Sword & Trowel 2016: Issue 2 the soul. The theology of Moses is perfect,


obviously, for he speaks under the inspiration of God, and accordingly he makes the plea of the evangelical covenant, just as we do today. VERSE 20: ‘That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land.’ What words these are – obey, life, eternity! Could Moses have preached


this magnifi cent call to eternal life from the pulpit of Sinai or works? Surely only from the pulpit of grace, mercy and life through the promised Messiah could he have done so. And this is how our Baptist forebears with Independents or Congregational- ists (in the main) saw it. In another century the innovations of dispensa- tionalism seized the imaginations of many, but the two-covenant theology of the seventeenth century never completely disappeared. And now, ef- fective new champions have appeared.


SUPPORT FOR EARTHQUAKE-AFFECTED AREAS OF NEPAL


wider relief work, under the auspices of Grace Social Welfare Organisation, Canaan Baptist Church organised free three-day agricultural training events in church buildings in October in three of the worst earthquake-affected areas. These courses were for all farmers and not only for believers. Instruction included soil conservation, crop growing methods and how to make organic liquid fertiliser from green material using a starter culture. Photos show a training event in Barpak, Gorkha District. 54 farmers, young and old, travelled long distances to attend, some walking for two days. On return- ing to their villages they were to share the instruction with their neighbours. [See page 32 for more news


A from Nepal.] Support for Earthquake-Affected Areas of Nepal page 25 


BOUT 85% of the population of Nepal is involved in agricultural activity of one form or another. It is the mainstay of village life. As part of the


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