Apostolic Church-Continued.
government, 120.

congregational rights, 121.
the Church at Rome, 121.
discipline, power of, 122.

pastors elected by each Church, 123.
laying on of hands, 123, 124.

method of electing pastors, 124.
free of the state, 125, 128.
freedom of conscience in, 126.

struggle for freedom of conscience, 128.

officers and ordinances, 129.
poverty of, 129, 130.

community of goods, 130.

the Church at Jerusalem, 130, 131.
deacons, 131, 132.

deaconesses, 133, 134.
presbyters, or elders, 134.
pastors, 134, 135.

baptism the first ordinance, 138.

the place filled by baptism, 140.

subjects fit for baptisin in the, 142.
infant baptism unknown to, 142.

the Lord's Supper, 146, 147.

Baptist copy of the, 148.

Apostolic succession:

Church in perpetuity, 4.

definition of the belief in, 4.

unbroken succession not a true test of, 8.

visible descent not a proper test, 8.

a contradiction of all reliable history, 9.

Stevens, Abel, on, 9.

New Testament succession, 11.

Appendix, London, the, 716.

Appian Way, the, 95.

Appii Forum, 95.

Aquidneck purchased of the Indians, 669.
Arabia, Paul's seclusion in, 89.

Arabians:

ignorance of, 232.

Arians:

Arnoldists, 301.

Arnold of Brescia:

birth and education, 291.

preacher and patriot, 291.

doctrines, 292.

banished by Lateran Council, 292.

suffers death by hanging, 292.

monument to, 293.

Art, early Christian, 256.

allegorical pictures, 261.

no affusion depicted, 262.

Arracan, mission to, 820.

lards, 323.

Ashton, James, 709.

Ashton, Joseph, 707.

Asia:

Asia-Continuel.

missions to, 814.

Askew, Anne:

sketch of, 448.

tortured, 448.

burnt at Smithfield, 448.

Aspersi, the, 459.

Aspersion, or Sprinkling:

permitted by Council of Ravenna, 427.
allowed by the Prayer-book of 1549, 428.

becomes the rule in England, 429.

declared legal by the Westminster Directory, 429.
opponents of, among English Baptists, 433.
prevails despite opposition, 434.

Baptists not the only people who resisted, 434.
Assam, mission to, 821.
Associations, Baptist :

Philadelphia, 715, 716.
Newport, 717.
Charleston, 717.
Kehukee, 717.
Warren, R. I., 717-722.
New York, 756.
Maryland, 759.
Vermont, 769.
Georgia, 775.
Charleston, 812.
Nova Scotia, 920.
New Brunswick, 921.
Haldimand, Canada, 928.
Upper Canada, 928.
Ottawa, 929.
Victorian, 938.

South Australian, 938.

Athenagoras advocates liberty of conscience for Christians,

170, 171.

Atlanta, Ga., Seminaries at, 850.
Auckland, New Zealand, 939.
Augsburg, the city of:

the Baptist head-quarters of Southern Germany, 388.
John Denk, pastor at, 389.

Langenmantel, pastor of the Baptists at, 391.
martyrs of, 392.

Augustine, Saint:

on the baptism of Christ, 27.

on Greek translations of the Scriptures, 156.

belief that unbaptized infants dying were eternally
lost, 186.

wrote a work against the Donatists, 201.

leads the debate against the Donatists at Carthage, 214.
sets the fires of purgatory in full blaze, 215.
curious beliefs of, 215.

favors infant baptism, 216.

presides at Council of Milevium, 217.
beset by Pelagianism, 217.

not immersed until manhood, 218.

on trine immersion, 220.

Augustus, Emperor, superstition and skepticism of, 101.
Aurelian, Emperor, issues edicts against Christians, 173.
Austin, Saint:

immersed ten thousand converts in the Swale, 79.
goes to Britain, 228.

baptizes Ethelbert, 229.

made Archbishop of Canterbury, 229.

adapts the Christian ceremonial to suit the rude
islanders, 229.

dispute with the islanders of Britain, 230.

Australia, Baptists of, 937.

[See SOUTH AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, TASMANIA,
NEW ZEALAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, etc.]

Austria, mission work in, 829.

Authors, Baptist. [See the different surnames.]
famous American, 852.

Babes saved by Jesus, 69.

[See CHILDREN.]

himself, 64.

its diversity and vast extent, 64.

B.

unknown in the second century, 162.

Bishop Barlow, Menzell, Lange, et al., on, 162, 163.

Bangor, Wales:

early Christian colony at, 228.

slaughter of the monks of, 231.

Baptismal Angel, the, 188.

