Show Ih 1S f IElULUll IDEAS UlUEMtllOXIMS I i J The pecullarltlei I many religionists II i I J fats who ilalu lo draw chef lr I conceptions y 1 concep-tions ot religion from the Bible have i f multiplied the various oct ol Until r i limit unlll these are uow the irobod H i Imout ol dimension cot dliunl to 1 1 steed of the rooopsot orgealottlon 1 j formed by the Lord as the true Christian I j l Ijf 1 r Chris-tian Church Men bslng driven 1 J 1 about by every wind of doctrine ii i r j give conclusive evidence In their auool i deoomlnllooal church lf lions of Ibo universal spot L Insy of whIch the early Aiostles i spoke Tbe key to nil Ibis division r If alleged to be bated on the Bible Is i that men ban preferred to Interpret I the Borlpluret or give particular 111 1 I J I p prominence lo one feature cot Ignore j I j another Instead of accepting the plain statement ol the Bible as the tuft ul i I practice An Illustration of Ibis Is glvon In the dissentient views relative lo Ibe ordinance ordi-nance of baptism by water There Is I f I no question as to tbe meaning the 1 Greek word translatoJ bar Him In Ibo J New Testament being Immeratoo or Ifin 1 that the Savior and Uls Apostles ro I Ij I quired candidates for baptism t I to be born ul the water r f I to be burled wltb Cbrlst by baptiim to ba planted la the watery element In likeness ot Ills ret I I I urrectlOD Toe Now Testament i record la I very plain Vet there are 11 f 1 t very many professing Gurlsllins wbo k e 11 believe baptIsm by Immersion to be lb I f11 Si nonesientlal to membe of Cbrlilj j 1 Uburcli forgetting that tta abolition tea I te-a work ol man and not ot any warrant I I war-rant In dltlne revelation These people I ft iii peo-ple are em00Ure gel In thIs view by ir1 eloquent and popular preaobera lObo 5 are either wilfully I ljuoraut C of the J yW 17 = historical facts or who wilfully pervert J I < per-vert these tl Intlaucr Inn KIT j 1 f j 4 I V Manhall 71 a popular preacher I of Oakland Cat In bis I sermon tail l Henley proceeding In Jerusalem 1 i Jerusa-lem on Ibe day it Pdntuoost reera lo there befog 8000 members oddest Ho I J the Church lu ibut day nod sent i I I want you to cotton that thU erf at number makes I Impolblo that all thane should I hate beet linuiornod for I l i i bad the whole inclvo beuuatltloolotk and baptlied utoadlly oooto a novort S ryb t000 tt001ea rw f bee0 falconS falcon-S I 11 I uiull 7 oclock In tile avonlug 010 Ibo bantlzUiir alooo lo aunposu thU la ab urd lor U wa not Jii tbo powr ot t I touotnoentoeuttoo to do Ir not IDtlbor 1 p more hero woe no W000e deoto enough 1 auywhero about Joraeoloo Ahoy Yore t S j I 0 undoubtedly tstiLtrtlf l by thu mot mo-t 11lIy 1lIcd tore I oprlnklln foe I ii t DO act fcefnrootooa b1 boon oooiu Iu l I 5j such a wboloale bapltsm II l L Mr Iiiwj ruliila emeot ot bulory t flJ i Igao I alpablo that this 0 Webster be t I would venture to make II oven inS In-S S J defeuie ol tots man made dogma of I I eprintllu i lor biplMoi Ho siyi there J was no water deep enough anywhere S 5 1 t about Jerusalem lu this Ibo Apoitlu i John and others contradict him 1 I There wem many roots to Jerusalem t J Is the Apostle i John names ont John 24wbete a treat mullltuilV ol f S licopln walled 19 I go Into ibo water II l when the angel troubled II DiU was I t the pool ol flrlhcada which the Atlas I lie eayi w > i by the smelt mar It bet U Is situated within Ibo gates of Jerusalem near the bt I J Stephens gate out file temple of r Omar and Is I < aO eel ID lenntb by 130 te breedttt Toe exlilonoe of this I one r I Ii I pool to say nothing ot others disposes i J ot 1 Mi Laws ntatcment on that point IIi I-Ii There le another feature In the quo I 4s > tattoo regarding the ability of the I h Is II Is I Twelve to do the baptising III that I Pi1 time and to endure tbe cOurt On I I I I this point the assertion of Mr Low S i t1 t ebowi that ha doe not uujernaud 5 5 i what he Is talking of The latter i S day Btlnta practice biptltm by liuruer sloe anI It 1 is I 00 UOOUOIUlU oc 1 currcnoe for them to baptize even to elgbt hundred people l In half the time Ibe geutUmsn glvui ana S for two petsous lo do Otto work Ho I t5o that there wouU have been no dllll cully fur tbe welve baptlzlm at ouiu o 5 to camplela the ceremony lartbit whole 4 5 3 000 converts and tbsn > hove to stareS stare-S more tbau half Ibe time allowed by I Mr Law InileaJ of tllowu < M bop Item lo the hour by one pericu actuel S practice soggoeis 150 or over without xbuellve churl Ihu disparity be I 5 Iwo thee titlmatu Is I tuou aa cc II our between that made by one wbo o loss not and ore wbo does know o bow to baptise sIi Again there Is statement In the I reeird blob says tbat only the Twelve ulii the baptising or In I food b1 any 01 thoae Iorlrmod be oldloooo It might ban been and probably was dobe liv I other dliolplei for there were many I other > aluoe Jesus had teat out alI lent two quorums of Seventy before 1rorb I lil I death for this very purpoee Hi the ass rIbs that Ibere was neither I time nor persons enough to baptlzi Ibo 3000 by Immersion Is I aeen to have no warrant in crlplure while If any other mode bad Lon foil wed the i command of tbe Lord WouU not have been complied wllbo course the Apostles did not fallow Ai n matter of fact baptlem by Immeulon properly ¬ prop-erly perlorm drtqulrei but little morn ifloitor tiles ou the part of the per ol i son performing the I ordinance than I doe eprlnkllnti but It is the loraj way while the other Is not i I Another statement of Mr Law may be ni > m d here that eleolrlolly Is I Cod or ai be also puts It tlut elemrlclty Is undoubtedly Outs very own body This slattmont Is made with reference lo Ubrlst Like Ibo Rentlemani other assertion It Ic 1 denied on most ixellent authority Jeiui when LOis tlisolplee supposed a spirIt stood before them told them Uli body was of gosh and boess rho words of the Matter are better authority authori-ty on this point than the 7ag rleso man Electricity Is one of the meant by which God operates but li riot Deity Such recullar religious Tlewr which ore subversive Ibe Illbli and of true Christianity although they may be sincerely litlJ by people whO have not baffled better yet nave been a prollOo coerce ol diet ules and quarrelt sod a poent means of spreading Infldellly because t the coBlradlollons they Involve In-volve end which tend to throw doubt un the scrIptures amoog Ibose not lamlllar with the spirit and letter of Ito latter The Church established by Christ the true Christian Uburob has uo such dliiireuoiButi In vital prlnc > 1 I |