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new“ ' . myself. ' kind if they can get this. GRIPPE KNOCKED 0U"?l â€"IS‘Yâ€" l lllll SPRUCE and Wllll lHElllll‘ Cough l3ulsunl. N. UN DERTAKER. JUST ARRIVED a large display of The following letter was received from Cobocouk a few days ago :â€" J... .3... w h a. i R" s W. E. ELLIs ESQ , Driiggist, ,' ,Feuelou Falls, Out. v and all klnds 0f ' Dan Simâ€"I received the “ Ran Seance I up Winn Ciruiiuv ()oi'mi BALSMI " by stage 1, i all right, but only got keeping one bottle TM Heirâ€"rliborirs begged so hard for the Xmas and New Years’ for it I could not keep it. They all want H . r , - . ‘ me to send and get a lot of it. It is the t'1 ‘l‘dt” be“ est deSlgns: Latest best cough medicine ever they used. If, Styles in cane and 9:15)] chairs. . you will Send me a siipplyl can sell it like ' ' ‘ hot cakes, as they will not use any other It WIN“ Pay you to can and see them. L. DEYMAN, Colborne street. Yours truly, roa SALE ONLY AT ELLIS’S DRUG STORE, "" 'sxnmx FALLS. O C E R I ES ¢trill} SURE illiD GET THE GENUINE.*§+~ â€"ANDâ€" 1)., id PROVISIONS. J MoFfiLAND ""”‘“' m“ has now on hand a splendid stock of A. l’. DEVLIN, fine fresh B’2$333323thiffé‘él'léfit‘l:difilfc‘m”,TEAS, COFFEES, ’-- ..... main... . W._.__. ___--_ . M“... Sugars, Syrups, Tobaccos, Rice, Raisins Currants, Starch, Soaps and all other groceries, which he will sell EDWARD P. CONSIDINE, Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Conveyanccr. Money to loan. Krsr Srausr, ~ - .LINDSAY, Oar. ,____ . ._. . "W"- .. G II. HOPKINS. (Succssmu T0 Manna a: Iloririss) _) .kltltlS’l‘lllt, SOLICI‘l‘Uil, &c Money I) to Loan at 6 per cent. Oifice, Kent street, Lindsay, Ont. __-...__ .........._ ___...__-__-.._._4 r. n. MOORE, €AI1RISTER, ATTORNEY, d: SOLICITR I and Notary Public. Money to Loan. and to which he invites the attention ‘ of the public. CROCKERY, GLASSWA RE, Earthenware, Brooms, Pails, Washtubs, Blaoking-brushes, Clothespins, Matches and other articles in great variety. tanned lish, Hill It legelahles ' of the very best brands and at the low- l‘l UDSPET H & JACKSON, cst possible prices. ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &c. & Oilicc, Kent street, Lindsay. ". Wll‘ i strc‘t L'ndst'. ) me' I “m L’ l l) and other farm produce. A . llunsrnra. A. JACKSON "“""‘""’ ‘â€"”* “““"’"_*“ '”“*“' has Flour and feed kept constantly on hand. ()‘Ll‘lAllY & O’LE.\RY, )ARRISTERS, AT’I‘OllNEYSâ€"AT-LAW, l) Solicitors in Chancery, the. Oilice, Doheny Block, Iientstreet, Lindsay. llunii O'LsAav. JOSEPH MCFARLAND. Auraun O'Lu urv. _._...._.‘ OR MolN'l‘Y RE d; STEWART, , HlMIllllN iii Steel illiii, Ulliccs over Ontario Bank, Kent street, g Mowers, Sulky Rakes, 1:11:13:(r:y;,xfihlililt‘}' to loan at 6 per cent. on| and \Valking Plovvs, 9.3. swish-ma. .Root Pulpers, ' Grain Crushers, G 'ain Sewers, Straw Cutters, , W.“ . .__-. - T. Srnwaar. BARRON & Mal/l UGHUN. )ARRISTEIIS. I". t .' Olliec: Baker's lilock , ) Kent Street, Lindsay. opposite Yeitch’s Hotel. Money to loan at lowest rates of â€"AND -- interest. . W One of the firm will be at their of- fire in Jordan‘s lllock, Fenclon Falls, regu- _ ALL AT __ larly every Tucsuuy. Jous A. Bunion. R. J. BIcLAi'aaLix. w 7...-.11 . 7 .2 ‘r. . .“_.:i'.‘.". .' ;"__:‘ CALL OR MEDICAT. J. R. GRAHAM. Agent, :2 ;:r::.:":::.:. ‘ ' ‘7.:.:':""“ ‘ ‘“‘ Fcnelon Falls, Out. A. w. .i. lHfliliASSl. it. D., nono’xuu. Physician,Surgeon,&c., kc. ‘4 a ' Resident-v. llrick Cottage, Wellington I - c street. Lindsay. Mr. G. Cunningham having transferred his Insurance Business to me, I am prepared to take risks on all classes ofpropcrty DRS. WILSON & WILSON. )llYSlClAXS. Sl'ltlll‘IUNS .t' ACt‘Ol‘r- ' - ' ‘ ~ I N 1 cliers. tliliec, Colborue Street, Fcuclon :11; V (‘1') LO“ Lht Rate”- Fails. 8.5. \VIL~“.‘N,M. B.,H.D..(‘.1t..)l.(‘.f'..§ 5.. Out Dr. A. \‘.'i:.so.