Baptism in England-gradual change from immersion to

sprinkling, 432-436.

[See BAPTISTS, ENGLISH.]

Baptism, Jewish :

described by Dr. Lightfoot, 31.

Lindsay quoted on, 32.

Baptism of Jesus:

words of Godet on, 25.

time of, 29.

Baptism, Ordinance of-Continued.

935

Easter, Pentecost, and Epiphany anciently the ordi-
nary times of, 251.

"Teaching of the Twelve Apostles" on baptism in
running water, 264.

anointing the baptized with oil, 266, 268, 269.
controversies concerning a valid baptism in England,
463, 464.

[See IMMERSION, TRINE IMMERSION.]

Baptist Churches:

diversities of doctrine among the early sects, 10.
early records wantonly destroyed, 10.

their historians forced to write against great odds, 10.
Christ their life, 12.

what constitutes Baptist history, 12.

foundation doctrines stated, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154.
Associations formed, 715.

Baptist Church, a, is a congregation, not a denomination
of congregations, 9.

Baptist Churches:

have we a visible succession of? 1.

their affinity to the Apostolic Churches, 149.
Baptist History:

first sentence in, 13.

opening chapter of, 14.

Baptist, John the. See JOHN the Baptist.]
Baptist Missionary Union, 836.

Baptisteries:

in the Middle Ages, 243.

ancient baptisteries, 248.

in the beginning were simply oathing-places, 249.
first built 319 A.D., 249.

earliest existing baptistery, 250.
erected in distinct buildings, 250.

introduced into churches, 250.

at Pisa, Rome, and Florence, 250, 251. 252.
called into existence by immersion, 250.
fall into disuse, 251.

architectural features, 252.

baptistery of St. Sophia. Constantinople, 253.

at Aix, Verona, Parma, Pistoia, and Milan, 253, 254.
natural baptistery in Northumberland, 254.

in the Catacomb of St. Ponziano, 265.
baptistery of St. John at Ravenna, 266.
baptistery of Constantine at Rome, 269.
Arian baptistery at Ravenna, 270.

Baptists, The:

great debtors to individual reformers, 6.
distinguishing marks, 9.

should separate their history from all doubtful ma-
terial, 9.

misunderstood and maligned, 11.

a peculiar people, 11.

a people of one book, 11.
accounted as heretics, 11.

first Baptist martyr, 45.

John a typical Baptist, 55.

originally named Anabaptists, Mennonites, and Wal-
denses, 149.

Baptists, The-Continued.

desperate contests for freedom, 790.
Baptist Revolutionary soldiers, 791.
Baptists, American:

Colonial period, 619.

Pilgrims and Puritans, 619.

banishment of Roger Williams, 627.
Rhode Island, settlement of, 641.

Providence and New York Churches, 658.
Chauncey and Knollys, 674.

Mills and the Swansea Church, 674.

Boston Baptists, the, 686.

South Carolina, 704.

Maine, 704.

Pennsylvania, 704.

New Jersey, 704.

Virginia Baptists, the, 724.

Baptists of Connecticut and New York, 730.

Revolutionary War, Baptists and the, 776.

American Baptists and constitutional liberty, 796.

foreign missions, 814.

home missions, 836.

struggles for constitutional liberty, 796.

Virginia Convention, the, 798.

preachers, 852.

educators, 852.

authors, 852.

Baptists, Boston:

persecutions of, 686.

sympathy for them punished, 689.

whipping declared unlawful, 691.
reaction from persecution, 697.
a Church gathered, 699.

right of petition denied, 702.

their meeting-house nailed up, 703.

Baptists, British:

rise of Associations, 558.

London Assembly, the, 559.

eminent Baptists, 560.

TISTS, ETC.]

Baptists, English:

practice of, 437.

persecutions, 439.

noteworthy immersions among, 489.

practiced immersion prior to 1641, 440, 441.
alleged indecent practices, 444, 445.
early Baptists in England, 445.

spread of their doctrines, 446.

English martyrdoms, 446.

first English general Baptist Church, 454.
rapid increase, 459.

Confusion of 1643, the, 461.

"Valid Baptism" controversy, 463. 464.

distinguished themselves from Pedobaptists, 469.

Bunyan, John, 474.

Bunyan's relations to, 511.

how they treated Bunyan, 532.

charge Bunyan with error, 533.

in the Commonwealth and the Restoration, 540.

controversy on singing, 549,

Seventh-Day Baptists, 552.

James II. and indulgence, 553.

"Orthodox Creed," the, 554, 556, 558.

Toleration Act, the, 554.

