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not fasting like the disciples of John , he also declared that ' « the sabbath was made for man , and not man for the sabbath . ' * Whether baptism was countenanced and practised by Jesus and his followers for the same reasons as the rites of the synagogue , is not questioned in the work before us , its arguments being solely employed in the
establishment of the fact , that the rite was practised during the apostolic age , and mentioned in the command of the Saviour that his gospel should be preached afar . The " righteousness * ' which Jesus declared it became men to fulfil is explained as relating to the observance of positive institutions , as well as the discipline of the heart . The expression of Divine
approbation which was vouchsafed at the baptism of Jesus is supposed to have a reference to his obedience in this instance , as well as in all others . The fact that Jesus himself did not baptize is thought to be of no importance , since his presence , when the rite was performed by his disciples , is deemed a sufficient sanction , even were there no
rfcord of his express mention of the ordinance in his parting commands to his disciples . The instances of the conversion of the Ethiopian , of Cornelius , of Lydia and her household , and many others , and the references of Paul and Peter to the ordinance , aud other evidences of its observance in the apostolic age , are then adduced , as having led the author to the conclusion that the rite is
of divine authority , and that the obligation to it cannot be eroded . It follows of course , that the practice shonld be in all respects the same as in the apostolic age ; that the sprinkling of babes may he a harmless , but is not an authorized custom , and that adult baptism by immersion is the true scriptural ordinance .
It is not our purpose to enter upon any arguments on the other side of the questiou . These we leave to be furnished by the readers of the work before us , if they should be in doubt either way upon the question ; cautioning them , with our anthor , not to give ' way to prejudices arising , on the one hand , from
the unpopularity of'the . r ite , or oh the other , from the greatness of the names which are ranged in the" notes and appendix , as advocates of the ordhmhec . There are few who how belieVe this or any other external observance to be essential to salvation , and none , we trust , who deem it unimportant to arrive at a clear conviction on any subject connected With the duties of Christianity .
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330 Critical Notices . —Miscellaneous .
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GENERAL LITERATURE . Aht . X . —Travels in various Parts 0 / Peru , including" a Year ' s Residence m Potosi . By Edmund Temple , Knight of the Royal and distinguished Order of Charles III . In Iwo Volumes . In " the all speculating year 1825 , " Mr . Temple ( or Sir Edmund , whichever he is to be called ) was appointed
secretary to * 'the Potosi , LaPaz , aud Peruvian Mining Association . " Never man , as lie assures us , entertained more conndent expectations of making a fortune . lu September 1825 , he set sail in " the Frolic' * for Buenos Ayres ; in July 1825 , his drafts were dishonoured ; early in January 1827 , he broke up the establishment at Potosi , and turned his face homeward ; and on the 26 th of December he landed again at Falmouth , a little poorer than when he set out . For his own consolation and the edificatiou of the public , on his return , he has published his journal : and what does that
journal contain ?— " Notes of every thing that I either saw , heard , or thought , ' * says the author , " which appeared to me worthy of insertion ; " so that " A Journal of various Events and Occurrences , during two years and a half , " would have been ( as he allows ) an appropriate title . He treats us , in short , as the Queen of Sheba is said to have treated
Solomon—he tells us all that is 111 his heart ( and a very good heart it is , by the way , which is all in all in a feast of this kind ) . The book is undeniably made up , but it is very icell made , and runs off very pleasantly . Inasmuch as it is : an account of Pern , it is not worth much ; but inasmuch as it is very readable and companionable , and ( as one of the author's countrymen would say ) •* a Christian any how , " it is worth a great deal .
Of all the wanderers in South America who have been before the public , Mr . Temple gives the best ( i . e . the most favourable ) account of the natives : he is compelled to admit that they are lazy and dirty , Ignorant , and , in some respects , uncivilized ; but He touthes slightly on all these points ; he sees or hopes he sees that they are improving with the
improvement of their condition ; and he dwells con amore on all their good qualities . They are ignrtraift , ' satya he , but they never stestl . They are Jazy , but they will do for love What ^ tfhey will not for money . "Often htfve I alighted from my horse at an unseasonable hour and asked for milk , offering dollars ; the answer was invariably , * No hai ! No hai ! Senor . ' They would not take the tiou-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1830, page 330, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2584/page/42/
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