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Elder James on Baptism.# Cyuthiana, IndM Keb., 23d, 1SS6.* ! Editor News:i j *-\reriIy% Verily, I any unto thee except a man j be born of Water and of the Spirit he can-not j { enter into the Kingdom of God.”! ■Kiricf'James, you say thin birth is baptism, j aod that a roan c *nid not be born again until he | is baptized; again you say yon know you are J right because the text says wn er, ana it means j j that, leavirg the impression oa tnv mind, that J j the scriptures say what they mean and mean ! i what they say. if this be true literally, jj how are we to understand this expression of j * scripture. Johu.T-SS, ♦•Re that beUoveth on me j j as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall ■ flow rivers of Hriug water.’* Also, John. 4-14 « j same book and the same character speaking as1 spoken in your text 3 ami 5 of John, Keader* please examine for yourself.I now refer you to John. 5-1. ••Whosoever be-licvcththat Jesus is the Christ is lorn of God:” Too late now to be baptized in ortierto be born of J God; what did the Elder My *n reference to this text. {Why the Translators made a mistake here) Oh vc?s the eagle eyed gentleman can see plainly that the birth of water spoken of in the 3d, chapter of John means Baptism; but can not find how j an individual can be born again without being 1 j baptized. I think you are right where Xtrode-j nuiswa*. Again in your discourse, m the niorn-! ing, you treated baptism a? a bir'h and at night as a burial, and quoted this text: “Buried with Christ by baptism into death. There seems to j be some lack of harmony about this. jInquirer After Truth. I
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