The Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 19, 1876 Page: 4 of 4
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Christian Messenger.
N& 15
■'fCJ
MESSENGER.
1TED2
r, APRIL 19, 1876.
v .
Thouffhts on ttowftnii Ot h
- Chapf» .9 and 4 voi«*es.
Ibr tbeConsideration of
Candid Men and Women.
BT T. M. 8WRENJY.
allndo.d to ? If the reader will ex-
nroine the chapter for himself, he
will learn that there is not an inti-
mation ofth* kind. 4. Our fourth
and last reason will now be present-
ed. The baptism of the Holy Ghost
wag a promise. “ I indeed baptize
you with water; but he shall baptize
you with the Holy Ghost.” Mark
1:8. Again, “For John truly bap-
_ tizcd with watet-, but ye shall be
For many years religionists almost I baptized with the Holy Ghost not
mniTenally understood the vers^BLujjjny days hence.’ Acts 1:5. I sub-
tboyb as having reference to that mit timt ti
baptism to which tho taught ot all
nations wore to submit. See Mat.
28:19, and Mark 16: 15, 16. But I
have no doubt that the careful
observer will agree with me when 1
iay, that now, many interpretations
are being offered. I trust that
I can call attention to tho most
common of these interpretations
without giving offense to tho candid
enquirer after truth. May I not
ask. , the reader why there are so
many interpretations? A will
say to us, “ It is evident to my mind
that Paul alludes to tho baptism of
the Holy Spirit,” and the reader is
anxious to know why he assumes
such a position. I will kindly sub-
mit the reason: 1. If the reference
ia -to water baptism, A cannot help
seeing that it is his duty to be buried
with Christ “by baptism into death.”
2. It is to keep from view the real
fact that water baptism is for remis-
sion of sins as taught by both Peter
a?d Paul. Acts 2:35 and Roms. 6:4.
I now offer reasons which have
long oince satisfied my mind that
Paul does not allude to Spirit bap-
tism." The first case of Spirit bap
tiam is recorded in Acts 2. The
subjects were the apostles. I do
think that it would hardly be
correct t(o say that the apostles
“were buried with Christ by Spirit
baptism into death; that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead
by the glory of the Father, even so
the apostles also should walk in
newness of life.” That would not
do, because they haa been disciples
of Christ for about three years. The
next case of Spirit baptism took
place some eight years later, and is
recorded in Acts 10. Tho subjects
were those who had not obeyed the
gospel. Hot us see if they were
brought into Christ when they be
dame subjects of Spirit baptism.
The angel said to Cornelius, “ Send
men to Joppa, and call for Simon,
whose surname is Peter; who shalh
tell thee words, whereby thou and
all thy house shall be saved” When
persons ooroe into Christ they are
saved from sins, so if their Spirit
baptism brought then, into Christ
they were certainly saved from
sins. But here wo have a very se-
rious difficulty. If they were for-
given st the time they received the
baptism of the Holy Spirit, then it
follows that they entered into
Christ and wfere saved from sins be-
fore they heard Peter’s discourse.
Luke says Peter “ exponuded it by
order to them.” Acts 11:4. In giv-
ing us the events, be Bays, “ And as
I began to speak, the Holy Ghost
fell on them, as on ns at the begin-
ning. v. 15. From the 13 and 14 vs.
we learn that they were to be saved
by what they beard, and not by the
Holy Ghost. We have now learned
that Spirit baptism did not bring its
subjects into Christ, but tho baptism
to which Pan! and the Romans sub
mitted did bring them, into Jesus
Christ. Hence we conclude that
Paul was speaking of some other
baptism than tho Spirit baptism.