Calvinistic Confession, the, 554.

liberty of conscience, 555.

origin and historical sketch of, 570.

early Churches, 571.

Irish Mission Society, the, 587.

Baptists, Scottish:

Baptists, Virginia, 725 et seq. [See VIRGINIA, BAPTISTS OF.]
Baptists, Welsh:

notable founders among, 599, 600, 601.
tithes, the question of, 602.

debate and persecution, 603.

relief gained by the Toleration Act, 604.
Associational Sermon, the, 604.
increase of Churches, 605.
controversies, 605.

Calvinistic controversy, the, 606.
the Welsh Fathers, 607.

love for Scripture truth, 210.

on soul regeneration a prerequisite to baptism, 211.
on the value of tradition, 224.

Basil of Cappadocia not baptized till manhood, 219.
Basle, Switzerland:

a center of Baptist influence, 346.
persecution at, 347.

Baptists scourged through the streets, 347.
barbarities inflicted on Baptists at, 348.
violent proclamation of the council, 349.
Basle, Council of, decrees against Anabaptists, 350.
Bassas, the, mission to, 826.

Bath, the:

use of enjoined among the Jews, 78.
magnificence of Roman baths, 78, 79.
ablutions of an Indian devotee, 78.

Baths, Roman, used for baptismal purposes, 248.
Baxter, Richard:

relations to Walter Cradock, 432.
opposition to immersion, 435.
concessions of, 442.

Baylor Female College, 878.
Baynes, Thomas Spencer, 578.
Beck:

on the rite of baptism, 145.

on the reasons for the existence of divers churches, 154.
Bede, Venerable:

translates the Scriptures into Anglo-Saxon, 241.
sublime death of, 241.

words used by Bede for baptism,' 241.

account of early English baptisms, 426.

Bedford:

Bunyan Meeting, the, 526.

two old baptisteries at, 527.
Bedford Church, the:

whence it sprang, 513, 514.
discipline in the, 522.

the question of baptism in, 522, 523.
infant baptism introduced, 525.

divisions in the church, 526.

Bedford Church and Bishoping,' 504.
Bedgewood, Nicholas, 770.

sustain infant baptism, 358.

Benedict, David, 880.

Benedict Institute, Columbia, S. C., 849.

Bengel, quoted on the word 'gospel,' 57.

Bennet, Bartlett, 734.

Bennett, Alfred, 856.

Bergamo, Conference of, 309.

Berne, Switzerland, all Baptists banished from, 348.

Bethabara, 33.

Bethesda, Pool of, 75.

sacrificial animals washed in, 77.
multitudes bathed there, 77.

pride, covetousness, and iniquity of in the middle
ages, 243.

Bishops in the Apostolic Church. [See PASTORS.]
not the successors of the apostles, 187.
diocesan episcopacy, 138.

Black Forest, the Peasants' War begins in the, 363.
Blackwell, Christopher, 707.

Blake of Tamworth, on dipping of infants, 429.
Blandina, the martyr, 168, 169, 170.

Blaurer, Thomas, on Ludwig Hetzer, 343.

Blaurock, George Jacob:

early life, 336.

rejected infant baptism, 336.

scourged and sentenced to be drowned, 336.
burnt at the stake, 336.

Block Island, Baptists of, 751.

Bloody Tenet, the. [See WILLIAMS, ROGER.]
Boardman, George Dana, 767, 817, 819.

Bockhold, excesses perpetrated by at Münster, 871.
Bogomiles, the, origin and history of, 278.
Bohemia, 316, 318, 320.

| Boston Baptists. [See BAPTISTS, BOSTON.]
Boston, Mass.:

first Baptist church in, 699.

Baptist churches founded in, 718, 719.
Bosworth, Newton, 929.

Botsford, Edmund, 770, 771.

Boucher, Joan, martyrdom of, 449, 450.

Bowne, John, 709.

Boyce, James P., 876.

Bradford, on apostolic succession, 4.

Braintree, Mass., Wheelwright preaches at, 636.

Brantford, Canada, 928.

Brantly, W. T., 853.

Brazil, mission to, 838.

Brenner, on ancient nude baptism, 221.

Bright, Edward, 885.

Britain, supposed visit of Paul to, 97.
Britannicus, poisoned by Nero, 102.
British America:

Baptist press of, 922.

educational institutions, 924.
revival in Eastern Canada, 928.

the struggle for freedom of conscience, 929.
Clergy Reserves question, the, 929.

University question, the, 930.

'Family Compact,' the, 930.
periodicals, 931.

foreign missions, 931.

educational work, 932.

[See the various provinces.]

