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Publication date

3/1/26

Volume

47

Number

5

Publication page

66

The WatchTower

The King's Memorial

The Watchtower Magazines

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THIS

JOURNAL

AND

ITS

SACRED

MISSION

T

HIS

'oumal

ftI

OM

of

the

prblte

faetolll

or

instruments

in

the

system

ot

Btble

UMtruction,

or

"Seminar7

Extension".

SlO....

belll.

pre-euted

ill

all

parts

ot

tile

civilised

world

by

the

WATCH:

TOWIlIt

BIBLa

'"

TuCT

SOCII!lTT,

chartered

A.

D.

1884,

"For

the

Pro

_tion

et

ChrtstiaJl

Kllowledp".

It

not

onl7

serves

as

a

class

room

where

Bible

students

JDay

JDeet

in

the

study

ot

the

divine

Word

but

abo

as

a

chalaael

ot

eOJl1Blunleation

through

which

they

may

be

reacbed

with

announcements

ot

the

Society's

conventions

and

ot.

the

-m.

of

ia

traYeliq

repr_tativeII,

styled

"Pllgrima",

a:ad

refreshed

with

reports

of

its

conventioDS.

Our

"BereaJl

Lea_uN

are

topical

rehearsals

or

reviews

ot

our

Society's

published

STUDI

••

moat

eJltertaiDiD&17

arran:ed,

and

very

Ilelpful

ts

all

who

would

merit

the

onlT

honorary

decree

which

the

Soeiet7

accords,

viz.,

V"rb4

Dei

Jl4niater

(V.

D.

H.),

which

translated

Into

ED&llsh

is

Jl"'iat.".

./

Go"s

W......

Our

treatment

ot

th.

International

SundlJ'

School

Lessons

is

speclallT

tor

the

older

Bible

lta4ents

an4

teachers.

BT

somo

this

teature

is

considered

indispensable.

This

joarul

staDds

Annl7

for

the

defense

of

the

only

true

foundation

of

the

Christian's

hope

new

beiJlg'

so

l:enerallT

repudiated

-re4eB8ption

tllro~

the

precious

blood

of

"the

man

Christ

Jesus,

who

gave

himself

a

ransom

[a

correspondlJlg'

price,

a

substitute]

fo~

all".

(1

Peter

1:

19;

1

Timethy

2:

6)

Buildin&,

up

on

this

sure

foundation

the

gold,

silver

and

precious

stORes

(1

Corinthians

3:

11.

IG;

2

Peter

1:

11-11)

of

the

Word

of

God,

its

further

mission

is

to

"make

ali

see

what

is

the

fellowship

of

the

mystery

which

••.

hU

been

hid

in

God,

•••

to

the

inteat

that

now

might

be

made

known

by

the

church

the

manifold

wisdom

of

God"-"which

in

other

agel

was

not

made

known

unto

the

sou

of

mea

as

it

is

_ow

revealed"

.-Ephesians

3:

5·9,

10.

It

stands

free

from

all

parties,

seets

aud

creeds

of

men.

while

it

seeks

more

and

more

to

bring

its

every

utterance

into

fUllest

lubjection

to

the

will

of

God

in

Christ,

as

expl'esseQ

in

the

holy

Scriptures.

It

is

thu8

free

to

declare

boldly

whatsoever

the

Lord

hath

spoken--accordiJlg

to

the

divine

wisdom

r:rallted

unto

us

to

understand

his

utterances.

Its

attitude

is

not

dogmatic,

but

confident;

for

we

know

whereof

we

amrm,

treadln:

with

implicit

faith

upon

the

sure

promise~

of

God.

It

is

held

as

a

trust.

to

be

used

only

in

his

lervice;

hence

our

declaiens

relatiTe

to

what

may

and

what

may

not

appear

in

its

columns

must

be

according

to

our

judgment

of

his

cood

pleasure,

the

teaching

of

Jais

Word,

fOT

the

npbuildlug

of

his

people

in

grace

and

knowledge.

And

we

not

only

invite

but

U1"&e

OUll

reader.

to

Fove

all

its

utterances

bY

the

infallible

Word

to

which

reference

is

constantly

made

to

facilitate

such

testing.

