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merIt
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only
honorary
degree
which
the
Society
accords,
viz.,
Verbi
Dei
Mtni8ter
(V.
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M.l,
which
translated
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Is
Miniater
01
Goa's
Wora.
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tlie
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Sunday
School
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specially
for
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older
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and
teachers.
By
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this
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is
considered
indispensable.
This
journal
stands
firmly
for
the
dcfense
of
the
only
true
foun<lation
of
the
Christian's
hope
now
being
so
generally
repudiated
-redemptIOn
through
the
precious
hlood
of
"the
man
Christ
Jesus,
who
gave
hImself
a
ran80m
[a
corresponding
price,
a
substitute}
for
all".
(1
Peter
1:
19;
1
Timothy
2:
6)
BuildIDg
up
on
this
sure
foun<lation
the
gol<l,
silver
and
precious
stones
(1
Corinthians
3:
11
15;
2
Peter
1:
5-11)
of
the
Word
of
God,
its
fnrther
mission
is
to
"make
all
see
what
is
the
fellowship
of
the
mystery
which
•••
has
been
hid
in
God,
•••
to
the
Intent
that
now
miJ;ht
he
made
known
by
the
church
the
manifold
wisdom
of
God"-"which
in
other
ages
was
not
made
known
unto
the
sons
of
men
as
It
is
now
revealed".-Epheslans
3:
/i·9,
10.
It
stands
free
from
all
parties,
sects
and
creeds
of
men,
while
it
seeks
more
and
more
to
bring
its
every
utterance
Into
fnllest
snbjectlon
to
the
Will
of
God
in
Christ,
as
expressed
in
the
holy
Scriptnres.
It
Is
thus
free
to
declare
boldly
whatsoever
the
Lord
hath
spoken-atcording
to
the
dIVIDe
wisdom
granted
unto
us
to
understand
hiS
utterances.
Its
attitude
is
not
dogmatic,
but
confident.
for
we
know
whereof
we
affirm,
treading
with
implicit
faith
upon
the
sure
promises
of
God.
It
is
held
as
a
trust,
to
be
used
only
In
his
service;
hence
our
decisions
relative
to
wbat
may
and
what
may
not
appear
In
Its
columns
must
be
according
to
our
judgment
of
his
good
pleasure,
the
teaching
of
his
Word,
for
the
upbUlld.jng
of
his
people
In
grace
and
knowledge.
And
we
not
only
invite
but
urge
QUI;
readers
to
prove
aU
its
utterlUlces
by
the
Infallible
Word
to
which
reference
is
constantly
made
to
facilitate
such
testing.
TO
US
THE
SCRIPTURES
CLEARLY
TEACH
lI'bat
the
church
Is
"the
temple
of
the
living
God",
peculiarly
his
workmansf!lp";
that
its
construcUon
bas
been
in
progress
throughout:
the
gospel
al:e-ever
sInce
Christ
became
the
world's
Redeemer
and
tbe
Cblef
Corner
Stone
of
his
temple,
through
which,
when
finished,
God's
blessing
shall
come
"to
all
people",
and
they
find
access
to
bim.-l
Connthians
3:
16,
17;
Ephesians
2:
20·22
•
Genesis
28:
14;
Galatians
3:
29.
That
meantime
the
chiseling,
shaping,
and
polIshing
of
con~ecrated
believers
in
Christ's
atonement
for
sin,
progresses;
and
wben
the
last
of
these
"living
stones",
"elect
and
precious,"
shall
have
been
ma<le
really,
the
great
lIIaster
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
MlIlennium.-Revelation
15:
5·8.
"1'bat
the
basis
of
hope,
for
the
church
and
the
worl<l,
lies
In
the
fact
that
"Jesus
Christ,
by
tbe
grace
of
God,
tasted
death
for
every
man,"
"n
ransom
for
all,"
and
Will
be
"the
true
light
which
lighteth
every
man
that
cometh
into
the
worla",
"in
due
time".
Hebrews
2:
9;
John
1:
ll;
1
Tlillothy
2:
5,
6.
"l'hat
the
hope
of
the
church
Is
that
~he
may
be
like
her
Lord,
"see
hIm
as
he
is,"
be
"partnkers
of
the
divine
nature','
and
share
his
glory
as
his
jOIDt·heIr.-1
Jobn
32;
John
17:24;
Romans
8:17;
2
Peter
1:4.
"l'bat
the
present
mlsqion
of
the
church
is
the
perfecting
of
the
saints
for
the
fntnre
work
of
service;
to
develop
In
berself
every
grace;
to
be
Go<l's
witness
to
the
world;
and
to
prepare
to
be
klDgS
and
pFlests
In
the
next
age
-Ephesians
4:
12;
Matthew
24:
14;
Revelation
1:
6;
20:
6.
That-
the
hope
for
the
world
lies
in
the
blessings
of
knowledge
and
0J;lportuntty
to
be
brought
to
all
Dy
Cbrist's
Millennlal
kingdom,
the
restitntlon
Ilf
all
that
was
lost
In
Adam,
to
all
the
WIlling
and
obe<llent,
at
tbe
bands
of
tbeIr
Ue<leemer
and
his
glorified
('horch.
\\
hen
all
the
wilfully
wicked
will
be
destrolled.-Acts
3:
19·23;
Is:uah
35.
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some
places
a
Berean
lesson
study
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beglll'
ner~
ill
ti,e
"Millions"
booklet
has
been
fonnd
very
a<lvanta15eous;
a
n<l
after
It
is
finished,
it
leads
on
into
a
first
yolume
study.
111,tea<l
or
a
claqs
sending
Its
elders
out
to
serve
other
classes
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be
much
hetter
for
the
classes
to
engaJ;e
in
e~
tcn'1011
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or
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public
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tnre~
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]UtCIC,t
uqually
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extent
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a
]~el
call
c]n<;;;"
('nn
he
started.
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does
not
seem
advantageouQ"
ho\\
c\er,
to
ha\'e
too
much
prcaching
service
lor
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consecrated.
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