Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-03-23
NO. 90.
A Pwxxled Dufchruan.

| A Wisconsin paper tells tho following
story:
! One who does not believe in immersion
for babtism was holding protracted meet
ing, and one night preached on the sub.
jeet of baptism. In the course of his re-
marks he said, some believe it necessary
to go down into the water and come up
out Of it, to be baptized. But this he
claimed TO be fallacy, for the proposition
into in the Scriptures should be rendered
differently, Us it does not mean into at all
times. Moses. be said. we are told. went
up. into a high mountain, go Now, we
do not suppose that be went into the
mountain but upon 1T. So rwithlgoing
down into the water, it means sinply go-
ing down close or near by the water. aud
being baptized in the ordinary way. "a
He carried out his idea fully, and IN
due season and style closed his discourse,
when an invitation was given to any per-
son who felt SO disposed to rise and ex-.
press his thoughts. Quite number OF
brethren arose and said that they had been
present on this occasion; that they were
we'll pleased with the sermon they had just
heard, and felt their souls greatly blessed.
Finally u corpulent gentleman, OF Teuton-
ic extraction, stranger to all, arose and
broke the silence that was almost painful.
as follows:
mister Breacher, ish so glad rot I
wash here tonight, for l haf exblain to
my mint some tings dot never Vas Pc
lieve-- before. Oh, ish SO glat dot
into does not mean into at all, but shust
clos by or near to, for now ] can pelieve
many tings vot / was not understand pefore.
We reat, Mr.. Brcacher, dot Taniel vos
cast into the den of lions, and come out
alife. Now I could never understand dat.
for de Wild beast would sbust eat him right
off; but now it ish fiery clear to my mint.
He wash shust close py or near to and did
not get into te ten at all. o ish so glat
| wash here to night. ,....
Again we reat dot de Hebrew children
vas cast into de fiery furnish. and dot ale
ways look't like peeg story, too. for
dinks dey would have peen purnt up; but
1t ish all blain to my mint now, for dey
were shust close by, or near TO the hrish
furnace; o, vas so glat vos here TO
night.
"An0 zen, MlS.er Dreacuer, ~ ISL nats
dot Jonah vos cast into the Wales pelly.
Now | nefer coult understand dot; put it
ish all blain to my mint now he wash not
taken into dc wales pelly at all but siIust
shumpt on his pack unit rode ashore. y.
| was so glat | vas hero TO night. seq
''And now Mister preacher, fyou shust
exblain two more passages of Scripture, I
shall pc o, so happy l vose here to night.
One o fdem ish we're it ish said de wicked
shall pc cast into lake vot purns mit
wire and brimhstone slwaysh. q. Mr..
Breacher, shall pc cast into dat lake if
am wicked, or shust closh py, u goot way
of, and 1 will pc so glat ! wash here 20
n ght De oder bashagc is dat wish ssys
'plessed are dey who obey desc commando
ments, dat dey may haf right to de tree
oflife, and enter through de gates into de
gates into de city o, tell me | shall
get into de city, and not closh by. or
near TO, shust near enough to see vot hsf
lost and | shall pc so glat vas here to
night" za