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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Nov 29, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 45.

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A Correction.

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A FRIEND writes from Kankakee, Ill., saying he had written to Grayson, Ky., concerning the report which we copied into our news columns, that a Baptist minister baptized a criminal just before he was hanged. He says he received information from Grayson that the immersing was done by a "Disciple" minister—not by a Baptist. We are always happy to make a correction where it is needed. It has become a common practice for ministers to assure murderers that the gallows is a means of a speedy flight to Heaven; and if that is warranted, there is nothing out of place in baptizing them before they start. But we hold that both are outrages. Christianity is made responsible for many unseemly things.