The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-27
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THURSDAY EvEN'G, APRIL q, 1871
A Puzzled Dutchm an.


iect of baptism. In the course Of bis re-
marks he said, some believe 1t necessary to
90 down into the water, and come up out
of it, to be baptized. But this he claimed
to be fallacy, for the proposition "into"
of the Scriptures, should be rendered dif-
ferently, for 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 up into high mountain, &c,
Now we do not suppose that either OF them
went into a mountain, but unto it. 30
with going down into the water it means
going down close by or near to the water,
and being baptized in the ordinary way, by
sprinkling or pouring.
He carried his idea out fully, and IN due
season and style closed his discourse, when
an invitation was given for any one 50 dis
posed to arise aud express his thoughts.
Quite number of his brethren arose and
said they were glad they had been present
on this occasion they we're well pleased
with the sound sermon they had heard,
and felt their souls greatly blessed. Finally,
corpulent gentleman of Teutonic extract
ion, a stranger to all, arose and broke a
silence that was almost painful as follows:
Mister PREACHER, ish so glad wash here
tonight, for l has had explained to my
mint some dings dat never could belief
before. Oh, ish SO glad dat into does not
mean into at all, but shust close by or near
to, for can belief manjsh dings dat
could not belief before. We reat, Mister
PREACHER, dat Taniel was cast into de ten
of lions, and came out alfe Now never
could belief dat, for de wild beast would
shust eat him off; but 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. Oh,
| ish SO glad l vas here tonight
Again we reat dat de Hebrew children
vas cast into de irish 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 new, for they were shust
cast close by or near to the firish furnish
Oh, vas SO glad vas hero tonight.
And den, Mister PREACHER, 1t is said dat
Jonah was cast into de sea and taken into
de whalesh .pelly. Now l neffer could be-
lief that. 1t always seemed to me to be a
peeg feesh story but it ish all plain to
my mint now. lie wash not taken into the
whalesh pelly at all, but shust shump onto
his pack and rode ashore. Oh wash SO
glad wash here tonight.
And now Mister preacher, If you will
shust explain two more passages of Scrip
ture shall be, o, so happy dat wash
here tonight One of them is we're 1t
saish de wicked shall be cast into lake
that purns NIT fire and birthstone always.
OF Mister PREACHER, shall l be cast into
that lake if am wicked or shust close by
or near to, shust near enough to be COM
Portable? OF hopes you tell me / shall
be cast only shust Ply good way Of, and l
will be SO glad vas here tonight The
other passage is that vich saish, blessed are
they who do these commandments, that
they may have right to the tree Of life and
enter in through the gates Of the city and
not shust close Ply or near to, shust near
enough to see vat have lost-and l shall
be 30 glad vas here tonight.
The New York Democrat says: "Mr.
Greeley, on his farm, keeps running ac-
count with his hens, double entry. When
a hen lays an egg she runs around the
bases, and when she strikes the home base,
where the book-keeper is located, she sings
out tally one, or tally two,' as the case may
be, because some of them are repeaters,
and the book-keeper gives her credit, and
charges her with her meals. In this way
Horace can tell what hens are Striking,
and how much he makes on each hen. He
says his experience is that ROSTERS are a
glazing fraud, putting on style around and
never laying an egg once in two weeks"
Mr.. Beecher at one time made persist
emit effort to induce the women of his
church to take part in the social meetings.
As the result, says the Independent, a lank
female gospeler arose one evening and re-
cited a learned, but by no means edifying,
homily, which she repeated at two success
sive meetings. The case was becoming
both ludicrous aud serious. Finally, at
the close Of the harangue on the third eve
ming, Mr.. Beecher lifted up his head, which
had been buried in his hands, and said
quietly: Nevertheless, brethren, am in
favor Of having women speak in the
prayer-meeting."
The treasury regulations for the redemp-
ton of token coins have been amended, SO
that each denomination and kind must be
assorted by the sender before shipment to
tnt tIedhury. IuotC oio ehiCo hiuuo Vi
one cent pieces, viz: copper cents, issued
prior to 1867; nickel copper cents, issued
from 1857 to 1864; and bronze cents,
issued from 1867 to 1871. These coins,
as well as the bronze two cent pieces, and
the copper nickel three and five cent
pieces, must be put up separately, and
forwarded in packages in the aggregate of
twenty dollars, or the mutiples of twenty
dollars.
William Cullen Bryant has written a
letter giving an account of his daily life.
We make this extract: ri rise early /;
at this time of the year about $50
o'clock; in summer, half an hour, or even
an hour, earlier. Immediately, with very
little encumbrance Of clothing, begin a
series of exercises, for the most part de-
signed to expand the chest, and, at the
same time, call into action all the muscles
and articulations of the body. These are
performed with dumb bells, the very light
est, covered with flannel with a pole, a
horizontal bar and light chair swung
around my head"
A mothers supreme devotion to her
child was strongly illustrated recently in
Kansas City, when Mrs. Britt plunged
into a deep cistern to rescue her little
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