Publication date
10/15/11
Volume
32
Number
20
The WatchTower
Feeding on the Words of God
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TV 
E 
R 
J1ROO"LYN, 
N. 
Y. 
Bure 
that 
on 
the 
whole 
the 
cost 
of 
living 
h('r,' 
is 
not 
morp, 
than 
25 
per 
cent. 
chearer 
than 
in 
Amprira. 
This 
is 
doubly 
offset 
by 
the 
great 
,lifference 
in 
wages, 
'\vhirh 
ar(' 
from 
hvo 
to 
thr' 
e 
times 
greater 
in 
Ameri('a 
than 
tlw}' 
are 
in 
Britain. 
The 
striking 
spirit 
has 
h('rome 
epirlemic 
all 
oYer 
Britain. 
Ewn 
the 
rag-pickers 
of 
Belfast 
are 
striking. 
The:v 
W~iIlt 
a 
penny 
more 
prr 
~tone 
(14 
poun,]s) 
for 
their 
rags, 
The 
strik­ 
ing 
ne" 
shoys 
and 
"hoodlums" 
ereated 
a 
riot 
at 
Duhlin 
re­ 
cently. 
A 
Jurge 
numher 
of 
striking 
n('wsboys 
para,lrd 
the 
strel'ts 
of 
Bdfast. 
They 
resemhl(',] 
an 
army 
of 
"ragamuf- 
fins." 
Poor 
creatures 
1 
I 
am 
inform(',] 
that 
the 
oprrators 
,'an 
illy 
afford 
to 
a,l­ 
vanc(' 
wagps--tax(',l 
to 
k('rp 
up 
all 
army. 
navy, 
de. 
D('ar 
Broth('r, 
I 
am 
~'O 
gla,l 
that 
th(' 
,1('ar 
Lord 
p('rmittrd 
mp 
to 
visit 
Europ(' 
tit 
this 
timr, 
h('rau<e 
it 
has 
greatly 
in­ 
rr(':1s,'d 
my 
apprp('intion 
of 
the 
truth 
gpuerally. 
You 
have 
\larlll, 
nol,l(' 
fri('lH]s 
hprl' 
in 
Be]fa~t 
'\vho 
dparlv 
love 
vou. 
And 
the 
writer 
lovrs 
yOll 
n:ol 
ethan 
eH'r, 
and' 
more 
'than 
ever 
Pi'<terrns 
the 
111,'ssr,1 
pri\,jlpQp 
of 
aRsorintion 
with 
you 
in 
the 
Lorrl's 
work. 
MlH'h 
Cll1'ist 
i 
an 
low: 
to 
alL 
Your 
Jlroth('r 
in 
him, 
FRA~K 
DIUPER. 
FOUP',TEEN 
YEARS 
AGO 
D('ar 
Brother 
Russrll 
:-In 
a 
'''lATCH 
TOWER 
of 
fourteen 
F'ars 
ago. 
aftrr 
gi\'il1g 
tllr 
Syrill(' 
r(,l11lrring 
of 
Heh. 
10:32, 
you 
sny: 
"Here 
the 
A 
postle 
Jll('ntion5 
fivr 
('onrlitions: 
(1) 
Honpsty 
of 
heart; 
(2) 
an 
Ul1l10uhting 
faith; 
(:,) 
a 
hloorl-sprinkled 
heart 
(ITeb. 
!) 
:14), 
a 
lle~U't. 
or 
will. 
that 
has 
1,ern 
,justified, 
not 
merely 
through 
faith 
* 
I 
tentative 
justification], 
but 
also 
throu~~h 
the 
application 
of 
the 
blood 
* 
[vitalized 
justification 
1, 
the 
virtue 
of 
the 
ransom 
given 
once 
for 
all 
by 
our 
Redeemer; 
(4) 
a 
elean 
('onscience; 
(5) 
washeJ, 
or 
1lUrified, 
bodies, 
i. 
e., 
with 
the 
o\1t1varr] 
innn 
in 
the 
process 
of 
cleansing 
by 
the 
puri­ 
fying 
'Vord 
of 
Truth 
and 
grace. 
