John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
He felt there was a central processing core of life that went on and on. That was his conclusion. We talked of it many times together . . . Call it religion or what you like, Mr. Edison believed that the universe was alive and that it was responsive to man’s deep necessity. It was an intelligent and hopeful religion if there ever was one. Mr. Edison went away expecting light, not darkness.Henry Ford on Thomas Edison
And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.Mark 1:5 KJV
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.Mark 1:3 KJV