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Ifitmflvoug JJepartoient. MRS. AP-JONES' PUDDING. They lived in Wales, and the farmer was well-to-do, and all the household were economical, not thinking of meat every day, or anything like as often. The two daughters were named Reliance and Prudence; the sons Amos and James. Reliance was soon to be married to David ap-Thomas at the next farm. "We'll have a hasty pudding for dinner today, mother," said farmer ap-Jones to his wife, one morning at breakfast. "Very well, Evan," replied Mrs. ap-Jones; for his will was law. So when it was time, she began to make the | pudding. Her husband and sons were out at their work in the spring sunshine; her daughters were making the bed upstairs. "I rausn't forget the salt this time," cried Mrs. ap-Jones to herself; there was a fine fuss oil r\? 'nm O kftllf tKa loaf ntlO " II oiu an i/A vui nwuuii vu? iwo? vuv> For Mrs. ap-Jones, good housewife, though she was, was apt to forget to put salt in her hasty puddings, or not to put in enough of it. She put plenty in this time for they were all fond of salt. Then she went up to the linen room and began laying the winter clothing away in camphor. It was only a few moments before Reliance came into the kitchen, when, seeing the pudding cooking, and knowing that her mother was apt to forget to salt it, she put in a handful of salt, and stirred it well, so that her father would have no occasion to find fault. Soon after, Prudence passed through the kitchen on her way to the brew house. "Mother's sure to have forgot the salt," said she, and added a good handful. Before long, Amos entered to get a jug of beer. And soon after James came in. Each of them put in a handful mi^re salt, as they had no more faith in their mother's remem> bering it than Reliance or Prudence had. Just before dinner, Farmer ap-Jones returned from the fields and saw the pudding cooking. "That pudding smells uncommon good," he said, "but," added the farmer, approaching 4 the kettle, "I'll bet a six-pence the wife's for got to salt it, as she always does. I used to depend upon Reliance, till she got her head chock full of that young man of hern; no chance of her thinkin' on't now. As to Prudence?well; she don't meddle much in the cooking ; so I'll put the salt in myself." And taking off the lid, he flung in a large handful and a half, stirring the pudding briskly. Twelve o'clock came, and they all sat down to the table. Mrs. ap-Jones helped her husband to a good serving; for he loved it well, and bad besides a sharp appetite. Just a spoonful he took, and leaped up. "Who on earth salted this here pudding? It?" Farmer ap-Jones stopped: he suddenly remembered that he had salted it himBelf. Just then there was a great noise in the stable. "I should think that thundering colt's a-tryin' to kick in the barn door," said he, and rushed out. The next to try the pudding was Amos. No sooner had he got it in his mouth, than he leaped up too, and went off to see what the colt could be doing. And each one, ?Jaraes, Reliance and Prudence started away, in like manner, leaving Mrs. ap-Jones m amazement. For each one, you 8ee, silently took credit for the hard salting. "Lawd a mercy," cried Mrs. ap-Jones, swallowing down her first mouthful. "This comes o' my having put in all that there salt. What could I ha' been thinking of? But they used to say I'd a heavy hand at saltiug." The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Mr. Schmidt's Mistake.?I geeps me von leedle schtore town Proadway, und does a pooty goot peesnis, bud I ton't got mooch gapital to vorK mit, so I finds id hard vork to get me all der gredits vot I vould like. Last veek I hear aboud some goots dot a barty vas going to sell pooty sheap, und so I writes dot man if he vould gief me der refusal of dose goots for a gouple of days. He gafe me der refusal?dot is, he sait I gouldn't haf dem? but he sait he vould gall on roe und pee mine schtore, und den if mine schtanding in peesnis vas goot, berhaps ve might do somedings togedder. Veil, I vas behint mine gounter yesterday, ven a shentleraan gomes in und dakes me py der hant uud say : "Mr. Schmidt, I pelieve." I says "Yaw," und den I dinks to mineself, dis vas der man vot has dose goots to sell, und I must dry to make some goot imbressions mit him, so ve gould do some peesnis. "Dis vas goot schtore," he says, looking roundt, "but you don't got a pooty - * ~ " t BOO O BPQ Ittf kltyl I pig SLUUUH OllCrtUjr. X TUO anoiu tv iv? uiu< know dot I only hat 'bout a tousand tollars vort of goots in der blace, so I says: "You tou't vould dink I hat more as dree tousaDd tollars in dis leedle schtore, aint id ?" He says: "You ton't tole me! Vos dot bossible!" "I says: "Yaw." I meant dot id vas bossible, dough id vasn't so, vor I vas like Shorge Vashington ven he cut town der "olt elm" on Poston Gommons mit his leedle hadchet, und gouldn't dell some lies aboud id. "Veil," says der shentleman, "I dinks you ought to know petter as anypody else vot you haf got in der schtore." Und den he dakes a pig book vrom unter his arm und say : "Veil, I poots you town vor dree tousand tollars." I ask him vot he means py "poots me town," und den he says he vos von off der dax-men, m 1 J L - i L or assessors on property, uuu ue mu& ujc au kintly as nefer vos, pecause he say I vos sooch an honest Deutscher, und tidn't dry and eheat der gofermants. I dells you vot it vos, I tidn't veel any more petter as a hundord ber cent, ven dot man valks oudt of mine schtore, und der nexd dime I makes free mit sdrangers I vinds first deir peesnis oudt. A Shy Young Man.?Mr. Kilpatrick selected as the hero of his story a shy young man of Scotland, who, for fourteen years, had wooed the lassie of his heart. One night, Jamie, for that was the young man's name, called to see Jennie, and there was a terrible look about his eyes, just as there is sometimes when they've made up their minds to pop the question. And Jamie came in and sat down by the fire, just as he had done every Tuesday and Friday night for fourteen long years, and he talked of the weather and the cattle and the crops, and the stock market, I was going to say?but no, they didn't talk about that. And finally Jamie says, "Jennie, I've known you now for a long time." "Yes, Jamie," said she. "And?I've thought I'd always like to? know you, Jennie." "Y-e-s?Jamie." "And so I've bought?a lot?Jennie." 