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Edwin quickly obeyed , and the minister , after a short ceremony , took the bowl in his hand and with his fingers sprinkled a little of the water upon Edwin 's head . To Edwin it was a very solemn affair , for he was very sincere . At the close of the ordinance the minister said , `` Now , whether you consider that your other baptism amounted to anything or not , I hope that your doubts will be forever gone . '' At the time Edwin thought they were , but later on when he read , `` Buried with him in baptism , wherein also ye are risen with him through faith of the operation of God , who hath raised him from the dead '' -LRB- Col. 2:12 -RRB- , he thought that to be really baptized meant more than merely to have a little water sprinkled upon his head ; and when he considered that John baptized people in the river Jordan and that Jesus , his example , walked down into the water , saying , `` Suffer it to be so now : for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness , '' and that when Jesus came up out of the water the voice from heaven said , `` This is my beloved Son , in whom I am well pleased '' -LRB- Matt . 3:15 , 17 -RRB- , he felt that he should like to go down into the water as though he had been buried from the sight of the world just as his Savior had done . As was his custom when perplexed over such problems , he went to Mrs. Kauffman that he might have the benefit of her judgment . She advised him to go to a body of people that believed in immersion and be baptized by their minister .