"I must not be too sure," she replied. "I know so little about the Book that I may have been mistaken, but I don't think I can be."
The Bible was brought in, and as Dorothy opened it and began turning its pages she said: "One passage was the account of the baptism of Jesus."
"What!" exclaimed Mr. Page. "Was he baptized—Jesus Christ? Well, well, that's one on me."
"Oh, father, how can you speak so?"
"I beg your pardon, daughter. I surely did not mean to be irreverent. But let us have that passage telling how he was baptized. That ought to be mighty interesting."
"It is the third chapter of Matthew," said Mr. Sterling.
Dorothy read: "'Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him.'"
"The Jordan was a river, was it not?" asked the father.
"Yes," replied Sterling.
"And you say that Jesus went to that river to be baptized?" asked the father.