2. 8ome twenty-two years after the
last mentioned case of Spirit bap-
tism, Paul says there is one bap-
tism. Eph. 4:5. The baptism en-
jotnod in tbe commission was to
continue to tbe end of time. But if
witer baptism is to continue till
the end of the world, and Puul is
correct when he says there is one,
then I would raise the question:
Docs the man who says that both
baptisms are ottll in force treat our
Bio. Paul with proper respect ? I j
do not think that our Bro. should
be contradicted because bo is not
here to defend himself. He
mit that the verses quoted contain a
promise. While Spirit baptism was
a promise, water baptism is present-
ed as a command. See the follow-
ing Scriptures: “Go teach
all nations, baptizing them into (in)
the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Matt.
28:19. Another passage, “ And he
commanded them to be baptized In
tbe name of tbe Lord.” Acts 10:48.
The reader will agree with me that
a promise is not something to be
obeyed, but to be received. But a
command is something that must be
obeyed. Now, 1 ask, was tbe bap-
tism mentioned by Paul in Rom. 6.
obeyed by him and them to whom
he wrote? It occurs to me, if this
question can be correctly answered
in tho affirmative, that no one
should contend that Paul here re-
ferred to Spirit baptism. Then
turn with us to chapter and read on
till you come to the 17 and 18 verses.
What do we find in those verses?
Let us read: “ But God be thanked,
that ye were the servants ofsin,but
ye have obeyed from the heart that
form of doctrine which was deliver-
ed you. Being then made freo from
sin, ye became the servants of right-
eousness.” Here Paul speaks of
the form of doctrine that they had
obeyed. What was that form ? This
can bo answered by finding out what
the doctrine is. It will be conceded
that the doctrine of Christ and the
•
gospel of Christ mean the same.
Paul tells what the gospel is. He
savs : Moreover, brethren, I declare
unto you the gospel which I preach
ed unto you, which also yo have re-
ceived, and wherein ye stand, by
which also ye are saved, if ye keep
in memory wrhat I preached unto
you, unless yo have believed in vain.
For I delivered, (or preached,) unto
you first of all that which I also re
ceived, how that Christ died for our
sins according to the Scriptures,and
that he was buried, and that he rose
again the third day according to the
Scriptures. 1 Cor. 15:1-5. Here are
three facts—tho death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus. These he
terms the gospel. But facts can
not be obeyed, hence our kind Sav-
ior made it our privilege to obey
certain commands which represent
thoue grand tacts. These commands
he terms “ that form of doctrine.”
To these commands he alludes in
the first part of Rom. 6. When
those Romans had believed and re-
pented, they were dead to sin. That
represents the first gospel fact—the
death of Jesus. They were then
buried with him by baptism into
death ; and as Jesus was raised from
Joseph’s tomb, so were they raised
from their- burial in water to walk
in newness of life. Their baptism
represented the last two gospel facts
Faith, repentance and baptism con-
stitute the form of doctrine. They
obeyed this form. And as this form
of doctrine contained a baptism that
they obeyed, and since the Spirit
baptism was a promise, and a prptn-
iso cannot be obeyed, we draw the
conclusion that Rom. 6 does refer to
water baptism, and that to inter-
pret it as alluding to Spirit baptism
is altogether wrong. How simple
the form, and yet how powerful the
facts. Well might Paul say, “ 1 am
not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.
some one told the king of Syria that
the little Israehtieh maid had said
there was a prophet in her country
who could cure the leprosy. Now
Naaman stood high in the king’s fa-
vor, for he had just won a great vic-
tory. So the king said, “ You had
better go down to Samaria, and sec
if there is anything in it, and I will
give you loiters of introduction to
the king. Away goes Naaman down
to Samaria with his letter of intro-
duction, and he takes with him a
bftfT of gold and silver. And he
took about £100,000 sterling, to pay
the doctor’s bill. There are a good
many men who would willingly pay
that sum, if with it they could buy
the favor of God, and get rid of the
curse of sin. Naaman had a letter
of introduction from the king him-
self, ail’d of course he would ho re-
ceived with high honors. But in-
stead of the king rushing out to
meet him, whenheheard ofNaaman’s
arrival and his object, he rent his
mantle in a rage, and said: “Am I
God, that I can kill and make alive?”
