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a, VOL. XVII. FENELON FALLS, OI’TARIO, FRIDAY, JANU l The _ Feneltin Falls Gazette. Friday, January 3181;, 1890. COMMUNICATIONS . KNOCKED 'our Bill SPRUCE and Will CHERRY Cough Balsam. fi‘ll’ L.DEYM UNDERTAKER. JUST ARRIVE a large display of I - C h a. 1 m s W. E. ELLIS, Esq . Druggist, Fenclnn Falls, Out. and all kinds of Data Sunâ€"I received the “ RED SPRUCE , T .txn \VILI) szunv Coma llu.s.ut ” by stage I F ‘ i I all right, but only got keeping one bottle myself, The neighbours begged so hard for the Xulas and New Years, for itl could not keep it. They all want ‘ . . me to send and get a lot of it. It is the t ‘ade. Newest (tes1gns, Latest best cough medicine etiet'I they rifledl'gf Styles in cane and easv chairs. ' "ll 3 >nd m1 a su ) can *e it I'll _ J Nu m M L m y a It Wlll pay you to call and see hot cakes, as they will not use any other them. ‘A" D EYM N L. A , kind if they can get this. Colborne street. ROCERJES â€"A.NDâ€" PROVI SIO NS. J MofifitLAND has now on hand a splendid stock of fine fresh TEAS, COFFEES, Sugars, Syrups, Tobaccos, Rice, Raisins Currants, Starch, Soaps and all other groceries, which he will sell .Iv'enelon Falls. That your sermon, now celebrated, in which you are reported to have said that those who baptize infants by sprinkling, ; do what is wrong and that they know that l they are doing wrong, or words to that effect, which I have not seen contradicted, was the cause of my being asked to explain the Church catechism, so far as it refers to infant. baptism, I have no doubt. Charity, the essence of all religion, and without which religion cannot exist, wottld untur‘ ally have led you to conclude that, possiâ€" bly, those who dill‘er from you might hold and practice infant baptism, by sprinkling, in ignorance, though yet in sincerity. But your language, if true, places those who differ from you among the hypocrites, those who preach what they know to be false for filthy lucrc’s sakeâ€"a class detestable to God and man. Under the circumstances, then, I plead a right to say something in self-defense. I have now been eighteen years here, and during that time I have seen several Baptist pastors come and go, and I have had no word of difl‘crence with any of them ; and besides, some of nty most valued friends, both here and elsewhere, are Baptists. You are young, and perhaps your zeal carried you further than you iii- tended. I think I may safely say that I had satisfied tnyself on the whole Baptist controversy before you were born, and I have had no reason to change one iota of my finding since. I have nothing to cor- rect or amend in my letters so far as they are published, bttt I have much to add. You invite me to examine the lexicons for the true meaning of the word “ baptizo.” It is an important examination, and if your interprttation of the word he the correct one, of dire consequence to many. If bap- tizo uniformly means immersion, and im- mersion is baptism, then those who have not been immersed have not been baptized, and consequently are not Christians. In this interpretation you seem consistently to believe by excluding those who have not been immersed from your communion. If buptizo be capable of more than one mean. ing, it is unsafe to make it responsible for such terrible consequences, namely, not only of unchurching, but also of unchrisâ€" tianizing, nineteen-twentieths of all those who now look upon themselves as Chris- tinns. Now, then, in examining the lexicons, what do we find ? We find that baptizo has various meanings, as dipping, washing, bathing, wetting, moistening, dyeing and the like. I will refer the matter to the Greek lexicographers, as it is agreed on all hands that they are the best authority for the meaning of their own language. The oldest native Greek lexicographer is Husvcmos of Alexandria, who flourished about A. D. 300. The only meaning he gives the word is (antleo) to draw or pump water. The next native Greek lexicographer is Somns,who flourished between A. D. 975 and 1025. The only meaning he gives to baptizo is (pluno) to wash. At the beginning of the present century we find GASES, a learned Greek, who for the use of his countrymen compiled a. large and valuable lexicon of the ancient