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which
translated
into
En;;lI,h
I~
Jrllllsta
oj
Gor/'s
11"0,,1
Our
treatment
of
the
InternatIOnal
Sunday
School
Lcssons
is
speclall~'
for
the
older
BIble
student,
and
teacher~.
By
some
tlll~
feature
IS
cOll"delcd
Illlllspensabic.
Thg
Jomllal
stands
firmly
for
the
dcfcn.c
of
the
only
true
foundation
of
the
Christian's
hope
now
beIDg
so
generall~'
repudiated
-Iedcmption
through
the
prcrlon,
blood
of
"the
man
Chl"t
Jesu~,
who
gave
hImself
a
ransoml[a
correspondlllg
prtce,
a
sub,tltute]
for
all".
(l
Peter
1'1<);
1
'fnnothy
~
0)
nmldlIlg
up
on
thiS
sure
foundation
the
gold,
silver
and
precIOUS
~tolles
(1
Corilltl"an~
3;
11
15;
2
Peter
1;
5-11)
of
the
\Yonl
of
God,
Its
furtlIer
wi-sion
is
to
"make
all
see
what
is
the
fellowship
of
the
my~tery
"lllch
...
has
been
Iud
1ll
God,
•••
to
the
IIltent
that
now
nught
be
made
known
by
the
church
the
manifold
wisdom
of
God"-"wluch
1ll
other
ages
was
not
made
kno\\
n
unto
the
so
us
of
men
as
It
is
now
revealed".-Ephesians
3:
5-9,
10.
lt
srands
frce
f,olll
all
Pal
tic,.
'ects
and
creeds
of
men,
"lllle
it
seeks
more
and
more
to
bring
its
every
utterance
into
fullest
subJectIOn
to
the
\\111
of
G,,,I
In
(,hllst,
a~
e~ple,sed
lU
the
holy
ScrIptures.
It
is
thus
free
to
declare
boldly
\\hatsoever
the
Lord
hath
~J>oken-a~cor(hng
to
the
<11\
lIle
wlsuom
)!;ranted
unto
us
to
unIiC1~t.l1J(1
lll~
utlerances.
Its
attItude
is
not
dog-mattI',
but
conhdent;
for
we
I.now
"hereof"
e'
ar.II
111,
trea<1mg
",t
It
llupllClt
faIth
upon
t
he
sure
1'1'01111'<1"
of
God.
It
is
held
as
a
trust,
to
be
lIsed
only
in
hIS
serVIce;
hence
our
dec"lOlh
•
clatlve
to
what
may
and
what
may
not
appear
III
liS
columns
must
be
according
to
our
judgment
of
his
good
plea~U1e,
the
tearhlll<;
of
IllS
\Vord,
for
the
uplmilding
of
hl~
pcople
1Il
~rare
anet
knowledge.
And
we
not
only
inVIte
but
urge
OUI;
readers
to
prove
all
lts
utterances
by
the
IDfallilJle
Word
to
which
rcferen,
I'
"
constantly
made
to
faCIlitate
such
testmg.
TO
US
THE
SCRIPTURES
CLEARLY
TEACH
That
the
church
is
"the
temple
of
the
living
God",
peculiarly
"bis
workmanslllp'
,
that
its
construction
bas
been
in
progress
throul;hout
the
gospel
ac:e-e,
er
f,ID,'e
Chn-t
became
the
wOII,I's
Redeemer
and
the
Chief
Corner
Rtone
of
his
temple,
throu"h
WhIch,
when
flm_hed.
(;0,1,
LJlc"lIlC:
'hall
rome
"to
all
people",
and
they
find
access
to
Illlll.-l
CorinthIans
3:
16,
17;
EpheSIans
2:
20-22;
Gene~l!::-
~~
14,
Galulian
__
3
~D.
That
meantllne
the
chl,clIn",
shapm",
and
roh'llln~
of
con-ecrated
belIe,ers
lJl
Chnst',
atonement
for
8;n,
progre~,e~;
and
when
tbe
]a~t
of
the
....
c
"1I\1I'~
:-.lOI1C
....
",
"elect
and
PI('(IUU<O;,"
<;,;11.111
h:L\e
been
m.llIe
lC'.ldy,
11'('0
~reat
)In"-ter
\,"orl",man
'\J11
hrlllg
all
together
in
the
hr,t
I
,,'UI'lI"
lion
and
thc
temple
Sholll
be
lllled
with
his
glor~',
and
LJe
the
l"ICelmg
pl.l~e
between
Goel
and
men
tlJroUl:hout
the
MllIenI1lulII
-J~e,
elation
1;;
5-~.
'That
the
ba'"
of
hope,.
for
the
church
anel
the
,,"orld,
lies
in
the
fact
that
",Ie,u,
Chr,~t,
hy
Ihe
;orace
of
(;od,
ta_ted
death
for
every
maD,"
un
rnn
....
o1l1
for
all,"
and"
ill
be
"the
u'ue
Jight
wl.uch
llghtcth
eLeTy
man·
that
cometh
Into
the
worldJ'.,
H
In
due
tlme".
HebrC\,~
2
!l;
John
l'
0,
1
TlIuothr
2
;;,
G.
~hat
the
hope
of
the
chllrch
IS
that
she
mal'
be
like
her
Lord,
"sce
him
a'
he
is,"
be
"partakers
of
the
divine
nature','
and
share
hill
glory
as
IllS
JOlllt-helr
-1
John
3.2;
John
1
•.
:!-1;
Romans
8:]j",
:!
l'cter
1:
4.
~hat
the
present.
n11"ion
of
the
chnrch
IS
the
perfecting
of
the
saints
for
t
h~
flltnre
work
of
'ervice;
to
develop
in
herself
every
I;mce,
to
he
(:Od'h
\\
Hue_s
to
the
world,
anel
to
prepare
to
be
1.111';'
an,l
III
Ie-I,
In
the
ne>.t
age.-Ephe.taDs
4:
I:!;
Matthew
24
=
14;
He,elatlon
1.
(,;
2ll:
6.
That
the
hope
for
the
"orld
hes
in
the
blessings
of
knowled;!e
and
opportllluty
to
be
brou<;ht
to
all
by
Chri't's
:lliIlenDlal
kin/!."dom,
the
re_lltutlOn
of
,ill
that
","
Jo~t
In
Adam,
to
all
the
willtng
and
oLJeulent,
at
we
ilan<l~
of
tilelr
Hedeemer
and
IllS
glofIhed
church,
when
all
tile
,,,Iflllly
Wicked
WIll
be
destroyed.-Acts
3:
10-23;
1salall
::If>.
=
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