Show LAW AND AIND LIBERTY libbl LIBBi aly OF the TSE GOSPEL A FEW sundays ago the palter of plymouth church announced that ho he would administer the rite rife of baptism cism to buch such children ot of beU believing eying eving parents as might be brought to him nike nibe some other prea preachers chens chera who profess to be divinely called to the ministry in he is very accommodating he will sprinkle an infant or an adult or immerse the latter if he be so 0 d desires a sires leaving the matter to the choice of the candidate or in baby camb caes to the wishes of the parents the ceremony in either instance will be administered in the namu name of at the father and of the mon bon and of at the holy ghost yet yot the brooklyn divine like others who presume to use those holy names in this magneri doek does not evea proem profess to have received any authority eo to do by communication hom nom the trinity it or elther of bliem or from any penson person who lias nas been thus fadore fa vore vote without euch beuch gutho rhy is it ic not very improper nay evea to per perform form torm any act or admin adain lster ister any ordinance in the name that is ju in behalf or in thu the stead of deity one man has n right rist to perform an act sot in A the tho nm of f ai nother another unless union exar expressly e e a ly a author u th or iced to do 06 an indi individual v 1 d un 1 who ha assumed to act in ele eie name afa bra business firm without authority would be liable to prosecution A false faise offid official lal lai one ons administering in any governmental poti position tion without el edtion election br bf appointment would not only be bb regarded ed as a fraud but be punish ed with severe severo penalties yet men have atre alre the presumption to uee use thib thid harnes haines of the holy trini trinity ty without any kev warrant from on high and odem to expect that what they do in thib thief unauthorized and fuoua and land manner will be accepted and acknowledged by kiy Dei Del gid had bad conferred upon them the right to woi aci acihl jn wis wib name in this casu case the preacher went fu ithen ither he frankly admitted that the rite itself which ho he was about to administer in the sacred names lames 0 of the trinity was unauthorized of god baid baia he be as reported in the new bew york papers papera this ceremony of infant baptism bap tiam ilam does not mean anything it if it A is based on apostolic exi example mple A great many man j of the tho practices of the apostles are done away with by change of time and and a great many practices have sprung up in the church which are valid and useful although they are not apostolic there can be no idea more aueril puerile 0 th n that we are to follow not the 11 spirit of the apostles but their literal action it Is puerile in the highest degree we are helna heina ot liberty having the exemplar christ aud and the interpretation of christ life as given to us na by the apostles is to do the things thing s which exper experienc experience fene fenc ishall show are proper wh whether effier the apostles did them or not an practices which donot do not noi involve X moral aar considerations we are at perfect liberty to drosand dro we do drop them but any value which the baptism ot at children hasi haeg has hns has come down to us ua as aa a cere ceremony mony mouy a ceremony of theRoman the roman boman Ca catholic tholie church and through that utterly fictitious and condemnable notion the whole buman human race fell in adam that as aa a consequence of adams adama federal head headship all mankind man kind bind are guilty and that gave rise to infant baptism baptisms because it was supposed that it Is wash ed ad away adams adama guilt eulit out of them I 1 why the water that you could pus put upon of a cambric needle would be enough to wash away all tho the bin sin our children ever got from adam sowe bove don doe doal doai baptize children forthe for the sake of washing away any berean ary gull tor because they participate or receive any influence whatever why theny theng then do I 1 baptie baptize 3 children why do most moat persons persona baptize them it is ia simply in conformation with our church practice and und andio to the practices of mankind everywhere for the parents to stand sponsors for the children when the child comes of age he can caa do ido j just as he pleases he can bay eay 1 I accept the agreement of my father and mother I 1 ratify latifi it 1 or he can refuse to do so it is just at ai though they executed a legal document men man t undertaking to give the child certain property when he be shall shah come of age upon hla hia executing certain conditions and when he la is of age he executes the conditions and claims the uhel property but if it is said that thib thra la Is simply ingenious lather than sound why then the child can be baptized again abou heu he ca conies canies mes thinks that bpi spi sprinkling Inkling la is too mue little water he can bave have ajuntas juntas as much as he wants there is perfect liberty in these things the gospel Is gra fra a perfect law jaw of i liberty obedience bringa brings redemption