"We wish to inform you of an expression of sentiment that carried unanimously by rising vote, at our last church session, viz., "That we move out of the way all unscriptural bars to Christian fellowship." This very expression carries with it the idea that such bars did exist and as you can readily see it is sweeping and far reaching. We have not yet determined just what it shall embrace. We guess the re-baptizing will in a measure cease." - James Ragan, in the Apostolic Herald, Dec. 1, 1908.
REMARKS
The above clipping from the Apostolic Herald refers to a resolution in a Burnamite church. Elder Kirkland, editor of the Herald, is now affiliated with the Burnam people. You see that they have not yet determined just what the resolution shall embrace, although it says that they are "going to move out of the way all unscriptural bars to Christian fellowship." Of course if they have any unscriptural bars up they ought to move them out of the way. But we suppose they mean that they are going to move all bars to Christian fellowship out of the way, and that they are going to fellowship anything in the name of Christianity, whether it is Scriptural or not. We also judge that they are deciding to receive members without administering baptism to them. We have no objection to their decision, for they cannot administer gospel baptism, for they lack the proper authority; but the Primitive Baptistts will continue to move on in the even tenor of the way commanded of the Lord in receiving none into their communion who are unsound in the faith, and rejecting those who introduce among them the inventions of men, and will continue to baptize those who are received into their communion, no matter if the so-called liberal parties do call us narrow minded.
C. H. C.
Copied from "Selected Editorials From the Primitive Baptist" by Elder C. H. Cayce, January 26, 1909, Vol. 1, 1896-1910, p. 279.
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