TUB NOKKOhK WKKKhY NKWS-.JOt'KNAL. Kill DAY , FtiBKrAKY , 1010.
CHIC OR HEALTHY , WHICH ?
The American Woman Shouldn't Cram
Herself Into Paris Gowns.
New York , .Inn i'J ! "Tho Now York
wuiniui cannot oppose health and nature -
turo and remain beautiful. If ( hu Now
York woman should continue to eon-
form to Parisian-made garments she
would eventually ho neither natural ,
healthy nor beautiful. "
'I'hlH , from Hamuc-l t'aull , grand mas
ter of the United Ladle's' TallorH' as
sociation of America , shown the pur-
IIOHCH of that Institution In a new
light and may wo ho imrdoned for
< > ver having thought those Hame pur-
POHOH other than nltrulHtlc' .
"lOvery day the American woman IB
Hoeing moro clearly that the Now York
llguro IB not the Parisian figure. " ex
plained Mr. I'null. with conviction.
"Tho New Yoik tlguio Is Infinitely
moro beautiful. Why ? Bce-unse the
American woman' * * figure * IH a healthy ,
normal Ilguro. The American woman
bun a high , llrm choHt , her lines aie
firm ami loin : and slim and graceful.
If Bho permltH hot self to be natural
nho IH healthy and beautiful , hut Him
can he neither by cramming herself
Into a 1'arlH gown.
"When a French tailor cuts a gur-
ment all hlH Hklll IH In the draping -In
the chic of the thing Kvcn the .simp
ler tailored HiiltH of Pails are what
wo Amei leans call 'Huffy. ' That IH not
what the American woman wants or
needH. The Ameilcan woman wants
line , and the AmetUan tailor under
stands this The lines of the 1'ailslan
tallois KO In eveiy dlteetioii The lines
of the American tailor follow the nat
ural , gtaooful lines of a woman's body.
"You know , " Mr. I'aull elahorted ,
"you cannot \vry well Improve upon
the lines of a healthy normal body
The Parisian tailors think you can ,
but you cannot. Tno moi e closely you
follow naturalness , the inoiu nearly
artistic you become. Ladles , It Is a
choice between chic and lung trouble
or health and line for you. Can jou
hesitate ? "
Yes , the Farm is Rented.
I'lease let it be known that I've rent
ed my taim. I'm besieged with in
quiries from all o\er noitli Nebirtska
and southern South Dakota , as a 10-
sult of that little want ad in The
News. "
This is the plea of I finest Itaasch of
Nortolk , who lented his fatm soon
after the want ad appealed , but who
Is still getting letteis tiom all over
this countiy about it.
Eight Dead In English Wreck.
London , .Ian. 29. lOight poisons
were killed and twenty others badly
Injured when an express train running
between Biighton and London was
wrecked at Stoats Nest station this
afternoon.
Fans Not Enthusiastic.
Although Fremont and Ciand Island
have been talking baseball associa
tions which will Include Noifolk. little
talk Is current among the Norfolk fans
In this direction. Most ot the fans
here believe this would not be a pay
\ ing proposition. Although ( inuid
Island would be accessible for Fre
mont , It would be out of the way for
Norfolk. Fremont , at the same time ,
would bo well enough located for Nor
folk , but It is not believed here enough
support would ho given such an asso
elation. A short route ; isso < latlou ,
however , is talked of favorably by
some.
This association would irulude per
haps sl\ towns In Nortolk territory.
Gregory , Dallas. Lynch , Stanton ,
Pierce and Nellgh are talked of strong
ly. Kven such an association , it is
said , would hardly pay expenses unless
a larger attendance than last joar
could ho depended on. It is believed
by some that Norfolk might got up a
team of home players , who have posi
tions in the city.
Business Changes.
The Saterloo store at Henlck was
purchased by Seler and Ilorst of Butte.
The J. K. McMeen general store at
Lynch has been traded to F. K. Brodio
of Midland , S. D. , for a piece of
land.
Evangelist Becomes Insane.
Sioux Falls , S. IX , .Ian. 21) ) . Sudden
ly becoming violently insane while
holding revival services in a Fin
nish settlement in Kingsbury county ,
an evangelist named Thomas Bran-
r
nan has been ordered sent to the
state hospital for the Insane at Yank-
ton by the insanity board of Kings-
bury county , which examined into
his mental condition. The unfortu
nate man's home is a mile north of
Spearlish , in the extreme western part
of the state , Where he conducted a
market garden. Ho for some time
has belonged to a religious sect , the
members ot which believe they are
endowed with a special power by the
Holy Ghost and that they aio required
to devote their time , as did the
apostles of old. to preaching. The
members of his congregation woio
badly frightened when ho became vlo
lently Insane during one of his meet
ings. Ho will not keep clothing on his
body and calls every one who comes
near him a "dovil. " His wife ar
rived In Kingsbury county before the
removal of her husband to the asylum
and is heartbroken over the said con
dition in which she found the unfor
tunate man. Brannan Is about 50
years of ago. an Irishman by birth and
until ho so suddenly lost his mind
was bright and intelligent.
Says Lamro Will Keep County Seat.
