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Rented for baptism. I believe the only o}>ject the parents had
in view, upon tliis occasion, in bringing their children a dlHtance of
neaH'^ ^urty milefy was, that their dear little ones might be ad-
mitted into Christ's Holy Chiircli. " Go ye into all nations, and
teacli them, baptising thoni in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the lloly Ghost." Matt. xxWii. 19. Is. Hi. 15.
Ezekiel, xxxvi. 25, and Acts, viii. 3(J, 37. After the bajttism,
I set off for the residence of a kind and truly hospitable
friend, about four miles distant. I had not ridden nearly
Imlf of the distance, when the night became so very dtirk that
my horse niissed the track, A heavy storm of wind and
rain prevailed at the same time, and rendered my situation
dreary and uncomfortable enough. After many fruitless efforts
to disentangle myself, I found it hoi)eloss to make any way
through the woods, I made up my mind to the alternative-^
remaining where I was, till morning's light came to re.«cue me.
