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Love which was implied in Christ's engagement to "baptise" all His followers "with fire," and the services should above all else, be such as would ensure the immediate conversion to God of all who came under their influence.

The Authoritative Life of General William Booth 1881

How do you "baptise" someone who ain't there to be baptised.

Jack & Jill Politics 2009

If I gave them enough alcohol, I'll bet I could get some to .. er .. "baptise" themselves in the names of others.

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2008

Then he tried to baptise me and threw water all over the window.

Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

Then he tried to baptise me and threw water all over the window.

Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

PASTOR Michael Davis, of the Larose Christian Fellowship Church in Louisiana, finished his sermon, stripped down to his bathing trunks, exhorted the faithful to prepare for rebirth and stepped into the pool where he intended to baptise a dozen of his flock.

The Writer’s Problem « The Graveyard 2009

The church also places special emphasis on converting the dead: because of their belief that families are eternal, Mormons feel a duty to posthumously baptise ancestors so that all may be together in heaven.

Mitt Romney leads the charge as Mormonism moves into the American mainstream 2011

"I wouldn't want to baptise my own children, for example," he says.

The Catholic priest with nine children 2011

At the near-deserted site today, Torhild Tollefsen, 36, from Stavanger in Norway, persuaded officials to allow entry to her and her fiancé to collect some of the green stagnant water to baptise their future children.

Pollution fears at river Jordan pilgrimage spot Harriet Sherwood in Qasar al-Yahud 2010

Thus BCP Vicars were forbidden to discriminate about whom they would baptise – when all's said and done, the Vicar was only the Vicar, not God.

The Book of Common Prayer, part 2: Wetting baby's head Alan Wilson 2010