Some of our brethren, honest and sincere, assure us that they received the Spirit of the Lord at Conversion, or at the time they were Sanctified. No doubt they did receive the Spirit of the Lord in great measure. But certainly not the Baptism with the Holy Ghost. For Jesus Himself said to His Apostles as they were talking confidentially:

"If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I
will pray the Father, and he will give you another
Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;
Even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot
receive, because it seeth him not, neither know-
eth him: but ye know him; FOR HE DWELL-
ETH WITH YOU, AND SHALL BE IN YOU."
John 14:15, 16, 17.

The Spirit of the Lord is with the converted one, the sanctified one, surely and by all means; is He not in some measure with the sinner, for we are assured that no one can come to the Father except the Holy Spirit draw him? But the experience that the one hundred and twenty received on the day of Pentecost-that is the Baptism with the Holy Ghost, and it is promised unto you and your children, and all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call! Let us give thanks to God! THE THREE GREAT EXPERIENCES

REGENERATION (JUSTIFICATION)

SANCTIFICATION

THE BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY GHOST.

These are fundamental. Follow the Lord in these experiences, and the rest of your life will take care of itself. But there are many blessed ordinances and practices in connection with living a Christian Life, and it is to them that we now wish to turn.

The Ordinances of the

Lord

"For if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For
so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abun-
dantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ."

Baptism in Water

Let us first set down before us the Scripture References on Water Baptism:

"Then went out to him (John the Baptist) Jeru-
salem, and all Judea, and all the region round
about Jordan, and were baptized of him IN JOR-
DAN, confessing their sins." Matt. 3:5, 6.

"I indeed have baptized you with water: but he
shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. And it
came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from
Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John IN
JORDAN. AND STRAIGHTWAY COMING UP

OUT OF THE WATER ****." Mark 1:8, 9, 10.
"And the eunuch said, See, here is water; what
doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said,
If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.
And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus

Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they were come up out of the water ***." Acts 8:36-39.

"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." Mark 16:16.

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." Matt. 28: 19, 20.

"After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there." John 3:22, 23.

"When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples.)" John 4:1, 2.

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. * * * * * Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls." Acts 2:38, 41.

"But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the

name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women." Acts 8:12.

"(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)" Acts 8:16.

"And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and rose, and was baptized." Acts 9:18.

"Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord." Acts 10: 47, 48.

"And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized * * *.” Acts 16:14, 15.

"And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway." Acts 16:33.

"And many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized." Acts 18:8.

"And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, unto John's baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them;

and they spake with tongues and prophesied."
Acts 19:3-6.

"And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be bap-
tized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name
of the Lord." Acts 22:16.

"Know ye not, that so many of us as were bap-
tized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his
death? *** that like as Christ was raised up from
the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we
should walk in newness of life." Romans 6:3, 4.
"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one
body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether
we be bond or free; and have been all made to
drink into one Spirit." 1 Cor. 12:13.

"For as many of you as have been baptized into
Christ have put on Christ." Gal. 3:27.

"There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are
called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one
faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all,
who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”
Ephesians 4:4, 5, 6.

The references concerning water baptism given above are complete, as we have been careful to omit none that have any additional bearing on the subject in hand.

To those of us who have no axe to grind, no private theory to promote, are just willing to do anything the Bible says as soon as we see it in the Bible, the following points are brought out in bold and impressive relief:

1. Baptism, as referred to in connection with
Water Baptism, with the translation of Dip, or
Plunge in or under water, is the only translation
that the word used in the original Greek can have,
according to standard dictionaries. Jerome, an-