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At Mass Baptism of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sunnyside Pool today, some of the 500 new members of the sect receive the total immersion which is a keyston(...)
At Mass Baptism of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sunnyside Pool today, some of the 500 new members of the sect receive the total immersion which is a keyston(...)

At Mass Baptism of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sunnyside Pool today, some of the 500 new members of the sect receive the total immersion which is a keyston(...)

Date7/31/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: At Mass Baptism of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sunnyside Pool today; some of the 500 new members of the sect receive the total immersion which is a keystone to the group's faith. An estimated 25;000 Witnesses watched the 90-minute baptismal ceremony during which one middle-aged man collapsed in pool. Witnesses are holding a four-day conference at Woodbine race track.
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A Jehovah's Witness take the plunge in mass baptism yesterday of 181 members of Christian sect at Woodbine Race Track
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A Jehovah's Witness takes the plunge in mass baptism yesterday of 181 members of Christian sect at Woodbine Race Track
A Jehovah's Witness takes the plunge in mass baptism yesterday of 181 members of Christian sect at Woodbine Race Track
7/23/1976
A Jehovah's Witness take the plunge in mass baptism yesterday of 181 members of Christian sect at Woodbine Race Track
A Jehovah's Witness take the plunge in mass baptism yesterday of 181 members of Christian sect at Woodbine Race Track
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Portuguese Temple is a place where members of Jehovah's Witnesses can sit hear a translation of the sermon
Portuguese Temple is a place where members of Jehovah's Witnesses can sit hear a translation of the sermon
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Sitting at the race track at Woodbine, with umbrellas to shield them from the sun, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses attend convention. In left foreg(...)
Sitting at the race track at Woodbine, with umbrellas to shield them from the sun, members of the Jehovah's Witnesses attend convention. In left foreg(...)
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Feeding 40,000 members of Jehovah's Witnesses expected here for a five-day convention is no small task
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. . . With 936 others, of Buffalo, one of 938 Jehovah's Witnesses baptized yesterday in a Bramalea pool
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