<TITLE>02. Par 12-20</TITLE>L-12   So I--I think, at this time, if this sister that's got this little one to bring up, will bring it up. And we--we believe in this, being a doctrine of the Bible. And trying to follow the Scripture and the pattern that the Lord Jesus left us, just as close as we know how, is to follow through the way He did it. And we don't find any place in the Bible where He baptized them or even commissioned them to be baptized. He--He just... They said, "They brought little children unto Him, that He might bless them. And He laid His hands upon them and said, 'Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of God.'"

L-13 So if the organist or pianist will, will give us just some of that lovely music, kind of slowly, "Bring them in, bring them in, bring them in from the fields of sin." I believe you're acquainted with it.

L-14   What's the little fellow's name? [The mother says, "It's a little girl. It's Rebekah."--Ed.] Rebekah. Last name? ["Hammer."] Hammer. This is Brother and Sister Hammer. ["Yes."] God bless you. This your only one? ["Our fourth girl."] Fourth girl. You ought to be an evangelist. Philip had four daughters, you know. ["That's right."] And they were all prophetesses. [The father says, "I'm not a minister."] You may not be, but I trust that God will give you four prophetesses out of these daughters, anyway, Brother Hammer.

L-15 Very sweet. She's yawning now. You should see it. I like them. But I'm always afraid when I pick them up, to dedicate them, I'm always afraid I'll break them. You know, they're kind of... I--I feel real funny, picking them up. And my wife always said, "You can't break them." So, but they look so sweet. They look like you just have to handle them. So I'm going to try to hold it, if it's all right.

L-16 Now, this is a job my wife would like. Isn't that a little doll? Little Rebekah Hammer, how are you? That's good. We're grateful for this, how God has give to this union this lovely child. It has to come only from God. No one can give life but God.
Let us bow our heads now.

L-17   Our Heavenly Father, we bring to You this morning this little lump of love that's been placed in this home, by Your great hand. How the mother, these months, has packed it beneath her heart, longing to see what it would look like when it arrived. And here it is this morning, this sweet lovely little girl. And she gives it a Bible name. And now comes to the altar of God, she and her husband, to dedicate it, to give it back to the God that gave it to them. Bless their home, Father, we pray. Bless their family. Bless this little Rebekah.

L-18 In the Bible, we find that the people brought little babies to You, that You might lay Your hands upon them and bless them. And if You were only here in a visible body this morning, why, this parent would bring this little Rebekah to You. We realize, Lord, that our hands are very poor substitutes for this great mission, but You have charged us to do so. Therefore, Lord, I give to You little Rebekah, in the Name of Jesus Christ, in a dedication. May You take her little life and use it, Lord, for Your glory. And we'll praise Thee for it, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-19   God bless you. May the Lord grant, little baby will live, be a fine woman and a great servant of Christ for tomorrow, if there is a tomorrow. God bless both of you, so nice.

L-20 Oh, them little fellows. It's that innocence. I've often thought how innocent a child is. And yet, if we could only be as innocent as one of those children... But, come to find out, we're more innocent, when the Blood of Jesus Christ has cleansed us from all sin.


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