To those already 'in.'"
"Well, well," then spoke this preacher,
It surely gives me fun,
To see this Baptist woman throw,
Down her Baptist gun.
If 'into' has the meaning,
You've given it at last,
Your shot at circuit riders,
Has gone 'into' a blast.
Then Philip and the eunuch,
Went not 'into' the creek,
For they were 'in' already,
And had been for a week.
When Christians are invited,
"Into" that heavenly clime,
They'll really not to 'into' --
Were in it all the time.
And when the Lord will banish,
The wicked 'into' hell,
They'll merely stay 'in' pleasures,
On earth they loved so well.
You thought you put the coffee
'Into' the coffee pot,
But it was 'in' already,
Already boiling hot.
Now, Mrs. Brown, please promise,
That you'll not have the gall,
To hit folks with the Bible,
Unless you take it all.
The Bible says so plainly,
To which you have referred,
'They went down into water,'
I trust its every word;
It tells us that the righteous,
Go 'into' mansions fair;
It tells us that the wicked,
Go down 'into' despair;
It tells us just as surely,
Not only once but twice,
That which is called Baptism,
Puts people 'into' Christ.
Now take it all, dear woman,
False preachers you can rout,
Or else just raise your window,
And throw the Bible out."
[From the Bible Banner, September 1943]