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Feet Washing

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
November
Year
1874
Copyright
Public Domain
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There is a place of worship in Pitteburgh, Pa., the official title of which is the " Church of God. Tbe uiembers of the eongregatión are called by outsiders, " Winnebrennarians." One of the peeuliarïtias of their service is the sacrament of " feet washing," which is thus described in a local journal : " The front seats were entirely ulied by men and women who desired to take part in the oeremony. ïhe témales, however, largely preponderated, and of both sexes there were probably twenty-five or thirty. The pastor partially filled two baains with water. The feet washing was done by a man and woman, each of whom wore an apron in imitation of the girdle worn by Christ, and each taking up a basin of water, Washed one by one the feet of thpse of their own sex, the shocs and stóckings as a matter of course having been taken off. Both feet were placed in the basin, and upon being taken out were wiped with the apron worn by the washer, whereupon the one performing the ceremony and the one snbmitting to it shook hands and kissed each other, there being no distinction at all made in the matter of sex, the men kissing each other as well as the women."

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus