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| author | Roger Frank <rfrank@pglaf.org> | 2025-10-14 20:01:55 -0700 |
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| committer | Roger Frank <rfrank@pglaf.org> | 2025-10-14 20:01:55 -0700 |
| commit | 352e9f46032cf1842103e65d20d5cb8a85bc3f7f (patch) | |
| tree | e44d5bfba2ed625f4e9ac87314418c98f0c7a0bf /34520-h | |
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You may copy it, + give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project + Gutenberg License <a href="#pglicense" class="tei tei-ref">included with this + eBook</a> or online at <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/license" class="tei tei-xref">http://www.gutenberg.org/license</a></p></div><pre class="pre tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em">Title: Bible Readings for the Home Circle + + + +Release Date: November 31, 2010 [Ebook #34520] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BIBLE READINGS FOR THE HOME CIRCLE*** +</pre></div> + </div> + <div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + + </div> + + <hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.73em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Bible Readings</span></p> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.20em"><span style="font-size: 120%">For The</span></p> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.73em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Home Circle</span></p> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.20em"><span style="font-size: 120%">A Topical Study of the Bible, Systematically Arranged for Home and Private Study</span></p> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em">Containing</p> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em">Two Hundred Readings, in Which +Are Answered Nearly Four Thousand Questions on Important Religious Subjects, +Contributed by a Large Number of Bible Students</p> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.20em"><span style="font-size: 120%">New, Revised, and Enlarged Edition</span></p> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.20em"><span style="font-size: 120%">Illuminated With Nearly +Three Hundred Beautiful Illustrations</span></p> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em">1920</p> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em">Review & Herald Publishing Association</p> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em">Washington. D.C.</p> + </div> + <hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + <h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Contents</span></h1> + <ul class="tei tei-index tei-index-toc"><li><a href="#toc1">The Bible; Its Origin, History, and Place in the World</a></li><li><a href="#toc3">The Value Of Bible Study</a></li><li><a href="#toc5">Part I. The Bible; How to Study and Understand It</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc7">The Scriptures</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc9">The Study Of The Scriptures</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc11">Power In The Word</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc13">The Life-Giving Word</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc15">Christ In All The Bible</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc17">Titles Of Christ</a></li><li><a href="#toc19">Part II. Sin; Its Origin, Results, and Remedy</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc21">Creation And The Creator</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc23">The Origin Of Evil</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc25">The Fall And Redemption Of Man</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc27">Creation And Redemption</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc29">The Character And Attributes Of God</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc31">The Love Of God</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc33">The Deity Of Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc35">Prophecies Relating To Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc37">Christ The Way Of Life</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc39">Salvation Only Through Christ</a></li><li><a href="#toc41">Part III. The Way to Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc43">Faith</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc45">Hope</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc47">Repentance</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc49">Confession And Forgiveness</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc51">Conversion, Or The New Birth</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc53">Baptism</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc55">Reconciled To God</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc57">Acceptance With God</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc59">Justification By Faith</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc61">Righteousness And Life</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc63">Consecration</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc65">Bible Election</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc67">Bible Sanctification</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc69">Importance Of Sound Doctrine</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc71">Present Truth</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc73">The Obedience Of Faith</a></li><li><a href="#toc75">Part IV. Life, Parables, and Miracles of Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc77">Birth, Childhood, And Early +Life Of Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc79">Christ's Ministry</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc81">Christ The Great Teacher</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc83">Parables Of Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc85">Miracles Of Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc87">Sufferings Of Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc89">The Resurrection Of Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc91">A Sinless Life</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc93">Our Pattern</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc95">Our Helper And Friend</a></li><li><a href="#toc97">Part V. The Holy Spirit</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc99">The Holy Spirit And His Work</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc101">Fruit Of The Spirit</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc103">Gifts Of The Spirit</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc105">The Gift Of Prophecy</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc107">The Outpouring Of The Spirit</a></li><li><a href="#toc109">Part VI. The Sure Word of Prophecy</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc111">Prophecy, Why Given</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc113">Nebuchadnezzar's Dream</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc115">The Gospel Of The Kingdom</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc117">Four Great Monarchies</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc119">The Kingdom And Work Of Antichrist</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc121">The Vicar Of Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc123">A Great Prophetic Period. +(The 2300 Days of Daniel 8.) +Or The Time Of Restoration And Of Judgment</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc125">The Atonement In Type And Antitype</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc127">The Judgment</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc129">The Judgment-Hour Message</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc131">The Fall Of Modern Babylon</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc133">The Closing Gospel Message. +A Warning Against False Worship</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc135">Satan's Warfare Against The Church</a></li><li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc137">A Great Persecuting Power +(The Ten-Horned Beast of Revelation 13)</a></li><li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc139">Making An Image To The Beast. +The Prophecy Of Revelation 13</a></li><li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc141">The Seven Churches</a></li><li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc143">The Seven Seals</a></li><li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc145">The Seven Trumpets</a></li><li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc147">The Eastern Question</a></li><li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc149">The Seven Last Plagues</a></li><li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc151">The Mystery Of God Finished</a></li><li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc153">Great Lines of Prophecy</a></li><li><a href="#toc155">Part VII. Coming Events and Signs of the Times</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc157">Our Lord's Great Prophecy</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc159">Signs Of The Times</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc161">Increase Of Knowledge</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc163">Conflict Between Capital And Labor</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc165">Christ's Second Coming</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc167">Manner Of Christ's Coming</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc169">Object Of Christ's Coming</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc171">The Resurrection Of The Just</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc173">The World's Conversion</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc175">The Gathering Of Israel</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc177">The Millennium</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc179">Length Of The Day Of The Lord</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc181">Elijah The Prophet</a></li><li><a href="#toc183">Part VIII. The Law of God</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc185">The Law of God</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc187">The Law Of God</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc189">Perpetuity Of The Law</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc191">Why The Law Was Given At Sinai</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc193">Penalty For Transgression</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc195">The Law Of God In The Patriarchal Age</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc197">The Law Of God In The New Testament</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc199">Love the Fulfilling of the Law</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc201">The Moral And Ceremonial Laws</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc203">The Two Covenants</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc205">What Was Abolished By Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc207">The Law And The Gospel</a></li><li><a href="#toc209">Part IX. The Sabbath</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc211">Institution Of The Sabbath</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc213">God's Memorial</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc215">Reasons For Sabbath-Keeping</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc217">Manner Of Observing The Sabbath</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc219">Christ And The Sabbath</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc221">The Sabbath In The New Testament</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc223">The Law of God</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc225">The Change Of The Sabbath</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc227">The Seal Of God And The Mark +Of Apostasy</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc229">The Lord's Day</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc231">Walking As He Walked</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc233">The Sabbath In History</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc235">Sabbath Reform</a></li><li><a href="#toc237">Part X. Christian Liberty</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc239">The Author Of Liberty</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc241">The Powers That Be</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc243">Individual Accountability</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc245">Union Of Church And State</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc247">Sabbath Legislation</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc249">Who Persecute And Why</a></li><li><a href="#toc251">Part XI. Life Only in Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc253">Origin, History, And Destiny Of Satan</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc255">What Is Man?</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc257">Life Only In Christ</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc259">The Intermediate State</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc261">The Two Resurrections</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc263">Fate Of The Transgressor</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc265">The Ministration Of Good Angels</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc267">The Dark Ministries Of Bad Angels</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc269">Spiritualism</a></li><li><a href="#toc271">Part XII. Christian Growth and Experience</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc273">Growth In Grace</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc275">The Christian Armor</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc277">Walking In The Light</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc279">Saving Faith</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc281">Trials And Their Object</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc283">Overcoming</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc285">The Ministry Of Sorrow</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc287">Comfort In Affliction</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc289">Trusting In Jesus</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc291">Patience</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc293">Contentment</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc295">Cheerfulness</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc297">Christian Courtesy</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc299">Confessing Faults And Forgiving +One Another</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc301">The Duty Of Encouragement</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc303">Unity Of Believers</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc305">Meekness And Humility</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc307">Sobriety</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc309">Wisdom</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc311">Diligence</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc313">Perfection Of Character</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc315">Sowing And Reaping</a></li><li><a href="#toc317">Part XIII. Prayer and Public Worship</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc319">Importance Of Prayer</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc321">Meditation And Prayer</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc323">Watching Unto Prayer</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc325">Answers To Prayer</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc327">Public Worship</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc329">Reverence For The House Of God</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc331">Christian Communion</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc333">Praise And Thanksgiving</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc335">The Value Of Song</a></li><li><a href="#toc337">Part XIV. Christian Service</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc339">The Gift Of Giving</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc341">Preaching The Gospel</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc343">The Shepherd And His Work</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc345">Missionary Work</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc347">The Poor, And Our Duty Toward Them</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc349">Christian Help Work</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc351">Visiting The Sick</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc353">Healing The Sick</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc355">Prison Work</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc357">Order And Organization</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc359">Support Of The Ministry</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc361">Free-Will Offerings</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc363">Hospitality</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc365">Who Is The Greatest?</a></li><li><a href="#toc367">Part XV. Admonitions and Warnings</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc369">Pride</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc371">Selfishness</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc373">Covetousness</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc375">Debts</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc377">Respect Of Persons</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc379">Backsliding</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc381">Unbelief</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc383">Judging</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc385">Gossiping And Backbiting</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc387">Envy, Jealousy, And Hatred</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc389">Hypocrisy</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc391">Danger In Rejecting Light</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc393">The Just Recompense</a></li><li><a href="#toc395">Part XVI. The Home</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc397">The Marriage Institution</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc399">A Happy Home, And How To Make It</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc401">Religion In The Home</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc403">Honor Due To Parents</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc405">Child Training</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc407">The Mother</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc409">Teaching The Children</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc411">Promises For The Children</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc413">Evils Of City Life</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc415">Purity</a></li><li><a href="#toc417">Part XVII. Health and Temperance</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc419">Good Health</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc421">Christian Temperance</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc423">Evils Of Intemperance</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc425">The World's Curse</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc427">Scripture Admonitions (A Responsive Reading)</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc429">True Temperance Reform</a></li><li><a href="#toc431">Part XVIII. The Kingdom Restored</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc433">The Kingdom Of Glory</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc435">The Saints' Inheritance</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc437">Promises To The Overcomer</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc439">The Subjects Of The Kingdom</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc441">Eternal Life</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc443">The Home Of The Saved</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc445">The New Jerusalem</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc447">The Conflict Ended</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc449">Pleasures Forevermore</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc451">The Game Of Life In Progress</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc453">The Game Of Life Lost</a></li><li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc455">The Game Of Life Won</a></li><li><a href="#toc457">Index Of Subjects</a></li></ul> + </div> + + </div> +<div class="tei tei-body" style="margin-bottom: 6.00em; margin-top: 6.00em"> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page002">[pg 002]</span><a name="Pg002" id="Pg002" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page013">[pg 013]</span><a name="Pg013" id="Pg013" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus013.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Word Of God. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Ps. 119:105." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Word Of God. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light +unto my path." Ps. 119:105.</div></div> + +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc1" id="toc1"></a> +<a name="pdf2" id="pdf2"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">The Bible; Its Origin, History, and Place in the World</span></h1> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The Bible contains proof in itself of its divine origin. No +other book can answer the questionings of the mind or satisfy +the longings of the heart as does the Bible. It is adapted to +every age and condition of life, and is full of that knowledge +which enlightens the mind and sanctifies the soul. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In the Bible we have a revelation of the living God. Received +by faith, it has power to transform the life. During +all its history a divine watch-care has been over it, and preserved +it for the world. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">How, When, and Why Written</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +After the flood, as men became numerous, and darkness was +again settling over the world, holy men wrote as they were +moved by the Spirit of God. Thus God spoke to His people, +and through them to the world, that a knowledge of God and +of His will might not perish from the earth. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +For centuries this work went on, until Christ, the promised +Seed, came. With Him, and the blessed message of light and +salvation proclaimed by Him and by His apostles, the Scripture +record closed, and the Word of God was complete. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Original Writings and Translations</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The Old Testament Scriptures were first written in Hebrew, +upon scrolls, or rolls of parchment, linen, or papyrus. These +were later translated into Greek, the oldest translation being +known as the Septuagint, or <span class="tei tei-q">“Version of the Seventy,”</span> made at +Alexandria, for the Alexandrian Library, by a company of +seventy learned Jews, under the patronage of Ptolemy Philadelphus, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page014">[pg 014]</span><a name="Pg014" id="Pg014" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +about 285 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> The original order for this translation +is said to have been given by Alexander the Great, who previously, +upon visiting Jerusalem in 332 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>, had learned from +the prophecy of Daniel that Grecia was to overthrow the Persian +kingdom. See Josephus's <span class="tei tei-q">“Antiquities of the Jews,”</span> book 11, +chap. 8, par. 5. This was the version in common use in the +time of Christ. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The New Testament was all originally written in Greek, +except Matthew, which was first written in Hebrew, and later +translated into Greek. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus014.png" alt="Illustration." title="Gutenberg Printing The Bible" /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Gutenberg Printing The Bible</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +At an early date, Latin translations, both of the Septuagint +and of the Greek New Testament, were made by different +individuals, and the more carefully prepared Latin Vulgate of +Jerome, the Bible complete, was made <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 383-405. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Printing and the Bible</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Printing, however, being yet unknown, copies of the Bible +could be produced only by the slow, laborious, and expensive +process of handwriting. This necessarily greatly limited its +circulation. Worse still, its illuminating and saving truths +were largely hidden for centuries by the errors, superstitions, +and apostasy of the dark ages. During this time the common +people knew little of its contents. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page015">[pg 015]</span><a name="Pg015" id="Pg015" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +But with the invention of the art of printing about the middle +of the fifteenth century, and with the dawn of the great Reformation +in the century following, the Bible entered upon a new +era, preparatory to the final proclamation of the gospel throughout +the world. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus015.png" alt="Illustration." title="Luther Translating The Bible" /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Luther Translating The Bible</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Not a little significant is the fact that the first book printed +from movable type was the Bible in Latin, which came from the +press of John Gutenberg, at Mentz, Germany, in 1456, a copy +of which, in 1911, was sold in New York City for fifty thousand +dollars, the highest price ever paid for a single book. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Bible in Native Tongues</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Thus far, however, the Bible had been published only in +ancient tongues, now little understood by the common people. +Without the Word of God in their hands, the good seed sown +among them was easily destroyed. <span class="tei tei-q">“O,”</span> said the advocates +of its pure teachings, <span class="tei tei-q">“if the people only had the Word of God +in their own language, this would not happen! Without this +it will be impossible to establish the laity in the truth.”</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +And why should they not have it in their own tongue? they +reasoned. Moses wrote in the language of the people of his +time; the prophets spoke in the tongue familiar to the men whom +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page016">[pg 016]</span><a name="Pg016" id="Pg016" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +they addressed; and the New Testament was written in the language +then current throughout the Roman world. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The translation of the Bible into English by John Wyclif, +in 1380, was the chief event in the beginning of the Reformation. +It also prepared the way for the revival of Christianity +in England, and the multiplying there of the Word by the millions, +for all the world, that has followed. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +To make such a translation at that time, says Neander, +<span class="tei tei-q">“required a bold spirit which no danger could appal.”</span> For +making it Wyclif was attacked from various quarters, because, +it was claimed, <span class="tei tei-q">“he was introducing among the multitude a +book reserved exclusively for the use of the priests.”</span> In the +general denunciation it was declared that <span class="tei tei-q">“thus was the gospel +by him laid more open to the laity, and to women who could +read, than it had formerly been to the most learned of the clergy; +and in this way the gospel pearl is cast abroad, and trodden +underfoot of swine.”</span> In the preface to his translation, Wyclif +exhorted all the people to read the Scriptures. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +A sense of awe and a thrill of joy filled the heart of the great +German Reformer, when, at the age of twenty, while examining +the volumes in the library of the university of Erfurt, he held +in his hands, for the first time in his life, a complete copy of the +Bible. <span class="tei tei-q">“O God,”</span> he murmured, <span class="tei tei-q">“could I but have one of these +books, I would ask no other treasure.”</span> A little later he found +in a convent a chained Bible. To this he had constant recourse. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +But all these Bibles here, as elsewhere, save in England, +were in an ancient tongue, and could be read only by the educated. +Why, thought Luther, should the living Word be confined +to dead languages? Like Wyclif, therefore, he resolved +to give his countrymen the Bible in their own tongue. This he +did, the New Testament in 1522, and the Bible complete, the +crowning work of his life, in 1534. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Impressed with the idea that the people should read the +Scriptures in their mother tongue, William Tyndale, likewise, +in 1525, gave to the English his translation of the New Testament, +and later, of portions of the Old Testament Scriptures. +His ardent desire that they should know the Bible was well +expressed in the statement that if God spared his life he would +cause the boy that drives the plow to know more of the Scriptures +than was commonly known by the divines of his day. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The first complete printed English Bible was that of Miles +Coverdale, printed at Zurich, Switzerland, in 1535. Matthew's +Bible, Taverner's Bible, and The Great Bible prepared at the +suggestion of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, appeared soon +after. Thus the light of truth began to shine forth once more; +but not without opposition. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page017">[pg 017]</span><a name="Pg017" id="Pg017" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Burning of Bibles</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +As Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes under King +Zedekiah showed their contempt for God by burning the writings +of Jeremiah, and confining the prophet in a dungeon (Jer. +36:20-23; 38:1-6), so now men sought to stem the rising tide +of reform by burning the Bible and its translators. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible burning was inaugurated in England by the destruction +of copies of the Antwerp edition of Tyndale's New Testament, +at St. Paul's Cross, London, in 1527, followed by the burning +of a second edition in 1530. A little later there were wholesale +burnings of the writings and translations of Wyclif, Tyndale, +Basil, Barnes, Coverdale, and others. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus017.png" alt="Illustration." title="Burning Of Bibles At St. Paul's Cross, London" /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Burning Of Bibles At St. Paul's Cross, London</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Forty-three years after the death of Wyclif, or in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 1428, +by order of the Council of Constance his bones were dug up and +burned. Oct. 6, 1536, by order of Charles V of Germany, Tyndale +was strangled and burned at the stake at Vilvorde, near +Brussels. <span class="tei tei-q">“If Luther will not retract,”</span> wrote Henry VIII of +England, <span class="tei tei-q">“let himself and his writings be committed to the +flames.”</span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page018">[pg 018]</span><a name="Pg018" id="Pg018" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Such, under the spiritual tyranny that ruled in those times, +was the fate of many who stood for God and His Word. +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Word Not Bound</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +But the Word of God could not be forever bound. In attempting +to prevent its circulation men soon discovered that +they were undertaking a work beyond their strength. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The Bible had taken deep root in the hearts of the people. +What kings and prelates had sought to suppress and destroy, +kings and prelates now began to foster and supply. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In his <span class="tei tei-q">“Stories From English History,”</span> +pages 196, 197, Henry P. Warren +says: <span class="tei tei-q">“Henry, by Cromwell's advice, +ordered a translation of the Bible +to be made in English, and a copy to +be placed in every church. There had +been English translations before, but +they had not been in the hands of the +people generally, and had only been +read secretly and in fear.... Cromwell +then appointed Cranmer and the +bishops to revise the Bible, and publish +it without note or comment; and +in the year 1539 a copy of the English +Bible was chained to the reading-desk +of every parish church. From that +time the Bible has never ceased to be +printed and sold freely.”</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus018.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Chained Bible" /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Chained Bible</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Says Charles C. Coffin, in his <span class="tei tei-q">“Story +of Liberty,”</span> page 44: <span class="tei tei-q">“The people listen +to the reading with wonder and delight. +They begin to think; and when +men begin to think, they take a step +toward freedom. They see that the +Bible gives them rights which hitherto +have been denied them,—the right to +read, to acquire knowledge. Schools are started. Men and +women who till now have not known a letter of the alphabet, +learn to read; children teach their parents. It is the beginning +of a new life, a new order of things in the community—the +beginning of liberty.”</span> +</p> + +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Bible to All the World</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Finally great Bible societies were organized in England, +America, and many of the countries of Europe, for the purpose +of giving the Bible to the world,—to every nation, kindred, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page019">[pg 019]</span><a name="Pg019" id="Pg019" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +tongue, and people in its own language. Since its organization +in 1804, the British and Foreign Bible Society, up to 1912, had +published the Scriptures, or portions of them in 440 languages +and dialects, with a total of 53,274,516 entire Bibles, 84,059,610 +New Testaments, and 89,816,644 portions of the Bible, or a +grand total of 227,150,770 copies. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus019.png" alt="Illustration." title="British And Foreign Bible Society House, London" /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">British And Foreign Bible Society House, London</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The total issue of the American Bible Society in the first +ninety-six years following its organization, or from 1816 to 1912, +amounts to 96,219,105 copies. It now publishes the Bible in +over one hundred languages. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +These, while the largest of their kind, are but two of the +twenty-seven Bible societies now disseminating the Scriptures. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Thus is the world being provided with the Word of God, +preparatory to the giving of the closing gospel message to all +mankind, the ending of the reign of sin, and the advent of the +Lord in glory. <span class="tei tei-q">“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be +preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and +then shall the end come.”</span> Matt. 24:14. +</p> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page020">[pg 020]</span><a name="Pg020" id="Pg020" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc3" id="toc3"></a> +<a name="pdf4" id="pdf4"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">The Value Of Bible Study</span></h1> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus020.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Forbidden Book. "God's Holy Word was prized when 'twas unsafe to read it."" /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Forbidden Book. "God's Holy Word was prized when 'twas unsafe +to read it."</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The Bible is God's great text-book for man. It is His +lamp to our feet and light to our path in this world of sin. The +value of Bible study cannot therefore be overestimated. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Considered from a literary standpoint alone, the Bible +stands preeminent. Its terse, chaste style; its beautiful and +impressive imagery; its interesting stories and well-told narratives; +its deep wisdom and its sound logic; its dignified language +and its elevated themes, all make it worthy of universal +reading and careful study. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +As an educating power, the Bible has no equal. Nothing +so broadens the vision, strengthens the mind, elevates the +thoughts, and ennobles the affections as does the study of the +sublime and stupendous truths of revelation. A knowledge of +its principles is an essential preparation to every calling. To +the extent that it is studied and its teachings are received, it +gives strength of character, noble ambition, keenness of perception, +and sound judgment. Of all the books ever written, +none contains lessons so instructive, precepts so pure, or promises +so great as the Bible. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +There is nothing that so convinces the mind of the inspiration +of the Bible as does the reading of the Bible itself, and +especially those portions known as the prophecies. After the +resurrection of Christ, when everything else seemed to have +failed to convince the disciples that He had risen from the dead, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page021">[pg 021]</span><a name="Pg021" id="Pg021" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +He appealed to the inspired Word, and <span class="tei tei-q">“expounded unto +them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself”</span> +(Luke 24:25-27), and they believed. On another occasion He +said, <span class="tei tei-q">“If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they +be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.”</span> Luke 16:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +As a guide, the Bible is without a rival. It gives a calm +peace in believing, and a firm hope of the future. It solves +the great problem of life and destiny, and inspires to a life of +purity, patience, and well-doing. It fills the heart with love +for God and a desire to do good to others, and thus prepares +for usefulness here and for a home in heaven. It teaches the +value of the soul, by revealing the price that has been paid to +redeem it. It makes known the only antidote for sin, and +presents the only perfect code of morals ever given. It tells +of the future and the preparation necessary to meet it. It +makes us bold for the right, and sustains the soul in adversity +and affliction. It lights up the dark valley of death, and +points to a life unending. It leads to God, and to Christ, whom +to know is life eternal. In short, it is the one book to live by +and die by. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +As the king of Israel was instructed to write him a copy of +the law, and to read therein <span class="tei tei-q">“all the days of his life,”</span> that he +might <span class="tei tei-q">“fear the Lord,”</span> keep His word, and thus prolong his +days and the days of his children (Deut. 17:18-20), so ought +men now to study the Bible, and from it learn that fear which +is the beginning of wisdom, and that knowledge which is unto +salvation. As an aid and incentive to this, <span class="tei tei-q">“Bible Readings +for the Home Circle”</span> has been prepared and published. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Bible Readings; Their Value and Use</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Briefly stated, a Bible reading consists of questions asked +concerning some subject, and answers to them from the Bible. +In other words, Bible readings mean a topical study of the +Bible by means of questions and answers. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In either receiving or imparting knowledge, there is nothing +like the interrogation-point. Nothing so readily quickens +thought or awakens interest as a question. Children would +learn little if they asked no questions, and he would indeed be +a poor teacher who asked and answered none. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Knowing the value of this means of awakening thought, +arousing interest, and imparting information, God, in His wisdom, +inspired those who wrote the Bible to ask many questions, +that He might set us to thinking and studying about the great +themes with which it deals. See Job 38:4, 7; 14:14; Ps. 8:4; +Mal. 3:1, 2, 8; Ex. 32:26; 1 Chron. 29:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +But God not only asks questions; He answers them. The +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page022">[pg 022]</span><a name="Pg022" id="Pg022" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +following may be cited as a few short Bible readings, taken, +both questions and answers, directly from the Bible itself:— +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, +that he may see good?</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking +guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue +it.”</span> Ps. 34:12-14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? +who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath +redness of eyes?</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek +mixed wine.”</span> Prov. 23:29, 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall +stand in His holy place?</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath +not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He +shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness +from the God of his salvation.”</span> Ps. 24:3-5. See also Psalm +15 and Isa. 33:14-17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The Bible itself, therefore, sets the example of giving instruction +and of imparting most valuable information by means +of asking questions and answering them. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The readings in this book as originally prepared were contributed +by a large number of Bible workers, whose experience +in giving Bible readings had taught them the most effective +methods of presenting the different subjects treated. Over one +million two hundred and fifty thousand copies of the book as +thus prepared have been sold. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The work has recently been thoroughly revised and rewritten, +much enlarged, entirely reillustrated, with the readings +classified and carefully arranged according to topics, by a +large committee of able critics and Bible students. So extensive +has been the revision, and so much and valuable the new +matter added, that the present work is practically a new book, +although retaining the same name and the same general plan +as the former work. Thus prepared, it is once more sent forth +on its mission of light and blessing. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +As a help in enabling the reader quickly to discover the +words which most directly answer the question asked, they are +generally printed in italic, unless the entire scripture quoted is +required for the purpose. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Bible Readings”</span> will be found an excellent aid to private, +family, and public study of the Word of God. +</p> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page023">[pg 023]</span><a name="Pg023" id="Pg023" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc5" id="toc5"></a> +<a name="pdf6" id="pdf6"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part I. The Bible; How to Study and Understand It</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page024">[pg 024]</span><a name="Pg024" id="Pg024" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus024.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Sermon On The Mount. "He opened His mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed." Matt. 5:2, 3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Sermon On The Mount. +"He opened His mouth, and taught them, +saying, Blessed." Matt. 5:2, 3.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page025">[pg 025]</span><a name="Pg025" id="Pg025" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus025.png" alt="Illustration." title="Baruch Writing The Prophecies Of Jeremiah. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God." 2 Tim. 3:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Baruch Writing The Prophecies Of Jeremiah. +"All scripture is given by inspiration +of God." 2 Tim. 3:16.</div></div> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc7" id="toc7"></a> +<a name="pdf8" id="pdf8"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Scriptures</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. By what name are the sacred writings of the Bible commonly +known? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Scriptures</span></span>, +The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the +head of the corner?”</span> Matt. 21:42. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What other title is given this revelation of God to man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He answered and said unto them, My mother and +My brethren are these which hear <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the word of God</span></span>, and do it.”</span> +Luke 8:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How were the Scriptures given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All scripture is given <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by inspiration of God</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. By whom were the men directed who thus spoke for God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: +but holy men of God spake as they were moved <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the Holy +Ghost</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 1:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What specific instance is mentioned by Peter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been +fulfilled, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before +concerning Judas</span></span>, which was guide to them that took Jesus.”</span> +Acts 1:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How does David express this same truth? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page026">[pg 026]</span><a name="Pg026" id="Pg026" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Spirit of the Lord spake by me</span></span>, and His word was in +my tongue.”</span> 2 Sam. 23:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Who, therefore, did the speaking through these men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God</span></span>, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in +time past unto the fathers by the prophets.”</span> Heb. 1:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. For what purpose were the Scriptures written? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for our learning</span></span>, that we through patience and comfort of +the Scriptures might have hope.”</span> Rom. 15:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. For what is all scripture profitable? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in +righteousness</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What was God's design in thus giving the Scriptures? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That the man of God may be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">perfect, thoroughly furnished +unto all good works</span></span>.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What estimate did Job place upon the words of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His +lips; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary +food</span></span>.”</span> Job 23:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Upon what evidence did Jesus base His Messiahship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And beginning at Moses and all the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prophets</span></span>, He expounded +unto them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in all the scriptures</span></span> the things concerning Himself.”</span> +Luke 24:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What three general divisions did Jesus recognize as including +all the writings of the Old Testament? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, These are the words which I spake +unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be +fulfilled, which were written <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the law of Moses</span></span>, and in +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the prophets</span></span>, and in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Psalms</span></span>, +concerning Me.”</span> Verse 44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What does God's character preclude Him from doing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In hope of eternal life, which God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that cannot lie</span></span>, promised +before the world began.”</span> Titus 1:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What is God called in the Scriptures? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are +judgment: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a God of truth</span></span> and without iniquity, just and right +is He.”</span> Deut. 32:4. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page027">[pg 027]</span><a name="Pg027" id="Pg027" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What, therefore, must be the character of His word? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Sanctify them through Thy truth: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy word is truth.</span></span>”</span> +John 17:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What test should therefore be applied to every professed +teacher of truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">To the law and to the testimony:</span></span> if they speak not according +to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”</span> Isa. +8:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What does God design that His word shall be to us in +this world of darkness, sin, and death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy word is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a lamp</span></span> unto my feet, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a light</span></span> unto my +path.”</span> Ps. 119:105. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. To what extent has God magnified His word? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou hast magnified Thy word <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">above all Thy name</span></span>.”</span> Ps. +138:2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—God did this by backing His promises with an oath +based upon Himself. Heb. 6:13, 14. By this He pledged and placed at stake +His name, or character, for the fulfilment of His word. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. In what is the true poetry of life to be found? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy statutes</span></span> have been <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">my songs</span></span> in the house of my pilgrimage.”</span> +Ps. 119:54. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How long will the word of God endure? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the word of our +God shall stand forever</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 40:8. <span class="tei tei-q">“Heaven and earth shall +pass away, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My words shall not pass away</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24:35. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O Word of God incarnate,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">O Wisdom from on high,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O Truth unchanged, unchanging,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">O Light of our dark sky!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We praise Thee for the radiance</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That from the hallowed page,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A lamp to guide our footsteps,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shines on from age to age.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The church from her dear Master</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Received the gift divine,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And still that light she lifteth</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">O'er all the earth to shine.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It is the golden casket</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where gems of truth are stored;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It is the heaven-drawn picture</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of Christ the living Word.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">William How.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page028">[pg 028]</span><a name="Pg028" id="Pg028" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc9" id="toc9"></a> +<a name="pdf10" id="pdf10"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Study Of The Scriptures</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus028.png" alt="Illustration." title="Searching The Scriptures. "Study to show thyself approved unto God." 2 Tim. 2:15." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Searching The Scriptures. +"Study to show thyself approved +unto God." 2 Tim. 2:15.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What did Christ say to the Jews concerning the study +of the Scriptures? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Search the Scriptures</span></span>; for in them ye think ye have eternal +life: and they are they which testify of Me.”</span> John 5:39 +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. For what were the Bereans commended? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that +they received the word with all readiness of mind, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">searched +the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so</span></span>.”</span> Acts 17:11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">If God's Word were studied as it should be,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +says a modern Bible student, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">men would have a breadth of mind, a nobility of character, +and a stability of purpose that are rarely seen in these times. But there +is little benefit derived from a hasty reading of the Scriptures. One may +read the whole Bible through, and yet fail to see its beauty or comprehend +its deep and hidden meaning. One passage studied until its significance +is clear to the mind and its relation to the plan of salvation is evident, is +of more value than the perusal of many chapters with no definite purpose +in view, and no positive instruction gained.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. By what comparison is it indicated that some portions +of God's Word are more difficult to understand than others? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have +need that one teach you again which be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the first principles of +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page029">[pg 029]</span><a name="Pg029" id="Pg029" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +the oracles of God</span></span>; and are become such as have need of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">milk</span></span>, +and not of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">strong meat</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 5:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In what way is this comparison further explained? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of +righteousness: for he is a <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">babe</span></em>. But strong meat belongeth to +them that are of <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">full age</span></em>, even those who by reason of use have +their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”</span> Verses +13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What writings are specifically mentioned as containing +some things difficult to understand? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation; +even as our beloved brother <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Paul</span></span> also according to the +wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; as also in all +<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">his epistles</span></em>, speaking in them of these things; <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">in which are some +things hard to be understood</span></em>, which they that are unlearned and +unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their +own destruction.”</span> 2 Peter 3:15, 16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Some scriptures are too plain to be misunderstood, +while the meaning of others cannot so readily be discerned. To obtain a comprehensive +knowledge of any Bible truth, scripture must be compared with +scripture, and there should be </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">careful research and prayerful reflection.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +But all such study will be richly rewarded. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Who alone comprehends the things of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the +spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth +no man, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Spirit of God</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 2:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How thoroughly does the Spirit search out the hidden +treasures of truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God</span></span>.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What is one purpose for which the Holy Spirit was sent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the +Father will send in My name, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He shall teach you all things, and +bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto +you</span></span>.”</span> John 14:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Why cannot the natural man receive the things of the +Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit +of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know +them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because they are spiritually discerned</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 2:14. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page030">[pg 030]</span><a name="Pg030" id="Pg030" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. For what spiritual enlightenment should every one pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Open Thou mine eyes</span></span>, that I may behold wondrous things +out of Thy law.”</span> Ps. 119:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. For what spiritual gift did the apostle Paul pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, +may give unto you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the +knowledge of Him</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 1:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Upon what conditions is an understanding of divine +things promised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Yea, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice +for understanding; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for +her as for hid treasures</span></span>; then shalt thou understand the fear of +the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.”</span> Prov. 2:3-5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What great blessing did Christ confer upon His disciples +after His resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Then opened He their understanding</span></span>, that they might understand +the Scriptures.”</span> Luke 24:45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What beings of a higher order than man desire to study +the truths revealed in the gospel of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Which things <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the angels</span></span> desire to look into.”</span> 1 Peter 1:12 +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What is promised him who wills to do God's will? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any man will [willeth to, R. V.] do His will, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall know +of the doctrine</span></span>, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of +Myself.”</span> John 7:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How did Christ reprove those who, though familiar +with the letter of the Scriptures, failed to understand them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus answered and said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ye do err, not knowing +the Scriptures, nor the power of God</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 22:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What are the Scriptures able to do for one who believes +them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And that from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith +which is in Christ Jesus</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. When asked by the rich young man the conditions of +eternal life, to what did Jesus direct his attention? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He said unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">What is written in the law? how readest +thou?</span></span>”</span> Luke 10:26. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page031">[pg 031]</span><a name="Pg031" id="Pg031" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus031.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jesus At The Home Of Martha And Mary. "Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her." Luke 10:42." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jesus At The Home Of Martha And Mary. +"Mary hath chosen that good part, +which shall not be taken away +from her." Luke 10:42.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page032">[pg 032]</span><a name="Pg032" id="Pg032" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Whom did Jesus pronounce blessed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But He said, Yea rather, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blessed are they that hear the word +of God, and keep it</span></span>.”</span> Luke 11:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What did Christ say concerning the book of Daniel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation +spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whoso +readeth, let him understand</span></span>).”</span> Matt. 24:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What other book of the Bible is especially commended +for our study? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the words +of this prophecy</span></span> [<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the book of Revelation</span></span>], and keep those +things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.”</span> Rev. 1:3. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-weight: 700">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-weight: 700">How Readest Thou?</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-weight: 700">”</span></span></span> +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It is one thing to read the Bible through,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Another thing to read to learn and do.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Some read it with design to learn to read,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But to the subject pay but little heed.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Some read it as their duty once a week,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But no instruction from the Bible seek;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">While others read it with but little care,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">With no regard to how they read, nor where.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Some read to bring themselves into repute,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">By showing others how they can dispute;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">While others read because their neighbors do,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To see how long 'twill take to read it through.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Some read it for the wonders that are there,—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How David killed a lion and a bear;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">While others read it with uncommon care,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Hoping to find some contradictions there.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Some read as if it did not speak to them,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But to the people at Jerusalem.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">One reads with father's specs upon his head,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And sees the thing just as his father said.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Some read to prove a preadopted creed,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Hence understand but little that they read;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For every passage in the book they bend</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To make it suit that all-important end.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Some people read, as I have often thought,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To teach the book instead of being taught;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And some there are who read it out of spite.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I fear there are but few who read it right.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But read it prayerfully, and you will see,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Although men contradict, God's words agree;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For what the early Bible prophets wrote,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We find that Christ and His apostles quote.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">So trust no creed that trembles to recall</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">What has been penned by one and verified by all.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page033">[pg 033]</span><a name="Pg033" id="Pg033" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc11" id="toc11"></a> +<a name="pdf12" id="pdf12"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Power In The Word</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus033.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ The Word. "He spake, and it was." Ps. 33:9." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ The Word. +"He spake, and it was." Ps. 33:9.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Through what agency did God create the heavens? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">By the word of the Lord</span></span> were the heavens made; and all +the host of them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the breath of His +mouth</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He spake</span></span>, +and it was done; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He commanded</span></span>, and it stood fast.”</span> Ps. 33:6, 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. By what does Christ uphold all things? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Upholding all things <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the word of His power</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 1:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Of what are some willingly ignorant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this they willingly are ignorant of, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the word of +God the heavens were of old</span></span>, and the earth standing out of the +water and in the water: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whereby the world that then was, being +overflowed with water, perished</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 3:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. By what are the present heavens and earth reserved for +a similar fate? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the heavens and the earth, which are now, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the same +word</span></span> are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of +judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In what other scripture is it shown that creative power is +exercised through the word of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let them praise the name of the Lord: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for He commanded, +and they were created</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 148:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What change is wrought in one who is in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore if any man be in Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he is a new creature</span></span> +[there is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a new creation</span></span>, R. V., margin]: old things are passed +away; behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all things are become new</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 5:17. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page034">[pg 034]</span><a name="Pg034" id="Pg034" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is this new creation also called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say +unto thee, Except a man be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">born again</span></span>, he cannot see the kingdom +of God.”</span> John 3:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Through what agency is this new creation, or new birth, +accomplished? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the word of God</span></span>, which liveth and abideth forever.”</span> +1 Peter 1:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is the first creative commandment recorded in the +Bible? and what was the result of it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let there be light</span></span>: +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there was light</span></span>.”</span> Gen. +1:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What connection is there between the creation of light +in the beginning, and the light of the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, +hath shined in our hearts, to give <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the light of the knowledge +of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 4:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Why were the people astonished at Christ's teaching? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they were astonished at His doctrine: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for His word +was with power</span></span>.”</span> Luke 4:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What testified to the power of the word of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, +saying, What a word is this! for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with authority and power He +commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out</span></span>.”</span> Verse 36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What did Christ say is the seed of the kingdom of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The seed is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the word of God</span></span>.”</span> Luke 8:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Where should the word of Christ dwell? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let the word of Christ <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dwell in you</span></span> richly in all wisdom.”</span> +Col. 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What did Christ say of the unbelieving Jews respecting +the word of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ye have not His word abiding in you:</span></span> for whom He hath +sent, Him ye believe not.”</span> John 5:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How does the word of God work in the believer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page036">[pg 036]</span><a name="Pg036" id="Pg036" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, +ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the +word of God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which effectually worketh also in you +that believe</span></span>.”</span> +1 Thess. 2:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus035.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Centurion. "Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed." Matt. 8:8." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Centurion. +"Speak the word only, and my servant +shall be healed." Matt. 8:8.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What nature is imparted through the promises of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious +promises: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature</span></span>, +having escaped the corruption that is in the world through +lust.”</span> 2 Peter 1:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. By what are believers made clean? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now ye are clean <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through the word which I have spoken unto +you</span></span>.”</span> John 15:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How may a young man cleanse his way? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by taking +heed thereto according to Thy word</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 119:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. How did God heal His people anciently? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He sent His word, and healed them</span></span>, and delivered them from +their destructions.”</span> Ps. 107:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How did the centurion show his faith in the power of +Christ's word to heal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy +that Thou shouldest come under my roof: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">speak the word +only, and my servant shall be healed</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 8:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What power has the word when hidden in the heart? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that I might not sin +against Thee</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 119:11. See also Ps. 17:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. Why did God humble Israel, and suffer them to hunger? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and +fed thee with manna, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that He might make thee know +that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth +out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 8:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. What is required beyond a mere hearing of the word? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But be ye <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doers of the word</span></span>, and not hearers only, deceiving +your own selves.”</span> James 1:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What is the result of doing God's will? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that doeth the will of God abideth forever</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 2:17. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page037">[pg 037]</span><a name="Pg037" id="Pg037" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc13" id="toc13"></a> +<a name="pdf14" id="pdf14"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Life-Giving Word</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus037.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Raising Of Jairus's Daughter. "His commandment is life everlasting." John 12:50." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Raising Of Jairus's Daughter. +"His commandment is life everlasting." +John 12:50.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is the nature of the word of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the word of God is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">quick</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">powerful</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sharper +than any two-edged sword</span></span>, piercing even to the dividing asunder +of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a discerner +of the thoughts and intents of the heart</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 4:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How are the oracles of God described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with +the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our +fathers: who received <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the lively oracles</span></span> to give unto us.”</span> Acts +7:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What did Christ declare His words to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: +the words that I speak unto you, they are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spirit</span></span>, and they are +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">life</span></span>.”</span> John 6:63. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What was Peter's testimony concerning Christ's words? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we +go? