BAPTIST PRINCIPLES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 948, 15 October 1910, Page 9

BAPTIST PRINCIPLES.

• OLD-TIME .REVIVAL SUGGESTED- ;: ;Tlie Baptist Unite Assembly ■which. met ■at : Sydney recently, discussed the question -of - f'The -.Instruction' of Our Young People, m Denominational Principles."..' >' . . .The Rev. B. Gawthorp contended tliafc. the ..Baptists 'could : riot, justly . be' accused.of nai'rowness. arid'.bigotrv and' lack of sympathy .' with other- Christian churches, nor' of indifference to the movement towards'the : deeper' unity of •the churches. They had. r a deep desire for unity, but had no desire for and no fear of absorption. The/duty of parents, to their children cohldW'be too strongly - impressed:;upoii',tJiem..;. Bap-tists-sought- to ' avail, themselves of the opportunity of'teabbing .their .child'reh in the public elementary -schools, but their greatest opportunity \ was :, to .bo found in . the Sunday schools, \\ where more teaching of a denominational character, should be'given. The Rev. Dr. Porter thought that' in these days of sacrifice of principles there was need for the old-time revival: They ■ saw a-Baptist ckrgynian now and again, going anto:-another church and sacrificing his; principles.' The men who took up the position;: that infant baptism was wrong, and -talked ' aiid preached against.it, and then weiit : and did • it, were not only no good to God or man, but were a good deal of service to the .devil, The denomination should appoint someone tq go round from .school •. to . school ■ instructingi the young. The R«v. J. G. Raws (South Australia) supported the proposal for a special publication 1 dealing with Baptist principles, and a committee was appointed to confer on. the,- subject; ---~