,. 
The 
l'\1rifying. 
or 
cleansing. 
of 
the 
henrt, 
through 
faith 
in 
thp 
precious 
blood. 
sel'ms 
to 
he 
mu('h 
hettrr 
unJerstooo 
hy 
(,lll'l~tians 
than 
the 
llurifying 
of 
their 
hooies, 
their 
flesh, 
thro,u).d1 
ohe,lience 
in 
the 
application 
to 
themselves, 
in 
daily 
lit", 
of 
the 
promises, 
prerepts, 
warnings 
and 
ilJustrations 
of 
f;nipturr-as 
water, 
or 
elcansing 
trutlls, 
etc., 
et('." 
Brother 
R\1s,e]], 
I 
thougllt 
until 
I 
rpac1 
this 
that 
the 
hvo 
ju-tifi('ations 
,\ypre 
sonwthillg 
that 
you 
had 
never 
sern 
until 
ypry 
reerut 
yp::rs. 
Tr\1ly, 
as 
another 
saia 
in 
r('garo 
to 
somCl 
S;lIl 
il::r 
,lis"()H'r~' 
OWl' 
whieh 
we 
Iyere 
wondpring 
anrl 
rejoie­ 
ill~ 
"Drother 
Russell 
has 
heen 
veal's 
ahra,] 
of 
us 
a]] 
thp 
timp; 
:llld 
,\,]IP11 
hp 
\\oulo 
te]] 
us 
thi;lgS, 
none 
of 
us 
r\,pr 
saw 
hIlt 
Iial 
f, 
:111<1 
Ivhpn 
various 
things 
eame 
\lP 
WP 
ronp,i,lereo 
thrm 
1I"\\. 
],e(':lllse 
\ve 
haa 
not 
been 
ahle 
to 
assimilate 
them 
when 
tll<'y 
II",,' 
first 
g;\'('n 
to 
111'." 
or 
Ivoras 
of 
similar 
imf'ort. 
1 
a 
III 
so 
gla,1. 
T11P 
first 
thing 
I 
ever 
rea 
a 
Ivas 
oll! 
"Fooa 
for 
Thinking 
t'hristinlls.' 
, 
I 
hn,l 
forgotten 
n]] 
ahout 
the 
threr 
eovcnant,;; 
but 
whpn 
~'ou 
hegau 
to 
writr 
ahout 
them 
it 
spempo 
nll 
right, 
and 
as 
if 
I 
h~d 
ahvays 
h:lo 
thnt 
idea: 
though 
J 
('ould 
not 
ex­ 
plain 
it. 
lIor 
say 
where 
I 
got 
it 
until 
I 
re-reno 
that 
0],1 
pamphlet. 
1. 
P, 
W. 
* 
Thrf'il'-' 
hrad"f'tpd 
\\ 
fJrrls 
al'e 
not 
in 
the 
lR!l7 
Tower 
"SCRIPTURE 
STUDIES" 
IN 
NEW 
BINDING 
The 
hill<]iu," 
of 
the 
·i" 
"dll!'I"S 
of 
f-iT,:Dlj,S 
ll\ 
'I'J-JE 
SCRip· 
TURES 
has 
gl'n"rally 
l'l'en 
coneedr(] 
to 
lIe 
'1uite 
attractive: 
it 
may. 
then'fore, 
surpri"e 
°0me 
to 
know 
that 
we 
have 
changed 
tIle 
gpnpra1 
style 
nna 
tl,nt 
we 
believe 
the 
ehange 
works 
a 
won­ 
derflll 
im!,rovellh'nt. 
