REPENTANCE. "Repent, and _turn_ yourselves from _all_ your transgressions: so iniquity shall not be your ruin." (Ezek. 18:30.) "Let the wicked forsake his way." (Isaiah 4:7.) "Repent * * * every one of you." (Acts 2:38.) "Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish." (Luke 13:3.) We understand that repentance does not consist in mourning over sins committed, and then repeating the same sin or one equally heinous, but that Ezekiel meant for the people to cease from doing wrong, to quit their evil practices, and walk in the paths of rectitude, virtue and true holiness. "For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world worketh death." (II. Cor. 7:10.) We believe that the "sorrow of the world" here alluded to, is the too prevalent practice of crying, groaning and moaning over our wrong-doing, and then continuing the same practice. The third step for man to take in this life to secure salvation in the eternal world, is to be BAPTIZED. "He that believeth" (that is, he that hath faith) "and is _baptized_ shall be saved" (Mark 16:16), was the emphatic assertion of our Savior. Again we find that man came under condemnation by refusing obedience to this commandment; "But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being _not baptized_ of him." (Luke 7:30.) So the world of to-day will, in the end, find themselves under condemnation for refusing to obey this principle of the gospel. "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he _can not_ enter into the kingdom of God." (John 3:5.) Paul, writing to the Hebrews, says: "Therefore, leaving out the principles of the doctrines of Christ, let us go on unto perfection: not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the _doctrine of baptisms_, and of laying on of hands." (Heb. 6:1, 2.) Here are four principles all classed together, all equally important, all equally necessary, and all required at our hands by those fixed and eternal laws of truth and justice by which the worlds are governed, and by which we may return back into the presence of God, and dwell with the just, the true and the pure of all ages. The fourth step necessary for man to take while in this state of probation, is to receive THE LAYING ON OF HANDS. for the reception of the Holy Ghost. This is a principle, to a great extent, ignored by the Christian world, yet plainly taught in the scriptures. Peter and his brethren of the twelve had doubtless all been baptised, and endeavored to lead holy lives during their association with Jesus; yet we find Him, just previous to His ascension on high, telling them, "Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. And He led them out as far as to Bethany, and He _lifted up His hands_, and blessed them." (Luke 24:49, 50.)