The Adair County news., 1916-11-15
! Wash So Glad That | Wash Here.
(Published By request

One who does not believe in INNER
sion for baptism was holding a pro-
tracted meeting and one night preach
ed on the subject of baptism. In the
course of his remarks he said that
some believed 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 said, we are told,
went up into the mountain, and the
Savior was taken up into high noun.
tain, etc Now, we do not suppose
either went into it. So with going
down into the water. 1t means sim
ply going down close by, or near to the
water, and being baptized in the Or
binary way by sprinkling or pouring
He carried this idea out fully and in
due season closed his discourse, when
an invitation was given for any one
so disposed to rise and express his
thoughts. Quite a number of his
brethren arose and said they were well
pleased with the sound sermon they
had just heard and felt their souls
greatly blessed. Finally a corpulent
gentleman of Teutonic extraction, d
stranger to all, arose and broke the
silence that was almost painful, as fol-
lows:
"MlSter PREACHER, L iSh so glad |
wash here to night for | has had ex
blamed TO my mint some dingS dad |
neffer could pellet before. Oh. l ish
so glad dat into does not mean into at
all, but shuSt close by, or near to, for
now can pellet many dings vot 1
could not pellet before. We reat, Mr..
PREACHER, dat Taniel wash cast into
de ten of lions and came out alife.
Now l neffer could pellet dat, for
wilt beasts would ShuSt eat him up
right off. But now it is very clear to
my mint. He wash shust close by or
near to and It'd not git into de ten at
all. Oh, ish so glad wash here to-
night. Again we reat dat de Heprew
chiltren wash cast into de irish fur
mace, and dat always looked like a
peeg fish story too. Dey would hat been
purnt up, but it ish all blain to my
mint now for dey was shuSt cast by or
close to de irish furnace. Oh, wash
so glat wash here tonight, and den
Mr.. PREACHER it ish salt dat Jonah wash
cast into de sea and taken into de
whales pelly. Now l neifer could
pellet dat. 1t always seemed to me to
be peeg fish story, but ish all blain
to my mint now. He wash not in de
whales pelly at all, but slump onto
his pack and rode ashore Oh, L wash
so glad wash here to night. And now
Mr.. PREACHER, if you will shush ex-
blain two more passages of de scrip
lures l shall be oh so happy dat wash
here tonight One of dem ish where
it SaiSh de wicked shall be cast into a
lake dat burns nit fire and primstone
always. Oh, Mister PREACHER, shall 1
be cast into dat lake if l am wicked, or
ShuSt close py or near to, shust near
enough to be comfortable? Oh, L hope
you tell me shall be cast only shust
by, good ways eff, and L will be so
glad wash here tonight. De udder
bessage is dat vich saish blessed are
dey who do desc commandments dat
dey may hat a right to de dree OBJ life,
and enter in droo de gates OBJ de city
and not shust close by or Shust near
enough to see vat l hat lost and l
shall be so glad L wash here to-night?'