'VI' 
are 
Ih'ing 
in 
a 
oay 
of 
progress 
and 
wp 
are 
merrly 
rndeavoriug 
to 
k,"'p 
up 
with 
the 
procession 
in 
outwan] 
ap]Jeanl1ll'p. 
We 
1lelir\'e 
that 
wr 
are 
far 
ahead 
of 
the 
proressiou 
so 
far 
as 
the 
suhjret 
matter 
of 
these 
volumes 
is 
l'oncprned 
when 
romp:ll'ed 
with 
all 
othC'T 
religious 
teachings 
ana 
Bihle 
expositions. 
We 
h:1<] 
a 
sample 
of 
th,' 
nrw 
cr1ition 
at 
the 
Mt. 
Lake 
Park 
conwntion. 
T1H' 
co1portrnrs 
th('re 
and 
all 
who 
saw 
the 
sam­ 
ple 
agree,l 
that 
the 
eh:lll~'e 
ma,]e 
is 
a 
very 
,lesirahle 
one. 
About 
sixty 
lie\\' 
('oll'ortp\lI's 
joined 
the 
working 
force 
at 
the 
conven- 
tion 
and 
were 
pel'lllith'd 
to 
start 
with 
the 
new 
edition. 
Other­ 
,vise 
the 
01,1 
('dition 
",:ill 
continue 
to 
he 
supplied 
until 
ex­ 
hallstpll-about 
Novemher 
1. 
The 
new 
volum,'s 
, 
.. 
ill 
he 
supplietl 
in 
paper 
hoxes. 
the 
first. 
thn'e 
hoxeo 
together, 
01' 
the 
entire 
six, 
Colporteurs 
are 
find· 
ing' 
that 
the 
full 
set 
of 
six. 
'I\'ith 
THE 
'V 
ATCH 
TOWER 
for 
a 
yp;\r, 
all 
for 
$2.65, 
is 
a 
v81)' 
attradi, 
e 
proposition, 
which 
also 
leav('s 
a 
good 
margin 
for 
the 
Colporteur's 
expenses. 
,~ny 
person 
of 
ordinary 
ability 
by 
follo'l\'ing 
the 
colportear 
"method" 
of 
presenting 
the 
books 
should 
be 
able 
to 
make 
l'paSOIl3hle 
expenses. 
'Ve 
do 
not 
rneourage 
anybody 
to 
thmk 
of 
doing 
more 
than 
this, 
although 
a 
few 
do 
more. 
Indeed 
some 
of 
thE' 
colporteurs 
are 
contrihutors 
to 
the 
Tract 
Fund. 
There 
is 
still 
a 
wide 
field 
of 
good 
territory 
open, 
'Tor" 
XXXII 
nn()OKLYN, 
~. 
Yo, 
OCTOBER 
15, 
1911 
FEEDING 
ON 
THE 
WORDS 
OF 
GOD 
No. 
20 
"~ran 
shall 
not 
1i\'P 
11y 
1'1'1':111 
alone. 
l>11t 
11y 
e\'Pry 
'l\'or,] 
'VI' 
read 
that 
tlll'S" 
won]s 
W"1'(' 
a 
l'art 
of 
Ollr 
Lon] 
's 
ans" 
('1' 
to 
S:Jt:1ll 
',I 
hpJ] 
1111' 
:1I]ver~'ll'V 
f'x]lndel] 
him 
to 
rom­ 
mnll<] 
tll" 
~t(j]I"S 
to 
h,' 
tUl'1J<'d 
into 
1I'l',·a,1. 
in 
orl]el' 
to 
satisfy 
his 
hllngpr. 
nft"r 
f:lst 
ill:~ 
fllrt~, 
(lays 
in 
the 
wil,len1 
p 
s,s. 
The 
LOl',l 
l'Il'"w. 
hO\\('I·(·r. 
