cloths !Now if 
 wo read that on a certain Sunday evening, ten infants 
 were sprinkled in an Episcopalian Church; we would 
 
 * In the prefiice of this work the author eays:- " In the follow- 
 ing pages the reader is presented with ALL that information which is 
 strictly important to the subject of baptism." And again, in another 
 place:-'* If I ha\^ any deubt of the vltimate satisfaction of the reader's 
 mind as the reality of the divine institution of Infant baptism, that doubt 
 is the offispring, not of any suspicicn that there is a want af evidence in 
 the case, but, of a fear that the reader will be deluded into that (natural 
 imbecility iWhioh rejects all testimony, BUT THE HOST POSITIVE, 
 which professes to be guided only by the speofic declarations, in so many 
 words, OF THE WOBD OF GOD.'^ This is very much like the follow- 
 iiig which we copy from page 58, of a smHll work of the same name by 
 Rev. John Wood, of Brantford.C.W. "We are askjd to produce one 
 positive command in the New Testament to baptize infants; we reply 
 just as broadly as any could desire, WE CANNOT! We wiU, give 
 them the LOOK, the SIGNAL, BUT NOT THE WOBBS OF CHBIST" 
 
^^ THE BEREAN. 
 
 have a right to assume, that the ordinance was per- 
 ibimed in, not by the church; by a minister, -that 
 tlit're was a bowl of wafer, --that there were iQod- 
 ial liers and G<h1 motliers theie.&c; «fec. though none 
 •'S'llu'Ui sliould be Djiiiied in the notice. But we should 
 have 7/0 rig/i( whatever to assume, tliat the ordinance 
 was |).!iformed by some layman, ''near to'' the Church, 
 with milk, or to conjecture that the officiating minis- 
 ter has not yet tak^i off his sacerdotal robes. 
 
 We read that Christ commanded a "company of 
 5000, to sit down on the grass," but we do not read 
 of them getting up again. Now it is quite legitimate 
 to suppose that they did get up: but not legitimate to 
 suppose that they sat on chairs. 
 
 Ask any chiid,after reading the foregoing texts. 
 Who were baptized by John ? The answer will al- 
 ways be. "those 'confessing their siiis* " ? Ask who were 
 refused baptism by John ? The answer will always be; 
 "those V ho did not 'bring forth fruits meet for repent- 
 a7ice: " Again ask: Where did John baptize 1 The 
 answer will always be. "Zw the river Jordan?^ 
 
 It has been repeatedly affirmed by writers; that 
 the statement here clearly made that John was bap- 
 tizing "in the river Jordan.'" did not prove any thing 
 as to the mode practiced by him, any more than bap- 
 tizing "in the ivilderncss,'' did. We fail to see any more 
 difficulty in parties being "burled by baptismf hy John 
 "in the river Jordan,'' "in the wilderness,'' than for Joab 
 ( I Kings.2:.'i4. ) to be "bn,rird " " in his own house," 
 "in the wilderness", after he was slain by Benaiah. 
 
was per- 
 
 Jr, -that 
 re God- 
 igh none 
 ve should 
 •idinance 
 Church, 
 ig niinis- 
 I. 
 
 ipany of 
 not read 
 gitimate 
 iniate to 
 
 ig texts, 
 will al- 
 ho were 
 ways be; 
 r repenf- 
 Qi The 
 dan''^ 
 Jrs; that 
 ^as bap- 
 y thing 
 an bap- 
 ly more 
 )y John 
 or Joab 
 home,''* 
 iah. 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 21 
 
 It is quite true, that it is stated that John was 
 in the wilderness baptizing; and 6*72^% as true,that the 
 write#once slept, buried in comfortable cloths, in a 
 bed,m a room, in a house, in a yard, in a village,m a 
 wildt'rnesK;, ///, a county, in Canada, in America. We 
 migl r say, and say correctly, that wo had slept in A- 
 iner/ca, in Ca/u^, or i// (he wilderness', a very large bed 
 these quibblers perhaps will say. Having performed 
 such a wonderful teat, we can readily understand how 
 John could baptiz in the river Jordu?i, in the wilder- 
 ness. The children of Israel did eat manna "until I 
 they came unto the bwders of the land of Canaan," 
 but not after they went in. Were a little boy to in- 
 form you, that his father was in the woods, in a shan- 
 ty, making sugarj his brothers in the river washinir 
 the sheep; and his mother gone to the creek to spriu- 
 le the cloths; wou!d you not perfectly well under- 
 stand himV Why then make any mystery about lang- 
 uage equally plain? 
 
 If John was only Hif'or "-nfiar to " the river -as 
 it has been attempted to prove- he was only near to, 
 or by the wilderness', and if he was in the wilderness; 
 he was in the river. By the way: a party cannot be 
 in a wilderness; without being immersed therein; but 
 in'a river he may. The meaning of words musi be go- 
 verned; by their connections and associations. When 
 Christ was in a boat; and Jonah in Nineveh; they 
 were not buried: but when one was in the sepulchre, 
 
22 
 
 THE fiJB^^. 
 
 re"' tcBl f/^''' "'^''''' '^"y ^oy -«'«•«- cor- 
 rect to c«l Frauce uear to England; although twen ' 
 
 ty o.,e „„lo. therefro>„: and it irequally as ~ t 
 2 that ..tche. are far apart; i? „nf, a^Kct 
 asunder. Agam, were we to read about the jumpins 
 of an elephant, a deer and a flea: the idea convZ to 
 our mznd, would not be that each jumped the 1° 
 distance; or that each jumped a disitce in !„" 
 t.on to their weight: for if the elephant was toTumo 
 - fer ^ the flea in proportion to L weight it wou"d 
 jump^about 300 miles ! ^ ^.« would 
 
 We shall soon find John telling his hearers th»t 
 he had baptised ^W. water;" not^ith JZ^ 
 with JbrAiu; or with Barhabara. 
 
 Thi. hfam-SfriMen also wish to make it an- 
 pear, that by "Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the 
 region round about Jordan;" is meant lit^aUy the en- 
 ire population of those territories, and make out 
 their numbers so very great, that it would be impos- 
 sible to baptise them by immersion. Let two bible 
 «amples illustrate the fallacy of this argument. 
 
 i-xodus. 9:(i. "And the Lord did that thing on 
 
 he morrow, and nil the tattle of Egypt ai^a. 
 
 Ihe next pleague, ( v 9 ) was, " blai.is upon man 
 
 and 6««,, throughout all the land of E..y„t - 
 
 Aga,n. "(vis.) "Behold, tomorrow about thislL'e I 
 
 will «.u* ,t to rain,a very grevious hail, upon every 
 
 man and hemt, and they shall «««."[ ig-sg i 
 
 "And ,t came to pass, that at midnight that the 
 
 
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THE BEREAM. 
 
 23 
 
 Lord smote all the first-born in tlie land^of Egypt... 
 Bnd aPthe first-born of cattle. 
 
 Again. But a short time after ''allJtid^d^&c: we 
 find the Pharisees saying: "behold the world is gone 
 after him." A short time altfiwards, we find Christ 
 telling his disciples: " If the world hate you, y«; 
 know that it hated me." Still a short time after thi*.- 
 ''the WHOLe MiiLTiTune of them," "cried out, sayiiii: 
 CRUCIFY him, CRuciFv him. And all this in tin; tm, 
 place where ail the inhabitants but a short time be- 
 fore, hud, according to their statements, been baptiz- 
 ed, after "confessing tlieir sins." 
 
 A great deal has been%aid and written about the 
 impossibility of inmiersiug so r.iany as were baptiz- 
 ed, on this and another occasion. We shall meet 
 this objection at the place where we are informed of 
 the exact number baptized. 
 
 It is enough for us, it aught to be enough for all; 
 that God says that the inhabitants of certain places- 
 let them be many or few-mweto Tohn to be baptized; 
 and those of them who covfesscd their mis, he baptiz- 
 ed in Jordan, Such a confession infants cann«.r 
 make; and if they could, they could not come; thcN 
 would have to be hrough, as when blessed by Christ. ' 
 
 MATTHEW.3:11— //u(;eecZft«|irtsc (read imme" 
 rse, sprinkle or pour, ] j/ou with loater unto repmtame: but 
 he that Cometh after me u mightier than I, whocs shoes I am 
 not worthy to bear; he shall baptise (read immerse or 
 Sprinkle or 'pour. )^o« with the ITolfj Ghngt. 
 
24 
 
 THE riEREAN. 
 
 i 
 
 P»", > ../* «..r, J„, M«-« ,,^*(A one am^ y„V., 
 
 vlf tt ^!, ^! "T *■"" "" ^'''^ ■»■■«•'* be don,., and 
 jet the candidate be only sprinkled. That the W 
 
 ^?«age W.11 bear s„ch a n.eaning, we admit; bnt the 
 
 ^rcnmtance. wiu. »oT. Why go f„ «te rt»er to 
 
 M-«.KKLE ? Ask any child how its fether washes the 
 
 fcn as » „a««", and both wonld be strictly correct 
 Now ask ,t how its mother damps the clolhs t"! 
 pare them for ironing; arrf ft ^i, ,, ^ ^ 
 
 "ad not .„ water. The pnnishment of the wz^ck^i; 
 .i.««r.bed both as sufferings fire, and »,V4 fire. 
 
 John ,8 here evidently contrasting a /.V^«; 
 baphsm by ««-, with which his hearers were f^. 
 harp with a lueral baptism, of the Holy Ghost with 
 which they were yet unacquainted. All we nee^ • 
 «»y here, «b««t the baptism te. which »Il™ion is madte 
 
THP BESEAK. 
 
 ^i baptixe 
 
 ^ffoly Ghott. 
 
 immerse 
 
 ^t'tier than I 
 ^y to unloom: 
 de or pour, ) 
 
 '8e sprinkle 
 ^ y^ &o. 
 
 J who fscfa- 
 ^ther^ 
 i water » 
 
 dono, and 
 t the lan- 
 y but ther 
 river to 
 
 .cashes the 
 with wa- 
 correct. 
 18 to pre- 
 say, withy 
 wicked iff 
 5re. 
 
 a literal 
 ere fami- . 
 )st with 
 we need ' 
 i is made 
 
 2d 
 
 is, that, event is thus recorded:- "and suddenly there 
 
 ng. If that was not an imrmniou of |^r whole 
 b d es, ^^ ^^ .^^.^•^ whole 
 
 bodj When JnJant-ST,rinkUrs pray ( as a//of them 
 oA. do and ... ..y U.ily. ) ,. ,, ,^,,,, ,,, ^,^, 
 Hdy Ghosts, Pentecostal outpouring; do they mean 
 only u sna.Kuxa y Matthew, Mark, Luke, L. a.ul 
 
 a^T;, ;\;;t '•*'; ^ ^'^. ^'^" ''^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^p^-^ ^^ ---; 
 
 a spri klinr/'l^ '^ '^'^ ^^^^ ^^-'- I^'o"e was 
 a sprnikiing, A,>//i wero. Moreover the one was wit/. 
 water; and the other; M the Holy Ghost 
 
 .^«^^;^''^'^tanding the Holy Spirit places John /. 
 the nver; desperate attempts have been made an 
 hundre s of pages written, to bring him .. ofThet 
 ver, and place hnn on It. edge ! If they succeed in 
 tins attempt, they will posess a power greater tha 
 H.m, who "rebuked the winds and the sfa and ther 
 was a great cahn;" because the temptest "i the '"'' 
 wh^ C,„3t "rebuked;" they would send to its Z^ 
 And "every creature whici; is in heaven. . and 1 
 he sea^ ,Rev,5:13. ) they would bring tJLj;:^; 
 
 rX'^I^^ ^^"v -^^^^"^ "°^^ dL this \;: 
 
 EHe^l^O "eve,, hvingsoul died .^^ 
 
h I 
 
 ri i\ 
 
 26 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 eat, ] then, i/thm he not that Christ, nor FJiag, neither that 
 J*>'oj)het. 
 
 I Y this ^xt we understand that John meant that 
 
 he was not Elias in person; in the sense they 
 
 meant. But though he was not that prophet, or thp 
 Messiah, he was commissioned to baptize Ms diselpks 
 with water; which was an outward sign of the Spirit- 
 ual blessings to be conferred on them, by the long 
 wished for Messiah, whose harbinger he was. 
 
 JOHN 1:28. — Th^se things were done in Bethahara, U- 
 i/imd Jordan, where John was bap€izinff^.[ read inknte^ 
 rsing, pouring or sprinkiing; ] 
 
 ^HE fact that one of the Evangelists states that 
 John was baptizing " in the river Jordan,*^ ami 
 another tliat "these things were done in Bethabai-a"" 
 has been the occasion «€" the waste of much ink and 
 
 paper. "Gideon sent messengers -saying come 
 
 ilown against the Midiannites, and take before them 
 the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan." Judges.? :24. 
 This Jordan divided two coimties; and the words "be- 
 yond Jwdan'" occur five tiroes in the BiWe. Joha 
 evidently spoke of the river "«»" whieh John was 
 baptizing; audi Matthew, of the tmim along which the 
 river ran. This was just the same as if an American 
 should say "In Queenston beyond the St Lawrance."' 
 SiNne are baptized in the Thames^in London: aiui 
 some in the Hudson in ISew TorIL 
 
THE 
 
 BEBBAN. 
 
 g7 
 
 niher that 
 
 jant that 
 ise they 
 t, or tho 
 disciples 
 e Spirit- 
 he lorjg 
 
 (hant, bt- 
 
 es that 
 1," ami 
 abara"' 
 ak and 
 g come 
 6 them 
 !8.7:24^ 
 d&"1be- 
 Johot 
 n was 
 ch the 
 lerican 
 Mice."' 
 ; andi 
 
 MATTHEW.3:13,14,15,16.— Then cometh Jemis/rom 
 GitUke to Jordan unto John, to be buptised [ read lltf- 
 fnefsedli sprinkled or poured, ] of him. But John forbaih 
 him, saying. I have need to he BAPTIZED [read iWincVS^f 
 sprinkled or poured,} r/^Aw, and cometh thmi to mc ? And .,<- 
 Hits answering: saM unto him. Siijfpr it to he so now: for thus it 
 hecometh us tofidfil all ri(jitt('onsness. Then he suffered hiiv. 
 And Jesus when he n'l's UAI'TIZED. f read IMMIRBED, sprink- 
 led or poured)/ren^ up straightwfti/ out of the water; and, lo, the 
 heaveim were opened unto him, and he s<iw the Sftirit of God 
 descending lihe idnve, and lighting upon him. 
 
 MARK 1: 9, 10. — And it cnne t»pass in those days,that 
 
 Jesus aime from Nazareth of Galilee, and was BAPTIZEI> 
 
 ( read immersed, sprinkled or poured, J of John in Jordan/^ 
 
 and straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the hea- 
 
 Htns opined, and the. Spirit like a dove descending ujwn him, 
 
 LUKE. 3: 21. — Now when all the people were BAvnzED 
 C read immersed, sprinkled or poured, j it came to pasi, that 
 Jesus also being baptized (^ IMMERSED, sprinkled or pournd ^| 
 and praying, the heaven vns opened. 
 
 JOHN. 1: 31, 32, 'd'A.— And J knew him not; but that 
 He should be miide mAinifest to Israel, therefore am I eome 
 baptizing [^ read immersing, sprinkling or pouring, } with water 
 
 And I knew Him not: but He thit sent im t» baptize 
 
 I. read immerse, sprinkle or pour, ^, with water, the tame said 
 unto me, tipon whom thou shdt see t%e Spvrit deteending, and 
 renuiining on him, the same is he ichich, haptizeth \ read im- 
 mersdih sprinkleth or poureth, \ with the Moly; Ghosts 
 
28 
 
 THE BBBEAV. 
 
 JESUS was baptised Mof J„h„' .„ j„,^„„ .. .. ' 
 
 1 here ...nu. a »„W fi.„,„ ,,,„„, ^^ ^^ » . 
 
 bapti.™. At befor: God, ^^^^^f^f "' '""^ 
 
 "Wl,at a fu.s," cry 8„„,e, -these Ad,A.I,n,„er„, 
 
 nmke about bapti™,." Well, aa much a, tC I 
 
 "ake; very few of ihem have travelled on foowt 
 
 1/ they have not followed him . their Head-in tl 
 particular, they have all done so by "co«Z ' . 
 
 M. «.^;"-wbi„h only, is in.l„ded'i„re "lirf 
 
 ( hn»t ./ 1)0 they shnnk from following where i, i, 
 " cross to do so ? Remember, "Whosever doth no 
 
 -vl"^ cross, and come after me rand/„&„ ^ewC 
 '.= -4.; cannot be my disciple." £.^.10:27. •"„ 
 
 -tl. n.y connnandments and keepeth them, he tt 
 flat ioveth me." Jo/m.U:21. 
 
 Thou hast said, exalted Jeaua; 
 
 Take thy cross and foljow me; 
 Shall the word with terror seize us? 
 
 Shall we from the biirdeu flee ? 
 
' 
 
 ''VB BBBBAN. 99 
 
 l^ord ril take it, 
 
 And, rejoioJn<», follow thee. 
 
 While this licjuid tomb surveying. 
 
 Kinbleiu of my Savicmr's grate 
 Shall 1 Bbun its brink, bemiying 
 
 Feelings worthy of a slave ? 
 Not I'll enter: 
 Jesus enterd Jordan's wave. 
 
 .Should it rend some fond connection, 
 Should I suffer shame or loss 
 
 Yet the fragrant, blest reflection, 
 I have been where Jestis was, 
 Will revive me 
 
 When I i'aint beneath the cross" 
 
 JESU8 had been t-ircumciBed and he was now a- 
 bout thirty years of age. For the eighteen years 
 previous, no account of Him is given. He was now 
 coining forward to do " the work His father gave him 
 to do;" and the very Jirst public act he does, is, to 
 take a three days journey " to Jordaii unto John to be 
 baptized of Idmr Thus authenticating John's mission 
 and identify ing tlie ordinance* of baptisui with the 
 Christian dispensation, which was now being usher- 
 ed in. True, he had no sin to confess, and when on 
 this account John hesitated to bapti/e him, Jesus said 
 "suffer it to be so now." — "Christ also suffered for 
 us, -aving us an example, that we should follow iu 
 t . <.' 1 Peter. 2:21. 
 

 80 
 
 THF BBBBAN 
 
 Reader, have you hitherto looked upon this or- 
 dinance as uii uiiiiieHning ceremony ? The IWllIfy 
 did not 80 view it. Tiie moment the ;Soft waH bap- 
 tized, the Father cjills liim \\\% ^beloved Son,' and the 
 Holy Spirit descended upon Uim. 
 
 While we desire not to give any undue promi- 
 nence; to this ordinance: we shall be careful, not to be 
 intimidated from giving it its proper j)08ition; and 
 that is -Trinity like- u jnominant one. 
 " On this occasion only, do we find Christ speak- 
 of himself in the jdurul number. What are we to un- 
 derstand by the ^^becometh us to fulfil all righteous- 
 uejJSj" but, that those who would be "o/te" with him 
 —a '*6m;i6//'* of which he is the *'rtW— should 'yJ/Z/ow*' 
 him, tor those who love /a*w,will keep his commandments* 
 
 Let us see how a similar circumstance would 
 read, correctly recorded now, by an Infant- Sprinkler. 
 
 Mr. Drops went from Rochester to the Hudson, 
 where the liev.Mr.Cook was sj^rm^ZJwgf / and wa8*j>m 
 nhled by Mr. Cook, in the Hudson ! These things were 
 (lone in the City of Albany. 
 
 Fact No. I. .lesus was circumcised when a child. 
 Fact No.:i. When about thirty years of age, Jesus 
 took a three day's journey to the river 
 Jordan,expressly "to be baptized." 
 Fact No.:i. Jesus was baptized in Jordan* 
 M'^act No.4r. When baptized, Jesus "went up straig- 
 htway out of t/ie waterJ*^ 
 Fftrt Xo.o. The Fathor, tlio Son, and the Holv 
 
this or- 
 
 aH bap- 
 ' and th« 
 
 ! promt' 
 ot to b« 
 ion; and 
 
 t speak- 
 d to un- 
 
 [lltOOUS- 
 
 itli him 
 yhUow' 
 ndmcnfs, 
 woiiUI 
 jrlnkler. 
 ludson, 
 ^as sirri'- 
 gs were 
 
 child. 
 I, Jesus 
 e river 
 3d." 
 n. 
 straig- 
 
 Holy 
 
 TOE BERBAK. 
 
 31 
 
 Ghost.were audibly or visibly engaged 
 in tin; ordinnnoe. 
 
 J=VfCf No:G. JcHus who wns h.-iptizod ''In thp rif 
 er Jordan;' nnd when hnpti/.-d, 
 "wenf up .';ri;iii.lit\s'),y auf f*f the 
 water"' huxh -keep the ordinmuvs as 
 £ aelivfi'ctt them unto yon/' 
 
 ract ^0,7, Allrlie8.-.six /Virf* ,re in favour of 
 Ailiift-hinnrrsimu 
 
 ract Xo.^. ,Vo one of these faetn favour ,;,m,/. 
 ling in the nmotnt mantur. 
 
 |P:AR render, we hfvv." our misgivincr. thaf you 
 ^ are reading too hurriedly. Allow us to reni'ind 
 you, that you have n- id do Is word, ia which thr 
 words Bainize, ,]c. have heiT, used fivnih, two times; 
 and that at the introduction of the ordiiianco. Now 
 reader, what think you tlius farV Pause here a mo- 
 ment or two, and contemplate on what you have read 
 about: and make it a n.atter of duty, as we proceed, 
 to carefully examine every text and every comment. 
 
 JOHN. 3:25,23. and i:l,2.~After these thing, came ,h 
 mzandh.dm'rph, unto thr hnd of Jade.; and there h. tarri 
 edwuh them and baptized (red immersed sprinkled 
 or poureJ ) . ...And John was also baptizing^ ( read |Mi- 
 mersmg sprinkling or pouring,) in Enon near to Sallm 
 because there teas much water there; And they cam^^ and rc^. 
 
22 
 
 THE BEREAN". 
 
 baptised (read immersed sprinkled or poured,). 
 
 When tJi ere/ore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had 
 7ie:ird that Jems made and bfiptfZitd (read immersed 
 sprinkled or poured, ) tnore disciples than John (though Jesus 
 himfflf bapti'.ed not, hut his discipUs ) 
 
 ^IIE fact that neither Jesus nor 5o\m. found disci- 
 ples, but ^^madc'' tliein, and after being made bap- 
 ized them; and not baptized, and then afterwards 
 made into disciples, aught to satisfy every Christian: 
 as to the pro^wr subjects lor baptism. 
 
 And tlie tact that both Jesus and John '■'■tarried''' 
 at tlie places where they were baptizing: and that the 
 lirst place at which John thus tarried; was at the ri' 
 ver tifordan: and that he distinctly assigns as his 
 reason for remaining at Enon, was, BMCttVSJE 
 there was JfltfCH water there; should forever 
 settle the question as to tnode. 
 
 We are often asked to show what quantity, is 
 meant by '^mueh water."" All nmst be well aware that 
 things are large or small by comparison: for instance;- 
 one very small Island^ may contain many very 
 large mountains^ and each mountain have rruiny large 
 trees, and each tree have upon it thowarids of very large 
 leaves. But even a large Island could not contain 
 one small sea. What a number of Paul's **large 
 letter8."( Gal.G:ll. ) could be stowed away in one of 
 the '■'sm.all towns " taken by Jair ! ( Numb.32:41.) 
 By the same process of argument, it would be as ri- 
 diculous fwr John to have chosen a place of "mwcA wa- 
 
THE BEREAN. 
 
 m 
 
 ter" to sprinkle infaiite; hs it would for a g'.odhousr- 
 wife to chose a place of much water to mix h(>r idiis- 
 tard! 
 
 Let MA t.e»' how tliis would read by stihstituring 
 for thr word baptize; spr'.nkh. nnd hwncn^e. John icas 
 sprink/iv^r in Enon mar to Sahm. because there was murl< 
 water :hrre. And they came, and were sprinUrd. h rhr 
 rim- Jordan. When sprinkled came up mil ofth,- mrtu: 
 John was immersiftg in Enon rear to Salnn. I ■"(•'■".,' 
 there was much water there; Avd iheij came and nm :,',,- 
 mersed. In the river Jordan, ff'hen imnursni th^;/ rau, 
 up out of the water. 
 
 We learn that tlio mode of b.iptisiii {>»'acti( ,d by 
 John, was of a kiiul r<Mi!iiriiig much icafer. JVo mod.' 
 but immersion does. A .small bowl full, would 
 fciuflfice to sprinkle a hundred children. 
 
 Our Lord blessing little children, used to be con- 
 sidered a great argument in ftwour of infant sprinklinir 
 -this being look^'d upon as a baptism. More recent- 
 ly however, they have contended, that Adult-Immer- 
 «en make too much ado and/Jm about on ordinance, 
 which they boast, Jesus himself never so uiudi i,< 
 performed—quoting the foregoing text as proolofiii.-, 
 iact. They cannot hold to both of th<ve argunients, 
 and have therefore abandoned the tbrmer-that the 
 A/mm^ of the children was ^baptism; and cling to the 
 latter-that baptism is not oUnuch importance, beca- 
 use Christ did not administer it. 
 
 The Holy Spirtt does not inform us wLy Jesus ' 
 
 !' 
 
34 
 
 THE BEKEAN. 
 
 ii 
 
 did not baptize; The reader, and we, are therefore 
 left to conjecture it. Our conjecture is this: If in a 
 few years later we have Paul wj-iting thus:- "That 
 every one of you saith, lam of Paul, and I of Apollos, 
 I of Cephus, and T of Christ." &c J Cor. 1:12. Would 
 not those who might have been baptized by Christ, 
 liave been claiming *'tke jJre-eminmar ? 
 