British Isles:

Christianity introduced to, 226.

precise date of their evangelization, 227.

ancient Christian remains in Cornwall, 227.

idolatry reestablished, 227.

early Christians in Wales, 228.

Austin despatched thither, 228.

937

Rome the true source of the Christianity of Britain,

228.

the Keldees of Ireland, 228.

Ethelbert baptized by Austin, 229.

See of Canterbury founded, 229.

opposition to the jurisdiction of Rome appears, 229,230.
slaughter of the monks of Bangor, 231.

Brittane, James, 678.

Broadus, John A., 868, 869.
Broady, K. O., 834.
Brooks, Kendall, 886.
Brown, Chad, 665.

Brown, Edwin T., 669.
Brown, John and Samuel:

persecution by the Puritans, 626.

Brown, Nathan, 821, 825, 886.

Brown, Hugh Stowell, 591, 592, 593.

Brown John, 482, 483. [See BUNYAN, JOHN.]

Brown, Joseph E., 773.

Brown, Robert, 452.

Brownists, the, 452. [See INDEPENDENTS.]

obtained their notions of Church independence from

the Dutch Baptists, 620.

Brown University, 722.

Brunfels, Otto, 386.

Bucer, Martin, 385.

Buckle, on Baptist martyrs in Holland and Friesland, 414.
Bullinger:

successor of Zwingli, 384.

attacks the Anabaptists, 384, 385.

Bullock, Richard, 679.

Bunsen, Baron:

on pedobaptism, 185.

quoted on infant baptism in the Apostolic Church, 144.

on infant baptism, 187.

Bunyan, Elizabeth, 506.

Bunyan, Hannah, 496, 497, 493.

Bunyan, John:

birth and boyhood, 474, 575.

not a gipsy, 474.

origin of the family of Bunyan, 474.

marriage, 475.

conversion, 475.

immersed in the Ouse, 475.

Bunyan, Joseph, 493, 494.

Bunyan Meeting, the, 526.

Burger, Benjamin, 734.

Burial in water, was John's baptism a? 33.

Campbell, George, on elders and bishops in the Apostolic
Church, 137.

on the natural baptistery near Harbottle, 254.
Canada, Baptist press of, 922.

Canada, Baptists of, 919. [See the various provinces.]
Canterbury, Convocation of, 910.

Canterbury, England. [See AUSTIN.]
Caperton, A. C., 884.

Capito, 385.

Cappadocia, 72.

Caracalla:

baths of, 78, 79.

public baths of, 249.

Carey, Lott, 826.

Carey, William:

birth and descent, 579.

conversion, 579.
self-education, 580.

commences to preach, 580.

his missionary enthusiasm, 581.

starts for India, 581.

struggles and defeats, 581.

translates the New Testament, 581.
literary labors, 582.

self-support, 582.

death, 583.

Carlstadt denounced by Luther. 358.

Carlyle, Thomas, on the Life of Jesus Christ, 63.
Carman, James, 753.

Carson, Alexander, 571.

on the eldership, 187.

at, 727.

Burma:

missions to, 815.

mission of Nova Scotia Baptists to, 923.

Burpee, R. E., 923.

Burrage, Henry S., 883.

Burrows, Amos, 745.

Burrows, Peleg, 745.

Burrows, Roswell, 745.

Burrows, Silas, 745.

Burrus Afranius, 96.

Burton, John, 515.

Busher, Leonard, case of in England, 440.

Butler, Ezra, 769, 883.

Butterworth, John, 679.

one convened A. D. 252, 186, 187.

declares that the water in baptism is sanctified, 189.
decree of, concerning denial of infant baptism, 216.
Third Council of, checks abuses in the celebration of
the Lord's Supper, 225.

Carthaginians, infant sacrifices among, 69.
Castelluzo, cave of, 311.
Castle, J. H., 934, 935.

Catacombs:

early baptistery in the Catacomb of Callixtus, 250.
pictures in the, 256, 258, 260.

baptistery of St. Ponziano, 264.

no evidence of affusion in the catacomb pictures, 273.

Cathari of the Novatians, 9.

source of much confusion in Church history, 277.
Schmidt on the origin of, 277.

an early Baptist body among, 280.
persecution of the, 281.

monkish preaching against, 282.

Cathcart:

on the Eunomians, 220.

on a natural baptistery in Northumberland, 254.

Cathcart, Robert, 933.

Cathcart, William, 869, 870 871.

Cavaliers, the Virginia:

not less intolerant than the Puritans of Massachusetts,

725.

cruelties inflicted by, 725, 726.

Cave, Dr.:

on immersion, 141.

on Novatian's baptism, 178.