Greek language, in three quarto volumes. The meanings he gives to baptizo are (1) breclto, to wet, moisten, to bedew ; (2) piano, to wash ; (3) Inc, to wash, to but/ta ; (4) antleo, to draw, to pump water. These are the definitions of native Greeks, whose opinions are entitled to the highest deference. At the beginning of the 17th century we ihuve Consumes Sctmevttws, a Greek lexi- cographer, of Holland, who died A. D. 1667, aged 5‘2. He defines buptizo, (l) baptist), to baptize, (2) merge, (Englished by Ainsworth) (1) to put under water, or any other liquid ' . The following letter was received front Coboconk a few days ago :â€" Jun. 15th,1890. FOR SALE ONLY AT ELLIS’S DRUG STORE, FENELON FALLS. «#BE SURE AND GET THE GElllllllErh- Professional Cards. 'l * A. r. DEV LIN, ARRIS'I‘ER, Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Kent Street, Lindsay. ________.____________._._â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" EDWARD P. CONSIDINE, Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Conveyanccr. Money to loan. Ker-r S'rnmz'r, - - LINDSAY,0NT. Clleap ibr .Casll, M G. II. HOPKINS. (Soccrsson 'ro Man-rm a: Hortmts) ARRISTER, SOLICITUR, &c Mopey B to Loan at 6 per cent. Office, Ixent otrcct,Lindsay, Ont. r. n. MOORE, ARRISTER, ATTORNEY, & SOLICITR B and Notary Public. Money to Loan. Odicc, Kent street, Lindsay. ' _______,________.â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" HUDSPETH a JACKSON, nmsrsas, SOLICITORS, &c. 0r- ticc, William street, Lindsay. A. IIonsrcrn. A. Jucxson O‘LEARI’ a: O'LEARY, ARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, B Solicitors in Chancery, Inc. Office, Dohcny Block Kent street, Lindsay.‘ Anrnna O’Lit.tttv. Brian 0 Lunar. and to which he invites the attention of the public. CROCKERY, GLASSWA RE, Earthenware, Brooms, Pails, Washtubs, Blocking-brushes, Clothes-pins, Matches and other articles in great variety. tanned Fishtail ll Vegetables of the very best brands and at the low- est possible prices. Cash Paid for Butter & Eggs and other farm produce. 3%“ Flour and feed kept constantly on hand. .__._- JOSEPH McFARLAND. OR Hmmnhnnna Mowers, Sulky Rakes, Riding and Walking Plows, T.Srsw.tar. Root. I’ttlpers, Grain Crushers, G ‘ain Sowers, Straw Cutters, W- MCINTYRE 8:. STEWART, ARRIS'I‘ERS, Solicitors, Notaries, kc. ()tliccs over Ontario Bank, Kent street, Lindsay. Money to loan at 6 per cent. on easy terms. D. J. )Iclvrrnu. BARRON & MCLA UGHL/IV. AllllIS'I‘EllS, F. .. ()llice: Baker’s block l Kent Street. Lindsay, opposite Vettch’s Lllflel- Money W 10““ 8" lowc“ mm 0f 'â€" AND - thing, to sink, dip in, duck, or plunge over interest. _ - head and ears to immerse (2) to overwhelm W me or the firm will be at then of- ILL KINDS of Agricultural Implements, (3, ,0 fink, my, 0, d,,,,,;, , (3, ,m, (Eng: ficc iu Jordan's Block, Fenelon Falls, regu- _ A“ n _ “shed by Aiusworth), (1) to wash, to rinse, llfifl." "H." T“¢5d“~3" to bathe (2) to besprinkle, (3) to purge or Joux A. BARRON- R» J. MCLwamm- N BOTTOM PRICES, expiate tin offence, (4) to clear himself, to ' 1:7,_::__: :..‘__l__ - ‘p , CALL ON throw off, to shake off. I next produce Robinson, the author of a Greek lexicon of the New Testament, is standard work of the present day He gives the following meanin s to upla'zo: (1) to immerse. to sink, (2 to wash, to cleanse by washing. In the middle sense, to wash one‘s self, to bathe, to perform ab- lution, with a great many other meanings. And ” Layman,” in hls first letter, gave correctly the meaning: of baptize, as given by Liddell A: Scott, the compilers of the lexicon in most eneral use in our high schools and colleges at the present day. Now if baptizo is a word so clear as to apply to immersion in its meaning, and nothing else, why did the Baptist Union go MEDICAL. J. R. GRAI-IADI, Agent, Fouelon Falls, Out. IN S URANCE. Mr. G. Cunningham having transferred his Insurance Business to me, I am prepared to take risks on all classes of property At Very Lowest Rates. v..- A. W. J. )uGRASSI, M. 1)., ORONER, I‘hysician,Surgcon,&c., 8:0. Residence. Brick Cottage, Wellington street, Lindsay. DRS. WILSON dc WILSON, llYSlCIANS, SURGEONS & ACCOU- chem. Office, Colborne Street, Fenclon Falls. 5.5. thsox, u. 3.,u'. n.,c.u., LC. I’.‘ 3., Out Dr. A. thsos. 