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	“They sho‘ fetch dat oatechism tround. on Sunday and teiled you who nude you, what Him make you out of ‚ and what Hirn make you for • Aaicl they say dat from de crown of your head to de top of your big toe ‚ de chief end of every finger and every toe ‚ even to de ends of your two thumbs, wes made to glorify de Lords Mis sus imre ‘tiou].ar ‘bout dat catechism than de marster. Ber grandpa, old Marster John M~bley was a great Baj~tist. After de crops was laid by, every August, him visit his granddaughter. ~Nhile dero, he take de slaves and dam up de branch, to make a pond for to pool de water. Thę~ he take to de hill j~uet ‘bove, out down pine tops, and make a brush arbor to hold de prachin‘ in. ‘Vite white preachers, Mr. Cartledge, Mr ~ Melliohamp or Mr. Van, to come hold a ‚ vival for ail de slaves in and ‚ round and

‘bout de country. l‘s seen 27 go down and cone up out dat pool, a splashin‘ water from deir faces ‚ one Sunday evenin ‚ . A terrible thing happen one time at de bap‘ tism. It was while de war was gwine on. Narse Johnnle had cox~ back from Virginia, on a furlough for tŕu days. Old ~rse John come to see him and fetch Rev. Mr. Cart— ledge wid him. People was pow‘ fui consarned ‚ bout ‚ ligion ‚ long ~ bout dat time.

:~ ~a all de little slave boys jined dat time and dere was a little boy name Ike,

~	a slave of old Doctor John Douglas, dat jined. Him was just ‘bout ~i~r age, seven or eight years old. After him jined, him warms back out of goin‘ do~wn into de water.

Dat evenin‘, after dinner, us was all dressed in a kind of white slip-over gown for de occasion. When it come Ike‘ e time to rece ive de baptism, him was led by his main— my, by de hand, to de edge of de water and his hand given to de preacher in charge, who received him. Then he commenced: ‘On de śnfesaion--—-—‘. ‘Bout dat time little Ike broke loose, rtm up de bank, and his maxm~r and all de slaves holler:

I Ketoh himi Ket oh html ‚ Old Marse John holler z ‚ Ketch himi ‚ They ketch little Ike and fetch him back to old Marse John and his mammy. ~rse John explain to him dat it better to have water in de nose, now, than fire in de soul forever ~ after.