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VIZ.,
Vef"W
Dci
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which
translated
into
English
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Minister
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God's
Word.
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Sunday
School
Lessons
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specialll'
for
the
older
Bible
students
and
teachers.
By
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this
feature
is
considered
indispensable.
ThIS
journal
stands
firmly
for
the
defense
of
the
only
true
foundation
of
the
ChrIstian's
hope
now
being
so
generally
repudiated
-redemption
through
the
precious
blood
of
"the
man
ChrIst
Jesus,
who
gave
himself
a
ransom
[a
corresponding
price,
a
substitute]
for
all".
(1
Peter
1:
19;
1
Timothy
2:
()
Building
up
on
this
sure
foundation
the
gold,
Silver
and
precIOus
stones
(1
CorinthIans
3:
11
Hi;
2
Peter
1:
5-11)
of
the
Word
of
God,
its
further
mission
is
to
"make
all
see
what
is
ilie
fellowshIp
of
the
mystery
whIch
•..
has
been
hid
in
God,
•••
to
the
intent
that
now
might
be
made
known
by
the
church
the
manifold
WIsdom
of
God"-"which
in
other
ages
was
not
made
known
unto
ilie
sons
of
men
as
it
is
now
revealed".-Epheslans
3:
5-9,
10.
lt
stands
free
from
all
parties,
sects
and
creeds
of
men.
while
it
seeks
more
and
more
to
bring
its
every
utterance
into
fullest
subjection
to
the
WII!
of
God
in
ChrIst,
as
expressed
in
the
holy
ScrIptures.
It
IS
thus
free
to
declare
boldly
whatsoever
the
Lord
haili
spoken-according
to
the
divine
wisdom
granted
unto
us
to
understand
hIS
utterauces.
Its
attitude
is
not
dogmatIc,
but
conhdent;
for
we
know
whereof
we
affirm,
treading
WIth
implicit
faith
upon
the
sure
prom"e~
of
Gor!.
Jt
IS
held
as
a
trust,
to
be
uscd
only
in
his
servIce;
hence
our
deCISIOns
relative
to
what
may
and
what
may
not
appear
III
ItS
rolumns
mu~{
be
according
to
our
judgment
of
his
good
pleasure,
the
tearhlng
of
his
Word,
for
the
upbuild~ag
of
his
people
in
j!race
and
I-nowlecle:e.
And
we
not
only
IllHte
but
urge
ow:
readers
to
prove
all
Its
utterances
by
tbe
Infallible
Word
to
which
referen('e
IS
conslantly
niade
to
faCilitate
such
testing.
TO
US
THE
SCRIPTURES
CLEARLY
TEACH
That
the
church
is
"ilie
temple
of'
the
living
God",
peculiarly
"his
workmanshIp"
;
that
its
construction
has
been
III
progress
ilirou~hout
tile
gospel
age-ever
SlDce
ChrIst
became
tbe
world's
Redeemer
and
the
Chief
Corner
Stone
of
bls
temple,
throUl;;h
WhiCh,
when
f1ll1~hed,
God's
ble"ing'
shall
come
"to
all
people",
and
they
find
access
to
hlm.-1
CorlDtblans
3:
1G,
17;
EpheSians
2:
20-22;
GenesIs
28:
14;
Galatians
3:
29.
That
meantime
the
chlsellDg,
shaping,
and
polishing
of
consecrated
believers
in
ChrIst's
atonement
for
sin,
progresses;
and
when
ilia
last
of
these
"1i"lng
stones",
"elect
and
precIOus,"
shall
have
'been
made
really,
lhe
grea{
;llasler
Workman
WIll
bring
all
togeilier
in
the
first
resurrectIOn.
and
the
temple
shdl
be
filled
with
"his
glory,
and
be
tile
meeunl:
place
'between
God
and
men
throu~hout
the
Millennium
-RevelatIon
15:
5-8.
fi'hat
tbe
basis
of
hope,
for
the
church
and
the
world,
lies
in
the
fact
that
"Jesus
ChrIst,
by
tbe
grace
of
God,
tasted
death
for
every
man,"
"a
ransom
for
all,"
and
WIll
be
"the
true
light
which
bghteth
everl/
man
that
cometh
onto
the
worla",
"in
due
tlme".
Hebrews
2
:
9;
John
1:
9;
1
Timothy
2:
ri,
6.
"1'1Iat
the
hope
of
the
churCh
is
that
she
may
be
like
her
Lord,
"see
blm
lUI
he
is,"
be
"partakers
of
ilie
diviM
nature','
and
share
his
glory
lUI
his
jOlDt-helr.-l
John
3.2;
John
17:
24;
Romans
8:
17;
2
Peter
1:
4.
"1'hat
ilie
present
mission
of
the
church
is
ilie
perfecting
or
the·
salnUl
for
the
futnre
work
or
sen
ice
;
to
develop
In
berself
every
grace;
to
be
God'a
"ltn"".
to
tbe
world;
and
to
prepare
to
be
klngs
and
prIests
In
the
next
aa:e.-Ephesians
4:
12;
Matiliew
24
~
14;
Revelation
1:
6;
20:
6.
That
the
hope
for
the
world
hes
in
the
ble88inp
of
knowledge
and
opportunity
to
be
bronght
to
all
by
Christ's
MlIlennlal
kin~dom,
the
restitutiOD
of
all
tbat
was
lost
In
Adam,
to
all
the
wilhDg
and
obedIent,
at
the
bands
of
tbelr
Redeemer
and
his
Ilorified
chnrch.
when
all
the
wilfully
wicked
will
be
de.trol/ed.-AcUl
3:
19-23;
Isaiah
30.
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