 A word or two here, about Christ blessing little 
 children. These children were ^''brought;^^ those 
 who were baptized, ^^camer and had they come, if 
 they had not brought ^'fruits meet for repentance,'" they 
 would have been sent away unbaptized, like the Phar- 
 isees were. Surely, surely, ''his disciples'" would not 
 have "f«6iffe€«f" those who brought them- hut en- 
 nmraged- I/* they were complying with a command- 
 ment of Christ's, previously made. Before they 
 were even blessed, It is said of them, "of such is the 
 kingdom of heaven." The "of such," refers to like- 
 ness, not identity. The resemblance between children 
 and the disciples of Christ, is in receiving "the king- 
 dom of God as a little child^-^^'Be ye therefore fol- 
 lowers of God, as dear children:' Eph.5:l. 
 
 J0I1N.3:26. — And they came uuto John, and $aid unto 
 him, Rabbi, He that usaa with thee beyond Jordan,to whom thou 
 bareth witness; behold the same baptizeth [read iinme-' 
 raeih sprinkleth or poureth,] and all mm corns to him. 
 
 WORD here is sufficent. In/ant-Sprinklers have 
 ^made great efforts to calculate'; Jerusalem and all 
 
THEBEEBAN. g^ 
 
 e"a7v 'r^ ° "'"'" ''^'•*'^<^ ''>■ i— ion- hey lit! 
 era y reckonmg every m.livulual. Now we find "„« 
 
 Attentively note that tlieae all "came." 
 ,/■, Wr™ ^\^'*'.f -^'"'''« "•Oi'^pfe rta, Je„rf;.f„ „„^ 
 
 jUR Lord had just told the "messengers" "that 
 there is not a greater prophet than John the 
 Baptiet. But notwithstanding this; and "all neo- 
 pie admitted that his doctrine was "from heaven;" 
 and that ^en the publicans had been induced by his 
 preaching to "justify God"_;. acknowledging the 
 justness of the punishment which was denounced a! 
 gainst them for their sins, and their need of a change 
 of heart Yet the Pharicees rejected John's ministf; 
 ctnSmoI"'''^^"^»*"«--"^'-J-*edth: 
 
 f»r^^7 ^"^ '''"• *'^' '"'P*'''" ^"^ adminis- 
 tered only to those who believe. 
 
36 
 
 THB BBRBiK. 
 
 LUKE. 3:12. — Then came also publicans to be baptt' 
 Xed [ read ivntnevsed sprinkled or poured, )amd»aid un- 
 to him; Master what shall we do? 
 
 FROM this text we can learn nothing as to the 
 MODE of baptism, but much with respect the sub- 
 jticts. These publicans were evidently perfectly aware, 
 that certain qualifications were absolutely necessary be* 
 fore they would be allowed to be baptized.In Luke. 
 7:29. We read of some of this class teing baptized; 
 and it is stated for the express purpose, to shame the 
 Pharisee, who it is stated in the same verse, 8till"re- 
 jected the council of Ood;" "being not baptized of 
 him." [John.] 
 
 MATTHEW. 29:26. MARK, 11:30. LUKE.20 4.— 
 The baptiStn f read immersion sprinkling or pouring J 
 of John, whtnce was it ? from heaven, or of men f And they 
 reasoned with themselves, saying, if we shall say, From heave^i 
 He will say to us; Why didye not then believe him. But if we 
 shall say of men; toe fear the people; for all hold John as a 
 
 prophet. 
 
 The baptisfn {read mm^RSio^ sprinkling or pour- 
 ing j of John, was it from heaven or of men f <&'c. <&c, 
 
 >ROM these texts we learn nothing as to the mode 
 or subjects, but we do learn that John's bap- 
 tism was "/"riwi heaven.'^ Then do not let any 
 treat an ordinance from such a source cavalierly. 
 
THE BEREAN. 
 
 37 
 
 e bapti' 
 
 nd said un- 
 
 as to the 
 t the sub- 
 tly aware, 
 ssary fte- 
 .In Luke. 
 baptized; 
 shame the 
 still"re- 
 iptized of 
 
 CE.20-1.-— 
 pouring j 
 ■ And they 
 rom heaven 
 But if we 
 John as a 
 
 g or pour- 
 &c. 
 
 the mode 
 in' 8 bap- 
 b let any 
 
 ierly. 
 
 MARK. 10,38,39. — B\(t Jc.sut said unto them, yr kmm- 
 not lohat ye ash: can ye drink ffthc cup that I drink of 7 ami 
 he baptized (read immersed sprinkled or ponrcd) with 
 the btfiptism (read immersion, sprinklin^z orpourinj>;) that 
 I am baptized (read immersed, sprinkled or poured ] 
 v^ith? And they snj unto him, we can. And Jesus said vnM 
 them: ye shall indeed drink nf the cup that I d link of and 
 with the baptistn [road immersion, pouring or sprinkling] 
 that lam baptized withal shall yc- be baptized. 
 
 MATTHEW20:22,2:5.-.lrr.y.«W. to drink of the n,p 
 that 1 sh'dl drink of and he baptized [read immersed sprinkl- 
 ed or poured] icith the baptism that T amhaptizedwith'? TI,h<i 
 say nnto Ilini. We are able. And lie said unto them, Ve shall 
 drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptisn 
 that I am oaptized with.* 
 
 LUKE. 12:50. — I have a '.((ptism to he baptized with, and 
 how cm I straightened, tdl it is accomplished. •\ 
 
 • As a fulfilment of t'lis prophesy, read the following passages;- 
 Herod the hmg. . . . killed Jam ;s, the brother of John with th« 
 ■word. Act8.12:l. 
 
 If 80 be that we suffer with Him; that we may be also glorified fo- 
 gather. Rom.y;17. 
 
 They were stoned, thej were sawn aerinder, were twspted, were 
 riaiu with the tword. Heb.ll:33. 
 
 t He foil ou his face and prayed, aaymg, O iny Fathen if it be yun- 
 •ible let this cup pass from me. Luke. 22:42. 
 
 And being m an AGONY, He prayed more earnestly; and hit swont 
 was as it were GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD falling down to the ground 
 
 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be CSUCIPIED; and 
 they took J«su8, and led him away; and ho bearing his cross went forth 
 
 Jesus cned with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Hoi, lama sabaohtham? 
 
 My Gk)d, My Gol, why hath thou forsaken me 1 and Jesua cried 
 
 With a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. Mark. 16:84. 
 
''^^-v. 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 t8 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 J EAR in mind reader, that these baptisms y.vr^. 
 
 ^ figurative^ NOT UKAL — to denote 0VKKWiiiL:';r\i 
 Buffering. Was the death thus figuratively alhi I ! 
 to, which Christ was just about to suffer, tliink yo;i 
 dear reader, only a spvinFMn^ {!) of suff'ei'L:^ ? 
 or an itnmersimi, ofsuWe'vingl Does the yprin- 
 ling a /iei??' ffrj?/M' of water upon the face ot v.xx 
 unconscious infant', or the immersimi of a ccKt- 
 scious person ii} ^<'inuch trfiie»\'*'' moyt apiu'oj si- 
 ately represents intense si/Jfcringy Wh;it can iiio. ;•> 
 uptly represent Chrisf.-i sun'orings, Ih.in ;ai hiiiaersio:! 
 of the whole body in water ? 
 
 It was very common, and certainly vitv appropri- 
 ate, to represent great afflictions; as being in deq) 
 waters. Read the foliovving as iliudtratiouK;- 
 
 Surely in the floods oF^rjut watkrs thoy siiall not ootiu 
 nigh unto me. Fsl 32:6. 
 
 Terrors take hold on me as WATEris. Joh, 25:20. 
 
 Send thine hand irom abow, lid mc. and deliver iiie out 
 
 of GREAT WATERS.Ps'. 14:4(). 
 
 Deliver me from them that hate me. and deliver me out 
 of great water?, and let me not sink. /«/. (id: 14. 
 
 My heart is sore pained within me; tuc terrors of dcatli 
 are fallen upon me: and horror hath overwhelmed me.A/.55:r>. 
 
 Then the water? had overwhelmed us, and the stream 
 had gone over my soul. Pd. 124:48. 
 
 The Lord laid on Him the INIftUrrY OF US A T J^, Isa. 58:3. 
 Was this a SPBlNKJJlfG of gua'ering ? ! ! ! 
 
 \ 
 
all!il.>! 
 ink you 
 
 f a co:i:' 
 ipiojiii- 
 
 laersion 
 
 )pr<)!)i;- 
 !l (ll'i'p 
 
 not 00 111 J 
 
 r me out 
 • me nut 
 
 THE BEBEAir. 
 
 39 
 
 of doutli 
 
 
 IMSib-.a. 
 
 
 ; strouiU 
 
 
 
 
 >S:3. 
 
 
 Save me. God, for the Watershave come in into my 
 soul. I smk m deep mire, where there is no standing. I am 
 come into deep Wfiters, where the floods OVeraow me. 
 ■rsl. o9: 1. 
 
 A' nost all commentators, as far as we are aware 
 regui<! ;he last text above quoted, as a prophetic re- 
 presentation of€hrist^s sufferings. Let one good au- 
 thority sulHce to establish this fact. We quote from 
 ''Scott,'' an hifant-Spr'mMer:- 
 
 "But the Holy Spirit evidently Bpoke of' the suffcrinos 
 ot Christ and the glory tliat should follow." Indeed it is .o 
 manifest a prophecy of Christ, that we slioulT consider him as 
 the Speaker in n^st parts of it.-In these verses he compares 
 himself to a man sinking in the mire, while th« floods of wa- 
 ters go over his head. His sufferings from the hands of wick- 
 ed men from the ro^vers of hell beneath, and from the justice 
 of the hather, while external torment united with internal a- 
 
 gony to enhance his distress, were represented .with peculiar 
 propriety. ' ^ 
 
 "We should consider him[C'AnWJa8 the Speaker 
 . . .he compares to sinking in the mire, while the 
 wwoas of waters go aver his b^mi. His suitering^ 
 mJ " " " ^^^"^ ^^^^ represented witlipeculiar propriety ^ 
 Thus wrote this eminent and well known Ltfl^u- 
 i^'prinkler. 
 
 Death, in a simular figurative manner was called 
 deep, because sleep was a good emblem of death- 
 We have endeavoured to prove that great trou- 
 
, THE BEBEAN. 
 
 blcs and afflictions, were often compared to bei,^ 
 nverwhelmed tvith waUr. It may po8s bly be 
 uuUi Sy a.ked by tl>e reader. If such wa» the case 
 row": it thlt none of such suffering, were cv,. ecu. 
 nared to a baptism until they were ^y Clmst hnnsM. 
 C answer i ready. If these parties had been wn- 
 d 1 fa our Lord was speaking]«««r the ordmance 
 ting Las oui i^u ' . . , ,1 ,,„ „o doulit would 
 
 <,f bantism had beenmst.tuttii.tucy 11" 
 
 tve used, a. did ov.r Lord-<«J,/u-/->™tcad o "^t 
 ::■«.. um u-«l.r." But they coul - 
 
 fottlk about n.. »»c, tra.kin. oU bouU., because 
 rr bottles were made of .H,«, but ,««> oiga.. 
 """ old times they wrote about «--/'«*"- 
 , ^ 1 <. Tlicn "swifter than a post;' t «ow,«wit(.- 
 thau t te ettph. T/.«, about the "swift ships;" 
 : .rth wSlteamers. Tkcn, "chariots and horses 
 Stiraneagles;!! — wift as t^ cars 
 
 Now reader, what is yom- opinion; was our ^av 
 
 sutlermg l W e pause lui " 
 
 tMy days are swifter than a post. Job.9;25. 
 tThey are passed away as the swift ship: Job:9:26. 
 
 ^ 1 ^a siTul his chariots shall be as a 
 
 pehold he shall come up as clouds, aud his c^an 
 w Jwind: his horses swifter than eagles Jerm-.4.13. 
 
ts shall be aa a 
 
 THE BEREAN. 4^ 
 
 tive or a negative answer in this blank ^^ri/ziw^and 
 then, as Hezekiah did the letter otSennacherJb;5pre«</ 
 it before the Lord, and say with him; Oj,en, Lord, ihine 
 eyes, and see, this, that I have this day done. {Suppose 
 it was the last act of your lile; jimt b.;tore you were 
 about to meet this divine sutfererj would you wiite 
 "ye«" or "«o'' ■{ Ify,s, it would only be in pe) tbct har- 
 mony with the conduct ct every Infant-Sprinkhr; and 
 it ''No'-, Adulf-lmmerxtrs will respond with a hearty 
 Amm ! 
 
 Tiic ONLY ^^ro€k 'and ^^swre fomidfiiion yip- 
 
 on vvii.cn ANV SINNER caii **6lft£«f'"and bo *^S*'MF1^'' 
 is, "JiJhJy OHULST, and ium OliUCiFlED/' Now 
 the Lord's Supper was instituted rbr, uud i.s, a most, 
 beautiful symbolical representation, ol' th- Jeah'> and 
 sufferings of Christ', nwd m iiki; Uiium.. i-, baptism was 
 instituted for, and is fuiiy iis beuuiifui sy.iiboiical re- 
 pres(3ntation of Christ's b/trial and rcs2irreciion,-''ChnHt 
 died for our sins accordmg to the scripcures. ll'there 
 1)^! no restuTection of the dead, then is Christ not 
 risen: and if Christ be not i'isen, then is our preach- 
 ing vum, and your faith i» also !?«*#»." 1 Car. i.3::3,14. 
 Take the two ordinances together( baptism boing 
 administered by immersion) and we have the very Al- 
 yha and Omega of the christian religion, most appro- 
 priately .symbolized: buc by substituting sprinkling 
 for immcrsio?i, a meaningless fragment; is put in the 
 stead of a most significant whole. 
 
; 
 
 42 
 
 THE BEBEAS: 
 
 I 
 
 JOHN. lO-AO—And ^r^ent away again hpyovd Jordan 
 unto tU place where John hadfmt baptized ( read <tM- 
 mersed sprinkled or poured, ) and there he abode. 
 
 UT few remarks are necessary. Places where 
 John had baptized) appearf to liave been well 
 k^n places of resort, where he often tarried. 
 
 Go ye therefore, knd B@^ tewh "^m al nations, bap' 
 tizing ( read immersing sprinkling or pouring,) thtni 
 in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Ghost, 
 tmchinq them to observe all things whatsoever I have command- 
 ed yon; and lo. lam with yon always. MATTnEW.28:19. 
 
 MARK. 10: 15.1G.— G'o y^ therefore, into all the world and 
 preach the Gospel to every creature. SS&^He that believeth =198 
 andis baptized (venA immersed sprinkled or pour- 
 ed, ) shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damned. 
 
 iHERE are those who contend that the ordinance 
 of baptism is of secondary importance, because 
 only two of the four Evangelists, record the command. 
 If we allow such an argument as that to influence 
 our minds; we should be obliged to apply the same 
 rule, to the "Oo and preach the ^osple." Besides oth- 
 ers might say, that the Lord's Supper might be neg- 
 lected occasionly; because John makes no allusion to 
 it. But/e«; circumstances are mentioned by all. 
 
 Look at that ^'number which no man can number 
 with falmes in their hands." Saying; blessing and ho- 
 
f Jordan 
 ead itH» 
 
 i where 
 len well 
 !d. 
 
 
 IS, hap* 
 
 ing,) thtin 
 ijy Ghosty 
 commund- 
 V.28:19. 
 world and 
 ieoeth ""©8 
 d or pour- 
 )e damned. 
 
 ordinance 
 !, because 
 command, 
 influenco 
 the same 
 sides oth- 
 it be neg- 
 illusion to 
 ►y all. 
 7an number 
 ng and Iw- 
 
 43 
 
 THE BEEEAN. 
 
 nour, and glory, and pow,r be unto hmll,c. Well, thel 
 
 but for fhe sufferings deutl, and resurrection of th. 
 LordJesus Christ. X;, .an no more con.prehend t' •' 
 vast importance ot (.'hrisfs death, than we can «r..' u 
 theHmialaynsinouranns.and wrench them iro,„ 
 then- fonndation. Fh.vel, commences his '.Method of 
 Grace thus:- "He who inquires what is the just val- 
 ue a„, vvorth of Christ's death, asks a question which 
 puts all the mrn on earth, and all the angles in hea- 
 ver, to an evoriasting nonplus." 
 
 Now reader recollect, that just before this Sav- 
 lour took his departure from this earth, to which he 
 eame exprady to mtter and die. He left hi, l,«t and 
 final commission to his apostles,, as copied .bove. 
 
 We here contrast what Cimisx eomiuatuled 
 with what In/ant-Spriniler, do. 
 
 2 Those that ^'believe" it, 2 Teach all nations. 
 
 Baj>UzeTHm'' 3 Teaching some of baptized to 
 
 4 Ti,no« X. • , ''*° observe all things." 
 
 Ttoo lapu^ teach '.all 4 He that ie bapti J and af- 
 
 RAiirVuT,,, terwards believeth 
 
 6 All such ",W be saved." 5 "Shall be saved." 
 6 He that believeth not. 6 He that believeth not. 
 
 7 Shall be damned. 
 
 7 Shall de damned. 
 
 e-^raF'-^-°°'^"-Ks^«'^«'.^ 
 
u 
 
 • THE BERRiN. 
 
 Result* 
 
 Result, 
 
 Tf the coininnna WM »t>l.>tJn IF infant sprikling.was un- 
 
 (.1.0 cd there would not be m ivri-vially acted upon, there 
 
 l.ri; one baptized person, thuu- would not be iin unbaptized 
 
 J. . J'.ero would be some, likf ].orMon inlielllor beami.and 
 
 Uie tliici' ill heaven unbaptiz- Christ niijiht have added He 
 
 ed. Christ does not say he that thtt hdureth not and is bnp- 
 
 is rjor baptized, Imt he tbjit tized shall he dnmnal 
 does not bdicve pliall be dani'd. 
 
 •f Parulhl Mflifsfrntion. 
 
 Children obey your parents Parents obey your children 
 
 in all thiuj:,s.Col.3;30. in all thin-s, 
 
 For children ought not to For the parents ought not to 
 
 lay up for the parents, but tl^.o lay up for the children, but the 
 
 parents for the childrcn.0o.12. children for their parents. 
 
 IMAGINE yourself dear reach r, with the apostles 
 I just before the cloud received our Saviour. Could 
 yuu have extended your voice to hiui and said,"xVo, 7 
 tvill -iiot do as you have commanded, hut rei'erse them: 
 1th By hapt'f^hig those n-ho cannct <'beliere' bc'-tau 
 ghV or ^preached' to-, and 2iid By teaching a few 
 oftho.sc hajjthrd, yearn ufterivaras: Reader, 
 could you so act V Now we couieud that we are en- 
 titled to an answer; please write your answer, ay in 
 Gods siirht; Yes. or So. iu this blank: .v^V-^You 
 dare mtL we would fain hope; in the sight of high 
 heaven, 1111 in Ihe blank vvith"|^e«;' But if Christ 
 commands one thing, and you, by your acts, do ano- 
 ther; are you not virtually tilling up said blank with 
 
THE BEREAN. 
 
 T.was un- 
 )n. there 
 tibaptized 
 :ivoii, unJ 
 uMcd He 
 nl is hnp- 
 
 r cbilJrou 
 
 i^ht not to 
 ;n, but the 
 arents. 
 
 apostles 
 ir. Could 
 ia,"xVo, / 
 rsethcm: 
 ;' be "tail 
 XT a few 
 Reader, 
 jQ are en- 
 i-er, as in 
 
 t of high 
 
 if Christ 
 
 J, do ano- 
 
 lank with 
 
 Y..E..S?"jyycloi?cmo"*ay, Chrm-, "keep JTr 
 i-'»n,nanilmcntsr m\'^\U {\x,itivi.1l Hoi Cikoiip l,i,s 
 (;:t8-, and follow me is not worthy of mo." 
 
 H reader, you are an Infant- Si^rhkhr; we would 
 .•i«k you to give a reason for your belief, in aminn 
 (o the ^'commandments of mcnr You will perhaps say, 
 t'lat Dr. Smith, sprinkles hh own children; and ur^el 
 the members of his ehurcli to sprinkle tli 'irs. We hi- 
 «i(st upon hnvinir iri(Hri<;i{ autuority tiian that; for 
 the Papists have authority as liigh as His Holiness 
 the Poi.e; but we desire you to ^^o - To to the law and 
 the icstunonif, \f t.he,j speak not acconUng to the word of' 
 this book, H is because there is no light inthenrDutA:2. 
 The reader j erhaps admits, like many others,th*! 
 our views are scriptural and . ui rect. If so, you are 
 already an Ad^ilt-Lnmerser .,: theory. Now 
 
 the jailor; ^^ Believe on the Lord Jems Christ '' 
 (Act5.0:34.) Then 
 
 Timothy; ^^Male a goo-l profession before man,, 
 
 W'tnessesr (\T\m.iJ\\i>.) Then 
 
 .Te^us con.raan led, be -Baptized in the name 
 
 nj the Father, and the Son, and the Hohj Gho^t 
 
 [Mat. 28:19.] Then 
 
 the Eunueh; proceed with an administrator, 
 
 to «« certain waterr (Acts.S;.3r).) Or 
 
 M^lUe John, to a "m.r", or some other place of 
 ''much water r ("John.Sr^S.; Th.n 
 
 I^ike the Eunuch and Philhp, "BOTJl" go -dmm 
 into the water:' [Acts.S;38.] Then 
 
 JLike 
 Mjike 
 JLike 
 
 Mjike 
 
46 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 Siihe John and his candidates, "lit the river". 
 
 [,]()lui,l:-3.] Thmi 
 Ijike John did Jesus; the adiniuistrator will "%?- 
 
 tize'" you {.M(ff,-h\().) by ''Inmj'uig" you "w 
 
 ///e //Vi-mAS'.s of his dcalh:'' (Co/.:2:12.) Then 
 l>if»-« (Mu-ist, "eoiiu? up straighiwiiy out of the war 
 
 ter." {Mat.-^rA').) Theu 
 Mjike the Eunui'b; "go on your ] way Rejoicing," 
 
 ieeling a lii})py consciousness that you have 
 
 been " manifesting your love." 
 lAUe J;isus Olirist[byPaul] coni,iianded,^y"keejv 
 
 inu his 'c«)nunan;hncnts,"' and|the ''ordinun- 
 
 ces" as "they were dtilivered to you." Then 
 lAke Christ's last coiuniissiou, be "taught" 
 Liike x\quila and Priscilla did Apollos; "the way 
 
 of God more perfectly." [.167a-.1S::>G.] And 
 tlieu|/ouJ\vill be an Adult- fmmerscr in practice. 
 And after that, voii iHay]'have'manv doubts as to th« 
 genuineness ol ijimr J'altk in CA;7'si,-that is, as to your 
 l)i'.in;.j a pri»psr Hubjeet — but you would never 
 ior a moment, entertain a fraction of a doubt, as to 
 the MODE by which you were baptized. 
 
 Be an L/fai/t-Sprl/ik/cr, an 1 you entirely ig^ 
 nrM'e all thes»^ scuriTUUAii k.wmplfs, and fall back 
 on "TPIE TRADITION OF MEN." 
 
 ONE Lord, ONE faith, ONE baptism. £;^(),0. 
 I speak as uuto wise men; judge ye wlnat I »ay, 
 fCor, 10,h% 
 
THE BEBEAN. 
 
 47 
 
 ^^. 
 
 >^ffi>/i't' 
 
 / 
 
 ''i^aa^--'^ 
 
 f ""'" '■'""'"*« "'■•■ Wf...'wl,i,t (.xtcided ou thes.. in- 
 I terostmg texts, v.,v trust tl.e reader will not think 
 
 oh™ wl,„ ".p,,ke a., „.v, r man .pake." We think 
 that no text. n. the Bible h.v. « ,„ore in.portant 
 bea.-;„g on the ,i,„.stio„ at issue than these. 
 
 «|"HE »-a.,;,rf_a wo:-i not once used in the Old Tes- 
 
 ,^ ta.no,,t..„.,. und,.r.<tand to he "g-oori! „ ., 
 
 "hieh was fir,-,t announced to „s by angels in thefol- 
 
 ow.ng words.- "Good ti.ln.gs of great joy, which 
 
 i- I be to all people, for nnto you is born this day 
 
 m he C,ty of David ,..S,vio„r. which is Christ the 
 
 ^";, <^'°'7.'" 0«'' i° thi^ highest, and on 
 
 earth peace, good wil towar.ls men." Luke 2-14 
 
 sinltf *"T ™ "'" ^^°"' •f'-'™« Christ, and thou 
 khalt be saved. Acts. IU::il. 
 
 This was the "«o..pkl" to be ^^j,rcacM to ever,, 
 ereua^e; or as Mark states it: , y.,e.ek oil nation^'; but 
 
 " ™; fr ""f '-''' "''" '="^''' "'- "« '"".''i' or 
 7'«„./„rf to and should BELllOVE it, that were to be 
 
 l^^ Th,srsj„st as plai.ashereare two hands 
 ^ •^.. I rove sprinkling tr„,,n any other portion 
 ot the hcnptures if you can, a,;d ifyon succeed, there 
 »« be t«,o baptisms; for we cannot see how th 
 to«p<,«,,. and «M«| commission, can possibly be 
 set aside or twisted to suit In/ant-SjninlL 
 
48 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 The United States, is an intelligent nation. The 
 Englisli nation is' a wealthy one. Are the infants of 
 tliese "NATiox ;" inchultMl>' Mos'. certainly not. Then 
 ^^•iiy force theiii into tlie nations into which Christ 
 sent his disciples V Had Christ named from any par- 
 ticnlarage; no one can doubt but what infants would 
 have been omitted. 
 