But at last the king lothinks him-
self of Elisha the prophet; and he
says: “There is a man in my jrirg-
dom who is able to help you and
cure you.” So Naaman drives up
in grand style to the prophet’s house
and sends In his message. “Tel
the prophet Maj. General Naaman
of Syria, nas arrived and wishes to
see him.” Elisha takes it coolly,
lie does not come out to see him
>utas soon as he learns his errand,
sends his messenger to say:“ Dip
seven times in Jordan, arid you sha
be clean!” What a blow to his
iride! I can imagine him saying
to bis servant, What! Dip seven
times in Jordan ! We call tbe Jor-
dan a DiTcn in our country ! ” lean
fancy bis indignation as he asks—
“ Are not Abana and Parphar, riv-
ers of Damascus, better than all the
waters of Israel ? May I not wash
in them and bo clean?” So ho
turned and went away in a rage.
Jordan never had any reputation as
a river. Its banks were not half so
beautiful as those of the rivers of
Damascus. Yes, it was a dreadful
blow to his pride ! Damascus was
one of the most beautiful cities in
tne world; and it is said that when
Mahomet first saw il he turned his
head away, for fear it should lead
Ins thoughts away from heaven.
Naaman wont off in a rage. But I
don’t think much of that; for when
a man turns away m anger he gen-
erally cools down and comes back
again. Whilst Naaman was think-
ing what wa9 best to be done, one
of his servants came and said : “My
lord, it the prophet had bid thee do
some groat thing, wouldst thou not
have done it? how much rather tUon
when he saith to thee, Wash and be
•clean!” Why, if Elisha had sard
to him, “ Go back to Syria on }*our
hands and knees,” he would most
likely have done it. If he had said,
“ Go back all the way on one foot,”
he would have tried to do it. Or if
he had said, “Give me a hundied
thousand pounds for the medicine I
prescribe, and thou shalt be cleans
ed,” no doubt be would have done
it. But to tell him merely to dip in
Jordan seven times! “Well,” says
the servant, “ you have come a hun-
arad and fitly miles, and now don’t
you think you had better do what
he tells you ? ” His anger is cool-
ing lowu, and he says, “ Well, I
think I might as well try it.” That
is the starting point of his faith.
Naaman’s will was conquered at
last. So he goes down to the river
and takes the first dip ; and as he
comes up, I can imagine him look
ing at himself, and saying to bis
servant, “ There ! Iam no better
than I was when I went in.” Down
he goes a second time, and he comes
up as much a leper as ever; and so
he goes down again and again, the
third and fourth and fifth time, With
the 6amo result—as much a leper as
ever. When he comes up the sixth
time, he looks at himself and says,
“Ah, no better! What a fool I have
made of myself! 1 wouldn’t h«ve
the generals and aristocracy of Da-
mascus know that I have been dip-
ping in this way in Jordan for nil
the world. However, as I have
gone so far, I’ll make the seventh
plunge.” lie has not altogeiherlost
faith ; and down he goes the Sev-
enth time, and up he comes again.
He looks at himself, and shsuts
aloud for joy. “ Lo, I am well!
My leprosy in all gone—all gone!
My flesh has come again as that o
a little child. I never knew such a
thing. Thank God! 1 am thehap
rail be cleansed. It is all done by
the power of faith.
Lamar Nurseries!
Mr. Mood}*, in this story of Naa-
man, has unwittingly presented an
unanswerable argument in favor of
raptism, that ordinance ot God
which he and all his sort say is a
“non-essential,” and may be obeyed
or not obeyed just as the sinner feels
disposed. Th£v# is nothing in the
waters of Jordan that can take away
sin. Sin can’t be washed away by
water; if it can,a little pure water
taken from Abana or Parphar and
sprinkled on the person will do as
well as to plunge him in this ditcii !
