Meeting at Olcott, N. Y.
By R. F. Cotterill
A fair representation from most of the churches in this quarter was present, and a good interest manifest. We trust the meeting was profitable. That which gave to the meeting a peculiar interest was the response from the young to the invitation to go forward in baptism. On first-day morning we met at the house of Bro. J. Lamson, and, after a discourse on the meaning and use of the institution, called for those who desired to follow the Lord in baptism. We were happily surprised to find the number larger than we anticipated. There were ten young persons, five of each sex, that requested to unite with the people of God, in his own appointed way. Their request was granted by vote of the members of the several churches present. Then we went directly down, a few rods, to the shore of Ontario, where they were buried in the likeness of Christ’s death, and rose again to walk in newness of life. The weather was fair, and the scene was impressive. This is the first baptizing I have done since my sickness; and I feel to-day that it has not injured me. To make it easy and expeditious, I led them down in pairs, and thus not only gained time, but availed myself of the strength of the young brethren to support the sisters in going in and coming out of the water. Three of the ten had been baptized before, but chose to begin anew and do their first works. The others were beginners: some recently converted. May they all prove faithful followers of the Lord Jesus.