 Suppose it is argued, that at the time our Lord 
 left this commission, the Gentile nation had not yet 
 heard this gosple, that in that case they would bo 
 complying with the divine commission by sprinkling 
 both infants and adults indiscriminately. When the 
 gosple was first caMed to the Gentiles, through Cor- 
 nelius, none were baptized until they believed. If 
 any others, either Jew^s or Gentiles, were baptized 
 before they believed, what would become of faith V 
 Why was it named in the commission at all? Why 
 did it say "HE THAT BELIEVETH;" was to be bap- 
 tized ? "Teaching them to do all things whatsoever I 
 have commanded you." 
 
 "For the Scriptures saith, whosoever belieV' 
 eth on Him shall be saved;" "For there is no differ- 
 ence between the Jew and the Greek; For the same 
 Lord over all, is rich unto all that call upon him." 
 "For whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord 
 shall be saved." "How then shall they call on him 
 on whom they have not believed 'i and how shall 
 they believe in Him of whom they have not heard'i 
 An<l how shall they hear without a preacher? And 
 
 
THE BEREAN. 
 
 49 
 
 how shall they preach except thev be sent ? 
 
 So faith Cometh by hearing, and hearing by the 
 word of God." Roui.l():lltol7. 
 
 It was only true disciples that were to be made 
 by tlie apostles. All such, wore those who believed^ 
 if th.y were unbelievers, baptism would not make 
 them believers; faith »'coaieth by heariug"-;io? 6y bap- 
 tism. For if believers, they are already true disciples. 
 We will «u^,pose reader, that you had seen a child 
 sprinkled : rday. We now ask you, which of the 
 three engaged therehi-the minister, the parents,(with 
 god- parents) or the child- obeyed Christ's command ? 
 The Child did not beliete. The minister did not 
 teach, 01 preach the gosple to the child-the can- 
 didate. As to the parents and god-parents, we do not 
 know what to say; further than that they stood there 
 as monuments to remind us, that we still retain some 
 remnants of „ery; for Christ -gave no such com- 
 mandment:' We have heard of some such taken com- 
 fort from the fact, that the bible does not say that 
 they should not so act ! True it does not. Nor does 
 It say that we shall not baptize bells; use holy-water 
 or any othe: popish nonsense. Those who thus ar- 
 gue, are as bad as the heathen idolater: who told the 
 missinoary, that he could still worship his idol~a he- 
 dious thing, part fish and part bird- and not break the 
 first commandment, because it was not the -the like- 
 ness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in 
 earth beneath:' It would take a large book indeed to 
 
 1: 
 
60 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 Btate all the things that it would be wrong t.) do. 
 
 Who denies-the reader surely does not-that 
 Christ, and Christ alone, Ims the right to (njact all 
 the Lnws, and appoint all the Ordinances to be kept 
 by his own church? Who will (lat^e to enlarge or 
 diminish the boundaries he hath established ? Especi- 
 ally his LAST command ? Who will attempt to im- 
 piove upon what the Alpha and Omega hath appoin- 
 ted? We DARE NOT, and we can also add, that we 
 WISH NOT. We desire to feel while ivithin the bo- 
 undry proscribed bj^ Christ, like Moses did on mount 
 noveh-^^that this is Holy ground:' At the limits 
 thus drawn by Infinate wisdom, we take our stand, 
 and proclaim through the ''Berean'' to our readers 
 " Thus far shall thou go, but no further:' And 
 we desire that ourselves and the reader; upon taking 
 the venjjh-st step outside these divinely j^roscribed limits, 
 into the treacherous, tmhiown territory beyond, should 
 ''exceedingly fear and quakef as did Moses at Mount 
 Sinai. We are not to be "wise above what is writ- 
 ten, "by any attempt to improve what CHRIST has 
 ^nnished.'^ Why then, this perpetual oscillation 
 backwards and forwards across the ^'ordinances as I 
 delivered them unto you:' Why, now with the Puse- 
 ites {idhe;u-i!ig tenaciously to senseless and unauthor- 
 ised ibrins and ceremonies, at the command of the 
 ciiLRCn; and on other occasions quite indifferent as to 
 the positive and distinct commands of Chrisi t Can- 
 not the true source of this diiference be readily trac- 
 
THE BEREAN. 
 
 61 
 
 to do. 
 not-that 
 :?iiact all 
 be kept 
 ilarge or 
 Especi- 
 pt toiiii- 
 i appoiii- 
 that we 
 the bo- 
 I mount 
 e limits 
 ' stand, 
 readers 
 ." And 
 1 takinir 
 d limits, 
 should 
 Mount 
 is writ- 
 ST has 
 dilation 
 ces as I 
 i Puse- 
 luthor- 
 of the 
 it as to 
 Can- 
 j trac- 
 
 
 €d to the -evil treasure" out of which has proceeded 
 ''many inmntions"'? 
 
 See yonder exasperated multitude, wicli tlie^cW 
 ^rmfsandoficers";crymg*c.sthoy follow Jesus tc 
 his mock tn-.l, erucif!; him, crumfy him.^^ 
 
 But how IS it they do not continue their cry within 
 tht>h.n y Becuuse forsooth! !! 'VA,y themselves loeut 
 mt into ike judgment hall, least tlmj should he aettled:' 
 T Tlie Jews were coimiianded to nndie thoij- ni- 
 ters or uiuvorkod stono,: but they m.de them of brick 
 Hear what the Lord says of such conduct:- 
 
 people, which ^valketh in a w.v^ that was not -u,.,! after their 
 own thought.; K people that provoketh m. to n.y ac • 
 
 ...... burneth incense upon alters of brick; ^Vhioii v 
 
 flou"'Ti.t'rf' ""r "^^---tome; for I ani holtth^,; 
 
 %i' ^^i, 
 
 ^ 
 
 / 
 
 au-Jd^. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 |EADER,"manyprophets and kings desired to 
 ^ Jsee"the fultilment of the i lany prophecies respec 
 ting the glorious gospel dispensation, but -died with 
 
 tTo eat with unwashen bauds def.letb NOT a mau. Matt:15:20. 
 itofhtwn'etot^rrifTht^SSrnrrV*^^^^ " "«' build 
 
 
-52 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 out the sight." God inspired four of his apostles to 
 write a record of the introduction of this glorious e- 
 poch, and you have now read every thing they 
 have written on the subject of baptism. 
 
 Have these inspired writers accorded ONE instance of 
 a baby being sprinkled^ Did not those baptized come, 
 con/ess, &c. &e. i^ These are fair questions are thtjy 
 not;* Then ponder over them well, and after liaving 
 done so, we will shortly proceed to see how these in- 
 spired apostles understood the commission, and acted 
 after Christ's death. 
 
 You have now read texts in which the word 
 haptize&c. occurs fifty times. 
 
 »HE subject of circumcision occupies a very pro- 
 ^ minent position, in nearly all the works pub- 
 lished on the subject of baptism; far too prominent 
 we think; because we cannot conceive that any rea- 
 der of the Bible would ever spojitaneously discover 
 any connection between the circumcision of the male 
 infants of the Jews,*on the eighth day, on account of 
 
 *True certain proselytes were circumcised, but such could not be- 
 come permanent posessors of the soil; Ibr the moment the Jubelee tru- 
 mpet sounded, they were dispossessed of any Uen they may have previ- 
 ously acquired. We much Wonder what class of sprinkled infants such 
 represent, who, at the LAST JUBELEE will be required to relinquish aU 
 
 ^^rtST.*'?''^'"*"'''' *^'* ""^ moorru^uole, and undeflled 
 and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven. '? 
 
THE BEREAN. 
 
 6:? 
 
 cosnanguinity to a peculiar nation (a Theocracy) in 
 accordance with an express command made by God 
 himself; jind the baptism of the infant children of both 
 sects, of every age, on the faith of their parents, under 
 the N(!\v Testament dispensation, in which the same 
 God says: "Blotting out the handwriting of oidinan- 
 ces that was against us, wiiich was contrary to us, 
 and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross" 
 and "He that believeth, and is baptized shall be sav- 
 <h1," il tlieir minds were not first warped in that di- 
 niction by false deductions. But notwithstanding 
 this is our honest conviction, we must, we suppose, 
 say something under this head. 
 
 If baptism was intended to supersede circumcis- 
 ion -a command omitted on pain of being ''cut of "-it 
 is natural to suppose that allusion wouhl be nimie to 
 the fact in some of the gosples. But wt! have now 
 gone through them, and find no such allusion. 
 
 Jesus Christ and Paul were circumcised, and af- 
 terwards baptized; and Timothy was baptized first, 
 and cn-cumcised afterwards* 
 
 »We have lu. positive evidence of the baptism of Timothy, any 
 more than we have of the Apostles. But we know that years befor' 
 he was circumcised, Paul calls him "his son in the Lord;" i e his sp,- 
 ntual son. All the baptisms of which wo rea4, were the time is men- 
 tioned, they were s(.on after conversion. 
 
 "Scott" (Infant-Sprinkler) says:- 
 
 "Where chey found Timothy, who was already a disciple. . . .he had 
 
 Ll.^ P*"?'^'"'"""^*'^"*" ^'^'^'^^ B*"'*^^ were before 
 L T^" I ^™^°''* ""** ^' ^""^^ acoompaay him in his t^vels 
 tod labours: but, as hi« fiither wa« an unoiroumcised Gertile, it wae 
 
54 
 
 THE BE8EAN. 
 
 Sni.pow rcndor, you were to apply to every Sr- 
 • MKl eo„f,.,v„c<. ,„„) C-lMTcl, belo„gi„g to the infant- 
 '^irrmkhrsm America, to bo circ,mck«l, yoy,mus,fed 
 -•onscons ,l,„t i„ evny cuse you would „,eet with 
 » luost ,l.„ul,,l refusal, o„ tlK.grou.,,1 that it was now 
 •imr,. uu„cc:.ssary-l^,i,ti,,„ |,„vi.g boen subrtitute,! 
 or .■ircunics.o,,. N„ other answer could be given 
 Is ,t not so / W.. are ruost anxiou. that you shouhl 
 "uswer this lair .pa.stion .nentallv betbre vou read •,- 
 i'"t : .• hue. «u,, posing y„u have complied with tliis 
 i"iu.«l:; we pro,ee,i » notice how those acted, who 
 »;er,. „he„ wun the Ho,y Ghost" and "»pakeaathe 
 ■ pinigav, tiicm utterance." 
 
 It "Pp.nns(.See.Acts.l.5.)tl,at "certain mcninot 
 
 "1 M«t,es, but ./u.laizing Christians] "«,««"[ appare„t- 
 
 1 V . then- own accord ] "dou,„from Judea to Lioch, 
 
 ""I >„„.,/, „., 4«M««[Gen,iles..but being believers 
 
 .^- were called "bretheren", instead of "dogs" a,ul 
 
 heathen ' as they were recently],,^ »„,:rf, J 
 
 '"'^'rc««c.,c4 after th manner of Mosa, ye cannot he 
 
 ...■ '•';'t"nine,hately aroused the righteous indigna- 
 '"" of P,.ul and Baru.bas, [and especially so, as they 
 md just returne i fl-on, preaching the gospel among 
 l.ese Gen ,les, n Syria, Pamphylia and Lycauonia 
 '■any of whom bad believed, and had "gathered the 
 •hnrch together-'and had "rehearsed all that God had 
 
 S^^t-U'r^fytr^'ritSSr '° '°^'? -"' ^^ 
 
 circurasfcancesexpediontHorsomfitfnfnw ^1.*'°°^®^'^'^* '^der the 
 
9 every Sy- 
 the Infant- 
 ou must feel 
 meet witli 
 it was DOW 
 iibstitiited 
 
 b(.' given, 
 ou should 
 ou read ;i- 
 
 with tliis 
 ctud, wlio 
 ►akeas the 
 
 men (not 
 appartyit- 
 ? Antioch, 
 
 believers 
 logs" and 
 except, ye 
 cannot he 
 resy, and 
 
 indigria- 
 
 as they 
 1 among 
 '■canonia, 
 ired the 
 God had 
 
 . ..not that 
 under the 
 pgreetothe 
 ation. 
 
 THE BEBEAN. .. 
 
 the most prominent ton^ / ^''^^"•"'V thither, 
 -".■cate.f by tL t^^r^^:; ^^^\ tW co.- 
 
 covenant, circumcised Jew td nn. "^ *'""''"*^ 
 tiles were called "4r.,W"'b,"t "'\'"'"T«>»''<' Gen- 
 •"nent; covenant, "Ye fcl ''f "'"'"'''«'« OldrTest- 
 
 ;f"Hldn« ror a ;a„l^ra:::t:Vr" ""'''■ 
 or come unto one of another nation •" ^ "'"P""^' 
 
 ^' ^« •>« -adi,;.rrtr ;:::f f ."V-" 
 
 sion was one of vital im„„,^ question o( circumci- 
 ohurch's history LetT; ^' *"'' "'""^ '^ *^« 
 deputation on theirtisZr" '"""" '"'^ ^P-""- 
 
 John, and perhaps othersJ^AZ /T'''^y''^' 
 "apostles and elders'VonM 5 7 ^'"' *«*« of 
 couucil. After the aX h TT/ """^^ " e»»d 
 ^'^ thing, that GodZf ^T*^'"'"' h"-! "declar- 
 S not bodhad done mth thm [i e"opemng 
 
56 
 
 tBfE llUWfcAir. 
 
 the door of faith unto the Gentile*"] then arose up cer- 
 tain of the sect of the Pharisees, which believe saying, that 
 it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to 
 keep the law of Moses. ''^ The same "leaven of the Pha- 
 risee!/' it appears wa8"leavening" both Churches. So 
 much the better for our purpose. But when there had 
 been much "disputing, Peter rose up and said unto 
 them, Men and bretheren, ye know how that a good 
 while ago, God made choice among us, that the Gen- 
 tiles [referring to Cornelius ] by my mouth should 
 hear the word of the gospel and believe" and "God 
 gave them the Holy Ghost even as he did unto us, 
 and put no difllsrence us and them, purifying their 
 hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt ye God, 
 to put a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which 
 neither ouv fatheru or we were able to bare? But we 
 believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus 
 Christ we shall be saved ever as they." 
 
 Peter from the Antioch church having finished, 
 "James [of the Jerusalem church] answered saying.... 
 Simeon [or Simon Peter] !iath declared how God at 
 the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a 
 people for his name, and so agrees the words of the 
 prophets:"&c. "Then pleased it the apostles and el- 
 ders, with the whole church, to iend chosen men of 
 their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barna- 
 bas namely, Judas and iKlas, chief men among the 
 
 bretheren ,men who have hazarded their lives for 
 
 the name ofthe Lord J^u» Christ," to carry "the 
 
■ 
 
 THE BEaUAN. 
 
 67 
 
 '6se itp cer- 
 ayingj that 
 md them to 
 »f the Pha- 
 irclies. So 
 
 there had 
 3aid unto 
 at a good 
 
 the Geii- 
 h should 
 iDd "God 
 
 unto us, 
 ing their 
 
 ye God, 
 es, which 
 ? But we 
 )rd Jesus 
 
 finished^ 
 saying..., 
 
 God at 
 f them a 
 Is of the 
 ;s and el- 
 I men of 
 d Bama- 
 nong the 
 lives for 
 ry "the 
 
 letter*' acquainting the Antioch church of their untn- 
 imous decision that they ''gave no auch commandment:' 
 We do not find the remotest alluaion to baptism 
 from first to la«t. And why not? Simply because 
 the question of baptism wa« in no manner whatever 
 mixed up with the dispute. The question in dispute 
 was. Shall the baptized Gentiles be also circumcised f'Now 
 had buptism been substituted for circumcision; the dis- 
 pute vvould have been confined in a ''nut sheir and 
 could have been instantly and forever set at rest by 
 the simple statement of the fact. 
 
 LL that people who were "as the stars of hea- 
 _ J ven innumerable," were by virtue of their' Jew- 
 ish birth, within the covenant of promise made with 
 him, out of whose loins thay had all sprang— as well 
 those who were slain by the Lord in the wilderness 
 for their wickedness, as "faithful Abraham" or David 
 "the man after God's own heart." But these latter 
 were also in the covenant op grace— within the 
 same covenant with those, who in the New Testa- 
 ment are called the "saints," the "elect," the"called" 
 ^cy and all those who believd, were so called and 
 were "Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the 
 promise." 
 
 The Jews, by virtue of their circumcision, were 
 admitted to the Passover and all c-^^her the rights pe- 
 culiar to that nation; and if children now are to be 
 admitted into the church bywhat is called the awa/o^- 
 
58 
 
 THE BEBKAW. 
 
 r ?"",?! "^ ''"''"""' " "'''"""h follows, that 
 th^7 «lioul,. bo ad.„itt„,, to the Lord'/rablo 
 
 i.. „ . ""T""-;" *"' ^'■""'"/f^»»»«>'»<«, after «iv. 
 rrotestant and Cathohc to prove l,i, poaitiou; says:- 
 ,h.f r^" """■ ""' "■"'"*■ "'"'■"•"y '» *« Premte, All 
 
 >>apt.», , and mfaot communion, beyond all <,ua,tion cam. i„ 
 .0 oxHtanoo ,,t the ,am,. time. w„ro sustained by l"; Z ' ^ 
 
 We will give ,one authority he quotes:- 
 
 nor '^"I'Tf"" "'"^ '" ''"P"^'''' »'"'"■'' "»' eat any food 
 nor.„cktbcbreM., without great neeesa.ty, till they have 
 «omme,n„r..ed the Saoramant. A,„Un. Orl ^Z. 
 
 "What God hath joined together let not mn„ 
 put asunder;" and what God has' sunde e . et no 
 ■an JO-n, together. This latter those most assured, v 
 do, who connect circumcision with baptism, ti>r the v 
 lave no senptural authority for such a' allilnce-He 
 . not a Jew who. s one outwardly, neither is that 
 c,rcumcmon that is outward in the flesh, but he is a 
 Jew who IS one mwardly, and circumcision is that 
 of the heart m the spirit, and not the letter. 
 
 ■ • Vt " ''"■'™"'«'8ion made without hands ' 'the ciron 
 
 eommon-Malth of the spiritual and JanM-tvpieal Israel-is 
 «ade an heir of the auti-typioal inherit^oe^d is ^^it,: 
 
lows, that 
 
 le. 
 
 » after giv- 
 
 ties, both 
 
 on; says:- 
 
 ises. All 
 
 Infant 
 
 , oatnt iu- 
 
 e Banie ar- 
 
 one thou 
 
 THB BERBiv. 
 
 59 
 
 any food, 
 hey have 
 mtis. 
 
 tot man 
 let not 
 'surediv 
 ^br they 
 ace-He 
 is that 
 he is a 
 is that 
 
 le circu- 
 into the 
 irael — is 
 >ermitfc' 
 
 faUh, and iUro^ToTLTr J^J^l T 'r' '^' '' 
 from spiritual bonJa«, " " > ,""^ ">»" ^'' o«<:oM 
 
 ACTS. I :5. —Join trnlxi ba Ht:„^ r j . 
 rnea, »pri„kled „r p„„red ) with w^rff ""'^- 
 
 «*^ nW /<,,<?„,. But they Jl „„ „. f r'' "'" 
 bantize.] f^ji#iSi„-i^ ^ ^* "^"^i* that he 
 
 win" r^inT'i?"' ". T" " ""P"-" "«'«* 
 vve inmfc we proved the fallarv nf ^i • 
 
 gui«ent at pages 21 and 22. ^ ^^ *^"' ^'- 
 
 Suppose a country School Mn^fnr ^ • . 
 acla.s of an^all children o^^'^^Z:^:^^''''^ 
 
 "-.»/tra^:tr;::r„:rd"?^;-^ 
 
 "and each sport abonf • v-u • """""'"'ed »!(/< air, 
 "to are stanCg tT::^CTT "''""""■ ^^ 
 "If we were juft Th 'sJL I ^Ut as'r "'"t •'^• 
 "we move, we would sail If . ""■ '" "^^'"^ 
 
 "« 80 up kue aTa ;: ' t^ ;it f ^'"'/ "^'''- 
 
 ""fl. A sliip floats en the water; 
 
m 
 
 TBEi BEXBlSf, 
 
 "because it is lighter than water. The heavier it is 
 "loaded the more it is immersed with water. Keep 
 "loading it with heavy materials, and it will soon be 
 "completely overwhelmed with water, and sink in the 
 "river." 
 
 It is IMPOSSIBLE for a person to be in a river, 
 and at the same not to be in someplace, if not in 
 the wilderness, they must have been in the clearing. 
 
 Farmer Reid's pigs sleep in the straw, and far- 
 mer Leak's in the hay: whereby as Reid's are surrou- 
 nded with straw, so are Leak's with hay— John bap- 
 tized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the 
 Holy Ghost. Now mark well, these were both 
 reat, not metaphorical baptisms. The one a real 
 baptism ^^with water f^ and the other a real bap- 
 tism ^^with the Holy CrhostJ*^ 
 
 The Apostle tells his hearers, that "not many 
 days hence" the Holy Ghost will be to them, in the 
 same relation as was the water in their baptism. It 
 therefore necessarily follows, that IF they were sp' 
 rinkUd by the Holy Ghost on the occasion here 
 referred to; they were also sprinkled with water in 
 John's baptisn, and vise versa. Aad IF in^mersed 
 by the Holy Ghost on the occasion referred to, then 
 it necessarily follows that they were im^mersed 
 with water in John's baptism; and vise versa. 
 
 Repeated allu 'ons have already been made to 
 the baptism of the Holy Ghost; let us now attentive- 
 ly note what is sai"' with respect to it. 
 
 
'^mET!EHHllf. 
 
 m. 
 
 ACTS. 2:1,2. — And when then the day o/Pentiio$t was 
 fully come, they were all with one accord in one place, and su- 
 ddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing migh- 
 ty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting . 
 
 " l%«3r"— who had been baptized with John's bap ism 
 with water, and were there sitting in the 
 house. 
 *'«f «<Mm<f"— what atom oi a church can be said 
 not to be within the sound of the minis- 
 ter's voice ? 
 " Win*! »♦— See yonder vessel "in" the wind. See how 
 it is tossed about "with" the wind. Is it 
 .sprinkled, or immersed in the wind? tt 
 this is a doubtful point; then let the 
 Holt Spirit decide it, by stating that:- 
 "lif niUW—Y^%, filled. Mark that well. And as if 
 that was not sufficient to convince the 
 most obdurate, it is added:- 
 ^^^n the IUMf»€"--Yes, sound wind filed all the 
 home. What house ? The Holy Spirit 
 answers. Hark I Hear Him:- 
 " n*ere Utey were simng^'^The whole is now 
 as complete as language can luake it. 
 
 " VIThat SHALL we say to these things t" Rom.8:31. 
 Why, say with Paul, "Let God be true, and every 
 man a Har. Romans. 3:4. 
 
 "I speak unto wUe fwcii; judge ye what I say." 1 
 Cor. 10:16. 
 
62 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 Our text draws a parallel, below we shew it: 
 
 WITH HOLY GHOST. 
 
 And when the day of Pe- 
 nticost was fully come, they 
 wci-e all with one accoid in 
 one place; and suddenly 
 there came a SOMUd I'rouj 
 heaven as of a rushing nii;.r- 
 Hty tvina and it Uileti. 
 all the house whert; 
 tliey were sitting' 
 
 Acts. 2:1,2. 
 
 WITH WATER 
 
 Haptized of him in Jor 
 dun. Matt.:\\^. 
 
 Baptized of him in the 
 
 river Jordfm. Mk.i-A. 
 
 John was baptizing in ^/i'non 
 because there viasmuch 
 water there. John3:23. 
 \nd Jesus when he was 
 baptized went up straightway 
 
 out of the water, 
 
 The reader will not surely contend that because 
 the Holy Spirit filled the room, perhaps for some time 
 therefore to make the parallel good the candidate 
 should be held under the water for some timejthough 
 this argument actually is used. Far more legitimate 
 would It bo to contend, that there will be exactly th(^ 
 same number in heaven, as in hell, because just as 
 many-teu-virgins were wise as foolish. Besides, if 
 there was any force in this argument, it would apply 
 with 7nore force against the Sprinklers: Mr.Hibbard 
 (See page 19.) even, with his bunch of hysop, would 
 get along but slowly. 
 
 Let us transpose this verse : 
 
 John truly immersed with water, but i/e shall bt 
 immersed with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 John truly Sprinkled icith water, but ye shall be 
 sprinkled with the Holy Ghost. 
 
lew it: 
 
 GHOST. 
 
 day of Pe- 
 couie, tbey 
 accoid in 
 i suddenly 
 tud i'roiij 
 shin^ nii;.r- 
 
 it MleeS 
 ? where 
 ntting"* 
 
 because 
 ►me time 
 andidate 
 3;though 
 gitimate 
 actly th«^ 
 ! just as 
 asides, if 
 Id apply 
 Hibbard 
 , would 
 
 shall be 
 shall he 
 
 IHB BEBRAS. gg 
 
 mersion spnnklmg or ponring ) of John &c.&c. 
 can leam nothing as to the mode or subjects, 
 
 F'c^^^.^^Ae^r7.c.r^ and ,.M unto Peter and the rest onhe 
 apostles; Men and Urethe.-n, IVhat shall rce do f . ^ J^' 
 
 ^ereoaptized (i eaJ immersea sprinkled or poured ^ 
 
 ry^;r^ <^. <..«,.„ „,« „„, L. „,,„, ,/-f^ ) 
 
 ^»^*c«™e anafello^^H:,, an,Un Ir^, „^^,, ^^^I 
 
 THE same story over and over; preaching, repent- 
 tng, bel^,ng and iuptUing. What quires upon 
 qu.res of paper have been wasted in the vain and 
 toohsh attempt to prove that these 3000 could not 
 
 shall be brief, but we trust to the point. 
 
