If the name of a governor be signed to the reprieve of a criminal, it is of great value ; it is more than blank paper ; because the saving of the criminal's life depends on the governor's signature ; for if that was not produced, the executing officer would proceed to the final execution. But whose name is signed in baptism ? and for whose benefit ? Ans: Jehovah's name, supreme Governor, for the benefit of sinners, who are sentenced by the holy law to everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord. Only by the interposition of this blessed name, this sentence may be averted.

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