1h:lt 
it 
\\'olll,]1)(' 
llu1:l\':fnl 
for 
him 
thus 
til 
nsp 
tIll' 
SnlWlll1llllali 
pO\\"'l' 
\\'hil'h 
enmr 
to 
him 
ns 
a 
result 
of 
his 
emlsrl'l'ai 
ill1\ 
til 
the 
F:ltllrr's 
sel'vi('e. 
That 
power 
wns 
not 
10 
hp 
\1..;ed 
for 
his 
11('-h, 
nenre 
onr 
I,on] 
refu,se 
' 
] 
to 
nsp 
hi~ 
snprrhl1lll~lI 
l'OV;l'l'S 
FOl' 
thp 
gl'atlfieation 
of 
the 
flesh, 
pvpn 
1ho1\gh 
III' 
h1ll1(~e1'('(l, 
Thpn 
Sa1nn 
sll,Q'grs1eI1, 
ITow 
(io 
:'ou 
expprt 
to 
lil'p 
if 
vou 
110 
not 
exrrcis(' 
your 
power 
to 
li,'p'? 
0111' 
Lord's 
[lnSWel', 
:1S 
,rp 
srp. 
\\'as 
that 
man 
shnll 
not 
]iVf' 
hy- 
111'rall. 
mrl 
rly'. 
hnt 
hy 
eVt'l'V 
\\-01'<1, 
every 
prom­ 
i,sf' 
thnt 
pro,'pl'ddh 
"lit 
of 
tj,p 
month 
of 
Go<1. 
Onr 
hop" 
of 
eternal 
lift'. 
thpl'eforp. 
rrsts 
npon 
that 
obpdienre 
to 
GOI] 
wllieh 
wo1l1,1 
entitle 
us 
to 
dernal 
life. 
n"co]'(]in~ 
to 
llis 
:1l'l'~lllgemeut, 
If 
our 
Lora 
hn,] 
grn,tifipd 
thr 
flC'sh 
he 
mil~ht 
han' 
sntisfif'11 
his 
hung'l'l" 
hut 
hf' 
wou1,] 
hnvf' 
violnteo 
his 
coven:mt 
of 
ohr,]irnee 
to' 
Gor]. 
'Vhoever 
\\'0111,1 
h:1I'e 
ptrl'11n1 
1ifr 
must 
sl'ek 
to 
1)(' 
obe<lient 
to 
Go,], 
to 
all 
that 
Go,] 
h:l~ 
commnn,le,]. 
all 
to 
",hieh 
he 
has 
<lirectel1 
thp 
in,]ivi,lun1. 
Of 
COUl'sr, 
hI' 
mi,~llt 
hav(' 
one 
cOllllll:md 
for 
t11r 
an~els. 
anothrr 
for 
m:ln, 
ant] 
a 
thin] 
fol' 
the 
church. 
Bnt 
sincr 
WP 
fi111] 
that 
we 
aTe' 
nnt 
allle 
to 
01ll',v 
l1l'rfrdly 
pver~' 
comnwn,] 
of 
(lo<l. 
we 
ealll\Ot 
hope 
for 
dl'Tnal 
life 
h,\' 
1'pr­ 
fl'et 
olle,li('ner 
to 
th,' 
letter 
of 
thr 
'YOl',1 
of 
GUI]. 
E,-en 
though 
Go<l 
has 
:H','e]lted 
\1" 
as 
his 
rhil,lren. 
\ve 
cau 
hOJl" 
fo]' 
lif,' 
only 
b~- 
lwving 
tllP 
spirit 
of 
obe<liellre 
tu 
his 
'VOl',]. 
Onp 
of 
the 
lessllns 
to 
he 
h'aTnrr1 
in 
the 
school 
of 
Christ 
is 
that 
a 
"lllan 
's 
life 
eonsistl'th 
llOt 
in 
th,' 
ahUH(lnnl'e 
of 
the 
tliings 
whi('h 
he 
possrossl'th 
"-fom] 
tlHd 
l':limeut, 
etc.­ 
but 
that 
his 
]jfe, 
in 
the 
fullest, 
highest, 
gl'anrlest 
sense, 
is 
that 
proreerleth 
ont 
of 
the 
mouth 
of 
God.' 