\'. M. ii.. is. c. e. a 8., Out. None but first-class British and Canadian Companies represented. $55" FA. 1! DI 1’1{OPERT‘Y at very low rates. Du. u. p. GRAHAM. (VRADI‘ATE ot' the l'ziiversity at Trinity, .1 School, Member of the Royal College or Surgeons 0t England. Member at the Col- lege of Physicians & Sprgeons of Ontario. Office and residence on I-‘raneimSt. “'est Fonelon Falls, opposite the Gaza“: office. W. E. EIJLIS, Druggist and Bookseller. I-‘cnclon Falls, June 25th, 1889. w soavsroas. JAM ES DICKSON, . Conveyanccr, kc. Residencc,and ad in“. Fonclon Falls. ' we. ELLIS. Feiieloii V‘Gazette: Friday, February 2136, 1890. l l ,A Second Reply 2‘) Rev. W. toga”. l College. Fellow of Trinity iiociicnii$50,000loloanfmmfi'percent,up,smind.permitme to giveroume followmg : data. ' in nine hoursâ€"only two of them baptising a N” FOR SALE, 2 Sets of Bobsleighsâ€"one light and L Surveyor, Corn nissioncrin tth.B., one heavyâ€"cheat“ to: ..o FEnELON FALLS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY’iZs‘ii, 18 COMMUNICATIONS . Rsvsasxn Sm, In this letter, I shall only be able to deal with your recon/.1 letter, owing l to space in paper. Your further references to ancient lexico- graphers are exceedingly interesting, as manifesting the various contortions to which language is subjected. I have re- vised my Latin vocabuiai~y,_nnn:idumbty by a perusal of your Citll'LlUlIS, but that is all. The question rests not with the writings of the Fathers, but with the inspired writers of the New Testament. What did they mean? Did they mean immersion or sprinkling? Here lies the whole question. If sprink- ling, why “ baptizo," in its various forms, instead of “ rantizo ’1? There are only two alternativesâ€"either they wrote what they wished to be understood or wrote what they did not mean! The latter, if believed or proved, would demonstrate their infallibility. \\ ho is prepared for this step ? I, for one, am not. These men meant what they wrote, and the Holy Spirit too. There are three statements which I can- not reconcile or harmonize with facts :â€" 1. You state that Tertulliun, when he quotes from the Bible, where the original is baptize [it baptism, it must be this, or one of its forms, as shown in my last letter] he usually makes it to mean lingo, to wet, dye, tinge, or stain. Very well; now. let us apply again common-sense and practical philology to the great commission to the disciples. “Commanding that they should u'cl (tinguercnt) in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” How does that read? “ Commanding that they should dye, tinge, 0r slain (tinguerent) in the name of the Father,” &c.l The way Iwould render it is as follows :â€"“ Com- manding that they should immerse or dip (baptizo) in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” The last produces in my mind a solemn awe, but the other, involuntarily, a sense of the ridiculous. If “ Tertullian does not use," as you say, “ the Latin language with per- fect classic certainty," what was the object in quoting him? ' ' ' 2. You stited in your first letter th ttbe Cheap tor Cash, fir i . a at trace of immersion “its in A.D. 330, and in your second letter y .i.say, that “ the pramice with regard to the adminisinttion of baptism in his [Tertullian’s] time [about AD. 200] was curious, the quantity of water being considered unessential.” How broad and liberal and lawless! These two state-‘ ments of yours plead for rcconcilation. They illustrate considerably the saying, “ extremes meet”. You say that your last statement “ is afoot, expressly asserted by Tertullian “l Beware of Tertullianl 3. In the second sentence which follows the above, you quote from Tertullian once more, and close the sentence with a point of exclamation (I). Did your writer punc- tuate his sentence thus ? Whether or not, it is in the right place. Did Peter really, historically, baptise “ in the Tiber” 'I I! You will perceive that I put myself an ad- ditional exclamation to the original, be- cause it is worthy of it, and half-u-(iozen points of interrogation too. That you may fully understand my meaning, I ask you to study carefully and critically the following works zâ€"M. Renan’s L’Anwchrisl, pp. 29 and 552; the Rev. R. IV. Kcnnion’s Peter and Romaâ€"or a Link Missing; Clement‘s Fi'rsl Epistle to the Corinthians; and a recently published book by Prof. Langen, Gmchichte dcr Rourke/ion Kirc/ic his zum I’ilnzzyikutc Leo’s 1., p. II, &c. I would have given you the citations from these works, but the Editor wishes a very short letter from me this week, andI do hope I will be able to pacify him. The baptising of the 3000 at ‘Pentecost. seems to give you much. trouble; but Dr. I-Illicot, in his commentary on Acts, saysâ€"- “The largencss of the number has been urged as rendering it probable that the baptism was by alfusion, not immersion. On the other hand, .