11 v ? ? T ? ^ ; ? ? X *c*3 yo-uiTo. "So?that?when?" "Yes?Jamie?yes." "When we're dead we can lay our bones to- j gether !" The fool had gone and bought a lot in the I grave-yard. But Jennie wasn't discouraged. | She knew her man well?after fourteen years j she ought to?and so she said, gently,' "Jamie." "Yes, Jennie." "Don't you think 'twould be better to lay ! our bones together while we're alive ?" ? ? A Wolok rvr?o frvl* .TaTIDC AF47 XX yuc-lt^tu TV Wtou V/l UbV4 UMWVV* v?mvw wa3 pretty successful in bantering an Irishman, when the latter asked him, "How did you come to lose your leg ?" "Well," said Jones, "on examining my pedigree and looking up my descent, I found there was some Irish blood in me, and becoming convinced it I was all settled in that left leg, I had it cut off at once." "By the powers," said Pat, "it 'ud av been a deuced good thing if it had only settled in yer head." 4 Why??"Why," asked a teacher in the Sunday-school, "did Solomon tell the slug- j gard to go to the Bnt?" "Because," said a thirteen-year-old boy, "he knew his aunt i would have him at the woodpile or the onionbed every afternoon as soon as school is out." 1 IpgttHattMUS Heading. For the Yorkville Enquirer. "BAPTISM OF CHRIST." In the Enquirer of August 16th, appeared an article on the "Baptism of Christ." In that article, the ground was taken that in "the accepted meaning of the word baptize, Christ was not baptized at all." From this position the Rev. B. G. Covington dissents and ranlies. In reference to bis reDlv. we remark - ? ? r that it is too scattering. The good brother sets out by stating that he had "previously seen some things in the column of 'Reading for the Sabbath,' in the Enquirer, which he could not endorse." It would have been a most remarkable thing had it been otherwise. But what has this to do with the question ? Again, he refers to Drs. Conant, Doddridge, Schaff and Stourdza, to prove that the Greek word baptizo means, "literally, and always to plunge." In addition to this proof on this point, he asserts that "for the last twenty years, he has examined every Greek lexicon he could find in any library, and all that he has ever seen give 'dip,' 'immerse' or 'plunge,' as the meaning of baptizo, and not one gives 'to sprinkle' or 'pour."' This, no doubt, is literally and ab solutely true, for, we take it, that the good brother has not seen all the Greek lexicons. We conclude that this is the case, for we happen to have three Greek lexicons before us, every one of which gives "to pour" and "to sprinkle" as meaniugs of the word baptizo. But what has this to do with the question of Christ's baptism ? Finally, the brother concludes with a paragraph on "once in Christ, in Christ forever," and a sly allusion to infant baptism. Again we ask, what has this to do with the point in dispute ? One thing at a time, Brother Covington. Stick to the point in dispute. Remember what Apelles said to Crispin : Ne sutor ultra crepidam. "The shoemaker should not go beyond the last." The mooted question is, "Was Christ baptized, in the accepted meaning of the word baptism ?" I say he was not. Brother Covington says he was. To this question I will confine myself closely, and the good brother must do the same. Brother Covington says baptizo means always "to dip," "to immerse," or "to plunge." Well, I am convinced that at least one half the Christians in the world think it means something else; but the mode of baptism has nothing to do with the question in dispute. We have no objection to either dip, immerse or plunge, as a proper meaning of the word baptizo. It certainly does mean to immerse. So much is readily admitted, and we are not discussing the point whether it means anything else or not. Suppose we, to gratify the good brother, say baptizo means to immerse, aud say nothing about its other meanings. Now, it is, we think, clear that immersion and baptism do not necessarily always mean the same thing. In other words, every case of immersion is not a case of Christian baptism. We will cite a few examples in which the word baptizo occurs, to prove that all immersions or dippings, or plungings, are not Christian baptism. In these quotations, when the word baptizo. or any of its parts, occur, we will translate it immersion. We feel bold in doing this, since the brother says it means nothing else. In the 7th chapter of Mark, we find these words: "When they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen hands, they found fault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the traditions of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they immerse, (baptisontai) they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the immersing (baptismous) of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels and of tables." Mark vii: 2-4. Now, will brother Covington, or any other brother, say that immersing cups and pots and brazen vessels and tables, (properly couches), is Christian baptism ? If so, then the ordinance, rite or sacrament, or call it what you will, is administered by all the cooks in the land every time they wash the dishes. But we may cite another passage : "And as Ka f.Tftanesi nnakfi. a certain Pharisee besought "W / -I ? w him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first immersed (ebaptisthe) before dinner." Luke xi: 37,38. It will be sometime before it will be generally believed that the immersion referred to in this passage, was Christian baptism. It never has been so understood ; it is not now so interpreted ; and we may safely say that, by sensible men, it never will be regarded as having any reference at all to Christian baptism. We quote another passage from the Scriptures. In speaking of the Old Testament ritual, Paul uses these words : "Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers immersions(Baptismois.) Heb. ix: 10. From this it seems that under Old Testament dis A' -mam /Iiwawq Irin/lo aP immor. peustlliuu, lucre VCCIC Ul?gi3 muuo ui iujiuvi sions, or divers modes of immersion. In some way, or in some particular, all the legal immersions were not the same. Is it possible that all these divers immersions were Christian baptism ? If so, then Christain baptism dates back to the days of Moses. One more passage from the Scriptures will suffice our present purpose. It will be found in 1st Cor. x:l,2: "Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea and were all immersed ; (ebaptisanto) unto Moses in the cloud and in j the sea." Now, was this Christian baptism ? j There was not one drop of water used, unless it fell out of the cloud on the people as they crossed over the sea. If any water fell out of the cloud, it must have been very little?just j enough to sprinkle them?not enough to immerse them ; for we are expressly told, in Exodus xiv:21, 22, that the "Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of T ' * J ?mirlot nf fKo gpo nnnn Israel weui iuiu mo miuo. u..v. ?