Then God’s plan is too simple. It
is better to walk on one’s handsand
cnees all the way from Jordan to
Damascus—better to kneel at tbe
mourner’s bench a whole year—than
to be baptized for the remission of
sins! It is too easy. There are
a great many Naamaus nowadays,
---m • ^-—
Tlie Choctaw Christians
rpHESE
uated
W.
[From the Oklahoma Star.]
J uaging trom the acts of tho apos-
tles of prejudice and ignorance, the
gods have banqueted them on the
wine of madness and the witches’
broth of insanity, and so prepared
for self-destruction, if nothing more.
The acts of- the late Choctaw
Council will be startling revelation
of the gratitude of the Choctaws,
when it reaches the various Mis-
sionary Boards that have been pay-
ing missionaries to labor in this
ield, supposed to be “w'hito to the
harvest.” .
While your delegates in Con-
gress have been asking the United
States Government to continue
those civilizing influences, which
have raised you aoove the savage
life of your ancestors, you have de-
clared in the face of that Govern-
ment and the world, that the mis-
sionaries are “intruders, and that
your country is in danger of their
demoralizing influences, and say,
“that it would be unjust to make
any distinction in their favor,” In
the United States, ministers of the
gospel are paid salaries ranging
trom $800 to $1,000 per year, and
the home of the minister is bought
and paid for by the people, and the
minister and his family occupy it,
rent free. But the law, emenating
from the concentrated wisdom ot the
Choctaw Council men, refuses the
missionary a home at his own ex-
pense, unless he will pay for a per-
mit to teach them that they have
immortal souls, and then pay tax
on his own house, built with his
own means; and then comes the
climax. He must go to the Chief
for permission to stay in his own
house. It he is a good Baptist, and
the Chief is too, all right. He has
the liberty (?) to stay in tho home
erected out of his own hard earn-
ings. But Pharaoh died, and there
was another Pharaoh who knew not
Joseph. So, if the next Chief is a
Presbyterian when Mr. Baptist asks
for permission to live in his own
house, he will be informed that “he
is an intruder, subject to the pains
and penalties of the law.” There
is no law to remunerate the man
for his lost home, time and toil. He
is an “intruder,” and the Council-
men can't make any unjust distinc-
tion in his favor.
We tell you, fellow citizens and
members of the Choctaw Council,
you might have saved the time and
pains of disgraoing yourselves and
the Nation, if you had not “wined’
with the godson madness and ruin;
for the clear eye of a philosopher and
statesman could have seen no need
ot putting up the bars between us
and civilization, lest the land be
flooded with demoralized mission
aries. IIeav#n help your madness!
Nothing but an infinite love of
Christ, and an all-absorbing interest
in the salvation of your immortal
souls would tempt a missionary
to sacrifice himself and his children
after him, spending their money
and their lives in a land where mur-
derers, thieves and criminals of ev
ery order are tolerated and system
atically court- I, bred and perpet- j
tuated, while labor which enriches
other Nations is crushed out by the
iron heel of the law, truth tram-
meled, and honesty made to mean
starvation or beggary.
Couneilmen and fcD
NURSERIES ARE SIT-
four miles east of Paris,
Lamar county, Texas. We invite
the attention of the lriend9 of horti-
culture to our Nursery Stock, grown
by us here, consisting in part of
Southern varieties oi carefully se-
lected
Apples, Pears.
Plums, Cherries,
Peaches, Nectarines,
Apricots, Almonds,
Figo, Pomegranates,
Grape Vines,
Blackberries,
Raspberries,
Strawberries,
Flowering Shrubs,
Ever-blooming Roses,
Evergreens, etc., etc.
The above fruits carefully selected
and grown by us in variety, are for
sale at reasonable prices. We would
recommend our southern, or home
grown trees, and having had much
expeiience, and tested many of-our
varieties here, we flatter ourselves
that we are better piepared to suit
customers than those without expe-
rience in our climate.
J. Q. A. WALKER,
v2n8 Proprietor.
. HOMAN,
Attorney at Law,
Caldwell, Burleson Co., Texas.