Lamro will retain the county seat of
Tripp county , S. . D , and will continue
to bo a substantial county scat town
just as It is today , In the opinion of
Kugene Crook , formerly a Mndlson
county man and until recently a bank-
or at Foster , who has gone Into the
Itosebud region to engage In business
and who In now a resident of Lamm.
Mr. Crook was in Norfolk jostorduj
and called upon The NOWH to tell of a
mass meeting that was bold one night
thin week In Lamro to donnumo this
newspaper because of some of the
reports , said to be born In bias and
denounced by Lamro as "slush , " which
have appeared In The News to the In
juiy of Lamro.
The Lamro business men called a
mass meeting to piotest and to lake
some action In regaid to the mattei.
Some of them thought The News must
have been hi Hied by thai tow unites
to print stuff injurious to Lamm
Otheis declaied that The News must
be a "tallroad tool" and that Its pilnt
Ing biased repoits damaging to Lamro
with the deliberate Intention of help
Ing to kill the town and build up a
ilval at the Noithwestoin railroad's
( omiimnd All ueie agieed that Lam-
10 was getting the worst of It and
they weie lighting mad about it. They
were Haying si/xllng things when Mr
Crook told the meeting that he had
known W. N. Huso for a good many
jcats and that he didn't believe Mr
Huso was the kind of a man who
would act as unj body's tool , 01 that
he would do anything intentional ! }
to Injure Lamro or any othei town
He said he thought the best thing
to do would be to make a dip to The
Ne\vs olliee and explain the situation ,
and that he was conlidlMit Lamm
( ould expect a "square deal" at the
hands ot The Noitolk News , If the
situation weie explained.
The mooting agieod to that planet
ot attlou and Mi. ( 'look came to ex
plain to The Ne\\s that Lamm Is not
moving iiwaj , that it Is now , as it has
been foi aear . or mote , a thriving ,
piospemus county seat town of 700
people , and. what was more , that It
doesn't intend to move * away or to
die , but Unit it has , In the opinion of
every Latino business man , a thor
oughly bright and substantial tutuie
helot e it.
Ho said that a report sent to The
News by one of its correspondents in
the Kosebud counti.v some weeks ago ,
giving the impiesslon that Lamm had
become divided in a town row over
whether to move 01 not and that onlv
a lew still clung in a futile elTort to
hold a town theie , had done damage
to the town and that it was unfair
because It was not a true statement
of the case. He reali/eil that The
News has an Immense circulation
thumghout noith Nebraska and south-
em South Dakota , and it was because
of the tremendous effect of such an
item that Lamio business men weie
so wrought ui > .
"All those repoits that have given
an impression t' ' , . Lamm was dying
or would die , " Mi. Ciook said , "are
slush , pure and simple. They come
from biased sonic es , with the pin pose
of injuiing Lamm , but as a matter
of fact , the county seat never will be
moved from Lamm. It can not bo
moved any more than the Giogoiy
county seat could bo moved from Fair-
lav in the attempt made a couple of
years or so ago. In the Hist place , it
takes a majority of all votes cast to
move a county seat in South Dakota
Kveiy town in the county would be a
candidate. And lor any one town to
secure a majority of all \otos cast ,
is absolutely out of the question.
It can't bo done ? "
And to this county seat proposition
Mr. Ciook pinned his faith when he
solec.ted Lamm to live in.
Mr Crook admitted that some ot the
La in to people bad moved to Winner ,
and that some of the business insti
tutions had moved across the prairies
to the new townsite on the railroad.
Included in the Institutions that moved
were two banks , a prluting ofllcc and
a hotel. He pointed out that two hanks
still remain , said theie weio still throe
hotels and that the Lamro business
men had bought a newspaper to re
place the one which moved to Winner
He told of haul luck that had been
encountered in the eftoits to got the
now newspaper going , the machinery
having been dumped out ot a freight
er's wagon em onto to Lamro and bad
ly mashed. So now machinery had to
be sent lor and this has delajed the
new publication.
He said the big Van M/Her hotel was
moved across the prairies with sixty
horses , but declared three weeks wore
required to do the moving instead of
an hour and thirty minutes , as had
been claimed by ono Winner enthus
iast.
Mr. Crook was loud in his praise of
the Kosebud country. Ho said that
much of Tripp county and much of
Meyer county is just as good as the
best farm land irr Madison county ,
and he considers It a territory of very
vast opportunities.
Mr. Crook was assured by The News
that this newspaper has no partisan
interest in any townslto light , that It
is first and last a newspaper and as
such wants to give its readers all the
happenings ot interest in this terri
tory in an absolutely Impartial man
ner.
Ho was told to tell the people of
Lamio that Lamro would bo given a
"square deal" by The News just as this
paper trie's to treat every town fairly ,
lie was assured that The News is not
In any way involved In a conspiracy
to injure Lamro or any other town.
The facts and the facts only , ho was
told , are what The News is after.
Would Have to Hire Clerk.
"If von don't take out that little
want ad oflering rooms for rent , I'll
have to hire an extia dork to answer
tlio telephone. "
Bon Ueld. president of the Norfolk
Shoe company , made tln > protest The
little want ad had got * o many replies
trom one insertion that ho was deluged
luged with anxious room hunters.
