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VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY MAY 28, 1902. NUMBER 32
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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 8.
Glaize township, Grand Glaize, Wednesday
and Thursday June 4 and 6.
Breckinridge township, Auvergne, Friday
( June 6.
v Breckinridge township, Weldon, Saturday
June 7.
Breckinridge township, Tupelo, Monday
June 9.
Cow I,ake township, Nance’s Store Tuesday
and Wednesday, June 10 and 11.
Richwoods township, Martin’s Old Residence,
Thursday and Friday, June 12 and 13.
Cache township, Burton’s Store, Saturday
June 14.
Cache township, Martin’s Schobl 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, Friday
June 20.
Jefferson township, Jaeksonport, Monday and
Tuesday, June 23 and 24.
Bird township, Elgin, Wednesday June 26.
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.
(CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY.)
3. —Again notice that the baptism
with the Holy Ghost and with fire ad
ministered by Jesus himself, after he
arose from the dead and ascended to
heaven, was by this same mode or
method. Cf., Acts 2:1-4. “And when
the day of Pentecost was fully come,
they were all with one accord in one
place. And suddenly there came a
sound from heaven as of a rushing
mighty wind, and it (the sound) filled
all the house where they were sitting.
And there appeared unto them cloven
tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon
each of them. And they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost etc.” The
Holy Ghost filled them; and he was
poured out from above from heaven
touching them first symbolically on
their heads as a flame of fire—and His
efficacious work was applied to them,
and not they to it, by being dipped or
plunged into Him as an abstract ele
ment of cleansing.
4. —But John baptized in Jordan;
and he and the candidate for baptism
went down into the water and came
up out of the water. And still no
where in this or any other of the in
stances of scripture is it said that
John or any minister immersed any
candidate. We challenge the com
bmed scholarship to prove this point.
It is only an inference and that one
not well taken. But says the immer
sionist “it says he baptized him,
which is, he immersed him.” But
this only begging the question. This is
to be proven that baptism means im
mersion. When an animal or man
goes down to the water’s brink, and
even goes into it, especially so far
from home as was this, does he not
go there to drink or wash or for some
other good reason besides being im
mersed? Does the mere going intc
the| water prove immersion? If so.
every time one went down into the
water he was from necessity bound tc
be immersed.
(b.)—Again notice in this connec
tion that if this were true, John the
Baptist and all other ministers were
immersed, because the term “going
into the water” is synonymous with
immersion. This same difficulty ap
plies witn “Phillip and the Eunuch’
of which we will speak later.
(B.)—But can there not be given a
i good reason aside from immersior
why John and others of his day went
down into the water, whether ankle
deep or waist deep, more or less, it it
not said anywhere in scripture. Yes,
We must remember that John the
Baptist was a prophet under the old
testament dispensation, used to all
the customs, and bound by ail the
laws of the Israelitish nation, and tc
which they were themselves accus
tomed. Sprinkling was the Jewish
method of purifying. Moses sprin
kled the people at Sinai, the leper,
who had a disease which was typical
of sin in the scripture, was cleansed
with water. There were millions oi
cases of sprinkling running water or
persons who had touched the dead,
another symbol of sin in the scripture,
(Ex. 24, Heb. 9:19, Lev. 14:1-8). Johti
had been familliar with these from
infancy; likewise the people.
John observed this custom. God
had taught him how to purify the
people. “I will sprinkle clean watei
upon you, and you shall be clean;
from all your filthiness will I cleanse
you.” Ezekiel 36:25.
“How natural to obey and baptize
by sprinkling “unto remission of sins’
So familliar were the people with
this mode, that they would have re
belled at the suggestion of any other.’
(C.)—Again the physical impossibil
ity of immersing the thousands. Yei
it was a very easy task to sprinkle
the great number with water anc
hyssop, just as Moses did at Sinai, es
pecially if they should go down intc
the water according to the custon
of the day,--a custom eminently con
venient and appropriate since san
dais only were worn on the lowe:
limbs. The narrative says “Thei
went out to him Jerusalem and al
Judea, and all the region round abou
Jordan.” Besides we know that there
were some others who came from
Galilee with Jesus. “If he had im
mersed them” as one says, “he would
have had to stand in water from sun
rise to sunset for six months. Such
toil would have killed a man of iron
in less time. The supposition is ab
surd.”
II.—THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH BAP
TIZED by sprinkling. The claim that
the eunuch was immersed by Phillip
made upon the words “And they
both went down into the water and
came up out of the water.” Let us
consider them in particular. These
words indicate one, the first step
being taken by these two men, viz.,
going down into the water. The
words, “and he baptized him,” indi
cate the second step, separate and
distinct from the first. This analysis
unto these two steps is made because
those who hold to immersion claim
that the first is proven by the second
and the second by the first; so that
the eunuch was baptized by im
mersion because they both went into
the water. Second that they both
went into the water because he was
to be baptized by immersion.
Does the first step prove or even
indicate immersion? Not at all. For
as has already been shown, people
often go down into and come up out
of the water for a different purpose
than for immersion. Especially was
thiB habit in vogue with this people
of that day who were required to go
to the running stream, to have the
clear living water sprinkled upon
them to ceremonially cleanse them of
the contamination of leprosv and of
death and of sin. And such was the
meaning of the act in this case, when
Phillip and the eunuch went down in
to the flowing stream, a living spring,
that bubbled up out of the desert.