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou hast the words of eternal life.</span></span>”</span> Verse 68. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What did Christ declare His Father's commandment +to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I know that His commandment is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">life everlasting</span></span>.”</span> +John 12:50. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page038">[pg 038]</span><a name="Pg038" id="Pg038" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What lesson was intended by feeding the children of +Israel with the manna? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and +fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy +fathers know; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that He might make thee know that man doth not +live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth +of the Lord doth man live</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 8:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What interpretation did Jesus give to this lesson? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, +Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but My Father +giveth you the true bread from heaven. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For the bread of God is +He which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.</span></span>”</span> +John 6:32, 33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. In further explanation of the meaning of this lesson, +what did Jesus declare Himself to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am the bread of life</span></span>: he that +cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me +shall never thirst.”</span> Verse 35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What benefit is derived from eating this bread of life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me</span></span>. This is that bread +which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat +manna, and are dead: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that eateth of this bread shall live +forever</span></span>.”</span> Verses 57, 58. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What instance is recorded of one who fed upon the true +manna? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy words were found, and I did eat them</span></span>; and Thy word +was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called +by Thy name, O Lord God of hosts.”</span> Jer. 15:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What name is applied to Jesus as the revelation of the +thought of God in the flesh? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the beginning was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Word</span></span>, and the Word was with +God, and the Word was God.”</span> John 1:1. <span class="tei tei-q">“And He was +clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Word of God</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 19:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What was in the Word? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In Him was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">life</span></span>; and the life was the light of men.”</span> John +1:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What is Jesus therefore also called? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page039">[pg 039]</span><a name="Pg039" id="Pg039" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, +which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, +and our hands have handled, of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Word of life</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 1:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Why did the Jews fail to find life in the Scriptures? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal +life: and they are they which testify of Me. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye will not +come to Me, that ye might have life</span></span>.”</span> John 5:39, 40. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What constitutes a part of Christian experience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tasted the good word of God</span></span>, and the powers of +the world to come.”</span> Heb. 6:5. See answer to question 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. In assigning him his life-work, what instruction did +Jesus give to Peter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus saith unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Feed My sheep</span></span>.”</span> John 21:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What apostolic injunction indicates the way in which +this instruction is to be obeyed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus +Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing +and His kingdom; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Preach the word</span></span>; be instant in season, out +of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and +doctrine.”</span> 2 Tim. 4:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. How are we instructed to pray for both physical and +spiritual nourishment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Give us this day our daily bread.”</span> Matt. 6:11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—When </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the Word became flesh, and dwelt among +us,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> the thought of God was revealed in human flesh. When holy men of God +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> the thought of God was +revealed in human language. The union of the divine and the human in +the manifestation of God's thought in the flesh is declared to be </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the mystery +of godliness;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and there is the same mystery in the union of the divine +thought and human language. The two revelations of God, in human flesh +and in human speech, are both called the </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Word of God</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and both +are the </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Word of life</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">. He who fails to find Christ thus in the +Scriptures will not be able to feed upon the Word as the life-giving Word. +</span></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Like wandering sheep o'er mountains cold,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Since all have gone astray;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To life and peace within the fold,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">How may I find the way?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To Christ the Way, the Truth, the Life,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">I come, no more to roam;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">He'll guide me to my Father's house,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To my eternal home.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page040">[pg 040]</span><a name="Pg040" id="Pg040" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc15" id="toc15"></a> +<a name="pdf16" id="pdf16"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Christ In All The Bible</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus040.png" alt="Illustration." title="On The Way To Emmaus. "He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself." Luke 24:27." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">On The Way To Emmaus. +"He expounded unto them in all the +scriptures the things concerning +Himself." Luke 24:27.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Of whom did Christ say the Scriptures testify? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal +life: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they are they which testify of Me</span></span>.”</span> John 5:39. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Search the Old Testament Scriptures: for they are +they that testify of Christ. To find Him in them is the true and legitimate end of +their study. To be able to interpret them as He interpreted them is the +best result of all Biblical learning.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dean Alford.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Of whom did Moses and the prophets write? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have +found Him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did +write, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Jesus of Nazareth</span></span>, the son of Joseph.”</span> John 1:45. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In her translation of the Old Testament Scriptures, +Helen Spurrell expressed the following wish for all who should read her translation: +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">May very many exclaim, as the translator has often done when +studying numerous passages in the original, </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">I have found the +Messiah</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">!</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. From whose words did Christ say the disciples ought to +have learned of His death and resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the prophets</span></span> +have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered these things, +and to enter into His glory?”</span> Luke 24:25, 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How did Christ make it clear to them that the Scriptures +testify of Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He expounded +unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning +Himself</span></span>.”</span> Verse 27 +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page041">[pg 041]</span><a name="Pg041" id="Pg041" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What did He say a little later to the eleven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was +yet with you, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all things must be fulfilled, which were written +in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning +Me</span></span>.”</span> Verse 44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Where in the Bible do we find the first promise of a Redeemer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord God said unto the serpent, ... I will +put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">her seed</span></span>; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His +heel.”</span> Gen. 3:14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In what words was this promise renewed to Abraham? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In thy seed</span></span> shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.”</span> +Gen. 22:18. See also Gen. 26:4; 28:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. To whom did this promised seed refer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. +He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to +thy seed, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which is Christ</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Whom did God promise to send with Israel to guide them +into the promised land? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, I send <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an Angel</span></span> before thee, to keep thee in the +way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.”</span> +Ex. 23:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Who was the Rock that went with them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank +of that spiritual Rock that followed [went with, margin] them: +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that Rock was Christ</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 10:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. In what prophecy are Christ's life, suffering, and death +touchingly foretold? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Where is the price of Christ's betrayal foretold? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So they weighed for My price <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thirty pieces of silver</span></span>.”</span> Zech. +11:12. See Matt. 26:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Where in the Psalms are Christ's dying words recorded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?”</span> Ps. +22:1. See Matt. 27:46. <span class="tei tei-q">“Into Thine hand I commit My +spirit.”</span> Ps. 31:5. See Luke 23:46. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How is Christ's resurrection foretold in the Psalms? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page042">[pg 042]</span><a name="Pg042" id="Pg042" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus042.png" alt="Illustration." title="Made Known In The Breaking Of Bread. "Did not our heart burn within us, while He talked with us by the way, and while He opened to us the scriptures?" Luke 24:32." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Made Known In The Breaking Of Bread. +"Did not our heart burn within us, while He talked +with us by the way, and while He opened to us the +scriptures?" Luke 24:32.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page043">[pg 043]</span><a name="Pg043" id="Pg043" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto Me, +Thou art My Son; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this day have I begotten Thee</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 2:7. +See Acts 13:33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Where again in the Psalms is His resurrection foretold? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell</span></span>; neither wilt Thou +suffer Thine Holy One to see <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">corruption</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 16:10. See +Acts 2:25-31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. In what words does Daniel foretell Christ's receiving +His kingdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, one like the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Son of +man</span></span> came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient +of days, and they brought Him near before Him. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there +was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom</span></span>, that all +people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His dominion +is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His +kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.”</span> Dan. 7:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +See also Luke 1:32, 33; 19:11, 12; Rev. 11:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. How is Christ's second coming described in the Psalms? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together +before the Lord; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for He cometh to judge the earth</span></span>: with +righteousness shall He judge the world, and the people with +equity.”</span> Ps. 98:8, 9. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Our God shall come, and shall not keep +silence</span></span>: a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous +round about Him. He shall call to the heavens from +above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people. Gather +My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant +with Me by sacrifice.”</span> Ps. 50:3-5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What is Christ to one renewed after God's image? +<span class="tei tei-q">“Christ is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in all</span></span>.”</span> Col. 3:11. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A glory in the Word we find</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">When grace restores our sight;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But sin has darkened all the mind,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And veiled the heavenly light.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When God's own Spirit clears our view,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">How bright the doctrines shine!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Their holy fruits and sweetness show</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Their Author is divine.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How blest we are, with open face</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To view Thy glory, Lord,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And all Thy image here to trace,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Reflected in Thy Word!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 12.60em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Campbell's Collection.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page044">[pg 044]</span><a name="Pg044" id="Pg044" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc17" id="toc17"></a> +<a name="pdf18" id="pdf18"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Titles Of Christ</span></h2> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">In the Old Testament</span></h3> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">Seed of the woman. Gen. 3:15.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">Mine Angel. Ex. 23:23.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">A Star out of Jacob. Num. 24:17.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">A Prophet. Deut. 18:15, 18.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">Captain of the host of the Lord. Joshua 5:14.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">A Friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Prov. 18:24.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">My Beloved. Song of Solomon 2:10.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">Chiefest among ten thousand. Song of Solomon 5:10.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">(One) altogether lovely. Song of Solomon 5:16.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Mighty God. Isa. 9:6.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Everlasting Father. Isa. 9:6.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Prince of Peace. Isa. 9:6.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Lord Our Righteousness. Jer. 23:5, 6.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Son of God. Dan. 3:25.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Son of Man. Dan. 7:13.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">Michael, ... the Great Prince. Dan. 12:1.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Branch. Zech. 6:12, 13.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Messenger of the covenant. Mal. 3:1.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Sun of Righteousness. Mal. 4:2.</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">In the New Testament</span></h3> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Word. John 1:1.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Lamb of God. John 1:29.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Bread of life. John 6:35.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Light of the world. John 8:12.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Door of the Sheep. John 10:7.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Good Shepherd. Verse 11.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Resurrection and the Life. John 11:25.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Way, the Truth, and the Life. John 14:6.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The True Vine. John 15:1.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">That Rock. 1 Cor. 10:4.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The last Adam. 1 Cor. 15:45.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Chief Corner-stone. Eph. 2:20.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. 2:5.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">A Great High Priest. Heb. 4:14.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Author and Finisher of our faith. Heb. 12:2.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Chief Shepherd. 1 Peter 5:4.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">An Advocate. 1 John 2:1.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">Michael, the Archangel. Jude 9.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Lion of the tribe of Judah. Rev. 5:5.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">The Morning Star. Rev. 22:16.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">King of kings, and Lord of lords. Rev. 19:16.</div> +</div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.—Christ is referred to in the Bible under something +like three hundred different titles and figures, of which the above are only examples. +Why this is so is because He is all that these names and figures represent. +</span></div> + +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page045">[pg 045]</span><a name="Pg045" id="Pg045" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc19" id="toc19"></a> +<a name="pdf20" id="pdf20"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part II. Sin; Its Origin, Results, and Remedy</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page046">[pg 046]</span><a name="Pg046" id="Pg046" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus046.png" alt="Illustration." title="Driven From Eden. "Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken." Gen. 3:23." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Driven From Eden. +"Therefore the Lord God sent him forth +from the garden of Eden, to till the ground +from whence he was taken." Gen. 3:23.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page047">[pg 047]</span><a name="Pg047" id="Pg047" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc21" id="toc21"></a> +<a name="pdf22" id="pdf22"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Creation And The Creator</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus047.png" alt="Illustration." title="Creation. "Behold, it was very good." Gen. 1:31." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Creation. "Behold, it was very good." Gen. 1:31.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. By whom were the heavens and the earth created? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the beginning <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God</span></span> created the heaven and the earth.”</span> +Gen. 1:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Through whom did God create all things? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by Him</span></span> [the Son] were all things created, that are in +heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they +be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all things +were created by Him</span></span>, and for Him.”</span> Col. 1:16. <span class="tei tei-q">“All things +were made <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by Him</span></span> [<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through Him</span></span>, R. V., +margin]: and without Him was not anything made that was made.”</span> John 1:3. +See also Heb. 1:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What do the heavens declare? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The heavens declare <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the glory of God</span></span>; and the firmament +showeth His handiwork.”</span> Ps. 19:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What was God's object in making the earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God +Himself that formed the earth and made it; He hath established +it, He created it not in vain, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He formed it to be inhabited</span></span>.”</span> +Isa. 45:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In whose image was man created? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So God created man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in His own image</span></span>, in the image of +God created He him; male and female created He them.”</span> Gen. +1:27. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page048">[pg 048]</span><a name="Pg048" id="Pg048" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What home did God make for man in the beginning? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord God planted <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a garden</span></span> eastward in Eden; +and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of +the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant +to the sight, and good for food.... And the Lord +God took the man, and put him into <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the garden of Eden</span></span> to dress +it and to keep it.”</span> Gen. 2:8-15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What may be perceived through the things that are made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the invisible things of Him</span></span> from the creation of the +world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are +made, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His eternal power and Godhead</span></span>; so that they are +without excuse.”</span> Rom. 1:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Whose workmanship is the Christian? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His workmanship</span></span>, created in Christ Jesus unto +good works, which God hath before ordained that we should +walk in them.”</span> Eph. 2:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What assurance is given concerning the unfailing power +of the Creator? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting +God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fainteth not, neither is weary</span></span>? there is no searching of His +understanding.”</span> Isa. 40:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What encouraging statement follows concerning the +supply of power to the faint? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He giveth power to the faint</span></span>; and to them that have no might +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He increaseth strength</span></span>.”</span> Verse 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. To whom are those who suffer exhorted to commit their +souls? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God +commit their souls in well-doing <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto a faithful Creator</span></span>.”</span> +1 Peter 4:19, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What gave special force to the oath of an angel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon +the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by Him that +liveth forever and ever, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who created heaven, and the things that +therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the +sea, and the things which are therein</span></span>, that there should be time no +longer.”</span> Rev. 10:5, 6. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page049">[pg 049]</span><a name="Pg049" id="Pg049" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What contrast is drawn in the Scriptures between the +Creator and false gods? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus shall ye say unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The gods that have not made +the heavens and the earth</span></span>, even they shall perish from the earth, +and from under these heavens.... The portion of Jacob +is not like them: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is the former of all things</span></span>; and Israel is +the rod of His inheritance: The Lord of hosts is His name.”</span> +Jer. 10:11-16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. To whom is our worship justly due? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord our Maker</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 95:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. In view of the curse upon this creation, what has God +promised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I create new heavens and a new earth</span></span>: and the +former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.”</span> Isa. +65:17. See Rev. 21:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What is the true basis of the brotherhood of man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Have we not all one Father? hath not one God created us?</span></span> +why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, +by profaning the covenant of our fathers?”</span> Mal. 2:10. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O Thou eternal One! whose presence bright</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">All space doth occupy, all motion guide;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Unchanged through time's all devastating flight!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou only God—there is no God beside!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Being above all beings! Mighty One,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Whom none can comprehend and none explore;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Who fill'st existence with Thyself alone,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Embracing all, supporting, ruling o'er;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Being whom we call God, and know no more!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou from primeval nothingness didst call</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">First chaos, then existence; Lord, on Thee</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Eternity hath its foundation; all</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sprung forth from Thee,—of light, joy, harmony,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sole origin,—all life, all beauty Thine;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy word created all, and doth create;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy splendor fills all space with rays divine;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou art and wert and shalt be! Glorious! Great!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Light-giving, life-sustaining Potentate!</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Derzhavin.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page050">[pg 050]</span><a name="Pg050" id="Pg050" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc23" id="toc23"></a> +<a name="pdf24" id="pdf24"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Origin Of Evil</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus050.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Fall Of Satan. "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." Luke 10:18." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Fall Of Satan. +"I beheld Satan as lightning fall from +heaven." Luke 10:18.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. With whom did sin originate? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the devil sinneth +from the beginning</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Without the Bible, the question of the origin +of evil would remain unexplained. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. From what time has the devil been a murderer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father +ye will do. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He was a murderer from the beginning</span></span>, and abode +not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.”</span> John 8:44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What is the devil's relationship to lying? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he is a +liar, and the father of it</span></span>.”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Was Satan created sinful? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou wast <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">perfect</span></span> in thy ways from the day that thou wast +created, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">till iniquity was found in thee</span></span>.”</span> Eze. 28:15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This, and the +statement in John 8:44, that he </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">abode</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> not +in the truth,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> show that Satan was once +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">perfect</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">in the truth</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">. Peter +speaks of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the angels that </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sinned</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(2 Peter 2:4); and Jude refers to </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the +angels which </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">kept not their first +estate</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Jude 6); both of which show that +these angels were once in a state of sinlessness and innocence. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What further statement of Christ seems to lay the responsibility +for the origin of sin upon Satan and his angels? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page051">[pg 051]</span><a name="Pg051" id="Pg051" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart +from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prepared for the devil +and his angels</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 25:41. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What led to Satan's sin, rebellion, and downfall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty</span></span>, thou hast +corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">brightness</span></span>.”</span> Eze. 28:17. +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou hast said in thine heart, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will ascend into heaven, I will +exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount +of the congregation, in the sides of the north: ... I will be +like the Most High</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 14:13, 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In a word, pride and self-exaltation led to Satan's +downfall, and for these there is no justification or adequate excuse. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Pride goeth +before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Prov. 16:18. +Hence, while we may know of the origin, cause, character, and results of +evil, no good or sufficient reason or excuse can be given for it. To excuse +it is to justify it; and the moment it is justified it ceases to be sin. All sin +is a manifestation of selfishness in some form, and its results are the opposite +of those prompted by love. The experiment of sin will result finally +in its utter abandonment and banishment forever, by all created intelligences, +throughout the entire universe of God. Only those who foolishly +and persistently cling to sin will be destroyed with it. The wicked will +then </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">be as though they had not been</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Obadiah 16), and the righteous +shall </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">shine as the brightness of the firmament,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">as the stars forever +and ever.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Dan. 12:3. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Affliction shall not rise up the second time.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Nahum 1:9. See reading on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Origin, History, and Destiny of Satan,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +page 499. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In contrast with the pride and self-exaltation exhibited +by Satan, what spirit did Christ manifest? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to +be equal with God: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made Himself of no reputation</span></span>, and took +upon Him the form of a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">servant</span></span>, and was made in the likeness of +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">men</span></span>: and being found in fashion as a man, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He +humbled Himself</span></span>, and became obedient unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>, even +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the death of the cross</span></span>.”</span> +Phil. 2:6-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. After man had sinned, how did God show His love, and +His willingness to forgive? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten +Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, +but have everlasting life.”</span> John 3:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Inasmuch as God, who is love, who delights in mercy, +and who changes not, offered pardon and granted a period of probation to man +when he sinned, it is but reasonable to conclude that a like course was +pursued toward the heavenly intelligences who first sinned, and that only +those who persisted in sin, and took their stand in open revolt and rebellion +against God and the government of heaven, were finally cast out of heaven. +Rev. 12:7-9. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page052">[pg 052]</span><a name="Pg052" id="Pg052" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus052.png" alt="Illustration." title="Cain And Abel--The First Murder. "Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother." 1 John 3:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Cain And Abel--The First Murder. +"Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his +brother." 1 John 3:12.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page053">[pg 053]</span><a name="Pg053" id="Pg053" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc25" id="toc25"></a> +<a name="pdf26" id="pdf26"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Fall And Redemption Of Man</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus053.png" alt="Illustration." title="Sin And Its Remedy. "The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Rom. 6:23." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Sin And Its Remedy. +"The wages of sin is death; but the +gift of God is eternal life through +Jesus Christ our Lord." Rom. 6:23.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is sin declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin is the transgression of the law</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What precedes the manifestation of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then when <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lust</span></span> hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin.”</span> +James 1:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What is the final result or fruit of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>.”</span> Same +verse. <span class="tei tei-q">“The wages of sin is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 6:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Upon how many of the human race did death pass as the +result of Adam's transgression? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; +and so <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death passed upon all men</span></span>, for that all have sinned.”</span> +Rom. 5:12. <span class="tei tei-q">“In Adam <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all die</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 15:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How was the earth itself affected by Adam's sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cursed is the ground</span></span> for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat +of it all the days of thy life; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thorns also and thistles shall it bring +forth to thee</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 3:17, 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What additional curse came as the result of the first +murder? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page054">[pg 054]</span><a name="Pg054" id="Pg054" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said unto Cain, ... And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">now art thou +cursed from the earth</span></span>, which hath opened her mouth to receive +thy brother's blood from thy hand; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when thou tillest the ground, +it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 4:9-12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What terrible judgment came in consequence of continued +sin and transgression against God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created +from the face of the earth.... The end of all flesh is come +before Me; for the earth is filled with violence.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“And Noah +was six hundred years old when <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the flood of waters</span></span> was upon the +earth.... The same day were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all the fountains of the great +deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened</span></span>.”</span> Gen. +6:7-13; 7:6-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. After the flood, what came in consequence of further +apostasy from God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, +which the children of men builded. And the Lord said, Behold, +the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they +begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, +which they have imagined to do. Go to, let Us go down, and +there <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">confound their language, that they may not understand one +another's speech</span></span>. So the Lord scattered them abroad from +thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build +the city.”</span> Gen. 11:5-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Into what condition has sin brought the entire creation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we know that the whole creation <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">groaneth</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">travaileth +in pain together</span></span> until now.”</span> Rom. 8:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What explains God's apparent delay in dealing with +sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some +men count slackness; but is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">long-suffering to us ward</span></span>, not willing +that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”</span> +2 Peter 3:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What is God's attitude toward the sinner? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth</span></span>, saith +the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.”</span> Eze. +18:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Can man free himself from the dominion of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page055">[pg 055]</span><a name="Pg055" id="Pg055" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +spots? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then may ye also do good, that +are accustomed to do evil</span></span>.”</span> +Jer. 13:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What place has the will in determining whether man +shall have life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that +heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whosoever will, let him take the water +of life freely</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 22:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. To what extent has Christ suffered for sinners? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wounded</span></span> for our transgressions, +He was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bruised</span></span> +for our iniquities: the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">chastisement</span></span> of our peace was upon Him; +and with His <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">stripes</span></span> we are healed.”</span> Isa. 53:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. For what purpose was Christ manifested? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And we know that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He was manifested to take away our sins</span></span>; +and in Him is no sin.... He that committeth sin is of +the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this +purpose the Son of God was manifested, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that He might destroy +the works of the devil</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:5-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What was one direct purpose of the incarnation of +Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and +blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that +through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, +that is, the devil</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 2:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What triumphant chorus will mark the end of the reign +of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, +and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that +are in them, heard I saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessing, and honor, and glory, and +power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb +forever and ever</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 5:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. When and by what means will the effects of sin be removed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; +in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the +works that are therein shall be burned up</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 3:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How will the curse of the confusion of tongues be brought +to an end? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then will I turn to the people a pure language</span></span>, that they +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page056">[pg 056]</span><a name="Pg056" id="Pg056" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one +consent.”</span> Zeph. 3:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. How thoroughly will the effects of sin be removed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wipe away all tears</span></span> from their eyes; and +there shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither +shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed +away</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 21:4. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And there shall be no more curse</span></span>: but +the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it [the holy city]; +and His servants shall serve Him.”</span> Rev. 22:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. Will sin and its evil results ever appear again? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“What do ye imagine against the Lord? He will make an +utter end: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">affliction shall not rise up the second time</span></span>.”</span> Nahum +1:9. <span class="tei tei-q">“There shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">no more death</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“And there shall be +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">no more curse</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 21:4; 22:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That sin exists none can deny. Why it was permitted +has perplexed many minds. But He who can bring light out of darkness +(2 Cor. 4:6), make the wrath of man to praise Him (Ps. 76:10), and turn +a curse into a blessing (Deut. 23:5), can bring good out of evil, and turn +mistakes and downfalls into stepping-stones to higher ground. Heaven +will be happier for the sorrows of earth. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Sorrows remembered sweeten +present joy,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> says Robert Pollock, in </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Course of Time,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 29. +In the final outcome it will be seen that all things have worked together +for good to them that love God. Rom. 8:28. Cowper, despondent and +about to drown himself, was carried the wrong way by his driver, and went +home to write the inspiring hymn below. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">God moves in a mysterious way</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">His wonders to perform;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">He plants His footsteps in the sea</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And rides upon the storm.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Deep in unfathomable mines</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of never-failing skill,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">He treasures up His bright designs,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And works His sovereign will.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The clouds ye so much dread</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Are big with mercy, and shall break</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">In blessings o'er your head.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">But trust Him for His grace;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Behind a frowning providence</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">He hides a smiling face.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Blind unbelief is sure to err,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And scan His work in vain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">God is His own interpreter,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And He will make it plain.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 18.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">William Cowper.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page057">[pg 057]</span><a name="Pg057" id="Pg057" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc27" id="toc27"></a> +<a name="pdf28" id="pdf28"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Creation And Redemption</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus057.png" alt="Illustration." title="Creative Power. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works." Eph. 2:10." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Creative Power. +"For we are His workmanship, +created in Christ Jesus unto +good works." Eph. 2:10.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is revealed concerning God in the first verse of +the Bible? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the beginning <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God created the heaven and the earth</span></span>.”</span> +Gen. 1:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What contrast is repeatedly drawn in the Scriptures between +the true God and false gods? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus shall ye say unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The gods that have not made +the heavens and the earth</span></span>, even they shall perish from the earth, +and from under these heavens.... The portion of Jacob +is not like them: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is the former of all things</span></span>; and Israel is +the rod of His inheritance: The Lord of hosts is His name.”</span> +Jer. 10:11-16. See Jer. 14:22; Acts 17:22-29; Rev. 14:6-10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Through whom did God work in creating all things? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the beginning was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Word</span></span>, and the Word was with +God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning +with God. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">All things were made by Him</span></span>; and without Him was +not anything made that was made.”</span> John 1:1-3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Through whom is redemption wrought? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while +we were yet sinners, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ died for us</span></span>. Much more then, being +now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through +Him.”</span> Rom. 5:8, 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In what scripture do we learn that Christ, the active +agent in creation, is also the head of the church? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page058">[pg 058]</span><a name="Pg058" id="Pg058" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For by Him were all things created</span></span>, that are in heaven, and +that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, +or dominions, or principalities, or powers: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all things were created +by Him</span></span>, and for Him: and He is before all things, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by Him +all things consist</span></span>. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is the head of the body, the +church</span></span>: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all +things He might have the preeminence.”</span> Col. 1:16-18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What scripture shows that the Creator is also the Redeemer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But now thus saith <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord that created thee, O Jacob</span></span>, and +He that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have redeemed thee</span></span>, +I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine.”</span> Isa. 43:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Who is declared to be the source of power to the weak? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting +God, the Lord, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Creator</span></span> of the ends of the earth, +fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of His +understanding. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He giveth power to the faint</span></span>; and to them that +have no might He increaseth strength.”</span> Isa. 40:28, 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What prayer of David shows that he regarded redemption +as a creative work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Create in me a clean heart</span></span>, O God; and renew a right spirit +within me.”</span> Ps. 51:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Who keeps the heavenly bodies in their places? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To whom then will ye liken Me, or shall I be equal? +saith <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Holy One</span></span>. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who +hath created these things, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that bringeth out their host by number</span></span>: +He calleth them all by names by the greatness of His might, for +that He is strong in power; not one faileth.”</span> Isa. 40:25, 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What can the same Holy One do for the believer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now unto Him that is able to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">keep you from falling</span></span>, and to +present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding +joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and +majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”</span> +Jude 24, 25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What is the measure of the power which is available for +the help of the believer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of +glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in +the knowledge of Him: the eyes of your understanding being +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page059">[pg 059]</span><a name="Pg059" id="Pg059" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, +and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, +and what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us ward who +believe, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">according to the working of His mighty power, which He +wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set +Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 1:17-20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How great was the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian +bondage? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">since the day that God created man upon the earth</span></span>, and ask from +the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been +any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like +it?... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from +the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, +and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out +arm, and by great terrors</span></span>, according to all that the Lord your +God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?”</span> Deut. 4:32-34. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The great deliverance of Israel from bondage and +oppression in Egypt is but a type of the power of God displayed in the deliverance of +man from the bondage and slavery of sin. In both is seen a manifestation +of creative power. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What scripture plainly states that it is creative power +which transforms the believer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we are His workmanship, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">created in Christ Jesus unto +good works</span></span>, which God hath before ordained that we should +walk in them.”</span> Eph. 2:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Of what great work is the Sabbath both a memorial +and a sign? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Remember the Sabbath day</span></span>, to keep it holy. Six days shalt +thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the +Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, +thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy +maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy +gates: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, +and all that in them is</span></span>, and rested the seventh day: wherefore +the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.”</span> Ex. 20:8-11. +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sign</span></span> between Me and the children of Israel forever: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth</span></span>, and on the +seventh day He rested, and was refreshed.”</span> Ex. 31:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Inasmuch as creation and redemption are both wrought +by the same creative power, of what besides the original creation +was the Sabbath given to be a sign? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page060">[pg 060]</span><a name="Pg060" id="Pg060" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Moreover also I gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between +Me and them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that they might know that I am the Lord +that sanctify them</span></span>.”</span> Eze. 20:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Through whose agency is the material universe sustained? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He [Christ] is before all things, and in Him all things +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hold together</span></span>.”</span> Col. 1:17, R. V., margin. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What statement shows that all things, both material +and spiritual, are sustained by the same personal agency? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But to us there is ... one Lord Jesus Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by +whom are all things</span></span>, and we by Him.”</span> 1 Cor. 8:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Why is God worthy to receive glory and honor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and +power: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for Thou hast created all things</span></span>, and for Thy pleasure +they are and were created.”</span> Rev. 4:11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That comparatively modern view of creation known as +evolution, which rests upon human research rather than upon divine +revelation, and which substitutes an impersonal force for a personal Creator, +overthrows the very foundation of the gospel. Redemption is simply +the new creation, and the Creator is the Redeemer. The Head of the +original creation is the Head of the new creation. The original creation +was wrought through Christ by the power of the word; the new creation, +or redemption, is wrought in exactly the same way. The evolutionary +theory of creation inevitably involves an evolutionary theory of the gospel, +and sets aside the truth concerning sin, the atoning sacrifice of Christ, +and the necessity of becoming new creatures through faith in the saving +power of Christ. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O worship the King, all-glorious above,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And gratefully sing His wonderful love;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O tell of His might, and sing of His grace,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Whose robe is the light; whose canopy, space;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And dark is His path on the wings of the storm!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy mercies, how tender! how firm to the end!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 27.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Robert Grant.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page061">[pg 061]</span><a name="Pg061" id="Pg061" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc29" id="toc29"></a> +<a name="pdf30" id="pdf30"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Character And Attributes Of God</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus061.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Bow Of Promise. "This is the token of the covenant." Gen. 9:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Bow Of Promise. +"This is the token of the covenant." +Gen. 9:17.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. In what one word is the character of God expressed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">love</span></span>.”</span> +1 John 4:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What are some of the attributes of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">righteous</span></span> in all His ways, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy</span></span> in all His +works.”</span> Ps. 145:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Does Christ possess these same attributes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By His knowledge shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My righteous servant</span></span> [Christ] +justify many.”</span> Isa. 53:11. <span class="tei tei-q">“Neither wilt Thou suffer <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thine +Holy One</span></span> to see corruption.”</span> Acts 2:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. When proclaiming His name to Moses, how did the Lord +define His character? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him +there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord +passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">merciful</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gracious</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">long-suffering</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">abundant in goodness +and truth</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">keeping mercy for +thousands</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forgiving iniquity and +transgression and sin</span></span>, and that will by no means clear the guilty.”</span> +Ex. 34:5-7. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page062">[pg 062]</span><a name="Pg062" id="Pg062" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is said of the tender compassion of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But Thou, O Lord, art a God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">full of compassion</span></span>, and +gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.”</span> +Ps. 86:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is said of God's faithfulness in keeping His promises? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Know therefore that the Lord thy God, He is God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +faithful God</span></span>, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them +that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand +generations.”</span> Deut. 7:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is said of the strength and wisdom of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, God is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mighty</span></span>, and +despiseth not any: He is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mighty +in strength and wisdom</span></span>.”</span> Job 36:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What treasures are hid in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In whom are hid all the treasures of +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wisdom</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">knowledge</span></span>.”</span> +Col. 2:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. In what language is the justice of God described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all His ways are +judgment</span></span>: a God of truth and without iniquity, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">just and right +is He</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 32:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. In what words is His impartiality proclaimed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, +a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which regardeth not persons</span></span>, +nor taketh reward.”</span> Deut. 10:17. <span class="tei tei-q">“Then Peter opened +his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God is no respecter +of persons</span></span>: but in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh +righteousness, is accepted with Him.”</span> Acts 10: 34, 35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. To how many is the Lord good? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">good to all</span></span>: and His tender mercies are over all +His works.”</span> Ps. 145:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Why did Christ tell us to love our enemies? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that +curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them +which despitefully use you, and persecute you; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may be +the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh +His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the +just and on the unjust</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 5:44, 45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How perfect does Christ tell His followers to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be ye therefore perfect, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even as your Father which is in +heaven is perfect</span></span>.”</span> Verse 48. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page063">[pg 063]</span><a name="Pg063" id="Pg063" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc31" id="toc31"></a> +<a name="pdf32" id="pdf32"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Love Of God</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus063.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Burial Of Christ. "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son." John 3:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Burial Of Christ. +"God so loved the world, that He gave +His only begotten Son." John 3:16.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is God declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God is love.”</span> 1 John 4:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How great is God's love for the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son</span></span>, +that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have +everlasting life.”</span> John 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In what act especially has God's love been manifested? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because +that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might +live through Him</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 4:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In what does God delight? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and +passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? +He retaineth not His anger forever, because <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He delighteth in +mercy</span></span>.”</span> Micah 7:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How are His mercies continually manifested? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because +His compassions fail not. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">They are new every morning</span></span>: +great is Thy faithfulness.”</span> Lam. 3:22, 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Upon how many does God bestow His blessings? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page064">[pg 064]</span><a name="Pg064" id="Pg064" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”</span> Matt. 5:45 +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What did Jesus say of the one who loves Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will +love him</span></span>, and will manifest Myself unto him.”</span> John 14:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Into what relationship to God does His love bring us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed +upon us, that we should be called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sons of God</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How may we know that we are the sons of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as many as are led by the Spirit of God</span></span>, they are the +sons of God.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Spirit itself beareth witness with +our spirit</span></span>, that we are the children of God.”</span> Rom. 8:14-16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How is the love of God supplied to the believer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is +shed abroad in our hearts <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the Holy Ghost</span></span> which is given unto +us.”</span> Rom. 5:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. In view of God's great love to us, what ought we to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Beloved, if God so loved us, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we ought also to love one +another</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 4:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. With what measure of love should we serve others? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down +His life for us: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we ought to lay down our lives for the +brethren</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What exhortation is based upon Christ's love for us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">walk in love</span></span>, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath +given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a +sweet-smelling savor.”</span> Eph. 5:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Upon what ground does God's work for sinners rest? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But God, who is rich in mercy, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for His great love wherewith +He loved us</span></span>, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us +together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised +us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places +in Christ Jesus.”</span> Eph. 2:4-6. See Titus 3:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. In what other way is God's love sometimes shown? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For whom the Lord loveth He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">chasteneth</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">scourgeth</span></span> +every son whom He receiveth.”</span> Heb. 12:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. In view of God's great love, what may we confidently +expect? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up +for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">give us all +things</span></span>?”</span> Rom. 8:32 +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page065">[pg 065]</span><a name="Pg065" id="Pg065" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus065.png" alt="Illustration." title="Bearing The Cross. "Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love." Jer. 31:3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Bearing The Cross. +"Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting +love." Jer. 31:3.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page066">[pg 066]</span><a name="Pg066" id="Pg066" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What is God's love able to do for His children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not harken unto +Balaam; but the Lord thy God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">turned the curse into a blessing</span></span> +unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.”</span> Deut. 23:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. When men appreciate God's love, what will they do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“How excellent is Thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore +the children of men <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">put their trust under the shadow of Thy +wings</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 36:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How enduring is God's love for us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I +have loved thee with an everlasting love</span></span>: therefore with loving-kindness +have I drawn thee.”</span> Jer. 31:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Can anything separate the true child of God from the +love of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, +nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to +come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be +able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ +Jesus our Lord.”</span> Rom. 8:38, 39. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. Unto whom will the saints forever ascribe praise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins</span></span> in His +own blood, ... to Him be glory and dominion forever +and ever.”</span> Rev. 1:5, 6. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There's a wideness in God's mercy,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Like the wideness of the sea;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There's a kindness in His justice,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Which is more than liberty.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There is welcome for the sinner,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And more graces for the good;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There is mercy with the Saviour;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">There is healing in His blood.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For the love of God is broader</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Than the measure of man's mind,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the heart of the Eternal</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is most wonderfully kind.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">If our love were but more simple,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We should take Him at His word;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And our lives would be all sunshine</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">In the sweetness of our Lord.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Frederick W. Faber.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page067">[pg 067]</span><a name="Pg067" id="Pg067" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc33" id="toc33"></a> +<a name="pdf34" id="pdf34"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Deity Of Christ</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus067.png" alt="Illustration." title="Raising The Widow's Son. "In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." Col. 2:9." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Raising The Widow's Son. +"In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the +Godhead bodily." Col. 2:9.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How has the Father shown that His Son is one person +of the Godhead? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto the Son He saith</span></span>, +Thy throne, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">O God</span></span>, is forever +and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Thy kingdom.”</span> +Heb. 1:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In what other scripture is the same truth taught? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with +God, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Word was God</span></span>.”</span> John 1:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In what way did Christ refer to the eternity of His being? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self +with the glory which I had with Thee <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">before the world was</span></span>.”</span> +John 17:5. <span class="tei tei-q">“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be +little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He +come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings +forth have been of old, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">from everlasting</span></span>.”</span> Micah 5:2. See +margin; and Matt. 2:6; John 8:58; Ex. 3:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How was Christ begotten in the flesh? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the angel answered and said unto her, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Holy Ghost</span></span> +shall come upon thee, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the power of the Highest</span></span> shall overshadow +thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born +of thee shall be called the Son of God.”</span> Luke 1:35. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page068">[pg 068]</span><a name="Pg068" id="Pg068" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What scripture states that the Son of God was God manifested +in the flesh? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with +God, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Word was God</span></span>.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Word was made flesh</span></span>, +and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of +the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”</span> +John 1:1, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What does Christ say is His relation to the Father? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I and My Father are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">one</span></span>.”</span> John 10:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How was He manifested on earth as a Saviour? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For unto you is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">born</span></span> this day in the city of David a Saviour, +which is Christ the Lord.”</span> Luke 2:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why was it necessary that He should be born thus, and +partake of human nature? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore in all things it behooved Him to be made like +unto His brethren, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that He might be a merciful and faithful +high priest in things pertaining to God</span></span>, to make reconciliation +for the sins of the people.”</span> Heb. 2:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How was He recognized by the Father while on earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And lo a voice from heaven, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">This is My beloved Son</span></span>, +in whom I am well pleased.”</span> Matt. 3:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What shows that Christ sustains the same relation to +the angels as does the Father? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with His angels</span></span>; and then He shall reward every man according +to his works.”</span> Matt. 16:27. See Matt. 24:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How did Christ assert an equal proprietorship with His +Father in the kingdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall +gather out of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His kingdom</span></span> all things that offend, and them +which do iniquity.”</span> Matt. 13:41. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. To whom do the elect equally belong? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And shall not God avenge <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His own elect</span></span>, which cry day and +night unto Him, though He bear long with them?”</span> Luke 18:7. +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He [the Son of man] shall send His angels with a great +sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His elect</span></span> +from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”</span> +Matt. 24:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Who are equally joined in bestowing the final rewards? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page069">[pg 069]</span><a name="Pg069" id="Pg069" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But without faith it is impossible to please Him [God, the +Father]: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and +that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him</span></span>.”</span> Heb. +11:6. <span class="tei tei-q">“For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His +Father with His angels; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then He shall reward every man according +to his works</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 16:27. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In the texts (Matt. 16:27; 13:41; 24:31) in which +Christ refers to the angels as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">His angels</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and to the kingdom as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">His +kingdom</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and to the elect as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">His elect,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> He refers to Himself as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the +Son of man.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> It thus appears that while He was on earth as a man, He +recognized His essential deity and His equality with His Father in heaven. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What fulness dwells in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For in Him dwelleth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all the fulness of the Godhead bodily</span></span>.”</span> +Col. 2:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What does God (Jehovah) declare Himself to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and His Redeemer +the Lord of hosts; I am the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">first</span></span>, +and I am the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">last</span></span>; and beside +Me there is no God.”</span> Isa. 44:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. In what scripture does Christ adopt the same expression? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, +to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha +and Omega, the beginning and the end, the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">first</span></span> +and the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">last</span></span>.”</span> +Rev. 22:12, 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Having such a wonderful Saviour, what are we exhorted +to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed +into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let +us hold fast our profession</span></span>. +For we have not an high priest which cannot be +touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points +tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”</span> Heb. 4:14, 15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Before the heavens were spread abroad,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">From everlasting was the Word;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">With God He was, the Word was God,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And must divinely be adored.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Ere sin was born, or Satan fell,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">He led the host of morning stars;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His generation who can tell,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Or count the number of His years?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But lo! He leaves those heavenly forms;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The Word descends and dwells in clay,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">That He may converse hold with worms,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Pressed in such feeble flesh as they.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 28.80em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Isaac Watts.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page070">[pg 070]</span><a name="Pg070" id="Pg070" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc35" id="toc35"></a> +<a name="pdf36" id="pdf36"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Prophecies Relating To Christ</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus070.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Star Of Bethlehem. "There shall come a Star out of Jacob." Num. 24:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Star Of Bethlehem. +"There shall come a Star out of +Jacob." Num. 24:17.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Whom did Moses say the Lord would raise up? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a Prophet</span></span> from +the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, unto Him ye +shall harken.”</span> Deut. 18:15. See also verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What use of this prophecy by the apostle Peter shows +that it referred to Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For Moses truly said unto the fathers, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">A prophet</span></span> shall +the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto +me.... Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those +that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold +of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">these days</span></span>.”</span> Acts 3:22-24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In what language did Isaiah foretell Christ's birth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son</span></span>, and shall +call His name Immanuel.”</span> Isa. 7:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In what event was this prophecy fulfilled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all this was done</span></span> [the birth of Jesus of the Virgin +Mary], that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord +by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and +shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, +which being interpreted is, God with us.”</span> Matt. 1:22, 23. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page071">[pg 071]</span><a name="Pg071" id="Pg071" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Where was the Messiah to be born? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But thou, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Bethlehem Ephratah</span></span>, though thou be little among +the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth +unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel.”</span> Micah 5:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. When was Jesus born? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the days of Herod +the king</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 2:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Under what striking emblem was He prophesied of by +Balaam? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There shall come <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a Star</span></span> out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall +rise out of Israel.”</span> Num. 24:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. In what scripture does Christ apply the same emblem +to Himself? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am the root and the offspring of David, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the bright +and morning star</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 22:16. See also 2 Peter 1:19; Rev. +2:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What prophecy was fulfilled in the slaughter of the +children of Bethlehem? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise +men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">slew all the children +that were in Bethlehem</span></span>, and in all the coasts thereof, from +two years old and under, according to the time which he had +diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that +which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet</span></span>, saying, In Rama was +there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, +Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, +because they are not.”</span> Matt. 2:16-18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How was Christ's first advent to be heralded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness</span></span>, Prepare ye +the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for +our God.”</span> Isa. 40:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. By whom was this fulfilled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this is the record of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">John</span></span>, when the Jews sent priests +and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?... +he said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness</span></span>, Make +straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.”</span> +John 1:19-23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How was Christ to be received by His own people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">despised</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rejected</span></span> of +men; a man of sorrows, and +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page073">[pg 073]</span><a name="Pg073" id="Pg073" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from +Him; He was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">despised</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we esteemed Him not</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 53:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus072.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ Before Pilate. "He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth." Isa. 53:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ Before Pilate. +"He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened +not His mouth." Isa. 53:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How is the fulfilment of this prophecy recorded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and +the world knew Him not. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He came unto His own, and His own +received Him not.</span></span>”</span> John 1:10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What was predicted of Christ's preaching? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me; because <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord +hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto the meek</span></span>; He hath +sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to +the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are +bound.”</span> Isa. 61:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What application did Jesus make of this prophecy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up: +and, as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath +day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered +unto Him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when He had +opened the book, He found the place where it was written, The +Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to +preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, +to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering +of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.... +And He began to say unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">This day is this scripture +fulfilled in your ears</span></span>.”</span> Luke 4:16-21. See Luke 7:19-22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How, according to prophecy, was Christ to conduct Himself +when on trial? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">yet He opened not +His mouth</span></span>: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a +sheep before her shearers is dumb, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">so He openeth not His mouth</span></span>.”</span> +Isa. 53:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. When accused by His enemies before Pilate, how did +Christ treat these accusations? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said Pilate unto Him, Hearest Thou not how many +things they witness against Thee? And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He answered him to +never a word</span></span>; insomuch that the governor marveled greatly.”</span> +Matt. 27:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What prophecy foretold of the disposal of Christ's garments +at the crucifixion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">part My garments</span></span> among them, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cast lots</span></span> upon +My vesture.”</span> Ps. 22:18. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page074">[pg 074]</span><a name="Pg074" id="Pg074" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What record answers to this prophecy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they crucified Him, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">parted His garments, casting +lots</span></span>: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, +They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture +did they cast lots.”</span> Matt. 27:35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What was foretold of His treatment while on the cross? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They gave Me also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gall</span></span> for My meat; and in My thirst +they gave Me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">vinegar</span></span> to drink.”</span> Ps. 69:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What was offered Christ at His crucifixion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They gave Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">vinegar</span></span> +to drink mingled with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gall</span></span>: and +when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink.”</span> Matt. 27:34. +See also John 19:28-30, and page 167 of this work. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. With whom did the prophet Isaiah say Christ would +make His grave? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He made His grave with the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wicked</span></span>, and with the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rich</span></span> in His death.”</span> Isa. 53:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. With whom was Christ crucified? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then were there <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">two thieves</span></span> crucified with Him, one on the +right hand, and another on the left.”</span> Matt. 27:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. Who took charge of Christ's body after it was taken +down from the cross? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">A rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph</span></span>, ... went to +Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.... He wrapped it +in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which +he had hewn out in the rock.”</span> Verses 57-60. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What experience in the life of a noted prophet indicated +the length of Christ's stay in the grave? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous +generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be +given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as Jonas was +three days and three nights in the whale's belly</span></span>; so shall the Son of +man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”</span> +Matt. 12:39,40. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What prophecy foretold Christ's triumph over death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell</span></span>; neither wilt Thou +suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.”</span> Ps. 16:10. See +Acts 2:24-27. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page075">[pg 075]</span><a name="Pg075" id="Pg075" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc37" id="toc37"></a> +<a name="pdf38" id="pdf38"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Christ The Way Of Life</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus075.png" alt="Illustration." title="At Jacob's Well. "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst." John 4:14." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">At Jacob's Well. +"Whosoever drinketh of the water +that I shall give him shall never +thirst." John 4:14.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What does Jesus declare Himself to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus saith unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am the way, the truth, and the life</span></span>: +no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.”</span> John 14:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In what condition are all men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the Scripture hath concluded all <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">under sin</span></span>.”</span> Gal. +3:22. <span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all have sinned</span></span>, and come short of the glory of +God.”</span> Rom. 3:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What are the wages of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The wages of sin is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 6:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How many are affected by Adam's transgression? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and +death by sin; and so <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death passed upon all men</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 5:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is the gift of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The gift of God is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">eternal life</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 6:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How many may receive this gift? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that +heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whosoever will</span></span>, let him take the water of life freely.”</span> Rev. +22:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In whom is the gift? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this life is in His Son</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:11. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page076">[pg 076]</span><a name="Pg076" id="Pg076" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. In receiving the Son, what do we have in Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that hath the Son hath <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">life</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What loss do those sustain who do not accept Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he that hath not the Son of God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hath not life</span></span>.”</span> Same +verse. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. In what other way is this same truth stated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that +believeth not the Son shall not see life</span></span>; but the wrath of God +abideth on him.”</span> John 3:36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. After one truly receives Christ, whose life will be manifested +in him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, +but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ liveth in me</span></span>: and the life which I now live in the flesh +I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave +Himself for me.”</span> Gal. 2:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. In what condition are all before they are quickened with +Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He +loved us, even when we were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dead in sins</span></span>, hath quickened us +together with Christ.”</span> Eph. 2:4, 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What is this change from death to life called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Being <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">born again</span></span>, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, +by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.”</span> +1 Peter 1:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. When man first transgressed, what was done to prevent +him from living forever in sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the +tree of life, and eat, and live forever.... So <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He drove out +the man</span></span>; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubim, +and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the +way of the tree of life.”</span> Gen. 3:22-24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What is declared to be one purpose of Christ's death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and +blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that +through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, +that is, the devil</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 2:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Through whom will Abraham receive the promise of +the future inheritance? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page077">[pg 077]</span><a name="Pg077" id="Pg077" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thy seed</span></span> +will I give this land.”</span> Gen. 12:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. How many were embraced in God's promises to Abraham? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And in thy seed shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all the kindreds of the earth</span></span> be +blessed.”</span> Acts 3:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. To whom does the <span class="tei tei-q">“seed”</span> in these promises refer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. +He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to +thy seed, which is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What would make the death of Christ in vain? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If righteousness come by the law</span></span>, then Christ is dead in +vain.”</span> Gal. 2:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Why have all been reckoned under sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that the +promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe</span></span>.”</span> +Gal. 3:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How then do all become children of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For ye are all the children of God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by faith in Christ Jesus</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. With whom are the children of God joint heirs? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">joint heirs with +Christ</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 8:17. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou art the Way; to Thee alone,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">From sin and death we flee;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And he who would the Father seek,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Must seek Him, Lord, by Thee.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou art the Truth; Thy word alone.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">True wisdom can impart;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou only canst inform the mind</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And purify the heart.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou art the Life; the rending tomb</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Proclaims Thy conquering arm;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And those who put their trust in Thee,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor death nor hell shall harm.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Grant us that way to know,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That truth to keep, that life to win,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Whose joys eternal flow.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page078">[pg 078]</span><a name="Pg078" id="Pg078" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus078.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Serpent In The Wilderness. "When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." Num. 21:9." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Serpent In The Wilderness. +"When he beheld the serpent of brass, +he lived." Num. 21:9.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page079">[pg 079]</span><a name="Pg079" id="Pg079" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc39" id="toc39"></a> +<a name="pdf40" id="pdf40"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Salvation Only Through Christ</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus079.png" alt="Illustration." title="On The Cross. "He is able to save to the uttermost." Heb. 7:25." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">On The Cross. +"He is able to save to the uttermost." +Heb. 7:25.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. For what purpose did Christ come into the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that +Christ Jesus came into the world <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to save sinners</span></span>.”</span> 1 Tim. 1:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Why was He to be named <span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt call His name Jesus: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for He shall save His people +from their sins</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 1:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Is there salvation through any other? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none +other name under heaven given among men, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whereby we must be +saved</span></span>.”</span> Acts 4:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Through whom are we reconciled to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by Jesus Christ</span></span>, and hath given to us the ministry of +reconciliation; to wit, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God was in Christ, reconciling the world +unto Himself</span></span>, not imputing their trespasses unto them.”</span> 2 Cor. +5:18, 19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What has Christ been made for us, and for what purpose? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For He hath made Him to be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin</span></span> for us, who knew no sin; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him</span></span>.”</span> Verse +21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How dependent are we upon Christ for salvation? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page080">[pg 080]</span><a name="Pg080" id="Pg080" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am the vine, ye are the branches: ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without +Me ye can do nothing</span></span>.”</span> John 15:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What three essentials for a Saviour are found in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Deity.</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q">“But unto the Son He saith, +Thy throne, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">O God</span></span>, +is forever and ever.”</span> Heb. 1:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Humanity.</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q">“When the fulness of the time was come, God sent +forth His Son, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made of a woman</span></span>, made under the law.”</span> Gal. 4:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sinlessness.</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Who +did no sin</span></span>, neither was guile found in +His mouth.”</span> 1 Peter 2:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How did Christ show from the Scriptures that the promised +Saviour of the world must be both human and divine? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked +them, saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is He? They +say unto Him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The son of David</span></span>. +He saith unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">How then +doth David in spirit call Him Lord</span></span>; saying, The Lord said unto +my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand, till I make Thine enemies +Thy footstool? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If David then call him Lord, how is He his son?</span></span>”</span> +Matt. 22:41-45. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Another has aptly put this important truth +concerning the union of the human and divine in Christ thus: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Divinity needed humanity +that humanity might afford a channel of communication between God and +man. Man needs a power out of and above himself to restore him to the +likeness of God. There must be a power working from within, a new life +from above, before men can be changed from sin to holiness. That power +is Christ.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What two facts testify to the union of divinity and +humanity in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made of the seed of David according to the flesh; and declared to be +the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by +the resurrection from the dead</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 1:3, 4 +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How complete was Christ's victory over death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am the first and the last: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am He that liveth, and was dead; +and, behold, I am alive forevermore</span></span>, Amen; and have the keys of +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hell</span></span> and of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 1:17, 18. See +Acts 2:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How complete is the salvation obtained in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is able also to save them to the uttermost</span></span> that +come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession +for them.”</span> Heb. 7:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What should we say for such a Saviour? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.”</span> 2 Cor. +9:15. +</p> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page081">[pg 081]</span><a name="Pg081" id="Pg081" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc41" id="toc41"></a> +<a name="pdf42" id="pdf42"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part III. The Way to Christ</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page082">[pg 082]</span><a name="Pg082" id="Pg082" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus082.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Prodigal Son. "When he came to himself, he said, ... I will arise and go to my father." Luke 15:17, 18." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Prodigal Son. +"When he came to himself, he said, +... I will arise and go to my +father." Luke 15:17, 18.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page083">[pg 083]</span><a name="Pg083" id="Pg083" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc43" id="toc43"></a> +<a name="pdf44" id="pdf44"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Faith</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus083.png" alt="Illustration." title="Joshua Commanding The Sun To Stand Still. "All things are possible to him that believeth." Mark 9:13." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Joshua Commanding The +Sun To Stand Still. +"All things are possible to him that +believeth." Mark 9:13.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is faith declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Faith is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of +things not seen</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 11:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How necessary is faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Without faith it is impossible to please Him.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Is mere assent to divine truth sufficient? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the devils also believe, and tremble</span></span>.”</span> James 2:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What is required besides a belief in the existence of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him</span></span>.”</span> Heb. +11:6, last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. From whom does faith come? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of +yourselves; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it is the gift of God</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 2:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Why did God raise Christ from the dead? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who by Him do believe in God, that raised Him up from +the dead, and gave Him glory; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that your faith and hope might be +in God</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 1:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is Christ's relation to this faith? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page084">[pg 084]</span><a name="Pg084" id="Pg084" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Looking unto Jesus the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">author</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">finisher</span></span> of our faith.”</span> +Heb. 12:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What is the basis of faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the word +of God</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 10:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What relation does faith bear to knowledge? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Through faith we understand</span></span> that the worlds were framed +by the word of God.”</span> Heb. 11:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. By what principle is genuine faith actuated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor +uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">love</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 5:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Of what is faith a fruit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the fruit of the Spirit</span></span> is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, +gentleness, goodness, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faith</span></span>.”</span> Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What in the early church showed living faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Remembering without ceasing your <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">work of faith</span></span>, and +labor of love.”</span> 1 Thess. 1:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What is necessary in order that the preaching of the +gospel may be profitable? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: +but the word preached did not profit them, not being <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mixed +with faith</span></span> in them that heard it.”</span> Heb. 4:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What is the character of any act or service not performed +in faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whatsoever is not of faith is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 14:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How does Abraham's experience show that obedience +and faith are inseparable? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">By faith Abraham</span></span>, when he was called to go out into a +place which he should after receive for an inheritance, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">obeyed</span></span>; +and he went out, not knowing whither he went.”</span> Heb. 11:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. With what, therefore, is the faith of Jesus joined? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the commandments of God</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the faith of Jesus</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 14:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. In what other statement is the same truth emphasized? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faith without works +is dead</span></span>?”</span> James 2:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. How is faith brought to perfection? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page085">[pg 085]</span><a name="Pg085" id="Pg085" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by works +was faith made perfect</span></span>?”</span> Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What is the result of faith's being put to the test? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The trying of your faith <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">worketh patience</span></span>.”</span> James 1:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What relationship to God is established by faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For ye are all the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">children of God by faith</span></span> in Christ Jesus.”</span> +Gal. 3:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How do the children of God walk? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we walk by faith</span></span>, not by sight.”</span> 2 Cor. 5:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. Upon what condition may one expect answers to prayer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let him ask in faith</span></span>, nothing wavering. For he that +wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and +tossed.”</span> James 1:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. To what parts of the ancient armor is faith compared? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Above all, taking the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shield</span></span> of faith, wherewith ye shall be +able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.”</span> Eph. 6:16. +<span class="tei tei-q">“Putting on the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">breastplate</span></span> of faith and love.”</span> 1 Thess. 5:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. What chapter in the Bible is devoted to faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The eleventh chapter of Hebrews. In verses 33-38 are summarized +the victories of the heroes of faith. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What gives victory in our conflicts with the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This is the victory that overcometh the world, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even our +faith</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What is the ultimate purpose of faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Receiving the end of your faith, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the salvation of your +souls</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 1:8, 9. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis by the faith of joys to come</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We walk through deserts dark as night;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Till we arrive at heaven, our home,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Truth is our guide, and faith our light.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The want of sight she well supplies;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">She makes the pearly gates appear;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Far into distant worlds she pries,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And brings eternal glories near.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Though lions roar, and tempests blow,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And rocks and dangers fill the way,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">With joy we tread the desert through,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">While faith inspires a heavenly ray.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 27.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Isaac Watts</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page086">[pg 086]</span><a name="Pg086" id="Pg086" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc45" id="toc45"></a> +<a name="pdf46" id="pdf46"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Hope</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus086.png" alt="Illustration." title="Return Of The Dove. "Blessed be God ... which ... hath begotten us again unto a lively hope." 1 Peter 1:3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Return Of The Dove. +"Blessed be God ... which ... hath +begotten us again unto a lively hope." +1 Peter 1:3.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is the relation between faith and hope? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now faith is the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">substance</span></span> of +things <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hoped for</span></span>, the evidence +of things not seen.”</span> Heb. 11:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Why were the Scriptures written? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written +for our learning, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures +might have hope</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 15:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Why should God's wonderful works be rehearsed to the +children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We will not hide them from their children, showing to the +generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength, +and His wonderful works that He hath done.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">That +they might set their hope in God</span></span>, and not forget the works of God, +but keep His commandments.”</span> Ps. 78:4-7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In what condition are those who are without Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles +in the flesh, ... that at that time ye were without Christ, +being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page087">[pg 087]</span><a name="Pg087" id="Pg087" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +from the covenants of promise, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">having no hope</span></span>, and without God +in the world.”</span> Eph. 2:11, 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What does hope become to the Christian? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Which hope we have as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an anchor of the soul</span></span>, both sure +and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.”</span> +Heb. 6:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Who have hope in their death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +righteous hath hope in his death</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 14:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In bereavement, from what hopeless sorrow are Christians +delivered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning +them which are asleep, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye sorrow not, even as others +which have no hope</span></span>.”</span> 1 Thess. 4:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Unto what has the resurrection of Christ begotten us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, +which according to His abundant mercy hath <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">begotten us again +unto a lively hope</span></span> by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the +dead.”</span> 1 Peter 1:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is the Christian's hope called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Looking for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that blessed hope</span></span>, and the glorious appearing +of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.”</span> Titus 2:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. At what time did Paul expect to realize his hope? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, +which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">at +that day</span></span>: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His appearing</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 4:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What will this hope lead one to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And every man that hath this hope in him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">purifieth himself</span></span>, +even as He is pure.”</span> 1 John 3:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What does the prophet Jeremiah say is a good thing for +a man to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is good <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that a man should both hope and quietly wait for +the salvation of the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Lam. 3:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What is said of the hope of the hypocrite? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So are the paths of all that forget God; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the hypocrite's +hope shall perish</span></span>: whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust +shall be a spider's web.”</span> Job 8:13, 14. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page088">[pg 088]</span><a name="Pg088" id="Pg088" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What is the condition of one whose hope is in God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Happy</span></span> is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose +hope is in the Lord his God.”</span> Ps. 146:5. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessed</span></span> is the +man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.”</span> +Jer. 17:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. In what may the child of God abound? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in +believing, that ye may <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">abound in hope</span></span>, through the power of the +Holy Ghost.”</span> Rom. 15:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. In what do Christians rejoice? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace +wherein we stand, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rejoice in hope of the glory of God</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 5:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What will prevent us from being put to shame? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hope maketh not ashamed;</span></span> because the love of God is +shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given +unto us.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. In the time of trouble, who will be the hope of God's +people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter His voice +from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: +but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord will be the hope of His people</span></span>, and the strength of +the children of Israel.”</span> Joel 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What inspiring words are spoken to such as hope in God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be of good courage</span></span>, and He shall strengthen your heart, all +ye that hope in the Lord.”</span> Ps. 31:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. How long should our hope endure? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And we desire that every one of you do show the same +diligence to the full assurance of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hope unto the end</span></span>.”</span> +Heb. 6:11. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How cheering is the Christian's hope</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">While toiling here below!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It buoys us up while passing through</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">This wilderness of woe.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It points us to a land of rest</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where saints with Christ will reign;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where we shall meet the loved of earth,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And never part again,—</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A land where sin can never come,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Temptations ne'er annoy;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where happiness will ever dwell,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And that without alloy.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page089">[pg 089]</span><a name="Pg089" id="Pg089" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc47" id="toc47"></a> +<a name="pdf48" id="pdf48"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Repentance</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus089.png" alt="Illustration." title="Micaiah Urging Israel To Repentance. "The goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance." Rom. 2:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Micaiah Urging Israel To Repentance. +"The goodness of God leadeth thee +to repentance." Rom. 2:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Who are called to repentance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I came not to call the righteous, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sinners</span></span> to repentance.”</span> +Luke 5:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What accompanies repentance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And that repentance and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">remission of sins</span></span> should be +preached in His name among all nations.”</span> Luke 24:47. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. By what means is sin made known? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">By the law</span></span> is the knowledge of sin.”</span> Rom. 3:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How many are sinners? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We have before proved <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">both Jews +and Gentiles</span></span>, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they +are all under sin</span></span>.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What do transgressors bring upon themselves? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of +these things cometh <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the wrath of God</span></span> +upon the children of disobedience.”</span> +Eph. 5:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Who awakens the soul to a sense of its sinful condition? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He</span></span> [<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Comforter</span></span>] +is come, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He will reprove</span></span> [<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">convince</span></span>, +margin] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the world of sin</span></span>.”</span> John 16:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What are fitting inquiries for those convicted of sin? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page090">[pg 090]</span><a name="Pg090" id="Pg090" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Men and brethren, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">what shall we do</span></span>?”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Sirs, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">what must +I do to be saved</span></span>?”</span> Acts 2:37; 16:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What replies does Inspiration return to these inquiries? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Repent, and be baptized every one of you</span></span> in the name of Jesus +Christ for the remission of sins.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Believe on the Lord Jesus +Christ</span></span>, and thou shalt be saved.”</span> Acts 2:38; 16:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What will the truly repentant sinner be constrained to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">declare mine iniquity</span></span>; I +will be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sorry</span></span> for my sin.”</span> +Ps. 38:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is the result of godly sorrow? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For godly sorrow <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">worketh repentance to salvation</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. +7:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What does the sorrow of the world do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The sorrow of the world <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">worketh death</span></span>.”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How does godly sorrow for sin manifest itself? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a +godly sort, what <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">carefulness</span></span> it +wrought in you, yea, what <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">clearing +of yourselves</span></span>, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, +what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In +all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.”</span> +Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What did John the Baptist say to the Pharisees and +Sadducees when he saw them come to his baptism? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from +the wrath to come?”</span> Matt. 3:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What did he tell them to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There can be +no repentance without reformation. Repentance +is a change of mind; reformation is a corresponding +change of life.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. +Raleigh</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. When God sent the Ninevites a warning message, how +did they show their repentance, and what was the result? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God saw their works, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they turned from their evil +way; and God repented of the evil that He had said that He would +do unto them</span></span>; and He did it not.”</span> Jonah 3:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What leads sinners to repentance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Or despisest thou the riches of His goodness and forbearance +and long-suffering; not knowing that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the goodness of God +leadeth thee to repentance?</span></span>”</span> Rom. 2:4. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page091">[pg 091]</span><a name="Pg091" id="Pg091" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus091.png" alt="Illustration." title="John The Baptist Preaching Repentance. "Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance." Matt. 3:8." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">John The Baptist Preaching +Repentance. +"Bring forth therefore fruits meet +for repentance." Matt. 3:8.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page092">[pg 092]</span><a name="Pg092" id="Pg092" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc49" id="toc49"></a> +<a name="pdf50" id="pdf50"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Confession And Forgiveness</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus092.png" alt="Illustration." title="Mary Magdalene's Repentance. "According unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions." Ps. 51:1." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Mary Magdalene's Repentance. +"According unto the multitude of Thy +tender mercies blot out my transgressions." +Ps. 51:1.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What instruction is given concerning confession of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman +shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against +the Lord, and that person be guilty; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then shall they confess their +sin which they have done</span></span>.”</span> Num. 5:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How futile is it to attempt to hide sin from God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the +Lord: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be sure your sin will find you out</span></span>.”</span> Num. 32:23. +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our secret sins in the +light of Thy countenance.”</span> Ps. 90:8. <span class="tei tei-q">“All things are naked +and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.”</span> +Heb. 4:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What promise is made to those who confess their sins? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If we confess our sins, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is faithful and just to forgive us +our sins</span></span>, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”</span> 1 John +1:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What different results attend the covering and the confessing +of sins? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that covereth his sins <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall not +prosper:</span></span> but whoso confesseth +and forsaketh them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall have mercy</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 28:13. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page093">[pg 093]</span><a name="Pg093" id="Pg093" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How definite should we be in confessing our sins? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these +things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in that thing</span></span>.”</span> +Lev. 5:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">True confession is +always of a specific character, and +acknowledges particular sins. They may be of such a nature as to be +brought before God only; they may be wrongs that should be confessed +to individuals who have suffered injury through them; or they may be of a +public character, and should then be as publicly confessed. But all confession +should be definite and to the point, acknowledging the very sins +of which you are guilty.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Steps +to Christ</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 43. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How fully did Israel once acknowledge their wrong-doing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants +unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we have added unto +all our sins this evil, to ask us a king</span></span>.”</span> 1 Sam. 12:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. When David confessed his sin, what did he say God did? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have +I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the +Lord; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 32:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Upon what did he rest his hope for forgiveness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy loving-kindness: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies</span></span> blot +out my transgressions.”</span> Ps. 51:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is God ready to do for all who seek for forgiveness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For Thou, Lord, art good, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ready to forgive</span></span>; and plenteous +in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee.”</span> Ps. 86:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is the measure of the greatness of God's mercy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as the heaven is high above the earth</span></span>, so great is His mercy +toward them that fear Him.”</span> Ps. 103:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How fully does the Lord pardon when one repents? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man +his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have +mercy upon him; and to our God, for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He will abundantly pardon</span></span>.”</span> +Isa. 55:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What reason is given for God's readiness to forgive sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, +and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? +He retaineth not His anger forever, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because He delighteth in +mercy</span></span>.”</span> Micah 7:18. See Ps. 78:38. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page094">[pg 094]</span><a name="Pg094" id="Pg094" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Why does God manifest such mercy and long-suffering +toward men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some +men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us ward, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">not willing +that any should perish</span></span>, but that all should come to repentance.”</span> +2 Peter 3:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What prayer did Moses offer in behalf of Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Pardon, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of this people</span></span> according +unto the greatness of Thy mercy, and as Thou hast forgiven +this people, from Egypt even until now.”</span> Num. 14:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What reply did the Lord immediately make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have pardoned according to thy word</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. When the prodigal son, in the parable, repented and +turned toward home, what did his father do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">had compassion</span></span>, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”</span> +Luke 15:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. How did the father show his joy at his son's return? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The father said to his servants, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Bring forth the best robe, +and put it on him</span></span>; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his +feet: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bring hither the +fatted calf, and kill it</span></span>; and let us eat, +and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he +was lost, and is found.”</span> Verses 22-24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What is felt in heaven when a sinner repents? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Likewise, I say unto you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there is joy in the presence of the +angels of God</span></span> over one sinner that repenteth.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What did Hezekiah say God had done with his sins? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but Thou hast +in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 38:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. How completely does God wish to separate sin from us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”</span> +Micah 7:19. <span class="tei tei-q">“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath +He removed our transgressions from us.”</span> Ps. 103:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How did the people respond to the preaching of John? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page095">[pg 095]</span><a name="Pg095" id="Pg095" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +region round about Jordan, and were baptized of him in Jordan, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">confessing their sins</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 3:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. How did some of the believers at Ephesus testify to the +sincerity of the confession of their sins? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And many that believed came, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">confessed, and showed +their deeds</span></span>. Many of them also which used curious arts <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">brought +their books together, and burned them before all men</span></span>: and they +counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of +silver.”</span> Acts 19:18, 19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. Through whom are repentance and forgiveness granted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The God of our fathers raised up <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Jesus</span></span>, whom ye slew and +hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with His right hand +to be a Prince and a Saviour, for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to give repentance</span></span> to Israel, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forgiveness of sins</span></span>.”</span> Acts 5:30, 31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. What is the only unpardonable sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy +shall be forgiven unto men: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the blasphemy against the Holy +Ghost</span></span> shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh +a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but +whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven +him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.”</span> +Matt. 12:31, 32. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As the Holy Spirit +is the agent that convicts of sin, and +brings the offer of pardon through the Word, the denial of the Spirit's +work is the refusal of pardon. In other words, the only unpardonable +sin is the sin which refuses to be pardoned. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. Upon what basis has Christ taught us to ask forgiveness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And forgive us our debts, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as we forgive our debtors</span></span>.”</span> Matt. +6:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What spirit must those cherish whom God forgives? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if ye forgive men their trespasses</span></span>, your Heavenly Father +will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, +neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”</span> Verses 14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. What exhortation is based on the fact that God has +forgiven us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forgiving +one another</span></span>, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”</span> +Eph. 4:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. In what condition is one whose sins are forgiven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessed</span></span> is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is +covered. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessed</span></span> is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth +not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.”</span> Ps. 32:1, 2. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page096">[pg 096]</span><a name="Pg096" id="Pg096" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc51" id="toc51"></a> +<a name="pdf52" id="pdf52"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Conversion, Or The New Birth</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus096.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ And Nicodemus. "Ye must be born again." John 3:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ And Nicodemus. +"Ye must be born again." John 3:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How did Jesus emphasize the necessity of conversion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Verily I say unto you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Except ye be converted</span></span>, and become +as little children, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall not enter +into the kingdom of heaven</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 18:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In what other statement did He teach the same truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Except a man be born again</span></span>, +he cannot see the kingdom of God.”</span> John 3:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How did he further explain the new birth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Except a +man be born of water and of the Spirit</span></span>, he cannot enter into the +kingdom of God.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. With what comparison did He illustrate the subject? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The wind</span></span> bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the +sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither +it goeth: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">so is every one that is born of the Spirit</span></span>.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What change is wrought in conversion, or the new birth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Even when we were dead in sins, hath <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">quickened</span></span> us together +with Christ, (by grace ye are saved).”</span> Eph. 2:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is one evidence of this change from death to life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page097">[pg 097]</span><a name="Pg097" id="Pg097" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we love the brethren</span></span>. He that loveth not his brother +abideth in death.”</span> 1 John 3:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. From what is a converted sinner saved? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from +the error of his way shall save a soul from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>, and shall hide a +multitude of sins.”</span> James 5:20. See Acts 26:14-18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. To whom are sinners brought by conversion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right +spirit within me.... Then will I teach transgressors Thy +ways; and sinners shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">converted unto Thee</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 51:10-13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. In what words to Peter did Jesus indicate the kind of +service a converted person should render to his brethren? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath +desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have +prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when thou art converted, +strengthen thy brethren</span></span>.”</span> Luke 22:31, 32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What other experience is associated with conversion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are +dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any +time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, +and should understand with their heart, and should be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">converted</span></span>, +and I should <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">heal them</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 13:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What gracious promise does God make to His people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will heal their backsliding</span></span>, I will love them freely: for +Mine anger is turned away from him.”</span> Hosea 14:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. By what means is this healing accomplished? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He [Christ] was wounded for our transgressions, He was +bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was +upon Him; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with His stripes we are healed</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 53:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What takes place when one is converted to Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore if any man is in Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he is a new creation</span></span>: +the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.”</span> +2 Cor. 5:17, R. V., margin. See Acts 9:1-22; 22:1-21; 26:1-23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What is the value of merely outward forms? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For in Christ Jesus <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither circumcision availeth anything, +nor uncircumcision</span></span>, but a new creature.”</span> Gal. 6:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Through what was the original creation wrought? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page098">[pg 098]</span><a name="Pg098" id="Pg098" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">By the word of the Lord</span></span> were the heavens made; and all the +host of them by the breath of His mouth.”</span> Ps. 33:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Through what instrumentality is conversion wrought? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the word of God</span></span>, which liveth and abideth forever.”</span> +1 Peter 1:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What change is wrought by beholding Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But we all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory +of the Lord, are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">changed into the same image</span></span> from glory to glory, +even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”</span> 2 Cor. 3:18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A beautiful statue once +stood in the market-place of an +Italian city. It was the statue of a Greek slave girl. It represented the +slave as tidy and well dressed. A ragged, uncombed little street child, +coming across the statue in her play one day, stopped and gazed at it in +admiration. She was captivated by it. She gazed long and lovingly. +Moved by a sudden impulse, she went home and washed her face and +combed her hair. Another day she stopped again before the statue and +admired it, and got a new idea. Next day her tattered clothes were +washed and mended. Each time she looked at the statue she found something +in its beauties to admire and copy, until she was a transformed child. +By beholding we become changed. