baptizin

'We all know what dat is; an' baptizin 'wid de Holy Ghos', dat's what we's come here arter tonight.

A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools 1879

i 'the "killing times," ye ken, preachin' till the puir hill folk, an 'baptizin' their bairns -- he baptized a forebear o 'my ain -- and it would likely be the annivairsary o' the day when he escaped frae the hans o 'the hunters through the "haar," when I chanced to come by here an' saw a bit tent pit up, an 'heard folk carousin' within.

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

I ca'yed him to a baptizin 'over to Chinquepin Crik, once-t, when he was three.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

I'se been to dat old Cherokee Corners Church more times dan I knows how to count, but de fust baptizin 'I ever seed was at de old St. Jean church; dere was jus' three or four baptized dat day, but Lordy, I never did hear such prayin ', shoutin', and singin ', in all my born days.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

When de 'tracted meetin' closed and de baptizin 'dey come, dat was de happiest time of all.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

De onliest one of dem baptizin 'songs I can ricollect now is, _Whar de Healin' Water Flows_.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

White preachers done all de preachin 'and baptizin'.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

Us would have make-believe preachin 'and baptizin' and de way us would sing was a sight.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Now and den us went to a fun'ral, not often, but if dere was a baptizin 'inside of 10 miles' round f'um whar us lived, us didn't miss it.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

He waited 'til he seed all de preachin' and baptizin ', den he hollered for us to stop and he tuk de ones what was doin' all de baptizin 'and made

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration