them. They were at this time under the delusions of a heresy. Apostate
teachers had elected exorcists in what they called the church, whose
business it was to expel the devil from the candidate for baptism. This is
an awful heresy. Those of whom Tertullian writes disown the devil under
the hand of these exorcists and are then thrice baptized. Tertullian
understands, however, that this heresy is performing more than the Lord
Jesus had appointed. Sprinkling, pouring, and trine immersion originated
under the apostasy. Single immersion is the only Scriptural mode of
baptism.

Church Organization.

To-day the teachers in Babylon and their subjects are in darkness
concerning church organization. The election of officers and their framing
of laws, and the location of the ministers by the annual conference are
all human authority, and belong to the apostasy. The Holy Spirit is the
sole organizer in the church of the Bible. There are a few texts in which
the Holy Spirit is spoken of as working in conjunction with man, or using
man as an agency. This is very limited. Conferences claim to work in
conjunction with the Holy Spirit, but we have no such instances in the
Scripture. One minister told me he trusted the Holy Spirit to direct
conference to give him the proper appointment. This is popish--man not able
to be directed by the Holy Spirit himself, but has a mediator.

Our space will prevent our telling of the adding of tradition to the
Scripture, and of the rejection of much of the Word of God. Catholicism
and Protestantism largely deny the doctrine of holiness. Some of the
Protestant teachers teach holiness to a degree, but very few, or none of
them, teach true Bible holiness. By far the large majority of sectarians
reject the doctrine of Christian perfection, heart purity, or freedom from
sin. Is it any wonder they are a great object of darkness when they are
living in and can not be free from the very element of darkness? There is
no light in them. The vast majority of the beast worshipers reject the
doctrine of divine healing. As plainly as it is recorded in the Bible,
they in the darkness comprehend it not. The whole of the sectarian world
denies the unity of God's people as taught by the Savior, and as
experienced by the church in the morning light. Nearly the whole of
mystery Babylon and her harlot daughters reject the sacred ordinance of
feet-washing. Some of them deny all the ordinances, and the others have
mis