BACK TO LACE AND TULLE.
Distinctively Feminine Trimmings are
to he Popular this Season.
New Yoik , .Ian L".i ' It Is difficult to
say what Is st > lc at piosont because *
there * Is such an Infinite vurlotj of
fashions and fabric's , said a Fifth ave
line modiste , "hut one thing Is certain
and that Is that this Is a season of ,
lace and tulle. ' I
"Signs of the tondone v were Hist
sec'ii In millinery , when big tulle bows
and clowns woio put on all scuts of
hats Then evening coals woio load
ed witu iiille and hie o. and now they' '
have Invaded the- domain ot diesses |
blouses and llngeile as well The use
ol lace means , of course1 , that lines
will be loss sovoic , soltoi and 'llulllei ,
as It weie.
"Ol all chess ti huntings lace Is the
most dlstlnc tlvelj feminine llaidl > a' '
plain momlng diess or an after noon1
gown is made without a shallow lotind
joke ol net or laco. and evening
cltcssos are lulilj heaped with such
gar nit in es. |
"It is not essential to have only one
kind ot net or lace on the same gown.I
tor an Ingenlus combination of two ermine
mine c'an ho made voiy olloetlvo. |
"Black laces ai even moio popular
than white or eieam , sincequite' the1'
newest elTe-ct in colors Is to have1 a
vivid silk soltoned by a black transparent -
parent drapery. A black Chnutllly ,
gown worn by a chapoion at the opera
the other night was draped over a
rich , deep blue satin , the' only tiiin-1
ruing consisted ol a cm.sago ol smoke
pearl and sllvoi bugles. A high satin
belt llnlshed tin' bodice , which was
cut low , the haish line ol the * cloudlet-
ago being relieved with tolds of black
and white chilton "
The Norfolk Y. M. C. A. Campaign. |
Interest is being shown by many ,
Noitolk people , who aie orgunl/ing tor
Y M C. A. woik In this city , ovei thoi
coming state convention ot the Y. M. 1
C A. , which takes place at I'nlve'isity
Place , Neb , February 17 , IS , 19 and
10. ! It is voij probable u number of
Noilolk people will ho in atte'iulance
at this convention. Any onewishing'
to attend this convention is requested
to wiite J. P. Bailoj , state sociotary
of the Y. M. C. A. , at Omaha.
.Much interest is shown by outside
associations over the results ot the
lecent Noitolk campaign. The No-
biaska's Young Men has this to say.
The Norfolk campaign lor $ : i. > ,000
closed Octohei IH ) witli JL'G.IUW. It was
a splendid demonstration ot seven
dujs' work in a town ol 0,000 popula
tion. The work was clone by ton
teams , one ot which was a high school
team ot ten picked young men Horn
the high school , assisted by as many
mote picked joung women , and then
work probably was the greatest lactoi
in biiiiglng the results wlnc.li wo have
already mentioned.
Kurly in November a committee con
sisting of Messrs. Hunting-ton and Han
som ol Noilolk , with State Secretary
Bailey , visited Columbus , Central City.
Hastings , York and Fremont , to look
over the buildings preparatory to the
building committee drawing its plans
tor their now building , winch is now
being done , and in the early spring the'1
building will bo commenced. A most
beautiful lot has boon pure-based di J
ree-tly south of the postofhce , 100x170
feet , which is in all probability the
futuie center of Noitolk.
A .splendid building committee has
been selected with Darius Mathewson
as chairman. An architect has been
selected , and things are moving in
Norfolk.
GREGORY MAN BURNED.
William Hall Is Seriously Burned
While Kindling a Fire.
Gregory County News William
Hall , a real estate man , was senouslj
burned while building a lire at his
homo at Gregory Sunday morning.
The accident occurred as the result of
getting the gasoline can confused with
a keioseue can , Mr. Hall pouring a
quantity ot the deadly fluid into the
stov e.
Mr. Hall was sovetely burned about
the breast and aims and was taken to
Omaha Monday moiuing to the hospi
tal to undeigo treatment.
Bonesteel to Go Dry ?
Bonesteol , S. IX , .Ian. 29. Special to
The News As jot there has never
appealed in an outside paper anything
giving a lair statement of ho situation
In Bonesteol. .Judging fiom the state
ments heretofore sent out it would
appear Bouesteel was comprised ot an
aggiegatlou of thieves , murdoiers and
gralteis , and any eiti/en ot Bonesteol
who became known as such away from
homo was regaidod as a curiosity and
one to be feared. The facts , however ,
aie that Bonesteel for the past lour
> ears has boon one of the cleanest
towns to he found anywhere in the >
Noithwost. Her clti/ens comprise as
line men and women as can bo found
anywhere , relined , cultured ladies and
gentlemen.
