. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . GARDEN OF1 , IO i46 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK BAPTIZING AN AMERICAN IN THE JORDAN Yesterday, on horseback, we left Jericho, and having dipped in the DeadSea, we came with a feeling that we cannot describe upon the Jordan, a riverwhich more people have desired to see than any other. On our way we overtookan American, who requested me to baptize him by immersion in the river dismounted at the place where Joshua and his host crossed the river were near a turn in the river and not far off fr
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . GARDEN OF1 , IO i46 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK BAPTIZING AN AMERICAN IN THE JORDAN Yesterday, on horseback, we left Jericho, and having dipped in the DeadSea, we came with a feeling that we cannot describe upon the Jordan, a riverwhich more people have desired to see than any other. On our way we overtookan American, who requested me to baptize him by immersion in the river dismounted at the place where Joshua and his host crossed the river were near a turn in the river and not far off from where rocks and sandsare piled up in shape of cathedrals, domes and battlements. We pitched our tent,and after proper examination of the candidate for baptism, I selected portions ofthe Scripture appropriate. One of our Arab attendants had a garment not unlike. JERUSALEM FROM MOUNT SCOPUS a baptismal robe. With that garment girdled around me, I led the candidatedown under the trees on the bank, while near by were groups of friends and somestrangers who happened to be there. After a prayer, I read of Christs baptismin the Jordan, and the commission Go teach all nations, baptizing them. Thepeople on the bank joined in singing, to the familiar tune, that soul-stirring song: On Jordans stormy bank I the candidates hand in mine, we waded deep into the Jordan, and I thendeclared, In this historical river, where Israelites crossed, and Naaman plungedseven times for the cure of his leprosy, and Christ was baptized, and which hasbeen used in all ages as a symbol of the dividing line between earth and heaven,
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