The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-05
n COLORED BAPTISM.
The Spectacle that Drew q Tbreus to CO
narsie Beach on sunday.

The Spectacle that Drew q Tbrous 70 Ca.
narsie Beach on sunday.
The announcement that twenty oolored
converts were to be baptized by immersio
drew q throns 10 Canarsis beach yesterday
afternoon. and the oyster stands and beer
booths did a big business. The ceremony was
to be performed At high tide, and the
nrst intim alton the spectators had that
1t was soon to begin twas the ap
pearancs on the beach OF two eolorsd
brothers and q small boy. The brothers for two
cents hired the boy to wade out into the water
to see how deep II was, and the results of the
experiment was the postponement Of the bap-
tism for an hour, ss the water was only two feet
de. y for 100 yards out
sion In Williamsourah under the preaching Of
the Rev. Thomas @. veitch, Assem- bled IN Uncle
robes. soon sf,sr three o'clock the choir DC
gan TO sing on the beach. tue pastoI, at ended
Sy Deacon H , dso%s' Brown; % stepped into ,ns
ana Deacon Brown taking tue other. led him
out toward wnere there was greater depth.
After they bad gone about one hundred feet
they turned about. aud the pastor taking the
convert In his arms, dipped him three times
singing on the beacn. The convert was leo to
the shore by the deacon, the pastor retaining
Then the deacon escorted the second cand-
date. who was a medium sized young woman.
and who submitted to the ceremony IN matter
OF fact way, and returned without making the
least demonstrsion. TIE baptism OF the two,
the quaint yet tnstiring singing, had worked up
the others, nd the third entered the W ter sing
ing herself, and her voice was stopped only by
tne water, AZ the pastor gently immersed her.
She went TO the snors singing, " Blessed day"
and as she touched the shore shouted: Go
forward. sisters-J -sus Is In water"
lhe NTH was an elderly woman, who seemed
very nervous as sue entered tue water, but con-
tained herself until the water had closed over
hef, AMI tneu, as though struck, she Jumped
uD and down, the efforts OF the past Ir and
deacon being insufficient to restrain her, she
embraced them both, and then, supported by
tn. latter, st rted for the shore.
The sixth was young girl, not over II. who
seemed to he In an ecstatic state when sne en-
tered the water, for she iesped ana shouted sll
the way out, oh. nv dear Jesus" When she had
risen from the waters she started an ecstatic
sort Of nee, clappins her hands and snou ling,
friends on shore Joined. When the girl WAS half
WY back she began Jumping again, and Deacon
Brown, unable To sus ain her. allowed nor to 20
under tho water again. On reaching the shore
she gave her testimony IN the following worus:
Jesus Is the son Of man, never believed II bo-
foi .. but i see IL now. GLORY halieiuj jah u and
then singing, followed In the wake OF the
others.
Still another. middle aged woman. was then
led down into the water. She was neatly
dressed, her sombre black robe being ornament
Ell at the neck with a white collar and her hair
with a white ribbon. As the water rose around
her legs, a shudder passed through her. and but
for the sustaining arm Of the deacon, she must
have fallen. The pair struggled through the
act OF baptism WAS completed the woman
seemed full OF strength, and danced and Jumped
all the way back until out of the water, and then
exhausted was unable TO go further.