One cold Sunday afternoon in December, the congregation of a little Baptist church went over to the nearby river where they did their baptizing. They had several persons who were to be baptized that afternoon. There was one man who had some reservations about all this, as he faced the icy-cold water. He was a new convert and all this was foreign to him. He was, therefore, last in line. He noticed that when the first person came up out of the water, she quoted a Bible verse: “Bless the Lord, O my soul.” Then a man was baptized, and he said, “The Lord is my shepherd.” Then another man said, “I can do all things through Christ.” Suddenly, it was his turn. He went under the water and came back up gasping for air. He did not know any verse to quote, so he looked around and simply announced to t…