 1 th. ''men tAey hear^ this"-., the preaching of 
 the apostle. . ' o ^ 
 
 3 rd. Those who had 'heara^ and were in con- 
 
 sequence, ^^pricked in their hearts:^ 
 
 4 th -Peter said unto them- -in answer to the 
 
 I 
 
 li 
 

 64 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 5 til. 
 
 ()th 
 
 I 
 
 important qiiestiou asked by those who had 
 '•'■heard'''' and were thereby ^^pricked in their 
 hearts^'''' — First: '■'reiKmf and secondly, '■'•be 
 baptized.'''' 
 
 NOT all ^^they;^^ but only "rli«jf thatQLxr,- 
 LY received his word, were buptizedi,^* 
 ''And they''- who had ''heard," been "prid- 
 ed in their hearts,'' and "gladly received his ivord" 
 and "were baptized," "continued steadfastly in 
 
 the Apostles doctrine breaking of bread, and 
 
 in prayer." 
 
 What an admirable example is here set us of a 
 
 STRICT compliance with Christ's last commission — 
 
 "Go ye into all the w^orld and preach the gospel t© 
 
 every creature, he that believeth and is baptized shall 
 
 be saved, teaching them to observe all things" &c. 
 
 The Infant- Sprinklers make no attempt to put a 
 proportionate number of children with these 3000. 
 Here would be the most likely place to find children, 
 but their tactics lead them to "contend earnestly" 
 tli^t :J0OO could not be baptized by twelve men by 
 immersion in one day; if therefore a proportionate 
 iiuml)er of children are added, it would "prove too 
 much;"' because it would make the number so great, 
 that they themselves could not accomplish it. 
 
 Some of our friends have entered into lengthy 
 arguments, to show that besides the twelve apostlis, 
 there were there many others qualified to administer 
 bai)tivsui &c. There is certainly no evidence to show 
 
? who had 
 in their 
 
 ►ndly, ^'be 
 
 that GLAD- 
 
 en ^^prick- 
 Ihisword'^ 
 idjhstly in 
 )r€ad, and 
 
 iet us of a 
 imissicn — 
 
 gospel t» 
 tized shal I 
 birgs" &c. 
 t to put a 
 le 3000. 
 [ children, 
 earnestly" 
 ^e men by 
 [)ortionate 
 'prove too 
 
 BO great, 
 
 it. 
 
 ) lengthy 
 
 I apostl ;s, 
 
 dminister 
 
 e to show 
 
 THE BEBEAN. 
 
 65 
 
 that these were all baj.^ized on that day; but we care 
 not for any such reasoning. 
 
 A boy can out run a race-horse; if the distance 
 to be run is but a few rods and back. Just so on. 
 child can he rqrrinkled, much quicker than one adult 
 can be nnmersed; b. it :iOOOm.moz/>e.pW/./t/ec^ -adopt- 
 ing of course, the usual method -in a shorter time 
 than that number can be immersed.* After one can- 
 didate is immersed, the .^linister can have the next 
 one m position, iully as quick as the r.ume of the 
 child could be asked &c. &c. 
 
 It is quite unnecessary that one candidate should 
 be out of the water, b(;fare another cw^er* it. The min- 
 ister and candidates might pi-oceed, until like Philip 
 and the Eunuch, they came "«n^o a certain tvaterf^ 
 then form a half-circle ^Hnto the water.'' Tliose on the 
 right hand, ''going down into the water''— Philip fash- 
 ion. The minister in the outer centre, where there is 
 '^much water"-^John fashion. There -burying" them 
 
 ;0n Sunday Jan. 8. ISeO.-Wbile the manuscript of this wort 
 
 rrid , 7'^ f ^ 'T' ""'"^^^"^ «-«*y- ^candidates (4 
 
 mle and J5 fe.nah. ) were baptized into the church of which the writer 
 
 B a u^ember, by the pastor thereof; ,„ just eiohteen minutes. He 
 
 did not as far as we know, tnake ,.ny unusual haste. He certainly did 
 
 m,t for the purpose oi this paragraph; for no person, at that time had 
 
 the remotest :dea that we had written, or inteld to write such! ;<!:: 
 
 If 29 can be immersed in 18 minutes; 290 could be in 180 minutes 
 
 •^^eive apostlw, b«ptized on the day of Penticost. 
 
66 
 
 ISB BBRBA7T. 
 
 ((. 
 
 'wkh Christ in baptim"^:Pm\ fashion. And those 
 on the left ^^comi?ig up straightway out of the. water'' -^ 
 Christ fashion, and Philip f&yhion. 
 
 Wliile some contend that there was not time, oth- 
 ei-8 argue that there was not si>r?igth, ihr each apos- 
 tloto baptize aOO by immersiui). It would be equal, 
 soys one, to lifting 18|^ tons! reckoning iSOibs of a 
 lift to each candidate. We shall not crave for the a- 
 postles, in m.o: jiig this (argument, any miraculous as> 
 distance from the Uod of Si^son, who promised, 
 *'as thy day so sha/i fhy st7C7.gth be.'' In the first place, 
 the average weiglrt of such a promiscuous multitude 
 would not exceed 130 lbs each. In the next place, 
 there is not much more than half the weight of tL.> 
 body out of the ^^much water" at any time; and the 
 adnunistrator does not begin to feel the weight of the 
 candidate until at an angle of about 45 degrees. 
 
 The writer when a lad of 17 years of age, "pitch- 
 ed" in one day, 4000 large sheaves of wheat off a 
 stack for a thrashing machine. Each sheaf must have 
 weighed about 8 lbs; tlie fork about 4 lbs; to this must 
 be added the lifting of the fork back each time, mak- 
 ing it equal to a weight of iGlbs for each sheaf; 
 for ih,. 4000 - 32 tons! being 13* tons more than any 
 one of the apostles would have lifted on the occasion 
 referred to, allowing even 1501bs lift for each. 
 
 There are thousands of parties in America, who 
 have chopped twelve hours a day for weeks together 
 while clearing up their farms. Now a good cbopp ■■ 
 
THE BEREAN, 
 
 And thosf 
 e. water"--' 
 
 t timc^ oth- 
 each apos- 
 be equal, 
 SOibsofa 
 } for tie a- 
 
 ICulouS UiS- 
 
 promised, 
 
 first place, 
 
 multitude 
 
 ixt place, 
 
 ht of tLe 
 
 !; and the 
 
 ?htofthe 
 
 rees. 
 
 3, "pitch- 
 
 leat off a 
 
 nust have 
 
 this must 
 
 tne, mak- 
 
 5h sheaf; 
 
 than any 
 
 occasion 
 
 b. 
 
 ica, who 
 
 bogethe/ 
 
 chopp.. 
 
 67 
 
 makes 18 blows m a minute-say 15. The weight of 
 hi« axe and handle is about 6^ lbs; and he certainly 
 puis forth strenght equal to IS^lbs, to sink his axe 
 as he does, one and two inches into solid hard wood 
 each blow. This would make each blow equal to 
 ^0 bs, or 300 lbs each minute; lS,000lbs each hour; 
 and for th(.' entire day 21 G,000lbs-.or 108 tons • • 
 
 But few of our readers will have any practical 
 t^nowledge ot the muscular strength requisite for ei- 
 her ol thos. employments; but they will, we think, 
 H^adily s.e without being fimuers, that it would re- 
 m^^m^rc physical strength to swing a "cm,//e"(a 
 work tliat calls in use the same muscles of each arm 
 as for immersing) weighing 101bs,>, times thron.^h' 
 stout wheat with sufficient force to cut through tho- 
 usands oi wiry stems; than it would to raise "up ... 
 candidate out of the water. For it requires five of 
 
 !nnn "f ^. l^ '"' '"^''^^"* ^'' «"^ '^^^^'' ^50 to a 
 1000 of which, make an ordinary day's work. 
 
 Even supposing that it required the same a- 
 rnount of muscular strength to immerse one candidate, 
 as It did to cut /o2.r sheaves of wheat, requiring 20 
 c^^i^., 3000 could be baptized by 12 men in one day. 
 
 What minister could not immerse one candidate, 
 with more ease and less time, than a farmer could 
 cut, or rake and bind,/o2^r sheaves of wheat ? 
 
 ACTS 8:12.~5«« wAcn they believed Philip preachinn the 
 ^^^-9^concen^n,theUn,ao^ofGod and the'^Zj^Zl 
 
 •\m 
 
07 
 
 THE BEREAN. 
 
 Zl^'T.'f T *^^'**^'* ( '•^"^ immersed sprfnklcd 
 
 poured ) both men <ind women. 
 
 jSELESSforus to make any con.nionts of our 
 _l own li.Te, when.' tlie HOLY 8.PIRIT has been 
 so distinct. We only recapitulate. 
 
 ** WMiEJVthiiy BELIEVED" 
 " They were BAPTIZED" 
 "BOTH JfMEJS aud If 0./?fiS*r." 
 
 No unbelievers. vr , ., , 
 
 ^0 children, 
 
 ACTS ^-.l^.-Then Simon himself behaved aho, and afu-n 
 ke .v« haptfxea ( rend immersea sprinkled or pour- 
 eel ; he continued with Philij). 
 
 Believea> THEN was baptized^ 
 
 ACTS8:16.~Onlj/ theij were baptixeaTvead fm^ 
 mersed sprinkhd or poured ] in thcnameofthe Lord Jesus. 
 
 The-^Aey'^ here, were those of Samaria, who 
 had received the word of God:' 
 
 ACTS. 8:36, 37, 38.-.l„J as they ,oe.t on their way the, 
 oime unto a certain water, ..nd the Eunuch- said, See here 
 ^* router, rohat doth hinder me to be baptized ^Fread ttW- 
 mersed sprinkled or poured, ] Zd PhiuJ- J^jf 
 thou heUeveth with all thine heart, ^ou mayest. And 
 he answered and said. Ibelie.ethat Jesus Christ is the Sonof 
 ^od^^nd he commanded thechariot to stand still; and thei 
 went both d^ into the water, both Philip and the Eunuch 
 
THE BEREAN. 
 
 as 
 
 reii. 
 
 OTAVITHSTANDING what the Holy .Spirit had 
 «=«i.l, aud the avowd of Eunuch hi,.».lf; PhiH,, 
 - v"k.mlj- did „ot fbel hiMKscIf j,«titied in adnunister- 
 ."|,' th. onhmnco to hi„,, until he tm.I satisfied hin,- 
 
 "'" iiq>i-t'ssion evidently on tlie mind of the K.i- 
 '="eh u-as, that to baptize required much water. 
 hHUUc.--^^Sec, here is water, xohat doth hinder mc to be 
 oaptizcdf 
 
 Plulip- Mr thou bclkves,, y,kh all lUuc heart ,l,„„ 
 mayest.'"' 
 
 Eunuch — ^^M belipt^t* ti,„f t m • • , 
 
 God' "' ^^'"■''^ " ''''c ^'^n of 
 
 Tin. answer appears to have been quite satlsfae- 
 tory. ]\[ark attentively what follows. 
 
 fet ^ > 
 
 V © ij} ^ ■— _ s ^ ■^ 
 
 $ » » -^ 
 
 C' $" ^ 
 
 i fa. 
 
 -^-'^ ^ -AND ilK iUPTIZED HIM" § ^ ^ 
 tincty The lollowing remarks of Dr. Carson are bo 
 
 ir*% 
 
much to our min,l ihat we cannot forbear quoting 
 
 "To a mind thirsting to know the will of God, 
 and unmflueaced by prejudice, thi- p..:,„ ,, ^ith„„t 
 co-nment .8 in ,„y view amply .afficient." The n.„n 
 
 ■ who can r,ad it, and not see i,„„,er«on in it, murt 
 h.vo 80,m.th,ng ,u his mind hurtful to the investi- 
 
 ■ gationo truth As long a.s I fear Ood. I cannot 
 for all the kingdoms of the world resist the evidence 
 of th,.< smgle document. Nay, had I no more con- 
 
 attempt to expel immersion from this account. All 
 
 the ingenuity of all the critics in Europe could not 
 
 lence the evidence of this passge. \midst the 
 
 jnost violent perversion that it can sustain on the 
 
 racK, It will cry out immersion ! immersion ' '" 
 
 Pages upon pages, and hundreds of pages, have 
 
 the Philip nor the Eunuch «,«>„■., ^.n ike edge 
 iw ;^^T^' ,„t, ,,„,„,, works of maify 
 A. M s. and D. D's. who have thus argued; the follow- 
 u.g one however, for the »,i-« of brevitv, must ^^ce- 
 
 published controversy with Dr. Carson .ates as fol- 
 
 further than u>ma^„,f,..^„g; , , l,^ 
 
 portion ofu fc ^nkk or pour em , £«,,M." 
 
 if these learned men succeed in building up such 
 artackofGreek ad Latin lexicons, that they can 
 
THE BEBEAN. 
 
 "71 
 
 ir quoting 
 
 111 of God, 
 ;3 without 
 
 The nijiii 
 1 it, must 
 e investi- 
 
 I cannot 
 
 3 evidence 
 
 more con- 
 
 I a scholar 
 
 unt. All 
 
 could not 
 
 didst the 
 
 n on the 
 I r f" 
 
 !> • • 
 
 jes, have 
 fchat nei- 
 ^ the edge 
 
 of many 
 e follow- 
 t suflice: 
 'y', in his 
 38 as fol- 
 >bably no 
 
 a smoll 
 
 up such 
 ley can 
 
 crowd Ph,l,p and the Eunucl, o-t of the water, to it« 
 '■dgc, or h^dcr, it will operate like moving the bou„- 
 .lary Imeof the (inst ,ot in a concession. If tl^^i' 
 moved a rod nortl-ward, all the other lot, i„ the co.^' 
 <'e«™nmu,tnece,,»«rily,„„ve a .^rresponding Z 
 N.oce,„ the «aa,e direction. Thus they' by „1,,,! 
 ."I.p and the I.:u„u„h . t,. M.r ofli l^Z 
 ^1 o ,.u,h the w,cked, which God "t„„,ed ,„,„ ;,, !. 
 
 SK^ on the W. of he,, ,,,,,,,, .,,^,„J^_ 
 
 L , , '"'""■' """''' •"' !'"»''«' out.ideof then, 
 the Mcr> of then,! And the awine that ran" ' 
 ^e .ea and we.-e choked." would be crowdedout 
 
 01 the «ea to ,„ fo.rf„-,,, and there choke,!! 0„, 
 Sav,our who was taken up ■.;„,„ |„^,, „ ' 
 learn- „,en would fain place on it, b.r^,. "'"' 
 
 Ihe b. .le ,t«to« that thoy ca„,e "UNTO" water, 
 ana «» . imm.-diate v afterwardu tl,..t *i, 
 "INTu-'thev T. *"'■'"'"''''• "'•" they went 
 
 • Suppose litde ",%,j,'. was to visit her aunt Je- 
 'uma's and there see her cousin Naomi baptiz d by 
 
 JanrrdTh''*"^'^*™"^^ *° ^'^'* 0- -t 
 edT. : ""V.^^^^^" •'«' yung cousin Ellen baptiz- 
 f ''y;P""kI'ng. Now allow her to convey this in 
 formafon t» her mother, in her own artless chltlike 
 manner and see which of her accounts would be the 
 most hke the Eunuch's baptism. 
 
 Some.very grave men, malte the very gr.-e oh 
 would have read «„nething about his changing Us 
 
72 
 
 THE BEIEEAF. 
 
 elothoa I You really think so do you? After ho wa» 
 baptized, it is stated Jmt "he weut on his way," but 
 it is not stated that he got into his chariot. Think 
 you that he went on foot i Nor do we read any 
 thing about his 8toi)ping. Think you that the Eu- 
 ruch is "going on his wuy" yet? Tell me Sir. Were 
 you ever sprinkled? Yi>u say yes. We want to 
 know how you know this. You answer, by thp 
 Church record. Excuse us Sir, we want to ask one 
 question more. lu the record alluded to, is any 
 mention made abo!a;a font, a bowl of water, or a miu- 
 ister? You answer, "no." Never mind, we will 
 believe that you were sprinkled, because that simple 
 fact alone is recorded; just as we believe that the 
 parties are buried of whose deaths we read in the pa- 
 pers; and just as we believe the Eunuch was immers- 
 ed, though we do not read about his changing of hi.- 
 apparel. 
 
 ACTS.IQ. 37. —And began from GaUlee,]after the baptism 
 tehich John preached. 
 
 No^remarks necessary. 
 
 ACT8.10-M&c.~Whilel Peter yet spake'-tho,e ioords the 
 
 Holy Ghost fell on all them, which heardthe v}ord 
 
 then answered Peter. Can any man/orbid water, thZ should 
 not be baptized, (read immersed sprinkled or pour- 
 ed ) which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we ? And 
 he conmanded them to be baptized (read immersed 
 sprinkled or poured ) in the name of the Lord, then prayed 
 
ter he wasr 
 way," but 
 ;. Think 
 
 read any 
 : the Eu- 
 Sir. Were 
 
 want to 
 , by thf* 
 ► ask one 
 ), is any 
 or a miu- 
 
 we will 
 at simple 
 
 that the 
 n thii pa- 
 » ininiers- 
 Qg of hi.^ 
 
 te haptisn: 
 
 THE BKREAN. 
 thfi/ him to tarry certain ihyt. 
 
 79 
 
 words the 
 
 s»e thould 
 
 or pour- 
 
 5? And 
 
 tersed 
 
 m prayed 
 
 THESE were the first Gentiles who had hoen 
 baptized, and we readily dlHcern the true "lea- 
 vrii" thu8 beginning to leaven the Gentile ''lump"; 
 vj;^:- Hearing the word, receiving the word, and then 
 being baptized. We arc unable to discern any babien 
 here with our naked eye, Mark, Peter .Jid not ask 
 for water to be l)rought, which he certainly would 
 have done had only a smah bowl full been retiuired. 
 
 ACTS mi).— And he {Paul) received Jm gijht forthwith, 
 and arose, and was baptisea(Tctid immersed apriukl- 
 ed or poured) 
 
 Paul first believed, rmd afterwards waa baptized. 
 
 ^G'^^.n'.U.—Thm reraemhcred Ithe word of the Lord 
 how that he said, John 'ndred baptized [ read immcr^ 
 8€d sprnikled or poured] with water; hut ye shall U bap- 
 ilZed ( read immersed spriuUed or poured ] with the 
 Holy Ghost. 
 
 No remarks called for here, in addition to what 
 hac already been said respecting the baptism of the 
 Holy Ghost, on page 19. 
 
 ACTS.13:24.— TTAen .Mti had first preached before his 
 coming, the baptism ( read immersion sprinkling or 
 pourmg ] of repentance to all the people of Israel, 
 
 r'l 
 
7# 
 
 THE BEREAIT. 
 
 I ! 
 
 We have already seen that John baptized none 
 but bebevers. See page 17. 
 
 PHERE are, in all, three household baptisms re- 
 , j corded m the Bible, and they form the giant %r 
 ~n "' % ^">r-.V«' J Let us tZZ 
 
 occur. We understand the agreement to be, that, 
 -hat we have written is to be read carcftdl,, 
 
 astor of the Church ofwLich the writer is a mem- 
 ber, has baptized as many households, as there a,v 
 household Kiptlsms recorded in the Bible. 
 
 Is It not a fiict, that you can fir.,!; i^ almost anv 
 ..ew. paper, an advertisement offerin,so,ne premise; 
 
 nVtl/t '°^ ?''^ ^"''""* '=^''*^"- «^ »dvorti..- 
 mg to take =n a few boarders; and stating by wav of 
 
 .jmmen ation. that there are no child.tn I Za" 
 
 •n ly. Is ,t not also reported, that there is a large 
 
 lass of servant girh in the United States, who refl 
 
 '0 engage m household in which there a. childrll 
 
 may object to news-paper testimony of A.D.1861 to 
 prove any thing in the Bible olA-lu. If thlt'e^ 
 timony IS objected to, take the foUowmg- 
 
THfi BERElsr, 
 
 )tized 
 
 n 
 
 none 
 
 iptisms re- 
 e giant ar- 
 } examine 
 hich thev 
 be, that 
 
 3ommuni~ 
 be former 
 s a mem- 
 ;here are 
 
 nost aijv 
 premises 
 adverti?!- 
 way of 
 Q the fa> 
 a large 
 refuse 
 lildrenV 
 ugh he 
 .861, to 
 lis tes- 
 
 . Jacob said unto bis homehold, put away the str- 
 an-ge gods that are among yau. Qm. 35:2. 
 
 Thy son liveth, and himself believed, and all his 
 household. John. 4:53. 
 
 One that feared God with all his household. ActslQ. 
 If chouse be divided against itself, that honse 
 cannot stand,- ^ar^.3:25. 
 
 There were four households that went into the 
 Ark, but no child. 
 
 ACTS mU.—And a certain woman named Lydia, a sell 
 ^ofpr^rple,ofthe City of Thyatvra, which worshiped God 
 kmrauB, ichose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto 
 thetUngs which were spoken by Paul, and when she was ba- 
 pUzea (read immersea sprinkled or poured ] and her 
 f;f^jd, she besought us, saying, If ye have Judged me to be 
 ^uuhful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. 
 
 ^^HIS household requires to be supported with 
 I no less than five "ifs," to make it strong enough 
 to support one infant. 
 
 ith. 
 
 2d 
 
 3d. 
 
 4th. 
 
 iF—this was the only text on record alluding to 
 the ordinance. But such is not the case. 
 
 IF— it be taken for granted, that Lydia was 
 married. Of which we have no evidence. 
 
 IF— married, to suppose that she had children. 
 Of which we have no evidence. 
 
 IF— any children, that they were with her. 
 This is not very likely, as she was of Thy- 
 
I?0 
 
 THE BEEEAN. 
 
 5tn. 
 
 atira, a city 300 miles from where slie then 
 was. 
 
 ''wl''^ ™^ ''^'**°' ""' '"^y ^"'^ with 
 
 her, that some of them were young. Of 
 which there is no proof. ^ & " 
 
 Away then with all unwarrantable supposition, 
 
 sTi W f r« !r "'"* *'"' ^"'^ Spirit^reallyl: 
 ^aid. We first find, that Lydia was old enou4 to 
 
 .^» fit The " ' f ^'""P ^*W«»^- 
 
 ««« lacts. The express condition upon whi-h th^ 
 
 mv,tat,on to the Apostles was made! and by them 
 
 accepted, being her faithfulness".^ cL lJ' Z 
 
 us read on a little further, and we may peAaps hn. 
 
 out — ng ab„„t the character o/Jr ^ZmI 
 
 "^"^t What we expected. Here ii ia nf 
 
 ^0 "And they went ou't of the prTso 'a^d 1*^ 
 
 oiemrea, they comforted them, and departed " 
 Bab,es certainly often require co^fortingrbu Paul 
 and .as were not well adapted to impart it ^p:!' 
 
 tt Jactd.*'^ ^'""'"'*^"''^' '° -^-l' tW Le 
 
TfiE BfeEEAlT. 
 
 77 
 
 h tok them the^ame Uur of tie niglt, and .ashed their 
 
 rZZir tTl^'"^ ^'^' ^mmersea sprinkled 
 or pou ed ] he andall his, straight.a,. And .chen he had 
 
 ^^^^-^0 Us hon., he sef.non before them, and rr. 
 jo^ccd, hehevtng m God with all Us Unse. 
 
 nm only way that babies can be crowded into 
 '^^^^ tjAt, h to suppose them there. Somethina 
 1 ke the child who drew a picture of a house on I 
 slate, and told its man3^i, that there were lots of chil- 
 dred m the house, but they could not be seen, be- 
 cause the doors and windows were shut. 
 
 Away with all sucli guessing, and substitute 
 therefor facts. Here they are: -What shall I do 
 to be saved?- cries the Jailor in alarm. Hear the apos- 
 tohc answer. ^Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
 thou Shalt be saved, and thy house.'' "There" says the 
 reader "if he believed, he and his house should be sa- 
 ved. It does not exactly say that; nor does it readily 
 convey the idea that we think the apostle evidently 
 nient, i. e.^wkosoever belicveth shall be saved'\ Or a 
 «miilar truth the same Apostle had just before utter- 
 ed in these words:- For the promise is unto pou, and 
 to your children, and to all that are afar olf 
 even us many as the Lord our God shall calU' Or 
 as m i>m.S9:29. -Those things u^hich are revealed 
 belong unto us and to our chiMren/or ever,'' 
 
 This does not fully satisfy the reader we find. 
 Well, we are not much surprised at that, and we will 
 
 ■^\^ 
 
 r 
 
78 
 
 THE BEBEAlff. 
 
 T.I 
 
 i 
 
 therefore bring forward other testimony. It is said 
 a tew verses before, that at ^^midnight, suddenly there 
 was a great earth-quake, so that the foundations of the 
 
 J- 1 > son were shaken and all the doors were open- 
 
 c(r This had such an effect on the head of the House- 
 hold, that "Alt' drew out his sword and would have hilled 
 himself'' Under these circumstances, it is not unrea- 
 sonable to suppose, that the whole family were up, 
 and heard the important question asked, and the an- 
 swer given. Well reader, do you still tenaciously 
 cling to the expression: ^"shall be saved and thy house.'" 
 Cut the answer given in two; isolate and cling to the 
 latter half; you do have one slender thread by which 
 to hold. We shall make no attempt to yuU this sin- 
 gle thread from you, but compel you to let it go as 
 worthless, by the ''Hwo edged^^ power of God's word. 
 