11.3., x. c. r. a 3., Out. None but first-class British and Canadian Companies represented. .3â€" 36" FARVM PROPERTY at very low rates. on. n. n. GRAHAM, the New Testament. making it always say to the trouble of getting out an edition of . RADUATE of the University of Trinity “ College, Fellow of Trinity Medical School, Member of the Royal College or Surgeons of England, Member at the Colo 1 $50,000 to loan from 6 per cent. up. what they think that it ought to say ? rs. The definitions of Guns were followed by HILARION, a learned Archimundrite, of Mount Lebanon, who. in 1819, with the approbation of his archbishop, revised the W. E. ELLIS, Druggist and Bookseller. Feuelon Falls, June 25th, 1889. " FOR SALE, 2 Sets of Bobsleighs-one light and Apply to loge of Physicians It Surgeons 9f Ontario. (Mice and residence on Panels-St. West Feuelou Falls, opposite the Guru: 05cc. Wm SUBVEYOBB. JAMES DICKSON, L Surveyor.Comniulouerin tch.B., one hag _chea ' f. COB!¢_Y‘BCSI,M. Bocidcnce,;pdad- E W s p Mu. Penal” Polly. W, . ELLI . translation of the Bible made by the British and Foreign Bible'Society. In this trans- lotion, m'pto,p1uno and baptize are used inâ€" terchungeably. In the writings of Hermes, Pastor'or Shepherd, the earliest of the Christian Fathers, are some passages supposed to referto the mode of baptism. His works are of a highly allegorical character and are capable of several meanings. Iwrll therefore pus them our for the present. 20. l t l V To the Rev. James Fraser, Baptist Pastor, I l ARY 318T, 1890. He is Supposed to have died at Home A. ' salts in many instances, in the case of poo- D, 81. Next comes Justin Martyr. one of the earliest writers of the Christian Church, was born at Neapolis, the ancient Sichcin of Palestine, in the Province of Samaria, and beheaded for the Christian religion under Marcus Aurelius A. D. 167. Justin was an accomplished scholarand spoke the ; Greek of Palestine, and had been educated in the most refined schools of classic litcr- attire. He is therefore an important wit- ness as to the mode ot‘ baptism. from his first Apology. or Defence of the Christian Religion, addressed to the Roman emperor, about A. D. 150 : i‘ We then lead them (the candidates for baptism) to a place where. there is water. and thcyarc regenerated (anagennco) ill the sntne mode of regeneration that we are regenerated ; for they (m;- 'l‘rlc‘hfli (.lmurun) in water, in the name or God. the Father and Lord of the Universe, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: for Christ has said. except ye (m reyencrutcu’ (ttuztgcnnco) ye cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Justin also quotes, in immediate connection with this, and as hearing directly on the same point, Isaiah 1, 16 : ~’- Hits/'1 _Iluu,(lollo) make you clean.” And this MIN/tiny (lou- tron) he says is “ called illumination.” That this is a description of l).l!|[lSlll ad- mits of no doubt. And an important rc- ntnrk may be made in this place. It is claimed and admitted that, in classic Greek, bup'iw more frequently denotes a washing pcrfortncd by applying the thing bilpllZlHl to the element in which the baptism was performed, and that loan is the proper-,tvord to signify washing of a general nature, or when the water is applied to the person washed. Now as Justin was an accom- pltshcd classical scholar, and also spoke the Greek of Palestine, it is evident that he is the most competent witness that can be produced, concerning the common mean- ingof baptize in Palestinian Greek, in ac- cordance with which it is used in Scripture, as is admitted by all critics. Now the first thing to be observed is that Justin, in writing to the Emperor, who was also a classical scholar, but knew nothing of the peculiarities oftlic Creek of Pales- tine, never uscs baptize to denote baptism, which word,as understood by the Emperor, would signify that the candidate was put into the water; but he always uses lotto, from which be wbuld understand that the water was applied to the person. Now when Justin writes against Jews, familiar with the Greek of Palestine, as in his Dialogtlc with Tryp/ia the Jmc, he uses baptz‘zo and [one as words of the same im- port. ' The first distinct trace of baptism by im- mersion, is in the works of Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, about A. D. 330, who employs the word lmtaduna instead of balln'zo, and gives asa reason that we submerge three times, because Christ was in the earth three nights. Wit. LOGAN. To the Editor (film Fcnelon Falls Gazette. Sm,â€" Owing to certain circumstancesl did not see your journal of the 17th current, and was therefore late in lerrning of the storm that was intended to immerse me in disgrace for having denied the correctness of ltcv. Mr. Fraser's quotations from Liddell A: Scott. The words I had given were what I had the best of reasons for believing to be true to the letter, and I have no reason to doubt that. now. Seeing Mr. F.quote them very far different, apparently in order to get a verdict in favour of his vicws,l thought it a pity to allow the public to be misled, and therefore sent you the letter be cotnpluins of. I have seen no reason to change my opinion of that letter, nor to form a more favourable one of him. All he had to do to set himself right with the public was to produce a Copy of Liddcll & Scott, and shew that he had made a full and fair quotation. Greek or his skill of it, the matter in dis- pute had no concern. He had appealed to Liddcll & Scott as proof, and by that proof he must stand or fall. If he fails to make good his statement he has himself to blame. I conjectured at the time that he had been misled by quoting from parties who had given only a partial quotation ; but as he asserted that it was what Litldcll dz Scott had said, it was but fair to suppose that he had examined for himself, It is not a question who wrote the one or the other version of what they said, but which watt the true one. Mr. Fraser seems to have got excited to a high degree at any body having the auda- city to doubt a Baptist pastor‘s word. He speak: as if only they had wisdom, and when they were gone wisdom would die with them. Ul course the name Baptist is intended to convey that only they baptize ; others who do not immerse do not, they assert, baptize at all, They would be less pretentious if they would call their places of worship Immerse churches, since they contend against all and sundry that that is the real meaning of the word baptize. Such a high opinion do they hold on this point that they would yield to no tender conscience who doubted their opinion; if he would not be immersed he would have to step outside their sane. tuuriea. They have no toleration for any one who does not think on this matter pre- cisely as they think; nor will they hold fellowship with those who believe in infant baptism, even though they read in scripture of vast multitudes of infants being baptized at once. Some of them have not been slow to assert that it is a. wrong done to the children ; this in the face of the fact that they were baptized by God Himself. Assumptions of so much superior knowl- edge imply a. confidence in their own infal~ libility not surpassed by even the Pope: of Rome. And it. is followed by similar reâ€" I quote - With my ignorance of plv: who are liable to believe such assertions when they are made by persons who make strong claims to piety. They become pros- clytcs, and this, as a matter of course, strengthens the audacity of the parties who are already working upon the faith of ii- bcing impossible that they can be wrong. .\lr. Fraser, having made promise that, upon the production of one instance in scripture of the baptism of a child, he woull leave the Baptists, must now be out of their ranks, so the above rcntnrks will not gall him. But should be, contrary to promise, remain, I will draw the conclusion that the last state of that man is worse than the first; for in the first state he could not have done it, it being so contrary to common honesty as to be everywhere matter of rt:- proach. IIOping better things, and having no just. cause to expect to meet him as an antagon- ist on the same topic, I close by thanking you for your courtesy, Yours kc, LAYMAN. A Third Reply to “ Layman}; \VHAT MEAN Yr. BY THIS SERVICE? To {/10 12' d (tor. Sm,â€"â€"'l‘lic New Testament is the key to open the lock ofthe Old Testament; but you may open a lock violently by breaking the wards. This is demonstrated for us by -" Layman ” in his last letter. The