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It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. better immersion than to live untouched.

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Tillie Olsen

It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. better immersion than to live untouched.

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From what cause the rite of baptism first proceeded is not expressed formally in the scripture, but it may be probably thought to be an imitation of the law of moses concerning leprosy, wherein the leprous man was commanded to be kept out of the camp of israel for a certain time, after which time being judged by the priest to be clean, he was admitted into the camp after a solemn washing. and this may therefore be a type of the washing in baptism, wherein such men as are cleansed of the leprosy of sin by faith, are received into the church with the solemnity of baptism.

You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission of sins and getting of the holy ghost. baptism by water is but half a baptism, and is good for nothing without the other half-that is, baptism of the holy ghost.

John's baptism...was a radical act of individual commitment to belong to the true people of god, based on personal confession and repentance... this is one of the main reasons that i do not believe in baptizing infants, who cannot make this personal commitment or confession or repentance. john's baptism was an assault on the very assumptions that give rise to much infant baptism.

Better immersion than to live untouched.

Events of october 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. control of the seas can mean peace. control of the seas can mean victory. the united states must control the seas if it is to protect your security.

I think there's a part of all of us that wonders how we would survive on an island untouched by man. even better, an island untouched by man and inhabited by king kong.

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