 €rOlV8 word — ^* Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
 thou shall he saved, and thy house.^^ 
 
 €rOd'^S word — ^^ They (Paul and Silas Jspake unto him 
 (the Jailor ) the words of the Lord, und 
 to all that were in his house.^^ 
 
 4Grod''8 IVOrA — "iZe {the Jailor) set meat before them 
 ( Paul and Silas ) and he (the Jailor ) re- 
 joiced, believing in Mod, with 
 
 ^IjJl his house.'' 
 
 "Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord: 
 and like a hammer that breaketh the rock-in pieces." 
 Jer, 23:29. 
 
THE BKREAN. 
 
 79 
 
 From tho foregoing, and other texU in the same 
 <*linpter, we loam (lie following:- 
 
 I til. That "</// t/iaf urrc in his house", were old eno- 
 ugh to ^K'ipcnlc (,r of tlio ^'raord of the Lord'', 
 ■'lid. 'I'hnr tli<' Jailor 'Un/icrcd in God:' 
 
 '.ni. 
 
 tlnd (iU h 
 
 <!>• t'^fiise 
 
 »* 
 
 V^^\. That those thus lu'Iiev 
 
 ■'Hi. That aftor fii-a Ji 
 
 ing, were baptized. 
 
 tiziHl, he 
 
 i';>r, ''and (ill his" wore hap' 
 
 r< 
 
 •/OlCli 
 
 L 
 
 «)th. In haptisn: 'v/V A;,,'- Juiiiod; and with ''all h 
 
 houao" he '-'•rejoicd. 
 
 !S 
 
 ./ rh. "\V<' first lind t 
 
 li'iii <ill t/i tlie 1 
 
 lousc, out im- 
 
 mediately aft.T ri.vy were haptized, the Jailoi 
 
 brnvght them rrto iht hmi^rr 'JMiey must there- 
 fore have be,i; u\v.\\ out ofthehmisc to he bap- 
 tized, 
 li 
 
 *^th. If n]>ri];klii!^ h.id Jx'cn t! 
 
 even allowuhb-, the ho 
 
 mode practieed, or 
 
 been i Ik^ n 
 ■d 
 
 use certainly wouhibave 
 
 losr, suital)le place to administer the 
 
 oiYlmaiice, esp.-cially as it was ''midnight:' 
 i)tli. H.'aring, believing and thm baptizing !• «6-2//i/. 
 
 ere to be bapti'Zed up m the 
 
 Mippose chil 
 
 (Irev; \T 
 
 strength of their [):avut's fnitli, would it include chil 
 
 dren oi from 1 
 
 -3 to 2 1 yea is oi a^(! y 
 
 ACTS 'im.-^And Crisp,,,, r,r ch!,'f rah'r of the Sywi^ogu^. 
 Miernf on the Lnrd,vnth u'l hu house, and many of the Cor 
 ^nfhiavs hearing hrUevrd, and were bttpflSed ( read im^ 
 merned sprinkle J ,,/ poured ) 
 
ao 
 
 Tills BERKAK. 
 
 FTER wJiat has alrea'^y been said in relation to 
 households, but little moie need be added here. 
 From thl.s text wc can Irarn nothing as to mole; but 
 much as to tho mhjixta. We learn the tbllowingytfrfs: 
 
 Ith. That Oj-i8i»U3 was ''the chhf ruler of the Syna- 
 
 gogne:' 
 2nd. That this C'lispua, "bclirved on the Lord."' 
 3rd' Not he alone, but with him •'«// his housed 
 •ith. Besides them: ''many of the Corinthians hearing 
 
 bflievcd." 
 5th. ''Crisym'" ''with all his house"' ''and many ofthit 
 
 Corinthiuiis' having **helier€d"j ^'ttere bajtized:* 
 
 The same story, over, over and ovar again. 
 Preaching, hearing, bv'lieving and baptizing. It ii 
 not baptizing, and then believing: — "Makinjr the uord 
 of God of r,(me efect, through your traditioi tvh'ch ye 
 have deliveieil.'* (Mark. 7:13. j 
 
 ACTS 18:25. — Tlih ma i ....spake ami taught diVujmt' 
 
 ly the things of the Lord, knowing only the haptis n oj Joti, 
 
 Ko remarks necessary. 
 
 AC CS, 19:3,4,5. — And he slid unto theni, Unto wh'xt th?n 
 
 were you baptiXtdJ (read immiPsed, »prinkleii or 
 
 poured ) and they gaid, unto John s ditpffsw (r^ad inp' 
 
 meTSiOit spriuk irjg or pounng ) Then said Paul: ''John 
 
 ''verily hopiiztd with the baptimn (f npentance, 9 i/ing un- 
 
 "to the people, that ihey sliould believe on him ichich shmld 
 
TrtR nKKKAX. 
 
 81 
 
 ^e^vue ajur kirr., that t>. on Jesv» Chri,t. When they heard 
 
 the^ irere baptized, in fhn name of the Lord Jems Christ^ 
 
 ^nd when Paul had laid his hand, on t/^n,the Holy Ghost 
 «xme on them. ^ 
 
 THESE are, we confesg, somewhat difficult texts. 
 Not 80 however as far as our present discussion 
 .« concerned. The difficulty lies, nof. in whether in- 
 jant, were si-rinUcd or not; but whether adnltz were 
 immersed twice. 
 
 We may just add howtjver, before proceeding, 
 that the whole difficulty hinges, on where Pau^s 
 -po.nch end,, and Luke's narrative re-commences. Our 
 own opmion -.mly an • opinion-- is, that it should 
 read a« we have copied it above. The only aiter.v 
 tion we have made in copying tlie texts from the Bi- 
 ble, IB, that we have paid no regard to tlie divisioni 
 ofthe verses, and have placed in quotation that port- 
 ion which we suppose contained Paul's speach. 
 
 Why t.McMt thou? [PavQ arise and be baptixed 
 
 L'-earflmmcr^'-ff sprinkled or poured] mui wash away 
 tn$ 9in$, odlinif on the nims ofthe Lord. ACT ^ 22:16. 
 
 JOD l!ud accepted Paul, and hal made known 
 _|Jn8 aceeptHDcato Auinias, therefore Ananiiis" 
 had HO occasion to question Pju! as to hisbelief, as 
 did Philip th. EuMuc 1. He therefore c^mmand^d 
 hnn at once to arise, wliich commHtid Paul immedi- 
 ately obeyed. This would certdinly indicate thatW ' 
 
■S2 
 
 TflE IJKREAN. 
 
 was not to be sprinkl^'d, as a sitting or reclining pos- 
 ition, would have been the iiio.st convenient for th.'ir 
 purj)08e. 
 
 We do not ullow for ti moment that iinuierMion 
 or any otlier kind oi' baptism in water, can cleanse 
 a Saul, or any one else Ironi one atom of sin, any 
 more tlmn it would wasli mi ElJnopimi wliite. w'c 
 must admit that th(^ text jibove appmn- to have such 
 a meaning, but as thin is not the subject of contro- 
 versy we will pass it by. ' ' • 
 
 KOMANS G: 345.0. COLLOSIANS 2:l2.~-h,>u,r ,,, 
 nut, that so many of us a, uure baptized ( veA,\ #wj. 
 mersed spiiuklod or pouifd ) into Christ iLerbitptiz, 
 
 ^rl[rcaa immersed s])rinkled or poured \\int. I, 
 death ? nenfore icc.are hon.d with him hj bautism 
 [ read immersion, spri.iklin.^ or pcurin^,. ] into hix dr,th ■ 
 thathkeas Christ was raised up fr.m thr d.ad hy the ./..., of 
 the Father, even so we also should walk in nncness of life ' lir 
 >f^eha,e hem planted t:gather in the like n ess of his death 
 i^sh.dl U also in the lihmess of his resurrection. K.,.,H„a 
 this, that on raid man is crucified with hint; that the hod, of 
 sen mujht he d strayed, that henceforth we should not serve .ii! 
 P-rhethat is dead is freed from sin. Nov, if u:. U 
 dead .nth Chnst, we helie.e that ,r. Ml also Hue roith hirrl . 
 
 ..rin^""^"'''^^^'"" "" '^''^"'*»» (^«-d immersion 
 
 Z^ll Z'TT^ '''"•''' "^'^^-^^ -- -- -^V/. kirn- 
 
 Iw /"ff '"* "^^^"■^'^ "^^^ '^'- *«'^ raisect 
 Mmfromthe J- ad. 
 
THE BEki^^, 
 
 ai 
 
 LL these are figurative baptisms, there can be 
 no doubt. Three alhisions ar. horo made to the 
 ."":'l^' .'"Hi spiritual design of th. onlinance-Twic. 
 «r IS represented as a burial and resurrection 
 
 • We must confess tliat ue tee] „iore at a loss to 
 niHke a tew comments here, than w. have under any 
 other t.xt Simply bec.u.e we really do not know 
 ''owmiy thing b),t the baptism of believers by im- 
 "HTsion can possibly be c.<,w<led into it. And be- 
 <^^Hi.<e nny p.rson with half .-n, eye and that half eye 
 only halt open can, yea ..... .,, t „is, together with 
 
 -trer .npossibilitv of extraciug the'refrom thc^ 
 
 .host ot an argument in support of infant sprinklinir. 
 
 We have given hitherto but few extracts con- 
 
 anung the opmions of other parties; allow us here 
 
 ^> ^nve the opinions of nine well known In/a.t 
 
 >^prmkhrs ujion these texts. 
 
 IS nude to the mrinner o\ baptizing by immersion. 
 ^ isalluMo. to the manner of baptiHrn, which was immer! 
 
 ^^ ^:L:!^^^'^ him-alluding to the ancient 
 
 mersion. 
 
 man- 
 
 ner of b;iptizin- by im 
 
 dfwSbv ^^T'"'T^~?''''' -^"^''"i^^^'J ^« ^^ buried un- 
 
 m 
 
■■ TUB' M^IUiAW. 
 
 iffimmod «nd bund ,n w.for f. repros^^^it their death » > «n. 
 
 Z'a??W-, ^' '^^-lent ^vle of admistntJo^in 
 
 theApobtlesd-.y v^asby.n actual mhutov^hp of the whole 
 
 thn),.y^ng h^ht upon the nnaloiry th»t is institute 1 in £nwm. 
 
 mSion ■ h?^hf'f""^"P*'"" ?" ''"^'""y adn,ini.iercd bj m- 
 
 ♦l^'- ?''•• *i'' '"^""'^*'*'''* ''^^'"P i%i/uibolof (he dyini 
 the being buned w.th ChriBt, the emmJion being a «Sl 
 
 a death of the old . , ^ and a resurrection of a new life. 
 
 WU .^V^^'#^ 'f T ^"8 passage cannot be understood un- 
 less It. ,8 bom'^ m v,mn th.t the primi i^e Baptism wa«bym- 
 
 »w-«otf;....;... It nmat ever a subject of regret that the 
 
 general diseontin„a,.c. of ti.isforu oi'baptln,n\,, rcndeH . 
 of wiiptu^e!''^ '' apprehension some very inportant passage 
 
 ^. SdmueiaarA~lu priniitive times the manner of baptiz- 
 1J5 was by nmnorsion or dipping, the whole body in water, and 
 
 All those Lifimf. JSpink/ers unauiriiously admit 
 that tlie AjyMlcs baptized by immersion, and the rea- 
 Bor of that mode being uspd was, that the party bap- 
 tized desired by the ordinance to symbolize a death of 
 the old man and a resurrection of a new life. Doe* 
 lAfavt Sirivklivg answer this end? Let the reader 
 •nswer for himself as before God. 
 
THK UKUKAX. 
 
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 h ptized 
 
 fi^'ho'- !,ov> or uereye baptfZFli 
 
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 Id of 
 
 >n m,vr .„rn nowe, and I hapth,d th, h 
 
 for Chn.^ .,, ,, „,, ,, ,„^^ . ^. ^^^ ^^^^P^^^^ ^^^ .J^r. 
 
 Btr little nt..<l be , Hi 1 1..,,, as respects the ^^ 
 jects or,, /.of baptism. As thia^H had turow 
 ed out, Paul appears to liave been thankful that he 
 had not baptized maruj, lest t.is opponent., should soy 
 that he had been baptizing in Ins own name, thereby 
 injuring h,. usefulness in the sphere for wliich he 
 wasnure aju.ciaify comnissioned i. e." I have an- 
 peared nnto thee fou this vukpo,k, to n.ake thee a 
 
 ministrr «nd a witness to open their eyes, and 
 
 to turn them from darkness to light, and trom the 
 power of Satan vmto God. Acts. 2y. 17, 18 For 
 while Paul was ^ ngaged ^^prcaching the gos^.d. to every 
 creature there was not any fear tliut he would be ae- 
 cused of endeavouring to torui a sect of PauUtes but 
 when he came to carry out tiio latter part of Christ'a 
 last commission i;/c: To baptize that portion of ei^erv 
 crcatuvH that belitied, then they begaji to ciy out " I 
 am of t*aul" &c. 
 
 l^aul was writing to a church of Christians- a- 
 <iult immersers, because he asks them -v-.-ere ve bap- 
 tized in the nai..e of PaulV " For had th.^ been 
 
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 Infant Sprinklers, if would have been inon>. proper 
 to l»i\T jiKkrd tiKMii " Ar«? yo baptizing in tho iiimw 
 of Paid y " 
 
 A word about l!io " liouf^olioJd*' allndpd to. I . 
 Cor. 10: 1 -I. / /,rsrfc/, i/ou, hrcthmi, ( ye hinw fhr hovsn 
 of Stqihtvns, that it ir the FIKST rKT:rrs of Arhain, a.p-l 
 thai TnEY harp afhlir/,/ IhemselrCH to th< mii,i!<tr,iaj 
 the saints.) Could sucJi language bo appli. d to diild- 
 dreu ? Could f hey minister z' 
 
 1. C0KINTrirA«N8. 10. 1,2,3, 4.--iVo,vo..r. hr^thern. 
 Jwoitkliwt that yc .should he iynnrmif, how that n/l ovr fi. 
 thers vert vmh;- the ch>v.d, nvdaflpoKsrd thronffh fhr sm 
 and were bftptisfd Irend immerSid .sprinkled or 
 
 iJOUHid ] untn Mm, in the cloud and in the sr'r, and did of 
 fat thr 8<'Wr <jnrityat irnat, and all did drink the mm, 8^,1 nt^ 
 iialdrivl./o,- thni drank of that spiritual Rock that fl- 
 towed th'tn: and that Rock wan Chrint. 
 
 jAKY pens have been worn out upon this bat- 
 tle ground, Allow us then to dwell at some 
 little lenght on texts which hav< h> very important 
 .1 bearing upon the question at issue. 
 
 ^ The reader, long ere this we trust, hiis l<>;irnt to 
 distinguish between a Jiguratirc or typical baptism 
 and a real one. 
 
 The baptism in question, it is plainly seen, ia 
 not a real one, but a typical one. Does the reader 
 ask U8 how we learn thia^' The proof is at hand. Here 
 
THIS BEREAN. 
 
 87 
 
 i 
 
 it ia. The Rock oiif of which water gushed forth on 
 feeing struck by Moses, is called *'C/tnV; and the 
 manna upon which ti)e Egyptians so long lived, is 
 
 .called ''Spirift/a/jhfxr. 
 
 ■ It 13, we boliovt', universally admitted by all 
 evangelical Christian-s th.it the journeyings of the 
 Ghildrcn of I.^jniL-l as a hc^ij, typify the religious 
 life juul experience of the iiuUr idua^l chrisUan- 
 
 a kind oi' ui.iplrrd •Tiigrim's Progress". There is of 
 cuurKe a diversity of opinion, as to detail, Ours, in 
 part is this: The hard task masters, typify the state 
 ofaeinner's bondage before his conversion. The 
 landofKgvpt; "die whole worhl lying in wicked- 
 ness-'— .ii;:nyaii',s *'Ci(y of distruction". The Increase 
 ■ &i biirdons— a still further insight into the sinfulness 
 ■of the human heart. Th-ir tin.ii and hurried flight; 
 the sinner's "Lonl savv^ ur I perish"— Bunyan'a 
 Christian, where he left The City of Distruction, and 
 ran crying ^^/Ifd l^h / curnnl life! Their nun-mur- 
 ing at Moses for having brought th.em out of Fgypt 
 —a struggle to give up the tritling things of^'tliis 
 ; world; Bunyan's "Slough of despond". Their straita 
 in having no way to escape— the eea just before 
 them, the Egyptians behind them, and the moun- 
 tains on each side of thera— beautifully typifies 
 the sinners final ''Lord save or I yerUh ! 
 
 "And the Children of Israel went into the MrosT 
 •f the sea, upon dry ground; and the waters were a 
 
88 
 
 THK HJSREAS, 
 
 wall unto them,, on tlm- right hand and on the 
 
 left, ( Exodus. 14: 22, ) All our fathers were under 
 the cioud; and all jwissed through the sea and 
 
 were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud, aiui in 
 the sea (1 Cor. 10:2. )— We think beautifully typi- 
 fies the "going down into the water", being "biiri«>d 
 with Christ in baptism", and "coming out of the wa- 
 ter". The rejoicing after they had crossed Ihe seji 
 
 A rejoicing similar to that of the Eunucli's, injrn<<- 
 diately after he " came up out out of the water'".TIij» 
 wilderness— The troubles and spiritual conflicts tiiat 
 the Christian meets while passing through thip 
 world. The rock from which they drank — "That 
 Rock was Christ". The manna— The "bread which 
 came down from heaven". The clusters of grape* 
 brought from the landof Canaan, just before they en- 
 tered— The fore-taste of heaven, which man^ irist- 
 ians experience on their death beds— Bunyan s "land 
 of Beulah." The crossing of the river Jordan at the 
 end of their journey— Death. And the land of Ca- 
 naan — Heaven. 
 
 Sweet fitjlds, beyond the swelinjj: flood, 
 
 iStand dressed in living green: 
 So to the Jews fair Canaan stood, 
 
 While Jordan roJl'd between. 
 
 Could we but climb where Moses stood; 
 
 And view the landscape o er — 
 Not Jorclai. .s stream; nor death a cold flood, 
 
 Should fright us from the shore, 
 
 
THK UhHEAX. 
 
 fHATEVER diversity of opinion there may be 
 with respect even to tin; brief details. given by 
 ri8 iibove, we are quite carelo.ss about. But one of 
 the typical illustnitions wo liuv.; given, wc must m- 
 tist upon afci being a correct on.-; that is that the 
 cro-'sing of the river Jordiiu typiHed death; an^ 
 the land of Canaan heaven. This we fully believe 
 will be acreedod to us nmnimonslij; but yet we would 
 like to obtain the rea«ler*8 consent thereto before we 
 proceed further. What say you render ? Do you 
 adu)it this ? We will suppose that you do, and now 
 proceed. Now the next /Wcr which wc wish the rea- 
 der to admit, is, #iat the crossing of the river Jordan^ 
 which is typical ot death, correspopds with the nar- 
 rative of the crossing of the Red Sea. To prevent any 
 misunderstanding, we give here both accounts. 
 
 EXOI)US.14:2],42. 
 
 ' And Moses stretched out 
 I'm h;md over th^i sea; and 
 the Lord caused the sea tv 
 '^o back by a strong east 
 wind all that night,an(J made 
 the sea dry land, and 
 t'ho waters were divided. 
 And tlie Children of Israel 
 went into tlie midst of the sea 
 Apon dry ground: ^.nd the 
 waters were a watt unto 
 tbem.on their ft^Af hand, 
 nd on their left. 
 
 J0S11UA.3:14,15,16, 
 
 The feet of the priest that 
 bare the Ark, were dipped 
 in the brim of the water, 
 that the waters which came 
 down from above, stood and 
 rose up upon an heip, and 
 
 the people passed over 
 
 and tlie soles of the priest's 
 feet were lifted up upon dry 
 land, that the waters of Jor- 
 dan returned unto their 
 
 place For the Lord your 
 
 God dried up the waters of 
 Jordan ...ati the Lord your 
 Ood did to the red se^*^ 
 
' 
 
 90 
 
 THE BKREAN. 
 
 THAT the croRsing of Jordan typifies DEATH, 
 has alronfly boon ndinittod, and that there is a 
 my frrcat Ninr..lnrity 1)«'fw n i lio crossing of the two 
 rivivr.s fWMffe now be ftd,. iird, ibr it is as plain an 
 twicer malvPS 1 , or Tliiir i.iese two stnra are alike 
 • * . "•i'« the Lord yovr (,< d did 1o the StctH Hea be- 
 fore vs, vntjl tcv 7vi; re gone ^-.y." Now mark irdt, 
 in tlie opinion of us Adult liumemrs, the ordinance of 
 baptism in intended to rei.i-<'Rent\'i ''buriaV And 
 we tliink y-o,Jhm ihvfolhmiiig, and other shmdar evi- 
 dence. Pa'Jider, ex.'unini! ilu- iividence m'tnutelv. 
 1st ''buricft witli hhn by bnpti.-^in." Horn. A: 1. ' 
 2nd '^ifuricd witij Urn in bapUsnf." Col. l>: J 2. 
 8rd "Know ye not that as many ofns as vver<' haitiz- 
 ed INTO Ji'8UK Clirist, were baptized l^N'TO hi* 
 DEATH. .. -that /t'Ax' as Christ was raisetti 
 up from the dead by the glory of the Faiher, 
 even m we also rhould walk in mwness of lite. For 
 it we have been pUiiiSed together in the like' 
 ness €f his death, we shall be also in the 
 likeness ol" His r€SUrre€timi:'B(nn. G: 4,o,(J. 
 It may perhaps now be statc^d, as it has been be- 
 fore, there were small children in the company with 
 Moses. Do do, my dear reader, bare in inin<i, that 
 this WAS NOT a REAL baptism. The irholc company, 
 its a company, typifies the indlvUlual christian. 
 And we contend that the passage ''^ihroHgh*^ th© 
 Red Sea, that particular part of the Christian's life 
 ^here he goes'^down in' o the water", &udtho\v'' Our ieiT 
 
TflE DEHEAX. 
 
 9\ 
 
 in water, and then *'come vpovt ofthewatcr'\ confess 
 inp liiiiiscif #l€«#f to 8iH, and tilive to rights 
 tmmess — u]] of which Atlulf Immincrs do, and /»- 
 favt SimnkUrs DO JVOT. 
 
 AA'hnt time lm:s bren wnsti'd, simply because 
 noinc inV/ ;?o^ s»^(' in tiiis a typiail l)jii)ri8in. We fail 
 to see .-my nioiv ncct'SPivy in luovujg that was not a 
 I'icral b:.|iti--,i, rhnn to prove tl-,.it 'Ulmt Rock'' waH 
 m\ In'n-alhj CiiHsr; or i^iat tb- land of C\'u:aan-from 
 \\\uc\; ! ,.st of;.boii,niabie IdoLnvrs ha(i#<j b(>slain or 
 i:ri\< .• out-lR wA lircM-ally hr.swr.. Even if we take 
 |-i ri^'iirulv',' di-^rrijifiofi ofihc land of C^inuac as a 
 fnmitil roimtry, ji uoplj in;ikp ir a very di.^airrefable 
 counrry U^ wa k iu— "liowjnp wmIi iiiiik an.liionry". 
 "Tlie Loci looked (hr9n:i;[i tlie pillar of fire 
 and eloud and troubled the lios of the Egyptians. 
 'iiiodusA'i'rJi. 
 
 Wliei^tliey were passing Tiirough the sea, they 
 wtre '^buricJ'' from view of the Egyptians — tlie 
 .^vorld. 
 
 Fintilly. If the crossing of the Red Sea DOES 
 NOT repn.'sent, the baptism of a Christian by innner- 
 feion upon a profession of faith, WHAT PART of thu 
 Christians course, THUS RESEMBLING nealh, 
 does it represent ? And WHAT PARTof theii- jour- 
 
 neyings lypfies INFANT SPRINKLING ? 
 
 These are two plain and proper questions/are they 
 
 not ? Tiie reader must adr bis Now we 
 
 are pausing frr an answer We have our men 
 
 llil 
 
92 
 
 TilK BKREAN. 
 
 tal misgivings that tlie roader is proceeding without 
 answering these most proper questions. We repeat. 
 If the crossing of the Red Sea DOES NOT repre- 
 sent, the baptism of a Christian by immersion,WHAT 
 PART of the Oiristian course, tiius REPRESENT- 
 ING OEJiTU, does it n-proscnt ? And what part 
 of their journey ings typifies infaHi sprinkling} 
 
 1. coil. 12:13 — For by one spirit are we all bapHZ" 
 €d ( read inmnersed sprinkled or poured ) INTO one 
 body, wheiher we be J{ew or Gentile. 
 
 SPRINKLED into one body. Poured into one 
 _)body. Immersed into one body. Which, think 
 you, reader, reads best V ^^Know you not, that as ma^ 
 ny of us as were baptized into Christ, were baptized lf»- 
 lO hts death ? Therefore we are biJiried with him by 
 baptism, into his death. Rom.d'.S. 
 
 1 COR. 15: 29.— Else what shall they (fo whirh are bap^ 
 Hxed ( read immersed sprinkled or poured )for the 
 ylead, and why stand we in Jeopardy every hour. 
 
 pRSES S, 13, 14, &c. Read thus:- "But if ther» 
 _ • be NO resurrection of the d^ad, then is Christ 
 KOT risen, and if Christ is not risen, then u our 
 preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 
 
 Paul had been thus carneBtly contending for th» 
 ^trine of the resurrection, then, as a summery of 
 aU Jm» bad tbfis ady^nced, and in tomformation of it. 
 