from the bondage of sin and the slavery of unbridled passion pa salon but like ime all true liberty it in ia the liberty ot law lav the gospel which la is glad tidings is tho th go goo 0 news of the divine plan of salvation in which are laws and ordinances and requirements as essential to obtain desired benefi beneti tbt tsy as sowing seed in goo son soil watering and cul ti valion vallon are essential to the elci expected harven harvet t no one is compelled compell to tg yield to the conditions every body la Is at perfect liberty to comply with them or let them alone but without obedi obed obedience ence lelice there is ii no resultant blessing and without conformation to the exact requirements there is no saving effect A religious teacher who im prestes presses the public mind with the notion that evey everybody body is at ill lle ertl to bo be baptized or not to be sprinkled or im immersed imme gereed reed to receive the rite ri to in unconscious infancy or in cespon bibie maturity at the choice of individuals without regard to the oile word woid of coola aou to a deceiver tobe denounced himond him nd th buiere 50 nak muk aa 9 t be anything more plainly holy writ than the demano demana otle ofie of DA that all things done ini in name namu shall be performed i he has directed moses required to do all things they were shown to him in t mount jesus jeans didiot pre surat do anything but that which waa wag 1 healed to him of the father nather Z ET his hia doctrine was waa not his hii own A when he bent sent his to pre pret the gospel he be enjoined it upon thi tb to baptise baptize thoe thebe who believed and i tesch teach them to observe all bwl cwg thi whatsoever oever I 1 have co commeria mmariA oom mant mani I 1 baptism la a sacred hight night of divi di appointment it wak was was not bythe by the Apostles Apost iea leg it waa was not ami smi a B custom or of their times jubul john I 1 baptist was sent n to ba baptize baptise for i 4 remi salon of bins bing and chris christ t ik thata tha the tIbe tibb The Pharis efm emm and clawy lawyer rs ai I 1 jetted the counsel of god asah again themselves not being baptized w the baptism of john when U apostles preach preached iDd they converts to be baptized there vi i no other floor of entrance into ti 6 church and faith and kepen tam were pre pie requisites to the of ghe khe he ordinance they adew baptism not aprin kUng V t voluntary believing r candidates not infant wk had never sinned and couk coni not believe belleve or xe repent p ent if they hs hsi every candid student of the no K testament Is bound to admit it tta mr beecher eee bee shat ahat infant cb bening uen ten hg it is not baptism 4 lauy other modern rites called a glowas are practices that hin bin sprung up in the church thront throng 1 fictitious and utterly notions and yet he conti continua nug nut the practices an and d conforms conform to indic dual opinions and preferences m actually calls them valid and u us tul tol wol eol 1 Q wrt wit validity are ane ar fictitious notions and ui au authorized ordinance sanu of wha gha t ua to are ceremonies and furma that ailys been invented by men they us not more 1610 than the tea J mingia of latera ol at the gospel who endom them and help to perpetuate thum them tim rapt baptism ibm ism required and obejo by jesus christ taugh and uma mma by his nim Apost Ap oatlee iem lem iee and cant lichel as the entrance eitran rite into uni nei church waa WAX by the as aa an essential 14 1 capt a man bo be boin of vw ald and ond of the spirit ho he cannot esk eik into the kingdom of 41 et water Is placed en a ay X with the ghe spirit baptisms bap tiam and k are absolutely necessary the 0 to administer them whit wes wea an given to the apostles and k those whom they orua orun orual ned ined by d vine commandment or does doea not descend by linea geor or otherwise to modem it must tn bi conferred by divine appointment a it Is not enjoyed baptism without it la Is voids anether vw to form be correctly observed a not the tho baptisms in all the becis sects are beam becam they bre nia which bui hui sprung up therein they are by ti 0 will or whims of men entirely uit uil authorized of god utterly anad im in heaven ald aud omm amm aea ure are of no force and bles either in this world or the world to come in the church of jesus christ ot of latte rd saints there are no uze ute ot nancee or ol of nisi oCUS lorm lomm m are afi ajl divinely com eom lauded ann enn a ean enn ad administered ty bj authority bent sent down out d c heaven in the tho prent ap sri and dispensation they an therefore accepted of god goa ml ad are as valid as an though performed by himself or hla hib son jebos jesmi christla christ Chri atta atla in person all ali are at liberty to or reject them but bat no one cu cm gain the blessings which they Ls designed to bestow without conforming to the condIt conditions lons ions Obed obedience lena leng brings the fruits troit of the kingdom i and he who la is brought thereby oui oci of darkess dark fiess into light Is also brought out of the bondage of bin sin into of liberty of the gospel and is regenerated and made free indeed |