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motIOn
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publi&hed
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entertainingly
arranged,
and
very
helnful
to
all
who
would
mellt
tile
only
honorary
clegree
willch
tile
Soclet~'
accolcls,
\'IZ.,
T'erbj
De~
Mmister
(V.
D.
!If),
which
translated
iniO
l:ngh"h
IS
J{Hllster
of
God's
Word.
Our
treatment
of
the
Internat..lOnal
Sunday
School
Lessons
is
specially
for
the
older
Bible
slddent.s
,and
teachers.
By
some
this
feature
is
cousil1ered
mdispensable.
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Journal
stands
firmly
for
the
defense
of
the
only
true
founclation
of
the
ChJistJan's
hope
now
being
so
generally
repudiated
-redemptIOn
through
the
preclOU~
blood
of
"the
man
Christ
Jesus,
who
p;:1'
e
himself
a.
ransom
[a
correspondlDg
price,
a
substitute]
for
nil".
(1
Peter
1:
19;
1
Timothy
2:
G)
Bm]dlllg
up
on
this
sure
founclatlOn
the
goM,
slher
and
precious
stones
(1
Corinthians
3:
11
Hi;
2
Peter
1:
5-11)
of
the
"ord
of
God,
its
further
miSSion
is
to
"make
all
see
what
is
the
feHo\\shlp
of
the
m~stery
which
•••
has
\Jeen
Iud
lD
God,
•••
to
the
intent
that
now
miglJt
be
rn.H!e
kno\\
n
by
the
church
lhe
manifold
wisdom
of
God"-"which
in
other
ages
,,-as
not
made
known
unto
the
son~
of
men
as
It
is
now
re,ealell'·.-Lp!Jpswns
3.5-9,10.
It
stan<1s
frce
from
all
pm
ties,
pccts
nncl
creeds
of
men.
"lll'e
it
seeks
more
awl
more
10
bring
its
every
utterance
into
fullest
subjectIOn
to
the
",II
of
God
In
('llll"t,
a'>
C'l"es&ed
In
the
holy
ScrJptures.
It
IS
tlllls
free
to
dpelare
boldly
whatsoe,er
the
Lord
hath
spokell-al(Ol(:ln~
to
the
dl\
!lIe
Wl~rlOJd
grallted
111110
11S,
to
untlelstand
hi'"
utt('lance__
Its
attitude
is
not
degmatlc,
but
confident;
for
we
kno'v
"Ilcleo[
we
amrm,
tlC,lfll11<;
"l1h
llul'llClt
fa'th
upon
the
Rure
prOml'C"
of
r.O<l
Jt
l~
held
as
a
trust,
to
be
u'>t'fl
only
in
bls
service;
hence
our
cleuSIonR
l't'latl\e
to
\\hat
rna,
and
"hat
may
not
appe:,,'
111
ItS
coll'llll1o
ml.st
be
accordlllg
to
our
judgment
of
his
good
pleao:;ule,
tile
tea("llln~
of
IllS
\Vord,
for
tIle
uplJllllcl-l.ng
of
his
people
in
grace
and
l
..
no\\]edge
And
"'e
not
only
InVJte
but
urge
our
readels
to
lliove
all
its
u,terances
by
the
mfallilJle
Word
to
which
rcference
is
const.iDII~'
made
to
faCilitate
such
testing.
TO
US
THE
SCRIPTURES
CLEARLY
TEACH
:fhat
the
church
is
"the
temple
of
the
!lving
God",
peculiarly
"his
workmanship";
that
ltS
construction
bas
been
in
progress
througbout
the
gO<"jJd
ao;-e-c\
cr
RlnCe
Chn<;t
became
the
world's
Retleemer
and
the
Cblef
Corncr
"lope
of
Ius
temple,
through
whicb,
when
finl<;hcc1.
(;od'"
blc,c,m:.;
RhaH
come
"to
IIll
peoplc",
and
tllcy
find
access
to
him,-1
COl
1ll,hl.UlS
3:
10,
17;
EpheSIans
2:
20-22;
GeneSiS
~S.
14;
Galatians
3
~D.