Will pay special and prompt at-
tention to real estate business and
the collection of debts. 1-14.
Land for Sale.—One hundred
and twenty acres of good timber
laod, in Kaufman county, ten mile*
southwest of the town of Kaufman
and one mile and a half north of
the village of Union Grove. A good
bargain will be given. Apply to
Chas. Carlton, Bonham, Texas.
25 tf.
CHROMOS FREE!
In order to introduce our large,
eight-page Illustrated Literary and
Family Paper, The Souvenir, we
will send it, on trial, six moutbB for
only 60 cents, and two each subscri-
ber we will mail, post paid four ele-
gant Oil Chromes, “ Little Red Rid-
ing Hood,” “ Tbe Children’s Swing,”
“ Peek a-Boo ” and “ Mother’s Joy.”
These pictures are not common
prints, but genuine oil chromos in
sixteen colors, that are equal in ap-
pearance to fine oil paintings. Just
think of it—four fine chromos and
an excellent literary paper six
months for 60 cents. Try it. Make
up a club of five subscribers and we
will send you an extra copy for six
months and four extra chromos.
No danger of loosing your money.
We refer to the post master at Bris-
tol, as to our responsibility. Cash
The Lost Cause!
A MAGNIFICENT Picture 14x18
inches in size, printed on heavy
plate paper, beautiful in design and
artistic in execution. It represents
a Confederate Soldier alter the war reqU;rt.(j jn advance. No samples
returning to his home,which he finds }ye6 Agents wauted to take sub-
« 1 J J__L.i^ T rx Lynn f a!’ ®
lonely and desolate. In front ot
the ruined cottage, two graves with
rude crosses, on one of which some
friendly hand has hung a garland.
To the right the calm river and ris-
ing moon indicate peace and rest.
The stars seen through the trees,
represent the Southern Cross. It
is a picture that will touch every
Southern heart and should find a
placo in every Southern home.
Sent by mail mounted on a roller
post-paid on receipt of 25 cents, or
3 for 60 cents. Address
JOHN BURROW & CO., Pub’s,
Bristol, Tenn.
Agents wanted everywhere to
sell our cheap and popular pictures.
$5 to $10 per day easily made. No
money required until pictures are
sold. Send stamp for catalogue and
terms.
sc-riptions and sell our fine piciures.
From $3 to $10 a day easily mads.
Address, W. M. BURROW,
200 Main St. Bristol, Tenn.
«J. B. CLARK,
Attorney-at-Law,
Bonham, Fannin County, Texas.
refers to
Appleton, Noyes A Co., St. Louis,
Carter Bros, i Co., Louisville, Ky.,
Hon. B. Magoffin. Harrodsburg, Ky.,
Mc-Brayer, Trapnall A Co., “
Gov. Jas. B. McCreery, Frankft, “
E. Stoddard Johnston, Esq., “ “
JA T. Green, bankers, Jackson, Miaa.
J. M. Nunn, merchant,Bonham. Tex.
T. W. Caskey, Sherman, Tex.
Oharles Davis,
Exclusive Agent for the sale
THOMAS MOORE.
JAS. T. MOORS
MOORE Sc MOORE,
ATTY’S. AT LAWv-
WaCO,
TEXAS,
vol. l-no-27-6nR.
Victory is mine I,
High Prices Kouted!
LOW ONES INAUGURATED
A T
Charter Oak Stoves
And General Dealer in
Stoves and General Hardware,
BONHAM, TEXAS.
B ft I D G ES*
• Jewelry Store !
?pairing, Roofing, Guttering and
sinds of work in onr lino exo-
Re.
all kinds
cutcd in a workmanlike
and at reasonable prices.
UVIU at I — A 11 Iv II
shop and salesroom in the old Alex-1 Specialty,
ander brick, west side public square.1
v2nl
WOLSTON, WELLS A VIDOR
Fine Gold Watches^
Extra Silver Watches,
Solid Gold Jewelry.