Last spring when Major Linticurn
was elected on the refoim ticket it
was toi the purpose of making the
saloons live strictly accoiding to law
and to remove the poker games from
the rear rooms , also to conserve the
revenues of the city to a better use
than was being made of them. When
Mr. Lintlcurn took his seat he was
absolutely alone on the boaul the ai- I '
dermen solidly against him. Now he ] I
has two mombois of the board with' j '
him. The light the saloon element ! I
Is making against him Is making him
many filends and Bonosteol will cer
tainly go dry at the spring election.
Charles Shipley Acquitted.
Plorco , Neb. . .Ian. 2S. Special to
The News Chailos Shipley , the
Pierce county fanner who was arrest
ed on complaint of Oscar Lehman .Ian-
nary 13. chaiged with stealing a buggj
iolt ( > . was acquitted last night by a
jury in County Judge Kelly's couit ,
alter fifteen minutes. A lobe claimed
by Lolirnnn was found In Shipley's pos
session Ho claimed to have found it
on the road O F Stlllnmn defended
Shipley and County Attorney C. II
Stewart prosecuted.
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PEOPLE'S PULPIT.
. . .
THE COST OF CHURCH
Sermon FEDERATION TO BAPTISTS
by
CHARLES T. TISTS , ADVENTISTS
RUSSKLL , AND DISCIPLES.
Pastor BrooUyn "Say Yr Not. A Gonlcclftac ) , In All Them
Tabernacle. to Wliom 1 In People ? Shall Say , A Confrel-
etacy , Ncilliri | CM Yc Flicii IV r , Nor He
Altaid" ( ItAiali viii. 12) ) .
OoQ- - " ' " - . . - - - i. . . ! - . .
Sunda.v. .Ian - ! ! . Numerically Bap
tists , \du-nllsts and Disciples re-pie
sent mole limn oiietlilid of the * Prcd
( stunts of the Cultcd State's What
they must jlc'ld for Church lYdoriitloii
Is thc'iofcuc' an Important question
All thic'o ef ) these sj stems ale liltlll
upon the CcingU'galfoual plat feu in ,
which locogni/c's as Scilptuiul the In
dependence of each cougicgatlou as lei
its own deed in all matters of faith
and Clmtvli ouler. These- bodies of
Christians , thc'iefoie , could not Join
the rcdciatlon as denominations. The
onl.v method b.v which thc.v could give
iidhoic'iie'o weiitld be either hj abau
cloning their pi im Iple's of Independent e
for vv lile-li the'.v have se ( lemg contended ,
eir else b.v remaining quiescent while
their ministers Ihtough Comic.Us and
Conferences essay te ) net for them
And heie It should be noted that the
inembeislilp of these large' CluNtlan
bodies have' more and moie dining the
past thlttj live .ve-ars slmvvn their will
ingness to have' their mlnlstcis regu
late I heir adults , even though eontiary
to their avowed principles of Church
( Jovornment.
But It Is from the standpoint of doc
trines rather than Church government
that wo shall examine our subject. As
wo piogtc'ss we shall Hud that some ot
the doctilues onto considered all-Im
portant can in the light of our day be
i laid aside as obsolete' as hindiances
In every sense of the word. Caution ,
'
however , would suggest that for every
thing el i scan led as Unscilptnr.il the
truthful substitute' should he found -
otherwise our ptogtess would ho toward -
ward the destruction , not onlj of the
bad of our deeds of the past , but also
1 of their good leatuies.
Doctrinal Surrender of Baptists.
Haptists will find little * to dispute
with their coreligionists of the Fed
eration along general doctilnnt Hues ,
their chief clitllc tilt j will be lit the mat
ter of what constitutes Clnistian bap
tlsm the nccessitj of water Immer
sion to admission to Church member
ship Tor jo.ns this doe trine has boon
even mole tcnaciousl.v held than is
geni'iullj reall/c'd. Our Baptist breth
ren hold to justification by faitli as a
Hist or preliminary step which the win
ner must take. But thc.v equally hold
that tills is not the dual step- that the
j ( stop of sacrifice , the step of rcgc'iiera-
tlon much follow In older to salvation.
(
j And a baptism In vvate'r thej- recognize
j i as an Indispensable outward Indication
of ( ids logeucration Hence It Is staud-
i arc ! Baptist cloctilne , both North aucl
' South in all Baptist Churches with
' lare exceptions , that no uiiimmersed
t-lwulil tie ratrcintd a member of
( Vi ; i/i. /
In a vvoid , faith and reformation are
fife ps of justification , bin water Immer
sion Is the door Into Christ. Only those
Mho pass through this door are rnem-
uois of the Uliuuli of Christ from this
x lew point ; hence , consistently , none
others are invited to pat take of the
Kucharl-st-tho Lord's Supper. The ar
gument Is that this Supper , s.v nibolli-
ing death with Christ , was offered only
to the coiisc-ciatc'd and accepted rnem-
be'is of Christ's Church. Hence to in-
vlte others than those immersed In
water \vould he a violation of the letter
tor and the spirit of the Divine Word
and a countenancing of false doctrine.
