The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-03-04

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scribers ~s publish the story of she
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secular paper conssins the following good
stefy
One who does not believe in immef-
SION for baptism, vas holding ! protrse.4
ed meeting, and one night preached on
The subject or baptism In tie couYss
;of his remarks be.said some believed It.
necessary to go down into the wate., and
come up out Of it, 10 be baptized. But
this he claimed to be fallacy, for the pre-
tposition into" of the Scriptures, should
/ ibesrendered siiferentiyy yf<as ID does not
mean ista at all times. aMoses,p he
said, 1--WE are told, went up igte the
mountain, and the Savior was taken igts
high mountain. Now we do not sup.
pose that either went MTG the mountain;
but upon it. So with going down safe
tls seater, it means simply going cg0y BY
or near to the water, snd being baptized
! in the ordinary way. by rsptinkling or
pouring"
He carried this idea out fully and Ia
due season and style closed his discourse.
when an invitation was given for any
one so disposed to arise and express iifs
thoughts Quite a number of the breth.
rem arose and said they were glad they
had been present ON this occasion, that
Ithey we're well pleased, with the sound
sermon they had just heard, and. felt
their souls. greatly blessed, Finally, .
corpulent gentleman of Teutonic extrao.
tion, stranger to all, arose and broke
a silence that was almost painful. as fol-
lows:
"Mr Breacher. ish so glad I vas here
ito-night,for That had explained to my
mint something's dot Inever could pellet
pefore. OIL ishss SO glsd't that isfo
Idoesdoesnot mean into atall, put shust
|close pyor near to, for now + can pellet
Emapish iings vot could not pelieve
|pefore. We read, Mister preacher. thst
Taniel was cast inta the ten Of lions and
came ut,alife! Now / nefer could pe-
Iieve that, for ter wild peasts would shust
leat him right of put now it ish ferry
clear TO my mint.--He wash shust close
lpy ornear to, and It'd not get isto,lhe ten
atall. Q, I ish SO glat ! vas here to-
night!'
/ IAgaln we feat dat the Hebrew chil.
ldren vas cast ialD de ffish furnace, and
Idas air alwish look like peeg story too
lfpr they would have peen purnt up, put
| 1t ish all plain toimy mint now, for they
we're shust cast near py or close to ths
|fish furnace. u. lvas 20 glst / vas
here to.night!' ,.
i "And den, Mister Breacher, Il ish
said dat Jonah was cast into the sea and
take into the whalesh pelly. Now ! new
Ter could pelieve that. 1t always seemed
Itome 10 pe Apig feesh 1<ofysputft istalI
plain TO my mint now. He was not taken
into the whalesh pelly at all, put shus,
shumpt onts Ais pack and rode ashorsi
o, wash 80 glat wash here tonight =
sand now, Mister Breacher. II you
will shust explain two more bashages oil
Scriptures / shall be, 0, so happy I vash
here tonight. One OF TEN is yere II
ssish de wicked shall pc cast into lake
that purns nit Ore and primshtone al
vays.-O! Mister PREACHER, shah ps
cast into that lakesif am vieked! OF
Fshust close py or near TO, shust neal
tenough to pc comfortable O! I hops
lyou tell me / shall pc cast only sbust spy,
la good way of, and I,vfll pc so glat I vas
, here to night. The other bashage is tha,
vich saish. plessed are they who do theeI
q commandments, that they may have right
/ to the tree of life.snd enter through tbs
gates ixio the city, O., tell me shall
|, gets intothe CITY and not shust close py
or near 10. sbustepoughto see vat I ha
lost" and I shall be 80 glat I vas hsra
tonight. -,