-r? ? dry ground." The reader will discover that in what is called King James' translation of the Bible, the word baptizo is sometimes translated wash, where we have translated it immerse. We are not attempting to prove anything about the mode of baptism. Our object is simply to show that all immersions are not, and cannot be, regarded aB Christian baptism. To proye the same thing, we will quote two ? A TKia oiiftinr tplls 11 q passages 11 uui xxiiobutiw. ? that one way which was sometimes resorted to, in order to cure sick elephants, was to give them hay baptized?or immersed?in honey. The same author tells us that there is a certain place beyond the pillars of Hercules, which, at ebb-tide, is not baptized (baptizesthai) or immersed. Now no one will, for a moraeBt, suppose that dipping, immersing or plunging hay in honey for sick elephants, is Christian baptism. Neither will any one say that every time a river or creek overflows the low lands, that this immersion (most persons would say overflow) is Christian baptism. We think the candid reader will grant that we have proved from the Scriptures, and from Aristotle, that every immersion is not Christian baptism. Hence, we conclude, that although it should be proven, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that John immersed, dipped or plunged Jesus Christ into the Jordan, it does not follow that he thereby received Christian baptism. John's baptism, whatever may have been the mode, was not Christian baptism. Here we may remark that the practice of baptism was iu existence among the Jews, long before the days of John, the forerunner of Christ. Some of the rabbiuical writers tell us that the patriarch Jacob introduced it, and cite Genesis xxxv : 2, as the first example of baptism. These are the words: "Then Jacob Baid unto his household, and to all that were with him, put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments." Aben Ezra says that the words "be clean" in this place, and "wash their garments" in the following quotation, mean to wash or baptize the body. Other Jewish rabbis date the practice of baptism as beginning with Moses. They quote these words as the first example: "Go unto the people and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes." Exodus xix: 10. In the 14th verse of the same chapter, we find these words: "And he sancti6ed the people; and they washed their clothes." During the time of David and his son Solomon, when the government was in a prosperous condition, it was common for the Gentiles to forsake their own government and become members of the Jewish government. These deserters were called proselytes. The ceremonies observed in receiving a proselyte, were circumcision, offering up sacrifice, and baptism. The proselyte was baptized, or im meraed, in the presence ot three dews, uotn men and women had to submit to this rite, and if they were parents, all their children, which were born at the time they were received as proselytes, were baptized ; but they were not required to baptize any children that were born to them after they became members of the Jewish government. Those born afterwards were regarded as holy. On the authority of rabbinical authors, we conclude that baptism existed long before the days of John. This accounts for the fact that John's baptism created no excitement among the Jews. They had been accustomed to divers baptisms or washings (Heb. ix : 10) all their lives. Hence they do not charge him with introducing some new or unheard of rite; I but only ask him why, or by what authority, ! he baptized, or immersed. John i: 25. We conclude that because John baptized?or immersed, if that word be preferred?does not prove that his immersion was Christian baptism. Again, the baptism of John, whatever was the mode he adopted, was not instituted by Christ. This is raauifest from the fact that when Jesus came to John to be baptized, John says, "he knew him not." John i:31. We know that John was expecting, daily no doubt, the appearance of the promised Messiah; but although the Messiah had been in the world for about thirty years, John had never seen him, nor are we informed that he had even heard of him. John had been baptizing for some time. He had gathered around him a number of disciples, and had made himself very popular as a pious man. It is clear, that in point of time, John's baptism was pnor to Christian baptism. Had it been Christian baptism, it would have been regarded as valid. No one baptized by John, or his disciples, would ever have been rebaptized by either Christ or his disciples. But this was not the case. At least twelve of John's disciples were rebaptized by Christ's disciples. ; Here is the proof: "And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus; and finding certain disciples, he said unto them, have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him, we have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, unto what then were ye baptized ? And they said, unto John's baptism. Then said PauI, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, thattbey should believd on him which should come after him, that is, on T fin - 4.1 I J iL!