The argument is that all of "the elect"
will bo guided of the Lord , so that
their lie-arts and beads will become
amenable to these teachings. Obedl
cine thi'ieto will bo shown by submit-
bleu to water immersion the door Into
the Church of Christ
Like the rest of us , our Baptist
1 friends have been In the past rather
illogical in all matters religious and
doctrinal ; so much so that many of
' them have never i call/eel the full
moaning of their doctrine. The mean
ing was grasped In the long ago , but
lias genet ally been lost si ht of within
j the last liftj jears It Is this. Since
I water immersion Is the ovlelonce of
I obedience to Divine Instruction and
since ali of "the elect" aio not only in
structed of Cod ! hut obedient to him ,
therefore those not Imptl/od in water-
are not of Uod's elect-are not mem
bers In his Church. And this In turn ,
according to Baptist doctrine , Implies
that all not Immersed In water are
outside of the Church outside of the
number of "the1 elect" outside of
God's favor outside of the salvation
provided In Christ and theiefore In
side the damnation and eternal tor
ment which Baptist doctrines Imply
have been foieordalned for the eternal
toituie of all the non-elect.
Do our Baptist friends who meet
unimmor&od Christians of other denominations -
nominations In the walks of life from
day to da.v really believe that the lat-
tor are on their way to an eternity
of toitureV Most nssmodly they do
licit ! But thU Is meiely because they
aio illogical. Ilko the rest of us. They
aie as Illogical as their btetlnen of
othet denominations. They have out
grown at Ic.ist this feature of the
teachings of tin * "diuK ages" handed
down to them bj well-meaning but
less enlightened foiet'athers.
ine ( > glance'at tlie > mailer will sutllre
to hho\\ oiii Baptist luetliieii that tin ;
\ei.v strongest teatute-s of their teach
ing needs some revision However
fundamental nm.v be I he doiirlne of
baptism , some of their cone unions re-
fpcitim , ' u will DO gteatly advantaged
b.v a liberal pruning But caution
should IR > used The Bible should bo
consulted We offer the sug-t.stlon
that too hastj u rejection of water
luimurslon would bo u mistake-that
the proper rout so for our Baptist
friends is to stud.v the Scriptures
afresh on this subject. tVluit wonder
ful ndvantage-s ate now at the com
maud of all Bible students ! They
have marginal refeieuces by which
one passage- throws light upon another.
They have also c-oiic-otcluncc's. jlos
wirle's , Indexes , and all manner of helps
for Bible studj. Out fo'efiithers be-
foio the Itofoimatlou were generally
Illltoiuto. And c-ve-n had they pos-
M'ssod education the pen written Bi
bles weie expensive and obtainable
onl.v In the Latin language Indeed It
Is wllhlu onl.v the lust fc-w jours that
Bibles have- become cheap and plentl
fill and thc > masses able to read them
What Must Adventists Concede ?
The doctrine of the Second Advent
of Christ U common to all denomina
tions. And the Acheiitist belief that
at that time the earth will be burned
up Is also a fe-.ituio of all the various
creeds. Many Ailventlsis have ntmti
denied the thought that the Savior's
second appearing is at hand And
many more nio abandoning the thought
that when he appears Advontlsts alone
will be Mined and all the remainder of
mankind will participate In the de
structlon and burning which shall then
engulf the earth It should not be
dilllcult for ( hem to ic.tll/e that there-
Is no great necessity for oonlrovcrsj
along the Hues of the time of Christ's
coming , since tlioj ai knowledge * them
selves completelj In the dark on that
subject Nollher can wo suppose that
after thoughtful consideration the.v
should fc'c-1 Justified In assuming thai
they alone arc' "the olee-t " Let us hope
that with broadening sentiment they
arc mote and mote reall/ing that
there are Miiutb and blunors In their
own number , as well as in all denomi
nations and as well us In the' world ,
and that "the Lend kuowc-th them that
aie his" and w 111 can- for them , regaid
less of denomination ! ! ! Hues. But for
that pen tlon of Adv enlists w'hich con
slders the keeping of the Seventh Day
of the week the1 all Impoitant part of
Christianity wo se-c'lie ) giound for Fed
eration , unless , luelc'c'd , the'.v may c hoose
to get about the' dllllenlty b.v counting
the calendar the other vv.ij around the
world Thus they might bring their
Seventh Da.v Into hurmouj with what
othet s term the First Da.v. Or , by
counting the calendar In the opposite
direction they may stl'l ' keep their Sev
enth Day and reall'/o that others arc'
keeping the' .same' day , though e.tiling
it the First Da.v.
Disciple Doctrines to Be Voided.
Undoubtedlj Alexander Campbell
was a good man with a great head.