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What are the evidences that one has been born of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every one +that doeth righteousness is born of Him</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“Beloved, let us love +one another: for love is of God; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every one that loveth is born +of God</span></span>, and knoweth God.”</span> 1 John 2:29; 4:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What is true of every one who believes in Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">born of +God</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What do those born of God not do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We know that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whosoever is born of God sinneth not</span></span>; but he +that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one +toucheth him not.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What indwelling power keeps such from sinning? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His +seed remaineth in him</span></span>: and he cannot sin, because he is born of +God.”</span> 1 John 3:9. See 1 John 5:4; Gen. 39:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What will be the experience of those born of the Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There is therefore now <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">no condemnation</span></span> to them which are +in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the +Spirit.”</span> Rom. 8:1. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page099">[pg 099]</span><a name="Pg099" id="Pg099" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus099.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Conversion Of Saul. "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks." Acts 9:5." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Conversion Of Saul. +"It is hard for thee to kick against +the pricks." Acts 9:5.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page100">[pg 100]</span><a name="Pg100" id="Pg100" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc53" id="toc53"></a> +<a name="pdf54" id="pdf54"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Baptism</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus100.png" alt="Illustration." title="Baptism Of Christ. "Thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness." Matt. 3:15." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Baptism Of Christ. +"Thus it becometh us to fulfil all +righteousness." Matt. 3:15.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What ordinance is closely associated with believing the +gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and +preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">baptized</span></span> shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be +damned.”</span> Mark 16:15, 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did the apostle Peter associate with baptism in +his instruction on the day of Pentecost? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Peter said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Repent</span></span>, and be baptized every +one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.”</span> +Acts 2:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In reply to his inquiry concerning salvation, what was +the Philippian jailer told to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ</span></span>, and thou +shalt be saved, and thy house.”</span> Acts 16:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What followed immediately after the jailer and his +family had accepted Christ as their Saviour? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page101">[pg 101]</span><a name="Pg101" id="Pg101" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he took them [Paul and Silas] the same hour of the +night, and washed their stripes; and was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">baptized</span></span>, he and all +his, straightway.”</span> Verse 33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In connection with Christian baptism, what is washed +away? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wash away thy sins</span></span>, calling on the name of the Lord.”</span> Acts +22:16. See Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 3:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. By what means are sins washed away? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in +His own blood</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 1:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Into whose name are believers to be baptized? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, +baptizing them into the name of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Father</span></span> +and of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Son</span></span> and +of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Holy Ghost</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 28:19, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. When believers are baptized into Christ, whom do they +put on? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">put on Christ</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 3:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Into what experience are those baptized who are baptized +into Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into +Jesus Christ were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">baptized into His death</span></span>?”</span> Rom. 6:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Baptism is a gospel +ordinance commemorating the </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">death</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">burial</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">resurrection</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +of Christ. In baptism public testimony is given +to the effect that the one baptized has been crucified with Christ, buried +with Him, and is raised with Him to walk in newness of life. Only one +mode of baptism can rightly represent these facts of experience, and that +is immersion,—the mode followed by Christ and the primitive church. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How is such a baptism described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore we are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">buried with him</span></span> by baptism into death: +that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of +the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”</span> +Verse 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How fully are we thus united with Christ in His experience +of death and resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if we have been <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">planted together</span></span> in the likeness of His +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>, we shall be also in +the likeness of His <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">resurrection</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 5. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page102">[pg 102]</span><a name="Pg102" id="Pg102" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What will follow this union with Christ in His death and +resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall +also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">live with Him</span></span>.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. In what working of God is faith to be exercised in connection +with baptism? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with +Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised +Him from the dead</span></span>.”</span> Col. 2:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. At the beginning of His ministry, what example did +Jesus set for the benefit of His followers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to +be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">baptized</span></span> of him.”</span> Matt. 3:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What remarkable experience attended the baptism of +Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up straightway +out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, +and He saw <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting +upon Him</span></span>: and lo a voice from heaven, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">This is My beloved +Son, in whom I am well pleased</span></span>.”</span> Verses 16, 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What promise is made to those who repent and are +baptized? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every +one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost</span></span>.”</span> Acts 2:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What question did the eunuch ask after Philip had +preached Jesus unto him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain +water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">what doth hinder +me to be baptized</span></span>?”</span> Acts 8:36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. In order to baptize the eunuch, where did Philip take +him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they went +down both into the water</span></span>, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized +him.”</span> Verse 38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How did the people of Samaria publicly testify to their +faith in the preaching of Philip? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page103">[pg 103]</span><a name="Pg103" id="Pg103" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they were baptized</span></span>, both men and women.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What instruction did the apostle Peter give concerning +the Gentiles who had believed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, +which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And +he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.</span></span>”</span> +Acts 10:47, 48. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How perfect is the unity into which believers are brought +by being baptized into Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all +the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so +also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">baptized into one +body</span></span>, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or +free; and have been all <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made to drink into one Spirit</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. +12:12, 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. After being united with Christ in the likeness of His +death and resurrection, what should the believer do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye then be risen with Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seek those things which are +above</span></span>, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”</span> Col. +3:1. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lord, in humble, sweet submission,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Here we meet to follow Thee,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Trusting in Thy great salvation,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Which alone can make us free.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Naught have we to claim as merit;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">All the duties we can do</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Can no crown of life inherit;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">All the praise to Thee is due.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Yet we come in Christian duty,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Down beneath the wave to go;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O the bliss! the heavenly beauty!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Christ the Lord was buried so.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 18.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Robert T. Daniel</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page104">[pg 104]</span><a name="Pg104" id="Pg104" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc55" id="toc55"></a> +<a name="pdf56" id="pdf56"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Reconciled To God</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus104.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jonah Preaching To The Ninevites. "Be ye reconciled to God." 2 Cor. 5:20." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jonah Preaching To The Ninevites. +"Be ye reconciled to God." +2 Cor. 5:20.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What message of entreaty has God sent to us through +his appointed messengers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God +did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be ye +reconciled to God</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 5:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Through whom is this reconciliation made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by Jesus Christ</span></span>, and hath given +to us the ministry of reconciliation.”</span> +Verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What was required in order to effect this reconciliation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the death of His Son</span></span>, much more, being reconciled, we shall be +saved by His life.”</span> Rom. 5:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What basis for reconciliation was made by Christ's death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Having made <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">peace</span></span> through the blood of His cross, by Him +to reconcile all things unto Himself.”</span> Col. 1:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Through whom is the reconciliation received? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We also joy in God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through our Lord Jesus Christ</span></span>, by +whom we have now received the atonement [reconciliation, +margin].”</span> Rom. 5:11. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page105">[pg 105]</span><a name="Pg105" id="Pg105" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. By what union does Christ reconcile both Jew and Gentile +to God through the cross? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And that He might reconcile both unto God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in one body</span></span> +by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.”</span> Eph. 2:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In what prophecy was the work of reconciliation foretold? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon +thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of +sins, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to make reconciliation for iniquity</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 9:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. In thus reconciling the world unto Himself, what attitude +did God take toward men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">not imputing their trespasses unto them</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 5:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What rendered it possible for God to treat sinners thus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every +one to his own way; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity +of us all</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 53:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What was Christ made, to release men from sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For He hath made Him to be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin</span></span> for us, who knew no sin; +that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”</span> +2 Cor. 5:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How was He treated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But He was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wounded</span></span> for +our transgressions, He was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bruised</span></span> +for our iniquities: the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">chastisement</span></span> of our peace was upon Him; +and with His <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">stripes</span></span> we are healed.”</span> Isa. 53:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What did John declare concerning Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold the Lamb of God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which +taketh away</span></span> [<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">beareth</span></span>, +margin] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sin of the world</span></span>.”</span> John 1:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. To what place did Christ carry these sins? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">on the tree</span></span>, +that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: +by whose stripes ye were healed.”</span> 1 Peter 2:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What is the great purpose of Christ in His work of +reconciliation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in +your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled in the +body of His flesh through death, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to present you holy and unblamable +and unreprovable in His sight</span></span>.”</span> Col. 1:21, 22. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page106">[pg 106]</span><a name="Pg106" id="Pg106" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc57" id="toc57"></a> +<a name="pdf58" id="pdf58"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Acceptance With God</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus106.png" alt="Illustration." title="Noah's Sacrifice. "He hath made us accepted in the Beloved." Eph. 1:6." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Noah's Sacrifice. +"He hath made us accepted in the +Beloved." Eph. 1:6.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. In whom has God made us accepted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, +who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings ... in +Christ: according as He hath chosen us in Him ... to +the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">accepted in the Beloved</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 1:3-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What great gift comes with our acceptance of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this is the will of Him that sent Me, that every one +which seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">everlasting +life</span></span>: and I will raise him up at the last day.”</span> John 6:40. +See also John 17:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What is the first and primary evidence of our acceptance +with God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If we receive the witness of men, the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">witness of God is +greater</span></span>: for this is the witness of God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which He hath testified of +His Son</span></span>.... And this is the record, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that God hath given +to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:9-11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The primary basis of all +faith and acceptance is the word of +God,—that which God Himself has +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">said</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">. To receive and believe this is +the first essential to salvation,—the first evidence of acceptance. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page107">[pg 107]</span><a name="Pg107" id="Pg107" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Why did John write his testimony concerning God's +love and purpose in giving Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These things have I written unto you that believe on the +name of the Son of God; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may know that ye have eternal +life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 13. <span class="tei tei-q">“These are written, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye might believe that Jesus is +the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life +through His name</span></span>.”</span> John 20:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What witness does the true believer in Christ have that +he is accepted of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that believeth on the Son of God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hath the witness in +himself</span></span>: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because +he believeth not the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">record</span></span> that God gave of His Son.”</span> +1 John 5:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Faith and feeling +should not be confounded. Faith is ours +to exercise in the Word of God, regardless of our feelings, and often in opposition +even to our feelings. Many fail to accept the pardon and assurance +of the acceptance of Heaven, because they do not take God at His +word, but instead turn their attention to their changeable moods and feelings. +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Faith</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> always precedes the +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">joyful feelings</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> which naturally result from +the assurance of forgiveness and acceptance. This order is never reversed. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How only do any become children of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye are all the children of God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by faith in Christ Jesus</span></span>.”</span> +Gal. 3:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is the foundation of faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the word of God</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 10:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What assurance has the believer of his union with God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Hereby know we that we dwell in Him, and He in us, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because +He hath given us of His Spirit</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 4:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What three definite witnesses of acceptance are mentioned +by John? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There are three that bear witness in earth, the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Spirit</span></span>, and +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">water</span></span>, and the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blood</span></span>: and these three agree in one.”</span> 1 John +5:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How does the Spirit witness to our acceptance with God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of His +Son into your hearts, crying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Abba, Father</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 4:6. <span class="tei tei-q">“The +Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the +children of God.”</span> Rom. 8:16. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page108">[pg 108]</span><a name="Pg108" id="Pg108" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus108.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Prodigal's Return. "This my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found." Luke 15:24." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Prodigal's Return. +"This my son was dead, and is alive again; +he was lost, and is found." Luke 15:24.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page109">[pg 109]</span><a name="Pg109" id="Pg109" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Of what is Christian baptism an evidence? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">put on Christ</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 3:27. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In baptism, the water +and the Spirit both bear witness of God's +acceptance. The same Spirit which, at Christ's baptism, said, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This is +My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> witnesses to the acceptance +of every sincere believer at his baptism. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. To what does the blood of Christ witness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.... +If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have +fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His +Son <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cleanseth us from all sin</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 1:4-7. <span class="tei tei-q">“In whom we +have redemption through His blood, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the forgiveness of sins</span></span>.”</span> +Eph. 1:7. See also Rev. 1:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. When may we find acceptance with God through Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I have heard thee <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in a time +accepted</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the day of salvation</span></span> +have I succored thee: behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">now is the accepted time</span></span>; +behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">now is the day of salvation</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 6:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. To whom, therefore, should we ascribe glory and honor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His +own blood</span></span>, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His +Father; to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”</span> +Rev. 1:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What is another evidence of divine acceptance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We know that we have passed from death unto life, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because +we love the brethren</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What blessed assurance is given all believers in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, +shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”</span> Phil. +4:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Arise, my soul, arise,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shake off thy guilty fears;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The bleeding Sacrifice</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">In my behalf appears;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Before the throne my Saviour stands,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">My name is written on His hands.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Five bleeding wounds He bears,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Received on Calvary;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">They pour effectual prayers,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">They strongly speak for me.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Forgive him, O, forgive! they cry,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor let the contrite sinner die!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 18.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Charles Wesley.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page110">[pg 110]</span><a name="Pg110" id="Pg110" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc59" id="toc59"></a> +<a name="pdf60" id="pdf60"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Justification By Faith</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus110.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Penitent Thief. "Thou shalt be with Me in paradise." Luke 23:43." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Penitent Thief. +"Thou shalt be with Me in paradise." +Luke 23:43.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is the ground of justification on God's part? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That being justified <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by His grace</span></span>, we should be made heirs +according to the hope of eternal life.”</span> Titus 3:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is the means through which this justifying grace is +made available to the sinner? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Much more then, being now justified <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by +His</span></span> [<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ's</span></span>] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blood</span></span>, +we shall be saved from wrath through Him.”</span> Rom. 5:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How is justification laid hold upon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by faith</span></span> +without the deeds of the law.”</span> Rom. 3:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What is the only way sinners may be justified, or made +righteous? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the +law, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the faith of Jesus Christ</span></span>, even we have believed in +Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, +and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law +shall no flesh be justified.”</span> Gal. 2:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What concrete example makes clear the meaning of this +doctrine? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He brought him [Abraham] forth abroad, and said, +Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page111">[pg 111]</span><a name="Pg111" id="Pg111" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +number them: and He said unto him, So shall thy seed be. +And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he believed in the Lord; +and He counted it to him for righteousness</span></span>.”</span> +Gen. 15:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How is the righteousness thus obtained described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And be found in Him, not having thine own righteousness, +which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the righteousness which is of God by faith</span></span>.”</span> Phil. 3:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Upon what basis is justification granted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gift</span></span>: for the +judgment was by one to condemnation, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the free gift</span></span> is of +many offenses unto justification.”</span> Rom. 5:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Upon what basis does the reward come to one who works? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of +grace, but of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">debt</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 4:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Upon what condition is faith reckoned for righteousness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But to him that worketh not, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">believeth on Him that +justifieth the ungodly</span></span>, his faith is counted for righteousness.”</span> +Verse 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How does grace, as the ground of justification, exclude +righteousness by works? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace +is no more grace</span></span>. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: +otherwise work is no more work.”</span> Rom. 11:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. In what way are both Jews and Gentiles to be justified? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Is He the God of the Jews only? is He not also of the Gentiles? +Yes, of the Gentiles also: seeing it is one God, which +shall justify the circumcision <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by faith</span></span>, and uncircumcision +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through faith</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 3:29, 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What statement testifies to Abraham's faith in God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; +but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">being fully +persuaded that what He had promised, He was able also to perform</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 4:20, 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What did this bring to him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it was imputed to him for righteousness</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How may we receive this same imputed righteousness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed +to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page112">[pg 112]</span><a name="Pg112" id="Pg112" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if we believe on Him that +raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead</span></span>.”</span> +Verses 23, 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Why must justifying faith lay hold upon both the death +and the resurrection of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">delivered for our offenses</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">was raised again for +our justification</span></span>.”</span> Verse 25. See 1 Cor. 15:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The resurrection of +Christ, the promised Seed (Gal. 3:16), +was necessary in order to fulfil to Abraham the promise of an innumerable +seed; and therefore Abraham's faith in the promise of God, which included +the resurrection, was reckoned to him for righteousness. His faith laid +hold upon that which made imputed righteousness possible. See Heb. +11:17-19. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What is inseparable from the experience of justification +by faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that +through this man is preached unto you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the forgiveness of sins</span></span>: +and by Him all that believe are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">justified from all things</span></span>, from +which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.”</span> Acts +13:38, 39. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. How has Christ made it possible for righteousness to +be imputed to the believer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, +so <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the obedience of one</span></span> shall many be made righteous.”</span> Rom. +5:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What prophetic declaration foretold this truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In the Lord</span></span> shall all the +seed of Israel be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">justified</span></span>, and shall +glory.”</span> Isa. 45:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What other prediction asserts the same great truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">By His knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many</span></span>; +for He shall bear their iniquities.”</span> Isa. 5:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What does the imputed righteousness of Christ enable +God to do, and still be just? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To declare, I say, at this time His righteousness: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that He +might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 3:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. By what name is Christ appropriately called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise +unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and +prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. +In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page113">[pg 113]</span><a name="Pg113" id="Pg113" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +and this is His name whereby He shall be called, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">The Lord Our +Righteousness</span></span>.”</span> Jer. 23:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What blessed experience follows upon the acceptance +of Christ as our righteousness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore being justified by faith, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we have peace with God</span></span> +through our Lord Jesus Christ.”</span> Rom. 5:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What does Christ thus become to the believer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is our peace</span></span>, who hath made both one, and hath +broken down the middle wall of partition between us.”</span> Eph. +2:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. On what basis is there no possibility of justification for +the sinner? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified +in His sight</span></span>: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”</span> Rom. +3:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. How does the death of Christ bear testimony to this? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I do not frustrate the grace of God: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if righteousness +come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 2:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What is proved by any attempt to be justified by the +law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ is become of no effect unto you</span></span>, whosoever of you are +justified by the law; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye are fallen from grace</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 5:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. Why did Israel fail to attain unto righteousness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, +hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of +the law.</span></span> For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone.”</span> Rom. +9:31, 32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. What is revealed by the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By the law is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the knowledge of sin</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 3:20 +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. What bears witness to the genuineness of the righteousness +obtained by faith, apart from the deeds of the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">being witnessed by the law and the prophets</span></span>.”</span> Verse 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +30. Does faith set aside the law of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Do we then make void the law through faith? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God forbid</span></span>: +yea, we <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">establish</span></span> the law.”</span> Verse 31. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page114">[pg 114]</span><a name="Pg114" id="Pg114" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +31. What scripture shows that the righteousness which is +received by grace through faith must not be made an excuse for +continuing in sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“What shall we say then? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Shall we continue in sin, that grace +may abound? God forbid.</span></span> How shall we, that are dead to sin, +live any longer therein?”</span> Rom. 6:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +32. Does faith exclude works? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faith without works +is dead</span></span>?”</span> James 2:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +33. What is the evidence of genuine, living faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Show me thy faith without thy works, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will show thee +my faith by my works</span></span>.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +34. What, then, are the visible proofs of genuine justification +by faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye see then how that by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">works</span></span> a man is justified, and not +by faith only.”</span> Verse 24. See also verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +35. What great exchange has been wrought for us in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; +that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”</span> +2 Cor. 5:21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Said Luther: +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Learn to know Christ and Him crucified. +Learn to sing a new song—to despair of your own works, and to cry unto +Him, Lord Jesus, Thou art my righteousness, and I am Thy sin. Thou +hast taken upon Thee what was mine, and given to me what was Thine; +what Thou wast not Thou becamest, that I might become what +I was not.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">D'Aubigne's</span></span> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">History of the Reformation</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">book 2, chap. 8</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Look upon Jesus, sinless is He;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Father, impute His life unto me.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">My life of scarlet, my sin and woe,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Cover with His life, whiter than snow.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Deep are the wounds transgression has made:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Red are the stains; my soul is afraid.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O to be covered, Jesus, with Thee,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Safe from the law that now judgeth me!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Longing the joy of pardon to know;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Jesus holds out a robe white as snow:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Lord, I accept it! leaving my own,</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Gladly I wear Thy pure life alone.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Reconciled by His death for my sin,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Justified by His life pure and clean,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sanctified by obeying His word,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Glorified when returneth my Lord.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 21.60em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">F. E. Belden.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page115">[pg 115]</span><a name="Pg115" id="Pg115" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc61" id="toc61"></a> +<a name="pdf62" id="pdf62"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Righteousness And Life</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus115.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Lord Our Righteousness. "He that hath the Son hath life." 1 John 5:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Lord Our Righteousness. +"He that hath the Son hath +life." 1 John 5:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is assured to the believer in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten +Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, +but have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">everlasting life</span></span>.”</span> John 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is revealed in the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For therein is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the righteousness of God</span></span> revealed from faith +to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”</span> Rom. +1:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What has Christ brought to light through the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who hath abolished death, and hath brought <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">life and immortality</span></span> +to light through the gospel.”</span> 2 Tim. 1:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How closely are righteousness and life thus united? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the way of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">righteousness</span></span> +is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">life</span></span>; and in the pathway +thereof there is no death.”</span> Prov. 12:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What does he find who follows after righteousness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">life</span></span>, righteousness, and honor.”</span> Prov. 21:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Through what does grace reign unto eternal life? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page117">[pg 117]</span><a name="Pg117" id="Pg117" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace +reign <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through righteousness</span></span> unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our +Lord.”</span> Rom. 5:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus116.png" alt="Illustration." title="Healing The Lame Man. "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk." Acts 3:6." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Healing The Lame Man. +"In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth +rise up and walk." Acts 3:6.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is the very life of the Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; +but the Spirit is life because of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">righteousness</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 8:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What are the commandments of God declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All Thy commandments are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">righteousness</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 119:172. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What did Jesus declare God's commandment to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I know that His commandment is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">life everlasting</span></span>.”</span> +John 12:50. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Life and righteousness are thus shown to be +inseparable. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What does the prophet Jeremiah declare Christ to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this is His name whereby He shall be called, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">The Lord +Our Righteousness</span></span>.”</span> Jer. 23:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What does Christ declare Himself to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am the way, the truth, and the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">life</span></span>.”</span> John 14:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How is righteousness received? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if by one man's offense death reigned by one; much +more they which receive abundance of grace and of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the gift of +righteousness</span></span> shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.”</span> Rom. +5:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How is eternal life bestowed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the wages of sin is death; but the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gift</span></span> of God is eternal +life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”</span> Rom. 6:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What did Moses set forth as the basis of righteousness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these +commandments</span></span> before the Lord our God, as He hath commanded +us.”</span> Deut. 6:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What did Christ indicate as essential to eternal life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto him, Why callest thou Me good? there +is none good but one, that is, God: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if thou wilt enter into +life, keep the commandments</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 19:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The righteousness of God, which +is obtained by faith in +Christ, brings with it the life of God, which is inseparably connected with +righteousness; and the life of God, which is bestowed upon man as a gift +through his faith in Christ, is a life of righteousness,—the righteousness, +or right-doing, of Christ. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page118">[pg 118]</span><a name="Pg118" id="Pg118" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc63" id="toc63"></a> +<a name="pdf64" id="pdf64"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Consecration</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus118.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Carpenter's Son. "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." Phil. 2:5." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Carpenter's Son. +"Let this mind be in you, which was also in +Christ Jesus." Phil. 2:5.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What offering did King Hezekiah command to be made +when he reestablished the worship of the temple? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Hezekiah commanded to offer the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">burnt offering</span></span> upon +the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the +Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments +ordained by David king of Israel.”</span> 2 Chron. 29:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. After the people had united in this service, how did +Hezekiah interpret its meaning? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Hezekiah answered and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Now ye have consecrated +yourselves unto the Lord</span></span>, come near and bring sacrifices +and thank-offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congregation +brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many +as were of a free heart burnt offerings.”</span> Verse 31. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The morning and +the evening burnt offering, or the continual +offering (Ex. 29:42), symbolized the daily consecration of the people +to the Lord. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How is this consecration urged upon all Christians? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page119">[pg 119]</span><a name="Pg119" id="Pg119" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, +that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable +unto God, which is your reasonable service.”</span> Rom. 12:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What is the continual sacrifice of praise declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Through Him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to +God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession +to His name.”</span> Heb. 13:15, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How is the service of consecration to be carried forward +by the Christian church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, +an holy priesthood, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to offer up spiritual sacrifices</span></span>, acceptable to +God by Jesus Christ.”</span> 1 Peter 2:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Who has set the example of complete consecration? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your +servant: even as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Son of man</span></span> came not to be ministered unto, +but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.”</span> Matt. +20: 27, 28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What position has Jesus taken among His brethren? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that +serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am among you as +he that serveth</span></span>.”</span> Luke 22:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. In what does likeness to Christ consist? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let this <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mind</span></span> be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”</span> +Phil. 2:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What did Christ's spirit of meekness and consecration +lead Him to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But made Himself of no reputation, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">took upon Him the +form of a servant</span></span>, and was made in the likeness of men.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. To what extent did Christ humble Himself? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, +and became obedient <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto death, even the death of the cross</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How does He exhort us to the same consecration? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me</span></span>; for I am meek +and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”</span> +Matt. 11:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What does He make the condition of discipleship? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page120">[pg 120]</span><a name="Pg120" id="Pg120" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not +all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple.”</span> Luke 14:33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What is proof that one does not belong to Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.”</span> +Rom. 8:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How should he walk who professes to abide in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that saith he abideth in Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ought himself also so to +walk, even as He walked</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 2:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Do we belong to ourselves? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Know ye not that ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye are not your own</span></span>? for ye +are bought with a price.”</span> 1 Cor. 6:19, 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What are we therefore exhorted to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">glorify God in your body, and in your spirit</span></span>, +which are God's.”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Our time, strength, and +means are God's, and should be +given to His service. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Of what are the bodies of Christians the temple? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“What? know ye not that your body is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the temple of the +Holy Ghost</span></span> which is in you, which ye have of God?”</span> Verse 19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. When truly consecrated, for what is one ready? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I +send, and who will go for us? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Then said I, Here am I; send me.</span></span>”</span> +Isa. 6:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How is this willingness for service otherwise expressed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their +masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 123:2. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Take my life, and let it be</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Consecrated, Lord, to Thee!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Take my hands, and let them move</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">At the impulse of Thy love.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Take my feet, and let them be</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Swift and beautiful for Thee;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Take my voice, and let me sing</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Always, only, for my King.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Take my will, and make it Thine:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It shall be no longer mine!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Take my heart,—it is Thine own,—It</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">shall be Thy royal throne.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 14.40em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Frances Ridley Havergal.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page121">[pg 121]</span><a name="Pg121" id="Pg121" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc65" id="toc65"></a> +<a name="pdf66" id="pdf66"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Bible Election</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus121.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Ten Virgins. "They that were ready went in with him to the marriage." Matt. 25:10." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Ten Virgins. +"They that were ready went in with him to +the marriage." Matt. 25:10.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What does the apostle Peter admonish us to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore ... brethren, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">give diligence to make your +calling and election sure</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 1:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This text at +once reveals the fact that our salvation, so far +as our own individual cases are concerned, is dependent upon our own +action. We are elected to be saved; but we are to give diligence to make +this election </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sure</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. If we do not, it will not meet its purpose in our case, +and we shall be lost. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What admonition given by Christ teaches the same +truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, I come quickly: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hold that fast which thou hast, +that no man take thy crown</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 3:11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Crowns have been prepared +for each of the finally redeemed. +Every soul is a candidate in the race for eternal life, and hence for a +crown. Faith in Jesus, and perseverance to the end, will hold it fast. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Upon what condition is the crown of life promised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be thou faithful unto death</span></span>, and I will give thee a crown of +life.”</span> Rev. 2:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In whom, and from what time, have we been chosen unto +holiness and salvation? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page122">[pg 122]</span><a name="Pg122" id="Pg122" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“According as He hath chosen us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in Him</span></span> +[<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ</span></span>] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">before the +foundation of the world</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 1:4, first part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is the character of those thus chosen before the +foundation of the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That we should be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy</span></span> and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without blemish</span></span> before Him in +love.”</span> Same verse, last part, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. To what has God foreordained those who attain to this +character? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Having foreordained us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto adoption as sons</span></span> through +Jesus Christ unto Himself.”</span> Verse 5, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. According to what does God call us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And we know that all things work together for good to +them that love God, to them who are the called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">according to +His purpose</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 8:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. According to what have we been predestinated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Being predestinated <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">according to the purpose of Him who +worketh all things after the counsel of His own will</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 1:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How many does God desire to be saved? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Who will have all men to be saved</span></span>, and to come unto the +knowledge of the truth.”</span> 1 Tim. 2:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Upon what condition is salvation offered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ</span></span>, and thou shalt be saved.”</span> +Acts 16:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. For how long must this faith be preserved in order to +bring final salvation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that shall endure unto the end</span></span>, the same shall be saved.”</span> +Matt. 24:13. See James 1:12; Rev. 2:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What scripture is sometimes cited as evidence that God +is arbitrary in His dealings with men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore hath He mercy on whom He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">will</span></span> have mercy, +and whom He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">will</span></span> He hardeneth.”</span> Rom. 9:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. But what other scripture shows with whom God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wills</span></span> +to be merciful, and with whom otherwise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“With the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">merciful</span></span> Thou +wilt show Thyself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">merciful</span></span>; with +an <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">upright</span></span> man Thou wilt show +Thyself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">upright</span></span>; with the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pure</span></span> +Thou wilt show Thyself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pure</span></span>; and +with the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">froward</span></span> Thou wilt +show Thyself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">froward</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 18:25, 26. See also Isa. 55:7. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page123">[pg 123]</span><a name="Pg123" id="Pg123" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—God wills that +men shall be saved. He has foreordained +the characters that will entitle men to salvation, +but He does not </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">compel</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +any one to receive Christ, possess this character, and be saved. This is a +matter of individual choice. By His mighty acts and judgments in Egypt, +God </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">hardened Pharaoh's heart.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Ex. 7:3, 13, 22. But the same manifestations +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">softened</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> the hearts of others. The difference was in the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">hearts</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +and in the way God's message and dealings were received; not in God. +The same sun which melts the wax hardens the clay. Ex. 8:32 says +that Pharaoh hardened his own heart. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What, on man's part, is essential to salvation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Choose</span></span> ye this day whom ye will serve.”</span> Joshua 24:15. +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">willeth to do +His will</span></span>, he shall know of the teaching.”</span> +John 7:17, R. V. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Believe</span></span> on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou +shalt be saved.”</span> Acts 16:31. <span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">will</span></span>, let him take +the water of life freely.”</span> Rev. 22:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A man once +wished to join a certain church, but said he +could not do so on account of the views this church held on the subject +of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">election.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The minister to whom he was sent for help and enlightenment, +failing to make the matter clear, an old colored man, a layman, came +to the rescue, and said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Brother, this is the very easiest thing in the +church. You see, it is like this: The votin' is goin' on all the time; and +God, He is votin' for you; and the devil, he is votin' agin you; and whichever +way </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">you</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> vote, that is the way the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">election</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> goes.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Commenting +upon this incident, Rev. Wilbur Chapman, the noted evangelist, says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I have +studied theology some myself, and graduated at a theological seminary; +but I never got anything quite so good as that.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. In what fact may every believer rejoice? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But rejoice <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that your names are written in heaven</span></span>.”</span> Luke +10:20, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Whose names are to be retained in the book of life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that overcometh</span></span>, ... I will not blot out his name +out of the book of life.”</span> Rev. 3:5. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O, happy day! that fixed my choice</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">On Thee, My Saviour and my God;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Well may this glowing heart rejoice,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And tell its raptures all abroad.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis done, the great transaction's done;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">I am my Lord's, and he is mine;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">He drew me, and I followed on,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Charmed to confess the voice divine.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Now rest, my long-divided heart,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Fixed on this blissful center rest;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor ever from thy Lord depart,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With Him of every good possessed.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 14.40em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Philip Doddridge</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page124">[pg 124]</span><a name="Pg124" id="Pg124" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc67" id="toc67"></a> +<a name="pdf68" id="pdf68"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Bible Sanctification</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus124.png" alt="Illustration." title="Moses At The Burning Bush. "The place whereon thou standest is holy ground." Ex. 3:5." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Moses At The Burning Bush. +"The place whereon thou standest is holy +ground." Ex. 3:5.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What inspired prayer sets the standard of Christian +experience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the very God of peace <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sanctify you wholly</span></span>; and I pray +God your whole <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spirit</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">soul</span></span> and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">body</span></span> be preserved <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blameless</span></span> +unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”</span> 1 Thess. 5:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How necessary is the experience of sanctification? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without which no man shall see the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 12:14, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What encouragement is held out as an aid in attaining +this experience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this is the will of God</span></span>, even your sanctification.”</span> +1 Thess. 4:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Whatever is the +will of God concerning us can be realized in +our experience if our wills are in harmony with His will. It is therefore +a matter of great encouragement to know that our sanctification is included +in the will of God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What distinct purpose did Christ have in giving Himself +for the church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the +church, and gave Himself for it; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that He might sanctify and +cleanse it</span></span> with the washing of water by the word.”</span> Eph. 5:25, +26. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page125">[pg 125]</span><a name="Pg125" id="Pg125" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What kind of church would He thus be able to present +to Himself? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That He might present it to Himself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a glorious church, +not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing</span></span>; but that it should +be holy and without blemish.”</span> Verse 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. In the experience of sanctification, what attitude must +one assume toward the truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation +through sanctification of the Spirit and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">belief of the truth</span></span>.”</span> +2 Thess. 2:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What instruction shows that sanctification is a progressive +work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">grow</span></span> in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and +Saviour Jesus Christ.”</span> 2 Peter 3:18. See chap. 1:5-7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What description of the apostle Paul's experience is in +harmony with this? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Brethren, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I count not myself to have apprehended</span></span>: but this +one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and +reaching forth unto those things which are before, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I press toward +the mark</span></span> of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”</span> +Phil. 3:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. By what is this cleansing from sin and fitting for God's +service accomplished? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an +heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the +flesh: how much more shall the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blood of Christ</span></span>, who through the +eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">purge your +conscience from dead works to serve the living God</span></span>?”</span> Heb. 9:13, +14. See also chap. 10:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What change is thus brought about? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And be not conformed to this world: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be ye transformed +by the renewing of your mind</span></span>, that ye may prove what is that +good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”</span> Rom. 12:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Can any one boast of sinlessness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the +truth is not in us.”</span> 1 John 1:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What are we exhorted by the prophet to seek? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page126">[pg 126]</span><a name="Pg126" id="Pg126" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +wrought His judgment; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seek righteousness, seek meekness</span></span>: it may +be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.”</span> Zeph. 2:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. In whose name should everything be done? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">do all in the name of +the Lord Jesus</span></span>.”</span> Col. 3:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. In all we do, whose glory should we have in view? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">do all to the glory of God</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 10:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What classes of persons are necessarily shut out of the +kingdom of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, +nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance +in the kingdom of Christ and of God.”</span> Eph. 5:5. <span class="tei tei-q">“Know ye +not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? +Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, +nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, +nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, +shall inherit the kingdom of God.”</span> 1 Cor. 6:9, 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What must be crucified and eliminated from our lives +if we would be holy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; +fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, +and covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things' +sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.”</span> +Col. 3:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. When purged from these sins, in what condition is a +man, and for what is he prepared? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If a man therefore purge himself from these, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall be a +vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the Master's use, and +prepared unto every good work</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 2:21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Sanctification +is the term used to describe the work of +God the Holy Ghost upon the character of those who are justified. We +are justified in order that we may be sanctified, and we are sanctified in +order that we may be glorified. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Whom He justified, them He also glorified.' +Rom. 8:30. The grace of God is given to make us holy, and so to +fit us for God's presence in eternity; for 'without holiness no man shall see +the Lord.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Heb. 12:14.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Catholic Religion</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Episcopal</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">), </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">by Rev. +Vernon Staley, page 327</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page127">[pg 127]</span><a name="Pg127" id="Pg127" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc69" id="toc69"></a> +<a name="pdf70" id="pdf70"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Importance Of Sound Doctrine</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus127.png" alt="Illustration." title="Ezra Reading The Law. "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." 1 Thess. 5:21." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Ezra Reading The Law. +"Prove all things; hold fast that which +is good." 1 Thess. 5:21.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Does it matter what one believes, so long as he is sincere? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation +through sanctification of the Spirit <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and belief of the truth</span></span>.”</span> +2 Thess. 2:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Doctrine affects the +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">life</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. Truth leads to life and God; error +to death and destruction. No one would think of saying it matters not +what </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">god</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> one worships, so long as he is sincere, any more than he would +think of saying it matters not what one </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">eats</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> or +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">drinks</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, so long as he </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">relishes</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +what he eats and drinks; or what </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">road</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> he +travels, so long as he </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">thinks</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> he is +on the right road. Sincerity is a virtue; but it is not the test of sound doctrine. +God wills that we shall know the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">truth</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and He has made provision +whereby we may know what is truth. