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eter
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the
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111..
9
0
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•
,
'-
to
the
Intent
that
now
might
be
made
known
by
the
church
the
manifold
wisdom
of
God"-"whlch
in
oth~;
~ges
was
hot
made
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ii~:~
the
son,
Qt
men
as
It
Is
now
revealed".-~pheslans
3:
11-9,
10.
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stands
free
from
all
pllrtles,
sed~
And
creed~
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It
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II1.QII;:
tQ
bl:1Jlg
Its
every
utterance
into
fullest
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to
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will
of
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in
Christ,
as
expressed
III
the
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free
to
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boldly
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to
the
divine
wisdom
~ranted
unto
us
to
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utterances.
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attitude
is
not
dogmatic,
but
confident;
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we
know
wher~f
we
affirm,
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with
Implicit
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of
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In
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and
knowledlte.
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Invite
but
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our
readers
to
prove
all
its
utterances
by
the
Infallible
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to
which
referenee
is
constantly
made
to
facilitate
such
testing,
TO
US
THE
SCRIPTURES
CLEARLY
TEACH
ll'hat
the
church
is
"the
temple
of
the
living
God",
peculiarly
"his
workmllnshlp";
that
its
construction
has
been
In
progress
throu~hout
the
gospel
age--ever
since
Christ
became
the
world's
Redeemer
and
the
Chief
Corner
Stone
of
his
temple,
throu!,:h
which,
when
finished,
God's
blessing
shall
come
"to
all
people",
and
they
find
access
to
hlm.-1
Corinthians
3:
16,
17;
Ii:phe.<lans
2:
20-22;
Genesis
28:
14;
Galatians
3;
29.
That
meantime
the
chiseling,
shaping,
and
polishing
of
consecrated
believers
In
Christ's
atonement
for
sin,
progres.~es;
and
when
the
last
of
these
"living
stones",
"elect
and
precious,"
shall
have
been
made
ready,
the
great
l\laster
Workman
will
bring
all
together
In
the
first
resurrection;
and
the
temple
shall
be
filled
with
his
glory,
and
be
the
meeting
place
between
God
and
men
throughout
the
Mlllennlum.-Revelation
15:
5-8.
That
the
basis
of
hope,
for
the
church
and
the
world,
lies
In
the
fact
that
"Jesus
Christ,
by
the
grace
of
God,
tasted
death
for
eve,""
man,"
"a
ransom
for
all,"
and
will
be
"the
true
light
whleh
lIghteth
every
man
that
cOllleth
into
the
world
I',
"in
due
tlme".
Hebrews
2:
9~
John
1:
9;
1
Timothy
2:
5,
6.
That
the
hope
of
the
church
Is
that
she
may
be
like
her
Lord,
"see
him
llS
he
is,"
be
"partakers
of
the
divine
nature','
and
share
his
glory
as
his
jolnt-heir.-1
John
3:2;
John
17:
24;
Romans
8:
17;
2
Peter
1:
4.
lrbat
the
present
mission
of
the
church
Is
the
perfecting
of
the
saints
for
the
future
work
of
servlclti
to
develop
In
herself
every
grace;
to
be
God's
witness
to
the
world;
and
to
prepare
to
be
kings
and
priests
In
the
next
age.-J<;pheslans
4:
12;
Matthew
24:
14;
Revelation
1:
6;
20:
6.
lrbat
the
hope
for
the
world
lies
in
too
blessings
of
knowledge
and
opportunity
to
be
brought
to
all
b)'
Christ's
Mlllennlal
klnJ[dom.
the
restitution
of
all
that
was
lost
In
Adam,
to
all
the
willing
and
obedient,
at
tbe
bands
of
their
Redeemer
and
hIs
glorlfted
church,
when
all
the
wilfully
wicked
wlU
be
destroyed.-Acts
3:
19-23;
Isaiah
35.
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