And undouhtccll.v many of a similar
( hiss following Ills loud aietoela.v .
known as Disciples or Chiistians
Undoubtedly these are following e lose-
ly to apostolic customs In the- matter
of Chuuh orguni/utlon , which In
many respects Is beautiful In its- sim
plicity Doetriuall.v they claim most
faltbfull.v to stand b.v the Word of
Cod alone And one of their familiar
declarations N. "When the Word of
God hpcukoth we speak , when the-
Word of ( Joel Is se-nt | | wo aie silent"
But this beautiful simplicity of thoorj
our Disciple friends have found clllli
cult to work out in practice lionet
we find them as strongly lutrc'iie-hccl
behind unwritten cic'ods as are others
behind elaboiated creeds These arc
inculcated tluough the writings of
their stiindaid authorities Including
the editors of their leading journals
"Disciples" hold most tenaciously us
the Bible tc-ae liiug that Imiilhin in
nuter in iiiilixinnvililc to the JCHI/VS/OII / /
vf niim This cloctilne Is suppoitod by
fet'voiul Bible texts which decline ,
"Arise anil be lupti'/ed and wash
away thj sins , " "Baptism unto repentance -
anco and remission of sins , " etc
Before pointing out their mlsappll
cations of these- texts let us notetlu -
facts that ace ending to their theor.v
all others of mankind , Chiistians , Jews
and heathen , who have not been Im
morscd have not had their sins washed
away. Coiiseepie-ntly such mo .vet In
their sins Consequently such are lost.
And lost according to the general un-
deistanding of Disciples and other
Christians signifies shut out of heaven
shut out of Paradise * shut Into hell
and Its eternal torment.
Do our Disciple friends act a
though they believed this teaching ?
Do tlioj" spend all of their time and
energy and money in becking to bring
fellow-Christians into water baptism
for the i emission of sins and escape
from eternal toituro ? Assuredly they
do not. Hence vvo nio justified in
supposing that like our Baptist friends
the'.v have1 not taken seriously and log
ically their own doctrines. Hathor
tliej have assented to them thought
lessly It would appear to us , there
fore , that iloctrinally our Disciple
friends might easily be prevailed upon
to abandon their peculiar tenet to the
extent that It would not hinder thorn
fiom losing their Identltj as advo
cate's of "baptism for the remission
of sins" ami merging themselves or
federating with others
To assist thorn out of tht'ir illfllfult.v
we remind them that all the Scrlptuie
tlioj cite in support of Immersion for
the remission of sins belonged to the
Jews , and none of It to ( ienliles The
Jews wore exhorted bj John the Bap
tist and others to renounce sin , to
return to huriiiuiij with Moses' Law ,
and to s-hovv this change of character
by water immersion But those lphe ?
tilans who believed In Christ and
whom Aoollos baptized for the remla-
nlon of Mn- < did nut revolve the ttoli
Spirit. St Paul explained to them
that their baptism was an Improper
oiii that diey as Ucntllcs required
an Immersion Into Christ ( Acts xlx ,
1-7 : Romans \ | . ; n
Dnptiit Union Not Federation.
As a wec'l. ago wesuggc'stcd to
Prcshj tor Inns , Congregittlonallsts and
Methodists a union of heart and head
an bette'r than federation , so now we
suggest to tlu > denominations whose
doctrine's we are considering today
What wo shall suggest le-spectlng bap
tism will apply to all Chiistians
All Chiistians ugicc that Jesus anil
his apostles ( aught baptism and that
theie aie but "one Iold , one faith anil
cuie baptism" ( llpliesians Iv , W. We can
not hi'te elaborate' , hut merely suggest
that nowhcii' In the1 Scrlptnics is In
fatit baptism commanded or urged. The
expression , "Believe and be bapll/ed , "
Implies a mental development capable
of belief hc'.voiul Unit which Infants
possess Tlie original pietexl for In
troduc Ing infant baptism was set forth
b.v St. Augustine' , who uige'd that as
all mankind were going to etetnal lor
line except the Church. It vv _ ueees
sur.v to got Infants Into the1 riiuirh ,
and baptism was set fottb as ( he
door-wit.v All patents , of com so , vvc-ie
anxious that I heir children should be
liumc'isc-d Into the Chinch and saved
fiom ete-iiuil tottuio. And those good
wishes weie ccitainly commendable ,
e'Ven If uuneeossai.v.
Sul > siMUc | > ntj ! Immersion was declar
ed lei be uniicccssury and spi Inkling
been me Its substitute with all The
thought of pre'sc'rvatlon fiom etetnal
tormi'iil Ihc'icaflcr attached to the
sprinkling Although our minds have
broadened. se > that compaiativoly few
bolle'vo St Augustine's picscntutlon.
novel tile-less the custom of infant
sprinkling continues with more or h-ss
of fear to abandon It for the child's
sakeWho
Who will dispute that St. Paul's
wends of Itomaus vl , I-r ! > , aio the clear
est pi ( Dentation of ( he Impoit of bap
tlsm futnlshed us In the Bible ! The
passage1 N e lied In proof of e > vor.v the-
jry of baptism , .vet it supports onlj
one the- true one. Notice- that It does
not sav , as many suppose , So many of
us as wc'io baptl/e'd Into Jesus Christ
weie biptl/c'd into Hutu. It c/ocs / say ,
"So many > f us as we-io baptl/.ed Into
Jesus Chi 1st wcio baptised Into his
e/uf/i. / ) / " Is there not u dlffe-reneoV
That difference Is the explanation of
all of our dltllrult.v on this subject.