THB BKREAN. 
 
 98 
 
 he asks if it be not so; *^What shall they do u,ho are 
 baptized for the deruf, if the dmd rite not at all ? In o- 
 th«T wonJ.s vvli«f ffoo.l Im, nsk's, could possibly re- 
 os!t, from being burivd ;.i„! raised in baptism, in cora- 
 racmonitiun of (»vi>nta which uovor took place. 
 
 Dr.Doddcridge, {hmU ihnt the npostle refers to 
 (he ease u\' thos:-, who pres.'nt themselves for bap- 
 tism, immi-uiateiy afper t:;e martyrdom of their breth- 
 ern, or at their funerals, uk if fresh soldiers should 
 enlist and press forward to the assault, to supply the 
 place of thos.^ who had fdlcn in battle. A curioui 
 opinion this certainly, to b:- entertained by an infant 
 sprinkler I 
 
 We like much, t\n^. following remarks of Rev.B. 
 C.Ihwdl.D.D. upon this text:- 
 
 f l!wI!^'"^'*'",'''" "/ '''" '•«''S""ing is this:- You have beon 
 
 taught that your baptLsm is a representation ofthe burial and 
 
 resurrection of Christ; but if there is no resurrection of the 
 
 dead, as the Padducees contend, then is Christ not risen and 
 
 the ordinance has no si-nificancy, one half of it based upon on 
 
 event v.b.ch never accuredr 'If the dead rise not, why are y 
 
 baptized for the dead ? 'But now is Christ risen from the 
 
 dead, and become the first fruits of th-ni that slept,' and it w 
 
 no dream of the imagination which you represent when you 
 
 were buried in baptism, and rose again from the emblematic 
 
 grave. 
 
 GALATIANS. 3: 26, 27.-/br ye are all the children of 
 God, hy faith in Christ Jesus, for as many of youhas hav. 
 
 Z,t"^^^^^ ^ '""^ ^^mersea sprinkled.or pottred) 
 JN40 Jesus Christ, ham PUT ON Qhrift 
 
 1:1 
 
 U 
 
 
 
•4 
 
 IIIK niCIlKAN. 
 
 J^AUL says ( Rom, VV.U. ) -PUT YE ON the Lord 
 g Ji.sus Christ:' And agf^in ( Eph, 4: 21.; "PUT 
 ON tkf new many And agjjinY Col, 'h\0.)''s(;flni( fhat 
 ^c //arc PUT OFF the old run vjifh his ilmh, and hart 
 PUT ON the- ntw man.'' Hen; he reiiiindH liis rcad.'rs. 
 wlioni he calls ''cliddnn of God h;/ I'nith:' Wmt wlier 
 thrv wero baptized ''into Chift'' tlu'V ''jmf on C/irist'^ 
 Could any ///A"//;/ Sprinkler thus talk to his Inhtn* 
 •prinkled nicnibers y (,'ould he tell thom that tlie- 
 ''put OK, Christ'' vvlien tlit-y, in iheir iiitrin^y vvj-pj 
 ■priidvl(>d y It'lijs niembers reHlly di<l then "|»ut on 
 Christ," then it follows of course, tl., it nil who w»'ro 
 iprinkled in childhood, as tlx-y wer<*, ''put )n Chrint' 
 tlso; and cons('({nently, he might addn ,s.s (;h;» sa-ne 
 remarks with equal propriety, to perinp.^tiireefuurthp, 
 of the convicts in the IVniteiaiiiry: widi ni^rh every 
 prostitute, and W(dl nigh vwvy felon wlo Ivih died 
 on the gallows, lienieinber also, thiit iiie wiiole of 
 Catholic Italy, and godless gay Fiance, have been 
 baptized at the ibnt, and according totlx; principle 
 of IrJ'ant Sprinklers, have been "thcmhij made mcmhart 
 of Christ, and children of God, and i?ihcr iters of thu 
 kingdom of hcacen." 
 
 EPHESIANS. 4: h — ONE Lord. ONE faith. ONB 
 ^aptiStn ( read immersion, sprinkling or pouring) 
 
 'HE only remarks we propose to make here, is 
 this. If the matter in dispute, was confined to 
 
 T 
 
THE IlKUKAX. 
 
 90 
 
 Lord 
 
 tbt' mode ulono /. r., muwmou or Hpnnklin<r, it 
 •" 1 g h t p e r I, H p „ he e.-.IIed -..,/c WW'. 
 I3ut vvhci, ,n (,n.« case, you iuako an uucon,unous in- 
 /ant, the SUbJeet; '.uu\ i„ ih,, otl.e.-, one vvl.o ia old 
 *MH.„gh to, un.l DOTJI "/W/.C. .. ,/.. Lord Jnn, 
 thrust , WG cannot hut call thou, two baptisms. Now 
 Clo(U-.yH that th.,-.. is only ONK, and elun-os us all 
 [1. Cor. 1 J: 1.] «'Inu kc^it the onliiiaucos as I deli- 
 vered theni to you". Well reader, which Oliccd'theso 
 ttvo hai.tisK.8 do you prcipo.se to obey ? If tho^c two 
 bapri.siH8 cannot be called tu;r, do tell us reader,what 
 kiL'd of a baptisn you would consent to call another 
 baptism ? 
 
 »n of lunuls d'n,dr. "^ ^ 
 
 No remarks necessary here. 
 
 lPEI.'EIi.3:20,21. IVIurh .r^uifvus vcrc disolcduni 
 irhm onre the h„c,,„ffrn,Hj rf God wnltcd In the da,j. of 
 Aoah,u-InIethr ark .',. pr^ ,. ring ....the hU fijnrc u-jJe- 
 vnto^ ev.n baptism ( rc;u.l immfrsioit sp: ii.klin-^ or 
 Y^onnn<r)M also now save n, (nut the p„alvj am J the 
 mojthj^rsh, iatthe avs.erlng of a gar.i cuscuncc to- 
 v^anlH Ood]bi/ us the nsurreciion of Jtsiis Ch^t). 
 
 HAT a housohold by the byo is ho.-j. Four 
 husbands with their wives,* and yet not a 
 
 • And Noah wont ill and hi8 8onB, and his wife, and his tons wiTei 
 With him into the Ark. Exodu8.7:7. . " iw ^^ons wiTe. . 
 
 !• .] 
 
 I" i f 
 
 '* 
 
m 
 
 TTW BBRBAV. 
 
 child,* not only so, but we find a few yenni after- 
 wmdH rncli <»f tlio tl.rer sons liad large fan.ilies.f We 
 
 *io not tl 
 
 mik it would . , ect the case in the lejst, had 
 
 «ncii Kon a hnlf (Ut7A 
 
 ni':jiII children; because, this U 
 
 o\\\y A fitrvwiirr lin|.iiM'i; and we only mention it 
 becjiiif... ////;/„/ .S//m//. A, X insist upon tlirustinp chil- 
 dren into real bjipti«.i.s of households, of whieh thi« 
 is only metiij>liorie!:l. 
 
 We must all Irarn to read literal as litrral, and 
 metnphorical as ttufap/wrical. Jfwe do not, how shall 
 we learn <o live upon -Mc Imatl unich camr d,mi^ fr„m 
 hcamr? A .n«>tan]i.^^ which thi^ is, must of necessity 
 difler in nany respects, non, tlie thin^ (or ^^/igure') 
 itM'll, which it stands to represent. It wojld be tool- 
 iHhn.ss to s.y thac a lanih, was like a lamb; but t« 
 8«y tluit Cl.ii.f like a l„n.h. was broughi to tiie slau- 
 ghter, most rr.-idilyuud beautifully^iilustnues a most 
 important truth. 
 
 The AUK, as a secure place of retreat, in which 
 "the Lord shut in" Noah and his f}imily,whereby their 
 temporal salvntion was secured; and out of which 
 after the flood they emerged, as if out of a sepulchre; 
 is the metaphor, illustrative of the spiritual salvation 
 from "Me urafh to come'' by Jesus Chiist; of whose 
 death burial and resurrection, baptism by iinmersioQ 
 is so very appropriate a figure, 
 
 • While Ihe Ark was preparing, wherein few, that is EIGHT suula . 
 were gnved by water. lPeter.3:20. \:t.. 
 
 t See Geuceis. Ctiapter. 10. 
 
THE BEKBAir 
 
 •7 
 
 The words -in Chri.r occurs no Irrs than 34 
 t.rne« in the New Te«tamcnf. Ercn as bales in Christ. 
 Ihe ,Uad „i Christ, shall risvjirsf. t^r-. ^t;. 
 
 irrhe iM.'tnplior nMisish-d of the Ark, m it wa» 
 •"I»I.Tt.«I to the HpriMkllMir, ( y ) when -hII the foun- 
 Uum of the ^nvnt (l..(.p wcmv broken np, and the win- 
 rtowM.t h,.,,ven were ojM.ne.i," it uonl.! have been tho 
 ark.nsrij, a.Ml not its i.nnates, thnt was baptized 
 Those who tnke tliis view of the text, should go into 
 the Wi.t.T kiH'c (h-ep n.vd be poured. 
 
 rri.»-i 
 
 KADKR, yon |,nve nov; rend every i^xt, from 
 „ H tl=e first ii-M., of thefir^t verse, of the first ehap- 
 tor of the first bo.k; to the i,..t h-ne, of the last verse 
 of the h.«: chanter, of the Lust book of God'n word, 
 lu winch any v/erd conuriencin- vrith BAPT is found. 
 
 y/e copy the follovTir,,? telling remarks, from the 
 •H^efnl httle work by 7^c.. .7.^.^,, i?.p. .^ -,, 
 5.r/,,,,,, Co.^,,^ed in th. Tctsi^ny of the Most Lca^ 
 '\ (*i 1 mohaytists ';- 
 
 '-TJJEI;!.] is yet another ar^iraeat bv wliiVli ♦»,» ««- 
 
 u. J 1 .11 IS, Dy an appeal to tho word n the or^nn-il firn«ir 
 
 aghty.fcur tunes m the New Testuzuent; and ne -er-^ LTt 
 
 »nco ot a Christiaa to the divme command. It i. roaiarkablc 
 
 • A Greek word for whloh we have no type. The Printer. 
 
 'V» 
 
 ill 
 
S8 
 
 THR BEREAN. 
 
 should Cn^rf^^Tr '^' ^^'^y '"^i^"'* J^'-'^^ ^"C"t ^a,.tlsm 
 
 S il.^ r. ""''' ^'>' ^unronsion only, couM },c liavc s i-n^ 
 fied Ins ,ntcn ion i„ a more ..'iroct or peremptory n,.nnor'?lnn 
 by to earelul and uniform ,.se of a word Jl.o.o firs m rmv 
 per sionidcation is nnmcrsc y If the word f-'n docs n n^^n 
 to immerse, thorc is not a v.crd in iho ]an'r>ui: v. h c- n 
 ^^1.0 I ea, for n ^ the strongest term In^o "4 
 Ihe Greeks have a wor(*l which means (0 rour anotl or f 0"^, 
 nfy, another to sprinkle, and another to w.S' 1 ow can T, 
 a ccmn or the fj,ct, that in eve-^ instance where d!o ^^h': 
 
 pass by all these words .nd mvariably use one whose propc 
 
 Thus endeth our comments on these tf xts. Are 
 they correct or are they not corVect, think ycu leader?' 
 
 • A Greek word for which wo hnvo no type. Piintci-. 
 
 — ^<i m. m * 
 
 God hath 
 made ninn up- 
 right; but (hey 
 have sought out 
 MANY inven- 
 tioQB. Eccl.7:29 
 
 Let Gcd b* 
 true, buteverj 
 man a Iiar.B»> 
 mans. 3:4. 
 
THE BEKEAN. 
 
 9» 
 
 T"^" ^™'*' «/"■'■'''*• Spnnm or Sj,rMM oe- 
 i ™r, m the 01,1 Te.t,„„ent S3 ti.nes; but not 
 
 t.o..-f,ln,.eti,„,.i„7/*.„,., .,nd o„cc1„ 1 A J 
 ."■ «oi .1 /'o,„-, occui-s OS times in tlje Old Tes- 
 
 --/ .3:17. "And It sl,«ll «,,„„ to .pnss in the Inst 
 
 .... I „.,ll pour out in ,l,o.„ d,,ys of n,y Spirit; ,,nd 
 t,..y.h„:l prophesy." /f,,,,,,. .-Oo your ways 
 -| ro.n. out tl.vi,,,. of tl,e wrath oi- God upon t^: 
 
 The word P„„.„7. occurs (14 times in the Old 
 Te.-tan,«ut, and eight tiuu.s iu the New , • uch 
 
 ;^;:,f =^;'f /[:'*■»••«• "P""-' oiutn,;,rr I^is" 
 
 A/,,I(W.5. "On the Gentiloa also was poured out 
 
 es,l,ofthe Holy Ghost." And several p,„L; 
 
 ^«W,,.»,, "poured out hi. wrath." "poured out 
 
 The word Pomcth, occurs only once in the New 
 The word Pouring, occurs only once in the Hew 
 
 m^ 
 
 ii-;j 
 
 li 
 
too 
 
 THE BKREAN. 
 
 lie lioly 
 
 Testament, namely:- Z?.^r.l0:34, "He bound up hi. 
 wounds, and poured in oil." 
 
 Dt B'unn to the reader VERY singular, that 
 5v)-r:t sho'.'ld not onc(> use any cf these 
 words ,n com:3ct^oa v.iti, ti.. ordiimnce of baptism, 
 11 It was to-be n^mmkt2v:'i[ by pouring orsprinklingV 
 There is, v/e nre v/e!l aware, some kiud of a no- 
 tion liauntiiig ti.e inK,gi;.ntion cfsoi>.e, that there ic 
 -some lund of coi.nectiou between t».e -circumcision o^ 
 the male children of t!:e Jews, to disHn^uis!, them ae 
 ^nafwn, mid tlie - bar)tism of tbe'i. ''•^--/ Rvy rpv 
 JLUL We have devoted as much space a. we car 
 aliord to this subject on pages 52,6V,.'^C. 
 
 The word circumcmon, circumdss, t<c.,occiir8 ic 
 times in the Old, and 47 times i i the Fe>7 -estal 
 ment. \Ve cannot afford the space to c.uv all tliese. 
 We will therefore confine ourselves to co/»yhi,rtho8. 
 that occur in the GOSPLES and the ACT«; teeliivr 
 iully confident that the reader will feel sutisHed thai 
 It the one was to be substituted for the other, somr 
 allusion would have been made to it, in connectioi: 
 with some of these words, in some of those books. 
 Z«/ce.l:59. Eighth day thoy came to Cthe child. 
 Luke.2^1, Eight days were accomplished for Cof child 
 John.r.22. Ye on the sabbath-day C a man. 
 John.r.22. Moses therefore gave unto you C. 
 John.r.2Z. If a man on the sabbath-day receive C. 
 Actt.n.^. Ho gave Abraham the covenant of C 
 ^c/,.10:45. They of tho C which believed were astonishe*. 
 
up hit 
 
 TflE BKREAN. i^j 
 
 .<-•.. M 24. Except ye be C yecannot be saved; 
 ^'•/,.14:4. Paying it was needfnl to C them 
 ^.•;..2I..2I That they „„„ht to C their ehildren. 
 ^ct,V,.i. Pa„lc Timothy because of the Jews. 
 
 Tira xvom CHILD h„., ™.h a very important 
 ■--K on (he .„„.ioet i„ dispute. tl,It we ri^ 
 
 ;;;;::■'•'"""'■ '" ""■ ^'™ Tcstame^ in wwch 
 
 -tie \\ora occurs. 
 
 XW17:1R. T^o foia moro tb. chiM of hell 
 I 2-^^l^^- J<'«us called r. lit.Ie cA/A? to him. 
 
 18,5. Receive one such litcle rhlM in mv namB 
 i^.-Z-^:2LHowlon,?Kesaia,ofao.^^r 
 
 10: 5 Receive the Kingdom of (Jod as a little chiid. 
 l'<Mm (Vnue to circumci.se :he cJnld. ^ 
 
 1 :()<*. What wanner ofc^iiVeJ is this? 
 
 J.«9* ^f ^ff ''"'^ "'^ P^°P^«* «f tbe HigheBt. 
 i.»b. thildgrcvr and waxed strong. 
 
 2:27. Parents brought the child Jesus. 
 
 1:7. They have no cfnld because Elizabeth was 
 
 ^■i lold concerning this child. 
 
 2:34. This child is set fcr the fall and rise of many 
 
 «■ q1^* ^^^''^^'^^'^^^"^'''•^^inmyname. 
 « io!* ™f''"^^^'»<i«etitinthemidst. 
 
 ; ;Jt ^°°^«^«^^eremycA^adie. 
 lo:22. Aasoott as delivered of ditic/ 
 
 « 
 
 << 
 
 <( 
 
 (( 
 
 ■■j\ 
 
)0Z 
 
 T/IE BEKEAX. 
 
 ActsA:27. A.^ainst thy holy child J 
 
 esus. 
 4:;{0. Done by name of thy child Jesus. 
 7:5. Promised when he had no child. 
 13.10. 8;inl ..^aiJ thou child of the devil. 
 lp/-.lS:ll.When a child, I spake ;.s a child. 
 GcdA-.l. The heir as lonjr as he is a child. 
 27'/:m.;-5.15. From a cA/A^know the scriptures. 
 i^t^A 11. 11. Delivered of a c//(A/ when past a-o. 
 12(0.12.4. To devour her child as f^con as bcm. 
 12.5. Her child was cau<>lit up by God. 
 12.5. A uian child to rule the nafion. 
 
 , CIIILDIJKN. 
 
 There arc too ninny texts in which this word 
 occurs to copy; but if we did, tlie game re^nU would 
 follow as in the other cases, «.s the reader may readi- 
 ly learn, by refeieiire to a Concordance. We shall 
 therefore confine oni. selves to giving the V( rses in 
 which this word occurs in Jolni— a Gosple. The 
 ACTS of the Apostles; and theEomans — cu epistle. 
 
 John.S-^9. If ye wore Abraham's children. 
 
 11.52. Togetlier in one the children of God. 
 
 'M2. The f/a'A/mi drank thereof. 
 
 13.35. Little children, yet a little while. 
 -4c<s.3.25. Ye are children of the prophets. 
 
 7.23. Visit his brethern, the CT/Wrc«o/ Israel. 
 
 8.37. Moses which said to the 67itW/vn of Israel. 
 II 9.15. To bear my name before the Children of Israel. 
 J* 10.36. The word of the Lord sent to Children of Israel. 
 
TlIK r.KRKAN. 
 
 t03 
 
 John. 21 ;5, Jesus saiili to tl; 
 
 4:12. IIi.s rhlhh 
 
 cm, (Jnldrm have yc nny. 
 
 ki 
 tt 
 
 U 
 
 
 ^, , '■<". «n(l liis cattle dninlc thereof. 
 
 13:3:1 Little fl,,:Urenyci a little while I am with 
 Acfs. 7:19. Ho they ca.st out tlieiryoun- rlnl,lren. 
 
 13:;ja.FulIill 8:iii)c to „-. their chlUrnt. 
 
 2:30. Promise to yen . •111(1 vmir vh![,f,rn. 
 ©'Wi.S:17. U'c/tilth-rif, then hiii!.-. 
 
 I>:7. 8eed of Abraham, are they all rJuM-en 
 
 0:11. The fJnhhcn beiii--' not yet born. 
 
 -S:1G. Witness we are tii(! chlhlrm of God. 
 
 0:21. (Glorious liberty oi'the ch;i<hr» of Gor]. 
 
 0:8 CInhhrn of the flesh, not dtHilwu of God: 
 
 0:2»). Ue ealled the chih/rn, ol God. 
 ** 0;27. Thou-h diihhcH of Israel be as the sand. 
 
 0:8. Vhildnn of prouiise eouuted tor tlie seed. 
 
 KOTK. Tlioutily phics in which* these words 
 ariMKScMJ, otherwise than by coiiipjinson; is iu allu- 
 «on to our .S.-vioiir liiuisi'll; jurI notwithstanding h« 
 was fircumt'iscd whcu a babe, he u^.s also buptTzed 
 by John -inihe riur JorJau'^ mu] after he was sq 
 baptized, " jiaif njt straight waij out €f the watei-''— 
 'Heavhig vsan vj.ami>lc, that wc should fo low his steps" 
 I Peter. •J:21. 
 
 The words BABE and BABES, occurs in tb« 
 New Testament in tlie following places only:- 
 
 Matt.ll.i^. Mur/:.10.2h Reveal them to bales. 
 
 " 21. IG. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings. 
 XwA-e.l:41 and 44. i^ate leiiped in woitob for joy. 
 
 I »i 
 
 Jii 
 
ioi 
 
 Tin. I'.KKKAX. 
 
 " 2.12. Shall fiiul tho h/he wrappol in swiddling clothn. 
 
 " 2.1(1. Found the hfthe lyinp; in a manger. 
 Rom. 2.20. A tCAchcr of h'hrs. 
 1 Coi:S:l. Kvcn ns unto buhm in Clirist. 
 Jlcb. 5.18. For he is a h'l/jc in ri^irlitcousncsl 
 1 PM'i; 3.2. As new born /> iUk desire. 
 
 WATER. 
 
 The following arc tiie only places in the Nevr 
 Testament ill wiiic^lj this word occuis:- 
 
 Mutt. 3.11.J//Z.1^8.Z^.3.1G ./'/o.l.2P.Ibii)lizc with/rr*/^T. 
 " 3.10 Min-k. 1,10 Jesus uent up out of the riwtrt. 
 
 1,42. .lA/r/.-,n,41, Whosover •^ivctli a cup of cold iox(tn 
 " 14.28. Bid Uic cnnie to thee on the wutn\ 
 " 17.15. Falleth oft into ti-.e Hv/^r. 
 *' 27.24. Pilate to. !•: w:it,ri\MiX w.-ishcd his hands. 
 M(trk.\A.\^. Lii/cr.22,20. Ban-'m^^ a pitcher uf Mja.er. 
 £?//ce.P 23. Sliip was lilied with «;7^r. 
 " 7:14. Thciigavest nie no wuteir 
 
 8.24. He aro.<e and rebuked tliernging of tho water. 
 Luke. 8.25. lie comniandeth even the winds and writer. 
 
 1G.24. May dip his linger in lo iter to codI my tongue. 
 Johii.2.7. Fill the water pots with w fer 
 
 2:9. The wafer that made wine... drew the wttcr knew 
 3.5. Except a man be born oi' water, ye cuinotsee the 
 " -2.23. \Vas b:iptizing in ^i'non, b;jciuse much wcaer there 
 •* 4:10. From whence then hath thou tiiat living water 
 " 4.15. '^ir, give me this water 
 " 4.46. Where he made the water wine 
 " 5.3. Waiting for the moving of the watilr 
 
TITK UKRKAX. 
 
 105 
 
 ^' 5.J. An anjrlc went down nnd troubled the watn; 
 '' 7.3R. Out of his belly shull flow living water. 
 
 13:5. lie pnurctli }r„fn- into :i b;ih0ft 
 " 1 r:-]4 Forthwith co„,o thcro out b'oo:! and water 
 ^^••^1:5.1 1:1,;.. ToI:nt:ulyb,p-i,e.,,i„,„,,,, 
 
 J:oh.^ool:crci..v./o,.|..t.lothlM,.,]cr,notobo 
 _ . -a J own bo,l. „,to .....,n.oome up out of ,^^^^^^^^^ 
 . ;:^- [ '^" "">• ^''»''" ' "-"^'v- th,.,t those be not b.Mrized 
 ^/>*...:2. Clc:n..e it wih the wa^bi.,. of ..,,,, ' 
 
 //e. :!!>. Aecn..,lin,. to l! e law he took blood ui^h w.trr 
 Ui:2. Our bodies wasl c I wit], p, ,.3 >n,frr 
 
 ;r?i^ T'''^ '^r^''^ -----d by ...; • 
 
 ^ i ttrr.2,1 , . Are wells with.,ut ,ntf(r 
 " V'. The world bein- oversown by imfrr 
 1 X.'^^ 5,.;. :Jy ..,,,,aMd bi<K,.l...n)t I)y ,. ,,,, only 
 
 ^ 5,'. I he spirit tne /r.//rr ail 1 the bio -d 
 >/«^.V.j, 1:\ Clr.uds they are wit]:out /r.,^,-y 
 ^ev, 7,17, Lead them by livin- ,r,fn- 
 
 « ir'!''; tr^ *'" '"''^""^ ^'-^^ "'»t "i I'i^s mouth w.t,r 
 u .''■\^^-'"^*'™'^'""'tl>e»'..r dried up 
 -i,lb, 3 he toui.taiii 0; «,,/,;• of Hf^ f.cely 
 
 1 !: v' ^u'! '" "'""'^^ "" " ^^"'^ ''''' of" ^'"^r of life 
 ^-.1*, \\l,o,.ov..v ..illlethi,utakoofthe.;„^,rof 
 
 KOTE. It is well worrliy of special notic.,( Note 
 /^-^./OtluittbeONLY pines in tbe Bible/where- 
 ftafcr ,s ,nent4oned in connection with tlie ordinance 
 01 l)jipti*cni, arotiie ibllowing;- 
 
 Was baptizing in iEnon, n° arte Salem, BECAUSE 
 there 'A-us much waier there. 
 