'-Matt. 
4 
:4. 
,lel"'111]l'lit 
uI"'n 
his 
romp1ete 
suhmission 
to 
the 
rlivine 
will. 
Cnrrful 
attpntion 
to 
ever~- 
won] 
illat 
prorf'('rleth 
out 
of 
the 
mouth 
of 
GO(] 
to 
every 
a<1mnnition. 
pvery 
pnrauragrment, 
('vrr,\' 
Tll'omisr; 
is 
ne"p'ssar~' 
to 
the 
I]p\'eiopmpnt 
of 
thos" 
whom 
Gorl 
is 
now 
calling 
to 
eternal 
life 
as 
joint-heirs 
with 
his 
Son 
in 
thp 
kingrlom. 
Lrt 
us. 
then, 
more 
,m(] 
mol'''. 
as 
thl' 
rli~riples 
of 
thl' 
Lor<1 
.Ie,sns, 
kerp 
in 
memory 
the 
won]s 
of 
the 
text. 
an'] 
act 
upon 
thE'n1. 
LIVE 
BY 
EVERY 
WORD 
FROM 
THE 
MOUTH 
OF 
GOD 
But 
how 
is 
it 
possihle 
for 
us 
to 
live 
hy 
the 
woras 
that 
procel'fl 
out 
of 
the 
mouth 
of 
GO'll 
~ 
'Yhnt 
oil] 
.I 
('sus 
mran1 
IT 
ow 
rtln 
Go,] 
's 
woras 
give 
life 
~ 
TIe 
lIlpaHt 
that 
all 
hope 
of 
attaining 
eternal 
life 
,leT1Pmls 
Ul'011 
GO:]--ul,on 
the 
divine 
plan 
ana 
its 
promises. 
Lool,ing 
into 
theS" 
promisp,s 
wr 
"nn 
see 
(]istind1y 
that 
th" 
<1ivine 
pl~ll1. 
,lating 
from 
hefore 
the 
foun,Jation 
of 
the 
worl,l, 
is 
th:1t 
all 
of 
Go,] 
's 
rn'atures, 
l'rpatt·rl 
in 
his 
likenpss 
anrl 
ahi,]ing 
in 
faith. 
10,'e 
a.n,] 
oherlienr(' 
in 
harmony 
with 
him, 
sh:111 
h:I\'e 
life 
en·rlnsting. 
This 
is 
GOI]'S 
'Vora 
upon 
the 
Sllhil'et, 
n:1mdv. 
that 
ohp<1ipllre 
is 
tlj" 
l'onrlition 
of 
life 
evpr­ 
l~lsting. 
Tlli,s'is. 
un<1ouhtp(]ly, 
wl1at 
our 
Lor,] 
ha,] 
in 
mimI 
in 
the 
\\,01'l]s 
of 
our 
tE'xt. 
He 
may 
alsO' 
have 
ha<1 
thr 
thought 
thnt 
hp 
lla(] 
eomp 
into 
the 
wor1<1 
upon 
a 
spl'cial 
mission, 
to 
,10 
1 
ill' 
Fatlll'r's 
wi]], 
:1nrI 
that 
his 
11llt1E'rstalll]ing 
from 
the 
be­ 
~,illlling 
\\,:1S 
tlint 
his 
l1Pl'fpct 
ohr(]irHl'l' 
to 
thp 
,]ivine 
will 
\"onl,l 
insure 
him 
glor~', 
houor 
an<1 
immortality 
with 
the 
Fatlla, 
pvrntlla]]v; 
hut 
th:lt 
auv 
<1isol)l'llienre 
wl/ul,] 
mean 
tJ,p 
forfeiture 
of 
,']iyi1lP 
fal'or 
al\(l 
woul,] 
im'olve 
the 
seutenel' 
of 
,lisol,e,]ienre-d('ath. 