The' clearing of It away fuinlshes the
foundation for harmony between all.
and not me-ielj for harnioiij , but for
union amongst all olasse-s of consocrut
eel Christians
Consider the passage ciltlciilly
First , Immi'islon into Chi 1st signilles
to the justified believer Ids immersion
Into , his lanial into , the Body of
Christ as a member of "the Church
which is his Body" ( ipheslans : i , rj ,
U ; . Thfpostle sets forth clearly a
dlstlnetli' ' between the Chinch aiwl
the world and between the salvation
of the Church and the salvation of the
world. The- Church are "the ole-e-t"
of the Lend , called and chosen ; and
if faithful , they will be members of
the glorious Church beyond the veil
It , as the Bride of Christ , will he his
companion and Queen during the Mil
lennlal reign of glory for the blessing
of theVMM Id for the blessing eif the-
non-elect , considered last Sunda.v.
St. Paul not only tells us of our
ni'c'd to be thus immersed Into mem-
beishiii in theBodj of Chi 1st , but he
proceeds to tell us Iww that momber-
shlp can be * brought about. The
words , "Baptism Into his death" e > \ .
plain ( lie mailer. How sti.inge > that
we ever thought these welds signlllel
water immersion ! Our e-.ve-s are now
opened : Plulnlj , now , we see that
"Into bis death" signifies our partici
pation with olir Lord Je-siis in suf
fering for righteousness , in self-de
nials , solf-saoi Ilk-ings eif the same
ehataiter as those onduicd by the
Muster. It is tine Indeed that the
whole world suffe-is pain , .sorrow , dis
appointment , e-lc ; .vet our Lend suf
fered dille'ii-utly fiom all others , and
our cl.ving mu t c'oiic-spond to his He >
sinTe'ie-d , the Just for the unjust The
hol.v. Inn mlc-ss , unelclilc'd One laid
down his life smiiiic lall.v , voluntaiily ,
jovfull.v. And we , to sb.ne in his
death , to be "luptl/eel into his death , "
must do the same
TIUI- , Jesus was spotless , while we
aie members of the fallen race But
weaie Justified tluough faith In his
blood. And home we- have In the
Divine sight tluough him a standing
of human perfection or justification.
This standing is granted to us or im
puted to us for the very purpose of
permitting us to sacrifice our htimai
rights and earthly Inteiests as he sac
rifices ! his Tile "elect" aie to be dead
with him. that In the resurrection they
muj llve > with him and belike him and
t-hari' his glory , honor and Immortality.
Uy consocrut lou wo present our bodies
Jiving sacrifice's holy and acceptable to
Cod , as the Apostle doc-lures ( Romans
xli , 1) ) . Thus we nio "Immersed into
his death" and thus we become mem-
ben of his I Joel j.
Whoever falls to be thus immersed
into Clulst's death will fall of the
membership in his Body -will fall to
be of his elect Church , his Bride. The
dlfTe-renc-o between being dead with
Adam and being dead with Christ is
' 'TV great. By natuie we are all dead
w.th Adam He was u sinner , con
demned. We an his offering are the
same. It was iiecessar.v therefore that
we should by faith he lifted" out of
this condition of death with Adam , In
order that by consecration of all earth
ly Interests we might bccomo de-ad
with Christ. Thus we share with him
his sactillelal death and , partlclpa
tlon In "his tosiiiroetlon , " also become
bhirieni of his Kingdom glory
Kidding ourselves , then , of the un
scilptmul theoiy of an eternal torment
awaiting the non-elect , may not all
Christians pcnolvc the reasonableness
of the Divine pioposlilcm to bless them
through the ele'cf As Jesus by his
KK rifle c was , made Iloud of the
Church , so ail who will bo his members
must slime his spirit of sclf-sacritlce-
deatb to the world aucl earthly Inter
est. Onl.v such ma.v fdinro with him
In his Mllleiitilu ) Kingdom woik of
bh'HHlng , uplifting. Instructing , assist
Ing all of the non-elect Mum of ( be
non elect under the ftillei light and
bettor oppoilunllh's of the Millennium
will turn ft out slu to ilglilcousnoKft
from death to life' ete-tiial This "hup
tlvm lulu death" with Its blcssc-d re
ward e\c hides no denominational lines
It Im bides In tile1 Church of the oh'e t
those' eif e ve r.v denomination and of no
cleiiomlnnllon who e-omplj with Us
conditions of fulfil and obc-dle-uco and
i onsei lutlou unto death.
