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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 24, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 50.

3947 — Origin of the Baptists

By Editor

Is it possible for the Baptists to trace the origin of their church to John the Baptist, as they claim they can? D. M.

Possibly. We have not read any work or article which claims to do this, so we do not know how much it is possible for them to do. It would seem that the tracing of a church to Christ would be sufficient. But, of course, if it is traced to Christ, it is really traced to John the Baptist, because Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. We need go no further, certainly, than Christ, the anointed of God.