The second step was “He baptized
him.” How, it is not stated in so
many words. But we are not left in
doubt on the subject, when we take
all the facts stated in the case In
verse 35 it is stated that “Phillip
opened his mouth and began at the
same scripture, and preached unto
him Jesus.” Let us turn over to Isaiah
to the passage that they were study
ing. The special verse mentioned by
the eunuch is the 7th verse of the 53rd
chapter. But it is said that Phillip be
gan at the passage. And as we turn
over to Isaiah we find that the passage
begins at the 3rd to the last verse of
the proceeding chapter. Now we
read through those verses and the
53rd chapter we find it all goes to
gether.
But as we look into the last verse
of the 52nd chapter we find what sug
gested the thought of baptism to the
eunuch. It is raid in that verse speak
ing of this same Savior, “who was led
as a lamb to the slaughter etc.,” “So
shall he sprinkle many nations.”
Both Phillip and the eunuch saw the
meaning of the passage instantly that
these words were a prophecy fulfilled
by Christ and his servants in the set
ting up his kingdom in the hearts of
men. And how would Phillip and the
eunuch judge that this rite of baptism
should be performed, with these
words staring them iu the face, which
words were to be fulfilled by this very
act of baptism? for the eunuch says
immediately “What doth hinder me
to be baptized?” Would Phillip have
dared go in the face of the clear and
explicit directions of prophecy?
Besides this method of baptism,
sprinkling, was the only one known or
practiced by the Old Testament dis
pensation, and therefore the only one
that they had been used to as Jews.
(b.)—Again immersion was an im
possibility for the reason that verse
26 states that it was a desert country
through which they were passing.
“From Jerusalem to Gaza, which is
desert,” which indicates that there
were no streams large enough to im
merse a man.
If there were, it lies as a burden of
proof upon those who hold to the
, doctrine of immersion in this case to
i show it, as the supposition of the ex
[ istence of such a stream is against the
nature of a desert country. There
t can be found no such streams in that
i country today.
(c)—Again immersion is not a likely
interpretation, since from the words
• “They both went down into tho water
i and came up out of the water” indi
l cated that both were equally partici
t pants in the same act in all its par
ticulars; therefore if it indicates mat
one was immersed it indicates that
both were. So that so far as the
words and language show it brings
the proposition, as the geometrician
would say, to a “reductio ad absur
dum.”
III.—There are many other instan
ces of baptism in scripture, claimed
to have been performed by immersion
of which we will have to speak of only
in a few words for lack of time; but
we are ready to prove in each and
every instance that sprinkling or
pouring was the method rather
than that of immersion.
(CONCLUDED FRIDAY.)
CLASS RECITAL.
Pupils of Mrs. G. B. Johnson Give
Closing Recital At Opera House
Tuesday Evening—Entertain
ment Pleased Audience.
The recital of the pupils of Mrs. G.
B. Johnson in both vocal and instru
mental music, given at the opera
house Tuesday evening, eclipsed in
excellence the most sanguine expecta
tions of friends of the performers and
proved even more than a realization
of the fondest hopes of proud pa
rents.
Mrs. Johnson is a performer of re
markable ability, and as a teacher she
has just cause for congratulations in
the accomplishments of her pupils.
Her sympathy with them from in
itial efforts to more accomplished -
stages of education and the deep in
terest which she takes in their teach
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tion of this success so amply sus
tained and measured in the excellence
of the class exercises. The program
is given in another column and it is a
matter of regret that space forbids
individual mention, as all were de
serving of compliment. Little Miss
Beatrice McHugh in a sweet ren
dition of the song “Harvest Days,”
was especially fine and it was the re
mark of all that her voice is one of
great promise. Miss Mary Younger
was given a very flattering encore.
With a magnetic touch that is capa
ble of much expression, her brilliant
performance of “Qui Vive” filled
with pretty runs, demonstrated
natural talent cultivated to a high de
gree.
Miss May Whittaker is one of New
port’s best pianists and is always
warmly received by the town’s music
lovers. Her performances were
creditable to her well established
reputation.
MALITIA COMPANY MEETS.
Company “G,” First Infantry, Ar
kansas State Guard, held a meeting
Tuesday evening at the office of Capt.
H. G. McBurney, at which a business
organization was formed.
Lieutenant Gullette was elected
chairman; Wm. B. Egan, secretary
and treasurer. The following com
mittees were named: Recruiting—
Sergt. Wooten, Private Whaley, Pri
vate Woodle; Finance—Lieut. Gul
lette, Private Reader and Private
ucu lUi •
The arrival of the company’s arms
was reported and the distribution of
uniforms and equipment will be made
Thursday evening at the court house.
Renewed interest is being manifested
and the oi'ganization and drilling of
a fine company will be accomplished
if the enthusiasm and spirit of some
of the young men can be infused in
all.
PUBLIC EXAMINATION.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a public examination of teach
ers at Newport on Thursday and Fri
day the 19th and 20th days of June,
1902, to ascertain the professional
qualifications of all persons desiring
to teach in the public schools of Jack
son county. J- D. Neal,
County Exam’ner.
This May 28, 1902.
M. C. Jones, corporal in the general
recruiting service of the Llnited States
Army, who has had a recruiting oflflce
at the Newport House in this city the
past week, has secured but one en
listment, that of J. W. Hudson of
Urbana, Illinois, though eight or ten
rejections have been made.