Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-01-20
.sGER.u.s.v. O.v' B.sPTIS.u.

The following, from western paper is
too good to be lost:
A minister who does not believe INNER
sion is baptism, was holding protracted
meeting, and one night preached on the
subject of baptism. In the course of his
remarks he said, "Some believe it neces-
sary TO go down into the water, and come
up out of it, to be baptised." But this he
claimed to be fallacy, for the proposition
"into" does not mean into, at all times.
"Moses," he said, 1--WE are told, went up
into tho mountain, and the Saviour was
taken into a high mountain, etc. Now we
do not suppose that either went into a
mountain, but unto it. So with going down
into the water ii means simply going
down close by or near to the water, and
being baptised in the ordinary way by
sprinkling or pouring"
He carried this idea out fully, and in due
season and style closed his discourse, when
an invitation was given for anyone so dis
posed to arise and express his thoughts.
Quite number of the brethren arose aud
said they were glad they had been presept
on this occasion, and that they were well
pleased with the sound sermon they had
Just heard. Finally corpulent gentleman
of Teutonic extraction, a stranger to all,
arose and broke silence that was almost
painful, as follows:
"Mr. Breacher, ish so glad vosh here
tonight, for l has had explained to my
mint some tings dat / never could pellet
peforc. o, ish so glad dat into does not
int at oil hnf Ch ~ oil hxyn nr mr.
| TO, for now l can pellet many dings vot
could not pellet pefore. We reat, Mr..
| Breacher, dat Taniel was cast into de ten
| of lions, and came out alife Now neffer
could pellet dat, for de wilt peasts would
shust eat him right off; put now it is fiery
clear to my mint. He vas shust close by
or near to- and It'd not get into de ten at all.
| o, ish so glat wash here tonight.
"Again we reat dat de Heprew children
| vas east into de fiery furnace, and dat air
alwish look like peeg story, too, for dey
would have peen purnt up; put it ish all
plain to my mint now, for dey were shust
cast near by or close to de fiery furnace.
o, wash so glat wash here tonight
"And den, Mister Breacher, 1t ish said
dat Jonah was cast into dc sea and taken
into de whalesh pelly. Now never could
pellet dat. 1t alwaysh seemed to me to pc
peeg fish story, but it ish all plain to my
mint now. He wash not taken into de
whalesh pelly at all, put shust shumpt on
to his pack and rode ashore. o, wash SC
glat wash here tonight
"And now, Mister Breacher, II you will
shust exolain two more passages of Scrip
lures, shall pc, o, so happy dat yasl
here tonight One Of dem ish we're II sayst
dc wicked shall be cast into q lake da
purns nit fire and primstone alwaysh. o
Mister preacher, shall be east into da
lake II am wicked. or shust py or near to
shust near enough to pc comfortableH o
hopes you tell me shall pc east only
shust py good way off, and will pc $,
glat wash here tonight De odder pash
age ish dat vich saysh, plessed are dey wh'
do desc commandments, dat dey may have
right TO de dree of life and enter in drougl
de gates of de city, and not shust close py
or near to, shust near enough 10 see vat
haf lost-and shall pc so glat wash herr
tonightW