The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-12-01
A Puzzled Dutchman.

A Wisconsin secular paper contains
the. following good story.
One who does not believe in INNER
sion for baptism, was holding pro-
tracted meeting, and one night preach
ed on the subject of baptism. In the
course of his remarks he said, some
believed it necessary to go down into
the water, aud come up out OF it to be
baptized But this he claimed to be Il
fallacy, for the proposition into, OF
the Scriptures, should be rendered diff
iercnt, as it docs not mean into ut all
times. Moses, he said, we arc told,
went up into the mountain, and the
Savior was taken into a HIGH noun.
tain, etc Now we do not suppose that
either went into the mountain, but un
to it. So with going down into the wa
ter, it means simply going down close
by ornear to the water, and being hap
TIED in the ordinary way, by sprink.
ling or pouring.'
lie carried this idea out fully, and in
due season and style closed his dis
course, when an invitation was given
for any one SO disposed, to arise and
express his thoughts. Quite number
of the brethren arose and said they
were glad they had been present on
this occasion, that they werewolf
pleased with the sermon they had just
heard and felt their souls greatly blcst.
Finally corpulent gentlemen Of leu
tonic extraction, a stranger to all
arose and broke a silence that was al
most painful as follows:
Mister Breacher, | ish so glad
wash here to night, Cor l has had ex-
planned to my mind some dinys dat |
never could pellet peforc, o, ish SO
glad dat into does not mean into at all,
put shust close py or near to, for now
| can pellet manish tings vot could
not pelieve pefore. We reat, Mister
preacher, dat Taniel vas cast into the
ten Of lions, and came out alife! Now
l never could pelieve dat, for dc wilt
peasts would shust cat him right OPP,
put now it is very clear to my mint.
He wash shust close py or near to, and
It'd not get into the ten at all. ., | sh
50 gIat l wash here to night!
Again we reat dat de Heprew chill
dren vas cast into de fir ish funace, and
dat aiwaish looked like u pceg story
too. they would h ave peen purnt up,
put it ish all plain to my mind now.
for they were shust cast near by or
close to the irish furnace. o! l vas
so glad, vas here tonight!
And len, Mister preacher, it is said
dat Jonah was cast into the sea and Ia
ken into the whales pelly Now new
err could pelieve that. 1t always SEEM
ed to me to pc peeg story, dat it ish
all plain to my mint now. He wash
not into the whales pelly at all, but
shust shumpt onto his pack and rode
ashore. o, / isli so glat l wash here
10 night!
sAnd now. Mister PREACHER, if you
will shust explain two more passages
Of Scriptures l shall be, o, so happy
dat wash here to night one of them
is we're it saish de wicked shall pc cast
into a lake that purns with fire and
pri.nstone always. D, Mr.. PREACHER,
shall pc cast into that lake if am
wicket or shust close py or near to.
shust near enough to be comfortable !!
OH hopes you tell me l shall pecast
only shust py good way OF, and l will
pc so glad vas here to night! The
other bashage is that vich saish, uees,
cd are they who do these command
ments. that they may have right to the
tree of life and enter in through the
gates into the city and not shust close
py or near to, shust near enough to
see vat / have lost and l shall pc SO
glat vas here tonight!