The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-03-23
APuzzIed Dutchman.

A Puzzled Dutchman.
A Wisconsin paper contains the
following good story: One who
does not believe in immersion for
baptism was holding a protraeted
meeting, and one night preached on
the subject of baptism. In the
course OF his remarks, he said that
some believe it necessary to 90
down into the water, and come up
out of it, to be baptised. But this
he claimed to be fallaey, for 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 the mountain; and the Sa-
viour was taken up into a high
mountain, etc. Now, we do not
suppose either went into mountain
but unto it. So with going down
into the water; it means simply, 90
ing down close by or near to the
water, and being baptized in the
ordinary way by sprinkling or pour
ing" He carried this idea ont
fully, and in due season closed his
discourse, when an invitation was
given to any one so disposed to rise
and express his thoughts. Quite a
number Of his brethren arose and
said they were glad they had been
present on this occasion, that they
were well pleased with the sound
sermon they had just heard, and felt
their souls greatly blessed. Finally,
corpulent gentleman, of Teutonie
extraction, stranger to ell, arose
and broke the silence that was al
most painful, as follows
"Mister Breacher, is so glat I
wash here to night, for has had
explained to my mint Something's
dat I never could pellet pefore.
Oh, / ish so giat dat into does not
mean into at all, but shust py or
near to, for now l can pelieve many
dings vot l could not pelieve before
We reat, Blr. preacher, dat Taniel
vos cast into de ten of lions, and
came out alife. Now 1 nefIer could
pelieve dat, for de wild peasts would
shust eat him op, but now it is fiery
clear TO mint. He wash shust close
py or near to, and It'd not get into
de ten at all. Oh, ] ish so glat I
wash here tonight Again we reat
dat de Hebrew children vos cast in
to de firish furnace, and dat alwash
look like L beeg story, too, for dey
would have peen purnt up; but it
ish all blain to my mint now, for dey
wash shust east py or close 10 dc
firish furnace. Oh, / wash so glatI
was here to night And den, Dir.
Breaeheg, it is said dat Jonah wash
cast into de sea, and taken into dc
whalesh belly. Now, neffer could
pelieve dat. IL alwash seemed to
me to'pe a peeg feesh story, but it
ish all blain to my mint now. He
wash not into de whalesh belly at
all, but shust shumpt onto his back
and rode ashore Oh, I wash SO glat
I wash here to.nfght.
"And now, Mr. PREACHER, IL you
will shust exblain two more bas-
sages of SCRIPTURE, shall be, oh, so
happy dat / wash here to-nighl
One ofdem ish we're it saish de wick
ed shall be cast INTO a lake dat
burns nit fire and primstone al
wash On, Mister Breacher, shall
pc cast into dat lake if am wick
ed, or shust close by or near to-
shust near enough to be comforta-
BILE? Oh! I hope you tell me Ishall
pc cast only py, a good ways of,
and / shall be so glad l wash here
tonight. De other bassage is dat
vich saish blessed are they who do
these commandments. dat dey may
have right to de dree Of life, and
enter in troo de gates of de city,
and not shust close by or near to-
shust near enough to see vot / have
lost--and ! shall be so glat wash
here tonight