(I) immersion had clearly been practised by John and law in- thll't'd in (he menuiny Qt (/lcf ward, and ii. is not likely that the rite should have been curtailed of its full proportions at the very outset. (2) The symbolic Meaning of the act requires immersion. in order that it might be don-(y nlllilf/i‘fllcd, and Item. vi. 4 and 1 Pet. iii. :1 seem almost of necessity to imply the more conipletc mode.” V Your calculation of (175 persons baptised per hour is right aiithmciically, but in- correct SCI‘lpllll‘tllly. But, calculating in another way, Sir. 3‘2 to each of the twelve Apostles would not be, I presume, a very great burden. They could easily bilpllat: that number per hour. Again, Sir, the task could be rendered easier still. if you Would take into Consideration the Seventy whom Christ sent out as missionaries to prepare the way before llim. These could have assisted at the baptism on that day. But to dispel all mists or doubts from your In Cocanada, India, in June, 1878, Dr. Cloagh and his helpers baptised 2,222 the some time. On the 30th day of the same | month, Dr. Clough himrrlf baptised 212 in 20. 1 one hour and twenty minutes! Let facts speak. Is it difficult now to imagine how so great a number could be immersed, as you assert, in one day? You hauntingly object to the possibility , of getting water in Jerusalem for immersing Granted that they . so large I. number. were baptised in Jerusalem, for the sake of argument, were there not new; or more .. , l V, ‘- >‘ pools in and around Jerusalem, to which they had access,for they had “jitt‘our h‘ ilh all the people.” Dr. Robinson in his Researches, vol. i., pp. 323-348 (edition of 1830). gives 1 the measurement of these pools as follows: POOLS. Lenora. Bananra. Pool of Bethesda 300 ft. 13o ft. Upper Gihon 316 ft. 200 to 218 ft. Lower Gihon 595 ft. 2-15 to 275 ft. Pool of Hezekiah 240 ft. 144 ft. Pool of Siloam 53 it. IS ft. The King’s Pool 15 ft. 6 ft. You may further consult at your leisureâ€" Thomson’s LUHII and the Book, pp. 654-662 ; Joscphus’ .-lnti'qiu‘(ies, 8. 7 ; Dr. Wilde’s Narrative, vol. ii., p. 11 ; Dr. Geikie’s new work on the Holy Land; and the pl.bllCIl- tions of the Palestine Exploration Fund. At. Pentecost, we find the order to be (1) instruction, (2) faith, and then (L-) baptism. We will do well, if we follow only this order. ‘In an article in the Christian .(lli'rror, August 3, 1875, the Rev. L. L. Paine, D.D. (Congregationalist), Professor of Church History in the Theological Seminary at Bangor, Maine, saysâ€"referring to the fact that immersion was the primitive act of baptismâ€"“ The testimony is ample and de- cisive. No matter of Church history is clearer. The evidence is all one way, and all Church historians of any repute agree in accepting it. We cannot claim even originality in teaching it in a Congrega- tional seminary. And we really feel guilty ofa kind of anarchism in writing an article to insist upon it. It is a point on which ancient, mediteval, and modern historians alike, Catholic and Protestant, Lutheran and Calvinist, have no controversy. And the simple reason for this unanimity is that the stalcnienls of the early Fulhers are :0 clear, and the light shed upon those statements from the early customs of the Church is so conclusive, that no historian who cares for his reputation wbuld dare deny it, and no historian who is worthy of the name would wish to.” In reference to the sick being admitted, please, examine myfirst article. The Church never regarded aspcrsion as the mode of baptism. They even insisted that, if health was restored, the party should be reinitiated with the full ritual of baptism. The Philippian Jailor was not baptised exactly at midnight. There were the pray- ing and singing during midnight. The tenso is imperfect. here. The imperfects used in this passage imply continuance. The two prisonerswere singing and the other prisoners were listening, when the earth-‘- quake came. Then there was the attempted suicide, the calling for the light, the jailor’s question and Paul’s answer (which I believe was not meron in one sentence, but in many), the speaking of the word to the household, the washing of their stripes, and than the baptism of the jailor and his household. There is the manifestation of the supernatural throughout. Now, all these incidents could not. have occurred in a moment. Dr. Meyer, the prince of cxcgetes, saysâ€"~“ Probably the jailor led them to a neighbouring water, perhaps in the court of the house, in which his bap- tism and that of his household was im- mediately completed. This is confirmed by thefuct that baptism took place by complete im- mersion. Immersion was, in fact, quite an essential part of the symbolism of baptism (Rom. vi.)." Where is the improbability, now! Eastern prisons and housos have cisterns and baths. The climate demands them both. ' You next refer to the garment question. What next! The Acts of the apostles is only the record of the diii'usion of Chris- tianity, and the rise and progress of the Christian Church among the Jews of Pales- tine and in the Gentile world, until it waves over imperial llome, forctokcning the universal triumph of Christianity. in is the fruit of which the Gospel is the tree. It is not a regular or complete history ol the Church. Many important transactions, refcr'red to elsewhere, are omitted. Just as the Gosiiels are far from being a full account of all that our Lord said and did (John xxi. 25), so the Acts are not a. com- plete record of the labours of the Apostles. You should have noted this. The garments are very easily led aside in the East, and are different from Western dress. The climate is not the same either. Our Lord did not lay “ aside His gar- ments," else it would have been very un- seemly according to Eastern customs. He simply laid aside Ilis outer garments, which would have impeded the operation of wash- ing. You must distinguish between the word liz'nirition in John .\iii. 4, and chitoli, tin inm-r garment (Matt. v. 1‘0 and xxi. 8). In the case of Christ. there was a doc}: spirit- ua.’ truth which lie wished to leach Ills dis- cilile<, but not in the aliair of the 15000, else it would have been mentioned too (11/. John xiii. 12-17). In laying aside His outer garments, He took the servant’s posi- tion, and more so, when He «Estimed the servant's dress by giriiing Himself with the towel ofscrvice. As He laid aside lIis Divine glory and took a human form, that. He might redeem humanity; so, in laying aside llis outer garments, He left its an example that we should serve one another. This is the spiritual lesson. But how different from your inlerenccs by analogy! I can- not sec how you can regard the incident in John xiii. as unimportant, and ii at in Acts as “a matter of far greater magnitude”. Anyone comparing these two incidentg would immediately perceive the total difl'er- ence. between them. Fault-finding is no evidence, Sir, of genius. There are, lastly, two points I wish to direct your attention toâ€"(a) That we can immerse with as much celerity and facility as anyone can sprinkle, if not more so. (b) From personal experience and observa- tiou,l never saw anything indecent at any baptism. There are some people whose minds are so impure and their imaginations __ _...‘__..-.. .___.-v _ __._....._._.,..___. _ - a... 90. N0. 