A STRANGE BAPTISMAL SCENCE AT THE NORTH SHORE.

Colonist, Volume XXVII, Issue 3777, 28 November 1883, Page 4

A STRANGE BAPTISMAL SCENCE AT THE NORTH SHORE.

(From the ' Jfew Zealand' Herald,' Not. 16.) A COEEESPONiDENT B6ndß U8 tlie following 'n^ati ye' j—Last Friday a large party of Plymouth brethren assembled a|/!NbrthSbpro,early in the .forenoon, indent on,a day^'s pl^aeure ■■ seeking, at the same time combining business with pic-nickingi for.at.^ejhoqr of 1 p.m. ajl preparaticns haying been completed twelve, wom^n and twelve men aar nounced^tHemservesas ready to .be baptised by in;theßea.;,llbe person,^ho was. to, perforni, the.fcepem6ny^i^joßt\me^aiien f i ; ..waißt; ; dpep,. another, ; feeing in readiiieß^ to.cpnducteacfi aspirant Crpm .the"shpre the epoi. , .Thp: yromen lejd in first, each decenlily clothed ytiiiiL heads bare or with some ; ,small covering, such as a cap, with one notable exception, who entered the water in .full;, walking dress, hat { ,'a nd all-rsbe was oprobably bald. Of the' men, one> was immersed likewise in full dress, black Burtout, but no hat jn this 1 case —he may have bfih [ Wh?»

the' de&mbny %a#M§H^.:|brsp; ;tisei^,(a roft^ !y^i|h a^vei^iarg^MKl' jbeard); jpaipe, ,s^qw but, tihft jwm bnedelivered a short addcesay lauding kH dience !iMf "Med '■ fM ', cpnsicler. 'I h'| f brdeal they hadjust come through' as lafc all a trying one/ iseeing that the (Israelite^ bT p,ld JWbrb* tdu^H';^ .fiiArOj Iseyerelyj 'wijh,^naßmuph7 as ff ,,afe. It he jjßarly,' ; feast. of : $abewiacles,. th©' Whole uation was commanded to;asifcC for seven1 days' coritmuoiißlf' in; ptfol's \-,f wa't^r; and r so ph ; t Note. firstjjhe, ignorance'^ ealfc water, because salkrbas« in all. £»gee,;been thei sign of sterility i affd punishment/and never as an embletfi': of'purity. '; second, thqse^ people proba'^ the, idea -.is <carried.: out .(iwithout present reference to the sin of the actf) J we may a[]r ha've'to. be married'1 ag'ai^ or, :any'otjter. ; try|^g'.thing^