The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-04-08

Wisconsin secular paper contains the fol.
lowing good story:
One who does not believe in immersion for
baptism was holding protraoted meeting, and
one night preached on the subject of baptism. In
the course of his remarks he said Some believe
it necessary to 20 down into the water, and come
ont of water baptsed. But this he claimed to be
fallaoy, for the prepositionl "into" of the
scriptures should be rendered differently, as it
does not mean into at all times. "Moses" he
said, 1--WE are told, went up into the mountain,
and the Saviour was taken into high noun
tain, etc. Now We do not suppose that either
went into the mountain, but upon it. So, with
going down into the water it means simply going
down t. or near the water, and being baptized
in the ordinary way by sprinkling.
He carried this idea out fully, and in due
season and style closed his discourse, when an
invitation was given to any who felt disposed to
rise aud express their thoughts. Quite mum.
Der of brethren arose and said that they were
glad that they had been present on this occasion,
that they were well pleased with the sound ser.
mon they had just heard, and felt their souls
greatly blessed. Finally corpulent gentleman
of Teutonic extraction, stranger to all, arose
and broke silence, that was almost painful, as
follows:
'.Mister Breacher, I ish so glad wash here TO.
night, for has had explained to my mint some
r.
preacher, that Tsnisl was cast into the ten of
lions, and came out alife? Now, never could
pellet dat, for wilt peasts would shus eat him up
right off; now it lsh ferry clear to my mint, he
vas shust close py near to, and It'd not git in.
to de ten at all. o, I wash 90 glad was here to.
night -...
Again we read dat do Hebrew children wash
cast into the irish furnace and, dat, sir, alwaish
leok't like peek story, too, for they would have
been purnt up put it ish all plain to my mint
now, for they were shust cast close py or near to
the irish furnace. o, yash 80 glat wash here
tonight .
And den, Mr. Breasher, it ish said dat Jonah
was cast into the sea and into de whaleish polly.
Now l never could pellet dat. It alwaish seem.
ed to me to DO peek feesh story, put it is all
plain to my mint now, he wash not taken into
de whales polly at all, but shust shumped on to
his pack and rode ashore o, wash 90 glat I
vssh here tonight.
Aud now, MI. Breachsr il you will shust ex.
plain two more pashages Ut Scriptures shall be,
O, happy that wash here tonight. One of them
is we're it Sash dc wicked shall pc cast into .
lake dat purns with fire and birthstone always.
o, Mister preacher, shall pc cast into that ii l
am wicked, or close Ply or near to, shust 1ear
enough 70 be comfortable o! hopes you tell
me shall be cast shust py good way of, and I
shall be 40 glat as 1 wash here tonight. The
other pashsge that which saish plessed are they
who do these commandments, that they have
right to tho troe of life and enter in through the
gates into the city, o! toll me shall gets into
tho city and not just close py or near to, just
near enough to see what have lost, and shall
be 40 glad vas here to nightw
He sat down with the impression made on
many minds present, that it would do to take
the Bible for only what 1T clearly says