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BAPTISM—WHAT IT IS AND WHAT
IT SIGNIFIES.
PREACHED TO BROADWAY BAPTIST
CHURCH, LOUISVILLE, KY, BY W.
L. PICKARD. D D., OCTOBER 18. 1896.
‘‘Go ye therefore and make disciples
of all the nations, baptizing them into
the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Matt.
28:19.
In presenting to you, my hearers,
this theme, which has so often been
discussed, I shall try and not cover it
up with that which might seem to be
scholarship, yet shall try to present it
In the light of the best scholarship,
and so clearly that it cannot be mis
understood by any one.
It was show’n in our study on last
Sunday that “regeneration” is the
greatest doctrine for which Baptists
stand; that “it is always a prerequisite
to baptism"; that baptism, in form, is
meaningless and unscriptural, unless he
who receives it has been regenerated
and has exercised belief and repent
ance. It was shown that the logical
results of the Scriptural doctrine of
regeneration are: a converted mem
bership in our churches; individuality
of conscience; equality of all church
members in church rights and privi
leges; separation of Church and State;
religious liberty, and, necessarily, a
true zeal for the carrying out of our
Lord’s great commission. To-day,
therefore, we study: What is Baptism?
and what does it signify?
Baptism is a very sacred thing.
There are just two ordinances com
manded in the New Testament to be
observed. One is baptism, the other
the Lord’s Supper. Our Lord received
the ordinance of baptism .And after his
resurrection from the dead, and just
before his ascension, he gave his great
commission in these words: “And
Jesus came to them and spake unto
them saying, AU authority hath been
given unto me in heaven and on earth.
Go ye, therefore, and make disciples of
all the nations, baptizing them into
the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever
I have commanded you."
There are four things in this com
mission that are perfectly clear. The
first is, Christ has all authority for
what he is commanding. “All author
ity hath been given to me in heaven
and on earth,” says he. Second:the
Gospel of the Son of God is to be
preached, that the world may believe
on him. “Go ye, therefore, and make
disciples of all the nations.” Third:
those who become disciples are to be
baptized “into the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.” Fourth: this practice is to
continue to the end of the Christian
dispensation. “Teaching them to ob
serve all things whatsoever I have
commanded you; and 10, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the
world.” It is perfectly clear, there
fore, that those who believe in Christ
as their personal Savior are command
ed by him to be baptized. It is the
clearest kind of a duty, for the Lord
has commanded it. Baptism cannot
save. It is not administered for that
purpose. On the contrary, no person
In this world ought to be baptized who
is not already a saved person through
faith in the Son of God.
What then is the very thing bap
tism? Here we must have absolutely
definite knowledge. There must be
no guessing. Christ has commanded
us to believe and be baptized, it we
do not know certainly what baptism
Is, there is not one of us who can
know that he has obeyed Christ's com
mand.
But this, too, is made as plain as act
and word can make it. That John the
Baptist first introduced this rite to the
world, there can be no tenable ground
of doubt. The burden of the world’s
scholarship proves this.
JOHN S BAPTISM OF THE PEOPLE
“In those days came John the Bap
tist teaching in the wilderness of
Judea, and saying. Repent ye, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand. Then
went out to him Jerusalem and all
Judea, and all the region round about
Jordan, and were baptized of him in
Jordan confessing their sins.” Matt.
3:1-6. The same is told in Mark 1,
and in Luke 3.
JOHN BAPTIZES JESUS.
“Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to
Jordan unto John, to be baptized of
him. But John forebade him, saying,
I have need to be baptized of thee,
and contest thou to me? And Jesus
answering, said unto him: Suffer it
now; for thus it becometh us to fulfill
all righteousness. Then he suffereth
him. And Jesus when he was bap
tized went up straightway from the
water, and 10, the heavens were open
ed unto him, and he saw the Spirit of
God descending as a dove and com
ing upon him; and 10, a voice out of
the heavens saying: This is my be
loved Son in whom I am well pleased.”
Matt. 3:13-17. Told also in Mark 1,
and Luke 3.
