The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-06-20
PUZZLED DUTCHMAN
AND THE WAY OUT
An Old Newspaper Story That is Worth
Telling Over Again and Again

A Wisconsin paper contains the
following good story.-One who does
not believe in immersion for baptism
was holding a prOtractcd meeting
and one night preached on the sub
jcct of baptism. In the course of
his remarks, he said that some be-
lieved it necessary to go down into
the water, and come up out of it
to be baptized But this he claimed
TO be fallacy. for the proposition
into" of the scriptures should be
rendered differently. as it does not
mean into at all times Moses ne
said, I'VE are told went up into the
mountain, and the saviour was TAX
en- into high mountain Now. we
do not suppose that either went in
to a mountain; but unto it. so
with going down into tn water it
means simply going down close by or
near to the water. and being bap-
rized in the ordinary way by sprink-
ling or pouring" H. carried this
idea out fully, and in due season
closed his discourse; when an inyi-
tation was given for any one 80 dis
posed to rise and express his
thoughts Quite number OF his
brethren arose. and said they were
glad they had been present on this
occasion; that they were al well
pleased with the sound sermon they
had just heard and felt their souls
greatly blessed. Finally corpu-
lent gentleman. OF Teutonic cxtrac-
ton. stranger to all, arose and
broke the silence. that was almost
painful, as follows
''Mr. PREACHER. | ish 80 glad |
wash here tonight, for l has had
explained to my mint some dings dat
! never could believe before. Oh
ish so glat dat into does not
mean into at all. bur shust close by
or near to; for now | can pelieve
many dings vot | could not pelieve
pefroe. We reat, Mr. preacher, dat
Taniel vas cast into de ten of lions
and came out alife. Now / neffer
could pelieve dat, for de wilt peasts
would shust eat him right off; but
now it ish all clear in my mint. He
wash shust close by or near to, and
It'd not get into de ten at all. Oh
ish so glat | vas here tonoghT.
Again " Great dat de Hebrew chill
dren vas cast into the irish furnace
and dot alwish look like a beeg
story too. for dey would have peen
purnt up; but it ish blain to my
mint now, for they vas shust cast py
or close to de firish furnace Oh,
vas so glat | vas here tonight. And
den Mr.. preacher, it ish said dat
Jonah vas cast into de sea, and tax
enen into de whalesh pelly Now,
neffer could pellet dat. 1t
alwish seem to me to ~ a beeg
feesh story, but it ish all blain to
my mint now He vas not into the
the whalesh pelly at all. bur shust
shumpt onto his back and rode
ashore. Oh | wash so glad | wash
here tonight
And now Mr. Breacher if you will
shust eXblain two more passages of
Scripture, | shall be. on so happy
dat | wash here tonighj One of
dem ish where it saish de wicked
shall be cast into lake dat burns
nit fire and birthstone alwish. o!
Mr.. preacher. shall l pc cast into
dat lake if | am wicked, or shust
close py or near to-shust near e.
nough to pc comforta Bile! Oh.
hope you tell me | shall pc cast
only shust Ply good ways off, and
| will pc SO glat | wash here to-
night De odder passage ish dat
vich saish blessed are they who do
these commandments, dat dey may
have right to de dree of life, and
enter III troo de gates into de city.
and not shust cloce py or near
enough to see vat | have lost
and | shall pc so glat | wash here
tonight