sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow” (1 Pet. 1:11). It is plain, then, that it is not merely as an example for us that Jesus was baptized. His baptism was altogether of a different nature from that which He instituted after His resurrection, and for quite a different purpose. One has well said: “He was baptized to identify Himself with a rejected remnant. We, by baptism, are identified with a rejected Christ.” The testimony of John was but preparatory. In the new dispensation we