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precious
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gave
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ransom
[a
corresponding
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for
all".
(1
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Building
up
on
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sure
foundation
the
gold,
silver
and
predous
stones
(1
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11·
15;
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Peter
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of
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of
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its
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mission
is
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"make
all
see
wbat
is
the
fellowship
of
the
mystery
which
•..
has
been
hid
in
God,
•••
to
the
intent
that
now
mi::ht
be
made
known
by
the
church
the
manifold
wisdom
of
God"-"which
in
other
ages
was
not
lnade
known
unto
the
sons
of
men
as
it
is
now
re,ealed".-Ephesians
:.I:
5-9,
10.
It
stands
free
from
all
parties,
sects
and
creeds
of
men.
while
it
seeks
Illore
and
more
to
bring
its
every
utterance
into
fullest
Ilubjection
to
the
will
of
God
in
ellri"t,
as
""l'ressed
in
the
holy
Scriptures.
It
is
thus
free
to
declare
ho!dly
whatso",er
the
Lord
hath
spoken-according;
to
the
divine
wisdom
l':ranted
unto
us
to
understand
his
utterances.
Its
attitude
is
not
dogmatic,
but
confident;
for
we
know
'1\
hereoi
we
aflirm.
tread
in::
with
implicit
faith
upon
the
sure
promises
of
God.
It
is
hcld
as
a
trust,
to
be
used
only
in
his
Ilervice;
hence
our
decisions
relative
to
what
may
and
what
may
not
appear
in
its
columns
must
be
accorllin::
to
our
judgment
of
his
good
pleasure,
the
teadllng
of
his
'Vord,
for
the
upbuild,ing
of
his
people
in
grace
and
knowledj!;e.
And
we
not
only
invite
but
urge
our
readers
to
pro,e
aU
its
utterances
by
the
infallible
Word
to
whieh
reference
is
constantly
made
to
facilitate
such
testing.
TO
US
THE
SCRIPTURES
CLEARLY
TEACH
trhat
the
church
is
"the
temple
of
the
living
God",
peculiarly
"his
workmanship";
that
its
eonstruction
has
been
in
progress
throughout
the
gospel
al(e-ever
since
Christ
became
the
world's
Redeemer
and
the
Cllief
Corner
Stone
of
his
temple,
through
whicb,
when
finished,
God's
blessing;
shall
come
"to
all
people",
and
they
find
access
to
him.-l
Corinthians
3:
16,
17;
Ephesians
2:
20-22;
Genesis
2S:
14;
Galatians
3:
20.
trhat
meantime
the
chiseling,
shaping,
and
polishing
of
consecrated
believers
in
Christ's
atonement
for
sin,
progresses;
and
when
the
last
of
these
"lidng
stones",
"elect
and
precious,"
sball
have
been
made
ready,
the
great
:\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
l.lillenniuUl.-Hevelation
15:
5-S.
trhat
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
every
man,"
"a
ranSOm
for
all,"
ancl
\\iil
be
"the
true
light
which
lighteth
every
man
that
cometh
into
the
world",
"in
due
time".
Hebrews
2:
9;
John
1:
9;
1
Timothy
2:
G,
G.
:J'hat
the
hope
of
the
church
is
that
she
may
he
like
her
Lord,
"see
him
as
he
is,"
be
'partaker
of
the
divine
nature,'
and
share
his
glory
as
bis
jOint
herr.-1
John
3:2;
John
17::!4;
Romans
8:
17;
2
Peter
1;
4.
!I'bat
the
present
mi~sion
of
the
ehurch
is
the
perfectin~
of
the
saints
for
the
future
work
of
service;
to
develop
in
herself
every
grace;
to
be
G()d'~
WItness
to
the
world'
and
to
prepare
to
be
kings
and
prIests
in
the
next
age.-Ephesians
4:
12;
Matthew
24:
14;
Hevelation
1:
G;
20:
6.
That
the
hope
for
the
world
lies
ill
the
blessim:s
of
IW(lwledge
and
opportunity
to
be
brought
to
all
by
Christ's
Millennial
kingdom,
the
restitution
of
all
that
was
lost
in
Adam,
to
all
the
willing
and
obedrent.
at
the
hands
of
their
Redeemer
and
bis
glorified
church,
when
all
the
wilfully
WIcked
\\
ill
oe
destroyed.-Acts
3:
19-23;
Isaiah
3;;.
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