The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-02-08

A Wisconsin secular paper cOntalQe
the following good story. Our Baptist
friends must be delighted with it /; and it
really teaches good lesson, viz the ab-
surdity of merely textual argumenta-
ton.
A munster that did not believe in i'm
mersion for baptism, Vas holding pro-
tracted meeting, aad one night preached
on the subject Of baptism. In the course
If his remarks he SAID, some believe it
necessary to go down into the water,
and come up out of the water baptised.
But he claimed this to- be a fallacy, for
the proposition g into" Of the Scriptures
should be rendered differently, as it does
not mean into all times. "Moses," he
said, 1--WE are told, went up into the
1ountain, and the Savior was taken in
to the mountain, etc. Now we do not
suppose that either went into the noun
tain, but upon it. So with going down
into the water, it means going down
close by or near the water, and being
baptised in the ordinary way, by sphinx
.ling.".
He carried this idea out fully, and in
due season and style closed his discourse,
: whom an invitation was given to any
who felt 80 disposed to rise and express
their thoughts. Quite number OF the
brethren rose ard said they were glad
that they had been present on this occa-
sion that they. were well pleased with
the sound sermon they had heard, and
felt their souls greatly blessed. Finally
corpulent gentleman Of Teutonic eX-
traction, u stranger to them al, arose
and broke silence that was almost pain
full, IA follows:
"Mister PREACHER, ish SO glad l wash
here tonight, for 1 has had explained to
my mint some tings never could pellet
before. We read, Mister PREACHER, that
Taniel was cas-; into ten OF lions, and
came ont alife! Now, l never could pc
lief, dat, for de wilt peasts would shust
cat him up right off, but now it ish ferry
clear to my mint. lie vas shust close py
or near to, and It'd not go into to ten at
all. y, l wash SO glat ! wash here to-
night.
"Again we roat dat de Hebrew child
rem vas cast into de firish furnace, and
dat, sir, aiwaish look't like a peek story
too, for dey would have peen purnt up
put it j all plain to mint now, for dcy
wash cast shust close py or near to de
irish furnace. o, wash so glat wash
here tonight.
"And ten, Mister preacher, it ish said
dat Jonah wash cast into dc sea into dc
whalesh pelly. Now l never cold pc
lief dat. 1t alwaish seemed to me to pc
u peeg fecsh story, put It ish all plain to
my mint now, he wash not taken into
tho whales pelly at all, but shust slump
ped onto his pack and rode ashore. .,
I wash SO glat l wash here tonight.
"And now, Mister PREACHER, if you
will shust explain two passages of Scrip
lures, shall pc so happy dat vas here
tonight. One of dem ish we're it saish
dc wicked shall pc cast into q lake dat
purns with fire and birthstone alwaish.
o! Mr.. preacher, shall pc cast into dat
lake if am wicked, or shust close py or
near to, shust near cough to be comfora-
BILE? OH hopes you tell me shall pc
east shust py, goot wsy of, and shall
pc so glas l vas here tonight The oder
passage ish dat vot saish, blessed are dey,
who do desc commandments, dat dey
may hat right to de tree OF life, and
enter in through de gates into de city.
O! tell me shall get into de city and not
shust close by or near TO, shust near
enough to see vat hat lost and l shall
pc 50 glAt wash here tonight"
He sat down with the impression
made on many minds present, that it
would do totake thu. Bible for only what
1t clearly says. 49,.