_ iL (jurist Jesus, w nen mey nearu una, iuey were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus." Acts xix : 1?5. If John's baptism was Christian baptism, it is most manifest from this Scripture, that Paul did not know the fact It has been found out since his day. John was the forerunner of Christ. The work which he had to perform was to prepare the people for the receptioa of the Messiah. He had no authority to establish any rites, ceremonies, ordinances or sacraments. The prophecy concerning him is in these words: "Behold, I will send ray messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me." Malachi iii: 1. Here is the message which he was to proclaim : "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." Isaiah xl: 3. This language is quoted (not literally) in Matthew iii: 3 ; Mark i: 3 ; Luke iii: 4 ; and in John i: 23. Now where is there anything said about baptizing or immersing, either in the original prophetic command, or as repeated by Matthew, Mark, Luke or John? Not one word. When Jesus was baptised, or immersed, by John in the Jordan, "the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape, like a dove, upon him." Luke iii: 22. Then and there began the pub1I?. aP PUrlof Knf tVifi "Woro Tpalfl. 11U UllUlSt! J \/l VUI JOK J 1/uu uuw Vtv avwww raent Church was not yet established. No atonement as yet had been made, nor was the work complete until Christ died upon the cross, exclaiming, "It is finished." After Jesus began his public ministry, "he called his twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick." Luke ix : 1, 2. The same commission may be found in Matthew x : 1; Mark iii: 13; and i Mark vi: 7. In this commission there is not ' one word said about baptizing or immersion. Not one syllable. Sometime after these twelve were sent out, "the Lord appointed other sev- j , enty also, and sent them two by two before j his face into every city and place, whither he 1 I himself would come." Luke x:l. No charge is given to these about baptizing or itn- i mersing. There is a profound silence respect- i ! ing the whole thing. These disciples of Christ began also to baptize or immerse. Some time after the interview which JesuB had with Nicodemus, he "and his disciples ! came iuto the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them and baptized." John iii: 22. [ From this alone we might conclude that Je> i sus himself baptized?or immersed, if that word is preferred?but such was not the case. ' ' There is not a particle of evidence that Jesus i Christ ever baptized or immersed any one. On the contrary, we are sure he did not Here ia the proof: "When, therefore, the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples) he left Judea." John iv: i, 2. The inspired author adds the words, "Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples," to prevent any one from concluding that Jesus did, or commanded to be done, everything that his disciples did. After the disciples of Christ began to baptize, John's baptism fell into disrepute among the people. Even John's disciples began to leave him. Audrew left him, and possibly John. These became disciples of Jesus. See John, i: 35?40. It is probable that John baptized Andrew, and John (if he were the other disciple that left John the baptist and followed Jesus) but there is not a particle of evidence that any of the rest were baptized by any one. It is certain that they were not baptized by Jesus himself, nor by his command. There is not one particle of evidence that Jesus, prior to his resurrection, commanded any one to baptize any individual by any mnrfn wliafflvpr TTU insfniotions to the twelve I and to the seventy, are full and minute : They are told how they must act; what they must do, and what they must not do; how they would be received; and in one word, every thing connected with their mission ; but not a single sentence, word, or even allusion is made to baptism. There is no doubt about their baptizing, immersing, dipping or plunging, but by whose command did they do this? Not by the command of Christ. If so, there is no record of it. After the resurrection of Christ, we find repeated commands given to the disciples to baptize. "Jesus came and spake unto them saying, all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing?or immersing, if it is desired?them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Matthew, xxviii:18, 19; also Mark, xvi: 16 ; Acts, ii: 38; x:48; xxvi: 16. We positively declare that, previous to the resurrection of Christ, he gave his disciples no instruction whatever respecting baptism. When he began his ministry, he found the practice among the Jews. It was harmless in itself. He found the Jews using "wine" and "sop" in observing the passover feast. The use of neither the "wine" nor the "sop" was of divine appointment. Our Saviour found the people using both, and chose one as an emblem of his blood. Neither the baptism of John nor of Christ's disciples, previous to his r<MmrF0f>ttnn was Christian hantism. Neither were commanded by Christ, and neither were in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. So far as we are informed by the Scriptures, we do not know that either John's baptism or the baptisms of Christ's disciples, prior to bis resurrection, was in the name of either person of the Godhead. In reply to this, John, 1: 33, may be quo ted : "And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, upon whom thou shalt see the spirit de scending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost" In verse 31 of the same chapter, it is said, "And I knew him not; but that he should be manifest to Israel, therefore, am I come baptizing with water." Let the reader look at this 31st verse dispassionately. Does John say he was sent to baptize? No. Suppose John had not baptized, but simply proclaimed. "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." (Is. xl:3,) what law would he have violated ? Where is that law recorded ? Where is it said in any of the promises concerning the Messiah, that he would be preceded by Elias or John baptizing or immersing ? We ask where? and echo replies where? There is no law on the subject. That is the whole of it. "I came," says John, "baptizing,"?not I wassent to baptize. In the 33rd verse, John is speaking not about baptizing or immersing the multitudes, but about how he would know him who would baptize with the Holy Ghost. Now what took place wheu Jesus was baptized?or immersed, if that word he preferable?by John ? Why, the Holy Ghost descended upon him like a dove. The Holy Ghost had pointed out the Lamb of God to John. In this miraculous or supernatural way, John was enabled to distinguish Jesus from one of the multitude. So soon as Jesus wits baptized,or immersed, by John, he began his public ministry. Then and there he was filled with the Holy Ghost, and returned from Jordan and commenced his contest with the devil. Lukeiv:l. At Jordan, we honestly