The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-03-26
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Some good stories have been told
In illustration OF the absnrdi'ies to
which the ''Iiberal construction" OF
4cEiptural passages generally leads.
bot we have not seen anything
more sarcastic In this line than Ihs
{ Illowing Obsei vAiIons bY a puzzled
DuIchmAD ~ sort OF service tIelu
by a .'progresslve" sect out Wet
a Wiscons.u paper IL responsible
for putting IL Into pint:
Que who does hot bslieYe In I'M
mersiOu tor baptism was holding
protracged me eiiRg, and one niKhs
preached on the subject OF baptism
In the course OF his remarks b.
said: Some believe IL Is necessary
to 90 INTO the wafer aud come up
out OF Il, TO be baptized. But Ihis
he claimed TO be iailacy, Tor the
proposition INTO of the Scriptures
should be rendered differently as It
does not mean INTO at all times.
Moses, he said, we are told, went
up into high mountain, etc. Now,
we do not suppose that be went
INTO the mountain, but upon it.
So with going down into the water /;
IL means simply going down to or
near the water and being baptized
in the ordinary way, by sprinkling.
He carried out this idea fully and
in due season and style closed his
discourse, when an invitation was
given to any one who felt so dis
posed to rise and express his
thoughts. Quite a number Of the
brethren rose and said that they
were glad that they had been pres
emit on this occasion; that they
were well pleased with the sermon
they had just heard, and felt their
souls greatly blessed. Finally, 8
corpulent gentleman, of Teutonie
extraction, q stranger to all, arose
and broke a silence that was almost
painful. as follows:
"Mr. preacher, ish so glad /
wash here tonight, for has had ex-
planned to my mint some things dat
Z never could believe before. oh
ish so glad dat INTO dose not mean
INTO at all, but shust close by or
near to, for now 1 can believe man
ish things vot / could no understand
before. We reat, Mr.. PREACHER, dat
Taniel vas cast INTO de ten of lions,
and came out alifei Now, i never
could understand dat, for the wilt
peasts would eat him up right of /;
but now it ish very clear to my
mint. He was shust close by or
near to, and did not get INTO de den
ut all. On, / ish so glad wash here
tonight. Again we reat dat de
Hebrew children wash cast INTO de
irish furnace, and dat alwash look't
like q peeg story, too, for / dinks
dey would have been purnt mp but
IL ish all blain to mint now, for they
were shust cast close by, or near to
dc firish furnace; Oh, i vas SO glat
l wash hero tonight "And den,
Mr.. preacher, il ish said dat Jonah
wash cast INTO the whalesh pelley.
Now / never could understand dat !;
but ii ish all biain TO my mint now (;
he wash not taken INTO de whalesh
pelley at all, but shust shumb on
his pack and rode ashore. o. 1 wash
so glat wash here Tonight"
sand now, Mister preacher, if
you will shust explain two more
PASSAGES OF Scriptures, shall be,
q, so happy wash here tonight!
One of dem Is we're it saish de
wicked shall be cast INTO lake dat
burns NIT fire and primstone al
waysh. ., Mister preacher, shall /
be cast INTO a lake dat burns NIT
fire and grimstone alwaysh. o,
Mister PREACHER, shall be east INTO
dat lake II 1 am wicked, or shust
close by, or near enOught to be COM
Portable? l hopes you will say 1
shall be cast shust by, good way
of, and will pc 80 glat l wash here
Tonight De oder pashage is dat
Vich saish blessed are dey who obey
these commandments, dat dey may
have . right to de tree of life, and
enter in through the gates INTO de
city. o, tell me shall gets INTO de
city, and not close by or near to,
shust neer enough to see vat i have
lost and / shall pc so glat l wash
here tonight"