The Apostle John, the writer of the
fourth Gospel, testifies to this as fol
lows: “And John bare witness,
saying, I have beheld the Spirit de
scending as a dove out of heaven, and
It abode upon him, and I knew him
not: but he that sent me to baptize in
water, he said unto me, Upon whom
soever thou shalt see the Spirit de
scending, and abiding upon him, the
same is he that baptizeth in the Holy
Spirit. And I have seen, and have
borne witness that this is the Son of
God.” John 1:32-34.
John again: “And John also was
baptizing in Enon near to Salim be
cause there was much water there.”
John 3:23.
APOSTOLIC BAPTISM.
“Now when they heard this they
were pricked In their hearts, and said
unto Peter and the rest of the apostles:
Brethren, what shall we do? And
Peter said unto them: Repent ye, and
be baptized, every one of you, in the
name of Jesus Christ unto the remis
sion of your sins. They then that re
ceived his word were baptized, and
the Lord added to them day by day
those that were being saved.” Acts
2:37.
Again: “But when they believed
Philip preaching the things concern
ing the kingdom of God, and the name
of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,
both men and women.” Acts 8:12.
Take the case of Philip and the
eunuch. Philip opened his mouth
and beginning from the Scriptures,
preached unto him Jesus. And as they
went on the way they came unto a
certain water, and the eunuch saith.
Here is water, what doth hinder me
to be baptized? And he commanded
the chariot to stand still: and they
both went down into the water, both
Philip and the eunuch; and he bap
tized him. And when they were come
up out of the water, the Spirit of the
Lord caught away Philip. Acts 8:
36-39.
“And Ananias went his way, and
entered into the house, and putting his
hands on him, said: The Lord, even
Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the
way as thou earnest, hath sent me that
thou mlghtest receive thy sight, and
be filled with the Holy Ghost. And
immediately there fell from his eyes
as it had been scales: and he received
his sight forthwith, and arose, and was
baptized.” Acts 9: 17-18.
“While Peter yet spake these words,
the Holy Ghost fell on all them which
heard the word. And they of the cir
cumcision which believed were aston
ished, because that on the Gentiles also
was poured out the gift of the Holy
Ghost. Then answered Peter: Can
any man forbid water that these
should not be baptized, which have re
ceived the Holy Ghost as well as we?
And he commanded them to be bap
tized in the name of the Lord.” Acts
10: 44-48.
In Acts 16: 13 following, we have
the famous case of Lydia and her
household. They were “by the river
side where prayer was wont to be
made.” Paul preached to them, and
the Lord opened the hearts of those
who heard, and they were baptized.
The jailor said to Paul and Silas:
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
And they said, Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,
and thy house. And they spake unto
him the word of the Lord,' and to all
that were in the house. And he took
them the same hour of the night, and
washed their stripes; and was bap
tized, he and all his, straightway.”
Acts 16: 30-33. Here Paul preached
“the word of the Lord” to “the jailor”
“and all his household,” and all be
lieved and were baptized. Undoubt
edly a case of “household baptism.”
But every member exercised personal
belief in “the word of the Lord” as
preached by Paul.
Again: “And Crispus, the chief
ruler of the synagogue, believed on
the Lord witli all his house, and many
of the Corinthians hearing believed,
and were baptized.” Acts 18: 8. Here
the Gospel was preached, Crispus and
every member of his household be
lieved, and the believing household
were baptized. Likewise the “Corin
thians hearing, believed and were bap
tized.”
In Acts 19: 1-6 we have the notable
case of rebaptism, as I think those
disciples had not received the Holy
Spirit in regeneration before they re
ceived John’s baptism. Paul taught
them the necessity of conversion be
fore baptism. Then when they were
"taught the way of the Lord more per
fectly” they were baptized, and then,
in that particular case, those received
the Holy Ghost in an especial sense
for special power. Whatever views
may be held with reference to this
passage, one thing is clear: conver
sion comes before baptism. Else even
immersion by a great Baptist preacher
is not valid. It is believe and then be
baptized.
Other references.
“Or are ye ignorant that all we who
were baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into his death? We were
buried therefore with him through
baptism into his death; that like as
Christ was raised from the dead by
tlie glory of the Father, so we also
might walk in newness of life. For if
we have become united with him by
the likeness of his death, we shall be
also by the likeness of his resurrec
tion.” Rom. 6: 3-5. In 1 Cor. 14: 17,
stress is placed on preaching the Gos
pel —baptism follows.
