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covenant people, yet this mediation was not undertaken attheir request nor did it require their consent. In otheroccasions, when the subjective aspect of salvation was inview, the sinner laid claim to the mediation of the prieston his behalf. On this occasion the mediation of the HighPriest was effected on behalf of all the covenant peoplewithout any expression of desire for such mediation ontheir part (Lev. 16:15,16,33,34).In this way it was made plain that salvation is everinitiated by God. God has not redeemed sinners becausethey cried to Him for redemption; nor has He provided aMediator in answer to man's prayer. All that we see takingplace in time is the outworking of the eternal covenant ofredemption in which, by a solemn contract between thePersons of the Godhead, the redemption of sinners issecured. The provision of Christ as Mediator is not God'sresponse to man's cry but God's provision for man's needbefore man knew how to cry. Scripture tells us that "whilewe were yet sinners we were reconciled to God by thedeath of His Son" (Rom. 5:8-10; 2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 1:2).In the light of this fact all idea of human merit is shutout and every ground for man's boasting is excluded in thesalvation of sinners. The sole fountain of man's redemptionis in God alone. The redeemed, made perfect in glory,have but one theme they love to sing; it is to extol thevirtues and glories and grace of the Triune God. Theredeemed on earth are ever nearest that heavenly perfectionwhen this same theme most completely dominatestheir life (Rev. 4:5; 2 Cor. 10:31; 1 Pet. 2:9).AWFUL LONELINESSIt is impossible to pass from the consideration of theHigh Priest without noticing his loneliness in the ritual ofthe Day of Atonement. No man other than the High Priestmight approach the sanctuary while this ritual was inprogress. None of his fellows were permitted to assist himor even to stand by him while he ministered. He mustaccomplish his appointed task utterly alone (Lev. 16:17).As this fact must have reinforced to every believer inancient Israel in the most solemn manner the impossibilityof the sinner having any share in procuring his ownredemption, so to us it points most plainly to the awfulloneliness of our great High Priest when He effected ourredemption.Even during His earthly life there were times whenthis loneliness was suggested. As when His own motherfailed to appreciate fully the character of His mission; orwhen, after many of His once eager followers had desertedHim, He turned to the Twelve and said, "Will ye also goaway?"; or again when, under the very shadow of theagony of the cross, in the upper room, even the Twelvewere wholly absorbed with their own petty, personalambitions, oblivious of the mighty event that was about totake place (Luke 2:49,50; John 6:67, Luke 22:24-34).So we move on to the garden of Gethsemane wherewe behold our Mediator in lonely agony with none tosuccor or support Him as He prepared Himself for themighty task that lay before Him. Yet, it is only at Calvaryitself that we see the awful climax of that loneliness whichour High Priest endured for sinners.JUNE 16, 1971Here, not only was He forsaken of men, but the veryangels of glory must needs stand afar off while thecommon Roman cross became a sacred altar, as the HighPriest, God's Anointed, offered His own life a ransom formany. As an outward token of this loneliness the very lightof heaven was shut off, until finally, out of the midst of theunnatural darkness there rang from that grand altar of theages the cry expressive of the ultimate in loneliness, "MyGod, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" (Matt.26:56; 1 Peter 1:11,12; Matt. 27:45,46).Thus we recognize that His utter loneliness is asnecessary an element in the work of atonement effectedby the one and only perfect High Priest as is His realhumiliation, His absolute sinlessness, and His Divinelyappointed mediation, and that, in shadow, all theseelements were taught to Israel under the Old Testament inthe solemn services of the yearly Day of Atonement.ADORING WONDERIf we ask why such perfection, such abasement, andsuch suffering were necessary in the Mediator, we can findno better answer than that given by the prophet Isaiah,"He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruisedfor our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was uponHim . . . for the transgression of my people was Hestricken . . . and He bear the sin of many, and made intercessionfor the transgressors" (Isa. 53:5,8,12). Man's sin,yes, my sin, is so great and its guilt so awful that nothingless could by any means procure man's redemption.Hard indeed must be the heart that can contemplatesuch a matchless demonstration of love toward the utterlyundeserving, without being moved to fall prostrate inadoring wonder before such a perfect Mediator whilecrying from the depths of the soul, "My Lord and myGod."Evangelical ActionA Pointer from the HodgesMen are religious kings. Religion can't be got rid ofby seeking to ignore it. A man, after taking some liquorperhaps may go hopping round and declaring, "I'll have nogravity;" but he need not expect to get rid of the laws ofgravitation. As little need our legislators attempt to putaway religion. We have a right to insist that they shall nottry. I would not consent to be hanged by a jury with anatheist sitting in it. It would be much more comfortable tobe hanged by a jury of good Presbyterians!—Charles and A. A. HodgeGlimpses from page 4one requesting a copy would be registered." A registeredBible, Bass said, is a revocable Bible."It's an ignominious situation when a nation socultured and enlightened as the Soviet Union wouldprevent its people from having a copy of one of the mostinfluential books in history," Bass said.9
