Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-02-08
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City Livery Stable

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elder, the Emery brothers, Mrs. Rob-
eTts, their sister, aud few friends.
drove down in long, four>seated
sleigh, which was stopped about so
feet south of the bridge, on tho west
sice Of the river. The elder removed
his overcoat and hat, and delivered a
brief exbortation, after which he took
off his overshoes. AS he did this, the
Emery brothers also removed their
overcoats, hats, and undercoats, and
stood in the snow in their stockings,
and stripped to their shirts aud trous.
erS.
The elder then. with his right hand,
took hold of one Of the brothers, led
him TO the middle Of the ditch or
canal, where the depth Of water was
fully four feet, and, putting the right
hand against Mr.. E'nery's hack at the
place where his suspenders crossed,
and pressing the left against his
breast, immersed him completely by
bending him backward and holding
him under water perhaps two seconds.
The elder then raised Mr.. Emery to a
perpendicular position, and the two
shouted "Glory to God!" and walked
to the bank.
The elder remained standing in the
water, and accompanied the other
Emery to near the middle Of the
ditch, but not quite as far as in the
first instance, and repeated the cere.
mony.
BY this time, however, it was evi-
dent that the elder aud his proselyte
were thcroug hly chilled, as they only
spoke with difficulty, their teeth chat,
tering SO that the words could hardly
be understood.
They walked to the bank, got into
the sleigh, resumed their wearing ap
parel without undue haste, aud were
at once driven home.
A TIMES reporter called on them
to-day. They said they had sustained
no evil effects whatever from the
sousing, and elder Potter said tina, it
seemed to have actually benefited
him, as he bad a cold since coming
here which is now much better.
The Emery brothers, and their Sis
ter, Mrs. Roberts, are the only per-
sous who profess to believe in
the doctrine known as the SEQ.
ond Advent of Christ. Mrs. Roberts
was baptized at the age of IA years,
at her home in Waterbury, Me.
The Second Adventists do not be-
Iieve in the Immortality Of the soul as
other Christians do. They believe
that, at death, the human being be
comes UNCONSCIOUS, and that what
others call the soul ceases to exist
But that on the Second Avent of
Christ the dead will be resurrected,
the Just endowed with Immortality,
and the I'M Just or wicked consumed
by fire aud destroyed until "they
will be as if they had never BEEN"
That the earth will then be glorlfed,
though Christ, and that the just will
eat and drink with God. They will
not, however, 60 to Heaven, as that is
only for God aud the Angels II
seems as if there will be "gum boots"
and silk stockings even after the
Observation-Disclosures The just
will inhabit the earth, which will then
be the Kingdom of Heaven, and e
capital of which will be the New
Jerusalem, aud have an area OF H.
600 furlongs square.
The reverend elder having stated
that the end of the world or the SEQ.
ond advent, was very near, that it
might occur at any nome, t
the reporter, who sometimes tries
to earn an honest dollar or two, ell
deavore1 to get some idea of the
location of the New jerusalem, with
the view of securing few choice lots