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Did Joshua think it immaterial what God Israel served? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve Him in sincerity +and in truth: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">put away the gods which your fathers served on +the other side of the flood and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord</span></span>. +And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this +day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers +served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of +the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as for me and my house, +we will serve the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Joshua 24:14, 15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The influence of +all idolatrous worship is degrading. See +Rom. 1:21-32; Numbers 15; 1 Cor. 10:20; 1 John 5:21. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page128">[pg 128]</span><a name="Pg128" id="Pg128" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How may we determine the truthfulness of any doctrine? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Prove all things</span></span>; hold fast that which is good.”</span> 1 Thess. +5:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. By what should we test, or prove, all doctrine? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">To the law and to the testimony</span></span>: if they speak not according +to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”</span> Isa. 8:20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Bible is +the test of all doctrine. Whatever does not +harmonize and square with this, is not to be received. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There is but one +standard of the everlastingly right and the everlastingly wrong, and that +is the Bible.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">T. De Witt Talmage.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Of what kind of doctrines should we beware? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, +and carried about with every <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wind of doctrine</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 4:14. +See also Heb. 13:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is a <span class="tei tei-q">“wind of doctrine”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the prophets shall become <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wind</span></span>; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the word is not +in them</span></span>.”</span> Jer. 5:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Calling a doctrine +a wind of doctrine does not make it such. +That is a wind of doctrine which is not sustained by the Word of God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. For what is all scripture profitable? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">profitable +for doctrine</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What advice was given to Timothy while preparing for +the gospel ministry? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doctrine</span></span>.... Take heed unto +thyself, and unto the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doctrine</span></span>.”</span> +1 Tim. 4:13-16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What solemn charge was given him concerning his public +work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus +Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing +and His kingdom; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Preach the word; ... reprove, rebuke, +exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 4:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Why did the apostle say this duty was so imperative? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine</span></span>; +but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves +teachers, having itching ears; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and they shall turn away their ears +from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables</span></span>.”</span> Verses 3, 4. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page129">[pg 129]</span><a name="Pg129" id="Pg129" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What similar instruction was given to Titus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But speak thou the things which become <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sound doctrine</span></span>: +... in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in doctrine showing uncorruptness</span></span>, gravity, sincerity.”</span> Titus +2:1-7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What will sound doctrine enable the faithful teacher +to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, +that he may be able <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince +the gainsayers</span></span>.”</span> Titus 1:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What danger attends the teaching of false doctrine? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the +resurrection is past already; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">overthrow the faith of some</span></span>.”</span> +2 Tim. 2:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Who are the disciples of Jesus, and what gracious work +does the truth do for those who receive it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If ye continue in My word</span></span>, then are ye My disciples indeed; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall know the truth, and +the truth shall make you free</span></span>.”</span> +John 8:31, 32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Through what are they to be sanctified? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Sanctify them through <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy truth</span></span>: Thy word is truth.”</span> +John 17:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What kind of worship results from false teaching? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">But in vain they do worship Me</span></span>, teaching for doctrines the +commandments of men.”</span> Matt. 15:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Can we close our ears to truth, and remain innocent +before God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even +his prayer shall be abomination</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 28:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What did Christ say of those who will to do God's will? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any man willeth to do His will, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall know of the teaching</span></span>, +whether it be of God, or whether I speak from Myself.”</span> +John 7:17, R. V. See also Ps. 25: 9; John 8:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What will God allow to come to those who reject truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Because they receive not the love of the truth, that they +might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">strong +delusion</span></span>, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page130">[pg 130]</span><a name="Pg130" id="Pg130" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”</span> +2 Thess. 2:10-12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. By what doctrines are some to be misled in the last +days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times +some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doctrines of devils</span></span>.”</span> 1 Tim. 4:1. See 2 Peter 2:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What fate awaits blind teachers and their followers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And +if the blind lead the blind, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">both +shall fall into the ditch</span></span>.”</span> Matt. +15:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. To whom will the gates of the heavenly city finally be +opened? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Open ye the gates, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the righteous nation which keepeth +the truth</span></span> may enter in.”</span> Isa. 26:2. See also Rev. 22:14. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Truth is the gem for which we seek,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">O tell us where shall it be found!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For this we search, and pray, and weep,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That truth may in our hearts abound.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We want the truth on every point,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We want it all to practise by;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Do thou, O Lord, our eyes anoint</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With a fresh unction from on high.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 21.60em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Charlotte Haskins.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page131">[pg 131]</span><a name="Pg131" id="Pg131" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc71" id="toc71"></a> +<a name="pdf72" id="pdf72"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Present Truth</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus131.png" alt="Illustration." title="Nehemiah Viewing The Ruins Of Jerusalem. "And they said, Let us rise up and build." Neh. 2:18." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Nehemiah Viewing The Ruins +Of Jerusalem. +"And they said, Let us rise up and +build." Neh. 2:18.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. By what are men sanctified? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Sanctify them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through Thy truth</span></span>: Thy word is truth.”</span> +John 17:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. To what knowledge would God have all men come? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who will have all men to be saved, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to come unto the +knowledge of the truth</span></span>.”</span> 1 Tim. 2:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. After receiving a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">knowledge</span></span> of the truth, what must one +do in order to be sanctified by it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation +through sanctification of the Spirit and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">belief of the truth</span></span>.”</span> +2 Thess. 2:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. And what besides a mere belief in the truth is necessary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, +through sanctification of the Spirit, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto obedience</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter +1:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What effect does obedience to the truth have? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Seeing <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth</span></span> through +the Spirit.”</span> Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How should the truth ever be cherished? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Buy the truth, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sell it not</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 23:23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That is, buy the +truth at whatever sacrifice or cost, and sell +it under no consideration. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page132">[pg 132]</span><a name="Pg132" id="Pg132" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Does the Bible recognize what may be called <span class="tei tei-q">“present +truth”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in +remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be +established in the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">present truth</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 1:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Some truths are +applicable in all ages, and are therefore +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">present</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> truth for every generation; others are of a special character, and +are applicable to only one generation. They are none the less important, +however, because of this; for upon their acceptance or rejection depends +the salvation or loss of the people of that generation. Of this kind was +Noah's message of a coming flood. To the generation to whom it was +preached that message was </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">present truth</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; to later generations it has been +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">past truth</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and not a present, testing message. Similarly, had the first +advent message of John the Baptist, of the Messiah at hand, been proclaimed +in the generation either before or after John's time, it would +not have been applicable—would not have been </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">present truth</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. The people +of the generation before would not have lived to see it fulfilled, and +to those living after, it would have been wrongly timed. Not so with +general truths, such as love, faith, hope, repentance, obedience, justice, +and mercy. These are always in season, and of a saving nature at all +times. Present truths, however, always include all these, and hence are +saving in character, and of vital importance. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What was the special message for Noah's day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God said unto Noah, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The end of all flesh is come</span></span> before +Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; +and, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an +ark of gopherwood.</span></span>”</span> Gen. 6:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How did Noah show his faith in this message? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, +moved with fear, prepared an ark</span></span> to the saving of his house; by +the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the +righteousness which is by faith.”</span> Heb. 11:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How many were saved in the ark? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, +while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">eight souls +were saved by water</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 3:20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Doubtless many who +were lost in the flood held, in a nominal +way, to faith in God; but the test as to the genuineness of this came with +Noah's special message; and the difference between their faith and his was +made plain when they rejected the saving truth for that time,—the warning +message concerning the coming flood. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What special message was given to Jonah for Nineveh? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the +word of the Lord.... And Jonah began to enter into +the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Yet forty days, +and Nineveh shall be overthrown</span></span>.”</span> Jonah 3:3, 4. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page133">[pg 133]</span><a name="Pg133" id="Pg133" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What saved the people from the predicted overthrow? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So the people of Nineveh <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">believed</span></span> God, and proclaimed a +fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the +least of them.... And God saw their works, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they +turned from their evil way</span></span>; and God repented of the evil, that He +had said that He would do unto them; and He did it not.”</span> +Verses 5-10. See Jer. 18:7-10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—So likewise +would God have spared the antediluvian world +had they received Noah's message, and turned from their evil ways. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What was the special mission of John the Baptist? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. +The same came for a witness, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to bear witness of the Light</span></span>, that all +men through Him might believe.”</span> John 1:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What answer did he return when asked concerning his +mission? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make +straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias</span></span>.”</span> Verse 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What did Christ say of those who rejected John's +message? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the Pharisees and lawyers <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rejected the counsel of God +against themselves</span></span>, being not baptized of him.”</span> Luke 7:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What did those do who were baptized of John? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And all the people that heard Him, and the publicans, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">justified God</span></span>, being baptized with the baptism of John.”</span> +Verse 29. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That is, they +honored God by this act, which showed their +faith in His truth for that time. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Did God's chosen people receive Christ when He came? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He came unto His own, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His own received Him not</span></span>.”</span> +John 1:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What reason did they give for not receiving Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We know that God spake unto Moses: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as for this fellow, +we know not from whence He is</span></span>.”</span> John 9:29. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That was the +trouble; they had no faith in anything new. +They </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">knew</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> that God spoke by Moses: it required little faith to believe that. +They felt perfectly safe in accepting him, for everything had demonstrated +that he was sent of God. All could see that. But here was One whom, +although He had come in fulfilment of the prophecies of Moses and +the prophets as their long-looked-for Messiah, they felt there was a +risk in accepting, because they did not understand the prophecies +relating to Him, and time had not worked out to their satisfaction the +truthfulness of His claims. It required too much </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">faith</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, as against their +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page134">[pg 134]</span><a name="Pg134" id="Pg134" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +desire to walk by </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sight</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, to accept Christ. It also called for a change of +views in some things, and a reformation in life. So they rejected Him. +They believed in the flood, faith in which had saved Noah; they believed +in Elijah also, and professed faith in all the prophets; but when it came +to this special truth for their time, they refused to accept it. Thus it +has been in all ages, and thus we may expect it to continue to be to +the end. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How did Christ say those who rejected Him reasoned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers +of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of +our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in +the blood of the prophets.”</span> Matt. 23:29, 30. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—While +they condemned the action of their fathers in slaying +the prophets whom God had sent with messages of reproof and warning +applicable to those times, they soon filled up the measure of the iniquity +of their fathers by putting to death the Son of God. This showed that +they would have done as did their fathers had they lived in their day. +Thus we see that present truths are testing truths. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What was the result of the Jews' not accepting Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept +over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this +thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">now they +are hid from thine eyes</span></span>.”</span> Luke 19:41, 42. <span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, your house +is left unto you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">desolate</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 23:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. Is there to be a special message for the last days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye +think not the Son of man cometh. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Who then is a faithful and +wise servant</span></span>, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to give them meat in due season</span></span>?”</span> Matt. 24:44, 45. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In the +last days a message will go forth which will be </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">meat +in due season</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> to the people. This must be the warning concerning the +Lord's soon coming, and the preparation necessary to meet Him. Because +such a message was not always preached, is no evidence that it is +not now to be proclaimed. In his farewell address to the Pilgrim Fathers +on their departure from Holland for America, John Robinson said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +Lord knoweth whether I shall ever see your faces more; but whether the +Lord hath appointed that or not, I charge you before God and His blessed +angels to follow me no farther than I have followed Christ. If God should +reveal anything to you by any other instrument of His, be as ready to +receive it as you ever were to receive any truth by my ministry; for I am +very confident that the Lord hath more truth and light yet to break forth +out of His Holy Word. For my part, I cannot sufficiently bewail the condition +of the Reformed churches, who are come to a period in religion, and +will go no farther than the instruments of their reformation. The Lutherans +cannot be drawn to go any farther than what Luther saw; and the +Calvinists, you see, stick fast where they were left by that great man of +God, who yet saw not all things. This is a misery much to be lamented; +for though they were burning and shining lights in their time, yet they +penetrated not into the whole counsel of God, but were they now living, +would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page135">[pg 135]</span><a name="Pg135" id="Pg135" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What does Christ say of that servant who, when He +comes, is found giving <span class="tei tei-q">“meat in due season”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessed</span></span> is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall +find so doing.”</span> Verse 46. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The coming of +Christ in glory has been the hope of the +faithful in all ages. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Luther declared: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I persuade myself verily, that the day of judgment +will not be absent full three hundred years. God will not, cannot, suffer +this wicked world much longer. The great day is drawing near in which +the kingdom of abominations shall be overthrown.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Melanchthon said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This aged world is not far from its end.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Calvin bade Christians </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">not to hesitate, ardently desiring the day of +Christ's coming as of all events most auspicious;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and declared that </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the +whole human family of the faithful will keep in view that day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">We +must hunger after Christ, we must seek, contemplate,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> he adds, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">till the +dawning of that great day, when our Lord will fully manifest the glory of +His kingdom.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Said Knox, the Scotch Reformer: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Has not our Lord Jesus carried +up our flesh into heaven? and shall He not return? We know that He shall +return, and that with expedition.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Ridley and Latimer, who laid down their lives for the truth, looked +in faith for the Lord's coming. Ridley wrote: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The world without doubt—this +I do believe, and therefore I say it—draws to an end.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Said Baxter: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The thoughts of the coming of the Lord are most sweet +and joyful to me. It is the work of faith and the character of His saints +to love His appearing, and to look for that blessed hope.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What will be the burden of the closing gospel message? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His +judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and +earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.... Babylon +is fallen, is fallen.... If any man worship the beast +and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his +hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God.”</span> +Rev. 14:7-10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. How are those described who accept this message? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep +the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. How earnestly is this work to be prosecuted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways +and hedges, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and compel them to come in</span></span>, that my house may +be filled.”</span> Luke 14:23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This work is +now going on. In every part of the world the +sound of this closing gospel message is being heard, and the people are +being urged to accept it, and to prepare for Christ's coming and kingdom. +See readings on pages 251-263. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page136">[pg 136]</span><a name="Pg136" id="Pg136" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc73" id="toc73"></a> +<a name="pdf74" id="pdf74"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Obedience Of Faith</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus136.png" alt="Illustration." title="Abraham Entering The Promised Land. "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out ... obeyed." Heb. 11:8." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Abraham Entering The +Promised Land. +"By faith Abraham, when he was called to +go out ... obeyed." Heb. 11:8.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What did the Lord command Abraham to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the Lord had said unto Abram, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Get thee out of thy +country</span></span>, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto a land that I will show thee</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 12:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How did Abraham respond to this command? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">So Abram departed</span></span>, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and +Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old +when he departed out of Haran.”</span> Verse 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Of what was Abraham's obedience the fruit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faith</span></span> Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out +unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he +went out, not knowing whither he went.”</span> Heb. 11:8, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What command did the Lord later give to Abraham? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom +thou lovest</span></span>, and get thee into the land of Moriah; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and offer him +therefor a burnt offering</span></span> upon one of the mountains which I will +tell thee of.”</span> Gen. 22:2. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page137">[pg 137]</span><a name="Pg137" id="Pg137" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Upon what ground were the previous promises then renewed +to Abraham? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And said, By Myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because +thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, +thine only son</span></span>: that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying +I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and +as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall +possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the +nations of the world be blessed; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because thou hast obeyed My +voice</span></span>.”</span> Verses 16-18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What enabled Abraham to endure the test? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faith</span></span> Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: +and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten +son.”</span> Heb. 11:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Of what were the works of Abraham an evidence? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Was not Abraham our father <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">justified</span></span> by works, when he +had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?”</span> James 2:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. By his works what was shown to be perfect? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by works +was faith made perfect</span></span>?”</span> Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. In what statement of the scripture was Abraham's +obedience really implied? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Abraham believed +God</span></span>, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and +he was called the Friend of God.”</span> Verse 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What kind of faith avails with God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, +nor uncircumcision; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faith which worketh by love</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 5:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The faith which +justifies is the faith which works. Those +who say, and do not, are not men of faith. The obedience which is pleasing +to God is the fruit of that faith which takes God at His word, and submits +to the working of His power, being fully assured that what He has promised +He is able also to perform. This is the faith which is reckoned for righteousness. +See Rom. 4:21, 22. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. For what purpose is the mystery of the gospel made +manifest? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But now [the mystery] is made manifest, and by the scriptures +of the prophets, according to the commandment of the +everlasting God, made known to all nations <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for the obedience of +faith</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 16:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. For what purpose is the grace of Christ received? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page138">[pg 138]</span><a name="Pg138" id="Pg138" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Through whom we received grace and apostleship, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto +obedience of faith</span></span> among all the nations, for His name's sake.”</span> +Rom. 1:5, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What example of obedience has Christ set for us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">became obedient unto death</span></span>, even the death of the cross.”</span> +Phil. 2:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. At what cost did even He learn the lesson of obedience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Though He were a Son, yet <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">learned He obedience by the +things which He suffered</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 5:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. To whom did Christ become the author of salvation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal +salvation <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto all them that obey Him</span></span>.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How complete should this obedience be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth +itself against the knowledge of God, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bringing into +captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 10:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What effect did the preaching of the apostles have upon +the hearers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the word of God increased; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the number of the +disciples multiplied</span></span> in Jerusalem greatly; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and a great company +of the priests were obedient to the faith</span></span>.”</span> Acts 6:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What effect did the preaching of the apostle Paul have +upon the Gentiles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which +Christ hath not wrought by me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to make the Gentiles obedient, +by word and deed</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 15:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How highly does God regard obedience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt +offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? +Behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to obey is better than sacrifice, and to harken than the fat of +rams</span></span>.”</span> 1 Sam. 15:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. With what sins are rebellion and stubbornness classed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For rebellion is as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sin of witchcraft</span></span>, and stubbornness +is as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">iniquity</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">idolatry</span></span>. +Because thou hast rejected the word +of the Lord, He hath also rejected thee from being king.”</span> +Verse 23. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page139">[pg 139]</span><a name="Pg139" id="Pg139" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus139.png" alt="Illustration." title="Ruth And Naomi. "Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God." Ruth 1:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Ruth And Naomi. +"Thy people shall be my people, and thy +God my God." Ruth 1:16.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page140">[pg 140]</span><a name="Pg140" id="Pg140" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. Whose voice had more weight with Saul than had the +commandment of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have +transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: +because <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I feared the people, and obeyed their voice</span></span>.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What charge did Jesus bring against the Pharisees? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, Full well <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye reject the commandment +of God, that ye may keep your own tradition</span></span>.”</span> Mark 7:9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Human tradition is +simply the voice of man preserved in the +church. To follow the traditions of men instead of obeying the commandments +of God is to repeat the sin of Saul. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What will be the fate of those who do not obey the gospel +of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord +Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in +flaming fire <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that +obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ</span></span>.”</span> 2 Thess. 1:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. What condition is attained in obeying the truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Seeing ye have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">purified your souls in obeying the truth</span></span> +through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that +ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.”</span> 1 Peter 1:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What promise is made to the obedient? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye be willing and obedient, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall eat the good of the +land</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 1:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. Whose example are we urged to imitate? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That ye be not slothful, but followers of them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who through +faith and patience inherit the promises</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 6:12. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To obey is better than sacrifice, the Lord hath said;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To harken when He commandeth, than an offering made.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">All ye who say, </span><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There is naught to do since Christ doth save,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Remember what He commands you in the Book He gave.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Remember only the doers of the word are blessed;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis well to hear and believe it, but to do is best.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">F. E. Belden.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page141">[pg 141]</span><a name="Pg141" id="Pg141" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc75" id="toc75"></a> +<a name="pdf76" id="pdf76"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part IV. Life, Parables, and Miracles of Christ</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page142">[pg 142]</span><a name="Pg142" id="Pg142" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus142.png" alt="Illustration." title="Immanuel—God With Us. "In the beginning was the Word.... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us." John 1:1-14. "He Was Wounded For Our Transgressions, He Was Bruised For Our Iniquities: The Chastisement Of Our Peace Was Upon Him; And With His Stripes We Are Healed." Isa. 53:5." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Immanuel—God With Us. +"In the beginning was the Word.... And the Word +was made flesh, and dwelt among us." John 1:1-14. +"He Was Wounded For Our Transgressions, He Was Bruised +For Our Iniquities: The Chastisement Of Our Peace Was Upon +Him; And With His Stripes We Are Healed." Isa. 53:5.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page143">[pg 143]</span><a name="Pg143" id="Pg143" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc77" id="toc77"></a> +<a name="pdf78" id="pdf78"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Birth, Childhood, And Early +Life Of Christ</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus143.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Flight Into Egypt. "Arise, ... and flee into Egypt." Matt. 2:13." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Flight Into Egypt. +"Arise, ... and flee into Egypt." +Matt. 2:13.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. In what promise was a Saviour from sin first revealed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said unto the serpent, ... I will put +enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">her seed</span></span>; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His +heel.”</span> Gen. 3:14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Through whom was a restoration of the lost dominion +promised to Abraham? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To thee will I give it, and to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thy seed</span></span> forever.”</span> Gen. 13:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Who was this promised seed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, +And to thy seed, which is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Where was Christ to be born? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And ... he [Herod] demanded of them where Christ +should be born. And they said unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In Bethlehem of +Judea</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 2:4-6. See Micah 5:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Of whom was Christ to be born? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a virgin</span></span> shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall +call His name Immanuel.”</span> Isa. 7:14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Immanuel means </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">God with us.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See Matt. 1:23. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page144">[pg 144]</span><a name="Pg144" id="Pg144" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Before His birth, what did the angel say to Joseph concerning +the naming of the child? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And she shall bring forth a son, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou shalt call His name +Jesus</span></span>: for He shall save His people from their sins.”</span> Matt. +1:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. At His birth, what message did the angel bring to the +shepherds abiding in the field? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I +bring you good tidings of great joy</span></span>, which shall be to all people. +For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, +which is Christ the Lord.”</span> Luke 2:10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. In what song of praise did a host of angels join? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the +heavenly host praising God, and saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Glory to God in the +highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men</span></span>.”</span> Verses 13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What prophecy of Isaiah was fulfilled at Christ's birth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given</span></span>: and the +government shall be upon His shoulder.”</span> Isa. 9:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What did the prophet say His name should be called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The +mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. +Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no +end.”</span> Verses 6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What did the devout Simeon say when he saw the child +Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for +Him after the custom of the law, then took he Him up in his +arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest Thou Thy +servant depart in peace, according to Thy word: for mine eyes +have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the +face of all people, a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory +of Thy people Israel.”</span> Luke 2:27-32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How did the aged prophetess Anna express herself at +the sight of Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And she coming in that instant <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gave thanks likewise unto +the Lord</span></span>, and spake of Him to all them that looked for redemption +in Jerusalem.”</span> Verse 38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What did the wise men of the East do when they had +found Jesus? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page146">[pg 146]</span><a name="Pg146" id="Pg146" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When they were come into the house, they saw the young +child with Mary His mother, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fell down, and worshiped Him</span></span>: +and when they had opened their treasures, they <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">presented unto +Him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 2:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus145.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Visit Of The Shepherds. "And they came with haste, and found ... the babe lying in a manger." Luke 2:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Visit Of The Shepherds. +"And they came with haste, and found ... +the babe lying in a manger." Luke 2:16.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How came Jesus to live for a time in Egypt? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the +Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the +young child, and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou +there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child +to destroy Him.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How does the revelator describe this satanic desire to +destroy Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the dragon stood before the woman which was ready +to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.”</span> +Rev. 12:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. By what means did Herod seek to destroy Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise +men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">slew all the children +that were in Bethlehem</span></span>, and in all the coasts thereof, from two +years old and under.”</span> Matt. 2:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. After Herod's death, where did Joseph and his family +live? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth</span></span>: that it +might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall +be called a Nazarene.”</span> Verse 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What is said of Christ's childhood and early life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the child <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">grew</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">waxed strong in spirit, filled with +wisdom</span></span>: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the grace of God was upon Him</span></span>.... And He +went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">was subject +unto them</span></span>.”</span> Luke 2:40-51. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Upon returning from a feast at Jerusalem, how came +Joseph and Mary to lose Jesus when He was twelve years old? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they, supposing Him to have been in the company</span></span>, went +a day's journey; and they sought Him among their kinsfolk and +acquaintance. And when they found Him not, they turned +back again to Jerusalem, seeking Him.”</span> Verses 44, 45. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This is how +many lose Jesus today. They suppose He is +in their </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">company</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, but do not see to +it that He is with them </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">personally</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +Through carelessness it takes but a day to lose Him; but, when once lost, +it sometimes takes days of sorrowful searching, as it did Joseph and Mary, +to find Him again. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page147">[pg 147]</span><a name="Pg147" id="Pg147" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What was Jesus doing when they found Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it came to pass, that after three days they found Him +in the temple, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing +them, and asking them questions</span></span>.”</span> Verse 46. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How did His questions and answers impress those who +heard Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And all that heard Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">were astonished at His understanding +and answers</span></span>.”</span> Verse 47. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. With what words do the Scriptures conclude the record +of Christ's early life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor +with God and man.”</span> Verse 52. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Christ's early life +is a pattern for all children and youth. It +was marked by respect and love for His mother. He was obedient to +His parents, and kind to all. He hated sin, and to every temptation turned +a deaf ear. He sought to understand the reason of things, and so increased +in knowledge and wisdom. He was sympathetic and tender-hearted, and +ever ready to relieve the oppressed, the sorrowing, and the suffering. If we +love Christ, we shall love to talk of Him; our sweetest thoughts will be of +Him; and by beholding Him we shall be changed into the same image. +See note on page </span><a href="#Pg098" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">98</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">All praise to Thee, eternal Lord,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Clothed in a garb of flesh and blood;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Choosing a manger for Thy throne,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">While worlds on worlds are Thine alone!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Once did the skies before Thee bow;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A virgin's arms contain Thee now:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Angels, who did in Thee rejoice,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Now listen to Thine infant voice.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A little child, Thou art our guest,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">That weary ones in Thee may rest;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Forlorn and lowly is Thy birth,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">That we may rise to heaven from earth.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou comest in the darksome night</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To make us children of the light;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To make us, in the realms divine,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Like Thine own angels round Thee shine.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">All this for us Thy love hath done;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">By this to Thee our life is won;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For this we tune our cheerful lays,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And tell our thanks in songs of praise.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Martin Luther.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page148">[pg 148]</span><a name="Pg148" id="Pg148" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc79" id="toc79"></a> +<a name="pdf80" id="pdf80"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Christ's Ministry</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus148.png" alt="Illustration." title="Nazareth. "Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil." Acts 10:38." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Nazareth. +"Who went about doing good, and healing all that +were oppressed of the devil." Acts 10:38.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. With what words had John the Baptist announced +Christ's ministry? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I +am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy +Ghost and with fire.”</span> Matt. 3:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How old was Jesus when He began His ministry? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus Himself began to be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">about thirty years of age</span></span>.”</span> +Luke 3:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. By what act and what miraculous manifestations was His +ministry opened? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from +Nazareth of Galilee, and was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">baptized of John in Jordan</span></span>. And +straightway coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens +opened, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him: and +there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art My beloved Son, +in whom I am well pleased</span></span>.”</span> Mark 1:9-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Before entering upon His ministry, through what experience +did Jesus pass? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And immediately the Spirit driveth Him into the wilderness. +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of +Satan</span></span>; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered +unto Him.”</span> Verses 12, 13. See also Matt. 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page149">[pg 149]</span><a name="Pg149" id="Pg149" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. With what was Jesus anointed for His work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with the Holy Ghost +and with power</span></span>: who went about doing good, and healing all +that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him.”</span> +Acts 10:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Where did Jesus begin His ministry? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Galilee</span></span>: +and there went out a fame of Him through all the region round +about. And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified +of all.”</span> Luke 4:14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How did He announce His mission while at Nazareth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up: +and, as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the +Sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered +unto Him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when He had +opened the book, He found the place where it was written, The +Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to +preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to heal the +broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering +of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, +to preach the acceptable year of the Lord....</span></span> And He began +to say unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">This day is this scripture fulfilled in your +ears</span></span>.”</span> Verses 16-21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How were the people impressed with His preaching? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And all bare Him witness, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wondered at the gracious +words which proceeded out of His mouth</span></span>.”</span> Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Why were the people at Capernaum astonished at His +teaching? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And [He] came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and +taught them on the Sabbath days. And they were astonished +at His doctrine: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for His word was with power</span></span>.”</span> Verses 31, 32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Wherein did His teaching differ from that of the scribes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, +the people were astonished at His doctrine: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for He taught them +as one having authority, and not as the scribes</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 7:28, 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How did the common people receive Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the common people heard Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gladly</span></span>.”</span> Mark 12:37. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. In His ministry, what work was closely associated with +His preaching? +</p> + + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page150">[pg 150]</span><a name="Pg150" id="Pg150" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, +and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">healing +all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 4:23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In His ministry, Christ +combined plain, practical teaching +with practical, helpful relief work. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How extensive was His fame, and how many were attracted +to Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And His fame went <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">throughout all Syria</span></span>: and they brought +unto Him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases +and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and +those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and He +healed them. And there followed Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">great multitudes</span></span> of people +from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Galilee</span></span>, and from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Decapolis</span></span>, +and from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Jerusalem</span></span>, and +from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Judea</span></span>, and from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">beyond Jordan</span></span>.”</span> +Verses 24, 25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What expression used frequently in narrating His ministry +shows Christ's deep sympathy with mankind? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But when He saw the multitude, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He was moved with compassion</span></span> +on them, because they fainted, and were scattered +abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus went forth, +and saw a great multitude, and was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">moved with compassion</span></span> +toward them, and He healed their sick.”</span> Matt. 9:36; 14:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. In what few words did Christ sum up the object of His +ministry? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Son of man is come <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to seek and to save that which +was lost</span></span>.”</span> Luke 19:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How did Christ feel over the impenitence of Jerusalem? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He was come near, He beheld the city, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wept +over it</span></span>.”</span> Luke 19:41. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In no other place +did Christ appear so much a reformer +as in Jerusalem, the headquarters of the Jewish religion, which religion, +though having come from Christ Himself, had degenerated into mere +formalism and a round of ceremony. Both the beginning and the close +of His ministry here was marked by a cleansing of the temple. See +John 2:13-18 and Matt. 21:12-16. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O blessed Christ! my Strength, my King,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">He is my comfort and my stay;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In Him I hope, of Him I sing,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">While toiling o'er life's rugged way.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Chiefest among ten thousand He,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For Christ, my King, is all to me.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page151">[pg 151]</span><a name="Pg151" id="Pg151" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc81" id="toc81"></a> +<a name="pdf82" id="pdf82"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Christ The Great Teacher</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus151.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ Teaching The Multitude. "Never man spake like this man." John 7:46." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ Teaching The Multitude. +"Never man spake like this +man." John 7:46.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What report did the officers bring who were sent out by +the chief priests and Pharisees to take Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Never man spake like this man.”</span> John 7:46. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How did Christ teach the people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He taught them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as one having authority</span></span>, and not as the +scribes.”</span> Matt. 7:29. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The teaching of +the scribes and elders was cold and formal, +like a lesson learned by rote. To them the Word of God possessed no vital +power. Their own ideas and traditions were substituted for its teaching. +In the accustomed round of service they professed to explain the law, but no +inspiration from God stirred their own hearts or the hearts of their hearers.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Why was Christ's preaching so impressive? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His word was with power</span></span>.”</span> Luke 4:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. With what was He filled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus being <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">full of the Holy Ghost</span></span> returned from Jordan, +and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.”</span> Verse 1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How freely was the Holy Spirit bestowed upon Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto Him</span></span>.”</span> John 3:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How had Christ's teaching by parables been foretold? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page152">[pg 152]</span><a name="Pg152" id="Pg152" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will open My mouth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in a parable</span></span>: I will utter dark +sayings of old.”</span> Ps. 78:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How was this fulfilled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Without a parable spake He not unto them.”</span> Matt. +13:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What question did Christ's wonderful teaching call forth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He was come into His own country, He taught +them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, +and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Whence hath this man this wisdom</span></span>, and these mighty +works?”</span> Verse 54. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What did Isaiah say Christ would do with the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He will <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">magnify</span></span> the law, and +make it <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">honorable</span></span>.”</span> Isa. +42:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Because some thought He had come to destroy the +law, what did Christ say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the +prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I +say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle +shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever +therefore shall break one of these least commandments, +and shall teach men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom +of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same +shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto +you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness +of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into +the kingdom of heaven.”</span> Matt. 5:17-20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What testimony did Nicodemus bear concerning Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Rabbi, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we know that Thou art a teacher come from God</span></span>: +for no man can do these miracles that Thou doest, except God +be with him.”</span> John 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What did Christ's words at Jacob's well lead the woman +of Samaria to ask? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The woman then left her water-pot, and went her way into +the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man which told me +all things that ever I did: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">is not +this the Christ?</span></span>”</span> John 4:28, 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How were the two on the way to Emmaus affected by +Christ's conversation with them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they said one to another, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Did not our heart burn within +us, while He talked with us by the way</span></span>, and while He opened to +us the Scriptures?”</span> Luke 24:32. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page153">[pg 153]</span><a name="Pg153" id="Pg153" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. In His teaching, to what did Christ direct attention? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded +unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, These are the words which +I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must +be fulfilled, which were written in the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">law of Moses</span></span>, and in the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prophets</span></span>, and in the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Psalms</span></span>, concerning Me. Then opened He +their understanding, that they might understand <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Scriptures</span></span>.”</span> +Verses 27, 44, 45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How did He encourage His disciples to look for the fulfilment +of prophecy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, +spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whoso +readeth, let him understand</span></span>:) then let them which be in Judea +flee into the mountains.”</span> Matt. 24:15, 16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Christ was a +faithful student, a consistent user, and a perfect +expounder, of the Scriptures. He met temptation with the Scriptures; +He proved His Messiahship by the Scriptures; He taught from the Scriptures; +and He told His disciples to look to the Scriptures as their counselor +and guide for the future. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Blest they who seek</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">While in their youth,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With spirit meek,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The way of truth.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To them the Sacred Scriptures now display</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Christ as the only true and living way;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His precious blood on Calvary was given</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To make them heirs of bliss in heaven.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And e'en on earth the child of God can trace</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The blessings of his Saviour's grace.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For them He bore</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">His Father's frown;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For them He wore</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The thorny crown;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nailed to the cross,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Endured its pain,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That His life's loss</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Might be their gain.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Then haste to choose</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That better part,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor e'en refuse</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The Lord thy heart,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lest He declare,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I know you not,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And deep despair</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Should be your lot.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Now look to Jesus, who on Calvary died,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And trust on Him who there was crucified.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page154">[pg 154]</span><a name="Pg154" id="Pg154" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc83" id="toc83"></a> +<a name="pdf84" id="pdf84"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Parables Of Christ</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus154.png" alt="Illustration." title="Lessons From Nature. "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow." Matt. 6:28." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Lessons From Nature. +"Consider the lilies of the field, how +they grow." Matt. 6:28.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What reference is made in the Psalms to Christ's use of +parables? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will open My mouth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in a parable</span></span>: +I will utter <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dark sayings +of old</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 78:2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A parable primarily means +a </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">comparison</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">similitude</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; +specifically it is a short story or narrative drawn from life or nature, by +means of which some important lesson is taught, or some moral drawn. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. From what sources did Christ usually draw His parables? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +From nature and from every-day experiences. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. For what are His parables noted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Our Saviour's parables are distinguished above all others +for clearness, purity, chasteness, intelligibility, importance of +instruction, and simplicity. They are taken mostly from the +affairs of common life, and are intelligible, therefore, +to all men.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Dr. +Albert Barnes, on Matt. 13:3.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Following one of His parables, what did Christ say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who hath ears to hear let him hear.”</span> Matt. 13:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What question did the disciples then ask? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the disciples came, and said unto Him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Why speakest +Thou unto them in parables</span></span>?”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What reply did Christ make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He answered and said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Because it is given unto +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page155">[pg 155]</span><a name="Pg155" id="Pg155" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven</span></span>, but to them it +is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he +shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him +shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to +them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they +hear not, neither do they understand.”</span> Verses 11-13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Christ's object, therefore, +in using parables was to teach the +mysteries, or truths, of the kingdom of heaven,—truths not necessarily +difficult to understand, but which had long been hidden or obscured by +sin, apostasy, and tradition,—in such a way that the spiritually minded +and those desirous of learning the truth, might understand them, and the +worldly-minded and unwilling would not. When asked the meaning of +any parable, Christ readily explained it to His disciples. See Luke 8:9-15; +Matt. 13:36-43; Mark 4:33,34. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. After giving instruction by the use of parables, what +question did Christ ask His disciples? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus saith unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Have ye understood all these things?</span></span> +They say unto Him, Yea, Lord.”</span> Verse 51. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How extensively did Christ make use of parables? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without a parable spake He not unto them</span></span>.”</span> Verse 34. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Parables are +simply stories. All, young and old, like to +hear a story. Story-telling is one of the most successful means of awakening +an interest, securing attention, and teaching, illustrating, and +enforcing important truths. Christ, the greatest of all teachers, recognized +this, and therefore made constant use of this method of instruction. +See reading on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Preaching the Gospel,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 631. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How did Christ suggest that His disciples follow His +example in teaching gospel truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said He unto them, Therefore every scribe which is +instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that +is an householder, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which bringeth forth out of his treasure things +new and old</span></span>.”</span> Verse 52. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Which are some of the most touching and soul-winning +of Christ's parables? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The parable of the lost sheep, and that of the prodigal son. +Luke 15:3-7, 11-32. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Each parable +is designed to teach some one great and important +truth. The first twelve in the list here given are intended to +teach the following lessons, respectively: (1) Good and evil in life and +judgment. (2) Value of the gospel. (3) Seeking salvation. (4) The visible +church of Christ. (5) Truths new and old. (6) Duty of forgiving +others. (7) Call at various epochs. (8) Insincerity and repentance. +(9) Need of righteousness. (10) Watchful and careful profession. (11) +Use of abilities. (12) Final separation of good and bad. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page156">[pg 156]</span><a name="Pg156" id="Pg156" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ's Parables +</p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><colgroup span="5"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Parables</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Locality</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Matt.