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 the work of the Holy Spirit, is pictured as clearly in Ezekiel 36:26 as it is in the third chapter of John.

In contrast with a certain modern error the Westminster doctrine should be insisted upon that since the fall there has been only one method of salvation. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Peter, Paul, and you and I are saved only through the merits of Christ. Neither conscience nor the law nor anything else has the power to redeem a sinner.

Above it was said that the implications of the doctrine of the Covenant are not always so clear, though they are pervasive. Only one further example can be given here. Chapter XXVIII of the Confession treats of Baptism. Now, the Presbyterian view of Baptism depends more on the doctrine of the Covenant than on anything else. As the Old Testament Passover became the Lord's Supper, so the Old Testament circumcision became the New Testament baptism. Those who deny the legitimacy of infant baptism on the ground that there is no specific command to that effect in the New Testament are embarrassed when asked for a specific New Testament command to admit women to the Lord's Supper. Specific New Testament commands are not absolutely necessary when the Old Testament has spoken with sufficient clarity. Such objections to infant baptism are based on a wrong conception of the relation of the two Testaments, a denial of covenant theology, and a neglect of the Westminster Confession. The remedy is obvious.

ANGLERS

(By the Editor of The Testament For Fishers Of Men)

Lesson No. 83

A Spark That Started A Conflagration Edward Kimball hurriedly made his way toward an obscure shoe store on a Boston street to speak to a boy about his soul. Little did that Sunday School teacher realize what would result from that morning visit, though God had directed him there.

As he stepped into the shop he found a boy from his Sunday School class wrapping up shoes near the back of the building. The lad was alone. So Mr. Kimball went to him and laid his hand on the boy's shoulder. He thought he had made "a weak appeal," but his simple words touched the heart of the 17-year-old boy and influenced him to kneel there and give his heart to the Lord.

That boy's name was D. L. Moody. From that day forward he was destined to become one of the greatest soul winners this world has ever known.

As a consecrated Sunday School teacher who obeyed the voice of God, Edward Kimball is a sterling example of just how much one person can do. Certainly he will share again and again in the reward for the multitudes of souls that were saved under the ministry of D. L. Moody.

As you dedicate yourself to Sunday School work—by visiting and inviting prospects to your Sunday School, by praying for God's blessings upon your school, and by promoting its program wherever possible—there is no limit to what you can do!—The Evangel.

One can never estimate the harvest yield resulting from a young life won to Jesus Christ and channeled into His service. When Mr. Kimball, the Sunday school teacher of a class of boys, laid his hand upon the shoulder of Dwight Moody, a boy working in the back room of a shoestore, the current of the Holy Spirit's power began to trickle through a new life. That current increased in volume and power as it flowed on through lives touched by Moody, and through them, other lives. It is safe to say that today the whole world knows more about Jesus Christ and millions are saved because D. L. Moody lived and communicated the Gospel to others who in turn passed it on to succeeding generations. This should encourage every child of God to "pass it on." And do not be discouraged too much by the ignorance of your prospect. I have just read in A. P. Fitt's "short" life of Moody that when the 17-year-old boy went before the church officers to apply for membership, as a result of Mr. Kimball's visit to the shoestore, this question was put by the one who was examining him: "Mr. Moody, what has Jesus Christ done for you, and for us all, that specially entitles Him to our love and obedience?" The question seemed to embarrass young Moody.

But he answered, "I think He has done a good deal for all of us, but I don't think of anything He has done in particular as I know of." It is interesting to note that this 17-year-old boy seemed to know very little of what salvation meant to him at the time, yet he went on to become the world's greatest evangelist in his own time. He thrilled great multitudes of people both in America and Europe by his earnest and gripping presentation of this same Jesus who in Moody's boyhood had "not done anything particular as I know of" and many thousands were saved by his personal ministry during his lifetime.

It is possible for you, as a personal worker, to project yourself, by the power of the Holy Spirit, through some apparently unpromising prospect, into succeeding generations, with the light and saving power of the Gospel. Don't count any prospect too insignificant, too ignorant, too unpromising, or too rebellious. Paul was consenting to the lynching of Stephen and guarding the coats of those who stoned him. "Wherefore He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them." Heb. 7:25. NOVEMBER 24, 1954