"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 baptized unto Moses in the
cloud and in the sea.” 1 Cor. 10: 1-2.
They were “under the cloud,” “passed
through the sea.” Thus overwhelmed
—baptized.
“For as many of you as have been
baptized into Christ, have put on
Christ.” Gal. 3: 27.
Again: “Buried with him in bap
tism, wherein also ye are risen with
him through the faith of the opera
tion of God, who hath raised him from
the dead.” Col. 2: 12.
“One Lord, one faith, one baptism.”
Eph. 4: 5.
“Which some time were disobedient,
when once the longsuffering of God
waited in the days of Noah, while the
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ark was preparing, wherein few, that
is eight souls, were saved by water.
The like figure whereunto even bap
tism doth now save us (not the put
ting away the filth of the flesh, but
the answer of a good conscience to
ward God), by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 3: 20-21. In
this passage figure is set over against
figure. If there were any trouble as
to the baptismal part of it, it seems to
me the trouble would disappear by
what is Involved in the reference to
“the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
I have thus far let the Word of God
speak for itself on the question of bap
tism, and have tried to be Christianly
just to every line of it. I think I have
quoted all the passages or referred to
them, in the New Testament, that re
fer to water baptism.
There are three principles involved
in these passages—principles that
seem perfectly clear to me.
First. Every case of baptism in the
New Testament is one in which the
individual for himself accepted Christ.
Even in the cases of the household
baptisms each member of the house
hold believed on the Word of God for
himself. Believe, believe is the key
note in the Gospel appeal. Believe
and then be baptized!
Second. Baptism Is in some cases
mentioned simply as a fact. Some
thing that was administered to believ
ers. Nothing in the description shows
what it is.
Third. But many cases clearly
show the very form of baptism. “They
go down Into the water.” “They bap
tize in the river.” “They come up out
of the water.” "They are buried in
baptism.” “They are raised." "They
are planted in the likeness of his
death,” and raised in the "likeness” of
his resurrection.
But the meaning of the word bap
tize itself settles all questions as to
what baptism is. In classic usage it
means “to dip,” “to plunge,” "immerse
anything in liquid,” "to overwhelm
literally or figuratively.” The Sep
tuaguint uses this word four times,
and, in each case, it signifies to "im
merse." The New Testament usage of
the word “baptizo” always, either lit
erally or figuratively, means “to im
merse.” The slightest doubt on this
point will be removed by simply look
ing into the meaning of the word as
given in any reputable Greek lexicon
of the New Testament Greek. To this
might be added a long list of scholars
who are not Baptists who give their
decision wholly in favor of Immersion
being the baptism which Christ re
ceived. But we are commanded to be
lieve and be baptized. We have seen
what baptism is: "The immersion of
a believer in water into the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit.”
what does baptism mean ?
It signifies two things:
First: It is a symbol of Christ’s
death, burial and resurrection. Bap
tism has a very sacred and solemn
meaning to it. The great things in
Christ’s human career were his death,
burial, and resurrection from the dead.
“Without the shedding of blood there
is no remission of sin.” “The blood of
Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all
sin.” “Christ died for our sins and
rose for our justification.” “And Jesus
going up to Jerusalem took the twelve
disciples apart in the way, and said to
them: Behold we go up to Jerusalem;
and the Son of man shall be betrayed
unto the chief priests, and unto the
scribes, and they shall condemn him
to death, and shall deliver him to the
Gentiles to mock and to scourge and
to crucify him, and the third day he
shall rise again.” . Here the Master
calls attention especially to two
things, his death and resurrection.
Matt. 20: 17-19. Mark 10: 32-34; Luke
18: 31-34.
Again: “But I have a baptism to be
baptized with; and how am I strait
ened till it be accomplished.” Luke
12: 50. Here the Master uses baptism
as the one thing to set forth in the
strongest possible way, his great suf
ferings. As in baptism the body is
overwhelmed, immersed in water, so
his soul was to be immersed, over
whelmed in anguish. Take Christ's
death, burial and resurrection out of
the New Testament, and you take
from it its very heart, and from the
world its only hope. “As Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness so
must the Son of man be lifted up.”