Ollr 
Lor,] 
's 
prompt 
,lpl'isiou, 
thrrefo]'(', 
was 
1hat 
ta 
,li~­ 
ohry 
the 
F:lthpr 
's 
\"ill 
and 
tlms 
to 
S('('Ul'P 
brear1 
for 
the 
sus 
tel\ill1ee 
of 
his 
bo<1y, 
woul,] 
be 
a 
great 
mistake; 
that 
foo,1 
(383-387) THE sure that on the whole the cost of living here is not more than 25 per cent. cheaper than in America. This is doubly offset by the great difference in wages, which are from two to thre times greater in America than they are in Britain. The striking spirit has hecome epidemic all over Britain. Even the rag-pickers of Belfast are striking. They want a penny more per stone (14 pounds) for their rags. The striking newshoys and ‘‘hoodlums’’ created a riot at Dublin re cently. A lurge number of striking newsboys paraded the strects of Belfast. They resembled an army of ‘‘ragamuffins.’? Poor creatures! T am informed that the operators can illy afford to advanee wages—taxed to keep up an army, navy, cte. Dear Brother, IT am vo glad that the dear Lord permitted me to visit Europe at this time, bheeause it has greatly inereascd my appreciation of the truth generally. You have warm, noble friends here in Belfast who dearly love vou. And the writer loves you moie than ever, and more than ever esteems the blessed privilege of association with you in the Lord’s work. Mueh Christian love to all. Your brother in him, FOURTEEN YEARS AGO Russell:—-In a Water Tower of fourteen giving the Syriac rendering of Heb. 10:22, FRANK DRAPER. Dear Brother years ago, after you say: ““Were the Apostle mentions five conditions: of heart; (2) an undoulbting faith; (3) a hlood-sprinkled heart (Heb. 9:14), a heart. or will, that has heen justified, not merely through faith *{tentative justification], but also (1) Honesty WATCH TOIVER Brooniyn, N. Y. through the application of the blood *[vitalized justification], the virtue of the ransom given once for all by our Redeemer; (4) a clean eonseience; (5) washed, or purified, bodies, i. e., with the outward man in the process of cleansing by the purifying Word of Truth and grace. ‘*The purifying, or cleansing, of the heart, through faith in the precious blood, seems to be much hetter understood by Christians than the purifying of their bodies, their flesh, through obédience in the application to themselves, in daily life, of the promises, precejts, warnings and illustrations of Scripture—as water, or eleansing truths, ete., ete.’’ Brother Russell, T thought until I read this that the two justifications were something that vou had never scen until very recent vears. Truly, as another said in regard to some smdler diseevery over which we were wondering and rejoicing ‘* Brother Russell has heen vears ahead of us all the time; and when he would tell us things, none of us ever saw but haif, and when various things came up we considered them now, heenuse we bad not heen able to assimilate them when they were first given to us,’’ or words of similar import. J am so glad. The first thing I ever read was old ‘‘Food for Thinking Christians.’?' TI had forgotten all ahout the three covenants; but when vou hegan to write about them it seemed all right, and as if T had always had that idea: though JT could not explain it, nor say where I got it until I re-read that old pamphlet. I. P. W. * These bracketed words are not in the 1897 Tower “SCRIPTURE. STUDIES” The binding of the -ix volumes of Srupins IN THE ScripTURES has generally heen coneeded to be quite attractive: it may, therefore, surprise some to know that we have changed the general style and that we believe the change works a wonderful improvement. We are Hving in a day of progress and we are merely endeavoring to keep up with the procession in outward appearance. We helieve that we are far ahead of the procession so far as the subject matter of these volumes is coneerned when compared with all other religious teachings and Bible expositions. We hada sample of the new cdition at the Mt. Lake Park eonvention. The colporteurs there and all who saw the sample agreed that the change made is a very desirable one. About sixty new colporteurs joined the working foree at the conven Von. N NAT BI SOOKRL ¥ N. N.Y. OCTOBER 1 D; IN NEW BINDING tion and were permitted to start with the new edition. Otherwise the old edition will continue to be supplied until exhausted—about November 1. The new volumes will he supplied in paper