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took courage. A few days after I asked him why I should not be baptized. "There is not reason," he answered, "if you are satisfied it is right. I have not said any thing to you about it; because I will not proselyte?." "I am satisfied," I replied, "that it is the only way to fulfill all righteousness. While I have been reading the Bible nothing has struck me more forcibly than the determines of repentance and baptism. The clearness and simplicity with which they are treated in the Bible makes it a matter of surprise to me that other Christian denominations should administer the rite of baptism in any other way than by immersion; or that they should dare perform it before repentance and conversion." "Satisfied with this, and with what he already knew in regard to the unclear of my mind, he promised to give me an opportunity very soon of going before the Church Chapter XXIV My Baptism - Religious Experiences - The Death of my dear Wife - The Merry God shown to me in a vision On Friday evening July 18th 1862 I went before the Church in McDougal street and related my Christian experience; but the natural timidity of my mind