“And I, if I be lifted up, will draw all
men unto me.” To Calvary! to Cal
vary! Christ must die and conquer
death literally and spiritually, else
man must die forever! Baptism beau
tifully sets forth in a simple, sacred
picture, the burial and resurrection of
our Lord. He commanded that all
should believe in him—believe in him
as the crucified, risen Lord, and then
that they should express this belief in
him by putting him on in baptism—
the rite that exactly pictures his death
and resurrection from the dead. And
this is the only ordinance in the world
that does picture his burial and resur
rection. You never saw another ordi
nance that made you think of Christ’s
burial and resurrection! But you
never saw a person buried in baptism
without having your mind fixed on the
burial and resurrection of your Lord.
Beautiful, simple picture! A sacred
duty devolving upon all who believe!
If you believe in his death for your
sins and his resurrection for your just
ification. then “put him on by bap
tism;” for he says: “He that believ
eth and is baptized shall be saved.”
Again, “If ye love me ye will keep my
commandments.”
Second. Baptism symbolizes our re
lation to Christ’s atoning death.
It sets forth, first, what he did for
us; second, our relation to what he did
for us. Regeneration is the greatest
need of the soul. We are regenerated
by the Holy Spirit, the death of
Christ being the foundation of all re
generated life. Listen now to the
Scripture: ißufled with him by bap
tism wherein also ye are risen with
him through- the faith of the operation
of God, who hath raised him from the
dead.” Col. 2: 12. Here baptism sym
bolizes that death and burial of Christ
in which you devoutly believe as the
basis of all your hope. As you believe
in his death so you say in act when
you go into the symbolic grave: “He
died for me.” As you believe in his
resurrection, so you say in the sym
bolic burial and resurrection: “He
rose for me,” “and for me, personally,
life and Immortality are brought to
light.” You express the belief that by
his grace —matchless grace, your soul
Is dead to sin and risen to a new and
better life —even as the Scripture says:
“We are buried, therefore, with him
through baptism into death; that like
as Christ was raised from the dead by
the glory of the Father, so we also
might walk in newness of life.”
It also sets forth our complete sur
render to the triune God. “Baptized
into the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” The
Father so loved the world that he gave
his only begotten Son that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish
but have everlasting life.” "Christ
died for our sins and rose for our just
ification.” The Holy Spirit was given
to convict of sin and to quicken into
new life. “That which is born of the
Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said
unto you, ye must be born anew.”
John 3: 7. So when a person is
renewed in heart so that he looks up
by faith and says: “Our Father.”
“my Savior,” and "thou Holy Spirit,
my guide and comforter,” he is pre
pared to enter the liquid grave and be
baptized “into the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit,” and thus say to the world:
Henceforth I belong unreservedly to
the triune God. How beautiful, how
significant is baptism! We know
what it is. We have our Lord’s own
example. We know what it means.
Every one who believes on him as a
personal Savior ought meekly to obey
his command. God help all to believe
and obey!
“Down to the sacred wave the Lord of
life was led.
And he who came our souls to save, in
Jordan bowed his head.”
“He taught the solemn way, he fixed
the holy rite;
He bade his ransomed ones obey and
keep the path of light.”
“Blest Savior, we will tread in thy ap
pointed way;
Let glory o'er these scenes be shed and
smile on us to-day.”
For the Index.
Led By impressions.
BY REV. C. H. WETHERBE.
Many Christians are much in the
habit of being governed by their im
pressions with respect to both tem
poral and spiritual things. If they
feel impressed to; do a certain thing,
or to go to a certain place, they will
obey the impression. If they feel im
pressed to not do a certain thing, even
though at first they thought that they
would do it, they will refrain from it.
