{"id":1732,"date":"2015-11-06T12:57:01","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T18:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2015-11-06T12:57:01","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T18:57:01","slug":"an-icy-baptism-from-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/2015\/11\/06\/an-icy-baptism-from-1948\/","title":{"rendered":"An Icy Baptism from 1948"},"content":{"rendered":"

It never fails. Whenever I look for something for a researcher, I always find some interesting article, or photograph or bit of information. \u00a0This morning I ran across this image of a baptism in the 30 October 1948 issue of Christian Standard<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Baptism<\/a>

Baptism in ice, Christian Standard, October 30, 1948, p. 715<\/p><\/div>\n

The caption reads: “After having cut ice five inches thick, John D. Jenkins, minister at Odin, Ill., is pictured baptizing his uncle at Eldon, Mo., last February 11.”<\/p>\n

The article describes how Jenkins baptized his three brothers, his sister, wife, three children, his wife’s aunt, two uncles and a cousin…12 souls in all.<\/p>\n

\"Baptism<\/a>

Baptism in ice, Christian Standard, October 30, 1948, p. 715<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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