Sharp County record., 1890-11-13

'"Oiieu oy othe, NJ
some from America, and -.
EarOpe' and some from A,i' y
was :, sounded; The Jordan ' = y
danP Hundreds Of thcrs,.,. rsa, As|
grims have chanted on its y
bathed in its waters. Man. ''la
dip a wet gown in the wav" ul q
1t out and carry it home 70, s' ny,
shroud' It is an impe,pa,a a''
and rushes on as tbOusS = 'ea
fastening to tell its story - tas !
Many an explorer has # wS,,~
many a boat has it wrecked Y,
ant Molineux had copper.botton.1' ~
split upon its shelvings. Oulv any,,
that of Lieutenant Lynch, eys, 'l' ~
sail the whole length Of 4 Is !.
season when the SHOWS on "a, a
melt the rage of this stream /, ,ls ~
Conemaugh when Johpsto,,
ished, and the wild beasts a..
be near run for the him,
planning what Jeremiah saws, aS,
He shall go up like a lion ~
swelling of Jordan" No rive, :.
changes its mind, for itturnss,Sn,' H.
travelling two hundred miles toi'J
which in a straight line migbtsl'l
in sixty miles Among banks no,.
now high, now of rocks, nOv % ~
and now of sand, LAYING the tsst !.
terebinths and oleanders, and . ~.
and reeds, and pistachios and n
poplars. This river marries fl.
Sea to Lake Galilee, and did a,s
rough groom take the hand Of q,
a bride?
Yes, from the bank Of tb,
Elijah took team Of fire, shown,
the most raging element is ,a,,,.
the good, and that there is no mad
a child of God fear any thing; to,r
most destructive of all eleneps
that day fashioned into a yebi,Is
departing saint, nothing can eVs
you who love and trust the JoI
am so glad that that cbadr
Elijah's was not made 0n
wood, or crystal, or any
ordinarily pleasant, but @
fire, and yet he went up withOutlpI
so much as a fan himself N
stepping from amid the foliage ds r
oleanders and tamarisks on tbes
of the Jordan, he put his iOOto
red step of the red equipage, h
the red reins of vapor in his hala
spurred the galloping steels Il
the wide'open gate of Heaven N
a scene forever memorable. b NJ
hottest Affections Of your lib
roll you Heavenward. 50 The
burning prosecutions, The
fiery troubles, may become i
ing. Only be sure that Vha
pull on the bits Of fire, youidN
toward God, and not down toya
Dead Sea. When Latimer and H
died at the stake, they went y
chariot of fire. When my frieal
Bliss, the Gospel singer, was oN
with the rail-train at lAshtabuls d
and then took flame, u said; Aid
Elijah gone up in a)chaard
But this river is a rtVerd hPa
Christ was here bapti1el alJOh
tised many thousands WheAs
these occasions the candidate a
tism and the officer 'Of religion
into this river, and then, Nhh
were standing the water wasdlFs
the hand of one and sprinkled lM X
forehead OF the other, or whet3
entire form of the one baptized
peared for o moment beneath u :
face of the flood, | do not now as
While / can not think wllA0'I
emotion of the fact that my y
held me in infancy, to tho nE
font in the old meeting house esS
vile, and assumed VOWS on ny
/ must tell you now Of anOlfe'l
baptism observed in the RlVe'
on that afternoon in last Decenh a
particulars Of which now l0'~
time relate.
1t was a scene of unimagnaSA
nifty. A comrade in our h"I
journey rode up by my side 'l1a N
told that q young man. woo 1
studying for tho Gospel mlnHay
like to be baptised by mo iaM
Jordan. Igot all the facts l%1 S
cerning his earneOtness anu ~. ,"' ~ "a
through personal examin'l's ',i
myself confident he was WV, WV
didate. There were among g0,%n'
tendants two robes not unIn
used for American OaptlUn
those wo obtained "
to have q largo group
erent natIonalities pFe'ea' NJ, !!:.:s
tatod to my daughter lov w
had copies enough maae ''sl5
to sing, Our dragcman nav ',,,.s 4
miliar with tho river wauo '.lG | Y
across to show tho dep'a ~ '% ~r Y Y
ness of tho stream, anu vv~ '', Y
prlato place for tho M,Ss So''0,'i ,s, \
!. / road from tho Biol' .,..'l "" VII
-, A., That Sac'ea
and implorod tho prescaVo ,s,,l % Y
on whose head tho dove NV % II
tn tho Jordan. Then, as y. no y, \
and and myself stepped into ato, 'I' Is piI % n
peoplo on the banks sang w. N
sounding voice. . ,soplS ii
on Jordan's stormy avo vs'
And cast wlsliu, y 'yv yOvsOpyl@ h
Where 1"nc my possessions ,".'n'ars' 10 n