They believe that their impressions
are made by the Holy Spirit. Now, I
would not discourage any Christian
from obeying any impression which
the Holy Spirit does make upon him,
but rather I would urge him to be true
to such an impression; and yet I
would urge one to carefully discrimi
nate between impressions. This is the
advice which I recently gave to a
Southern lady, and she asked me how
I would discriminate. It is not easy
to tell how this may be done. I know
that, in my own experience, I have
been obliged to exercise much cau
tion lest I be misled by my impres
sions. I am certain that I have been
misled. I have followed some impres
sions which I had supposed were made
by the Holy Spirit, but which I after
wards found were from some other
source. Probably they were the result
of my anxious wish to go in a certain
direction, or to do a certain thing, or
to refrain from doing a certain thing.
At any rate I found that I was mis
taken. Still this is not a matter of
frequent occurrence with me. But
how shall one discriminate between
impressions made by the Holy Spirit
and those which come from some other
source? I know of no other way than
that of praying with all earnestness
for light and discernment, desiring
above all things to know just what
God would have one do. Let one place
himself in as receptive a condition as
possible. Let there be a hearty will
ingness to do God’s will. Ask, “Lord,
what shall I do? Keep me from mak
ing a mistake in regard to this mat
ter.” Sooner or later there will settle
in the heart a conviction as to what
one ought to do, or not do. But be
ware of mere superficial, emotional
impressions. Guard against mere
imaginations. Don't be in too great a
hurry. God reveals his will to those
who really want to know and do his
will.
Rededication and prayer are the in
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The latter book is very helpful to
me. It is gratifying to find in it com
mendation of some of the methods of
work used in my own classes. It crit
icises other methods, and suggests still
others. It will stimulate any teacher
who has the ambition to supply him
self with a few dollars' worth of books
in addition to the text-book with
which the class is supplied. It will
prove helpful to readers also, and
ought especially to be commended to
the attention of book clubs whose
members, co-operating, for a few dol
lars apiece, supply themselves with
good reading for the winter evenings
and then donate the books to the li
brary of the village academy.
The author of the former book is the
well known Professor of Church His
tory in the Yale Divinity School, and
author of works on American Colonial
History, Medieval and Church His
tory, and Universal History. The pres
ent book is in part an abridgement
and in part a recasting of his larger
work on Outlines of Universal His
tory, by the same publishers and in
tended for more advanced pupils. I
beg leave to enter a protest against
the use of either one of them for a
text-book. Not that they cannot and,
by some, are not used successfully;
but the advertised use of them too
often means the abuse of them. The
teacher who is trained will find either
of them too comprehensive for a class
to master in one year or even two.
He will study select periods and use
other or at least additional treatises.
But when used as such text-books
too often are used, the pupil gets a
great deal of practice in mnemonics
and a stock of information enabling
him to understand the historical refer
ences in general literature. Now this
latter could be gotten with less ex
pense of time and labor by reference
to, say, a Universal History on the
reference table, while the time spent
on history could be used to better ad
vantage by another method. There
is more to be learned from history than
one author, however faithful his re
cital of the facts, has opportunity to
indicate. History has been too little
appreciated as a medium or instru
ment of the pedagogical art. I men
tion briefly the study of method, fa
miliarity in the use of authorities and
sources, the critical estimate of them
according to the point of view which
the authors take, the study of causal
sequence, of cause and effect in social
phenomena.
The reaction from the one-book sys
tem to the many-books system of
studying history is full upon us. Its
opportunities are great: in its accom
plishments already considerable. One
instance of its practical application
comes to me from the experience of a
former pupil. There has been great
criticism of the unfairness and preju
dice manifest in the text-books on Am
erican history prepared by Northern
writers for use in public schools. The
demand for “fair and unprejudiced”
text-books has called forth a crop from
Southern writers that are equally unfair
and prejudiced on the other side. The
child who studies either set to the ex
clusion of the other will be as narrow
and prejudiced as the source from
which he draws. The child who uses
both, under proper direction, will form
a more critical and fairer judgment
and will be more liberal-minded than
either author, a consummation devout
ly to be wished.
FREDERICK W. MOORE.
A Critical and Exegetical Commen
tary on Luke. Rev. Alfred Plum
mer, M. A. Charles Scribner’s Sons,
New York. Price $3.00.
This is one of the series of com
mentaries perfected under the editor
ship of Drs. Briggs, Driver and Plum
mer. These commentaries are ex
pected to meet the needs of the more
modern school of critics. Some of the
preceding volumes have fully met the
expectation of those who were critical
ly inclined. Indeed some of them
have given indications of a disposition
to criticism for mere criticism's sake.
