PART I.

_BAPTISM AT SINAI._

SECTION I. _Baptism originated in the Old Testament._—It was familiar to the Jews when Christ came. There were “divers baptisms” imposed at Sinai, 21

SECTION II. _No Immersions in the Old Testament._—None in the ritual. None in the figurative language, 23

SECTION III. _The Old Testament Sacraments._—1. Sacrifice. 2. Circumcision. 3. The Passover. 4. Baptism, 24

SECTION IV. _The Baptism of Israel at Sinai._--Scene at the mount. The covenant proposed and accepted. A great revival. Baptism of the converts. The feast of the covenant, 25

SECTION V. _The Blood of Sprinkling._—It was a type of Christ’s atonement, 30

SECTION VI. _The Living water._—A type of the Spirit. Living and salt water. The river of Eden. That of the Revelation and of the prophets. The Dead Sea. Rain and fountains. Their symbolic functions, 31