The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-11-06

team Of fire, showing that the most
raging element is servant Of the good,
and that there is no need that Il child
of God fear anything, for if the most
destructive Of all elements was that
day fashioned into q vehicle for de
parting saint, nothing can ever hurt
you who love and trust the LORD.
am so glad that that chari It OF Elr-
Jah was not made out of wood or crys-
tai or anything ordinarily pleasant but
out OF fire, and yet he went up without
having so much rs to fan himself.
! When, stepping from amid the foliage
| OF these oleandcrS and tamariSks on
| the banks of the Jordan, he put his
foot on the red stcpof the rcd equip
age, and took the red reinS OF vap0r IN
MS hands, and Spurred the galloping
steeds toward the wide open gate of
| heaven, 1T was q scene forever mpmur-
able. SO the hottest afllictiOnS OF your
life may roll you hcavenward. 50 the
most burning prosecutions, the lnr>t
| llery troubles. may become upllltinr.
Only be sure that when you pull III
the bits OF fire, you drive up toward
| God, and not down toward the Dead
sea- When Latim"r and Ridlry died ut
the stake they wont upin chariot Of
lire. When my friend i. T. Bliss, the
gospel singer, was consumed with the
rail train that broke through NShtahu-
| LII bridge and then took flame, | said
Another Elijah gore mp ina rlariut
of fire."
BArTIZING IN TIE JORDAN.
but this river Is Il river Of haptiSmS
Christ WAS here baptized and JOHN hap
| tlZcd IN my thousands. Whether on
these occasions the candidate for bap-
| tlSm and the officer Of religion went
| n h &c oIX
were standing the water WAS dipped in
the hand Of one and sprinklcd urnn
the forehead of the other, or whether
the entire form Of the one baptizcd dis
appeared FOR moment beneath the slir-
ace OF the Hood, do not now DECLARE.
| While l cannot think without dprD
emotion Of the fact that my parents
held me in infancy to the haptiSmal
font in the old meeting house ut SOM
erville and assumed vows on my h;,-
half, | must tell you now OF another
mode of baptism observed in the river
Jordan on that afternoon in last y =
cember, the particulars OF which now
FOR the first time relate.
1t was Il scene Of unimauinablr SOL
emnlty. y comrade in our Holy Land
journey rode up by my side that dav
and told me that ayoung man who is
now studying for the gospel ministry
would like to be baptized by me in tie
rlV=rJ ordan. 90 all the facts could
concerning his earncStnrSS and faith,
and through personal examination
made myself confident he Was Il worthy
candidate. There We're among our
| Arab attendants two robes not unlike
those used for American har;iStrirs,
and these we obtained. AS we were to
have large group OF different nali0u-
lIO n | u pt 4 4.
ter few verses and had cOp,rS cn0urh
made to allow all to sing. Oar drago,
man had man familiar Wilh.the river
Wade throngh and tcrC$S - ShON tax
depth and the SwiftnrSS of thn stream
ana the most appropriate Place for the
ceremony. Then read from the Bihl,
the accounts of baptiSmS in that sacred
stream, and implorcd the presence Of
the Christ on whose head the dove de-
cended ut the Jordan. Then is t!lr
candidate and myself stepped INTO the
water the nrople on the banks sang in
full and rcSounding voice:
On Jordan S,StOrmy banks stand
And cast a wishful eye
TO Canaan'S fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
On, the transporting, rapturou> scene
That rises to my sight;
Sweet fields arrayed in living Green
And rivers Of delight.
by this time we had reached The m;E /
die OF the river. AS the candidate
sank under the floods and rose again
under Il baptism in the name of the
rather, and the Son, and the Holy
Ghost, there rushed through our souls
Il Tue O1 molly emotion such as we shall
not probably feel again until we step
into the Jordan that divides earth from
heaven. Will those waters be deep q?
VIII those tides be strong? no mat
ter If Jesus steps in with us. Friends
on this shore to help us off. FricnGS
on the other shore to see us land. See,
They arc coming down the hills on the
other side to greet us. How well we
know their step! How easily we dis
tlnRulsh their voices. From bank To
bank we hail them with tears ana they
hail us with palm branches. They say
to us, as that you, fathcr?" lis that
you, mOther?' and we answer by ask
ing, SIS that you, my darllng?" How
near they seem, and how narrow th"
stream that divides us.
Could we but stand where Moses stood
And view the landscape DER,
Not JOrdanS stream nor Deaths cold lIUUd
Could fright us from the shore.
Dcsccratimg the Marriage Ceremony.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. October > .
There was Il thrilling balloon aSrcmSio,
at the State Fair to-day. Thomas j
; Minis and Miss Gertrude liltman. .
Brcwton, Ala, were married in front -
the grand stand in the presence OF It,
600 people. The Rev =. NJ. Adams
president of the State Alliance. perform
: ed the ceremony. The young couple
then stepped into the car "f Il monster
, gas balloon, and with strong win,
sailed off on there bridal tour. The bal
loon took q sOuthcrlv direction. and Il
the height of mile and half wen
over Red Mountain. 1t was last scCl
this afternoon at hali-past > O'clock pas
sing over ONm0Or, seven miles south o
birmingham, and still hcadin" for IT,,
mountainous region Of Shelby C0unty
The State Far management cave thC
young couple a purse Of $50 and {;
large number of presents were given t'
Them. The groom is 20 and the bride is
tx. The balloon bridal party landed on
tho top OF Il mountain seventeen miles