Baptizing

Circumcision, which rite having been omitted in the Wildernesse, was again restored as soon as they came into the land of Promise; so also the Jews, before the coming of our Saviour, had a rite of Baptizing, that is, of washing with water all those that being Gentiles, embraced the God of Israel.

Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633

In "Baptizing," from Lives of Girls and Women (1971), Munro wrote eloquently of two young lovers, one of whom has almost drowned the other (men and water again: in Ovid water fuses a couple's sexuality; in Munro it distinguishes and separates).

Leave Them and Love Them 2004

In "Baptizing," from Lives of Girls and Women (1971), Munro wrote eloquently of two young lovers, one of whom has almost drowned the other (men and water again: in Ovid water fuses a couple's sexuality; in Munro it distinguishes and separates).

Leave Them and Love Them 2004

One of the milder comments on one of the cards entitled "A Typical Negro Baptizing," said: "You would think they would at least change to bathing suits, wouldn't you?"

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

One of the milder comments on one of the cards entitled "A Typical Negro Baptizing," said: "You would think they would at least change to bathing suits, wouldn't you?"

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

One of the milder comments on one of the cards entitled "A Typical Negro Baptizing," said: "You would think they would at least change to bathing suits, wouldn't you?"

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

One of the milder comments on one of the cards entitled "A Typical Negro Baptizing," said: "You would think they would at least change to bathing suits, wouldn't you?"

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

One of the milder comments on one of the cards entitled "A Typical Negro Baptizing," said: "You would think they would at least change to bathing suits, wouldn't you?"

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

One of the milder comments on one of the cards entitled "A Typical Negro Baptizing," said: "You would think they would at least change to bathing suits, wouldn't you?"

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

Baptizing in death those unfortunate souls who did not find the true religion while they were alive is one of the most important rituals in Pineridge.

Keep Sweet MICHeLe DomInGuez Greene 2010