boxes, the first three boxed together, or the entire six. Colporteurs are finding that the full set of six, with THz WatcH Tower for a year, all for $2.65, 1s a very attractive proposition, which also leaves a good margin for the Colporteur’s expenses. Any person of ordinary ability by following the colportear ‘‘method’’ of presenting the books should be able to make reasonable expenses. We do not encourage anybody to think of doing more than this, although a few do more. Indeed some of the colporteurs are contributors to the Tract Fund. There is still a wide field of good territory open. 1911 No. 20 FEEDING ON THE WORDS OF GOD ‘*Man shall not live hy bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.’’—Matt. 4:4. We read that these werds were a part of ovr Lord’s answer to Satan when the adversary exhorted him to eommand the stones to be turned inte bread, in order to satisfy his hunger, after fasting forty davs in the wilderness. The Lord knew, however, that it wovld he unlawful for him thus to use the superhuman power which came to him as a result of his eonsecration to the Father’s service. That power was not to be used for his fle-h. Henee our Tord refused to nse his superhuman powers for the gratification of the flesh, even though he himeered. Then Satan suggested, How co vou expeet to live if vou do not exercise your power to live? Our Lord's answer, as we see, was that man shall not live by bread, merely, but by every word, every promise that proreedeth ont of the mouth of God. Our hope of eternal life, therefore, rests upon that obedicnee to God whieh would entitle us to eternal life, according to his arrangement. Tf onr Lord had gratified the flesh he might have satisfied his hunger, but he would have violated his eovenant of obedience to God. Whoever would have eternal life must seck to be obedient to Go, to all that God has commanded, all to which he has directed the individual. Of eourse, he might have one command for the angels, another for man, and a third for the echureh. But since we find that we are not able to ohev perfectly every command of God, we cannot hope for eternal life by perfeet obedienee to the letter of the Word of God. Even though God has aceepted us as his children, we ean hope for life only by having the spirit of obedicnee to his Word. One of the lessons to be learned in the sehool of Christ is that a ‘‘man’s life consisteth not in the abundoenece of the things which he possexseth’?’—food and raiment, ete.— but that his life, in the fullest, highest, grandest sense, is dependent upen his complete submission to the divine will. Careful attention te every word that proecedeth out of the mouth of God, to every admonition, every encouragement, every promise, is necessary to the development of those whom God is now ealling to eternal life as joint-heirs with his Son in the kingdom, Let us, then, more and more, as the disciples of the Lord Jesus, keep in memory the words of the text. and act upon them. LIVE BY EVERY WORD FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD But how is it possible for us to live by the words that proceed out of the mouth of God? What did Jesus mean? How edn God’s words give life? Ife meant that all hope of attaining cternal life denends upon God-—upon the divine plan and its promises. Looking into these promises we can see distinctly that the divine plan, dating from hefore the foundation of the world, is that all of God’s ereatures, created in his likeness and abiding in faith, love and obedienee in harmony with him, shall have life everlasting. This is God’s Word upon the subjeet, namely, that obedience is the eondition of life everlasting. This is, undoubtedly, what our Lord had in mind in the words of our text. He may also have had the thought that he had come into the world upon a special mission, to do the Father’s will, and that his understanding from the beginning was that his perfeet obedience to the divine will would insure him glory, honor and immortality with the Father, eventually; but that any disobedienee would mean the forfeiture of divine favor and would involve the sentence of disobedience—death, Our Lord’s prompt decision, therefore, was that to disobey the Father’s will and thus to seeure bread for the sustenanee of his body, would be a great mistake; that food 4BD6 |

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