Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-04-14

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ULYSSES GRANT HOUSTON.
TIED by him, and still greater privi-
lege if the rite could take place in the
Jordan. His desire was communicated
to the doctor, and he cheerfully con-
sented. Three o'clock was the time
set for the ceremony, and meantime
the tents were pitched, and one of the
| bottom of the river for suitable place
for the ceremony, as there are deep
| places at intervals near the banks, and
| an accident was possible.
It was delightful day, and though
the month was December, the tempera-
ture was that of summer day. Atthe
hour appointed DIR. Talmage emerged
from his tent clad in a long brown
| robe, borrowed for the occasion from
| the sheik 1t was not unclericaI in
shape, though somewhat short for the
doctors tall form. The candidate for
from the Nubian attendant of his
| where Dr. Talmage and the other
y
It was an interesting group, COM
posed of the American ladies and gen
tlemen, the sheik, the muleteers and
other attendants. The service was
opened by singing. No hymn books
were at hand, but the ladies of the
party had provided for that deficiency
while the tents were being pitched and
the doctor and Mr.. Houston were rob-
ing themselves. They had written
out from memory the stanzas, SO ap-
propriate to the occasion and the
scene, which now rose in cadence on
the river bank:
On Jordan's stormy banks stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaans fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
o the transporting, rapturous scene
That rises to my sight;
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight!
When shall reach that happy place,
And be forever blest?
When shall see my Fathers face,
And in his bosom rest?
It was a solemn scene; even the
sheik was affected by it. To the sur
prise of the Americans he Frustrated
himself on the earth and PRAYED to
could not be resisted. AS the singing
ceased he rose and closely watched the
ceremony. Dr. Talmage then led in
prayer, invoking the Divine presence
and blessing. Opening his Bible, he
then read from the third chapter of
Matthew the account of the baptism of
Jesus. The customary questions to
the candidate were asked and satiSfac-
tory answers were given
DR.. Talmage then read his commits
sion in Matthew xviii, 10, 90, $50 We
therefore and teach all nations, bap-
tiZing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost" etc. Looking the candidate
squarely in the face, DR.. Talmage said:
SIN this historic river, which parted
three times to let Gods people pass
dry shod, in which Naaman plunged
seven times for healing from dire dis
ease, and from the banks of which
Elijah assembled in equipage of fire,
and in which Christ was baptized, and
which for ages has been the symbol of
the division between earth and heaven,
I baptize thee"
Then, taking the candidate by the
hand, he led him into the water
Reaching the sufficient depth, he inn
mersed him three separate times, re-
peating the usual formula: ''In the
name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Ghost" after which
he pronounced the benediction. At
the close of the ceremony DIR. Tai
mage said; GAS the ordinance was OBJ
served under the direction of no par
ticular denomination of Christians,
and no particular church could be
responsible for it, | feel it my duty to
report what I did to the church univer-
SAIL
After the ceremony, and when DR.,
Talmage and Mr.. Houston had re-
sumed their usual attire, the latter
went to DR. Talmage and thanked him
for acceding to his request; and said,
reverently that it would be blessed
and hallowing memory with him so
long as he lived. DR.. Talmage took
out his notebook and wrote baptis-
NAL certificate, stating the time and
place of the administration of the rite,
which he handed to Mr. Houston.
Concerning the young man who was
thus baptized, The News, of New
Haven, Conn, says that last summer
he was under the tuition Of Professor
w. w. Haskell, of that city, making a
special study of New Testament Greek,
with the intention of entering Yale
university, but had deferred entering
for time. A deeply interesting work
of art, lone of the most interesting
that it had ever been the writer's good
fortune to see, designed and executed
by Mr.. Houston, was in October, 1883,
ON exhibition in the Yale reading
room.
The News says: "Mr. Houston has
also patented an Educational Model of
the Universe, which presents very in
genious methods of illustrating the
movements of the human body, and
also material illustrations of mental
and moral truth The model is now
at the Northwestern university, in
Chicago. His invention for illustrat-
ing the movements and positions of
the planets of our solar system is very
ingenious.
s'In the same mechanism are repre-
scented a heavenly plane, terrestrial
plane, spiritual plane, a vicious plane,
a plane of art, a commercial plane and |
a portion of a celestial plane exterior
to a portion of the solar system Ex-
President Porter is greatly interested |
in his mechanism for representing the |
free action of the will and other mental |
and moral truth Professor Thayer,
of the Howard Divinity school, has
also shown great interest in the work.
When in England Professor Drum
mOnd and many of the English schol-
airs became interested in his work, u