With the general reputation of the
other volumes of this series of com
mentaries we took up this with mani
fest suspicion. After a careful exam
ination, and in many portions a minute
study of Luke by its help, we desire to
not only commend it but recommend
it. It is honestly critical. Where
difficulties occur they are frankly
stated and as frankly faced. Many
times we might ourselves give a differ
ent answer, but in no case is an opin
ion rendered with dogmatism or with
any slighting allusions’to other views.
Indeed this spirit of candor and re
spect is found all through the work.
The introduction treats of the author
ship, sources, time and place, object
and plan, characteristics, style and
language, the integrity, the condition
of the text and the literary history of
the book. This introduction is pecu
liarly valuable. The authorship of
Luke is of course maintained, as well
as the influence of Paul upon him.
The theory of an Ebionitic source is
deemed utterly untenable. Dr. Plum
mer gives a fine study of the language
and style of Luke, making interesting
comparisons with the Acts, with Paul
and with Matthew and Mark. All
this displays scholarship and care. In
the Commentary several excellent
principles are observed. The discus
sion of critical questions is separated
and placed in smaller type just fol
lowing the interpretation of passages.
Not every word and sentence receives
comment, but instead, the salient
point of each portion is selected. This
gives more space for wise comment
where it is needed. Dr. Plummer is
the master of clear, pithy English
and a spiritual insight into truth.
With these two essential qualities he
combines good sound sense and ac
curate scholarship. The result is a
commentary that for helpfulness we
have not in our experience found
equaled save by Dr. Broadus’ Matthew
and Ellicott’s series on the Pauline
Epistles. We have undertaken a study
of Luke with its help hnd found new
light and new truth , Although the
Greek text is used it will be found use
ful to those using only English, while
a comparatively slight knowledge of
Greek will suffice to make full use of
the whole book.
The Evolution of the Art of Music.
C. Hubert H. Parry. D. Appleton &
Co., New York. Price $1.50.
We can imagine no more interest
ing book than this for the lover of
music. If it is not our lot to be a
musical expert there is yet much of
the philosophy and the art of music
that we can comprehend and be inter
ested in. There is a mental concep
tion of music possible even to those
who have no ear for producing beauti
ful combinations of tones. The his
tory of music is in Itself a study of un
usual interest. Ail of this is com
bined in this unusual volume. It is a
history, and through the history a
study of the philosophy and the prac
tical operation of musical laws. It be
gins with a study of music in rough
and savage tribes and the first efforts
to organize tones into melody. Chap
ters follow on scales and folk-music,
in which are found studies in Persian,
Indian, Chinese, Japanese and other
systems. After this come chapters on
religious music, which was the next
stage of progress. The rise of secular
music is traced as the next succeeding
step. With this instrumental music de
velops rapidly. Last of all we have
the modern tendencies. Interspersed
through all this are melodies, esti
mates of composers and the use of
various instruments. If any one is
not attracted by this summing up of
its contents they are dull in musical
sense or lacking in interest in a great
force in human life. The book is ac
curate and very well written. It ought
certainly to be in all our schools,
where it can be read even if not
studied.
The Search Light of St. Hippolytus.
Park P. Flournay. Fleming H.
Revell Co., Chicago and New York.
Price $1.50.
The basis of this book is the “Refu
tation of all Heresies,” an ancient
book discovered in 1842 and now defi
nitely accredited to Hippolytus, who
flourished about 200 A.D. This book
expresses certain opinions about men
and about heresies then prevalent.
The effect of these is to discredit the
Romish claims as to their line of Popes
and also to throw much light on the
canon of Scripture and certain theo
ries of New Testament construction.
The book is a most unusual one and
is of great value. We were surprised
to find so much of genuine proof in it.
The author uses his material to great
A SPIRITUALIST SPEAKS.
Advice from a Prominent Member
of this Society.