TO

US

THE

SCRIPTURES

CLEARLY

TEACH

IrJlat

the

uureh

is

"the

temple

of

the

n~

God",

pectlliarly

"his

workmanship";

that

its

construction

has

been

In

prQ/{ress

throughout

the

CQllPel

age-ever

since

Christ

became

the

world's

Redeemer

and

the

Chief

Corner

Stone

of

his

temple,

through

which,

whell

finished,

God's

blessing

shall

come

"to

all

people",

and

they

tlnd

access

to

h1m..-1

Corinthians

3:

16,

17;

Ephesians

2:

20-22;

Geaesis

28:

14;

Galatiana

3:

29.

lrbat

meantime

the

chiseling,

shaping,

and

polishiDc

of

eoneecrated

beli~

in

Christ's

atonement

for

lin,

progresses;

and

when

the

last

of

these

"liTing

stones",

"elect

and

preeiOUll,"

shall

have

"!leen

made

ready,

the

great

Master

Workman

will

bring

all

togeth~

in

the

first

resurrection;

and

the

temple

shall

bft

ftlled

with

his

glory,

and

be

the

meeting

place

between

God

and

men

througbout

the

Millennium.-Revelation

15:

5-8.

That

the

basis

of

hope,

for

the

church

and

the

world,

Ues

in

the

fact

that

"J."us

Christ;.

b)'

the

grace

of

God,

tasted

death

for

ever"

mu,"

"a

ransom

for

all,"

and

will

be

"the

true

light

which

lighteth

everl/

man

taat

cometh

4nto

the

WOrld",

"in

due

time".

Heltrews

2:

9;

John

1:

9

i

1

Timothy

2:

ll,

6.

trhat

the

hope

of

the

cllurch

ill

that

she

may

be

like

her

Lord,

"see

him

as

he

is,"

be

"partakers

of

the

divine

nature','

and

share

hil

•

glory

as

hill

j,oint-heir.-1

John

3:2;

John

17:

24;

Romans

8:

17;

2

Peter

1:

4.

IDtat

the

pi"8geBt

miSllioD

of

the

church

is

the

perfeetinr:

of

the

saints

.for

the

future

work

of

service'

to

develop

in

herseif

everT

grace;

to

be

God's

wiuesa

to

the

world;

and

to

prepare

to

be

kings

and

priests

in

the

next

age.-Epbesians

4:

12;

Mattbew

24:

14;

Revelation

1:

6;

20:

6.

Irhat

tbe

hope

for

the

world

11es

in

the

blesslnp

of

knowledge

and

opportunity

to

be

brought

to

aU

by

Christ's

Millennial

kingdom,

the

restitution

of

all

that

was

lost

in

Adam,

to

all

the

willing

and

obedient,

at

the

hands

of

thelr

Redeemer

and

his

giorified

church

o

when

all

the

wUfully

wiell:ed

will

be

destrotfed.-ActB

3:

19-23;

Isaiab

35.

ANOTHER

WORLD-WIDE

WITNESS,

MARCH

28

With

each

succeeding

world-wide

witness

It

has

become

more

apparent

that

the

Lord

is

pl~ased

to

have

his

pt>ople

thus

make

concerted

efforts

in

their

work

of

witnessing

for

him

and

for

hi;;

kingdom.

His

blessing

has

especially

attendPd

each

of

the

witness

days

thus

far

arranged,

and

thl'

hearts

of

his

people

have

been

refreshed

and

strength

ened.

Sunday,

March

28th

has

been

appointed

as

the

next

world-wide

witness,

the

general

topic

for

that

date

being

"COMFORT

FOR

THE

PEOPLE".

Let

us

endeavor

by

the

Lord's

grace

to

make

this

Simultane'Ous

public

witness

even

more

effective

than

the

last.

WATCH

TOWER

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STUDIES

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MAY

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current

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lessons

on

"The

Atonement"

take

us

to

the

end

of

Volume

V,

with

the

last

Sunday

in

April.

It

is

therefore

suggested

that

beginning

in

May

the

study

of

recent

W

ATCII

TOWER

articles

be

taken

up.

The

following

lessons

are

assigned

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May

and

June:

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of

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(Z

Feb.

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May

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May

9

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'ft

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event

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of

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ecclesias

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studied

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in

class,

then

we

suggest

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they

con

tinue

with

the

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of

one

of

the

following

WATCH

TOWEB

articles:

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the

Elect's

Sake"

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May

1,

'25)

;

"The

Way

to

Life"

(Z

June

15,

'25)

;

"The

Remnant"

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:

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and

Deliverance"

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Ault.

15,

'25)

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Kina

in

Action"

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