VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY MAY 27, 1902. NUMBER 3!
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ASSESSOR’S NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under
signed, as assessor of Jackson county,
Arkansas, will meet the people of the
different townships at the following times and
places, for the purpose of listing the Personal
Property and Per Capita Tax for the ,
year 1902:
Barren township, McDougal’s residence, Mon
day and Tuesday, June 2, and 3.
Glaize township, Grand Glaize, Wednesday
and Thursday June 4 and 5.
Breckinridge township, Auvergne, Friday
June 6.
Breckinridge township, Weldon, Saturday
June 7.
Breckinridge township, Tupelo, Monday
June 9.
Cow Eake township, Nance’s Store Tuesday
• and Wednesday, June 10 and 11.
Riclnvoods township, Martin’s Old Residence,
Thursday and Friday, June 12 and 13.
Cache township, Burton’s Store, Saturday
June 14.
Cache township, Martin’s School House, Mon
day and Tuesday June 16, and 17.
Grubbs township, Robinson’s Chapel, Wednes
day and Thursday June 18 and 19.
Village township, Barnes’ Mill, F'riday
June 20.
Jefferson township, Jacksonport, Monday and
Tuesday, June 23 and 24.
Bird township, Elgin, Wednesday June 25.
Bird township, Centerville, Thursday, June 26.
Bird township, Tuckerman, Friday and Sat
urday, June 27 and 28.
Glass township, Swifon, Monday June 30
Tuesday and Wednesday, July 1 and 2.
Union township, Court House, Newport, from
July 7 to August 20.
Please bring along your deeds or last tax
receipts. — _ . _
Given under my hand this 6th day of
May 1902.
B. F. SIMMONS
Assessor of Jackson County.
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SERMON ON BAPTISM.
By Rev. L. H. Richardson, Pastor of
Presbyterian Church, Relative to
Essentiality of Baptism and
Mode Practiced In
Scriptures.
“Christ said ‘Search the scriptures,
for in them ye think ye have eternal
life, and they are they which testify
of me.’ *To the law and to the testi
mony ; if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no
light in them.’ ”
The Holy Scriptures are the pro
fessed standard of us all as Christians;
but whence we aver that this is our
one rule of judgment and conduct, we
should be very careful lest in our zeal
for our own opinions and fancies we
depend more upon human wisdom to
bolster up the word of God.
We as Presbyterian Christians, how
ever, believe in creeds. Our creed is
a written record of our opinions, put
in black and white, to which we and
all men can refer, and know where we
stand, and around which we rally and
contend for “the faith once delivered
to the saints,” for they are instru
ments of battle formed from the
white heat of controversy that has
waged unceasingly around the word
of God in all the past, and so will it
ever be in the future.
Creeds are like sermons, explana
tions of the word of God, and like
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cept as they have a ‘■•Thus saith the
Lord” for them.
But in that there is no need of
creeds, there is no need of sermons,
because the word of God can be as
easily understood without the one as
the other; in fact a creed is the same
as a sermon, with this difference that
many write the sermon called the
creed, whereas, the individual ser
mon is produced, and may be written
down or not, by one man, and if not
written down we will have a different
preachment each time. Hence the
necessity for a clear and well defined
statement.
We as Presbyterians believe in de
nominational names, especially when
we have a scripture warrant therefor,
as we have. The name Presbyterian
comes from the well known bible term
in Greek, Presbuteroi, which means
Elders, an office in the Old Testament
church, and not less honored and
blessed in the New Testament dispen
sation. Ours is a church governed by
elders, divinely instituted and divinely
guided, in so far as we are faithful to
this divine method.
If it can be shown by ourselves or
by others that our creed or our name
is not according to the word of God,
then it becomes us to change that
work—for we call it only human—so
that it may square according to God’s
snnt'ftmo rftvolfltirm Rnt, it. in
a human work, is that prima facie
evidence that we should throw it out?
If so we had better do away with
everything else connected with
church work and worship, e. g., the
sermon, the prayer, the organ, the
pulpit, the bell, etc., for they are hu
man inventions placed into the wor
ship of God for our aid and comfort
therein.
But to our original thesis, the word
of God is our final rule of appeal and
judgment. We propose this morning
to apply one of the first articles of
our creed, which is the second ques
tion of our catechism.
“The word of God, which is con
tained in the scriptures of the old
and New Testaments, is the only rule
to direct us how we may glorify and
enjoy him.” Let us take the word of
God this morning and see what it
says upon the mode of baptism. There
are two different general modes that
are practiced by Christians the world
over, and tnroughout all times.
Neither one of them is essential to
salvation as there are clear instances
in God’s word where persons were ac
cepted of him, before or without the
administration of the rite; e. g., the
tbiet on the cross, Cornelius, the
centurian upon whom the Holy Ghost
fell before be was baptized; whereas
the case of Simon Magus indicates the
lost condition of a man even though
he has been baptized. Acts 8:13-24
Baptism is a sacrament, which oui
Lord and Master has commanded us
to observe, if possible, just as the
Lord’s Supper, as an evidence to our
selves and the world that we are in
covenant relation to him, through the
redemption of his blood and the re
generating'power of the Holy Spirit
who washes us spiritually, and
cleanses us by the application of that
blood to our hearts.