</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Mark</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Luke</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">I. Recorded in only one Gospel</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The Tares</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Gennesaret </td><td class="tei tei-cell">13:24-30</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The hid treasure</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">13:44</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The goodly pearl</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">13:45,46</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The draw-net</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">13:47-50</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Householder and treasure</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">13:52</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The unmerciful servant</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Capernaum</td><td class="tei tei-cell">18:23-35</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Laborers in the vineyard</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Jerusalem</td><td class="tei tei-cell">20:1-16</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The two sons</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">21:28-32</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Marriage of the king's son</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Mt. of Olives</td><td class="tei tei-cell">22:1-14</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The ten virgins</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">25:1-13</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The ten talents</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">25:14-30</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The sheep and goats</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">25:31-46</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The seed growing secretly</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Gennesaret</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">4:26-29</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Householder and servants</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">13:34-37</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The two debtors</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Galilee</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">7:40-47</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The good Samaritan</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Jerusalem</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">10:25-37</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The friend at midnight</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">11:5-13</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The rich fool</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">12:16-21</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The wedding-feast</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">12:35-40</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The wise steward</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">12:42-48</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The barren fig-tree</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">13:6-9</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The seat to take</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">14:7-11</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The great supper</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">14:15-24</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Tower; king going to war</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">14:28-33</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The piece of money</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">15:8-10</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The prodigal son</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">15:11-32</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The unjust steward</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">16:1-12</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Rich man and Lazarus</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">16:19-31</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The unprofitable servant</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">17:7-10</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The importunate widow</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">18:1-8</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Pharisee and publican</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">18:9-14</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The pounds</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">19:11-27</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">II. Recorded in two Gospels</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">House on rock and sand</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Galilee</td><td class="tei tei-cell">7:24-27</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">6:47-49</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The leaven in meal</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Gennesaret</td><td class="tei tei-cell">13:33</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">13:20,21</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The lost sheep</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Jerusalem</td><td class="tei tei-cell">18:12-14</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">15:3-7</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">III. Recorded in three Gospels</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">New cloth on old garment</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Capernaum</td><td class="tei tei-cell">9:16</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">2:21</td><td class="tei tei-cell">5:36</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">New wine in old bottles</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">9:17</td><td class="tei tei-cell">2:22</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">5:37</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The sower</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Gennesaret</td><td class="tei tei-cell">13:3-9</td><td class="tei tei-cell">4:3-9</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">8:4-15</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The mustard-seed</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">13:31,32</td><td class="tei tei-cell">4:30-32</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">13:18,19</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The wicked husbandmen</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Jerusalem</td><td class="tei tei-cell">21:33-43</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">12:1-9</td><td class="tei tei-cell">20:9-16</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The fig-tree</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Mt. of Olives</td><td class="tei tei-cell">24:32,33</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">13:28,29</td><td class="tei tei-cell">21:29-31</td></tr></tbody></table> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page157">[pg 157]</span><a name="Pg157" id="Pg157" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc85" id="toc85"></a> +<a name="pdf86" id="pdf86"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Miracles Of Christ</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus157.png" alt="Illustration." title="Healing The Lunatic. "A man approved of God ... by miracles and wonders." Acts 2:22." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Healing The Lunatic. +"A man approved of God ... by miracles +and wonders." Acts 2:22.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What testimony did the chief priests and Pharisees bear +concerning Christ's work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, +and said, What do we? for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this man doeth many miracles</span></span>.”</span> +John 11:47. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. By what did Peter, on the day of Pentecost, say that +Christ had been approved by God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, +a man approved of God among you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by miracles and wonders and +signs, which God did by Him in the midst of you</span></span>, as ye yourselves +also know.”</span> Acts 2:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. By what means did Christ claim to cast out devils? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But if I <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with the finger of God</span></span> cast out devils, no doubt the +kingdom of God is come upon you.”</span> Luke 11:20. Matt. 12:28 +says <span class="tei tei-q">“by the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Spirit</span></span> of God.”</span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Under the third +plague in Egypt,—that of turning the dust +into lice,—the magicians, failing to duplicate it, said to Pharaoh, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This +is the finger of God.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Ex. 8:18, 19. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Upon what ground did Nicodemus rest his belief that +Christ was a teacher from God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Rabbi, we know that Thou art a teacher come from God: +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page158">[pg 158]</span><a name="Pg158" id="Pg158" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for no man can do these miracles that Thou doest, except God be +with him</span></span>.”</span> John 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. After the healing of the blind man, upon what charge did +some of the Pharisees seek to prove that Christ was not of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of +God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because He keepeth not the Sabbath day</span></span>.”</span> John 9:16, +first part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This was a +false charge. Christ did keep the Sabbath, but +not according to the Pharisees' idea of Sabbath-keeping. See reading on +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Christ and the Sabbath,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 430. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What question did others raise in opposition to this view? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Others said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?</span></span> +And there was a division among them.”</span> Same verse, last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What was the result of Christ's working miracles at His +first Passover? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, in the +feast-day, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">many believed in His name, when they saw the miracles +which He did</span></span>.”</span> John 2:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What question did the performing of these miracles lead +many to ask? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And many of the people believed on Him, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">When +Christ cometh, will He do more miracles than these which this man +hath done?</span></span>”</span> John 7:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Why were many attracted to Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A great multitude followed Him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because they saw His +miracles which He did on them that were diseased</span></span>.”</span> John 6:2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A miracle is +the display of divine or superhuman power in +some unusual or extraordinary manner; hence its nature to attract attention. +Christ fed the five thousand with the multiplied loaves and fishes, +and all men wondered. Every day God feeds millions of humanity with +the multiplied fruits of the earth, and no one marvels. Christ, by a +shortened process, changed water into wine, and everybody was astonished; +but every year God does this in the usual way—through the vine—in +almost limitless quantities, and no one is astonished. A divine miracle, +therefore, whenever performed, is wrought to heal and to save, and +to call attention to the source of divine power. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What did the people say when they saw these things? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He hath done all things well</span></span>: He maketh both the deaf to +hear, and the dumb to speak.”</span> Mark 7:37. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What kinds of disease and sickness did Jesus cure? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page160">[pg 160]</span><a name="Pg160" id="Pg160" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, +and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">healing +all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people</span></span>.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Great multitudes followed Him, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He healed them all</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 4:23; 12:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus159.png" alt="Illustration." title="Miraculous Draft Of Fishes. "Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets." Luke 5:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Miraculous Draft Of Fishes. +"Launch out into the deep, and let down +your nets." Luke 5:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Who were brought to Him for healing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they brought unto Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all sick people that were taken +with divers diseases and torments</span></span>, and those which were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">possessed +with devils</span></span>, and those which were +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lunatic</span></span>, and those that had the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">palsy</span></span>; and He healed them.”</span> Matt. 4:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. To the woman who had been healed by touching His +garment, what did Christ say made her whole? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy faith</span></span> hath made thee whole.”</span> Matt. 9:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What did He say to the two blind men as He healed +them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“According to your <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faith</span></span> be it unto you.”</span> Verse 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. To another whose sight He had restored, what did +Christ say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy faith</span></span> hath saved thee.”</span> Luke 18:42. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Why did not Christ work many miracles in His own +country? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He did not many mighty works there <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because of their +unbelief</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 13:58. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What lesson did Christ design to teach in healing the +man sick of the palsy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon +earth to forgive sins</span></span>, (He said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say +unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine +house.”</span> Luke 5:24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By His miracles, +therefore, Christ designed to teach faith +in the power of God not only to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">restore the body</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +but to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">heal the soul</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What effect did Christ's miracles have upon the individuals +restored, and the people who witnessed them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise +unto God</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“And all the people +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rejoiced</span></span> for all the glorious +things that were done by Him.”</span> Luke 18:43; 13:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What message did Christ send to John the Baptist while +John was in prison, to strengthen his wavering faith? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page161">[pg 161]</span><a name="Pg161" id="Pg161" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Go and show John again those things which ye do hear +and see: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers +are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the +poor have the gospel preached to them.</span></span> And blessed is he, whosoever +shall not be offended in Me.”</span> Matt. 11:4-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. In what miracle did Christ bring to a climax His works +on earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He thus had spoken, He cried with a loud voice, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lazarus, come forth</span></span>. And he that was dead came forth, bound +hand and foot with grave-clothes: and his face was bound about +with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him +go.”</span> John 11:48, 44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What was the result of this great miracle? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">many of the Jews</span></span> which came to Mary, and had seen +the things which Jesus did, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">believed on Him</span></span>.”</span> Verse 45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. Because of the interest which this miracle created in +Him, what did the Pharisees say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the world is gone after Him</span></span>.”</span> John 12:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What did Jesus present to the people as a basis of confidence +in Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If I do not the works of My Father, believe Me not. But +if I do, though ye believe not Me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">believe the works</span></span>: that ye may +know, and believe, that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me: or +else <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">believe Me for the very works' sake</span></span>.”</span> John 10:37, 38; +14:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. Did Jesus ever make use of ordinary means in performing +His miracles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When He had thus spoken, He spat on the ground, and +made clay of the spittle, and He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">anointed the eyes of the blind +man with the clay</span></span>, and said unto him, Go, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wash in the pool of +Siloam</span></span>, (which is by interpretation, Sent). He went his way +therefore, and washed, and came seeing.”</span> John 9:6, 7. See +also Mark 7:33-35; 8:23-25; 2 Kings 5:1-14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. Why were the miracles of Christ recorded by the inspired +writers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of +His disciples, which are not written in this book: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">these are +written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of +God; and that believing ye might have life through His name</span></span>.”</span> +John 20:30, 31. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page162">[pg 162]</span><a name="Pg162" id="Pg162" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ's Miracles +</p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><colgroup span="5"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Miracle</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Matt.</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Mark</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Luke</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">John</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">I. Recorded in only one Gospel</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Two blind men healed</td><td class="tei tei-cell">9:27-31</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">A dumb demoniac healed</td><td class="tei tei-cell">9:32, 33</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Piece of money in mouth of fish</td><td class="tei tei-cell"> 17:24-27</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Deaf and dumb man healed</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">7:31-37</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">A blind man healed</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">8:22-26</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Passed through throng unseen</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">4:28-31</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Draft of fishes</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">5:1-11</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Raising the widow's son</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">7:11-17</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing woman with infirmity</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"> 13:11-17</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing man with dropsy</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">14:1-6</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing ten lepers</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"> 17:11-19</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing ear of Malchus</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"> 22:50, 51</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Turning water into wine</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">2:1-11</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing nobleman's son</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">4:46-54</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing impotent man</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">5:1-16</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing man born blind</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">9</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Raising of Lazarus</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">11:1-46</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Draft of fishes</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">21:1-11</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">II. Recorded in two Gospels</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing centurion's servant</td><td class="tei tei-cell">8:5-13</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">7:1-10</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Blind demoniac healed</td><td class="tei tei-cell">12:22-30</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">11:14-26</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing Syrophenician maiden</td><td class="tei tei-cell">15:21-28</td><td class="tei tei-cell">7:24-30</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Feeding the four thousand</td><td class="tei tei-cell">15:32-39</td><td class="tei tei-cell">8:1-9</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Cursing the fig-tree</td><td class="tei tei-cell">21:17-22</td><td class="tei tei-cell">11:12-14</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Demoniac in synagogue healed</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">1:23-28</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">4:33-37</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">III. Recorded in three Gospels</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing the leper</td><td class="tei tei-cell">8:2, 3</td><td class="tei tei-cell">1:40-42</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">5:12, 13</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing Peter's mother-in-law</td><td class="tei tei-cell">8:14, 15</td><td class="tei tei-cell">1:30, 31</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">4:38, 39</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Stilling the storm</td><td class="tei tei-cell">8:23-27</td><td class="tei tei-cell">4:35-41</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">8:22-25</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Legion of devils cast out</td><td class="tei tei-cell">8:28-34</td><td class="tei tei-cell">5:1-20</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">8:26-37</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing man sick of palsy</td><td class="tei tei-cell">9:1-8</td><td class="tei tei-cell">2:3-12</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">5:18-26</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing woman with issue</td><td class="tei tei-cell">9:20-22</td><td class="tei tei-cell">5:25-34</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">8:43-48</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Raising Jairus's daughter</td><td class="tei tei-cell">9:18-26</td><td class="tei tei-cell">5:22-43</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">8:41-56</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Healing man's withered hand</td><td class="tei tei-cell">12:10-13</td><td class="tei tei-cell">3:1-5</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">6:6-10</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Walking on the sea</td><td class="tei tei-cell">14:22-33</td><td class="tei tei-cell">6:48-51</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">6:16-21</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Curing demoniac child</td><td class="tei tei-cell">17:14-21</td><td class="tei tei-cell">9:14-29</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">9:38-42</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Curing blind Bartimæus</td><td class="tei tei-cell">20:30-34</td><td class="tei tei-cell">10:46-52</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">18:35-43</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">IV. Recorded in four Gospels</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Feeding the five thousand</td><td class="tei tei-cell">14:15-21</td><td class="tei tei-cell">6:35-44</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">9:12-17</td><td class="tei tei-cell">6:5-14</td></tr></tbody></table> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page163">[pg 163]</span><a name="Pg163" id="Pg163" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc87" id="toc87"></a> +<a name="pdf88" id="pdf88"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Sufferings Of Christ</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus163.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ In The Garden. "There appeared an angel unto Him from heaven strengthening Him." Luke 22:43." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ In The Garden. +"There appeared an angel unto Him from heaven +strengthening Him." Luke 22:43.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. For what purpose did Christ come into the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that +Christ Jesus came into the world <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to save sinners</span></span>; of whom I am +chief.”</span> 1 Tim. 1:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What constrained God to give His Son to die for man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God so loved the world</span></span>, that He gave His only begotten +Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but +have everlasting life.”</span> John 3:16. See 1 John 4:9, 10; +Rom. 5:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What did the prophet say Christ would be called to +endure? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">oppressed</span></span>, and +He was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">afflicted</span></span>, yet He opened not +His mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a +sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth. +He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall +declare His generation? for He was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cut off out of the land of the +living</span></span>: for the transgression of My people was He stricken.”</span> +Isa. 53:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Did Christ know beforehand the treatment He was to +receive? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then He took unto Him the twelve, and said unto them, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page164">[pg 164]</span><a name="Pg164" id="Pg164" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished</span></span>. +For He shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mocked</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spitefully entreated</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spitted on</span></span>: and they shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">scourge +Him</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">put Him to death</span></span>.”</span> Luke 18:31-33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How heavy was the burden which rested on His soul on +the night of His betrayal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, +and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith He unto +them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death</span></span>: tarry ye +here, and watch with Me.”</span> Matt. 26:37, 38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What prayer of Christ shows that the redemption of a +lost world trembled in the balance in that terrible hour? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He went a little farther, and fell on His face, and +prayed, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass +from Me</span></span>: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt.”</span> Verse 39. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How great was the agony of His soul? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly: and His +sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the +ground.”</span> Luke 22:44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. After He had prayed this remarkable prayer three times, +what occurred? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And while He yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that +was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew +near unto Jesus to kiss Him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss</span></span>?”</span> Verses 47, 48. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. To what place was Christ taken? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then took they Him, and led Him, and brought Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">into +the high priest's house</span></span>. And Peter followed afar off.”</span> Verse 54. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. While at the high priest's house, how did Peter deny +Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow +also was with Him: for he is a Galilean. And Peter said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Man, +I know not what thou sayest</span></span>. And immediately, while he yet +spake, the cock crew. And the Lord turned, and looked upon +Peter.”</span> Verses 59-61. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. To what insults was Christ subjected at the house of +the high priest? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the men that held Jesus mocked Him, and smote Him</span></span>. +And when they had blindfolded Him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they struck Him on the face</span></span>, +and asked Him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote Thee?”</span> +Verses 63, 64. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page165">[pg 165]</span><a name="Pg165" id="Pg165" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Where was Christ next taken? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the +chief priests and the scribes came together, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">led Him into +their council</span></span>.”</span> Verse 66. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What admission did they secure from Him as the basis +of condemning Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said they all, Art Thou then the Son of God? And +He said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ye say that I am</span></span>. And they said, What need +we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of His own +mouth.”</span> Verses 70, 71. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What was the next step in their plan to secure lawful +authority to carry out their unlawful purpose? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the whole multitude of them arose, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">led Him unto +Pilate</span></span>.”</span> Luke 23:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. When Pilate desired Christ released, how did they remonstrate? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they were the more fierce</span></span>, +saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He stirreth up the +people</span></span>, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee +to this place.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This has ever +been a favorite accusation of the enemies of +truth against the work of true reformers. The Romans at this very time +had a law forbidding the teaching of any new religion </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">whereby the minds +of men may be </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">disturbed</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. When Pilate heard that Christ was from Galilee, what +did he do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And as soon as he knew that He belonged unto Herod's +jurisdiction, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he sent Him to Herod</span></span>, who himself also was at +Jerusalem at that time.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Who appeared to accuse Christ before Herod? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the chief priests and scribes</span></span> stood and vehemently +accused Him.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. To what indignities did Herod subject the Saviour? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Herod with his men of war <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">set Him at naught</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mocked Him</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe</span></span>, and sent Him +again to Pilate.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What did Pilate propose to do when Christ was again +brought before him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I have found no cause of death in Him: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will therefore +chastise Him, and let Him go</span></span>.”</span> Verse 22. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page166">[pg 166]</span><a name="Pg166" id="Pg166" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus166.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Crucifixion. "There was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour." Luke 23:44." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Crucifixion. +"There was a darkness over all the earth until +the ninth hour." Luke 23:44.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page167">[pg 167]</span><a name="Pg167" id="Pg167" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Instead of consenting to His release, what did Christ's +accusers now demand? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they were instant</span></span> +[<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">earnest</span></span>] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with loud voices, requiring +that He might be crucified</span></span>. And the voices of them and of the +chief priests prevailed.”</span> Verse 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. Although Pilate had declared his belief in Christ's innocence, +yet what cruel punishment did he inflict upon Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">scourged Him</span></span>.”</span> +John 19:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What shameful treatment did Christ receive from the +soldiers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon +His head</span></span>, and a reed in His right hand: and they bowed the knee +before Him, and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And they spit upon Him, and took the reed, and smote Him on the +head.</span></span>”</span> Matt. 27:29, 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. After bringing Him to the place of crucifixion, what +drink was offered Christ to stupefy Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They gave Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">vinegar to drink mingled with gall</span></span>: and when +He had tasted thereof, He would not drink.”</span> Verse 34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. In what prayer for those who crucified Him did Christ +manifest the true spirit of the gospel,—love for sinners? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said Jesus, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Father, forgive them; for they know not what +they do</span></span>.”</span> Luke 23:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. With what words did the chief priests and others mock +Jesus while on the cross? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Likewise also the chief priests mocking Him, with the +scribes and elders, said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He saved others; Himself He cannot save</span></span>. +If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the +cross, and we will believe Him.”</span> Matt. 27:41, 42. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In their blindness they +could not see that Christ could not +save others and save Himself at the same time. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. As He cried out in agony on the cross, and said, <span class="tei tei-q">“I +thirst,”</span> what was given Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And straightway one of them ran, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">took a sponge, and +filled it with vinegar</span></span>, and put it on a reed, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gave Him to drink</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 48. See John 19:28, 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. What closed this terrible scene? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page168">[pg 168]</span><a name="Pg168" id="Pg168" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +It is finished: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost</span></span>.”</span> +John 19:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. By what miracle, and phenomenon in nature did God indicate +the character of the deed which was being committed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it was about the sixth hour [noon], and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there was a +darkness over all the earth</span></span> until the ninth hour. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sun was +darkened</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the veil +of the temple was rent in the midst</span></span>.”</span> Luke +23:44, 45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. What divine purpose was wrought out in the sufferings +of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For it became Him, for whom are all things, and by whom +are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to make the +Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 2:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +30. For whom did Christ suffer all these things? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wounded for our +transgressions</span></span>, He was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bruised for +our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and +with His stripes we are healed</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 53:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +31. How much was included in the gift of Christ for the +salvation of man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for +us all, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">how shall He not +with Him also freely give us all things?</span></span>”</span> +Rom. 8:32. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis midnight; and on Olives' brow</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The star is dimmed that lately shone:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis midnight; in the garden, now,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The suffering Saviour prays alone.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis midnight; and from all removed,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The Saviour wrestles lone with fears;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">E'en that disciple whom He loved</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Heeds not His Master's grief and tears.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis midnight; and for others' guilt</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Yet He who hath in anguish knelt,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is not forsaken by His God.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis midnight; and from ether plains</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is borne the song that angels know;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Unheard by mortals are the strains</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">William B. Tappan.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page169">[pg 169]</span><a name="Pg169" id="Pg169" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc89" id="toc89"></a> +<a name="pdf90" id="pdf90"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Resurrection Of Christ</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus169.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Visit To The Sepulcher. "He is not here: for He is risen, as He said." Matt. 28:6." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Visit To The Sepulcher. +"He is not here: for He is risen, as +He said." Matt. 28:6.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. In what psalm was the resurrection of Christ foretold? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell [Heb., <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sheol</span></span>, the +grave]: neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.”</span> +Ps. 16:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In what way was Jonah a type of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's +belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in +the heart of the earth.”</span> Matt. 12:40. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In what plain words did Christ foretell His resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“From that time forth began Jesus to show unto His disciples, +how that He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many +things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and be raised again the third day</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 16:21. <span class="tei tei-q">“And while +they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man +shall be betrayed into the hands of men: and they shall kill +Him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and the third day He shall be raised again</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 17: +22, 23. <span class="tei tei-q">“The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected +of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and be raised the third day</span></span>.”</span> Luke 9:22. See also Matt. +20:17-19; Mark 8:31; 9:31, 32; 10:32-34; Luke 18:31-34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. When asked by the Jews for a sign of His Messiahship, +what did Jesus say? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page170">[pg 170]</span><a name="Pg170" id="Pg170" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus answered and said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Destroy this temple, +and in three days I will raise it up</span></span>.”</span> John 2:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. To what temple did He refer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple +in building, and wilt Thou rear it up in three days? But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He +spake of the temple of His body</span></span>.”</span> Verses 20, 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. After His resurrection, what effect had this prediction +upon His disciples? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When therefore He was risen from the dead, His disciples +remembered that He had said this unto them; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they believed +the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said</span></span>.”</span> Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How did the chief priests and Pharisees seek to prevent +the fulfilment of Christ's words concerning His resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, +the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, +saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was +yet alive, After three days I will rise again. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Command therefore +that the sepulcher be made sure until the third day</span></span>, lest His +disciples come by night, and steal Him away, and say unto the +people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse +than the first.”</span> Matt. 27:62-64. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How did Pilate comply with their request? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">make it as sure as ye can</span></span>. So they went, and made the sepulcher +sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.”</span> Verses 65, 66. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How futile was all this? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the +first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other +Mary to see the sepulcher. And, behold, there was a great +earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, +and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon +it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white +as snow: and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became +as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, +Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. +He is not here: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is risen, as He said</span></span>. Come, see the place +where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell His disciples that +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is risen from the dead</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 28:1-7. See also Mark 16:1-16; +Luke 24:1-8, 44-46; John 20:1-9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Was it possible for Christ to be holden of death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge +of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have +crucified and slain: whom God hath raised up, having loosed +the pains of death: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because it was not possible that He should be +holden of it</span></span>.”</span> Acts 2:23,24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus171.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Resurrection. "Go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead." Matt. 28:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Resurrection. +"Go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is +risen from the dead." Matt. 28:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How does Paul speak of the resurrection of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, +how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; +and that He was buried, and that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He rose again the third +day according to the Scriptures</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 15:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Who does the apostle say saw Christ after He was risen? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He was seen of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cephas</span></span>, then +of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the twelve</span></span>: after that, He +was seen of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">above five hundred brethren at once</span></span>; ... after +that, He was seen of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">James</span></span>; +then of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all the apostles</span></span>. And last +of all He was seen of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">me</span></span> also, as of one born out of due time.”</span> +Verses 5-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What importance is attached to Christ's resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your +faith is also vain.... Ye are yet in your sins. Then they also +which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.”</span> Verses 14-18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What positive assurance of the resurrection is given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">now is Christ risen +from the dead</span></span>, and become the first-fruits +of them that slept.”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What great truth therefore follows? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made +alive.”</span> Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What cheering message has Christ sent to His people +touching His resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am alive +forevermore</span></span>, Amen; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and have +the keys of hell and of death</span></span>.”</span> Rev. +1:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What is the measure of the power of God which believers +may experience in their daily lives? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That ye may know ... the exceeding greatness of +His power to us ward who believe, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">according to the working of +His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised +Him from the dead</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 1:18-20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What Christian ordinance has been given as a memorial +of Christ's burial and resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Baptism, the symbol of the new birth. Rom. 6:3-5. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page173">[pg 173]</span><a name="Pg173" id="Pg173" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc91" id="toc91"></a> +<a name="pdf92" id="pdf92"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">A Sinless Life</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus173.png" alt="Illustration." title="A Teacher Of Righteousness. "He was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." Heb. 4:15." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">A Teacher Of Righteousness. +"He was in all points tempted like as we are, +yet without sin." Heb. 4:15.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What testimony is borne concerning Christ's life on +earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Who did no sin</span></span>, neither was guile found in His mouth.”</span> +1 Peter 2:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is true of all other members of the human family? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For all have sinned</span></span>, and come short of the glory of God.”</span> +Rom. 3:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. With what question did Christ challenge His enemies? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Which of you convinceth Me of sin?”</span> John 8:46. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. To what extent was Christ tempted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“[He] was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in all points tempted like as we are</span></span>, yet without +sin.”</span> Heb. 4:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In His humanity, of what nature did Christ partake? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and +blood, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He also Himself likewise took part of the same</span></span>; that through +death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that +is, the devil.”</span> Heb. 2:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How fully did Christ share our common humanity? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in all things it behooved Him to be made like unto +His brethren</span></span>, that He might be a merciful and faithful high +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page174">[pg 174]</span><a name="Pg174" id="Pg174" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for +the sins of the people.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In His humanity +Christ partook of our sinful, fallen nature. +If not, then He was not </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">made like unto His brethren,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> was not </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">in all +points tempted like as we are,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> did not overcome as we have to overcome, +and is not, therefore, the complete and perfect Saviour man needs and must +have to be saved. The idea that Christ was born of an immaculate or +sinless mother, inherited no tendencies to sin, and for this reason did not +sin, removes Him from the realm of a fallen world, and from the very place +where help is needed. On His human side, Christ inherited just what every +child of Adam inherits—a sinful nature. On the divine side, from His +very conception He was begotten and born of the Spirit. And all this was +done to place mankind on vantage-ground, and to demonstrate that </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">in the +same way</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> every one who is </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">born of the Spirit</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> may gain like victories +over sin in his own sinful flesh. Thus each one is to overcome </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">as Christ +overcame</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. Rev. 3:21. Without this birth there can be no victory over +temptation, and no salvation from sin. John 3:3-7. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Where did God, in Christ, condemn sin, and gain the +victory for us over temptation and sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through +the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful +flesh, and for sin, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">condemned sin in the flesh</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 8:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—God, in Christ, condemned +sin, not by pronouncing against +it merely as a judge sitting on the judgment-seat, but by coming and living +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">in the flesh, in sinful flesh</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and yet without sinning. In Christ, He +demonstrated that it is possible, by His grace and power, to resist temptation, +overcome sin, and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">live a sinless life in sinful flesh</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. By whose power did Christ live the perfect life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I can of Mine own self do nothing.”</span> John 5:30. <span class="tei tei-q">“The +words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works</span></span>.”</span> John 14:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In His humanity +Christ was as dependent upon divine power +to do the works of God as is any man to do the same thing. He employed +no means to live a holy life that are not available to every human being. +Through Him, every one may have God dwelling in him and working in +him </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">will</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> and to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">do</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +of His good pleasure.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 1 John 4:15; Phil. 2:13. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What unselfish purpose did Jesus ever have before Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I came down from heaven, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">not to do Mine own will, but +the will of Him that sent Me</span></span>.”</span> John 6:38. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Have I need of aught, O Saviour!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Aught on earth but Thee?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Have I any in the heavens,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Any one but Thee?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Though I have of friends so many,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Love, and gold, and health,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">If I have not Thee, my Saviour,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Hold I any wealth?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 23.40em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Corie F. Davis.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page175">[pg 175]</span><a name="Pg175" id="Pg175" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc93" id="toc93"></a> +<a name="pdf94" id="pdf94"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Our Pattern</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus175.png" alt="Illustration." title="Sea Of Tiberias. "Leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps." 1 Peter 2:21." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Sea Of Tiberias. +"Leaving us an example, that ye should follow +His steps." 1 Peter 2:21.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. In whose steps should we follow? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also +suffered for us, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">leaving us an example, that ye should follow His +steps</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 2:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How should the Christian walk? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to +walk, even as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He walked</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 2:6. See Col. 2:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What mind should be in us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”</span> +Phil. 2:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.—The mind of Christ +was characterized by humility (verses +6-8); dependence upon God (John 5:19, 30); a determination to do only +the Father's will (John 5:30; 6:38); thoughtfulness of others (Acts 10:38); +and a willingness to sacrifice and suffer, and even to die, for the good of +others (2 Cor. 8:9; Rom. 5:6-8; 1 Peter 2:24). +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. As a child, what example did Christ set in the matter of +obeying His parents? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">was subject unto them</span></span>.”</span> Luke 2:51. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How are His childhood and youth described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor +with God and man</span></span>.”</span> Verse 52. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page176">[pg 176]</span><a name="Pg176" id="Pg176" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What example did He set concerning baptism? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to +be baptized of him</span></span>. But John forbade Him, saying, I have need +to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to me? And Jesus +answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thus it becometh +us to fulfil all righteousness</span></span>. Then he suffered Him.”</span> +Matt. 3:13-15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How did Christ teach the prayerful life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all +night in prayer to God.”</span> Luke 6:12. <span class="tei tei-q">“He took Peter and +John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.”</span> Luke +9:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. To what kind of work did Jesus devote His life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who went about <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doing good</span></span>.”</span> Acts 10:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. For whom and why did Christ leave the riches of heaven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, +though He was rich, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye +through His poverty might be rich</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 8:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. When reviled and mistreated, what did He do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who when He was reviled, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">reviled not again</span></span>; when He +suffered, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He threatened not</span></span>; but committed Himself to Him that +judgeth righteously.”</span> 1 Peter 2:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How did He pray for those who crucified Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said Jesus, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Father, forgive them; for they know not +what they do</span></span>.”</span> Luke 23:34. See Acts 3:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What is the inspired testimony concerning Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity</span></span>; therefore +God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness +above Thy fellows.”</span> Heb. 1:9. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Majestic sweetness sits enthroned</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Upon the Saviour's brow;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His head with radiant light is crowned,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">His lips with grace o'erflow.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No mortal can with Him compare,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Among the sons of men;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Fairer is He than all the fair</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That fill the heavenly train.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 23.40em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Samuel Stennett.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page177">[pg 177]</span><a name="Pg177" id="Pg177" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc95" id="toc95"></a> +<a name="pdf96" id="pdf96"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Our Helper And Friend</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus177.png" alt="Illustration." title="Stilling The Tempest. "He arose, and rebuked the winds ... and there was a great calm." Matt. 8:26." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Stilling The Tempest. +"He arose, and rebuked the winds ... and +there was a great calm." Matt. 8:26.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Through Christ, what has been opened to the house of +David? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In that day there shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a fountain</span></span> opened to the house +of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for sin and for +uncleanness</span></span>.”</span> Zech. 13:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Who has borne our sins, and stands ready to help us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I that speak in righteousness, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mighty to save</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 63: +1. last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. For what purpose did Christ come to this world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Son of man is come <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to seek and to save that which +was lost</span></span>.”</span> Luke 19:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Through what was Christ made a complete and perfect +Saviour? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For it became Him, for whom are all things, and by whom +are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the +Captain of their salvation perfect <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through sufferings</span></span>.”</span> Heb. +2:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Because of this, what is Christ able to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He +is able to succor them that are tempted</span></span>.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How complete a Saviour is He? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is able also to save them to the uttermost that +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page178">[pg 178]</span><a name="Pg178" id="Pg178" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +come unto God by Him</span></span>, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession +for them.”</span> Heb. 7:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. From what is He able to keep us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now unto Him that is able <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to keep you from falling</span></span>, and to +present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding +joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and +majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”</span> +Jude 24, 25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What does He call those who accept Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Henceforth I call you not servants; ... I have called +you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">friends</span></span>.”</span> John 15:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What kind of friend is He? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a friend that sticketh closer than a brother</span></span>.”</span> Prov. +18:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is the mark of a true friend? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">A friend loveth at all times</span></span>, and a brother is born for +adversity.”</span> Prov. 17:17. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I will sing the wondrous story</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of the Christ who died for me,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How He left His home in glory,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For the cross on Calvary.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I was lost, but Jesus found me,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Found the sheep that went astray;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Threw His loving arms around me,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Drew me back into His way.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I was bruised, but Jesus healed me,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Faint was I from many a fall,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sight was gone, and fears possessed me,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">But He freed me from them all.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Days of darkness still come o'er me,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sorrow's paths I often tread,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But the Saviour still is with me,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">By His hand I'm safely led.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Yes, I'll sing the wondrous story</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of the Christ who died for me,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sing it with the saints in glory,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Gathered by the crystal sea.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 23.40em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Francis H. Rowley.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page179">[pg 179]</span><a name="Pg179" id="Pg179" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc97" id="toc97"></a> +<a name="pdf98" id="pdf98"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part V. The Holy Spirit</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page180">[pg 180]</span><a name="Pg180" id="Pg180" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus180.png" alt="Illustration." title="Outpouring Of The Spirit At Pentecost. "It shall come to pass in the last days ... I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh." Acts 2:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Outpouring Of The Spirit At Pentecost. +"It shall come to pass in the last days +... I will pour out of My Spirit +upon all flesh." Acts 2:17.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page181">[pg 181]</span><a name="Pg181" id="Pg181" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc99" id="toc99"></a> +<a name="pdf100" id="pdf100"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Holy Spirit And His Work</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus181.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Ascension Of Christ. "I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter." John 14:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Ascension Of Christ. +"I will pray the Father, and He shall give +you another Comforter." John 14:16.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What precious promise did Jesus make to His disciples +shortly before His crucifixion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will pray the Father, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He shall give you another Comforter</span></span>, +that He may abide with you forever.”</span> John 14:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Who is the Comforter, and what was He to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the Comforter, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Holy Spirit</span></span>, whom the Father +will send in My name, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He shall teach you all things</span></span>, and bring +to your remembrance all that I said unto you.”</span> Verse 26, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Why cannot the world receive Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him</span></span>.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How intimate is His union with believers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But ye know Him; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He dwelleth with you</span></span>, and shall be +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in you</span></span>.”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Whose presence does the Holy Spirit bring to the believers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will not leave you comfortless: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will come to you</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What promise is thus fulfilled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Lo, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am with you alway</span></span>, even unto the end of the world.”</span> +Matt. 28:20. See also John 14:21-23. +</p> + + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page182">[pg 182]</span><a name="Pg182" id="Pg182" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What threefold union is thus established? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“At that day ye shall know that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am in My Father</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye in Me</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I in you</span></span>.”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Rom. 8:9 shows +the Spirit of each of the three persons of the +Godhead to be one and the same Spirit. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How does Jesus, through the Spirit, seek an entrance +to every heart? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I stand at the door, and knock</span></span>: if any man hear My +voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with +him, and he with Me.”</span> Rev. 3:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Why was it necessary for Christ to go away? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you +that I go away: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if I go not away, the Comforter will not come +unto you</span></span>; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.”</span> John +16:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What was the Comforter to do when He came? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He is come, He will <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">reprove</span></span> +[margin, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">convince</span></span>] +the world of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin</span></span>, and of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">righteousness</span></span>, +and of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judgment</span></span>.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. By what other title is the Comforter designated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto +you from the Father, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Spirit of truth</span></span>, which proceedeth +from the Father, He shall testify of Me.”</span> John 15:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What did Jesus say the Spirit of truth would do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He will +guide you into all truth</span></span>: for He shall not speak of Himself; but +whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He will +show you things to come</span></span>.”</span> John 16:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Spirit </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">speaks</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(1 Tim. 4:1); </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">teaches</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> (1 Cor. 2:3); </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">bears +witness</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Rom. 8:16); </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">makes intercession</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Rom. 8:26); +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">distributes the gifts</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(1 Cor. 12:11); and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">invites the sinner</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Rev. 22:17). +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Whom did Christ say the Holy Spirit would glorify? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He shall glorify <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Me</span></span>: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall +show it unto you.”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is plain from these +scriptures that the Holy Spirit is the +personal representative of Christ upon the earth, abiding in the church by +dwelling in the hearts of the believers. It follows that any attempt to +make a man the vicegerent of Christ in the place of the third person of the +Godhead is an attempt to put man in the place of God. Thus does the +fundamental principle of the Papacy set aside the person and work of the +Holy Spirit. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How has God revealed to us the hidden things of the +kingdom? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page183">[pg 183]</span><a name="Pg183" id="Pg183" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But God hath revealed them unto us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by His Spirit</span></span>: for +the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”</span> +1 Cor. 2:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Who moved upon the prophets to give their messages? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: +but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Holy +Ghost</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 1:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. After Pentecost, how was the gospel preached? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“With the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven.”</span> 1 Peter +1:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. How are believers sealed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In whom also after that ye believed, ye were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sealed with +that Holy Spirit of promise</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 1:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What warning is therefore given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God</span></span>, whereby ye are sealed +unto the day of redemption.”</span> Eph. 4:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Is there a limit to the strivings of God's Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with +man.”</span> Gen. 6:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The limit is +determined by the creature rather than by the +Creator. It is when there is an utter abandonment to evil, and further +appeals would be without avail. God foreknowing all things, may designate +a definite period of probation for man, as in the case of the one hundred +and twenty years before the flood (Gen. 6:3); but His Spirit never ceases to +strive with man as long as there is hope of his salvation. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. For what did David pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Cast me not away from Thy presence; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">take not Thy +Holy Spirit from me</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 51:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How willing is God to give to us the Holy Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto +your children: how much more shall your Heavenly Father +give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?”</span> Luke 11:13. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O for that flame of living fire?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Which shone so bright in saints of old;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Which bade their souls to heaven aspire,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Calm in distress, in danger bold!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Remember, Lord, the ancient days;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Renew Thy work, Thy grace restore;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And while to Thee our hearts we raise,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">On us Thy Holy Spirit pour.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 21.60em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Wm. H. Bathurst.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page184">[pg 184]</span><a name="Pg184" id="Pg184" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc101" id="toc101"></a> +<a name="pdf102" id="pdf102"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Fruit Of The Spirit</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus184.png" alt="Illustration." title="David And Jonathan. "The fruit of the Spirit is love." Gal. 5:22." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">David And Jonathan. +"The fruit of the Spirit is love." Gal. 5:22.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is the fruit of the Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, +goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.”</span> Gal. 5:22, 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What are the works of the flesh? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; +Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, +witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, +heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such +like.”</span> Verses 19-21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The evils here mentioned are +a close parallel to the lists found +in Matt. 15:18, 19; Mark 7:20-23; Rom. 1:29-31; and 2 Tim. 3:1-5. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How may the works of the flesh be avoided? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Walk in the Spirit</span></span>, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the +flesh.”</span> Gal. 5:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. By what is the love of God shed abroad in the heart? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the Holy +Ghost</span></span> which is given unto us.”</span> Rom. 5:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is love declared to be? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page185">[pg 185]</span><a name="Pg185" id="Pg185" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And above all these things put on love, which is the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bond of +perfectness</span></span>.”</span> Col. 3:14, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. By what does genuine faith work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, +nor uncircumcision; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faith which worketh by love</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 5:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What does love do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">love +covereth all sins</span></span>.”</span> Prov. +10:12. <span class="tei tei-q">“Have fervent charity among yourselves: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">charity +shall cover the multitude of sins</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 4:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Of what does the kingdom of God consist? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">righteousness</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">peace</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">joy</span></span> +in the Holy Ghost.”</span> Rom. 14:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.—It is the +Christian's privilege to have righteousness, peace, +and joy,—a righteousness which is of God by faith (Rom. 3:21, 22); a +peace that passeth understanding (Phil. 4:7), which the world can neither +give nor take away; and a joy that rejoices evermore (1 Thess. 5:16; +Phil. 4:4). +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. In what way does love manifest itself? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love +vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, does not behave itself unseemly, +seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account +of evil.”</span> 1 Cor. 13:4, 5, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What does God's gentleness do for us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy gentleness hath <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made me great</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 18:35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What spirit should we show toward others? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be gentle +unto all men</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 2:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What does the goodness of God do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Or despisest thou the riches of His goodness and forbearance +and long-suffering; not knowing that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the goodness of God +leadeth thee to repentance</span></span>?”</span> Rom. 2:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How should we treat those who have wronged us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Dearly beloved, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">avenge not yourselves</span></span>, but rather give place +unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, +saith the Lord. Therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if thine enemy hunger, feed him; +if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of +fire on his head</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 12:19, 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How does faith determine our standing with God? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page186">[pg 186]</span><a name="Pg186" id="Pg186" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without faith it is impossible to please Him</span></span>: for he that +cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder +of them that diligently seek Him.”</span> Heb. 11:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How does God regard the meek and quiet spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whose adorning ... let it be the hidden man of the +heart, ... even the ornament of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a meek and quiet spirit, which +is in the sight of God of great price</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 3:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. In our Christian growth and experience, what is to accompany +faith, courage, and knowledge? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Add to your faith virtue [courage]; and to virtue knowledge; +and to knowledge <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">temperance</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 1:5, 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.—One of the +briefest and best definitions of temperance is +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">self-control</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. The word in the text means much more than mere abstinence +from intoxicating drinks,—the limited sense now frequently given to it. It +means control, strength, power, or ascendency over exciting and evil +passions of all kinds. It denotes the self-rule which the overcomer or +converted man has over the evil propensities of his nature. Commenting +on this passage, Dr. Albert Barnes says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The influences of the Holy +Spirit on the heart make a man </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">moderate</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> in all indulgences; teach him to +restrain his passions, and to govern himself.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. How highly is he commended who controls his spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he +that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 16:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What is said of all these different virtues? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Against such there is no law.”</span> Gal. 5:23, last clause. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The law condemns +sin. But all these things, being virtues, +are in harmony with the law. They are produced by the Spirit; and the +law, which is spiritual, cannot, therefore, condemn them. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. From what condemnation does Spirit-leading save us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But if ye be led of the Spirit, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye are not under the law</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. To what unity are Christians exhorted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Endeavoring to keep <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the unity of the Spirit</span></span> in the bond of +peace.”</span> Eph. 4:3. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Spirit of life, and light, and love,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy heavenly influence give;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Quicken our souls, our guilt remove,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That we in Christ may live.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His love within us shed abroad,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Life's ever-springing well;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Till God in us, and we in God,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">In love eternal dwell.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 19.80em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Thomas Haweis.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page187">[pg 187]</span><a name="Pg187" id="Pg187" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc103" id="toc103"></a> +<a name="pdf104" id="pdf104"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Gifts Of The Spirit</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus187.png" alt="Illustration." title="Healing The Leper. "He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men." Eph. 4:8." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Healing The Leper. +"He led captivity captive, and gave gifts +unto men." Eph. 4:8.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Concerning what subject ought we to be informed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">concerning spiritual gifts</span></span>, brethren, I would not have +you ignorant.”</span> 1 Cor. 12:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. When Christ ascended, what did He give to men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore He saith, When He ascended on high, He led +captivity captive [margin, a multitude of captives], and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gave +gifts unto men</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 4:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What were these gifts that Christ gave to men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He gave some, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">apostles</span></span>; +and some, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prophets</span></span>; and some, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evangelists</span></span>; and some, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pastors</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">teachers</span></span>.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How are these gifts elsewhere spoken of? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God hath set some in the church, first <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">apostles</span></span>, secondarily +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prophets</span></span>, thirdly <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">teachers</span></span>, +after that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">miracles</span></span>, then +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gifts of healing, helps, governments, diversities of tongues</span></span>.”</span> 1 +Cor. 12:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. For what purpose were these gifts bestowed upon the +church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, +for the edifying of the body of Christ</span></span>: ... that we henceforth +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page188">[pg 188]</span><a name="Pg188" id="Pg188" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with +every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning +craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking +the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is +the head, even Christ.”</span> Eph. 4:12-15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What result is to be obtained by the exercise of the gifts +in the church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Till we all come in</span></span> [<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">into</span></span>, +margin] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the unity of the faith</span></span>, and +of the knowledge of the Son of God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto a perfect man</span></span>, unto the +measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How is unity preserved in the diversities of gifts? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now there are diversities of gifts, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the same Spirit</span></span>.”</span> +1 Cor. 12:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. For what purpose is the manifestation of this one Spirit +given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to profit withal</span></span>. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wisdom</span></span>; to another the word of +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">knowledge</span></span> by the same Spirit; +to another <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faith</span></span> by the same +Spirit; to another the gifts of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">healing</span></span> +by the same Spirit; to another the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">working of miracles</span></span>; to +another <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prophecy</span></span>; to another +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">discerning of spirits</span></span>; to another +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">divers kinds of tongues</span></span>; to +another the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">interpretation of tongues</span></span>.”</span> +Verses 7-10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Who controls the distribution of the gifts of the Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But all these worketh that one and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the selfsame Spirit</span></span>, +dividing to every man severally <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as He will</span></span>.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Was it God's design that all should possess the same +gifts? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all +workers of miracles? have all the gifts of healing? do all speak +with tongues? do all interpret?”</span> Verses 29, 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Were the gifts of the Spirit to continue forever? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whether there be prophecies, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall be done away</span></span>; +whether there be tongues, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall cease</span></span>; whether there be +knowledge, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it shall be done away</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 13:8, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. When will the gifts of the Spirit be no longer needed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">When that which is perfect is come</span></span>, then that which is in +part shall be done away.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page189">[pg 189]</span><a name="Pg189" id="Pg189" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc105" id="toc105"></a> +<a name="pdf106" id="pdf106"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Gift Of Prophecy</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus189.png" alt="Illustration." title="Writing The Prophecies. "And He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John." Rev. 1:1." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Writing The Prophecies. +"And He sent and signified it by His angel +unto His servant John." Rev. 1:1.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How did God communicate with man in Eden? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">called unto Adam, and said unto him</span></span>, +Where art thou?”</span> Gen. 3:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Since the fall, by what means has God generally made +known His will to man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I have also spoken <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the prophets</span></span>, and I have multiplied +visions, and used similitudes, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the ministry of the prophets</span></span>.”</span> +Hosea 12:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What things belong to God, and what to us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The secret things</span></span> belong +unto the Lord our God; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">those +things which are revealed</span></span> belong unto us and to our children forever.”</span> +Deut. 29:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How fully and to whom does God reveal His purposes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Surely the Lord God will do <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">nothing</span></span>, +but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He revealeth His +secret unto His servants the prophets</span></span>.”</span> Amos 3:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Can the wise men of the world foretell the future? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret +which the king hath demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, +magicians, nor soothsayers, show unto the king.”</span> Dan. 2:27, +R. V. See notes on page <a href="#Pg202" class="tei tei-ref">202</a>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Who did Daniel say could reveal secrets? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets</span></span>, and maketh +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page190">[pg 190]</span><a name="Pg190" id="Pg190" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter +days.”</span> Verse 28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How did the prophet Daniel acknowledge the insufficiency +of human wisdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">As for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom +that I have more than any living</span></span>, but for their sakes that shall +make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou +mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.”</span> Verse 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. After revealing and interpreting the dream, what did +Daniel say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The great God hath made known to the king what shall +come to pass <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hereafter</span></span>.”</span> Verse 45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How does God show His foreknowledge? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">new things +do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them</span></span>.”</span> Isa. +42:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How does the Lord reveal Himself to His prophets? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make Myself +known unto him in a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">vision</span></span>, and will speak unto him in a +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dream</span></span>.”</span> Num. 12.6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Under what influence did the prophets of old speak? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: +but holy men of God spake <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as they were moved by the Holy +Ghost</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 1:21. See 2 Sam. 23:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How are both the origin of prophecy and the means of +communicating it still further shown? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The revelation of Jesus Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which God gave unto Him</span></span>, +to show unto His servants things which must shortly come to +pass; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant +John</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 1:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What angel revealed to Daniel his visions and dreams? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Gabriel</span></span>, +whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to +fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. +And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he informed me, and talked with me, and said</span></span>, O Daniel, I +am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.”</span> +Dan. 9:21, 22. See also chapter 10, and Rev. 22:9, 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What Spirit was in the prophets inditing their utterances? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page192">[pg 192]</span><a name="Pg192" id="Pg192" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched +diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto +you: searching what, or what manner of time <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Spirit of Christ +which was in them</span></span> did signify, when it testified beforehand the +sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.”</span> 1 Peter +1:10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus191.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Anointing Of Christ. "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon Him." John 1:32." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Anointing Of Christ. +"I saw the Spirit descending from heaven +like a dove, and it abode upon Him." +John 1:32.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How were the Lord's words to the prophets preserved? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: +then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he wrote the dream</span></span>, and told the sum of the matters.”</span> Dan. +7:1. See Jer. 51:60; Rev. 1:10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. By whom has God spoken to us in these last days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in +time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last +days spoken unto us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by His Son</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 1:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What was one of the offices to be filled by the Messiah? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a Prophet</span></span> from +the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto Him ye +shall harken.”</span> Deut. 18:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What was foretold through the prophet Joel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out +my Spirit upon all flesh; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and your sons and your daughters shall +prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall +see visions</span></span>.”</span> Joel 2:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. When did this prediction begin to be fulfilled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; +And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour +out of My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters +shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and +your old men shall dream dreams.”</span> Acts 2:16, 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What were some of the gifts Christ gave to His church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, +and gave gifts unto men.... And He gave some, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">apostles</span></span>; +and some, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prophets</span></span>; and some, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evangelists</span></span>; and some, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pastors</span></span> and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">teachers</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 4:8-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. By what means did God deliver and preserve Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">By a prophet</span></span> the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by a prophet</span></span> was he preserved.”</span> Hosea 12:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. When Moses complained of his slowness of speech, what +did God say Aaron should be to him? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page193">[pg 193]</span><a name="Pg193" id="Pg193" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he shall be thy <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spokesman</span></span> unto the people: and he +shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mouth</span></span>, and thou +shalt be to him instead of God.”</span> Ex. 4:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What did God afterward call Aaron? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a +god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thy prophet</span></span>.”</span> +Ex. 7:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. What is one test by which to detect false prophets? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if the +thing follow not, nor come to pass</span></span>, that is the thing which the Lord +hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: +thou shalt not be afraid of him.”</span> Deut. 18:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What other test should be applied in determining the +validity of the claims of a prophet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, +and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder +come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let us go after +other gods</span></span>, which thou hast not known, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let us serve them</span></span>; +thou shalt not harken unto the words of that prophet, or that +dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know +whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with +all your soul. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear +Him, and keep His commandments, and obey His voice</span></span>, and ye +shall serve Him, and cleave unto Him.”</span> Deut. 13:1-4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From these +scriptures it will be seen that, in the first place, +if a prophet's words do not prove to be true, it is evidence that God has not +sent that prophet. On the other hand, even though the thing predicted +comes to pass, if the pretended prophet seeks to lead others to break God's +commandments, this, regardless of all signs, should be positive evidence +that he is not a true prophet. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What rule did Christ give for distinguishing between +true and false prophets? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">By their fruits</span></span> ye shall know them.”</span> Matt. 7:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. What general rule is laid down for testing all prophets? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">To the law and to the testimony</span></span>: if they speak not according +to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”</span> Isa. 8:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. How did God's prophets anciently use the words of former +prophets in exhorting the people to obedience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the +former prophets</span></span>, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity?”</span> +Zech. 7:7. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page194">[pg 194]</span><a name="Pg194" id="Pg194" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. What is the promised result of believing God's prophets? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">believe His prophets, so shall ye prosper</span></span>.”</span> 2 Chron. 20:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +30. What admonition is given regarding the gift of prophecy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Despise not prophesyings.</span></span> Prove all things; hold fast that +which is good.”</span> 1 Thess. 5:20, 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +31. What will characterize the last, or remnant, church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to +make war with the remnant of her seed, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which keep the commandments +of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ</span></span>.”</span> Rev. +12:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +32. What is the <span class="tei tei-q">“testimony of Jesus”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The testimony of Jesus is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the spirit of prophecy</span></span>.”</span> Rev. +19:10. See Rev. 1:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +33. What results when this gift is absent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Where there is no vision, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the people perish</span></span>: but he that +keepeth the law, happy is he.”</span> Prov. 29:18. See also Ps. +74:9. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">What poor, despised company</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of travelers are these,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Who walk in yonder narrow way,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Along the rugged maze?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Ah! these are of a royal line,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">All children of a King,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Heirs of immortal crowns divine;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And lo! for joy they sing.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Why do they, then, appear so mean,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And why so much despised?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Because of their rich robes unseen</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The world is not apprized.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But why keep they that narrow road,—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That rugged, thorny maze?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Why, that's the way their Leader trod,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">They love and keep His ways.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Why do they shun the pleasing path</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That worldlings love so well?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Because that is the road to death,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The open road to hell.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">What! is there then no other road</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To Salem's happy ground?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Christ is the only way to God,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">No other can be found.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page195">[pg 195]</span><a name="Pg195" id="Pg195" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc107" id="toc107"></a> +<a name="pdf108" id="pdf108"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Outpouring Of The Spirit</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus195.png" alt="Illustration." title="Peter Preaching On The Day Of Pentecost. "This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel." Acts 2:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Peter Preaching On The Day Of Pentecost. +"This is that which was spoken by the +prophet Joel." Acts 2:16.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. For what did Christ, just before His ascension, tell His +disciples to wait? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And, behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you: +but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">until ye be endued with +power from on high</span></span>.”</span> Luke 24:49. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. With what did He say they would be baptized? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye shall be baptized <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with the Holy Ghost</span></span> not many days +hence.”</span> Acts 1:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—John the Baptist +had foretold this baptism. He said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I +indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but He that cometh after +me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize +you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Matt. 3:11. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. For what work was this baptism to prepare them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is +come upon you: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall be witnesses unto Me</span></span> both in Jerusalem, +and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost +part of the earth.”</span> Acts 1:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What were some of the results of the preaching of the +gospel under the outpouring of the Spirit? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page196">[pg 196]</span><a name="Pg196" id="Pg196" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now when they heard this, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they were pricked in their heart</span></span>, +and said ... Men and brethren, what shall we do? +Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one +of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and +ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.... Then they +that gladly received his word were baptized: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and the same day +there were added unto them about three thousand souls</span></span>.”</span> Acts +2:37-41. <span class="tei tei-q">“And by the hands of the apostles were many signs +and wonders wrought among the people; ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and believers +were the more added to the Lord</span></span>, multitudes both of men and +women.”</span> Acts 5:12-14. <span class="tei tei-q">“And the word of God increased; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly</span></span>; +and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.”</span> +Acts 6:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How did persecution affect the preaching of the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And at that time there was a great persecution against the +church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered +abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the +apostles.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Therefore they that were scattered abroad went +everywhere preaching the word.</span></span>”</span> Acts 8:1-4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Persecution has +only had a tendency to extend and establish +the faith which it was designed to destroy.... There is no lesson +which men have been so slow to learn as that to oppose and persecute men +is the very way to confirm them in their opinions, and to spread their +doctrines.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. Albert Barnes, on Acts 4:4.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What words of Peter seem to indicate another outpouring +of the Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may +be blotted out, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when the times of refreshing shall come from the +presence of the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Acts 3:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What event does he speak of as immediately following +these times of refreshing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And He shall send Jesus Christ</span></span>, which before was preached +unto you: whom the heaven must receive [Syriac, retain] until +the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken +by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.”</span> +Verses 20, 21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From this +it seems evident that we may look for another +outpouring of the Spirit for a final proclamation of the gospel to all the +world just before Christ's second advent and the restitution of all things. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What prophecy was fulfilled in the Pentecostal outpouring +of the Spirit in the time of the apostles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page197">[pg 197]</span><a name="Pg197" id="Pg197" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +and said, ... These are not drunken, as ye suppose, +... but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel</span></span>; +And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour +out My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters +shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your +old men shall dream dreams: and on my servants and on my +handmaidens I will pour out in those days of My Spirit, and they +shall prophesy.”</span> Acts 2:14-18. See Joel 2:28, 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What expressions in the prophecy of Joel seem to imply +a double fulfilment of this outpouring of the Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord +your God: for He hath given you the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">former rain</span></span> moderately, +and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">former +rain</span></span>, and the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">latter rain</span></span> +in the first month.”</span> Joel 2:23. See +also Hosea 6:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In Palestine +the early rains prepare the soil for the seed +sowing, and the latter rains ripen the grain for the harvest. So the early +outpouring of the Spirit prepared the world for the extensive sowing of the +gospel seed, and the final outpouring will come to ripen the golden grain +for the harvest of the earth, which Christ says is </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the end of the world.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Matt. 13:37-39; Rev. 14:14, 15. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. For what are we told to pray at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain</span></span>; so the +Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, +to every one grass in the field.”</span> Zech. 10:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Before the apostles +received the baptism of the Spirit in the +early rain on the day of Pentecost, they all </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">continued with one accord in +prayer and supplication.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Acts 1:14. During this time they confessed +their faults, put away their differences, ceased their selfish ambitions and +contentions for place and power, so that when the time for the outpouring +came, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">they were all </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">with one accord</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> in one place,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> ready for its +reception. To be prepared for the final outpouring of the Spirit, all sin and selfish +ambition must again be put away, and a like work of grace wrought upon +the hearts of God's people. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How is the closing work of the gospel under the outpouring +of the Spirit described by the revelator? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“After these things I saw another angel come down from +heaven, having great power; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the earth was lightened with +his glory</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 18:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What does this angel say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Babylon +the great is fallen, is fallen</span></span>, and is become the habitation of devils, +and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and +hateful bird.”</span> Verse 2. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page198">[pg 198]</span><a name="Pg198" id="Pg198" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The religious +world will then be in much the same condition +as was the Jewish nation after it had rejected Christ at His first advent. +See 2 Tim. 3:1-5. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What did Peter on the day of Pentecost tell his hearers +to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And with many other words did he testify and exhort, +saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Save yourselves from this untoward generation</span></span>.”</span> Acts +2:40. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What similar call and appeal will be made under the +final outpouring of the Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Come out +of her, My people</span></span>, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that +ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto +heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”</span> Rev. 18:4, +5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A great work +will be accomplished in a short time under +the final outpouring of the Spirit. Many voices all over the earth will +sound the warning cry. Signs and wonders will be wrought by the believers, +and, as at Pentecost, thousands will be converted in a day. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Those who fail to heed this final gospel call, like the unbelieving +Jews, will be doomed to destruction. The seven last plagues will overtake +them, as war, famine, death, and destruction overtook the Jews, who, +not believing in Christ, failed to heed His call to flee, and shut themselves +up in Jerusalem to their doom. Those who heed the call, and separate +themselves from sin and from sinners, will be saved. +</span></p> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Come, Holy Spirit, come,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let Thy bright beams arise,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Dispel the sorrow from our minds,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The darkness from our eyes.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Convince us all of sin,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Then lead to Jesus' blood,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And to our wondering view reveal</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The mercies of our God.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Revive our drooping faith,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Our doubts and fears remove,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And kindle in our breasts the flame</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of never-dying love.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis Thine to cleanse the heart,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To sanctify the soul,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To pour fresh life in every part,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And new-create the whole.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Come, Holy Spirit, come,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Our minds from bondage free;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Then shall we know, and praise, and love</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The Father, Son, and Thee.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 23.40em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Joseph Hart.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page199">[pg 199]</span><a name="Pg199" id="Pg199" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc109" id="toc109"></a> +<a name="pdf110" id="pdf110"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part VI. The Sure Word of Prophecy</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page200">[pg 200]</span><a name="Pg200" id="Pg200" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus200.png" alt="Illustration." title="Handwriting On The Wall. "In that night was Belshazzar ... slain, and Darius the Median took the kingdom." Dan. 5:30, 31." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Handwriting On The Wall. +"In that night was Belshazzar ... slain, and Darius the +Median took the kingdom." Dan. 5:30, 31.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page201">[pg 201]</span><a name="Pg201" id="Pg201" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc111" id="toc111"></a> +<a name="pdf112" id="pdf112"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Prophecy, Why Given</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus201.png" alt="Illustration." title="Daniel In Babylon. "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the prophets." Amos 3:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Daniel In Babylon. +"Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but +He revealeth His secret unto His servants +the prophets." Amos 3:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Why were the Sacred Writings given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the +Scriptures might have hope</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 15:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. By what means is all scripture given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All scripture is given <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by inspiration of God</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim 3:16, +first part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. For what is it profitable? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And is profitable for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doctrine</span></span>, +for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">reproof</span></span>, for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">correction</span></span>, +for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">instruction in righteousness</span></span>.”</span> Same verse, last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How was the prophecy given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: +but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost</span></span>.”</span> +2 Peter 1:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is the Lord able to do regarding the future? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things +do I declare: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">before they spring forth I tell you of them</span></span>.”</span> Isa. +42:9. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page202">[pg 202]</span><a name="Pg202" id="Pg202" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How far-reaching is God's ability to reveal the future? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, ... +and there is none like Me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">declaring the end from the beginning</span></span>, +and from ancient times the things that are not yet done.”</span> Isa. +46:9, 10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In contrast +with this, note the following confession of a noted +modern historian as to man's inability to reveal the future:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">History has yet made so slight progress toward the scientific basis +that she is able to foretell nothing that is to be hereafter. As to the future, +she is stone-blind. There is not a philosopher in the world who can forecast +the historical evolution to the extent of a single day. The historian +is as completely dumb before the problems of 1895 as a charlatan weather-prophet +ought to be with respect to the meteorological conditions of the +next season. The year will come and go. It will fulfil its purpose in the +great calendar of man-life. Its events and issues will be evolved with +scientific exactitude out of antecedent conditions. But no man living can +predict what the aspect and event will be. The tallest son of the morning +can neither foretell nor foresee the nature of what is to come in the year +that already stands knocking at the door.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">John Clark +Ridpath, in Christian at Work, Dec. 27, 1894.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Knowing all things, the future is present with God. More, perhaps, +than any other one thing, the prophecies of the Bible and their fulfilment +bear witness to its divine inspiration. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. To whom does God reveal the secrets of the future? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but He revealeth +His secret unto His servants <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the prophets</span></span>.”</span> Amos 3:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. To whom do the things which have been revealed belong? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those +things which are revealed belong <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto us and to our children +forever</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 29:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What testimony did the apostle Peter bear concerning +his experience on the mount of transfiguration? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For we have not followed cunningly devised fables</span></span>, when we +made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus +Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">but were eye-witnesses of His majesty</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 1:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. When did he say he saw the majesty of Christ, and +heard the voice from heaven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this voice which came from heaven we heard, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when +we were with Him in the holy mount</span></span>.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How does he emphasize the reliability of prophecy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And we have the word of prophecy <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made more sure</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 19, R. V. <span class="tei tei-q">“Now <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">more confirmed</span></span>.”</span> Boothroyd's translation. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Every fulfilment of +prophecy is a confirmation of the truthfulness +and reliability of prophecy. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page203">[pg 203]</span><a name="Pg203" id="Pg203" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What admonition is therefore given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whereunto ye do well that ye <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">take heed</span></span>, as unto a lamp +shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star +arise in your hearts.”</span> Verse 19, last part, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What has ever been the theme of God's prophets? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Receiving the end of your faith, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the salvation of your +souls</span></span>. Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and +searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should +come unto you.”</span> 1 Peter 1:9, 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Whose spirit inspired their utterances? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Searching what, or what manner of time <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Spirit of Christ +which was in them</span></span> did signify, when it testified beforehand the +sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. In what prophecy did Christ recognize Daniel as a +prophet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, +spoken of by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Daniel the prophet</span></span>, stand +in the holy place, (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whoso +readeth, let him understand</span></span>).”</span> Matt. 24:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. To what time were the prophecies of Daniel, as a whole, +to be sealed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, +even to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the time of the end</span></span>: +many shall run to and fro, and knowledge +shall be increased.”</span> Dan. 12:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What assurance was given by the angel that these +prophecies would be understood in the last days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed +up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, +and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: +and none of the wicked shall understand; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">but the wise shall +understand</span></span>.”</span> Verses 9, 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What is the last book of the Bible called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Revelation of Jesus Christ</span></span>, which God gave unto Him.”</span> +Rev. 1:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What is said of those who read, hear, and keep the +things contained in this book? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessed</span></span> is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of +this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein.”</span> +Verse 3. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page204">[pg 204]</span><a name="Pg204" id="Pg204" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc113" id="toc113"></a> +<a name="pdf114" id="pdf114"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Nebuchadnezzar's Dream</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus204.png" alt="Illustration." title="Daniel Interpreting The Dream. "There is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets." Dan. 2:28." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Daniel Interpreting The Dream. +"There is a God in heaven that revealeth +secrets." Dan. 2:28.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What statement did Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, +make to his wise men whom he had assembled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the king said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have dreamed a dream, and +my spirit was troubled to know the dream</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 2:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. After being threatened with death if they did not make +known the dream and the interpretation, what did the wise men +say to the king? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">There is +not a man upon the earth that can show the king's matter</span></span>: therefore +there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at +any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. And it is a rare +thing that the king requireth, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there is none other that can +show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with +flesh</span></span>.”</span> Verses 10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. After the wise men had thus confessed their inability to +do what the king required, who offered to interpret the dream? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Daniel</span></span> went in, and desired of the king that he would +give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation.”</span> +Verse 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. After Daniel and his fellows had sought God earnestly, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page205">[pg 205]</span><a name="Pg205" id="Pg205" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +how were the dream and its interpretation revealed to Daniel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in a night-vision</span></span>. +Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.”</span> Verse 19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. When brought before the king, what did Daniel say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, +The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, +the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, show unto the +king; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets</span></span>, and +maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter +days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, +are these.”</span> Verses 27, 28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What did Daniel say the king had seen in his dream? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are +these; ... Thou, O king, sawest, and behold <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a great image</span></span>. +This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before +thee; and the form thereof was terrible.”</span> Verses 28-31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Of what were the different parts of the image composed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This image's head was of fine <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gold</span></span>, his breast and his arms +of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">silver</span></span>, his belly and his thighs of +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">brass</span></span>, his legs of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">iron</span></span>, his +feet <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">part of iron and part of clay</span></span>.”</span> Verses 32, 33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. By what means was the image broken to pieces? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou sawest till that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a stone</span></span> was cut out without hands, +which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, +and brake them to pieces.”</span> Verse 34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What became of the various parts of the image? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the +gold, broken to pieces together, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">became like the chaff of the +summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away</span></span>, that +no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image +became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”</span> Verse 35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. With what words did Daniel begin the interpretation +of the dream? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven +hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. +And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the +field and the fowls of the heaven hath He given into thine hand, +and hath made thee ruler over them all. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou art this head of +gold.</span></span>”</span> Verses 37, 38. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The character of +the Babylonian Empire is fittingly indicated +by the nature of the material composing that portion of the image by which +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page206">[pg 206]</span><a name="Pg206" id="Pg206" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +it was symbolized—the head of gold. It was </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the golden kingdom of a +golden age.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The city of Babylon, its metropolis, according to history +towered to a height never equaled by any of its later rivals. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Situated +in the garden of the East; laid put in a perfect square sixty miles in circumference, +fifteen miles on each side, surrounded by a wall three hundred and +fifty feet high and eighty-seven feet thick, with a moat, or ditch, around +this, of equal cubic capacity with the wall itself; divided into six hundred +and seventy-six squares, laid out in luxuriant pleasure-grounds and gardens, +interspersed with magnificent dwellings,—this city, containing in +itself many things which were themselves wonders of the world, was itself +another and still mightier wonder.... Such was Babylon, with +Nebuchadnezzar, youthful, bold, vigorous, and accomplished, seated upon +its throne.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What was to be the nature of the next kingdom after +Babylon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“After thee shall arise another kingdom <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">inferior to thee</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 39, first part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Who was the last Babylonian king? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In that night was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Belshazzar</span></span> the king of the Chaldeans +slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about +threescore and two years old.”</span> Dan. 5:30, 31. See also verses +1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. To whom was Belshazzar's kingdom given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy kingdom is divided, and given to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Medes and +Persians</span></span>.”</span> Verse 28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. By what is the Medo-Persian Empire represented in the +great image? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The breast and arms of silver.”</span> Dan. 2:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. By what is Grecia, the kingdom succeeding Medo-Persia, +represented in the image? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“His belly and his thighs of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">brass</span></span>.”</span> Verse 32. <span class="tei tei-q">“And another +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">third kingdom of brass</span></span>, which shall bear rule over all the +earth.”</span> Verse 39. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What is said of the fourth kingdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the fourth kingdom <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall be strong as iron</span></span>: forasmuch +as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron +that breaketh all these, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall it break in pieces and bruise</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 40. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What scripture shows that the Roman emperors ruled +the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it came to pass in those days, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there went out a +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page207">[pg 207]</span><a name="Pg207" id="Pg207" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed</span></span>.”</span> +Luke 2:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Describing the Roman conquests, Gibbon uses the very +imagery employed in the vision of Daniel 2. He says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The arms of the +republic, sometimes vanquished in battle, always victorious in war, advanced +with rapid steps to the Euphrates, the Danube, the Rhine, and the +ocean; and the images of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">gold</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">silver</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">brass</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, that might serve to represent +the nations and their kings, were successively broken by the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">iron</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +monarchy of Rome.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Decline and Fall of the Roman +Empire,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> chap. 38, +par. I, under </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">General Observations,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> at the close of the chapter.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What was indicated by the mixture of clay and iron in +the feet and toes of the image? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' +clay, and part of iron, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the kingdom shall +be divided</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 2:41. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. In what prophetic language was the varying strength of +the ten kingdoms of the divided empire indicated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And as the toes of the feet were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">part of iron, and part of +clay</span></span>, so the kingdom shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">partly strong, and partly broken</span></span> +[margin, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">brittle</span></span>].”</span> Verse 42. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Were any efforts to be made to reunite the divided empire +of Rome? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they +shall mingle themselves with the seed of men</span></span>: but they shall not +cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.”</span> +Verse 43. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Charlemagne, Charles V, Louis XIV, and Napoleon all +tried to reunite the broken fragments of the Roman Empire, but failed. +By marriage and intermarriage ties have been formed with a view to +strengthening and cementing together the shattered kingdom; but none +have succeeded. The element of disunion remains. Many political +revolutions and territorial changes have occurred in Europe since the fall +of the Roman Empire in 476 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">; but its divided state +still remains. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +This remarkable dream, as interpreted by Daniel, presents in the +briefest form, and yet with unmistakable clearness, the course of world +empires from the time of Nebuchadnezzar to the close of earthly history +and the setting up of the everlasting kingdom of God. The history confirms +the prophecy. The sovereignty of the world was held by Babylon +from the time of this dream, </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 603, +until </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 538, when it passed to +the Medes and Persians. The victory of the Grecian forces at the battle +of Arbela, in </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 331, +marked the downfall of the Medo-Persian Empire, +and the Greeks then became the undisputed rulers of the world. The +battle of Pydna, in Macedonia, in </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +168, was the last organized effort +to withstand a world-wide conquest by the Romans, and at that time +therefore the sovereignty passed from the Greeks to the Romans, and the +fourth kingdom was fully established. The division of Rome into ten +kingdoms is definitely foretold in the vision recorded in the seventh chapter +of Daniel, and occurred between the years 351 +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and 476 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page208">[pg 208]</span><a name="Pg208" id="Pg208" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What is to take place in the days of these kingdoms? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And in the days of these kings shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the God of heaven set +up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed</span></span>: ... but it +shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it +shall stand forever.”</span> Verse 44. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This verse +foretells the establishment of another universal +kingdom, the kingdom of God. This kingdom is to overthrow and supplant +all existing earthly kingdoms, and is to stand forever. The time +for the setting up of this kingdom was to be </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">in the days of these kings.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +This cannot refer to the four preceding empires, or kingdoms; for they +were not contemporaneous, but successive; neither can it refer to an establishment +of the kingdom at Christ's first advent, for the ten kingdoms which +arose out of the ruins of the Roman Empire were not yet in existence. +It must therefore be yet future. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. In what announcement in the New Testament is the +establishment of the kingdom of God made known? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great +voices in heaven, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The kingdoms of this world are become +the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ</span></span>; and He shall reign +forever and ever.”</span> Rev. 11:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. For what have we been taught to pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy kingdom come.</span></span> Thy will be done in earth, as it is in +heaven.”</span> Matt. 6:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. What event is closely associated with the establishment +of God's everlasting kingdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus +Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His appearing</span></span> +and His kingdom.”</span> 2 Tim. 4:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. With what prayer do the Scriptures close? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. +Amen. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Even so, come, Lord Jesus.</span></span>”</span> Rev. 22:20. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Look for the way-marks as you journey on,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Look for the way-marks, passing one by one:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Down through the ages, past the kingdoms four,—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where are we standing? Look the way-marks o'er.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">First, Babylonia's kingdom ruled the world,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Then Medo-Persia's banners were unfurled;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And after Greece held universal sway,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Rome seized the scepter,—where are we today?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Down in the feet of iron and of clay,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Weak and divided, soon to pass away;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">What will the next great, glorious drama be?—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Christ and His coming, and eternity.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">F. E. Belden.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page209">[pg 209]</span><a name="Pg209" id="Pg209" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc115" id="toc115"></a> +<a name="pdf116" id="pdf116"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Gospel Of The Kingdom</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus209.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jerusalem And The Mount Of Olives. "In the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom." Dan. 2:44." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jerusalem And The Mount Of Olives. +"In the days of these kings shall the +God of heaven set up a kingdom." +Dan. 2:44.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What gospel did Jesus preach? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, +and preaching <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the gospel of the kingdom</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 4:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How extensively did He say this should be preached? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in all the +world</span></span> for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end +come.”</span> Matt. 24:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What shows that it has always been God's purpose that +all the world should hear the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy +country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, +unto a land that I will show thee: and I will make of thee a great +nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou +shalt be a blessing: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in thee shall all families of the earth be +blessed</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 12:1-3. <span class="tei tei-q">“And the Scripture, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">foreseeing that +God would justify the heathen through faith</span></span>, preached before the +gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be +blessed.”</span> Gal. 3:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How did God warn Israel against formalism? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mouth</span></span>, +and with their <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lips</span></span> do honor Me, but have removed their heart +far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the precept +of men: therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous +work among this people: ... for the wisdom of their wise +men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men +shall be hid.”</span> Isa. 29:13, 14. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page210">[pg 210]</span><a name="Pg210" id="Pg210" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What shows that they had substituted the ritual service +of the temple for heart service? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus saith the Lord, ... Amend your ways and +your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Trust +ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple +of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.</span></span>”</span> Jer. 7:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What national disaster did they bring upon themselves +by their apostasy from God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, +they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression</span></span>.”</span> 1 +Chron. 9:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From the earliest times +it has been God's purpose that those +who receive the gospel should make it known to others. For this purpose +He chose a special people and established them in Palestine, in the highway +of the nations; but they shut up the revelation of the truth to themselves, +and so lost it. A few, like Daniel and his companions, maintained +a personal connection with God, although surrounded by spiritual declension +and dry formalism, and so were chosen by God to carry out His plan +that the gospel of the kingdom should be preached in Babylon. They were +tested and trained in Babylon, as shown in the first chapter of Daniel, and +then, being ready to make known the gospel, the way providentially opened +for them by the dream of Nebuchadnezzar. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's dream, what kingdom +did Daniel say would follow the four world empires? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And in the days of these kings shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the God of heaven set +up a kingdom</span></span>, which shall never be destroyed.”</span> Dan. 2:44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What was this kingdom to do to the other kingdoms? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The kingdom shall not be left to other people, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it shall +break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms</span></span>.”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How long is this kingdom to continue? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">stand forever</span></span>.”</span> Same verse, last clause. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What words of Christ imply the gospel's final triumph? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon +this rock I will build My church; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the gates of hell shall not +prevail against it</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 16:18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Anciently the +gates to cities were places for holding courts, +transacting business, and deliberating on public matters. The word gates, +therefore, is used for counsels, designs, machinations, and evil purposes. +The gates of hell mean the plottings, stratagems, and designs of Satan to +overthrow the church. But none of these are to prevail. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What promises to David will thus be fulfilled? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page211">[pg 211]</span><a name="Pg211" id="Pg211" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever: +... thy throne shall be established forever.”</span> 2 Sam. 7:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By uniting His divinity +with humanity in becoming the Son +of David, Christ laid the foundation upon which He built His church, and +thus established the house of David forever. The kingdom of God, the +house of David, and the church of Christ are so inseparably connected in +this prophecy that the establishment of either involves the establishment +of the other two. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Through whom are these promises to be fulfilled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He shall be great, and shall be called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Son of the Highest</span></span>: +and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father +David: and He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and +of His kingdom there shall be no end.”</span> Luke 1:32, 33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. In order to fulfil these promises, whose son did the Son +of God become? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The son of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">David</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 22:42. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What is this union of divinity and humanity called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And without controversy great is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the mystery of godliness</span></span>: +God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of +angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, +received up into glory.”