Bhe Tells a “Moon” Reporter the Secret of Hcfi
Good Health and Happiness. - ’
From the Moon, Battle Creek, Mich,
When a person has been cured from a
malady that lias troubled him for years and
the best physicians in the country were
powerless to grapple with it. When the
patient had suffered for years all the agonies
that pen can describe, and then was cured by
a remedy, it is no wonder that the patient
who has thus been cured would be loud in
the praise of that remedy. This is the case
of Henry Weston, whose story was told in
the J/bo» several monthsago. It will be re
membered that Mr. Weston doctored with
one of the best specialists in the country and
found no relief, and then after a few boxes
of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills had been taken
he was well. Mr. Weston is so jubilant oyer j
his recovery that he never tires of telling 1
his story to others. It was through him tiiat
Mrs. John Estell, of South Avenue, was in
duced to try them. She is well acquainted
with Mr. Weston, and through his advice
and knowing that he had been cured by this ,
remedy, she was induced to try them.
A Jfoon reporter called on Mrs. Estell and
asked her if the story of her cure was true.
She said that she knew of the remarkable
cure of Mr. Weston, and she was suturing
from the after effects of the grippe and'a l>ad
case of indigestion. She doctored with a
local physician and received no special bene
fit. Mr. Weston had urged her to try the
pills, and after site had made up her mind
that it was useless for her to doctor witli the
physicians any longer, she decided to try Dr.
WiMiams' Pink Pills for Pale People. She
went to Amberg ,t Murphy’s drug store and
asked them about the remedy, stating her
case. The druggist told her that they knew
of many cases like hers that had been cured
by the pills, and they had not the least bit
of doubt about her receiving great benefit if i
she took the medicine. She bought a box
and in a very short time she was a new :
woman, the effects of the grippe were all j
gone and her stomach which had troubled :
her tor so many years was better. For years |
she had toeat only the easiest food that could
be digested, and many articles of diet that 1
she longed for had to be let alone. She was j
troubled with that awful disease of indiges
tion and the long train of diseases that go ;
with it She suffered with all of the hor- :
rors that persons affected with that malady are
subject to, hut after she had taken the pills (
a short time she found relief and now she I
eats everything she desires, an<XJias no fears I
at all. She eats things now, and has noafter j
pains, or trouble with indigestion, that a few j
months ago she would not have thought of I
taking into her stomach no more than she '
wouldadose of poison. Toa J/bon reporter
she said: “The Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills
made a new woman of me.” Mrs. Estell is [
the picture of health, and says site feels bet
ter to-day than she has for years, and attri
butes her good health to the use of the reme
dy that everyone is taking. She cannot say
enough in favor of it and never misses a
chance to tell her friends of what it has done
for her. One to look at her would not think
that she had ever had a sick day in her life
and she says she feels better than she has for
many years.
Mrs. Estell is well-known in this city, her
husband owns the Estell cottages on South
Avenue, where she and her husband reside.
The lady is president of the Ladies’ Aid,
and she is a prominent worker in the First
Society of Spiritualists in this city. She is
known in almost every home here and a re
commendation that comes from her has
weight. When she tells her friends of what
this great remedy has done for her and they
see the healthy look on her face, they cannot
doubt it, no matter how much they might
desire. It is certainly a marvel what has
done for her.
To the scribe she said that she thought it
was her duty to her friends to tell them of
what the Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills had
done for her. She had been cured and when
she saw others who were trying their best to
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IT’S CURES
THAT COUNT.
Many so-called remedies are
pressed on the public attention
on account of their claimed
large sales. But sales cannot
determine values. Sales sijnply
argue good salesmen, shrewd
puffery, or enormous advertis
ing. It’s cures that count. It
is cures that are counted on by
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Its sales
might be boasted. It has the
world for its market. But
sales prove nothing. We point
only to the record of Ayer’s
Sarsaparilla, as proof of its
merit:
50 YEARS
OF CURES.
advantage, and it is certainly a search
light. It will be especially helpful to
those opposing the Romish claims.
The style is interesting and a touch of
sarcasm gives piquancy to it.
“Brown’s Bronchial Troches”
are a simple yet most effectual remedy
for Coughs, Hoarseness and Bronchial
Troubles. Avoid imitations.