This outward washing or baptism
is a seal, or outward symbol or badge
of the covenant of grace, and mem
bership of His kingdom. It has its
uses and benefits, which we should
appropriate. But it does not bring
salvation in itself, any more than if I
should find an Odd Fellow’s badge or
buy it, and say that I was an Odd
Fellow.
But perhaps a more interesting,
and equally as important question is,
the correct mode of baptism. There
are two ways proposed, in the choice
of which Christians have for some time
been divided. We as Presbyterians
claim that it is the mere application of
water that is the fulfillment of Christ’s
command in this ordinance, that the
amount, or the kind, or the exact
method of application is not of essen
tial import, since it is only symbolical
in its character, as Christ indicated
in a like service, when he washed
the feet of his disciples saying “He
that is washed needeth not save to
wash his feet, but is clean every
whit.”
Peter had asked him to wash his
head and his hands, and bis whole
body as well as his feet. But Christ
told him this was not necessary.
We, with by rar the larger number
of other Christian denominations
practice the mode of sprinkling, be
cause it was in vogue at the time of
Christ, undoubtedly, clearly and
specifically commanded in the old
testament, and it is nowhere recorded
that it was revoked or annulled or
abrogated in scripture nor in any
secular writing by Christ or his
apostles.
We in Christian charity acknowlege
however the other mode known a8
immersion, merely and only because
it is an application of water, unessen
tial in amount, but if others prefer to
use it we do not condemn them, be
lieving that “to his own Master each
servant standeth or falletb.”
But when any one comes to us and
says that our mode which we believe
is supremely scriptural and most
humanely proper and appropriate is
false, and undertakes to unchurch and
abrogate our faith, we repair to the
Holy Scriptures as our authority and
demand that they apply the divine
rule in evidence of their contention.
Let us then take the specific passages
upon which they rely for their con
tention upon this point.
I.—THE MODE BY WHICH CHRIST
HIMSELF WAS BAPTIZED. Matt. 3:13
17; 16,17. “And Jesus when he was
baptised, went up straightway out of
the water, and lo, the heavens were
onened. and he saw the snirit of find
descending like a dove and lighting
upon him. And lo, a voice from
heaven etc.,” Again verse 11, “I in
deed baptize you with water unto re -
pentance; but he that cometh after
me is mightier than I, whose shoes
I am not worthy to bear; he shail
baptize you with the Holy Ghost and
with Are.” The point of difference is
as to what mode is meant in the
words “he baptized him.” Notice.
1. —John baptizes “with water;”
not “in water.”
2. —Baptism with water, with Are,
with' the Holy Ghost, are all put to
gether. If the mode of each and all
these is not to be the same, would not
the exception have been stated?
Let us see then the mode employed
by God in these baptisms.
The baptism of Christ with the
Holy Ghost, at the hand of God the
Father was from above. Cf. Matt.
4:16 “And he (John) saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove and
lighting on him.” Do we not suppose
that John the Baptist would have
learned a lesson concerning the mode,
supposing for the sake of argument,
that he was not already practicing, as
a prophet of the old testament dis
pensation, this very mode of pouring
or sprinkling?
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FIRST STEP FOR
SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
Council Suspends Rules And Adopts
Ordinance Creating Improvement
District Covering Corporated
City. Warrants Refused
By Water Company
Ordered Tendered
Farmers Loan
and Trust Co.
Of New
York.
The first step toward securing a
sewerage system for the city of New
port was accomplished at the session
of the council Monday evening, when
a petition from owners of real estate
within the corporate limits of the city
of Newport was presented, asking
that the necessary .steps be taken
toward the making of a local improve
ment district in said cjty, that a sew
erage system may be constructed,
maintained and operated. The coun
cil at once proceeded to take favor
able action upon this request, and
after suspending the rules, ail ordi
nance to this effect was given final
reading and unanimously adopted.
Under such an improvement district,
the laws of this state allow the
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taxes upon the real property included
in such district. The levee around
Newport was built in this way and
through the business-like methods in
which its affairs and finances have
been managed, the bonds will be paid
for in full in four years instead of five
as originally thought necessary.
OTHER PROCEEDINGS.
The four members of the council
were present, together with Mayor
Grubbs. After approving minutes of
preceding meeting and allowing the
usual accounts, contracts were let to
scavengers in First and Second wards,
in the former to J. A. Friar at 22 1-2
cents and in the latter to J. B. King at
same price.
The auditing committee made its
report on the cancelled coupons
which had been listed, aggregating
$7,200. The report was ordered
spread on the record and coupons
destroyed.
The city recorder was instructed to
advertise for bids for the city printing.
After a statement by the city attor
ney, Gustave Jones, relative to the
water works scrip, a motion offered
by Walker and seconded by Bailey
was adopted, that the three warrants
for $1390 each, tendered the Newport
Wat3r Company in payment of service
rendered, but refused by said com
pany, be turned over by the chairman
of the finance committee to the city
treasurer with instructions to forward
same by express to the Farmers Loan
& Trust Company, of New York City,
holders of the bonds of the Newport
Water Company.
The council then adjourned.
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