The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-10-27
A Puzzled Dutchman.

A Wisconsin secular paper tells the following
good story:
One who does not believe in immersion for bap-
tism was holding protracted meeting and one
night preached on the subject of baptism, In
the course of his remarks he said, some believe
it is necessary to go down into the water ana
come up out of it, to be baptized. But tnls m NJ, he
claimed to be fallacy, forthe proposition lnto
of the Scriptures should be rendered olHerensiy,
as it does not mean into at all tunes. MOSES, he
said, we are told, entup into hlgh mountain, !,
&c. Now, we do lot suppose thaG ne MenS iillo
the mountain, but nponlt. eo'Wltn going 9omi
into the water; it means SIMPLY going GOWN
close by or near to the water, ard oelng pap
t;1ed in the ordinary way, by sprinkling.
He carried out this idea fully, and in due
season and style closed his discourse. when an
invitation was given to any one who felt so DIS
nosed to rise and express their thoughts.
Ouite number of the brethren arose and said
that they were glad that they had been present
on this occasion that they were well pleased
with the sound sermon they had just heard, and
felt their souls greatly blessed. Finally, a cor
pulant gentleman, of Teutonic extraction, a
stranger to all, arose and broke q silence that
was almost painful, as follows:
sMister Breacher, / ish so glat / wash here
tonight, for I has had explained to my mint
some tings dat + never could pelieve pefore.
Oh. I ish so glad dat into does not mean into
at all put shust close by or near to, for now
can pefieve manish tings vot could not pelieve
before. We reat, Mr.. Breacher, that Taniel
wash cast into de ten of lions, and came out
alifel Now 1 never could pellet dat, for de
wild peasts would shust eat him up right OF
but now it ish ferry clear to my mint. He wash
shust close py or near to, and It'd not get into
de ten at ali. o, ish so glat 1 wash here to-
night.
cast into de frish flrnice, and dat alwash lookt
like peeg story, too, tor dey would nave oeen
purnt up; put it ish all blain to my mint now,
for dey we're shust cast close py or near to de
firish furnice; O, I wash so glat l wash here to-
night n 81 - so;a dot
Jonah wash cast into de sea and take into de
whalesh pelly. Now never could pelieve dat.
1t alwash SCENT to me to pc peeg feesh story,
put it ish all blain to my mint now; he wash
not taken into de walesh pelly at ell, but shust
shumpt on his pack and rode ashore. o, lyash
so glat wash here tonight!
aAnd now, Mister Breacher, if you will shust
exblain two more bashages of Scriptures, l
shall be, O, so happy I wash here tonight
One of dem is we're it saish de wicked shall pc
cast into a lake dat purns NIT fire and Prlm-
sthone alwaysh. O, Mister Breacher, shall ] be
cast into dat lake if am wicked, or shust close
by, or near enough to be comfortable? 0, L
hopes you will say shall pc cast shust by,
good way of, and will pc so glat l wash here
to-nightl De oder bashage is dat vich saish
blessed are dey who obey desc commandments,
dat dey may have right to de dree OBJ life, and
enter in through de gates into de city: 0, tell
me shall gets into de city, and not close py or
near to, shust near enough tosee vat have lost,
and I shall be so glat wash here to-nighttP
He sat down with the impression made on
many minds present that it would not 90 to
take the Bible for only what it clearly says.