Word: baptisme
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...services in Appleton Chapel at 8.45 o'clock this morning will be commemorative of the baptism of John Harvard at St. Savior's, Southwark, London. Today is the 297th anniversary, the baptism having taken place on November 29, 1607. His baptism is celebrated as the exact date of his birth is unknown...
...beginning, as at Pentecost, no form of adherence was required: Afterwards some simple form like, "I believe that Jesus is the Son of God," was the condition of baptism. Then the words of our Lord about baptizing in the Name of Father, Son and Holy Ghost became a baptismal confession; and these were drawn out into the creeds which lasted through the Middle Ages. At the Reformation and since, many confessions have been framed, though we all feel, with Harnack, that the time for fresh ones is passed. We have to consider; the value of creeds and confessions, their danger...
...Sacraments are not, in their outward form, to be viewed as essentials of Christianity. They have been altered again and again, and by the Friends and others, discarded. Yet in some form or another they must abide. We may dwell on the Sacraments generally, Baptism, and the Lord's Supper...
...Baptism was not instituted by Christ, but recognized by Him as the common means of entering into a new sect. He used the word "Baptism" always in its spiritual significance,--"I have a baptism to be baptized with." "Can ye be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" But He sanctioned its use before His ascension, emphasizing the point that it was to be in the three-fold name, and to be accompanied with Christian instruction. It is the sacrament of incorporation, of cleansing and of a new birth, which must issue in new and cleanly surroundings, outward...
Last Wednesday evening the Rev. Robert Codman gave the first of a series of monthly addresses on Church Doctrines before the St. Paul's Society. His subject was, "Holy Baptism." The address was followed by discussion between Mr. Codman and the members. The subject of the next address will be "Holy Communion...