proof- text adduced by him for infant baptism will not, in any degree, afford him a doctrinal basis. This is clearly seen frotn the sen- teuccs which follow his citation. Paul employs these verses as an illustration and reason to correct the evils their existing in the Church at Corinthâ€"not as n. comâ€" mand but as a. warning. Again, I askvd for a text without. inference or speculation, and his whole letter is occupied with inferâ€" ences. which my readers may already have perceived. The proverb is true, “ fut-ts speak.” Did the baptism “unto Moses” signify the same as buptism into the name of thc 'l‘riune God? Was not. the Jewish Church coextensive with the State ? I think 50. Church and State were prncticâ€"' ally one. The llcbrcw child was born at once. into the Church and into the State. ls this the model of the Christian Church? Few Protestants will say so. The Christian Church is co-rxtensivc with BELIBVERS ONLY. This great distinguishing trait should al- ways be borne in mind when this subject is undcr discussion. It would give clearncss to thought and perception, and save much trouble. The Jewish Church was carnal: the Christian is altogether spiritual. Tho former Church embraced Abraham‘s seed after the flesh, and its privileges wu-ro mainly of n. carnal nature. The New Testament casts ridicule on those who knew Abraham by natural generation only, and who thought that that secured for them a place in heaven. So far was John the Baptist front recognising the Jewish nation as in any sense a Church in the New Testament acceptance of the term, that he denounces the leaders oftho Church and nation as being a broad of vipers, who werejar from the Kingdom of God! The Jews were born into their privileges, but we must be born from above in order to secure ours. Thus, “Layman” will have to produce another text, and this time with- out any of his explanations and inferences. Let the text itself speukl Mr. “ Layman,” please, is this baptism of the Israelites the earliest instance on re- cord, “ preceding that of John the Baptist by nearly three hundred years ” 'I You better think again, ch ? How dictatorial “Layman ” can become at times !â€"“ Moreover, it should satiny any reasonable person of the propriety of infant baptism, as Christ could not do anyâ€" tlting wrong to the little ones.” The inâ€" ference from such a statement isâ€"tlmt Christ is u. very unreasonable Person, be- cause He does not even hint at the pmâ€" priety of infant baptism l “ Layman " "my be a reasonable man, but there is no rcamn in such a statement. It is a philosophical principle of very great importance, that in phenomena substances stand revealedâ€"tho substance being as its phenomena. The above quotation is the phenomenon. of which “ Layman” is the substancel ltcndcr, what wrong can we do " the little ones “ by refusing to baptisc them? Another inlrr~ once from his statement isâ€"thnt Christ did “ wrong to the little ones,” because He never baptised them nor commanded them to be baptised l Out upon such sentimental twaddlc I Mr. ” Layman ” in his next paragraph Commits some other blunders. (a) lit.‘ says, “ Thouc baptised into [untoâ€"when critical be precise, or your instrument will terribly hurt you] Moses were safe, if they followml him in the way he led, and it is the same with those who follow Christ.” What may be true, Sir, in reference to Moses may not be true in reference to Christ. Moses was disqualified himself from leading them to the Land of Promiseâ€"it was reserved for Joshua. Docs hcbclievc in the final per- severance of the saints, and write each a sentence! (b) He further states that “There is no reason to imagine that lie [Christ] ever designed to make the mode of baptism a test. of discipleship,” kc. What do you think, my reader, of a man who speaks to reverently and so tenderly of the ‘~ propriety " of baptism and the “ wrong " ofnot baptising, making such an assertion? [Rcuder, study his tlu'rd paragraph too, and draw your own conclusions therefrom) There is. to quote one of his fumed expres- sions, “something astray somewhere"! How can he write thus If he remembers the example shown him by Christ in the Gospels, the Great Commission to tho Church of the Age, and has read each-like Continwd on H'th page.