Friday, December 16, 2005

A Baptismal Service

Two weeks later, we had a most unusual baptismal service. I was in charge but Stonesifer and Curtis helped. We met in the third loft of a barn and the men knelt in the hay before a shaking Red Cross altar. After a song by Curtis and a prayer by Stonesifer, I baptized three officers, Lt. George I. Green, Highland Park, Illinois; Lt. William F. Ruoff, New Albany, Indiana; and Lt. Ernest I. Ankrom, Williamsport, Ohio. In a few words I tried to challenge them to serve their Christ faithfully.