believe, Jesus was washed, baptized, dipped, immersed or plunged?we care nothing for the word?by John, and thus publicly inducted into the office of Priest. Hence God sent John to baptize Jesus, and not the people. It will be remembered that Jesus did not follow John, or even remain with him ; but was "led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil." Matthew iv:l. From the wilderness he was led by the tempt* er into the holy city and set on a pinnacle of the temple. From a pinnacle of the temple, he was taken up into an exceeding high mountain and shown all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them. After Satan had exhausted all his powers, he left Jesus, and angels came aud ministered unto him. God now publicly recognized him as his son, 1 ?? - iUMAHAw fliQ Ar/lflf r\P \fol. mm as a jjneet iuic?oi,aiun u>uv> w. ?v, chisedec. When Jesus came to be baptized, or immersed, by John, John "forbade him." But Jesus said : "Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness." Now we may ask again, what law was there, except the law concerning the consecration of a priest, which our Saviour would have violated had he not been baptized by John ? We will wait in vain for an answer. The law is not recorded in the Bible. We are told that Christ, "in obedience to the law of his kingdom, was baptized as one dead to sin." Well, this is strange theology. "To die to sin," means to cease to sin?to be no longer under the power and dominion of sin; to cease to love sin and to practice sin. J Tn he Head to sin. means to be a new crea-1 ture?born again. Chri9t never died to sin in accordance with a law of his kingdom, or ! any other kingdom. He took our law-place as a substitute; but he never died to sin, because he never was alive to sin. Jesus took the sinner's place, but he never felt "remorse, regret or shame." He died, but without one single compunction of conscience. That Je- j sua lived for sinners, that he suffered for sin-1 ' < riers, that he died for sinners, and that he ever lives as an intercessor for sinners, are ; Bible truths; but that he confessed for siniters, or repented for sinners, or was baptized ' or immersed for sinners, or "died to sin," are statements contradicted by the Scriptures and repugnant to the dictates of common sense. God never asks us to do what Jesus did for us. Jesus made an atonement; hence we are not required to atone for sin. God commands all men everywhere to repent. Acts, xvii: 30. Confession of sin and repentance 1 are inseparably connected. Therefore, we conclude, according to the principle that God 1 requires no man to do what Jesus did for j him, that Jesus neither confessed sin for the < people, nor repented them. Every man is ( commanded to confess his sins to God, and i seek pardon through the blood of the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the < world. We conclude that the word baptizo, which ] is transferred into our language from the | Greek?not translated?is used in a great Variety of aenaea nr with rpfarenne to a (treat va riety of things. Some times it is used in connection with religious rites and ceremonies, , and some times it is not. When a ship sank 1 beneath the water, the word baptizo was some i times used ,* when a man got drunk, he was said to be baptized iu wine; when a boy was perplexed, he was said to be baptized with j cares ; when a man was asked a great many i questions, he was said to be baptized with 1 questions; when a man's sins pressed him sore, i he could say, and did say, "my iniquity bap- j tizes me." Isaiah xxi: 4. Septuagint version. When a creek overflowed the low lands, they , were said to be baptized. To these examples, 1 which westand prepared to verify from classical authors, many more might be added. To say that a man has been baptized?or immersed, if it is preferred?gives us no definite idea of what was done, if we stick to the classical meaning of the word. He may have been lying on the sea shore when the tide rose, and only overflowed by the briny deep; or he may be oppressed by his sins; or some inquisitive creature may have asked him a multitude of irrelevant questions ; or he may have fallen in the branch and got a good duckiog; or he may have touched a corpse and gone to the nearest water and washed, or dipped, or plunged his hands. Christian baptism was instituted by Christ but a short time before his ascension. "Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him ; but some doubted. Aud Jesus came and spake unto them saying, 'All powor ia cricon unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.'" Matt, xxviii: 16?19. Mark (xvi:19) says: "So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God." If there is any passage in the Scriptures in which it is said that our Saviour, before this time, commanded his disciples to baptize in the name of the three persons of the Godhead, or commanded them to baptize at all, I would be glad to see it. I think George W. Clark, or anybody else, will have some difficulty in finding it. Robert Lathan. * iltr (frtujttiw. TERMS?IN ADVANCE x One copy, one year, $ S 00 One copy, six months, 1 50 One copy, three months, - 1 00 Single codv 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 , To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be . famished one year, free of charge. pkospectus! HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BY REV. R. LATHAN. i. i SO soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are secured to warrant the enterprise, I propose publishing a HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The work will embrace a COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE STATE from the first discovery of the soil; the settlement of the territory at different periods; the history of the State under the Proprietary Government; under the Royal Government, and through the Revolutionary period, or to the close of the Revolutionary war. The movements of the several Whig military chiefs are accurately traced, and the several battles fought during the Revolution are minutely described. The whole will make a book of more than 700 Dsiees of the size of Stephens' History of the Uni- \ ted States. It will be printed on good paper, with clear type, and bound in substantial cfoth. To subscribers the book will be delivered for FOUR DOLLARS per copy. Persons desiring to canvass for the work are requested to communicate with the authorat Yorkville, S. C., for terms, Ac. R. LATHAN. 1 Persons desiring to subscribe for the book, can leave their names at the Enquirer Office. August 30 . 35 tf YORK MARBLE YARD. THE undersigned is still conducting the Marble Business in Yorkvllle, and would respectfully inform the public that he can supply tnose in want of MONUMENTS or HEADSTONES with anything in his line, and at the lowest cash prices. / Monuments designed and finished in the most elaborate style, and in point of workmanship and : material warranted equal to the work of any establishment in the country. Head and Footstones, in various styles, rrom plain to highly-carved work, furnished at short notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. Specimens usually on hand, to an inspection of which, those in want of marble work are respect- | fully invited. Estimates and any other desired information i cheerfully given at any time. 1 Work delivered at any point on the Chester i and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between i Chester and Dallas, or at any place between j Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Co- i lumbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for j transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. March 9 5 ly "cheer your homes with music. I HAVE made such arrangements with that enterprising and reliable Southern Wholesale House, Ludnen and Bates, of Savannah, that I can supply, on short notice, the Mason it Hamlin Organs, Pianos of the most celebrated manufactories, Sheet Music, or any other kind of Musical Mer- ' chandi/e, at the lowest factory prices, and at prices adapted to these hard times. A settled determina- I tion to sell nothing I cannot recommend, and a practical acquaintance of many years with such goods, enables me to offer great inducements to : purchasers. (Jail at my rnoto-uauory iur iuiuidi pnnt^ulars. J. R. SCHORB. I PRESERVING PROCESS. I COUNTY RIGHTS of Dr. J. W. DAVENPORT'S BALM PRESERVING PROCESS for sale. Apply to M.STRAUSS, , Yorkville, S. C. ' July 26 30 3m i SERGEANT& GREENSBO MANUFACTURERS OF "TROPIC" COO] T. M. DOBSON it CO., Agentf JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, I A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McC< J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Cheal August 2 TAKE THE BEST! lSTT-T'S. HE CemilCLE AID COISTITDTIfllALIST. CONSOLIDATED MARCH 17TH, 1877, is the Oldest and Best Newspapers published in the South. It is the only Newspaper published in the City of Augusta?the leading Railway and Manufacturing centre of the South?and the only Newspaper published in Eastern Georgia. The Chronicle aud Constitutionalist has a very large and daily increasing circulation in the States of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, and reaches every class of readers?merchants, farmers, professional men and working men, and is a | most valuable advertising medium. The DAILY Chronicle and Constitutionalist publishes all the current news of the day, receives all the reports of the Associated Press, and special dispatches from Washington, Atlanta, Colutnbia, ana all other points of interest, supplementad by correspondence. It gives fUU commercial reports of domestic and foreign markets, of all local and Southern matters, and editorial comment upon public affairs. Terms: $10 for 12 months, $5 for 6, $2.50 for 3, and $1 for 1 month, postage paid by us. The TRI-WEEKLY Chronicle and Constitutionalist contains two days' news of the Daily. Terms : $5 for 12 months, $2.50 forfl, postage paid by us. The WEEKLY Chronicle and Constitutionalist Is a mammoth sheet, and the largest and handsomest Weekly published in the South. It contains all the news of the week?telegraphic, local, editorial, miscellaneous?and carefully prepared reviews of the market This edition is gotten up for circulation among planters and others living In the country. Terms : $2 for 12 months, $1 for 3, postage paid by us. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist is the paper for the merchant, the planter, the lawyer, the mezhanic, the politician. It is a paper for the office, the counting-room and the family circle. Specimen copies sent free. Address, WALSH & WRIGHT, Managers, Augusta, Ga. PRICES REDUCED. J " ^ "TIB FAMILY FAVOBIIE" IMPROVED NEW MODEL MACHINE. Light-Running, Noiseless, No Gears, No Cams, No Springs, New and Elegant Styles of Wood Work. From this date, by the expiration of Patents under which we have been paying royalties, we are enabled to sell our machines at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, and as low as those of any first-class machine. Send for Circulars and Price Lists. WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, BALTIMORE. MD. May 31 22 tf BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY. consisting, in part, of Fiat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, nf avftrv varietv: Envelopes. Slates. Ink. Ac, I Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Colombia, S. C. ETTENGER & EDMOND. RICHMOND, VA. MANUFACTURERS of Portable and Stationary Engines, Boilers of all kinds, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys, Ac., American Turbine WATER WHEELS, and Cameron's Special Steam Pnmp. Send, for Catalogue. WM PTTKVOlfR TT_ P. RDMOND. November 2 44 ly BAENES' FOOT POWER MACHINERY, ft THIRTEEN different machines with which Aut j Builders, Cabinet Makers, Wag| ? rffZECj on Makers, and Jobbers in Miscellaneous Work can compeU aJ^ I quality and price, *lriy with Steam Power Manufacturing; also, Amateurs' Supplies, Saw Blades. Fancy Woods and Designs. 8ay where you reaa this and send for Catalogue and* Prices. W. P. A JOHN BARNES, Rockford, Winnebago County, 111. June 7 23 10m BARBER SHOP. THOSE in want of an EA8Y SHAYE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reiqindgd that rHOS. BALLARD, Professor of the'ArtTonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enqttirkr building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, ind any other work of that kind promptly done. THOMAS BALLARD. Sllilg^ SFBOFOR CATAhOGlfgtf. April 5 14 ly* CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them porfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to the original brightness and lustre of the goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have them cleaned and' made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. WRAPPING PAPER. OLD Newspapers, of large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at 50 cents per hundred, it the ENQUIRER OFFICE. ; McCAULEY, RO. N. CM THE CELEBRATED ? ?