1. l so foul that they create subjectively what does not exist objectively. Even, if there were occasionally a mistake made. that would be no excuse. I have found, by comparing notes with others, that it is the prejudiced or fault-finding spectator .wbo says anything condemnatory. In your long ministry, you must know this, and con- demned righteously their obscene allusions. “Unto the pure all things indeed are pure: but unto them that are 'detilcd and unbe- lieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is detilcd " (Titus i. If»). Yours very truly, JAMES FRASER. Personals. Mr. A. W. Lasher, of Toronto, was at the Falls from Tuesday afternoon until train time on Wednesday morning. Miss Ruby Ingram, daughter of Mr. John Ingram, of this village, left on Wednesday for Argus, in the State of Indiana, on a visit of indefinite length to her uncle, Mr. Geo. A. Powles, who is principal of the high school in that place. Mr. Nicholas Nevisou, of Northvillc, Michigan, is visiting his numerous rel- atives at the Falls, and may remain for several weeks. Mrs. John St. Lawrence and her four little boysâ€"the youngest. a, baby about two months oldâ€"arrived at the Falls from Lindsay by Tuesday’s train, and put up for a day or two at Twouiey's hotel, while the house on May street rented by Mr. St. Lawrence was made ready for them. The family will be warmly welcomed back to the village by their many old friends. ' Mr. Henry Junkin, of Bolleville, was at the Falls since Tuesday last. Mr. Robert Cain, of Midland, was at the Falls two or three days last week, and gave an account of the whereabouts and doings of several other emigrants from this village, but we are afraid that we shall be compelled to save it up un- til next issue. The Rev. Mr. Anderson, of Lindsay, and Mr. Henry Graham, of West To~ ronto Junction, passed through the Falls last Tuesday on their way to at- tend the Baptist anniversary at Kin- mount. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tongue left the Falls last Monday for Pennsylvania, where Mr. Tcague expects to find em- ploymcnt in a slate quarry, that having been his occupation for years before he emigrated from England to Canada. Money Well Spent. The Toronto Telegram, says: “ Mr. Mowat and his colleagues can congratu- late themselves on the return which they have to show for the two principal items in their last year's expenditure, â€"â€"-education and the maintenance of public institutions. There is no better spent money than the three quarters of amillion devoted to maintaining asy- lums and kindred institutions. People have little conception of the number of unfortunates whose comfort was provid« ed for by this expenditure. The in~ mates offive large asylums for the in- sane, ofthe deaf and dumb institutes and various similar institutions had their wants supplied out of this fund, which provided as well for the cost of maintaining the Central Prison. Even more beneficial and satisfactory results are shown for the half million dollars spentin assisting the cause of public education. The money appropriated by the Government for this purpose forms the nucleus ofafund which is used in placing within the reach of every 1 child in the province the means of se- curing nn education such as will fit it for the ordinary business oflifo. In providing for the comfort of tho unfor tunatb, and in assisting in the work of [preparing our boys and girls, for the duties which will devolve open them. the Government of this province dis- plays a wise liberality coupled with careful management." ._.- ____...â€". 4â€" 0â€".” .... ...... Three pounds and a half is the com- bined weight of twins presented to a happy couple at Topeka. The first apple tree planted in Ohio, they say, can be seen alive and vigorous on Jerome Vincent’s farm at Marietta It was planted in 1789. “y The Government has secured the pat- : vent. for a new artillery weapon. It is claimed that guns constructed on this prinsiple are superior to any in present use in Europe, having an effective range of 6,000 yards, and firing three times more rapidly than the Armstrong gun. The inventors are two ofiocrs of the American Navy, named Briggs and Schwedcr. The trials have been and neatly satisfactory.