!l'hat
IOrontll"e
the
chJ>cllllg,
Shai'lll;;',
and
polishing
of
con~ecrated
be]levers
in
Christ's
atonemcnt
for
Rin,
progresses;
and
wben
the
last
of
tt"",c
"lll
Ill;;
,tonce",
"clect
and
preclOu~,"
,lull
h,,,e
been
ll,ade
re:luy,
the
p;re.lt
)
..
,'er
\\'or;,man
Will
brm;;,
all
together
m
the
I.
<;t
Ic'une«JOn:
and
t1,e
temple
shall
be
filled
"'iilI
his
glory,
and
be
the
meetlng
pl.lce
between
God
and
men
throughout
the
lIll1l0DllI\lm
-r:m
(1.1UO"
1;:;.
(i-8.
!rbat
the
baSIS
of
hope,
for
the
church
and
the
world,
lies
in
thc
fact
th.!t
"J
esus
Christ,
by
the
/:race
of
God,
tastcd
cleath
for
every
man,"
"a
ransom
fO!
all,"
and
WIll
be
"the
tI'ue
tight
which
hghteth
every
man
that
cometh
wto
the
world",
"m
due
time".
Hebrews
2:
9,
John
1:
9;
1
TImothy
2:
5,
6.
!rhat
the
hope
of
the
church
is
that
Rhe
mav
be
like
ber
Lorcl,
"see
him
a.H
he
is,"
be
"partakers
of
the
divine
nature','
and
share
his
gloJ)
as
lllR
jOJlIt-hclr.-l
John
3,2;
John
17.
~4;
Romans
8:]7,
2
Peter
1:
4,
!l.'hat
tllC
pl
e,ent
mi
__
ion
of
the
church
is
the
perfectlDg
of
the
samts
for
the
future
work
of
servIce;
to
develop
in
lJer'eJf
every
l;1
ace,
to
he
God's
WltDt',S
to
ilIe
world;
and
to
prepare
to
be
klDgS
and
pnests
m
the
next
a;;e.-Epheslllns
4:
12;
lIlatthew
24:
14;
Re,elatlOn
1:
0;
20.
O.
:fhat
thc
Ilope
for
tbe
world
lies
in
the
blessinJ!;s
of
knowledge
and
opportunity
to
be
brought
to
all
by
Chn't's
Millennia!
hinJ!;dom,
the
restitutIOn
of
all
that
was
lost
in
Adam,
to
all
the
willin!;
and
obedient,
at
the
hands
of
theIr
Hedeemer
and
bis
glonfied
church.
when
all
the
WIlfully
Wicked
WIll
be
destroyed.-Acts
3:
19-23;
Ismah
35.
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September
3,5,
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convention
will
furnish
opportunity
for
fellowship
of
the
dear
friends
of
southern
California.
A
number
of
Pilgrim
brethren
will
be
present
and
the
public
meeting
on
Sunday
atternoon
will
addressed
by
the
President
of
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Society.
Address
comrnuTIlcations
to
Mr.
F.
P.
Sherman,
211t
North
SIChel
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Cr.E\
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September
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slHrltual
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nUlllber
of
the
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\vill
also
be
present.
For
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modatlOns
and
furt.ht'r
informatIOn
address
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lIlo,
September
23-25,
Friends
!lvlnl':
in
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Mlcll1le
West
will
bt'
gi\
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an
opportunity
,for
fellowship
at
thiS
com
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Tbe
Prcsldent
of
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Society
Will
acldress
the
public
on
Sunday.
In
eddl
tlOU
'everal
of
the
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brethren
will
be
present,
For
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for
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together.
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the
sixteenth,
a
public
lecture
Will
be
delJ\
e"ed
by
the
PreSIdent
of
the
Society.
A
number
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otl1('r
&peakCl's
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September
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the
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Will
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Ont.,
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of
the
Pilgrim
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Will
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plcsent.
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TEXTS
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SEPTEMBER
September
7:
JEHOVAH
COMMANDS:
"Observe
thou
that
wbich
I
command
thee."-Exodus
34:
11.
September
14:
JEHOVAH
COMMENDS:
"A
man
sball
be
commended
Recording
to
his
Wisdom.
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12:
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rebuke
many
pea
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2:
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PROllOTES:
''Promotion
cometh
neither
from
the
east,
nor
from
the
west,
nor
from
the
south:
but
(l"u
is
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1udEe."-Psalm
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