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On Tuesday, residents of Middletown laid the baby - born to unknown parents, found by a dog, named by a coroner and loved by a town - to rest.
"In Smalltown, USA, we don't think things like this can happen. But they do," said Allan Dean, pastor of Middletown Presbyterian Church.
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Logan County Coroner Chuck Fricke announced last week that he would give the baby the name Isaiah Mark. Some people have said he overstepped his authority in doing so.
“As a Christian, I felt it was extremely important,” he said. “This baby has a personality. You can’t have a life snuffed out and not take anything away from that.”
Deputy coroner Warren Rogers said he and his wife had come up with the baby’s name based on two Bible passages - one from the Book of Isaiah that talks about the path God sets for people, the other from the Gospel of Mark about Jesus taking children into his arms.(......)
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This was on the front page of the State Journal-Register(Illinois news paper) today along with a picture of a tiny white coffin in the church where ceremony was held for the baby.
A link to the article.