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Data publicării

15.08.1924

Volumul

45

Numărul

16

Pagina publicației

242

Turnul de veghe

Faith and Works

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THIS

JOURNAL

AND

I'IS

SACRED

MISSION

T

ms

2Gurnal

Is

one

or

the

prime

"actors

or

instrumen1:8

in

the

flystem

of

Bible

instruction,

or

"seminary

Ertension",

DOW

befDg

presented

in

all

parts

of

th('

civilized

world

by

the

WATCH

ToWKK

BlBLIl

"

TRACT

SOCIETY,

chartered

A.

D.

1884,

"For

the

Pr0

motion

of

Christian

Knowledge".

It

not

only

serves

as

a

class

room

where

Bibb'

students

may

meet

in

the

study

of

the

divine

Word

but

also

as

a

channel

of

communication

through

which

they

may

be

reached

with

announcements

of

the

Society's

conventions

and

of

the

coming

of

11:8

traveling

representatives,

styled

"Pilgrims",

and

refreshed

with

reports

of

its

conventions.

Our

"Berean

Lessons"

are

topical

rehearsals

or

reviews

of

our

Society's

published

STUDIES

moot

entertainingly

arran,;ed,

and

very

helpful

to

all

who

would

merit

the

only

honorary

degree

which

the

Society

accords,

viz.,

Verb.

Dei

Minister

(V.

D.

lIf.),

which

translated

into

English

is

Minister

of

God's

Word.

Our

treatment

of

the

International

Sunday

School

Lessons

is

specially

for

the

older

Bible

students

and

teachers.

By

some

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:

6)

Building

up

on

this

sure

foundation

the

gold,

silver

and

precious

stones

(1

Corinthians

3:

11

15;

2

Peter

1:

5·11)

of

the

Word

of

God,

its

further

mission

is

to

"make

all

see

what

is

the

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

the

sons

of

men

as

it

is

now

revcaled".-Ephesians

3:

5·9,

10.

It

stands

free

from

all

parties,

sects

and

creeds

(1{

men,

while

it

seeks

more

and

more

to

brin~

its

every

utterance

into

fullest

subjection

to

the

will

of

God

in

Christ,

as

expressed

in

the

holy

Scriptures.

It

is

thus

free

to

declare

boldly

whatsoever

the

Lord

hath

spoken-according

to

the

divine

wisdom

,;ranted

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

bll

used

only

in

hi~

service;

hence

our

decisions

relative

to

what

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

upbuilct.ing

of

bis

people

in

grace

and

knowledge.

And

we

not

only

invite

but

urge

ow;

readers

to

prove

all

its

utterances

by

the

infallible

Word

to

which

reference

is

constantly

made

to

facilitate

such

testing,

TO

US

THE

SCRIPTURES

CLEARLY

TEACH

That

the

church

is

"tbe

temple

of

the

living

God",

peculiarly

"bis

workmanship";

that

its

construction

has

been

in

progress

throu~hout

the

gospel

age-ever

since

Christ

became

the

world's

Redeemet'

and

the

Chi"f

Corner

Stone

of

his

temple,

through

wbich,

when

finished,

God's

blessing

shall

come

"to

all

people",

and

they

find

access

to

him.-l

Corinthians

3:

Hi,

11;

Ephesians

2:

20·22:

Genesis

28:

14;

Galatians

3:

29.

That

meantime

the

chiseling,

shaping,

and

polishing

of

consecrated

believers

in

Christ's

atonement

for

sin,

progresses;

and

when

the

last

of

these

"living

stones",

"elect

and

precious,"

shall

have

been

made

.eady,

tile

great

Master

Workman

will

bring

all

together

in

the

first

resurrection;

and

the

temple

shall

be

filled

with

bis

glory,

and

be

the

meeting

place

between

God

and

men

throughout

the

l\lil1ennium.-Revelalion

15:

5·8.

'That

the

basis

of

hope,

for

the

churcb

and

the

world,

lies

in

the

fact

tbat

"Jesus

Christ,

by

the

~race

of

God,

tasted

deatb

for

everll

man,"

"a

ransom

for

all,"

and

will

be

"the

true

light

which

lighteth

every

man

that

cometh

into

the

u:orld",

"in

due

time".

llebrews

2:

9;

John

1:

9;

1

Timothy

2:

5,

6.

That

the

hope

of

the

church

is

that

she

may

be

lII,e

her

Lord,

"see

bim

as

he

Is,"

be

"partakers

of

the

divine

nature','

and

share

bis

glory

as

his

joint·heir.-1

John

3:2;

John

17:

24;

Romans

8:

11;

2

Peter

1:

4.

That

the

present

mission

of

the

church

Is

the

perfecting

of

the

saints

for

the

future

work

of

service;

to

develop

In

herself

every

grace;

to

be

Goll's

witness

to

the

world;

and

to

prepare

to

be

klDgs

and

priests

in

tile

next

age.-Ephesians

4:

12;

Matthew

24l

14;

Revelation

1:

6;

20:

6.

That

tbe

hope

for

the

world

lies

In

the

blessings

of

Imowledlte

and

opportunity

to

be

brought

to

all

by

Christ's

lIIil1ennial

kin/;dom,

the

restitution

of

all

that

was

lost

In

Adam,

to

all

the

willlng

and

obedient,

at

the

hands

of

tlleir

Redeemer

and

his

glorified

cburcb,

when

all

the

wilfully

wicked

will

be

destNJyed.-Acts

3:

19·23;

Isaiah

35.

SPECIAL

SERVICE

ADDITIONAL

MEMORIAL

REPORTS

Since

the

Memorial

Report

appeared

in

the

July

15th

iRsue

of

this

journal,

we

have

rf'ceived

additional

reports

totaling

785.

This

brings

total

to

62,606.

Of

these

the

follow

ing

cities

reported

twenty

or

more

persons

participating:

Appreciating

the

privilege

the

Lord

has

granted

to

us

to

deliver

the

message

of

his

kingdom

to

mankind,

a

special

sen-ice

week

has

been

arranged

for

the

week

of

August

17,

and

special

service

days

as

follows:

October

4,

November

1,

and

December

6.

Service

dirf'ctors

will

please

take

notice

find

organize

all

the

workers

for

these

special

days.

'Ve

hope

everyone

of

the

consecrated

will

be

in

the

field.

If

some

are

able

to

have

their

vacation

during

the

third

week

in

AugjoJst

above

mentioned,

it

would

be

well

to

ar

range

to

devote

the

entire

week

to

the

service.

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TOWER

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Remittances

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truth

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every

article

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BURGH,

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HEMERY,

it.

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It

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convention

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Bible

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will

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held

in

St.

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Missouri,

Saturday

and

Sunday,

August

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and

31.

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Rutherford

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be

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