History of Presbyterianism

while another represents him as the messenger of the covenant, and unfolds his glory as “the sun of righteousness rising with healing in his wings.”

After his incarnation, death, and ascension, his praying, waiting disciples received the fulfillment of the promise of the Spirit, and went forth to the execution of their high commission, to testify of Christ as the all—sufficient and only Saviour. The declaration of Peter before the council may be re- garded as a summary of apostolic preaching: “Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven among men whereby we must be saved.” Philip preached Christ to the Sa- maritans; and Paul was determined not to know anything among the Corinthians, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. If returning sinners rejoiced, it was only because Christ had died; if believers glo— ried, it was only in the cross of Christ. The ap— pointment made by the Father was confirmed by the attestation given to the Son, as witnessed by the rec- ord of his life, works, death and resurrection, and by the working of his Spirit in the renewal of the hearts of thousands through the instrumentality of the preaching of Christ and him crucified.

Let us now, secondly, consider that Christ is all and in all to man for his salvation. He came to seek and to save the lost. When man was perishing be- cause of transgression, Christ appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. He redeemed man by the shedding of his own blood. He effected rec- oneiliation between God and man by his death in the

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