Silver and Plated War#,
Clocks, Bronzes,
Fancy Good**, #tc., #te.,
manner, j At prices that defy competition.
Work I p;ne Watch Repairing made •
v2nll
Cotton Factors
' —AND—
Commison Merchants
League Building, 73 Strand,
John Wolston,')
C. G. Wells, > Galveston,Texas.
Ciias. Vidor, )
vol. 1-no 27-3in.
CONSUMPTION CURED!
Believe us,
--------------- „ . mine, lmiim uum * »iu low-citizens, the gospel ot common
Reader, how important that we have pjest man ahve ! ” So he comes up sense hath in it a salvation which
both power and form of godliness, i out of Jordan and puts on his clothes you would do well to seek; and
rfo Le oontinued i and goes back to the prophet, and heau'iful upon the mountains will
wants to pav him. That’s just the be your feet, when you bring the
" j old story: Naaman wants to give | glad tidings ofsuch a salvation
An obi physician, retired from
activo practice, having had placed
in his hands by an East India Mis
sionary the formula of a simple
Vegetable Remedy for the speedy
and permanent Cure of Consuinp-
to j tion, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma,
Pala ce Stable,
OPPOSITE BURNEY HOUSE,
AND
Rail-Road Stable,
South-east corner Public Squar#,
BONHAM, TEXAS.
Lake C. Wilson
Would respectfully announce to his
old friends and patrons that he has
GOOD STOCK,
Plenty of feed and attentive bostlerr.
Thankful for past favors, he re-
spectfully solicits a continuance of
tue same. 2:14
Agents,
Make no engagements till you ••#
Our New Book,
; and all ^roat and Lung Affecti,,,,.' i Which in thrilling inter*., .t.rling
Moody's Best Thoughts. m0noy for his cure. How *»*ny {the people of Oklahoma. How can ‘a Positive and Radical Cure for merit, elegance and cheapness, haa
| people warn to do the same nowa- we bear the pity, or, more justly, j ajj Xervom absolutely no equal. It is “ TH*
days ! Why it would have spoiled tho scorn and contempt which the j £ > having thorough thing ” tor the Centennial period—
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our defenseless heads? Doomed to , d to make it known to his it is “deserving of unqualified praise;
---- — -- ,. I • bntJio was a lener and not because you can be saved, but degenerate, while the spirit ot the i no-follows Actuated by this we anticipate for it an extensive
one baptism his language cannot b a flight over his whole because you are saved. But the ago is onward, and truth, with ta ! mf?tivt. Sand ft conscientious desire popularity.” Tho Dubuque Times
ii* not contra-1 ^ no physician to | prophet refused to take anything; .sinanic finger, points the way, and , ^ human suffering, ho will says, “Just Rueh a work as thousands
•• • 1 '•*» 1 imam no rtrt n na t niOTP hcilVen S O WII brCaKrt 1H| ......., 11 iKa AmAvwan nftnnlfl W111 he ifl Act
0TOBY OF NAAMAN , — j .....j — ,
I have been reading to you about the story of grace, if ih«i piephet
a man whom the king delighted to j had taken anything You mj
honor. He was captain of tho hosts give a thank offering to God « cause
. . 1 i ! nrfct riAUAiiuf* rmi no loivoit t)Ut
misunderstood. Let
diet him. 3. Baptism is often men-j ^ . jjim j„ a|| $yria.
t ______ A 1/vHora tn thf • _a \ .i I U
to all who dc-
with full direc-
qhh mm. o. -- -........— i heio ljim aw oynm. None of the land 1 can imagine no one felt more heaven’s own light breaks *" |80nd lree of charge)
tioned in Acts and tbe letters to the Jnenl doctors in Damascus could rejoiced than Elislm did. So >aa- t mnig i every riit 8jrc it, this recipe, >
V" .;U .nv rood Neither could ! man starts back to Damascus, a ver, the great wall ot prejudice, ?UP«' ’ , , ns ,ireparing and suceesfully
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