A Story for YouthHarder ThanPainting A FenceBy Lilian Burnett, Scarborough, OntarioPAUL WAS UNHAPPY as he pulled his paint brushalong the board fence."I would like you to finishit by tomorrow night," hisfather had told him at breakfast.Paul did not dislike the painting. What was makingthe job hard was the teasing of the people who walkedpast.Paul worked for a few minutes longer. Then an oldgentleman, in passing, made a remark that annoyed him."So you're another Tom Sawyer, Son. See that you do thejob well."This was not the first one who had likened him toMark Twain's famous hero who had had to paint a fencefor his aunt. Picking up his paint bucket, Paul walkedback to the house. He would get up early tomorrowmorning and finish the job before many people were out.After painting for two hours next morning, Paul wasvery pleased. He nearly had the job done.He gave a faint "Hi!" in reply to the milkman'sfriendly greeting. And then, "Keep working, TomSawyer!" the man called in a cheerful tone.Paul was too tired to think. Dipping his brush intothe paint again, he threw it directly in the young man'sface. Then, frightened when he saw the paint splattering,he ran.As he ran Paul remembered that he belonged to theLord Jesus. And, knowing that he had done somethingwrong, he stopped and turned back. He was surprised tosee that the milkman was not chasing him, but waswalking back to his truck.Paul started after him. But by the time he hadalmost reached him, the truck was moving. The mancalled back to him, "It's all right, Son. I guess I provokedyou."Paul knew the truck would soon be returning thesame way. So, he waited. He waved to the man to stop."I just wanted to tell you I'm sorry," Paul saidsimply. "And I wondered why you didn't come after me?"he couldn't help adding.10The milkman spoke kindly again. "Well, you see,I'm a Christian," he said. "And I'm not too old toremember that a boy gets a lot of teasing when he's tryingto paint a fence.""I belong to Jesus Christ, too," Paul told him. "ButI'm tired of all the wisecracks about Tom Sawyer.""There are times when we all have to do things wedon't want to do," the young man said. "To tell you thetruth, I didn't want to be a milkman."Paul looked at him quickly. He thought anybodywould like to drive a milk truck."After my dad died," the young man continued, "Ihad to take this job to help the family. I found it hard atfirst because I was afraid of meeting new people. I wasunhappy until I learned that Jesus had donesomething as hard as dying on the cross for my sins. ThenI became a happy milkman, helping many people on myroute and telling them about the Lord Jesus."As the man drove away, Paul thought about what hehad said. "But you don't get teased about being a milkman,"he told himself.When he came home from school that day, Pauldidn't know how he could finish painting that fence. Hewalked into his room and facing him was a small bookcase.Running toit angrily, he pulled the book TomSawyer from its place, and threw it on the floor. Butimmediately he was sorry."F<strong>org</strong>ive me, Lord, and please help me," he prayed.And he hurried to get his brush and paint bucket.When some children came along, trying to kick thepaint bucket over, Paul thought of Jesus Christ dying onthe cross. When he saw a group of older boys and girlswho had teased him yesterday, he prayed for courage.Approaching the leader in a friendly manner, hesaid: "Well, Gus, what'll you give me to let you do someof it?"Gus drew back. And as Paul went calmly from oneto the other, smiling and offering to let them paint, thegirls turned up their noses and walked away. When theboys saw that their teasing no longer bothered him, theysoon followed.When the same old gentleman walked past, Paul wassinging."I'm sure the boy in the story was never in such highspirits as you are," the old man said."Perhaps he didn't know that the Lord Jesus washappy to do something for us that was harder thanpainting a fence," Paul said with a mysterious smile as hefinished the last board.The ShantymanCOVENANTER WITNESS
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THE COVENANTER WITNESSOfficial orgr
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Glimpses of the Religious WorldRev.
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REV. J. PAUL WILSON WRITES:Nicosia,
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SomeThis and That inAs the New Year
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Students ElectedTo "Who's Who..."Tw
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The Children'sPrayer Brings A Lost
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NOTICE OF CALLOn November 22, 1970,
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STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENTTHE WHITE
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Home for the Aged in Hot Springs."
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an aid to missions. In country afte
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How Safe Are You:Rev. D. Howard Ell
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great sinners and so they repented
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NOTICE OF CALLOn the evening of Jan
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IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING!Paul Speiche
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of that tribe were called Levites.
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IN HOSPITALMiss Mildred Blair of th
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PRE-SYNODIC CONFERENCEFor Reformed
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The Ethics of EvangelismRev. Donald
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Lesson Helps for the Week of April
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Urbana '70 CommunionRev. RobertAlmo
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will shine." Christians are often j
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When Sorrow ComesRev. Robert McMill
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is love. Jesus loves us and seeks t
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news, however, the Good News of God
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The Way of SalvationTHE BASIC ISSUE
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