Was not tills our 1.01 el's baptism as
he eh'sc ilbeel ItJust / befoie his cm
e Illxlou he said , "I lmve > a baptism to
be bapll/e-cl with , and how I am strait
enecl ( tumbled ) until It he aceom
pllshecl' " Ills baptism dali-d fiom Ins
c'citise-i uitloii at .Ionian , hut It was not
full.v ' iKoimii'xHiuntil / / / / on the cross
he i tied , "l | 11 HuMicd" his baptism
Into death was llnlshcil Was not this
Imi'tlsm hilo death what he tel'eiied
to when spe-uklug ( o his dlsi | ple-x
Jii'tic-s and John ie.tiescd | | that Ihev
I , sit en his light h mil and left
hind in the- Kingdom In iopl\ Jesus
> -aiil "AleM - able1 to Impll/cd vvb'i '
the btiplNtu that I inn bipli/ed with
Suicl.v he-eliel iiol ic-fi-rtoa waici Im
metMOII' ' Sltlc'l.v heelld tclct to ins
baptism Into de-alli. i nil men it ins
apostles to un leisunicl that > m\ , i >
sb M | pg i i Ills liupilsm Into death < on d
the.v In | ic to i-ll wllh him in Ins
I'hloneMail ( , x , ItTl
\\lllt this leasoiialile , logical , Si Up
tiii.il v leu of baptism liefoii' oiu minds
which eif us would be' Im lilted In ells
pule over lhi > form of ( hes.v . tnliol or lit
respect to the class of persons who
should piopotlj use the s.vmbiil ? Sure
ly IIOIH- would claim ( hat Infants could
thus hcllcvcand thus consecialc- (
de-alh' Suic'l.v all would agree- that a
K.vmbollial imuie-islou Into vviile-i sue h
as was pnietlse-d h\ theiilll.v . Church ,
uc-coielltig to all the ii-ioids , wolllel be
the- most leasonalile , most be-aiitlfu
most appiopi late- method of s.vmtmli/
lug the- teal baptism into Chi 1st into
Ills death Let us then , deal file-lids
not be-i oiite-nt meielj to federate1 Let
us inii/ / < our hearts aucl heads am )
hands as members of theBodj of
Christ ; lei us be baptl/c-d with his
baptism , into his death1
When We Get a Y. M. C. A.
Can the Norfolk business men
"tome back ? "
That question , as much as the proh
lorn about Jim Jeffilos , will he put a
mount when the Norlolk Y. M. C A is
built. Heie's what is happening to
the business men ol Kansas City as
told in the Star
"Now , gentlemen , line up , ge-t in
line That's right Heady now and
mark time One , two , tlnoo , four , one
two , three , foui. Put your light toot
forwaul and maich singleIlle. . Right
Come along now. Turn to the loll and
keep going. "
The speaker was F B. Barnes , one
ol the physical cliiectors of the Young
Men's Christian association , the place
in the gymnasium on the fifth floor of
the new building at Tenth and Oak
stiei'ts. The IIICMI in line compose a
class ol Kansas City business and pier-
fessional men , who , like Jaim-H J Jeff
lies , aie trving to "come hack" The'
time was noon.
If you haven't taken much physical
exercise' in leient jears but still fancy
c-y , when you think of jenn condition
at all that jou'ie- pretty good man
go up to the Y. M C. A. and let Mi
Baines take- the conceit out of jou
First , however , watch some of the *
courageous stitT-kne'oel fat men ; some *
of the stort winded lean men and some
ol the1 soft-muscled shoit men try to do
things as Mr Harriott docs them Then
perhaps you'll take * another guess as to
whether jou de.siieto make the oxpei
intent.
The' ave-iage man can't run a short
block without being winded , so Mi
Barnes says. The aveiagc- man , who
take-s no I'xoiclso , looks like a molly
coddle in the Y. M C. A. gymnasium ,
but his case is not hopeless , and in
this new class the business men's
class they are taking the * e-haps who
work then hiains fiom morning until
night , and for an hour , trom lli until 1
o'clock , by a piocess of physical c-ul
tuio , gc-t theglood out ot theii bonds
and lush It down In the- direction ot'
thc-ii Ic-ot Theicsiilt is u steadying
of theneive.s ami a new and jojous
appetite
But that one-hour athletic- drill Is
funnj and Mr. Barnes , who is deadly
serious all the time , does , by his very
seriousness , give the casual visitor
manj a laugh How he inns those
men around the gym and makes them
woik.
"On the mat , get ready , " said the
cllroc toi. "Follow mo. "
The dlic-ctoi stood on his right foot
Ills left toot he giuspod in Ills right
hand Then ho hopped to the end of
the mat , a mat about llfty foot in
length. The othois weio supposed to
follow. Most of them did , all of thorn
tried , but theie weio a few fat men
who broke at the "hall mile" post ami
fell down laughing
Around the- gym to the starting point
again. This time it was jumping short
distances with both feet tiumcly did
the class follow their loaders. A fe-v
tarried , hut thc'y mudo fun for the re > st
"Now. the turkey squat , " said the-
director. And putting his hands undei
his legs fiom the back ho clasped them
together , and in that awkward fashion
stalled to lead his class to the end of
the mat again. This was a hard tiick
ami some of the mote experienced fell
down on the * job. At the end of the
rmit Mr Bainos gracolully bent his
head forward ami turned a perfect
somersault. The otheis were supposed
to follow Quite * a number turned good
somersaults , others got half wnj and
foil sideways , and the fat man at the
extreme end of the line refused c-ve-n
to trj1.
"There never was a man born"said
Mr. Humes , as he was adjusting his
HWeater , "who didn't want to bo a bnv
again This sort of a place gives a
man the * opportunity to come In for an
hour and play It's a line thing , too
It gives him strength and health , and
he' goes out fooling a whole lot bette-i
Unsaid himself and everyoneOM ! * "
Monej makes fools of nome mc'i >
while the lack ot inonoj has a similar
effect on others , there IK never an )
danger of u shortage of tin * fool crop.