100 
 
 T/IE UKFeilAN' 
 
 . For Joliii ti Illy l)i)|)t I/.mI WITH WATER, but ye 
 aliall l)(! bjipti/fd WITH tlie HOLY GHOST, (v'z:- 
 ^'f if led aU tin- room wlurc thnj urn: Hitting. Arts.- :?.) 
 They cniiic to a oiTtriin vaicr, {iiid tlio Kuiiuch 
 said, SCO, licrc is wutn- wliut (Iocs liiiidcr me to bo bnn- 
 ^'^*'*J'' ti'«'y wt'ut (Jowij both INTO the WA- 
 TER, butb Pliiiij) uikI ili,. Eimuch, jiik] lie 1 apt'zed 
 biiii, jtiid Nvlit'ij tln-y wvvv. coin;' \\\\ out u\' xha water. 
 And Jesus wJicu he was bnptizi'd wont iq) .• t.iii«'ht- 
 way out of the water. 
 
 Tlii'i. aiisw.'ivd lV.t(M-, wiio can f'oibid water that 
 these should not be baptized ? 
 
 J^^^' I't^JxiLT, )nak(! a nieutal <>flbit, and dipmisi 
 ij^^ froui your luiiid, rrrr// comment wo liuvo made, 
 and coneeijtrato all your thoughts upon what God 
 lias said. We pause "have you, leader, com- 
 plied witii this reasonable recpioHtV If you have, you 
 ore prepared topio<-eed; and while doing so, watch 
 narrowiy, and see it you can trace any resomblanc* 
 between God's word, and what Ibllows on the nexl 
 few pages. 
 
 we think it advisable to add another half 
 
 _ _ du7x'n more pages to tliis small work, we 
 
 «ould readily fill th:jm; with incontrovertible test- 
 
TIIK Jimv.AV, 
 
 lOf 
 
 that 
 
 omony os to the fme, p/ape, mnvmr and the mm, by 
 wfwm Tvfavt. %,rhM?>g w«8 introduced into the 
 ChriRtuiu Church, in place ot 
 
 It is ho 
 
 ininiersion, 
 
 18 However the c/niracfor of the evidence, niOF0 
 than ilie „mo,a>f, that determines a disputed point, 
 II the defendant himself admit* his indjbtech.ess to 
 the plaintiin to the full auiount claimedj there is no 
 need of .my further evideuc.. Tim let the evidence 
 of one b^uflice in this place. 
 
 ^ We quote below from the Cvec'tisra o/' the CUrist^ 
 Uin ReUgum. By iUv. Seep en Keenan. ?ublisiied by 
 the approbation of the Ri.ri,t K.v. John Ji. Fitzpat- 
 nek. liiHhop of Boston. 19..-. A work from which 
 lor onesmmlar] ov .y lUnm, (Jutl.oiie m tau-ht. 
 
 " Q. How do we know that thi« way of b iptism 
 js good •/ *■ 
 
 We know it by tradithn, for the Holy Scrip, 
 tures spuik ony of BAPTISM by Unmersim. 
 
 Rom. o:4. CnquLu.l^. Baptism by hnnie,.ion was 
 
 onnerly the most conmmn; at preseut it i.s ad.dnis- 
 
 ered by ,„fusion, that is, by pouri:.<r water on the 
 
 head. We sho.ild in this, as in every thinir el.e,ix,.]ow 
 
 the pracLic. oithe Church,where we may happen to 
 
 ^ Q. Do^s the Scriptures order the Biptism of 
 infants ? ^ 
 
 A.Ua«e»not it is elearly juMifod by 
 
 the testimony of universal tradition, and the iu- 
 
lOS 
 
 •niK liKltlJAK. 
 
 ▼aryiiig pitififi.ooftlie Cljiircli 
 
 >> 
 
 W'ii c(»i»y tiu' lb!!o\viiiir lio,„ the «uino work: 
 
 "The 
 cross, Siiyinj 
 
 priest tlici H-iis tlic rorclioaJ with tho Bim of Uie 
 
 A.id tl..is H,„ „I" (),. Holy C,,,.s which wc make 
 upon his forehtM>l, do tlu.u accui-seJ devil, nover 
 diirc to viohilo. 
 Then hiyiii.' hi., hands upon the forehead of tlie person 
 Jio says;- Lot us pr.iy; 
 
 ;^ivo uiito him tvn:i kiiowled-c, that boing 
 
 iii:ide w(,rthy hy tlie -laco of thy bapti.sn., ka 
 The priest, thcti iyjiij; t!ie oxt.oauty of iiis stoie upoa tho 
 pjrson, introdueos him into tJic chiiicli, sjyinu- 
 
 Kiweriuto Iho tempie (»f God, that thou maycst 
 have pirt with Christ into Hfo overlas'in- 
 The priest, thea, jointly with the God-fit!,cr and God-mo- 
 ther„reettestiic .\po.,.ie's ereod, and the Lord', prayer and 
 theu proceeds us follows- 
 
 i cxorci.se thco &c. &c- 
 Ho then addn3s.e. the God-ii:ti.or and God mother, sayins^ 
 Q Doth thou reuoui;ce Platan ? 
 A 1 do mnouiiee him. 
 . Q, And all his work.s? 
 A.l do renounce them. 
 Q. And all ids pon;ps ? 
 A. 1 do rencuneo them. 
 The Priest the;, p.ur, vvator on his head, aayin- at tho 
 •au.e time. 1 baptize thee &c. Sio. " " 
 
 Rocollecfc, it is by the self same authority at| 
 tlie above, that b.ilsare baptized; that holy water 13 
 
THK IlKIifux, 
 
 liijiycat 
 
 lop 
 
 i<<Mii.jjii;i.((cljH.oteii; 
 
 R UI'C f()|. 
 
 M«C<ll '.l.llt il.tlllf; 
 
 given by t'lj i,;i..«,, 4,,." '/J 
 -.. /*» 'l''i',vv,ll l'n(iTlh,gsoi,„.vv|j,-,t,lis,,os,.,lto 
 
 Ti'.' «!'" "[ ";'.'■ "'"'^ ""'"" ''•'"'""'' """'O'-ity to 
 
 !o ■,..''""!•''';"'■ '■'""''■'■• >"' '"" ''-'.V "' """vving 
 by ,0 ,„„„ you |,„v„ ,,,,,,1 , f,.,. ,„„,.3 
 
 w. L.e,./,„Wtoa,„„i.,;.-y„ ■.- ...JX:Z: 
 
 «.»»«■„ M„„v .tnk,,,,. iik„,M..H,, b,,-.wo..„ tf,o .,/„„ 
 «"".. ■.1 th. ,,ra,rt„;e. ol' U,„ /,^;,„, Sin-hdha; than 
 
 attb« 
 
 f 5 H» COMMON PI! AYEli BOOK wl.ie), w. 
 
 - i^KS I''-'™ "1 oiu- i,os,.«j„„, i.s calliMl th» 
 
 O^w, ni>;i„i,,..,lby .M„,/i.//.J.cVi„ tl,., year 
 
 -'-.. .S. Fro,,, thi. "I„„-od„ccio„" aua' W 
 Book wo take the fo!low.„g oxt.act,:- ^ 
 
 gulatuw; . ii, uiyMt ti„. ri.uv- ,.«« I .-"^■'t to cotiblish Certain re- 
 tc„torde,-s cfaiiniSLd ,t? 7',- '''•' "".'""oJ— the diff* 
 
 i> 
 
iiu 
 
 THK HKKIAN 
 
 ir,V'^onnip.fn^'form1e lit,,,. >« f' r crch diocon- ond laiw 
 jcrc therefore paeKcd which prohibii^-l thcintroduc'im of now 
 
 Poprnroioryjohoiuol ^cluloiMiy nt this tnsk. and his 
 .canon oJ tlio M,m. at lontrth beci.n.. (|,e ol.io; mlc for admin- 
 i.-'fcnng iho siibliiiR'st of ChrJHti.jn »»'ytJtciic». 
 
 ThiH was the «tate of t l,in-« at The Wformatlm, fho 
 
 J.n^rlHh rotorn,or.- ti.r,..'d tl«.ir thn„; Ms to ti.e yonual revisal 
 of the I.iti.r^y. The Mn^.lh.uh was tic .-rcat doroplta. v of 
 unN.mul noi.onH-tl.c guide to the n.o.t a.p<^r.sti(iouy practiccB 
 ^l.ich had hcoM obtruded info Christian '.vor.hip. v.n thiH. 
 lliciel. 10, tI.e njornicrs v^^^\A,^y^i\ \Wn e.-.rlicst altct.ii.n an3 
 fueh ..itcraiions ^vcie made as suited ihc iuiprovjnj. intelligence 
 
 ^,:[^M'^"'!''' -^' <»>ccW<.oftho year 1519. the result 
 
 r their hbo.n.snccived the appob.tion of I'.nlim.ivnt, and 
 'ihe livoK of COMMi.N l'|{AVi:U.<; xvhich ^^4 had 
 drawn up, in,, ist-iUis/w,/ (,>f f,<ie. 
 
 ...... ..The ciution of itHOuinpjIers itiuuccd thcni to leave 
 
 some thin;., nnto.icl.ca ii,o Wad. wDicn was K. be un- 
 
 le.vened an J round, was put into the nioutli of the couiinuni. 
 C>int by the jnieM. Haptism was adiiiinif-tered w ith somewhat 
 Hiore cerei.a.ny than now The .-i-n of tliO cross beJM.- made 
 on llie cliiNis ioiehcad and breast, as the comu.cncniont of thfl 
 cereii.ony, tl.e devil, was adjured to deparr from h.i„». ;>nd ne- 
 ver ag;.in to ei ler l,is soul: tl e priest tlien taiiin- hiui by the 
 ri^ u Jiaiid,di|ped him in the ibni three liri.es. once on the 
 n^l.t Mdf, oLcoon tiic lei't m\i\ an ; one..' on ti.e bicist unle«8 
 weckness remlered inni-crsiou dar.oerrus, iv which ca80 spriuk. 
 m- w,.H .Unwed A pure white ii.antle was ila-n r.. opoD 
 theneuly bapnyed infant, aial .'.is being ;.nointcd, i(< ,vro. 
 mony was coiieluded with a prayer, 
 
 'J'lie anointing witji oil was used wi<h thcpiaveiii lor the 
 afflicted person, and in the burial service suppiic'ition^ were 
 oftered u]) fnr the pe;ice of tlie departorl soul. 
 
 ^ •• I" the Uionth of April U»52, they presented to 
 
 i ai .vM-:nt a revised, or \S<aji,d Book\ in which neiii.u.- pray- 
 
 in/ir V I ead uu the u.-»c of extreme unction were nliowed. 
 
 ^ ... Tl.c ^Vcwjr/ i^wo/c/ after having been c;irefnlly r<y 
 
 Visea, :^. au')pted by \' diament in 1559, and in this new 
 
, and law* 
 ?i">n of uow 
 
 L, and hii 
 for admin- 
 
 " tho 
 
 ii'al reviua) 
 
 [ '^pitniy of 
 
 .« pract icea 
 
 vin this, 
 
 !i 'n, and 
 
 itelliKonce 
 
 tlic re Jul t 
 
 'itiit, and 
 
 'liey hud 
 
 II to leave 
 t!i be un- 
 lounnuni- 
 'oinewhat 
 i'lg made 
 'lit of tho 
 . ''nd ne- 
 u by tho 
 i on the 
 ^^ unless 
 sprink. 
 Kit. upon 
 t! li (V.re- 
 
 j lor tho 
 lift were 
 
 ;nted to 
 .ur pray- 
 nllowcd. 
 iilly ro. 
 1118 new 
 
 between two Mtremcs of too mnlh T '"•. ''''^'P ^^^ '»0'"» 
 
 .Snch were tho me.mH by Afhich t]w I'V/.,*^"" V ' 
 
 onal Church acqui,x>d that filntv' ^c &c. °^ °"'* "''*' 
 
 Thii.eudeth our qnotetiuns fion, the «.Intro- 
 Jictt.,'wenowpn>po.^ 
 
 Hath this child bc^ aJ,v.dy b.ptiaed or no ? &c 
 <tdst save Noali ,iu.l luH fiiujr, , I .. ? ! *'":'" """^T 
 
 well-bolmol .,;„ .);l,„ C^ U ; 'Va^';> "7''7'<rf■«l'^ 
 They bro„,h, y.^nl ChiM.^' t'c2^t ' "^- ''•^"-^'• 
 4nd he ook theui ,u l>i.s anus, put h\,hZ^"o^';i:^--V 
 **«««/ them. ii>vip„ijeU. ii-Ll ^**' •^ 
 
 \m 
 
112 
 
 TflE AERKAN 
 
 Then shall the Priest rrteak unto the God/athen 
 and Godmothers on thi.^ in'se:^ 
 DEARLY beloved, \\q have bro'ii»ht <Ais Child here t<r 
 
 be baptized, prouiiso b\ you that are his sure^ 
 
 ties [until he comeof !t<re to take itut'im himself] that ho will 
 renounce the devil and all his works, Ic 
 
 I dnn'ind therefore, i ' ist thou, in the name of 
 tliis Child, renounce the devil and all ids works, &c. 
 Ansirer. 1 renounce tlioni all. 
 
 ALMIGli T Y and evcrlastinu' (jod, and gave 
 
 commandment to his di;<ciples, that they should go TEACH 
 all natious, and b;>ptiz6 them in the name &c. 
 
 Then the. Priest shdl take the Child info hig 
 arms, and shall saij to the Godfathers and God 
 7)10 f hers. Name this child. 
 And then namiuff it after them [ if the}/ shall 
 certifjj hnn, that the Child maj/ well endure it ] 
 he shall dip it in the vaier discreetli/ and wari' 
 ly, saying: I baptize theo ka. 
 
 Here the Priest sh(dl make a. cross upon the 
 child's forehead. 
 
 Then shall the Priest say: 
 SEEIXO now, that this Child is regen< rated, and graft- 
 ed into Chriai^ti Church that It hath pleased thee 
 
 to regenerate this infant <irant, that he being 
 
 dead unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and being buried 
 
 tvith Christ .,■.•,.,-., remembering always, th:it Baptism 
 
 doth REPRESENT uuto US our proi'cssion; whieli is, to follow thC; 
 example of our Savour Christ; that as he died, and rose again 
 for us; so should we who are baptized, die from sin, and rise a^ 
 gain to righteouness &c. 
 
 • We bfive copied but a small pdition of the prayens; but Ihcrc is not 
 a pniyer, or even a single petition, (.IFerod up lor the parents tl;elnselveB 
 intreatiug Gml to help them to Irnin up their childien "in tht^ u?irture 
 and admonition of the Lord" CANON 29. "'No p-',rent shall ba rug. 
 
 0kA fi\ Ha nv^aonf .t>/\v*TtA aA«««i4.^A«l «-«« «*•*«•«'.« '^m n.^A«fl. a«. A.— "Uis '-«— ^i--iT. 
 
 «*• "- — ^■.w, _ ...ii,i i .., aS^a r#v (H^uiivbvu tv alxsTfvt cts uvtuaUuuz luv ills WJH VlgHU 
 
THK BEREAN* 
 
 IIJ 
 
 ,1^- 
 
 THE Prayer Books piTblisIied soroe forty 
 years ago, it will be found distinctly stated^ 
 that the child shdll be d>p])e(J; and then in a note at 
 bottom of tiie page, to tli»^ cfTect that the priest must 
 be iully satisfieii that the chihl is really too sick or' 
 weak to be dipped, before sprit/ /,llf/g could beollowcd. 
 We have already sccu that tiie Prayer Book has un- 
 dergone miiiiy changes from time to time " us suited'* 
 to use the language of Mr. Stebbing; '^/hc improvinfr 
 ivtel/ige)ice o/f/ie peoph;*' i\m\ we prophecy that the 
 word ^'•dipped'''' wiil itoon be dispensed with altoge- 
 ther, for it must look lenj aidinird to " the improv- 
 ing iutel!i;.ence of the people," to se<» a uum of 
 "riper year,*," pUun-d "conveniently by they«?//;"-a 
 vessel holding a quart or two of water— "<///// then 
 DIP /lim in the u-f/t(r,*\ Then ag;tin, it looks us if 
 Episcopalians had no h(;althy childrtu; and judging 
 from the shape and size of their prescjut fonts, never 
 expected to have any. 
 
 Seventy or eighty years ago, all the Fonts in the 
 Episcopalian chunihes were oblong- just of a suit- 
 able size and shape for the immersion of a child; and 
 we think we are safe in adding, that healthy children 
 were invariable immersed in accordance with the; let- 
 ter and spirit of the Prayer Book. lu many old 
 churches these oblong Fonts are still to be found; 
 but many of them have been dis-placed, and small 
 round ones substituted therefor, in which it would* 
 be simply impossible to ''dtp'' a child sick or welir 
 
\H 
 
 TflK HEHEAW. 
 
 If chiiare/i are required to be "dipped"' W hHi 
 too weak, why is it not enforced on tlie part of all 
 those of "riper years V These are to be brought to 
 the Font and be ^'DIPPED or poured", whethiif 
 siekorwell. Which, under such cncumsfanccs, rea- 
 der would you choose? We would not like to be 
 ''dipped'' in a font. 
 
 READER is i)erh{ips a Wesleyan Me- 
 - - ^ .^^ thodist; and considers himself nearer 
 ttie trutn man the Episcopalians. Let that be as \% 
 *»^y, they resemble them tar too much jis to the oi;. 
 finance of baptism. They certainly Iwve'taken on* 
 good .tep in the right direction, by dispensing witjj 
 the G()d-!athers and God-mothers. But we wish nol 
 to compare their creed, with that of the Episcopal-' 
 ians, or any other, but with GOD'S word. 
 
 TheMhmUr amu'ng fo the Font, which u te 
 
 oeJWed with pure icater, ih: 
 
 ^ AL^JKxUli and cveriastinu God, who of tliv ffreal 
 mercy didst s.ve Noah and his lin.iiy in ho ark tVom peS 
 
 Ur,-Z t T^'^'^ r7^t, f'^^^Uffh the Rod :Soa, fi^ 
 Hi til^Umvhy ihy holy JJ,,p,isn,: and bv the b.piismT 
 % well boloveJ Son Jesus (JInist m thf ViverZ^ 
 
 ^'/iw»."w';fT'!! ^^-'^^ *''« 0'^ Adani i,i this drUd may bo 
 iO Ouned, th.t the new u,a« ,nay be ValseU up in liim 
 ........... and -^iive commandment to his DiricJoles tbi't 
 
 lUcy should go TEACH all nations, and baptize them in &o 
 
 J h <u skaU th e people stand up: &v. : 
 
 Hear the words of the Gospel written by St. 
 
f^tniitrlitwi.v on- ..k the w vti-k )A//i- ! 'V '" ""' '^"I't'*^'''' ""''"t "P 
 
 .N!^'m;^:Km;^'T.;:;;"mp'wrnv r^ '"""^"' '^'^ Christ, wore baptiz..! 
 Jixiv!-]!.'"' '"•^'^•"""""■"""^•"t«- ""'l koopoth tlK.,n.h. it is that lov.-th .„e. 
 

 There shall bo for every male ehil.l t„ he h.pti.e.l two Godfather, an.l one Go,,. 
 '"Of'u'r . . must l.e ready at the Fonf. And the priest e.min.- „„ to the Fnt 
 shall take the el.il,, into his han.ls .... and then na.nin. t "ft r . si^ " 
 
 " w"k it^lnn'X :?""''•• r ""'•"^■- "'-^ ''' ^"^^- -'-- "'"^" '■- ^^ 
 
 |!^ «(ak. It Miall .siifti ^e to pour water upon it 
 
 (Of l</,,;^OStan<lini:attlieFoxT 'then shall the Priest take eaeh person 
 
 be bapt,ze,l by the ri^ht han.l. and phudn,. him eonvenientiv bv the 'oxt sd vTl 
 
 t:z z:;:r '"''-"^ - '"- '-'- "•'■•" >--^-"-./>- ^i'; 
 .."; 'r ^iSlX;;;^'i;g:x:;?;r^^':r" ^-'"-''-^ ^ 
 
 rh'„reh"S ""''''''' -^Tr "'r"" ""'-^ "»■ ""I'ti.n. by immersion. The do^ma of the 
 r , 7? ''"'■"\'^';;-";!" ^'^ ^"'""'' "• «'!^-«« '« everything else/follow the 
 
Tfift BEREAN*. 
 
 11» 
 
 lit 
 
 Mark, 10:13. 
 
 •• Suffer little children to come unto me And 
 
 he took them in his arms find BLESSED them. 
 
 Then the xMinister shall take the Child into 
 his Hands, and say to the friends of the child, 
 Name this Child. 
 And then naming it after them, ho shall sprinkle or" pour 
 water upon it, or if desired immerse it in water, saying, 
 I bapti;se thee in the name «&;c. "* 
 
 IS TOO MUCH nameness in 
 the manner in which this or- 
 dinance is adinistered by the respective In/ant Spri- 
 n/dmg chirrclies, to make it necessary to copy from 
 niiy other. Most of them ALLOW immersion. 
 "Weil" says some unthinking body, " the In/ant Spr- 
 inklers are far more Betal than the Adult Immersers, 
 because tlie one will allow immersion; but the other 
 t\'il] not allow sprinkling.'* ^ilaw indeed! Who, 
 
 • 1^ Wf copy the following from Wesley's Journal, under date 
 tebjuary. 5>l IT.Hi: 
 
 "Maiy Welch, aged 11 dlaya, was baptized according to the custom of 
 the FIRST Cli-arch, and the rule of the Church of England, by IMMER- 
 SION. The child was iU then, but recovered from that moment. 
 
 I was asked to baptized a child of Mr. Parker's, second bailiff of Sa- 
 vannah; but Mrs. Parker told me, 'neither Mr. P. nor I, will consent to 
 Its bemg^ DIPPED.' I answered, 'if you certify that your child is weak 
 It will suffice (. the Rubric says ) to pour water upon it, ' She repUed, 
 Nay, the child is not weak, but I am resolved it shall not be dipped' 
 This argument I could not refute; so I went home, and the ohUd was 
 kaptized by another person." 
 
116 
 
 THE BEREVN. 
 
 we want to know, delegated imy such authority to 
 them)' . The Roninn Cuthojics <• le far more lib' 
 eral in "ALLOWING^' ^^Indi,!;renccsr Tlie Uiiix- 
 ersialists are tnmre Hbernl sti!^, in even "AJXOW- 
 ING" all to he saved. ' Surely th;- read<'r is no {idaiir- 
 er of either of these sects. Whi-t a hercnU^an tnsk it 
 is to mdiwc^ finite creatures, to adhere to what an 
 INFINITE GOD has written expressly for tlieni ! 
 
 If these churches only tolerate immersion ;bnt tew 
 will adopt it. The child is the candidate; hut 
 "friends" decide as io the mode. The child does not 
 "come," as those did whom John baptized, bur is 
 brought; nor do they "go'' as Christ did. 
 
 WE are aware, think that be- 
 cause they are honest in their 
 convictions, it is ^ of little or no importance what 
 their aci's are. This argument, we think, cannot be 
 better met than it is in the following extract, which 
 we copy from Baptism and Qommunion; by Rev. T.L. 
 Davidson. A.M:" 
 
 "Baptists do not deny that there are conscientious Pedo- 
 baptists, who do verily believe in the sprinkling of infants as 
 Scriptural; but wo c?o dent/ that conscience is aJw!i\sa snfe 
 guide in religious matters. A man may be very conscientious 
 in error. There are thousands of conscientious Mehommedans 
 and Mormons, yet it does not follow that Mahomet was God's 
 prophet, or that Bi-igham Young, the Polygamist leader, is 
 God's vicegerent. There are millions of men who are conscienti- 
 ously of the opinion that the Pope of Rome, and the bishops 
 and priests of the Roman Catholic Church, have "power on 
 
 
THJE BEREAN. 
 
 fJ7 
 
 e:ir!h to i'orgiro sins," 
 
 We are cert.iinly bomul lo !'(';,[)L'Ct tlio cmiHcicntiou.s con- 
 victions evMi of i\,i.<'j -.vlui j!ro li\iii;.r in error to thinjis reli<ri- 
 nus; j-et, mo •••r-, not ci.;Mji(;lled to ajiprove cf their errors by 
 iidor-iii;:' thciii. !',i'il w-i'-! coriscentious in porsecutinii- the saints. 
 ;i;i(] !'<:rsni!i<; t.li(;;)i to <!.>-.tii, u.-, lu; al'terw-irds was in preiich- 
 111^ "the r.iitii wl.ieh lio once dostioyeJ '— \:^r l.e hini.-slf tells 
 Hi. til it (M the duxfi ol'liis i-j^noruici; he ''w.ily thou«>lit with 
 himsoil that ho niiyiil t ■ dn ni'inij (hnnjs rimtrorij to the name 
 
 oJ_ Jesus orV;i/..;v(;ni;- *. X ,i,.i„ ^.jy ]jeiieve ;, 
 
 thing to be i-iyht wlion it irs wr>;i(j, but his conscientious con- 
 victions do not in;ike wrong right' tuir right wrong." 
 
