A portion of the French front was taken over by the United States troops under General Pershing early in 1918 and in a number of trench raids and patrol engagements in the last weeks of winter they gave a good account of themselves, receiving their baptism of enemy fire and gas with the utmost gallantry and winning several minor engagements.

Charlemagne Inflicts the Rite of Baptism on the Saxons After the painting by Adolph Maria Mucha.

And when people have not fundamental principles to fight about, they will fight about technicalities and matters of no account, and all the more bitterly sometimes when the objects of contention are not worth fighting about at all,as in forms of worship, or baptism.

Baptism he considered only as an indication of divine grace, and not essential to salvation; thereby differing from Luther and the Catholic church.

Thou art a woman now: O sister, be thy womanhood A baptism on thy brow!

So, sister, be thy womanhood A baptism on thy brow

Her warm tears flowed A baptism for the life that would not cease; And when the sun arose, they slept in peace.

I will meet Christ on the mountains; Dwell there with my God and Truth; [Sidenote: Baptism.]

Drink cold water from their fountains, Baptism of an inward youth.

Yet higher than thy love can dare, His love thy sons would set: They who his cup and baptism share May share his kingdom yet.

At the time when Richard Wagner was born (May 22, 1813), Leipzig was in such a state of commotion on account of the war to liberate Germany from the Napoleonic yoke that the child's baptism was deferred several months.

The parable drawn is that "the air is given us for our life, the rain for our thirst and baptism, the fire for our warmth, the sun for our light, and the earth for our meat and rest."

Clinging to the horns of the altar, there she stoodsinking, rising, trembling, faintingraving, despairing; and behind the volume of incense that, night and day, streamed upwards from the altar, was seen the fiery font, and dimly was descried the outline of the dreadful being that should baptize her with the baptism of death.

"Our Lord Christ giveth us of His cup and His baptism; He giveth of the manger and the straw; He giveth of persecutions and afflictions; He giveth of the crown of thorns, and right dear unto us be these gifts.

Our pontifical writers retain many of these adjurations and forms of exorcisms still in the church; besides those in baptism used, they exorcise meats, and such as are possessed, as they hold, in Christ's name.

They were breathed by the souls of such as had died without baptism, men, women, and infants; no matter how good; no matter if they worshipped God before the coming of Christ, for they worshipped him not "properly."

"Mrs. Haywood's Betsy Thoughtless was in MS entitled Betsy Careless; but, from the infamy at that time annexed to the name, had a new baptism."

THE OLD HOME MEANWHILE More than a year had now gone by since Henry left home, and meanwhile, with the exception of Dot's baptism, there had been no exciting changes to record.

Another tablet represents the baptism of the conquered Moors.

INTRODUCTIONARRIVALDESCRIPTION OF THE TOWNTHE BLACKS AND THEIR RELATIONS TO THE WHITESARTS AND SCIENCESFESTIVALS OF THE CHURCH BAPTISM OF THE IMPERIAL PRINCESSFETE IN THE BARRACKSCLIMATE AND VEGETATIONMANNERS AND CUSTOMSA FEW WORDS TO EMIGRANTS.

I was one day very much amused at being asked to stand godmother to a negro, which I did, although I was not present at either baptism or confirmation.

Now my dear friends many of you believe that circumcision has been superseded by baptism in the Church; Are you careful to have all that are born in your house or bought with money of any stranger, baptized?

Her large picture of the "Baptism of Christ" was completed when the artist was but twenty years old.

Every one realized that genuine emotion was not to be thought of; downpours do not come quite so much on the gallop; such sudden baptism of the eyes was out of the question; but in twenty-six minutes something might happen.

Out from that fiery baptism they came children of the nation, and American song and story will carry their heroic triumph down to the latest generation.