Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-08-22
A Puzzled Du:chmau,

A Wisconsin secular paper contains the
following good story:
One who does not believe in immersion
for baptism. was holding a protracted
meeting. and one night preached on the
subject Of baptism In the course Of hi~
remarks he said some believe it necessary
to 90 down into the water and come up
out of II TO be baptized But this hc claim
cd to be a fallacy for the proposition lin
TO" of the scriptures should be rendered
differently as it does not mean into at all
times Most 4" ne said I'VE are told
went up into the mountain, sc. Now we
do not suppose that either went down into
the mountain, but upon it. SO with going
down into the water, 1t means simply GO
ing down close by or near the water, and
being baptized in the ordinary way, by
sprinkling"
He carried this idea out fully and in due
season and style closed his discourse, when
an invitation was given to any one who
felt so disposed to rise and express his
thoughts Quite a number Of the breth
rem arose and said they had been present
on this occasion, that they were pleased
with the sound sermon they had just heard
and felt their souls greatly blessed. Fin
ally a corpulent gentleman OF Ieutonlc ex-
traction, a stranger to all, arose and broke
a silence that was painful, as follows;
Mister Breacher, | ish so glad wash
here tonight, for | has had explained to
nv mint some tings that | never pellet be-
fore. We reat Mister Breacher dat Tan
lei vast cast into the ten of lions, and
came out alife? Now, ncbber could pellet
that. for de wilt peasts would shust eat
him up right OFF; put now it is ferry clear
10 nv mint.-He was shut close py or
neer to. and It'd not git into de ten al all.
Oh. ish so glad wash here tonight.
Again we reat dat de Hebrew children
vast cast into the firish furnace, and dat
air alwish look't like a peeg story, too, for
they would have been burnt up; put it ish
all plain to my mint now, for they were
shust cast close by or near to de frish
furnace. o, | wash so glat wash come
here tonight.
And den, Mister Breacher, it ish said
dat Jonah vast cast into de sea and taken
into the walesh pelly Now, never could
pelief dat. 1t always seemed to me to be
peeg feesh story, put it ish all plain to
ny mint now, he wash not taken into the
whalesh pelly at all, put snust shumped on
to his pack and rode ashore. Oh vas so
glat wash here tonight!
And now Mister preacher, if you will
Shust explain two more passages OF scrip
lures, shall be, O., so happy dat wash
here tonight? One of them Is we're 1t
sash de wicked shall pc cast into lake
that purns with fire and primsthone always.
0, Mister Breacher, shall | pc cast into
that lake If / am wicked! or shust close by
or near to. shust near enough to be com
Portable? OH hopes so. Tell me shall
be cast shust py good way on, and VIII
IL
bassage is that which saish, plessed is those
who do these commandments, that they
may have right to the tree of life and en-
ter In through the gates into the city. OF
tell me shall get into the city, and not
shust close py or near to, shust near
enough to see vot l have lost, aud | shall
tie so glat vas here tonight
He sat down with the impression made
on many minds present, that it would
do to take the Bible for what it clearly
says.