 IH NOT, as we befort' t^atetl, the number, so 
 
 '^^"^^^ '^•'^ ^'''' f^l^" >'<><■''(■>' of the ovidenco, that 
 decide disputed, qm'stions. The tiviimony of one 
 inilitary veteran, hi iiiatiers relating io war, would 
 bo worth that of a thousand civilians wiio had ne- 
 ver seen a batt](!. A very large portion of the min- 
 isters and menibers of Jkptist churches, are persons 
 wlio w<'re once Pedo-baptist; many of whom, like 
 Judson, Rice, Noel, and others, were obliged to make 
 the greatest sacrifices for this truth. But who 
 ever heard of a Baptist becoming a Pedo-baptist ? 
 One or two such in a life time may be heard of. But 
 who ever heard of such making any SACRIFICE on 
 that account ? JYot one, ever. Universialists 
 may and do adinuwe to become stanch Methodists; 
 but stanch Methodist mroo-m^^e to Uuiversialists NE- 
 VER, Arminians may, and do advance to become 
 Calviidsts, but Calvinists retrograde to become Ar- 
 miniaus never. Lieutenants advance to become Cap-- 
 
118 
 
 THE BEREAN 
 
 tains; but ytMn^retrogra.k to become Lieutenants. 
 IK , '^""''^ Sl>rmk:ers may, and by the huudivdn 
 «lo, by maknig great sacrifices, ADVANCE and be- 
 <-<»me Adult Immersen; but Adult Immerscrs, becomu 
 I'f/«7.? Sprinklers NEVKJi. ^ 1,^,.^^; thou^li U 
 'lo 80 would be no cross. As he of ohl, rejoiced more 
 ovor tlie one lost sheep found; than over the 99 which 
 went not astray; so the testin.ony of one such eras, 
 fxanng witness as Judson, out-weighs that of 999 
 who have undergone no sut^h sacrifices as he did for 
 -con^aence mUr Baptists are not imintrsed until 
 Y"^;'- their conversion; whereas Pedo-baptists, after 
 their conversion have nothing whatever to do as far 
 *v the ordinance of baptism is conceriK'd. 
 
 ir/i«r shall we SAY to these things^ 7^^.S:31. 
 Let God be frif6, and every man a W«r.i?om.3:4 
 Uioose you this day wimm ye will serveJo.^. 14:15 
 He ought to obey God rather than man.Act,,^:^^, 
 MMelieie and be bapUzed. ]!dark.U:iQ. 
 One Lord, one faith, one baptism. EphA-S. 
 Keep the ordinances «« I delivered them.] Cot.11'2 
 ^i^ ye love me, keep my commandment8.^c^;.;i3:15. 
 If ye know these things, happy are if ye do them.l7.- 
 I- speak as to t«'f*emen;judge ye what I say.Cor.lO:15 • 
 
 
THK HKRKAV. | j4| 
 
 "OXK'" ,7 /•,//,. MANV BArTi8MS. 
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 I. TIkt.' ■iic"j)ubl'i-!)ipfi.s,n8." 
 
 t . " '-^*'''' '-r^ '•private biptisms of infants." 
 
 3 ;;_'''''>'''n.|.;.,,tm,„<r.,r'N,,.|, :,,,,n■u^riporJ•o,m•• 
 4, There thoie «rho join a Churc'a who do not know 
 
 n . e otU.r cas^ bat tho "Priosi shill a.e .hese w.rds:- 
 
 bant^T''''''''r'"''''^' ''■''' '"'''•' ""tulmul, 
 bapuwd, I )ipt«ot;hea" Stn, 
 
 J. S. MM. r',M.k i; „■.<.,.,, „y uc:.ll in th,. uM ofGofl 
 fa.Lor3 and God-.nothor=. "to this infant be taught, aa 
 
 pronuse, ariri profsosion he hatli nial> by yon " 
 
 «5. No,..,. ,,.iui„H.rs will not b.-.,>:i.„. „ A^li until its *i. 
 tJior and morhfir aro profo^sora ox rai gioa. 
 
 7 .S.iiir. wili ba.,nz.. a .-Inl.i, if only one piireut ir r 
 J P'"of.V3or of re', rrion. 
 
 e .S..;u. uiil iMpfiz.. .M fh,i.l, ifncitlar parouts are 
 
 8 bo:no will baptize all that are brought to them here 
 ''•'1 " -■"!. ou l,..at}u..i country, would only biptizj 
 t^oao wlio profess to have been converted. 
 
 10 yome will only sprinhip 
 
 U .:ome will sprinkle pour or immerse. 
 
 secrated burying ground. 
 
 i3 Suppose Hilant sp.iakMng f„|ly adopted i„ „„, 
 country-m vhe United .vtatos for instance-tho visibiUty 
 01 lae ChuroL ot Christ would bo catirt-ly lust therein. 
 
 14 If ALL are baptized in infancy; none could be after 
 they iK..^ l,elieve.l~to whom only,tho proniise. are made. 
 
 io To be baptized, is a positive command of God him- 
 «"lf; but Sprinkh.r. do i.-ot, nor daro nut, discipline thoi.' 
 members for reglecting such a distinct command. 
 
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 'i'«E liVAlKAfi 
 
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 AN JlMPOirrANT TKUTIT RE-STATKD. 
 
 In tlu^ foruMT pnit of tliiH work, wo stated thnt 
 biiptisin wjis of !i:tle imporrnDce indivfl, in (;om})ari- 
 Noii witli htl>f,u,'s o)i f/if- Lord Jesvs Christ. We feel 
 tlmt wo would lik,. AOAf.v to rc-ussert this impok- 
 TANT truth bi-ihr.- bidding tlx' nndor a final adieu. 
 And the best w;.y, we thinlv, in which we can shew 
 the relative importance of the doctrine of baptism, is, 
 ill the following tbrn., which we shall call iUi^'Strcnm 
 'f Tnnc\ Remember, we do not plac(? the Infant 
 SpniJdcrs, us such! on the riglit hand side. 
 
 
 Eefoie the mountains were brortrht 
 fcrth:or ever thou hadrt formed the 
 earth ard T 1 1 H WOJfLP: even fiom 
 EVERLASTING thou AET gSd 
 
 '\. 
 
 ^^A. 
 
 In the BEGINNING God created the h^aveii' 
 and the earth. Gen. 1:1. 
 
 God created MAN in his own image. iier.27. 
 
 In the day that thou EATEST thereof thou' 
 shall surely DIE. Gen. 2:17. 
 
 She took of the fruit thereof, and DID EAT^ 
 and gave also to her husband with her; and he^ 
 
 

 DFDKAT, acn.lV.a. ^ 
 
 I will put rtiinify hotwcon tlu'o nnd thowoninn, <|*»^ 
 anrl butwoon thy s,.,m1 un.l licr .Meo.l; it shMli bruise V4 
 thj head, and tliou sl.,dl I.nii.-cil.is lioo.l, ^V//.;;.l!5. f I* 
 ^ Behold I was sliiipened in iniquity, luid in .sin ^ o 
 did my mother conceive me. 7^7.51:5. *^ 2 
 
 Tlie carnal mind i.s eiiuuty a^'ains', God: for it ^ " 
 
 3 
 
 
 ^ .|. IS not subject to the law of God, neither indeed J 
 ^^. can he. liiwi.H.l. ^ 
 
 N Ficiu the selc of the foot even unto the crown * g^ 
 5 of the head, there is no ."oundncss in it, but ^ | 
 ^- I .VDund.sand bruLscs and putrifying .sores, /sv;. 1:G. | 3. 
 ^5 c* Ve MUST be bor.i AGATN. Joh>. H:7. & | 
 
 Without controversey, GllEAT is the mystery :^'t, 
 I brin-r G(,,()l) tiding.s of GREAT JO\>hich ^|" 
 Bhali be to AliJi people, for unto is born a SAV- f,^ 
 lOUH, which is CIIHLS I' the LORD.7.«/,.2:10. 5 §• 
 ^ ^. For God SO loved tlsc WORLD, that he ^iuve f^ 
 ■g^ his only bf'-j;otten 80N, that who.soever belie vcth S S^ 
 *;;^ .^ in him .should NOT peri.'^li but have EVER- 1 5l 
 s g LASTLXG LIFE. John. 3:16, | ^ 
 
 !^ ? r.oye into ALL the WORLD, and PREACH 3ȣ 
 ti5 the GOSPEL to EVERY CREATURE- ^ S 
 
 hethutRELIEVETHand ^ « .... ' ""** 
 
 is BAPTIZED shall be ;^ «^ 
 
 
 savfd, but 
 
 2 
 
 ;^ ;^ he that believeth NOT shall 
 
 •••"•••••••• ^ % ^<i itfimned. 
 
 i< or God sent not his Son 5^ 3 into the world to CON- 
 
 •— ,V:; ;-;' ••••• '^'i ^^^^^^ the world, but that 
 
 world throuo-h him might 5. <, 
 
 he saveti. He that be- ^' i lieveth on* the SON bnth 
 
 ^J^^Sfe^?'^^^^ ^^^^'11 -dhe^hatbeliivetTiNOT 
 the SON shall 5^ | NOT see LIFE: but the 
 
 "* § wrath ofaoa abid- 
 
 • S^ eth on him. 
 
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122 
 
 THE BEREAKT. 
 
 What doth hinder me to 
 be baptized? JSTthouftc- 
 iievestmth all thine 
 
 heart thou niaycst, ;iiul he 
 answered and said I beifm 
 eve that Jesus Christ is 
 the Son of God; and he co- 
 mmanded the cliariot to 
 
 
 'hit when he saw many 
 
 of he Pharisees and ."-'ad- 
 
 g due 'OS come to his baptism 
 
 ^ ^ ho s ud unto them; 
 
 
 ., - ?;en- 
 
 S era ::on of vipers, who hatii 
 
 ? waned you to floe from the 
 
 '^ wni'h to come? Br in- forth 
 
 Rt..nrl c+ni J .1 - ii- ~. ^'it"! ^'iorc fruits meet for re- 
 
 dnwn\n.f • ?1*^''^ ''?* ^ ^P^'^'">'oe. And think not to 
 down both into the wator&c ^ S^. say within yourselves.&c. 
 Strait IS the gate, and na- C^ 2, ...... . 
 
 rrow is the way, wliich lea- ^ = ... 
 
 deth unto !«/•<?, ;,nd few P ^ 
 
 there be that Und it, § s but broad 
 
 
 
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 No man can serve TWO 
 
 and love tlie other, or else 
 
 he will hold to the one 
 
 Ye CANNOT serve God 
 
 Every ffood tree brint;- 
 
 eth forth GOOD fruit; but ? S 
 
 O 5? 
 
 IS the vvav that 
 
 ' (eadeth to distrucUoH 
 
 and MANY there be that 
 
 go ill thereat, 
 
 masters,. ...will hate the one, 
 
 and dispUe the other. " 
 and MAMMON. 
 
 Let both grow together 
 tim#of h;irvest / will 
 first up 
 
 say 
 
 but gather ye the wheat 
 mto my BAI;N. 
 
 Lay not this sin to tlieir 
 charge. And when he ];;ul 
 said this, he foil asleep, 
 
 1 have fou;. h a good fight 
 / have fiiii,-ho(l my course, 
 /liave kept tho faith,henec- 
 forth then! is Inid up for me '^ 
 aC 110 WN. .juLigc shall give. | 
 S$USt thou art,and unto S; 
 
 dust shall thou retum. I 
 
 a corrupt tree bringeth 
 
 S3 ^ forth evil fruit 
 
 ^ t*j till the liarvest; and in the 
 o ;;^ to tho reapers, gather ye 
 kj ^ the TAKES and bind them 
 |- ^ in bundles to bum them, 
 
 S~ ~K 
 
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 a 
 
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 5- 
 
 5" 
 
 And he cast down the 
 tliirty pieces of silv(!r in the 
 temple, and. ..hanged liimself 
 
 ^ Let me die the death 
 of the righteou.s, and my 
 LAST tnd be like his. 
 Balaam. Numbers. 23:10, 
 
 MMust thou art,and unto 
 dust shall thou Vetum. 
 
saw many 
 and K^'ad- 
 is baptism 
 fii; gen- 
 who hatli 
 efrorn the 
 riu^ forth 
 eet for re- 
 ink uot to 
 Ives.&c. 
 
 i way that 
 
 uctioH 
 
 i be that 
 
 (the 
 
 one. 
 
 other. 
 
 bringeth 
 
 i in the 
 thcr ye 
 nd tliem 
 n tlieni. 
 
 wn the 
 
 r in the 
 himself 
 '■ death 
 nd my 
 
 his. 
 
 23:10. 
 
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 urn. 
 
 
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 THE BEREAN. 
 
 ' .'.a a uoDi-at in the twinkling of an 
 
 I ;^yo, lit th'.^ last trump: all that are 
 
 : '11 thoir graves shall hear His voice,and 
 |Kb: i! come forth, they that have done 
 I ;?r>o.i unto the resurrection of life, and 
 i they that have done evil, unto the resur- 
 I ivotion of damnation. Corinth. 15:52. 
 i 'hi/in 5; 28. 
 
 ! We sltall ALL appear before the 
 jmig^meai seat of Christ 
 
 ^^0 that EVE KY ONE of us shall 
 
 give an account o^ himself to God. 
 Km. 14:10. 
 
 And 1 saw the dead small and great 
 
 Httma before God And he 
 
 shall 8EPERATE them oits from the 
 Other, as a shepherd divideth the 
 olieep from thegoiits 
 
 Then shetilhe sai^ unto them 
 
 123 
 
 On his 'r*§itf baud, ; 
 come ye blct-sed of my , 
 fatlier, isilicrit" the king- 1 
 dom prepaiod lor you fr- ; 
 om the foundation of the ' 
 world.... and there shall 
 be 110 night there and i 
 they need no candle.nei- 1 
 ther the light of the sun, j 
 for the Lord God giveth I 
 them light:and theyshall j 
 reign forever and j 
 
 
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 pr a ^^ 
 ct a «• 
 
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 a — ij 
 
 On the left hmitf,, 
 I depart from me ye cur- 
 sed, into everlasting 
 j Are, prepared for the 
 ! devil and his angels. In 
 j hell he left up his eyes 
 i being in torment. The 
 same shall drink of the 
 
 <5 -j_p,g;.^ j wrath of God 
 
 ^f l&l •: smoke of th- 
 
 eif torment'^ ascendetli 
 
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 P i S-S S i up forever and 
 
 
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134 
 
 THE BEKKAN 
 
 JW^hen thou, my righteou! Judge, shall come 
 To take thy ransomed people home, 
 /S^lwill JTamoug them stand? 
 Shall such a worthless wor.n as I, 
 Who sometimes am afraid to die, 
 Be found at thy right hank I 
 I love to meet thy people now, 
 
 Before thy feet with them, to bow, * 
 Thought vilest of them all. 
 
 But — can I bear the piercing thought ? — 
 What limy name should be left out, 
 When thMtit, for thevn shall call ! 
 And when the ttnal trump shall sound, 
 Among thy saints let tne be found, 
 To bow before thy face; 
 Then in triumphant strains I'll sipg . 
 
 While heavens resounding mansions ring 
 With praise of sovereign grace. 
 
 A PARTING WORD. 
 
 Reader, we cannot tell how you have read this- 
 book, but we can assure you that we have written it 
 with the 'year of God before our eyes." As one who 
 nmst render an account to that God, one of whose or- 
 dinances we liave endeavoured to explain in this lit- 
 tle book. Good bye. Good bye reader; until we 
 both meet in that court, against whose decision there 
 is no appeal; i/oM to give an account, amongst other 
 things, as to the manner in which you have read this 
 hook; and I ("our "mjc" must now be abandoned^ as to 
 the manner I have written it. Farewell. FAREWELL, 
 
THE BERKAN. 
 
 125 
 
 THE PRINTER TO THE READER. " 
 
 The Vutiiov, nt the coiniuencnient of this little volume 
 nthor h;ni-htuj refused to offer -imy apolo-y for his appear- 
 ance before the public; but the Pnutcr, Ciistint; his eye over the 
 s!iec(.«. now complete.!, is decphj mimuoin, that an apoloey for 
 i;i< \'\r^ o! tlie wnrk i louiHy called for, vet he fears that no 
 ■ toruHu>c:in ,<rive it will sufficientlv !>tone for the many Typo- 
 firaphicil imperfections with which the work unfortunately ab- 
 nuM.ls, 'J'he circun-st'inces under which it was printed is thip- 
 When t!ie manuscript w-is retiui.. ,] to tiie author, as narrated 
 on pj.^e 5 ho h;i<l not t';e mnst distant idea of printing it him- 
 self, butdesirii.L'. tnuuike a <ew Md.'.itions. ;irid havinjTa small 
 press which he h:td br<n i!-:inofnr printinu' small cirds, tracts 
 jiud other similar small jobs, it ..ccurred to him that by mak- 
 in<r some addition to hi;- priniin- materials, he might be"ablet<i 
 prmt i< himself ^-by degrees", and at the ,-,n;„; tiuie introduce 
 ihe alterations referred <o, and although he liad never in his life 
 received live minutes instructions in the art, he undertook the 
 task. Every leder was set up by hiiiiself at "odd times", and 
 often at intervals v'i -Xa^-i^, weeks, and even months. Whole sen-^ 
 t.inces and paragrtphs were composed at the "Case" without 
 ''^'^Vy'\ i'ld tlie toiiiis wwe sometimes broken up to receive 
 ad litional matter suggested by the reading cfthc proof. Under 
 tiiese ciroumstances, it could scarcely.be otherwise than that 
 grave errors and ii:iperfections would creep in. In consequnoe 
 of these continual interruptions, neither the paper ink uorroll- 
 or could be made to "work" well. 
 
 f lad it been any part of the author's object, to raise a re- 
 putation for himself, either sts a writer or printer, he would 
 most probably now suspress the work, as by no means calculat- 
 ed to promote that end. But this has not been his object. He 
 has simply aimed to advance an important christian truth, and 
 so honor his Lord and serve his fellow man. If it shall appear 
 that he has succeeded, to any humble extent, he will be satisfied 
 — he aaks no more. 
 

INDEX, 
 
 Au Explanation m 
 
 A Oilemnia o 
 
 A Question anticipated , g 
 
 :\ F;il]acious lU;;:>on in 
 
 Attention i.. 
 
 lb 
 
 A Fiivt (31) -eeoncl (47j Third Pause 51 
 
 BAPTISM. 
 
 The Pharisees cume to his hapt!sm. Mat. 3:7 16 
 
 Baptized with the bapHmi of Mat:2(h22.{}i1)Mk. 10:38 36 
 
 Baptism of John Wlience " 21:25.[36].l///ll:307./l:20:...5ti 
 John... preach tlie h^.-pfism of rept Mk l:4.(lG)Z«7.v,3:3....17 
 i*ublicans being B \sUh thehaptism of John. Luke.7:29...M 
 
 I have a hij)t!sm to be baptized with. Luke 12M 37 
 
 Beginning with the haptism of John. Acts. 1:22 63 
 
 After the baptism, which John preached " 10:37 72 
 
 John preached the baptism of repentance. " 13;24: ..73 
 
 Appollcs knowing only the b iptism of John " 18:25 80 
 
 They said unto John's baptism " 19:3 go 
 
 Baptized with the iapfism of repentance... " 19:4 80 
 
 Buried with him by baptism. h'om.QA. Col-2:l 2 82 
 
 One LordjOne faith, one baptism. Ephe.4: 5 , 94 
 
 Of the doctrine of iop^tm ffeb.Q,2 95 
 
 Whereunto even batifism doth. 1, Pefer.B 21:.,.. . 
 
 .35* 
 
fiAPTfZK^". 
 U'here baptized in Jordan. Mat. 3.6. Mork. 1.15.... 16 
 
 Thon Cometh Jesus to be bnptizcd. 3/,,^3,13 27 
 
 i have need to be hnptizf.dohYn^Q. '' 3.14.....'.".... 27 
 
 Jfc^usAfhen he was hupUzed. " ti.ie.... 27 
 
 Jc^us vm haptized of John. Murk. 1,JK... .!....*.....*. 27 
 
 The btiptism I am htptized with. " 1 0,39.. . . ' '. ".* 3jj 
 
 Kdieveth and is buptizrd shall " IMG.!".!!!.! 37 
 
 The multitude came to be baptized. Luke.3,7.,..., 17 
 
 Then came publicans to be baptized. " 3.12.! ...... ,'. 35 
 
 Jesus being baptized, and praying " 3.3l!!!!!!!!!! 27 
 
 L;trt7CT-s being not />^y^ta^'rf of him " 7.3o!!!!!!!!!!! 3^ 
 
 Wh(>n all the people were baptized " 3.21...!! ' 27 
 
 ..Tlii:rc he tarried and bapU,cd John. 3,22.'*.**'."."'"" 31 
 
 Miicli water and were baptiiied <' 323 0* 
 
 »/esus made and baptized more " 4,1..!!! "!32 
 
 ^'houoh ./esus himself baptized not ," 3,2..*.'.'.*! '-32: 
 
 Place wheio John at G<st baptized " 10.40,'.*.'.'.'.' ","42 
 
 •fbhn baptized with water, ^hall ^G AcfslA.^u{^^''''''^']QQ' 
 Kepeut and bo baptized every one of you " 2-38 ' «'•<} 
 
 iveceivedghis word wese baptized " 2,41 ,...6^ 
 
 Baptized both men and woman « 8.12 „ ,, 67 
 
 Simon when he was baptized " 8.13 l\i 
 
 WiiXQ baptized in the name of " 8.16 .,, 67 
 
 H'bat doth hinder me to de baptized " 8,36 !!.'!67' 
 
 Philip.JpJunuoh.he baptized him " 8.38 67 
 
 Paul arose and was baptized " 9.18....... '73, 
 
 T'hat these should aot be baptized " 10 . 47 ^% 
 
 Peter commanded, them to be baptized " 10.84 *l% 
 
 Lydia when she was baptized < 16.16 7& 
 
 ^e jailor wag baptiy.ed and all hishouse * 16.33.. ...Tfr 
 
.16 
 
 .27 
 
 .27 
 
 .27 
 
 .27 
 
 ,3-2 
 
 37 
 
 17 
 
 36 
 
 27 
 
 35 
 
 27 
 
 31 
 
 31 
 
 .32 
 
 ......42 
 
 ^69' 
 
 .63^ 
 
 6» 
 
 • ...•.'.6T 
 
 • .^,.GT 
 '.,. ^67 
 67 
 
 72; 
 
 72; 
 
 — 7& 
 ....76' 
 
 1 
 f 
 
 Oorintiiianft Relieved and were baptized Actt.lS.B 79 
 
 TV) what tlien wer yoil baptized ^c/s.19.3 80 
 
 Tfhen they hoard this they were baptized Acta, 19.5......... 81 
 
 Arise and. be baptized, and wash away Aets . 22 . 16 81 
 
 W^ere baptized into jesus were baptizedt£a*it6'.3. ...82 
 
 Baptized in the name of Paul 1 Cos.l.iS: 85 
 
 Thtwk God that 7 baptized none of J'6'or.l.l4 85 
 
 / baptised the hoHsehold of Stephanua.. *' 1 .16.., 85 
 
 . And were all baptized of Moses 1 Cbr,10,2 86 
 
 By one Spirit, 6(/jt)^",t,"(/ into one body. 12,13 ......92 
 
 Why are they baptized for the dead. 15,29.. ...- , 92 
 
 As many ^^.were baptized into Christ Gal3,27 93 
 
 BAPTIZE. 
 
 I bajjtize with water, he shall with H Q.Mat.MhLk.Jo 24 
 
 John did Jop^ueinthe wilJerness. Jfar^.1,4,..,,.... 16 
 
 Ilethat sent me to baptizesaid JbKn.l,S3... 27 
 
 Christ sent me not to laptize. 1 Cor.1,17......... 86 
 
 ./ BAPTISETH. 
 
 tVTiy haptizeat thou then, if not that Christ. John.h2b 2ft 
 
 BAPTIZE TH. . 
 
 liaptizeth with the Holy Ghost. John. 1,33......! 27 
 
 Tlie same baptizeth and all men come\7o7w. 3,26. 34 
 
 BAPTIZING. 
 
 I'each all nations J5 them in the name Mat 28 11> 
 
 <^rdan where John wrs B John 1,28 ,..26 
 
 Come B with water John 1,31 , 27 
 
 And John alhowas B in 'EnonJohn 3,23.. .-i.31 
 
 Babe. Babes 1Q3 
 
 Baptism of the Holy Gbopt 61 
 
 Hoiisehoid baptiamis , , .74 
 
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t 
 
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 One t>aptism versus many baptiSmtii 119 
 
 l^our, pouring &o 99 
 
 QUOTATIONS from: 
 
 Rev'd John Wood 19 
 
 " F.G.Hibbard ; 18 
 
 Dr. Millar 28 
 
 Thos. Soott 39.53 
 
 Dr. C. Howell 58.93 
 
 John Alexander 59 
 
 Dr.DQdderidge 83 
 
 Geo. Whitfield 83 
 
 John Wesley 83.114 
 
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 a 
 
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 JMc.Knight 83 
 
 — Tillitron 84 
 
 Dr. Chalmers 84 
 
 Dr.Neander 84 
 
 J^Conybearc 84 
 
 Samuel Clark 84 
 
 Dr.R.A.Fyfe ...v. 97 
 
 P.Stebbing.^..V 109 
 
 T.L. Davidson.^. TJf. 116 
 
 l)r. Carson 70 
 
 Roman Catholic Catechism 107 
 
 introduction to Book of Common Prayers lOO 
 
 Book of Common Prayers Ill 
 
 Methodist Book of Discipline 114 
 
 Wesley's Journal 115 
 
 Sprinkled &c 69 
 
 Stream of Time.. 120 
 
 i'he Lord's Supper 11 
 
 the Illustration 10 
 
 Water.............. .>.: 104 
 
....llflf 
 
 99 
 
 19 
 
 , 18 
 
 28 
 
 .39.53 
 .58.93 
 
 69 
 
 , 83 
 
 83 
 
 83.114 
 
 83 
 
 84 
 
 84 
 
 84 
 
 84 
 
 84 
 
 97 
 
 ....109 
 
 116 
 
 70 
 
 ..,.107 
 ....100 
 
 Ill 
 
 114 
 
 115 
 
 69 
 
 12a 
 
 11 
 
 10 
 
 ....104 
 
 ; 
 
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