The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-02-21
Smith Pales Before the Spleen
=. dor of a Brighter Orb.
BY KIT WARREN.
Sumter Republican. ]

- bone made quite an explosion. The
'-.' roar of the mighty mouth piece was
noised abroad, and dismay existedsS
and havoc was threatened to the
friends of sprinkling. The danger
<, !. grew serious, an alarming tendency
= to proselytism was discovered
throughout the neighborhood and
the enemies to the heresy, promul-
gated by Smith, held meeting and
conferred together.
After some discussionit was decid
ed to send creetur down to Berry
an and fetch up Rev. Freeman jim
kins who, it was asserted, "could tear
the hine sights offn any Baptist
preacher this side of kigdom come"
Brother Jinkins was accordingly sent
; for and arrived by due course of
horse power. He began his meet
ing and soon made an impression,
and on the first Sabbath afterwards
administered the ordinance of bap-
tism in the presence of large assem-
bly, and wiped off Smiths impress
sion sa::seasilY as if they had been slate
sl marks
"My dyin' congregation, Pm
gwine to baptize this young man
with the only real, shore enough bap-
tism.
Thar amt but one baptism, but
thar's three modes. s.E &E
Yes, thar's three modes, but thar's
,ao one of .'em amt much, alb. l don't
think myself that immersion's got
any scriptral enwarrantment ali.
sss Every wbar in the Bible, when
folks got put under the water, lit
was bekase they was committin of
some unforbidden sin, all.
Pharaoh took after the chosen peo-
pie and the Lord had him immersed,
ah. Jonay wouldn't preach to the
sinful people of Ninnevy and he had
TO spend three days in the whale
belly, swimmin about in the briny
sea, ah-hoch tschew," (spittingl
"Yes, and the Baptists needn't brag
about John immersin' 5000 in day,
ali. Even eff he had q done it, it
wouldn't a been nothin to the i'm
mersin' that tuck place in the days
of a certain old Methodist preacher
named Noay, ah, my beloved breth-
rem, that wicked generation all went
down into the water, but it amt no
whars stated that it washed away
thar sins, ah-hock tschew. And re-
member that Peter started to walk
upon the water and he didn't in no
wise sink and go under and git i'm
mersed tell after he committed the
sin of unbelief, an Yes, Pharaoh
and his host was some of Brother
Smiths Baptist puddle ducks, and
the crowd at stayed outen the ark
was some on EN-, and Jonay and
Peter belonged in the same mess
while they sinned against the Lord.
and rot afterwards, ah. Then my
beloveds, immersion may be one of
ua the modes of baptism, but it's pow
erful unscriptral mode, ali.
Oh, but you got to be buried in
baptism, and Brother Smith thinks
you got to go under head and years,
ur you can't be buried, Ah Well, 1
wus buried in a deep study, this
mornin; and study didn't kiver me
up and it never totch my hair nur
my heels, and l didn't go under the
study, but wus shorely buried in
study, buried in deep study, alb,
hook tschew. Yes. and Brother
Smiths buried in debt, heels over
head, and nobody won't say debts
sloshin' up agin him and duckin him
and sendin' him under, all. So YOU
see my friends thar amt no pint IN
no SIGH as this, all
But they find some readin' in the
Bible at reads about gwine down
into the water, and thars whar
Brother Smith gifts his most power.
fullest and pintedest argument, all.
Yes, it says how that Phillup and the
eunoch went into the water. But
gwine in lacks lots of nesnin' gwine
under, ali. Yes, gwine into the wa
ter don't mean gwine under the
O. water no moren gwine into the field
means gwine under the field, or
gwine down into the cellar means
gwibe down under the cellar, all.
| reckon eff wus to Ak Brother
Smith into my house he'd feel his
self invited to git down on his all
tours and crawl under the house, ah.
No no, hook tschew, my dyin'
friends, under don't mean into mr.