^ ^ r i I x-\ t?f?rn o KJLJN Ct fc> ? v _n.o i PRICE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow Ware, And-Irons, and H Castings of all kinds. Also, on PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS [ fSJfjl STRAW CUTTERS, | HORSE POWERS, Saw Mills, Ac. i, Yorkville, S. C. lock Hill, York county, S. C. jnnellaville, York county, S. C. er, S. C. 81 tf OUR PREMIUM OFFERS. CLUB BOOKS YET OPEN ! WITH the view of accommodating a number of club-makers, whose clubs for the current volume of the ENQUIRER are not as large as they desire, as well also as to extend to all who may uesire it the opportunity of obtaining the paper at club rates, we have decided, to keep open our club hooks until the FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT. Until that date, subscribers will be received through club-makers, who obtained lists under onr previous offer?the clubmakers being duly accredited with all names they may return under the present proposition, whica names will be added to their former lists. New clubs will also be received from those who may desire to obtain anv of the elegant Premiums we offer for such service. In this connection we would again invite attention to our LIST OF PREMIUMS. The articles comprising which have been adopt* ed by us with special reference to securing only articles of value, and which will prove serviceable to those procuring them. The regular retail price is given with each, and they are just as good as so much cash to those who receive them. All the articles are put down in our schedule at manufacturers' regular retail prices, and cannot be bought with cash any lower than the prices here given. Premiums Nos. 1,2 and 3 will be delivered through the mails, to persons entitled to receive them, free of cost. The other Premiums will be delivered at the expense for freight charges, of those receiving them. In cases where Premiums can be delivered at our publication office, arrangements may be perfected for reducing the freight charges on small articles to a nominal amount. The charges for freight on the Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums will be from New York ; on the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C.; and * on the Sewing Machines from Baltimore. Md. OUR LIBERAL OFFERS. No. 1.?For a club of 4 subscribers, at 12.50 each, we will give atreble silver-plated BUTTER KNIFE, worth $1.00. No. 2.?For a club of 8 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one copy of the family edition (cloth binding) of SMITH'S ABRIDGED BIBLE DICTIONARY, the publisher's price of which la $3.50 per copy. Or for $4.50 we will give a copy of the Bible Dictionary and send the Ehquirbb one year to any single snbecriber not in a club. No. 3.?For a club of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a copy of the ENQUIRER one year, or a set of six treble silver-plated TEA SPOONS, worth $3.00. No. 4.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one set?six of each?Hard Rubber-Handle TABLE KNIVES AND FORKS, the manufocturer's price of which is $5.00. . No. 5.?For a club of 16 subscribers, af $2.50 *- ?* ?rill oUhow a fvnVtlft ailvat>.nlfthMi BttCfl, WtJ Will Olwild a wvviw SYRUP CUP, worth |6.00; or a set of six treble silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth $8.00. No. 6.?For a club of 18 subscribers, at 12.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER DISH, worth $8.00. No. 7.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one set of six solid cast steel oval-handle TABLE KNIVES, and one set of six treble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which articles is $10.00. No. 8.?For a club of 30 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a full set of extra superfine, full oval ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with sllver?lated blades, and a full set of treble silver-plated ABLE FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which articles is 915.00. No. 9.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING STOVE, with pipe and a ftill set of fixtures, the manufacturer's price of which is $80.00. No. 10.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one three-quart, treble silverplated COMMUNION SERVICE, consisting of SIX pieces, worth $40. No. 19.?Foraclnb of 55 subscribers, at $2^0 each, we will give a WEED SEWING MACHINE, Walnut Plain Half-Case, with two Drawers and Drop Leaf, the manufacturer's price of which is $75. jar Specimens of the Sewing Machines, and nearly all the other articles included in the above premium list, can be seen and examined at our fiublication office; and in all cases we guarantee hat the Premiums furnished to those entitled to receive them, will be equal to the specimens shown TERMS AND CONDITIONS. It is not necesxary that the names of a club should all beat the same post office. Names may be taken at any nnmber of placea if they are all returned by the same Club Agent. One name for two years, will be equivalent to two names for one year titi-u. The time for completing clnbs nnder the above offer is limited to the FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER. 1877, by which time the names with the cash, should be returned to the office, though names may be returned at any time lietween this and the above date. No premium will be delivered until the requisite number of names has been returned, and the fbll amount due for them paid. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. In sending names, write plainly, giving county, post-office and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. / . ;,ili All subscribers to the Enquires will receive the paper free of postage. Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must give fbll directions as to whom and how they shall be delivered. A separate list will be kept for each club-maker, who will be credited witn every name sent, so that the number returned by any person can be ascertained at a moment's notice THE TIME OF CL0SIN6. Club-makers, and those who may wish to form clubs, should bear in mind that the offers we here present do not invite competition for Premiums, as in the case of working to secure the largest club. Each club-maker sending the requisite number of subscribers will obtain the Premium offered for the specified number. The time, however, for completing a club is limited, under the present offer, until tne fjikst muxxliax u?r NOVEMBER, 1877. Names may be sent in at any time prior to the above date. Send the names as fast as obtained, accompanied with the cash, and the Premium will be delivered when the requisite number of names has been returned. DESCRIPTIVE LIST. Oar Cooking Stove Premium,i The elefant Cook In* Stove* which we offer a* Premium*, nre manufactured by Menra. Serjeant k McCaulry, at Greensboro, N. C. These Stove* are made of the beat fleotdi pif metal, with heavier and thicker plate than any other atove in the market, and coniequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are or a handsome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in point* of appearance, durability and superior cooking qualities, to any Stove manufactured in the Union. Thestnve we have selected to give a* a Premium is the largest size made by the manufacturers, and wjtb each one will be furnished, without charge, three joints and one elbow of pipe, and all the necessary conking utensils, vis.: one ham boiler, one bulge pot and cover, one tea kettle, one round frying pan, rme long frying pan, one round griddle, one pair waffle iron*, two sheet -o.? Iron bread pan*, one scraper and one lifter. Over nv* Tube- Sff sand of these stoves are in use in Virginia and North and South Carolina, and they give universal satisfaction. The stoves will be shipped to those entitled to receive them as Premiums, direct from the manufactory in Greensboro N. C. Sewing Machine Premium. The superior Stewing Machine we offer as a Premium, is the well-known Weed Machine and I* manufactured by the Weed 3ewing Machine Company, Hartford, Or?nn.: ft it adapted to all the want* of family sewing; It can be readily comprehended by any one; it runs easily; is always randy; will do any and all kinds of sewing with lew changing and fewer extra'attachment*; i* self-adjusting; Is a two-thread Machine, making an Elastic Lock-Rtitch; stands solid and firm, with long and roomy folding table, and has the convenience of two drawer*. Several of these Machines, during the past year, have been delivered to persons who have returned the requisite number of name*, t. ,/ i-)M;|M, Smith's Bible Dictionary. ; TliU Dictionary Is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the University of l.xndoh, and the most eminent lexicographer In the world, who. in Its preparation associated with himself over seventy distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and thlscbuntry, in the great task of preparing a comprehensive Die tlnnaryot tne uiDie,nna supplying ? wnunu?n ir? ay un mflons public. The result or these labors appeared in three large and very costly volumes, a wonderfbl monument of learning. An abridgement of this great work, for popular use, made by Dr. Smith himself, Is the one we have arranged to famish our subscribera. The book contains every name In the Bible respecting which anything can be said. It embraces the results of historic research, antiquarian Investigation, the study of languages and t dialects, and the discoveries of the modem travelers and explo rers in the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawllnson, Ferguson, Layard. Offertand Stanley. Thetmok Is printed from new stereotype plates, on good paper, and is appropriately illustrated with over 125 Engravings of beauriflit Scenes, Ancient Titles, and Memorable Places of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valuable Maps. It contains nearly 800 closHy-printed, doublecolumn, octavo pages, Including 94 elegant ftill-page, flteel and Wood Engravings. It Is printed In type of a heavy, distinct, and very legible face. The publisher's price of the Dictionary is 54JU. " Three-Quart Communion Set. Churched nnsapplicd with a Communion Set appropriate to the requirement* of the sacred rite of administering the l.ord'a Supper, can, by our Premium arrangement, secure a due, treble silver-plated three quart Communion Set of six pieces,, with lit- * lie trouble, and, comparatively,at no com. The number of subscribers required In order to secure this valuable and elegant 8er vice can be procured In almoat any congregation; and toe men hera wbn may be thus called upon to contribute their share of the expense, will receive In return more than the value of their contribution In a year's subscription to the paper. Oar Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums. With the very libera) offer which we are enabled to make, a beautifully furnished table la now within the reach of almost every house-keeper; and here Is an opportunity, of which, If the ladles avail themselves, they may secure, with hut llCle trouble, a valuable set of Silver or Cutlery. Those articles are made for us by the Lucius Hart Manufacturing Company, 93 Pulton street New York, and are warranted to be of the bes't material. Value of onr Premiums. Wa n/Aitlri ImnrPfli lifinn AVPrv nnh fhp fhof that all nf on> Premiums are first-claw good*, and the price* attached in them In our lieu are the regular retail price* at which the article* sell by nil denier* and the manufaeturera themselves. It is only by the most advantageous terms given us by the manufacturers that we are enabled to make the liberal offers we do, and we guarantee every article to be exactly as represented. A Club and an Extra Copy. For a club of Tea subscribers paid in advance at the regular club rates, we will give, Instead of a Premium, an extra copy of the paper to any who may prefer that arrangement; but in consequence ofthe liberal Premiums we are now offering, we cannot afford to give an extra copy to the club-maker who receives any Premiums enumerated on our list. Terms of Subscription?Free of Postage. Single copy one year, $3.00. In clubs, each subscriber, per year, $2.50. Money may be forwarded at our risk by draft, post-office order or registered letter?otherwise we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, oounty and State. Address all letters to L. M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkville, S. C. 1 .JSi