Show BAPTISMS IN AUGUSTA 4 successful missionary labors in georgia Geor Kia MAYVILLE ga sept 9 1887 editor deseret news no moonlight serenades 11 tar and feathers hickory whipping 9 11 nor rail to epitomes t this his time there is however a rumor that john goodwin a baptist preacher the leader of the last I 1 ast mob is to be 1 hick bick ory whipped for living with his stepdaughter the same as his wife the common remark is id now let them alone alobe they cannot set get any but the most ignorant and vicious vac ious to ad nere to their doctrine anyhow 11 I 1 aum ium am glad they have come to that conclusion for it if we are calling the vilest sinners enersto to repentance they must acknowledge that we are doing good batia but if it be the case that we are only 0 aly making progress process amongst the depraved and vicious why be so fearful of our success I 1 have laborea amongst these people for nearly two years lud and I 1 never met one person during all that time who would dwell upon a SCRIPT scriptural URAM they are like the Irish mans flea when you think he is there he is somewhere else my opponent will talk of what some poor young girl is supposed to have said though he knows it is a falsehood when he repeats it ft lr he will tell about some som e hired man of brighams Brig hams etc profound reasoning logical philosophy is it not I 1 had occasion to visit augusta last week to hold meeting and do some baptizing my compani com an elder bennion was sick and has since left the field to renew his health in northwestern georgia and I 1 was compelled to travel alone some of our adherents r A i va jart and myself determined to give the salvation army a call and did so s 9 saturday night we lisi listened ened at the closed door to a long and strenuous prayer which was composed of vain repetitions repetition 3 11 and brought to mind the verse ot of the chapter of saint matthew which I 1 read to several present who coincided with me ane stamping of feet and clapping of hands with a sudden hubbub gave us to understand that we could be admitted the tumult over the lie lieutenant aten called upon a young lady to PASS FASS THE HAT HAN AROUND then several praised god that they were saved intervening was the thle stamping and clapping we soon found it to be about as bad as the so called orthodox denominations money was the principal object on OA sunday morning I 1 sought a BAPTIZING in the savannah riber ri er and succeeded in finding one near hawks gully about one block from broad street but there was no suitable place for the ladies to change their apparel I 1 returned and laid the matter before them they considered but a moment e u t then en de determined e ed to be obed obedient leAt dmn m u unta to go god d b by y bei being Z baptized it if they h had ato to walk all the way back home more than half a mile in their wet clothing we accordingly made for the river when we got to the water what do you yon think we beheld beli eld A tent with two chairs in it and a lad ad present informed us as that we could have bave the use of it baptizing over we all moved off quietly feeling to thank god for this manifestation of his watchcase watch care over us these were the first ones baptized by proper authority in this dispensation in the city of augusta august that I 1 am aware of and we all felt that there was rejoicing in heaven over ever what had bad been done this day we held meeting at pm and had an enjoyable enjoy aole time A and nd thus thug the stone rolls forth gently tramping upon the toes of this great image babylon and is doing so apparently unobserved and shall conti continue nub to do so until the kingdom and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given unto the saints of the most high 11 S G SPENCER |