The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-12-24
A PUZZLED DUTCHMAE.

Wisconsin paper contains the follow.
ing good story:
" One who doea not believe ia INNER.
/ sion by baptism, was holding protract.
! ed meeting, a. d one night preached on
the subject of baptism. IB the course Of
| his remarks he said, some believe i. ne
cessary to 60 down into the water. and
come out of it, to be baptised. But this
he claimed to be faiacy, for the PROPOSE
ton into Of the scriptures should be
rendered differently, for it does not mean
into at AL times. "Moses,' . he said, we
are told. went up into the mountain, and
the Saviour gss taken into h gh noun !.
tam, etc. Now we do not suppose that
either went into monntain, but unto it.
80 with going down into the water; il
m cans simply going down close by or
near to the water, and being bap.ised in
the ordinary way by sprinkling or pour
iny."
He car:iei this iiea on. fully, and in
due season and sly lie closed his discourse,
when an invitation sas :iven 70 rany one
so disposed to arise and express his Tho is.
. :ite a number oi the brethren arose.
and sand tiicy were glad they had been
present on this occasion: that they were
we'll pleased with the sound seraon lust
delivered, and telt their souls greatly
blessed. Final y, Compliant gentlemen
OF Ieu;onlc extraction. a stranger to all,
arose ana broke silence that waa al
most painful, As follows:
Mister Breecher, ish so glad | wash
here to might, for has had expai .,ed to
my mint some dings dat | never could
belief before. Oh, so glad da. unto
does not mean into at all, but shust
close by or near to, for now | can belief
manish dings vot could not belief be>
re. We reat Mr.. Breecher, dat Tan
'el was cast into the ten Of lions and
came on: alfe. Now never could be-
lief dat, for the wilt beasts would shust
eat him right off. put now it is ferry clear
TO my miht. He vas shust close by, or
near to and It'd not get into de ten at all.
Oh, ish so glat wash here tonight.
gain we reat dat de Hebrew children
vas cast into de fierish furnace, and dat
air alwish looked like peeg story too,
for they would have been burnt up, put
it ish all plain to my mint now, for they
were shast cast near by or close to de
fierieh furnace. o! vas SO glad | was
here Tonight,
And den Mr. Breecher it h said dat
Jonah vas cast into de sea and taKen in
to de wha'esh peiIy. Now nefer coos
pelicf dat. 1t aiwaysh seemed TO me to
pc peeg ieesh story, but it sh all plain
TO my mint now. He wash not into de
whalsh peliy at all any more. but shust
shumpt on to his pack unit rode ashore.
. vosh so glat | vas here to night!
'Unt roy, Mishter Breecher, if you
will shust exbiain two more passages Of
Schribtures shall be, O, so happy dat
wash here to night One of dem ish vere
it saish de WICKET shall be cast into lake
dat purns nit fire unit primstone always.
.! Mishtec Breecher, shall be cast into
lake that purns with fire ard prim.
sthone always o. Mister Breecher.
shall pc cast into that lake if am vick>
ed, or shust close by, or near to, shust
near enough to pc comfortable? O,
hopes you tell me | shall be cast only
shust by good way off, and I will
pc SO glad l vas here tonight. The
other passage is da. vich saish, bless>
ed are they who DO these comnand~
ments, that they nsy have right to the
dree Of life, and enter in through the
gates Of the city and not shust close
by or near TO, shust near enough to
see vat | have lost, and | shall pc so
glad | vas here tonight