The daily gazette., 1877-09-03
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'HnD" "i~fbNbSS7apHE CEREMONY
"A reporter fof, this, paper was on, Ibis
way 10 view the beanties1of the B.andv!
vine yesterday before the frost Of fail
aid The SHOWS Of Winter lad desfr33vsd
them. Upon reaching Market street b,.
u'scosered, great crowds of people meant
dering out Chat highway, and was thereby
reminded thaty sixteen members Of the
",Hqusshold, ,ofr FaitA"" were to be public
~ Daptlsed in the waters Of the Brandy
wlhesi OfcotHse this reminder changed
Thea WHO'S Programme And in a short
tame The reporter was in the sprging mass
oi people e'endeavorilg to get good place,
Where he could see and hear the cermon-
les. Seeing That The crowd was SO great
tlat he Would be finable to see anu hear
enoush'to give a faithful report he lccrt
menced thinking low to obtain the infor
nation, aid whil4 walking around, the
pastor, Rev. Geo r. Kramer, was espied
seated IN a corner, away from the eyes of
the curious. 4Gomgtup to him ali tile
needed Information was received, ami
the following conversation relative to the
church took place:
R.-Mr. Kramer how are you Succeed
ing? ....-
MIR. K.-Beyond our most sal guine
expectations. We are taking in new
members at our monthly meetings regu.
laily.
R.-Do you think this movement will
be = failure?
Mr.. k,-No sir, The early christian
chureh was prosecuted in every coDceiva-
Dle manner. Ihe members were killed
ana thrown INTO deDs Of lions TO be torn
TO pieces, but the church still lived and
prespered until YOU see what 1t is to-day,
and We have started out in this m6ve-
ment with the intention of succeeding
notwithstanding the efforts of other
churches and individuals TO scoff and
moot at us. AS the cermonies of bap-
llsm would soon commence, Mr.. Kramer
was hidden good day and place of OBJ
servation sought. After repeated efforts
and heavy elbowing a place was found
where observations could be taken of Ina,
great throng of people present. 'cna
The baptism took place opposite Wal
nut street OH the upper side OF the creek, |
Where, several years ago, fifteen Mormons
were also dipped
II is estimated that there was al least
S,OOO people. present. On tn is side |
OF the creek the foot of Walnut street |
was packed with people as tight as sar. |
dimes III a box, and the line extended up |
and down the creek, and up the street as |
lar as Fourteenth, and all along Six |
teenth street, opposite to division be-
tween the mills crowds Of people could |
be seen standing. ...l' o. .tsr
All the windows of the mills were oc- |
cupied also the porch Of the city mil.
Market street bridge was dangerously |
crowded. The side that the baptism I
took place from was even more crowded !
than the city side. But here comes the |
candidates for baptism, headed by the |
pastor, singing, SHOWN Life's Dark Vale |
we Wander, until Jesus comes"
Upon reaching the bank the party halt
ed and prayer was offered up, after
which the hymn, "Stlll There's More 10 |
Follow" was sung. str
I he pastor then read the 9Th chapter |
of Paul's epistle to the Romans, . after |
which he made short address, very ap-
pIopriate to the occasion. AT the conclu-
sion OF his remarks he stepped down the |
bank into the water. He was followed |
by Mary Ii. Pierce, the first one baptised |
she was followed by all the ladies and
then came the gentlemen. The ceremon- |,
les are very simple. The pastor puts his
hand on the back ofthe neck, and with
the other grasps one of the hands of the
candidate and says: 81 baptise thee in
the mans of the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost, amen;" and as he utters the last /
word he let's them drop back into the wa
ter, there to remain only second when
they are brought up again:
Ihe following are the names of those
who were baptised,
George w. Dutfield, VIM. Fl. Miller, |
james Shakespeare, Amy A. Lynch, Min.
erva W. Mendenhall, W. l.. Thompson,
Robt. +. Geary, Phillip Richards, James
Moore, Jacob Ii. Elliott, J. S. wilkins,
John Fierce, James Harper, Anna Pierce
Mary Pierce, Franklin Stout, Mary 4.
Hanson, Jos. Hughes, Annie L. Heinel.
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