Before the Senate is a petition bear
ing more than 600,000 names, asking
for the recognition of Cuban independ
ence. Among the signatures are most
of the members of nearly every State
Legislature in the Union. The peti
tion is wound on a wheel which stands
four feet high.
FOR IXDIGESTION
Use Horsford’s Acid Phosphate.
Dr. 8 P Peck, Hinton, W. Va., says: “ 1
have used It lu Indigestion and it has no
equal.”
Xenophon, in his speech made to the
ten thousand Greeks, spoke a truth
which history has never ceased to re
peat. “Somehow,” he said, “the brave
live to be old, and those who flee to
save their lives are ignominiously and
quickly killed.” Duty-doing is always
a good investment. —S. S. Times.
I on’t —ls a dealer offers you a bottle of Sal
vation OH without wraoper or labels, or in a
mutilated condition, don’t touch it—don't
bu? It at any price, the e Is something
wrong-It may be a danger us or worthless
counterfeit. Insist up > getting a perfect,
unbroken, genuine package. Be on your
guard 1
And he said unto me, “My grace is
sufficient for thee;” for my strength
is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor.
12: 9).
get relief from their maladies by doctoring
with the physicians and after taking treat- (
ment for months and secured no relief, site,
believed tiiat it was time for them to try,
something that would cure them. In all the 1
cases that she had recommended this remedy :
for she had not heard of one that had not
been greatly benefited by it. To the reporter
she said, “ You cannot put it too strong for,
me. I am oveijoyed at the result of my
experience with the remedy, and I have not
only recommended it to friends in this city,
but have written to a number in other places
who have taken my advice and bought the
pills, with the same remarkable results as I
had. It is a remedy that should be in every
home.” ,
J. W. Murphy, of the drug firm of Am
berg & Murphy, was seen by a Moon re
fresentative in regard to the case of Mrs.
Istell. “Yes,” said he, “her case was a
remarkable one, but only one of many, yes,
perhaps hundreds in this city alone. We
never iiave any fears about recommending
these pills to our customers. We do not as
a rule guarantee patent remedies, but there
is no risk to run in guaranteeing this remedy.
No one who has ever taken it can say any
thing but praise for it and what everyone
says must be true.” ,
Mr. Murphy then cited the cases of a'
number of our prominent citizens who hnd
been cured by the pills and whose cases had
been almost beyond cure so many thought.
We have so many calls for these pills a' '
hear so much about their cures that it 1 c
comes an everyday occurrence witli us and
we do not keep track of the parties w lio are
cured by them,” he said to the scribe, “hut
if we kept a list of our patrons on the reme
dy we could furnish you a long list of per.
sons to interview, who have not only been
made well, hut happy also by this medicine.”
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
are handy to take and carry. They can be
carried in the vest pocket and taken at any
time during the day.
The cases of Mrs. Estell and Mr. Weston
.mentioned in this article were treated by
doctors for months. Mr. Weston payingout
hundreds of dollars to doctors and then given
up. He was cured with a few boxes of Pink
Pills. Mrs. Estell only bought two boxes,
just a dollar did she spend. This was vastly
different from paying out a dollar a visit
from a physician. It is no wonder that peo
ple are so anxious to tell their friends of
what this remedy will do.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
are prepared by the Dr. Williams’ Med
icine Co., of Schenectady, N. Y., a firm
whose ability and reliability are unques
tioned. Pink Pills are not looked upon as a
patent medicine, but as a prescription,
having been used as such for years in general
practice, and their successful results in
curing various afflictions made it imperative
that they be prepared in quantities to meet
the demand of the public, and place them in
reach of all. They are an unfailing specific
for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neu
ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache the
after effects of la grippe, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow complexions, and the
tired feeling resulting from nervous prostra
tion, all diseases resulting from vitiated hu
mors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic
erysipelas, etc. They are also a specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as suppres
sions, irregularities, and all forms of weak
ness. They build up the and restore
the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks.
In men they effect a radical cure in all cases
arising from mental worry, overwork, or
excesses of whatever nature.
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in
; loose form by the dozen or hundred, and the
public are cautioned against numerous imi
tations sold in this shape) at 50 cents a box
or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had of all
druggists, or direct by mail from Dr. Wil
liams’ Medicine Company.