The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-25
CHILLY FOR THE CHILDREN
LITTLE GIRLS DIPPED IN THE
COLD WATER N PAMRAP0.


Faith Cure supplemented with Ginger
Tea-Tunds of the Bayonne Building
and Loan Association-Bergen Point
Sporting Notes.
"Suffer the little children to come
unto Me, and forbid them not; for OF
such is the kingdom of heaven"
quoted Elder William g. Raymond to
! his little flock of faith c%urists, and the
groups of curious spectators who sur
rounded them yesterday afternoon as
they stood at the foot Of F1sh2s lane,
on the Pamrapo shore of New York
Bay. As the Elder spoke his sallow,
weather beaten face donned a beneyo-
lent smile, and he extended his arms
| toward two fair haired little girls, who
| stood neatly attired in long white gar
ments. They clasped hands and fol-
lowed the Elder along the beach to
the waters edge.
Except We be converted and become
as little children, we shall not enter the
kingdom of heaven further quoted
the elder, gazing with solemn mien
upon his auditors. He then lifted up
| his arms, and at the signal the band Of
devotees began singing the hymn,
'sChildren of the Heavenly King"
| When the echoes Of the refrain had
| died away Elder Raymond delivered a
brief discourse, selecting as his text
| Solomon's advice to Remember thy
| Creator in the days of thy youth. !"
Then he knelt upon the beach with
| some of his followers and prayed long
and earnestly.
PRAISE the Lord for this beautiful
day. he joyfully calculated upon
arising.
PRAISE the Lord for this beautiful
day." repeated the devotees in con-
cert, after which they joined in sing
ing their favorite hymn,
30, happy day o, happy dayl
When Jesus washed my sins away"
Taking seven-year-old George Fish,
the elder of the little girls, by the
hand, Elder Raymond waded out into
the tide. The child walked along
resolutely and turned a grave face to-
ward the shore when the water reached
her waist. She made no struggle when
the Elder slowly dipped her beneath
the surface, and when she rejoined the
band on shore she joined it in singing,
"wash me and make me clean,
Pure as Thou art
encouraged DY ldcI oloUCIS lOIbl-
tude, little ~four-year-old Pearl Fish
accompanied the elder into the water,
and went through the dipping pro-
cess without finching. Then the
| Elder lifted her in his arms far above
his head, and q-uoted:-'Whosoever,
therefore. shall humble himself
as this little child, the same is greatest
in the kingdom of heaven His flock
responded by singing "a Child of
God.n The Elder followed with a
short exhortation.
s"Take heed that we despise not one
of these little ones,n he quoted, wav
ing his hands at the spectators and
crooking an index finger in the direc-
ton of the children, who were
being given copious. doses of ginger tea.
For | say unto you" he continued,
that in heaven their angels do al
ways behold the face of my Father
which is in heaven
After Amos Smith, a typical Yankee
from Jonesport, Maine, had been bap-
| tized, and he and the Elder had taken
liberal drinks of the ginger tea as a
remedy against catching cold through
| their exposure, the flock held an expert
ence meeting and communion services.
A dozen or so devotees testified to re-
markable cures, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fish, of Newark, Wayne county, N.
Y, the parents of the children con
verts, told how the little ones had
been cured by faith and prayer of SER
ious throat troubles. Last evening
services were also held by the band at
Sister Holthusen's home, No. AZ Cole
street, Jersey City, and several con
versions were made.
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