</span> 1 Tim. 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What did Jesus call this same mystery? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, Unto you it is given to know <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +mystery of the kingdom of God</span></span>: but unto them that are without, +all these things are done in parables.”</span> Mark 4:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. In what confession did the wise men of Babylon deny +any knowledge of this essential doctrine of Christianity? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is +none other that can show it before the king, except <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the gods, +whose dwelling is not with flesh</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 2:11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The union +of the divine and human in the person of Christ +is </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the mystery of godliness,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> or </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the mystery of the kingdom of God.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +In the case of the seed which is sown in the field, this same principle is +illustrated by the union of the reproducing power with the material form. +As the seed is thus capable of multiplying itself, so Christ reproduces His +own character in believers, by making them partakers of the divine nature. +At His coming He bestows upon the subjects of the kingdom the gift of +immortality (1 Cor. 15:51-53), and so the kingdom will stand forever. +It is quite likely that the wise men of Babylon did not understand about +the incarnation of God in the flesh in the coming Messiah, but in their +statement that the dwelling of the gods was not with flesh they announced +the fundamental error of Babylon, both ancient and modern, and really +denied the vital principle of Christianity. This was the essential secret, +or mystery, of the kingdom of God, which needed to be known in Babylon, +and which is still to be proclaimed throughout the world. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page212">[pg 212]</span><a name="Pg212" id="Pg212" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Concerning what did Daniel and his companions pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known +to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: that they would desire +mercies of the God of heaven <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">concerning this secret</span></span>.”</span> +Verses 17, 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What would have been the result of failure on their +part to obtain a knowledge of this mystery? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That Daniel and his fellows should not <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">perish with the rest +of the wise men of Babylon</span></span>.”</span> Verse 18, last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How was the secret concerning the king's dream revealed, +and thus the mystery of the kingdom of God made +known in Babylon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in a night-vision</span></span>. +Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.”</span> Verse 19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The most +vital truth of the gospel of the kingdom of God was +denied in the religion of Babylon. This made it necessary that this very +truth should be preached in Babylon. This mystery of the kingdom of +God was the real and essential secret which the wise men of Babylon could +not make known to the king, and which could be learned only by revelation. +This is the mystery which </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">from the beginning of the world hath +been hid in God</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Eph. 3:9); and the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">riches of the glory of this mystery</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +is </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Christ in you, the hope of glory</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Col. 1:27), or </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the mystery of the +gospel</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Eph. 6:19). +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. How did Nebuchadnezzar acknowledge God as the revealer, +and thus Daniel's intimate fellowship with Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, +that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer +of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret</span></span>.”</span> Verse 47. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. When the gospel of the kingdom has been fully preached, +and Christ appears as King, what invitation will be extended +to those who have learned <span class="tei tei-q">“the mystery of the kingdom”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the +holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His +glory: and before Him shall be gathered all nations.... +Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Come, +ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you +from the foundation of the world</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 25:31-34. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy kingdom come. Thus day by day</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We lift our hands to God, and pray;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But who has ever duly weighed</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The meaning of the words He said?</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page213">[pg 213]</span><a name="Pg213" id="Pg213" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc117" id="toc117"></a> +<a name="pdf118" id="pdf118"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Four Great Monarchies</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus213.png" alt="Illustration." title="Isaiah's Vision Of The Ruins Of Babylon. "And the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure." Dan. 2:45." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Isaiah's Vision Of The Ruins +Of Babylon. +"And the dream is certain, and the interpretation +thereof sure." Dan. 2:45.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. At what time was Daniel's second vision given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon</span></span> Daniel had a +dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the +dream, and told the sum of the matters.”</span> Dan. 7:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That is, in the +first year of Belshazzar's office as associate +king with his father Nabonadius, or 540 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What effect did this dream have upon Daniel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I Daniel was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">grieved in my spirit</span></span> in the midst of my body, +and the visions of my head <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">troubled me</span></span>.”</span> Verse 15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The effect of +Daniel's dream upon him, it will be noticed, +was similar to the effect of Nebuchadnezzar's dreams upon him; it troubled +him. See Dan. 2:1. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What did Daniel ask of one of the heavenly attendants +who stood by him in his dream? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I came near unto one of them that stood by, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and asked him +the truth of all this</span></span>. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation +of the things.”</span> Verse 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What did the prophet see in this vision? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, +behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What was the result of this strife? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">four great beasts came up from the sea</span></span>, diverse one from +another.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page214">[pg 214]</span><a name="Pg214" id="Pg214" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus214.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Four Beasts Of Daniel 7. "These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth." Dan. 7:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Four Beasts Of Daniel 7. +"These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall +arise out of the earth." Dan. 7:17.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page215">[pg 215]</span><a name="Pg215" id="Pg215" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What did these four beasts represent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These great beasts, which are four, are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">four kings, which +shall arise out of the earth</span></span>.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The word kings here, +as in Dan. 2:44, denotes kingdoms, as +explained in verses 23 and 24 of the seventh chapter, the two words being +used interchangeably in this prophecy. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In symbolic language, what is represented by winds? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Strife, war, commotion. See Jer. 25:31-33; 49:36, 37. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That winds denote +strife and war is evident from the vision +itself. As a result of the striving of the winds, kingdoms rise and fall. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What, in prophecy, is symbolized by waters? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest +... are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">peoples</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">multitudes</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">nations</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tongues</span></span>.”</span> +Rev. 17:15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In the second +chapter of Daniel, under the figure of an image +of man, the mere political outline of the rise and fall of earthly kingdoms is +given, preceding the setting up of God's everlasting kingdom. In the +seventh chapter, earthly governments, are represented as viewed in the +light of Heaven,—under the symbols of wild and ferocious beasts,—the +last, in particular, oppressing and persecuting the saints of the Most High. +Hence the change in the symbols used to represent these kingdoms. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What was the first beast like? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The first was like a lion</span></span>, and had eagle's wings: I beheld +till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the +earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's +heart was given to it.”</span> Dan. 7:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The lion, the first +of these four great beasts, like the golden +head of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, represents the Babylonian monarchy; +the lion, the king of beasts, standing at the head of his kind, as gold does of +metals. The eagle's wings doubtless denote the rapidity with which Babylon +extended its conquests under Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned from +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 604 to </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 561. +This kingdom was overthrown by the Medes and Persians +in </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 538. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. By what was the second kingdom symbolized? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And behold another beast, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a second, like to a bear</span></span>, and it +raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of +it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, +devour much flesh.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This was the +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Medo-Persian</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Empire, represented here under +the symbol of a </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">bear</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.... The Medes and Persians are compared +to a bear on account of their </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">cruelty and thirst after blood</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, a bear being a +most voracious and cruel animal.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Adam Clarke, +on Dan. 7:5.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. By what was the third universal empire symbolized? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“After this I beheld, and lo another, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">like a leopard</span></span>, which +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page216">[pg 216]</span><a name="Pg216" id="Pg216" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also +four heads; and dominion was given to it.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—If the wings +of an eagle on the back of a lion denoted rapidity +of movement in the Babylonian, or Assyrian, Empire (see Hab. 1:6-8), +four wings on the leopard must denote unparalleled celerity of movement +in the Grecian Empire. This we find to be historically true. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The rapidity of Alexander's conquests in Asia was marvelous: he +burst like a torrent on the expiring Persian Empire, and all opposition was +useless. The gigantic armies collected to oppose him melted like snow in +the sunshine. The battles of Granicus, </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 334, Issus in the +following year, and Arbela in </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 331, settled the fate of +the Persian Empire, and established +the wide dominion of the Greeks.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Divine Program of the +World's History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by H. Grattan Guinness, page 308.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The beast had also four heads.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The Grecian Empire maintained +its unity but a short time after the death of Alexander, which occurred +in </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 323. Within twenty-two years after the close of his +brilliant career, or by </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 301, the empire was divided among +his four leading generals. +Cassander took Macedonia and Greece in the west; Lysimachus had Thrace +and the parts of Asia on the Hellespont and Bosporus in the north; Ptolemy +received Egypt, Lydia, Arabia, Palestine, and Cœle-Syria in the south; +and Seleucus had all the rest of Alexander's dominions in the east. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How was the fourth kingdom represented? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“After, this I saw in the night-visions, and behold <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a fourth +beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had +great iron teeth</span></span>: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped +the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the +beasts that were before it; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and it had ten horns</span></span>.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What was the fourth beast declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus he said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom +upon earth</span></span>, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall +devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it +in pieces.”</span> Verse 23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This is +allowed on all hands to be the Roman Empire. It +was </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">dreadful</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">terrible</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">exceeding strong</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; +... and became, in effect, what the Roman writers delight to call it, the +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">empire of the whole world</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Adam +Clarke, on Dan. 7:7.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The final overthrow of the Greeks, by the Romans, was at the battle +of Pydna, in 168 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What was denoted by the ten horns? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the ten horns out of this kingdom are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ten kings that +shall arise</span></span>.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Roman Empire +was broken up into ten kingdoms between +the years 351 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and 476 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The historian Machiavelli, without the slightest reference to this +prophecy, gives the following list of the nations which occupied the territory +of the Western Empire at the time of the fall of Romulus Augustulus +(476 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">), the last emperor of Rome: The Lombards, the Franks, +the Burgundians, the Ostrogoths, the Visigoths, the Vandals, the Heruh, the +Suevi, the Huns, and the Saxons: ten in all.</span></span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page217">[pg 217]</span><a name="Pg217" id="Pg217" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Amidst unceasing and almost countless fluctuations, the kingdoms +of modern Europe have from their birth to the present day </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">averaged</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> ten in +number. They have never since the breaking up of old Rome been united +into one single empire; they have never formed </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">one whole</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> even like the +United States. No scheme of proud ambition seeking to reunite the +broken fragments has ever succeeded; when such have arisen, they have +been invariably dashed to pieces.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">And the division is as apparent now as ever. Plainly and palpably +inscribed on the map of Europe this day, it confronts the skeptic with its +silent but conclusive testimony to the fulfilment of this great prophecy. +Who can alter or add to this tenfold list of the kingdoms now occupying the +sphere of old Rome? </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany, England, +Holland, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">—ten, and no more; ten, +and no less.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Divine Program +of the World's History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by H. Grattan +Guinness, pages 318-321.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What change did Daniel see take place in these horns? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I considered the horns, and, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there came up among +them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first +horns plucked up by the roots</span></span>: and, behold, in this horn were eyes +like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.”</span> +Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What inquiry on the part of Daniel shows that the fourth +beast, and especially the little horn phase of it, constitutes the +leading feature of this vision? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I would know the truth of the fourth beast</span></span>, which was +diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth +were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in +pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and of the ten horns</span></span> +that were in his head, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of the other +which came up</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">before +whom three fell</span></span>; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth +that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than +his fellows.”</span> Verses 19, 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. When was the little horn to arise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And another shall rise <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">after them</span></span>.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The ten horns, as +already shown, arose when Rome, the +fourth kingdom, was divided into ten kingdoms. This division was completed +in </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 476. The little-horn power was to arise after them. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What was to be the character of the little horn? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">diverse</span></span> +from the first, and he shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">subdue +three kings</span></span>.”</span> Same verse, last part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That power which arose +in the Roman Empire after the fall +of Rome in </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 476, which was entirely different from all the +ten kingdoms into which Rome was divided (for it demanded and exercised spiritual +power over the other kingdoms), and before whom three of the other kings—the +Heruli, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths—fell, was the Papacy. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Having located the place and the time of the kingdom of the little +horn, the study of its character and work will be considered in the readings +which follow. +</span></p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page218">[pg 218]</span><a name="Pg218" id="Pg218" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc119" id="toc119"></a> +<a name="pdf120" id="pdf120"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Kingdom And Work Of Antichrist</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus218.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Papal Tiara. "He shall speak great words against the Most High." Dan. 7:25." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Papal Tiara. +"He shall speak great words against the +Most High." Dan. 7:25.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is said of the little horn as compared with the ten +horns of the fourth beast of Daniel 7? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">diverse</span></span> from the first, and he shall subdue three +kings.”</span> Dan. 7:24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Papacy, which +arose on the ruins of the Roman Empire, +differed from all previous forms of Roman power, in that it was an ecclesiastical +despotism claiming universal dominion over both spiritual and +temporal affairs, especially the former. It was a union of church and +state, with the church dominant. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What attitude of rivalry was the Papacy, represented by +the little horn, to assume toward the Most High? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">speak great words against the Most High</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 25, first clause. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How does Paul, speaking of the man of sin, describe this +same power? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called +God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple +of God, showing himself that he is God.”</span> 2 Thess. 2:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The following +extracts from authoritative works, most of +them by Roman Catholic writers, will indicate to what extent the Papacy +has done this:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">All the names which are attributed to Christ in Scripture, implying +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page219">[pg 219]</span><a name="Pg219" id="Pg219" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +His supremacy over the church, are also attributed to +the Pope.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Bellarmine, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">On the Authority of Councils</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> book 2, chap. 17.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For thou art the shepherd, thou art the physician, thou art the +director, thou art the husbandman; finally thou +art another God on earth.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">From +Oration of Christopher Marcellus in fourth session of Fifth Lateran +Council, Labbe and Cossart's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">History of the Councils,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> published in 1672, +Vol. XIV, col. 109.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For not man, but God, not by human but rather by divine authority, +releases those whom, on account of the need of the churches or what is +regarded as a benefit, the Roman pontiff (who is vicegerent on earth, not +of mere man, but of the true God) separates +[from their churches].</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Decretals of Gregory IX,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> book 1, title 7, chap. 3.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Pope is the supreme judge of the law of the land. He is the +vicegerent of Christ, who is not only a priest forever, but also King of kings +and Lord of lords.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">From +the Civilta Cattolica, March 18, 1871, quoted in +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Vatican Council,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by Leonard Woolsey Bacon, American Tract Society +edition, page 220.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Christ entrusted His office to the chief pontiff; ... but all +power in heaven and in earth has been given to Christ; ... therefore +the chief pontiff, who is His vicar, will have this +power.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Gloss on the +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Extravagantes Communes,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> book 1, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">On Authority and Obedience,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> chap. 1, +on words Porro Subesse Romano Pontiff. Canon law, published in 1556, +Vol. III, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Extravagantes Communes,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> col. 29.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven, +and earth, and purgatory +(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Infernorum</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Prompta +Bibliotheca,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> Ferraris, +Vol. VI, page 26, article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Papa</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> (the Pope).</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The decision of the Pope and the decision of God constitute one +decision, just as the opinion of the Pope and his disciple are the same. +Since, therefore, an appeal is always taken from an inferior judge to a +superior, as no one is greater than himself, so no appeal holds when made +from the Pope to God, because there is one consistory of the Pope himself +and of God Himself, of which consistory the Pope himself is the key-bearer +and the doorkeeper. Therefore no one can appeal from the Pope to God, +as no one can enter into the consistory of God without the mediation of +the Pope, who is the key-bearer and the doorkeeper of the consistory of +eternal life; and as no one can appeal to himself, so no one can appeal from +the Pope to God, because there is one decision and one curia [court] of God +and of the Pope.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Writings +of Augustinus de Ancona, printed without title-page +or pagination, Ques. VI, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">On an Appeal From the Decision of the Pope.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">All the faithful of Christ must believe that the Holy Apostolic See +and the Roman pontiff possesses the primacy over the whole world, and +that the Roman pontiff is the successor of the blessed Peter, prince of the +apostles, and is true vicar of Christ, and the head of the whole church, and +father and teacher of all Christians, and that full power was given him in +blessed Peter to rule, feed, and govern the universal church by Jesus Christ +our Lord.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Petri +Privilegium,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> in section on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Vatican Council and +Its Definitions,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by Henry Edward Manning, archbishop of Westminster +(Roman Catholic), London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1871, page 214.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">We teach and define that it is a dogma divinely revealed; that the +Roman pontiff, when he speaks </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">ex cathedra</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, that +is, when in the discharge +of the office of Pastor and Doctor of all Christians, by virtue of his supreme +apostolic authority he defines a doctrine regarding faith or morals to be +held by the universal church, by the divine assistance promised to him in +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page220">[pg 220]</span><a name="Pg220" id="Pg220" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +blessed Peter, is possessed of that infallibility with which the divine Redeemer +willed that His church should be endowed for defining doctrine +regarding faith or morals; and that therefore such definitions of the Roman +pontiff are irreformable of themselves, and not from the consent of the +church.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Id., page 218.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Should Jesus Christ come in person from heaven into a church to +administer the sacrament of reconciliation, and should He say to a penitent, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I absolve thee,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and should a priest sitting at His side in the tribunal of +penance pronounce over a penitent the selfsame words, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I absolve thee,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +there is no question that in the latter case, as in the former, the penitent +would be equally loosed from his sin.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Jesus +Living in the Priest,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by the +Rev. P. Millet, S. J., English translation by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Sebastian +Byrne, D. D., bishop of Nashville; New York, Benziger Brothers, printers to +the Holy Apostolic See, 1901, pages 23, 24. Imprimatur, Michael Augustine, +archbishop of New York.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Among the twenty-seven propositions known as the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Dictates of +Hildebrand,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> who, under the name of Gregory VII, was Pope from 1073-87, +occur the following:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">2. That the Roman pontiff alone is justly styled universal.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">6. That no person ... may live under the same roof with one +excommunicated by the Pope.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">9. That all princes should kiss his feet only.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">12. That it is lawful for him to depose emperors.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">18. That his sentence is not to be reviewed by any one; while he +alone can review the decisions of all others.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">19. That he can be judged by no one.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">22. That the Romish Church never erred, nor will it, according to +the Scriptures, ever err.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">26. That no one is to be accounted a Catholic who does not harmonize +with the Romish Church.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">27. That he can absolve subjects from their allegiance to unrighteous +rulers.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Annals of Baronius, 1076, +Vol. XI, col. 506. See Gieseler's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ecclesiastical History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> third period, div. 3, par. 47, note 3; and Mosheim's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ecclesiastical History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> book 3, cen. 11, part 2, chap. 2, par. 9, note.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">They have assumed infallibility, which belongs only to God. They +profess to forgive sins, which belongs only to God. They profess to open +and shut heaven, which belongs only to God. They profess to be higher +than all the kings of the earth, which belongs only to God. And they go +beyond God in pretending to loose whole nations from their oath of allegiance +to their kings, when such kings do not please them. And they go +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">against</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> God, when they give </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">indulgences for sin</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +This is the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">worst</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of all +blasphemies.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Adam Clarke, on Dan. 7:25.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How was the little horn to treat God's people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wear out the saints</span></span> of the Most High.”</span> Dan. 7:25. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Under +these bloody maxims [previously mentioned], those +persecutions were carried on, from the eleventh and twelfth centuries almost +to the present day, which stand out on the page of history. After +the signal of open martyrdom had been given in the canons of Orleans, +there followed the extirpation of the Albigenses under the form of a crusade, +the establishment of the Inquisition, the cruel attempts to extinguish the +Waldenses, the martyrdoms of the Lollards, the cruel wars to exterminate +the Bohemians, the burning of Huss and Jerome, and multitudes of other +confessors, before the Reformation; and afterwards, the ferocious cruelties +practised in the Netherlands, the martyrdoms of Queen Mary's reign, the +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page221">[pg 221]</span><a name="Pg221" id="Pg221" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +extinction by fire and sword of the Reformation in Spain and Italy, by +fraud and open persecution in Poland, the massacre of Bartholomew, the +persecution of the Huguenots by the League, the extirpation of the Vaudois, +and all the cruelties and prejudices connected with the revocation of the +Edict of Nantes. These are the more open and conspicuous facts which +explain the prophecy, besides the slow and secret murders of the holy tribunal +of the Inquisition.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +First Two Visions of Daniel,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> Rev. T. R. +Birks, M. A., London, 1845, pages 248, 249.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +A detailed summary of the number of the victims of the Inquisition +in Spain, under each Inquisitor-General, is given in </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The History of the +Inquisition in Spain,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> by Llorente, formerly secretary of the Inquisition, +pages 206-208. According to this authority the number who were condemned +and perished in the flames is 31,912. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The church has persecuted. Only a tyro in church history will deny +that.... One hundred and fifty years after Constantine the Donatists +were persecuted, and sometimes put to death.... Protestants +were persecuted in France and Spain with the full approval of the church +authorities. We have always defended the persecution of the Huguenots, +and the Spanish Inquisition. Wherever and whenever there is honest +Catholicity, there will be a clear distinction drawn between truth and error, +and Catholicity and all forms of error. When she thinks it good to use +physical force, she will use it.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Western Watchman (Roman Catholic), +of St. Louis, Dec. 24, 1908.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What else does the prophecy say the little horn would do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">think to change the times and the law</span></span>.”</span> Dan. +7:25, third clause, R. V. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The little +horn, further, shall think to change times. The +description applies, in all its force, to the systematic perversion of God's +words by which all promises of millennial glory are wrested from their true +sense, and referred to the dominion and grandeur of the Church of Rome. +The orator of the Pope, for instance, in the Lateran Council, declares that +in the submission of all nations to Leo the prophecy was fulfilled: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">All kings +shall fall down and worship Him; all nations shall serve and obey Him.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The same antichristian feature appears in those advocates of the Papacy +who would clear it from the guilt of actual idolatry, because </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">it is part of +that church from which the idols are utterly abolished.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Thus are the times +changed; but only in the vain </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">thoughts</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of dreamers who see false visions +and divine lying divinations; because the visible glory of Christ's kingdom +remains still to be revealed.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +First Two Visions of Daniel,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> Rev. T. R. +Birks, M. A., London, 1845, pages 257, 258.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Although the ten commandments, the law of God, are found in the +Roman Catholic versions of the Scriptures, as they were originally given, +yet the faithful are instructed from the catechisms of the church, and not +directly from the Bible. As it appears in these, the law of God has been +changed and virtually reenacted by the Papacy. Furthermore, communicants +not only receive the law from the church, but they deal with the +church concerning any alleged infractions of that law, and when they have +satisfied the ecclesiastical authorities, the whole matter is settled. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The second commandment, which forbids the making of, and bowing +down to, images, is omitted in Catholic catechisms, and the tenth, which +forbids coveting, is divided into two. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +As evidence of the change which has been made in the law of God by +the papal power, and that it acknowledges the change and claims the authority +to make it, note the following from Roman Catholic publications:— +</span></p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page222">[pg 222]</span><a name="Pg222" id="Pg222" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Question.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Have you +any other way of proving that the church has +power to institute festivals of precept?</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Answer.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Had she +not such power, she could not have done that in +which all modern religionists agree with her,—she could not have substituted +the observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, for the observance +of Saturday, the seventh day, a change for which there is no +Scriptural authority.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">A +Doctrinal Catechism,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> Rev. Stephen Keenan, +page 174. Imprimatur, John Cardinal McCloskey, archbishop of New York.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ques.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—How prove you that the church hath +power to command feasts and holy days?</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ans.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By the +very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which +Protestants allow of; and therefore they fondly contradict themselves, +by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other feasts commanded +by the same church.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ques.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—How prove you that?</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ans.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Because by +keeping Sunday they acknowledge the church's +power to ordain feasts, and to command them under sin: and by not keeping +the rest by her commanded, they deny again, in fact, the +same power.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">An +Abridgment of the Christian Doctrine,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> composed in 1649, by Rev. +Henry Tuberville, D. D., of the English College of Douay; New York, John +Doyle, 1883, page 58.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday, to abstain on that +day from unnecessary servile work? Is not the observance of this law +among the most prominent of our sacred duties? But you may read the +Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing +the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious +observance of Saturday, a day which we never +sanctify.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Faith of +Our Fathers,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by James Cardinal Gibbons, Baltimore, John Murphy & Co., +1893, page 111.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +All Roman Catholic writers agree in this teaching. See page 441. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Until what time were the saints, times, and laws of the +Most High to be given into the hands of the little horn? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they shall be given into his hand <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">until a time and times +and the dividing of time</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 7:25, last clause. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In what other prophecies is this same period mentioned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, +that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where +she is nourished for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a time, and times, and half a time</span></span>, from the +face of the serpent.”</span> Rev. 12:14. <span class="tei tei-q">“And there was given +unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and +power was given unto him to continue [margin, to make war] +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forty and two months</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 13:5. See also Rev. 11:2. <span class="tei tei-q">“And +the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place +prepared of God, that they should feed her there <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a thousand +two hundred and threescore days</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 12:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. In symbolic prophecy what length of time is represented +by a day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“After the number of the days in which ye searched the +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page223">[pg 223]</span><a name="Pg223" id="Pg223" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +land, even forty days, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">each day for a year</span></span>, shall ye bear your +iniquities, even forty years.”</span> Num. 14:34. See Eze. 4:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A time in +prophecy being the same as a year (see Dan. 11:13, +margin, and R. V.), three and one-half times would be three and a half +years, or forty-two months, or twelve hundred and sixty days, since the +calendar year of 360 days, or twelve months of thirty days each, is used in +prophetic chronology. As each day represents a year, the period, the end +of which was to mark the limit of the time of the supremacy of the little +horn, the Papacy, over the saints, times, and the law, would therefore +be twelve hundred and sixty years. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The decree of the emperor Justinian, issued in +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 533, recognized the +Pope as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">head of all the holy churches.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Justinian's Code, book 1, title +1. Baronius's Annals, </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 533.) +The overwhelming defeat of the Ostrogoths +in the siege of Rome, five years later, </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +538, was a death-blow to +the independence of the Arian power then ruling Italy, and was therefore +a notable date in the development of papal supremacy. With the period +533-538, then, commences the twelve hundred and sixty years of this +prophecy, which would extend to the period 1793-1798. The year 1793 +was the year of the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, and the +year when the Roman Catholic religion was set aside in France and the +worship of reason was established in its stead. As a direct result of the +revolt against papal authority in the French Revolution, the French army, +under Berthier, entered Rome, and the Pope was taken prisoner Feb. 10, +1798, dying in exile at Valence, France, the following year. This period, +1793-1798, during which this death-stroke was inflicted upon the Papacy, +fittingly and clearly marks the close of the long prophetic period mentioned +in this prophecy. Any standard history of the time may be consulted in +substantiation of the facts here stated. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What will finally be done with the dominion exercised +by the little horn? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the judgment shall sit, and they shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">take away his +dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 7:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. To whom will the dominion finally be given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the +kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to the people +of the saints of the Most High</span></span>, whose kingdom is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an everlasting +kingdom</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all dominions</span></span> +shall serve and obey Him.”</span> Verse 27. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Here, as +in the second chapter of Daniel, the announcement +of the setting up of the everlasting kingdom of God in the earth includes a +brief outline of the history of this world; and the prophecies of Daniel concerning +the powers that would oppose the purpose of God, furnish additional +features of this outline. The exact fulfilment of this outline in the +history of the world since the time of Nebuchadnezzar constitutes an unimpeachable +testimony to the inspiration of these prophecies, and furnishes +a ground of confidence that the unfulfilled portion of the prophecies +will be wrought out in the future with absolute certainty and in every +detail. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page224">[pg 224]</span><a name="Pg224" id="Pg224" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc121" id="toc121"></a> +<a name="pdf122" id="pdf122"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Vicar Of Christ</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus224.png" alt="Illustration." title="St. Peter's And The Vatican. "He as God sitteth in the temple of God." 2 Thess. 2:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">St. Peter's And The Vatican. +"He as God sitteth in the temple +of God." 2 Thess. 2:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What appeared unto Daniel in 538 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>, the same year +in which Babylon fell? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">vision</span></span> +appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared +unto me at the first.”</span> Dan. 8:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Where was Daniel at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, +that I was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">at Shushan</span></span> in the palace, which is in the province of +Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.”</span> +Verse 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What first attracted the prophet's attention? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there +stood before the river <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a ram</span></span> which had two horns: and the two +horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the +higher came up last.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What power was represented by the ram having two +horns? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The ram which thou sawest having two horns are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +kings of Media and Persia</span></span>.”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How are the rise and work of this power described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and +southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither +was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did +according to his will, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">became great</span></span>.”</span> Verse 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What symbol was next introduced in the vision? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And as I was considering, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an he goat</span></span> came from the +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page225">[pg 225]</span><a name="Pg225" id="Pg225" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: +and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What did the goat with the notable horn represent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the rough goat is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the king of Grecia</span></span>: and the great horn +that is between his eyes is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the first king</span></span>.”</span> Verse 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How was the conquest of Medo-Persia by Grecia foretold +in this symbolic prophecy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved +with choler against him, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">smote the ram, and brake his two +horns</span></span>: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, +but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: +and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.”</span> +Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. When the he goat <span class="tei tei-q">“was strong,”</span> what occurred? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was +strong, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the great horn was broken</span></span>; and for it came up four notable +ones toward the four winds of heaven.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Who was represented by <span class="tei tei-q">“the great horn,”</span> and what +followed when it was broken? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the rough goat is the king [kingdom] of Grecia: and +the great horn that is between his eyes is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the first king</span></span>. Now +that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">four kingdoms +shall stand up out of the nation</span></span>, but not in his power.”</span> Verses +21, 22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From +the interpretation given, it is plain that the notable +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">horn</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> upon the he goat represented Alexander the Great, who led the +Grecian forces in their conquest of Medo-Persia. Upon the death of +Alexander at Babylon, </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 323, there followed a brief period +of confusion in the struggle for the kingdom, but the succession was definitely determined +by the battle of Ipsus, </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 301. Alexander's four leading +generals—Cassander, +Lysimachus, Ptolemy, and Seleucus—became his successors. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The vast empire created by Alexander's unparalleled conquests was +distracted by the wranglings and wars of his successors, and before the +close of the fourth century before Christ, had become broken up into many +fragments. Besides minor states, four well-defined and important monarchies +rose out of the ruins.... Their rulers were Lysimachus, +Cassander, Seleucus Nicator, and Ptolemy, who had each assumed the +title of king. The great horn was broken; and instead of it came up four +notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Myers's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">History of Greece,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 457, edition 1902.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What came out of one of the four horns of the goat? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And out of one of them came forth a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">little horn</span></span>, which waxed +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">exceeding great</span></span>, toward the south, and toward the east, and +toward the pleasant land.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page226">[pg 226]</span><a name="Pg226" id="Pg226" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What interpretation is given to this little horn? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors +are come to the full, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a king of fierce countenance, and +understanding dark sentences, shall stand up</span></span>.”</span> Verse 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What did this little horn do to the people of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it cast +down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped +upon them</span></span>.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. In what literal language is this persecution of the people +of God further described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: +and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, +and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How was this little horn to exalt itself against Christ +and His mediatorial work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Yea, it magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it took away from Him the continual burnt offering</span></span>, and the place +of His sanctuary was cast down.”</span> Verse 11, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. In the interpretation of the vision, how is this self-exaltation +set forth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper +in his hand; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall magnify himself in his heart</span></span>, and +by peace shall destroy many: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall also stand up against +the Prince of princes</span></span>; but he shall be broken without hand.”</span> +Verse 25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What similar language is used by the apostle Paul in +describing the <span class="tei tei-q">“mystery of iniquity,”</span> or <span class="tei tei-q">“man of sin”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That day shall not come, except there come a falling away +first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, +or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, +showing himself that he is God</span></span>.”</span> 2 Thess. 2:3, 4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The last +two scriptures evidently describe one and the same +power,—a power which, while religious and professedly Christian, is anti-christian +in spirit, and the very </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">man of sin</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> himself. Possessed with the +selfish ambition of Lucifer (Isa. 14:12-14; Eze. 28:17), he assumes to occupy +the very seat and place of Deity in the temple of God. Professing +to be Christ's vicar, or personal representative on earth, he magnifies +himself against Christ, and </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">stands up,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> or reigns, in the place of, and +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">against,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> the Prince of princes. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What was given into the hands of the power represented +by the little horn? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page227">[pg 227]</span><a name="Pg227" id="Pg227" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the host</span></span> was +given over to it together with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the continual +burnt offering</span></span> through transgression.”</span> Dan. 8:12, first clause, +R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What did this power do to the truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it cast down truth to the ground</span></span>, and it did its pleasure +and prospered.”</span> Same verse, last clause, R. V. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +interpretation already given to this vision shows plainly +that the power represented by the little horn is the successor of Medo-Persia +and Grecia. In the vision of the seventh chapter of Daniel, which +is closely related to this vision, the fourth beast represented the fourth +kingdom, or Rome, in its entirety, special attention, however, being given +to the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">little horn</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> phase of its history. As shown by the work attributed +to it, this little horn, which arose among the ten kingdoms into which Rome +was divided, was to be a religio-political power, which was to change the +times and law of God, and persecute the people of God. In the vision of +the eighth chapter the ecclesiastical features of this fourth world power are +especially noticed and emphasized, and hence the only symbol there used +to represent it is the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">little horn</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> which waxed </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">exceeding great.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The religion of all the four great monarchies mentioned in these +prophecies was paganism; but the paganism of ancient Babylon was reproduced +in pagan Rome, and then adapted and adopted by papal Rome. +The little horn of the eighth chapter represents Rome, both pagan and +papal, in its ecclesiastical aspect, with its union of paganism, and later of +apostate Christianity, with the secular power; with its antichristian persecutions +of the saints of God; with its perversion of the priesthood of Christ; +and with its assertion of both temporal and spiritual power over all the +world. It is evident that pagan Rome is introduced into this prophecy +chiefly as a means of locating the place and work of papal Rome, and the +ecclesiastical features of pagan Rome as typical of the same features accentuated +in papal Rome, and that the emphasis is to be placed upon the +fulfilment of the prophecy in the work of papal Rome. A careful comparison +of Dan. 7:21, 25, with Dan. 8:10-12, R. V., and 2 Thess. 2:3, 4, will +amply justify this conclusion. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Romans could not forget—never did forget—that they had +once been masters and rulers of the world. Even after they had become +wholly unfit to rule themselves, let alone the ruling of others, they still +retained the temper and used the language of masters.... In the +absence of an emperor in the West the popes rapidly gained influence and +power, and soon built up an ecclesiastical empire that in some respects +took the place of the old empire and carried on its civilizing +work.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Myers's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Rome; Its Rise and Fall,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> Boston, 1900, pages 398, 399, 442, 443.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The host and the stars of Dan. 8:10 are the same as the saints of the +Most High of Dan. 7:25; and the Prince of the host of Dan. 8:11 is the +Prince of princes, or Christ. When the same being appeared to Joshua +(Joshua 5:13-15, margin), He applies the same expression to Himself. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +In Dan. 8:11-13, in the Revised Version, the words </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">burnt offering</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +have been supplied by the translators after the word </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">continual,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> but this +rendering seems to place too restricted a meaning upon the word </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">continual.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The fact that no word is connected with </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">continual</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in the +original text, although in the typical service of the sanctuary it is used +with </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">burnt offering</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Ex. 29:42), with </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">incense</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Ex. 30:8, here rendered +perpetual), and with </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">showbread</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Num. 4:7), indicates that that +which is continual represents the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">continual service or mediation of Christ +in the heavenly sanctuary</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, in which all that was continual in the typical +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page228">[pg 228]</span><a name="Pg228" id="Pg228" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +service found its antitype and fulfilment. See Heb. 6:19, 20; 7:1-3, 14-16, +23-25. The action which made the Pope the vicar of God and the high +priest of the apostasy, really took away from Christ, as far as human intent +and power were concerned, his place and work as the only mediator +between God and man (1 Tim. 2:5), and this took away from Him, as far +as man could take it away, the continual mediation, according to the prediction +in this prophecy. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The prophecies of Daniel are cumulative and widening in their view, +each carrying matters farther than the preceding one, and bringing out +more explicitly and more in detail important features down the stream of +time. In Daniel 2, under the fourth universal kingdom, the Papacy is +not represented under any direct symbol or figure at all,—simply Rome in +its united and divided state; in Daniel 7 Rome is symbolized by the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">little +horn</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> coming up among the ten horns representing the divided state of +Rome; while in Daniel 8 the only figure used to represent the fourth world +power is the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">little horn</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> which waxed </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">exceeding great.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +In each of these last two chapters the little horn is introduced to tell +especially of the workings of the same terrible power—Rome papal. Both +chapters deal with the same great apostasy. In the seventh chapter, the +little horn takes away </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the law of God</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. In the eighth chapter, it takes +away </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the gospel</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. Had it taken away only the law, this would have vitiated +the gospel; for, with the law of God gone, even the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">true</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> gospel could +not save, because the law is needed to convict and give a knowledge of +sin. And had the Papacy taken away only the gospel, and left the law, +salvation through such a system would still have been impossible, for there +is no salvation for sinners through even the law of God itself apart from +Christ and the gospel. But to make apostasy doubly sure, this power +changes, vitiates, and takes away both the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">law</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> and the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">gospel.</span></em> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +In changing the Sabbath, the Papacy struck directly at the very heart +and seal of the law of God, just as in substituting its own mediatorial system +for that of Christ's it struck directly at the heavenly sanctuary and its +service, which, in his epistle to the Hebrews, Paul shows to be the very +heart and essence of the gospel. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What question was asked in the hearing of the prophet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said +unto that certain saint which spake, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">How long shall be the vision +concerning the daily sacrifice</span></span>, and the transgression of desolation, +to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden underfoot?”</span> +Dan. 8:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What answer was addressed to Daniel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said unto me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Unto two thousand and three hundred +days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed</span></span>.”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In verse 13, R. V., +the vision is clearly defined. It is </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the +vision concerning the continual burnt offering [or continual mediation], +and the transgression that maketh desolate,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> which results in giving both +the sanctuary and the people of God to be trodden underfoot. The time +when the vision was to have its special application is stated in verse 17 +to be </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">at the time of the end,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> or in the last days. This is additional +proof that this prophecy was to find its complete fulfilment in papal +Rome only, as pagan Rome passed away many centuries ago. The sanctuary +and the twenty-three-hundred-day period here referred to are considered +at length in succeeding readings. See pages </span><a href="#Pg230" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">230</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg238" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">238</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page229">[pg 229]</span><a name="Pg229" id="Pg229" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What prophetic period begins at the time when the +continual mediation of Christ was taken away by the Papacy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And from the time that the continual burnt offering shall +be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set +up, there shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a thousand two hundred and ninety days</span></span>.”</span> +Dan. 12:11, R. V. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Inasmuch as +the taking away of the continual mediation of +Christ is made the beginning of a prophetic period, there must be some +definite act at some definite time which, in form and intent, takes from +Christ His priestly work in the heavenly sanctuary. This act was the +official decree of an ecclesiastical council held at +Rome in 503 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, by +which it was declared </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">that the Pope was judge as God's vicar, and could +himself be judged by no one.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See Hardouin's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Councils,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Vol. II, page +983; Labbe and Cossart's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Councils,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Vol. IV, col. 1364; and Bower's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">History of the Popes</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (three-volume edition), Vol. I, pages 304, 305. +The work of Clovis, king of the Franks, who earned for himself the title +of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the eldest son of the church</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> by his campaigns to subdue the kingdoms +hostile to the Papacy, contributed much toward putting into practical +effect this claim of the Papacy, which finally resulted in establishing the +Pope as the head of the Roman priesthood which has usurped the priestly +work of Christ, and has established another system of mediation in its +place. This work of Clovis came to its climax in the period 503-508, and +this period therefore becomes the natural one from which to date the 1290 +years of Dan. 12:11, which would accordingly end in the period 1793-98, +at the same time as the 1260 years of Dan. 7:25. See notes on page +</span><a href="#Pg223" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">223</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">With Rome would have fallen her bishop, had he not, as if by anticipation +of the crisis, reserved till this hour the master-stroke of his policy. +He now boldly cast himself upon an element of much greater strength than +that of which the political convulsions of the time had deprived him; +namely, that the bishop of Rome is the successor of Peter, the prince of +the apostles, and, in virtue of being so, is Christ's vicar on earth. In +making this claim, the Roman pontiffs vaulted at once over the throne of +kings to the seat of gods: Rome became once more the mistress of the +world, and her popes the rulers of the earth.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Papacy</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by J. A. +Wylie, page 34.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What assurance was given to Daniel concerning the +period of time mentioned in verse 14? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the vision of the evening and the morning which was +told <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">is true</span></span>; wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be +for many days.”</span> Dan. 8:26. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By the +expression </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the vision of the evening and the morning</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +reference is made to the vision concerning the twenty-three hundred +days, as may be seen by referring to the marginal readings of Dan. 8:14. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The interpretation of the vision of chapter 8 closes without making +any explanation of the long period of time which was mentioned to Daniel +in the answer to the question, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">How long shall be the vision?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> This important +feature was left to be interpreted later. See next reading. +</span></p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page230">[pg 230]</span><a name="Pg230" id="Pg230" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc123" id="toc123"></a> +<a name="pdf124" id="pdf124"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">A Great Prophetic Period. +(The 2300 Days of Daniel 8.) +Or The Time Of Restoration And Of Judgment</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus230.png" alt="Illustration." title="Artaxerxes Restoring The Vessels Of The Temple. "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Dan. 8:14." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Artaxerxes Restoring The Vessels +Of The Temple. +"Unto two thousand and three hundred +days; then shall the sanctuary +be cleansed." Dan. 8:14.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Immediately after the vision of Daniel 8, what did +Daniel learn from his study of the prophecy of Jeremiah? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the first year of Darius ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I Daniel understood by +books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to +Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the +desolations of Jerusalem</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 9:1, 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The first +deportation to Babylon, when Daniel and his companions +were carried captive, was in </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 606, and the seventy years of +Jeremiah's prophecy would therefore expire in +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 536. The first year +of Darius was </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 538, and +the restoration period was therefore only two +years distant from that time. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did this nearness of the time of restoration from +captivity lead Daniel to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer +and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.”</span> +Verse 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What urgent petition of the prophet connects this prayer +with the vision of the taking away of the continual mediation +and the desolation of the sanctuary recorded in Daniel 8? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of Thy servant, +and his supplications, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cause Thy face to shine upon Thy +sanctuary that is desolate</span></span>, for the Lord's sake.”</span> Dan. 9:17. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page231">[pg 231]</span><a name="Pg231" id="Pg231" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. At the conclusion of Daniel's prayer, what assurance +did Gabriel give him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">O +Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What previous instruction connected with the vision of +Daniel 8 was thus being more fully carried out? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, +which called, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Gabriel, make this man to understand the +vision</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 8:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Why was further instruction concerning this vision necessary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days</span></span>; afterward +I rose up, and did the king's business; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I was astonished +at the vision, but none understood it</span></span>.”</span> Verse 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. To what did Gabriel now direct Daniel's attention? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment +came forth, and I am come to show thee: for thou art greatly +beloved: therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">understand the matter</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">consider the vision</span></span>.”</span> +Dan. 9:23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There is +abundant evidence that the instruction in the ninth +chapter of Daniel supplements and interprets the vision of the eighth +chapter. Note the following facts:— +</span></p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page232">[pg 232]</span><a name="Pg232" id="Pg232" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(1) Daniel did not understand the vision concerning the treading +down of his people and the sanctuary, and therefore searched the prophecies +anew concerning the period of captivity. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(2) He evidently made a connection between the period of seventy +years mentioned by Jeremiah and the twenty-three hundred days of the +vision, and he at once began to pray earnestly for the restoration of the +city and the sanctuary. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(3) The angel Gabriel, who appeared to him at the first, and interpreted +all the vision with the exception of the twenty-three hundred days, +now appears, and again directs his attention to the vision. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(4) The events of the vision begin with the kingdom of the Medes and +Persians, the era of the restoration of the Jews to their own land. In the +absence of any instruction to the contrary, this would be the natural time +in which to locate the beginning of the period of twenty-three hundred +days; and this is the very time given for the beginning of the seventy weeks, +which are clearly a part of the twenty-three hundred days, and thus determine +the time of their commencement. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(5) The seventy weeks, or four hundred and ninety years, extend from +the restoration of literal Jerusalem and the literal temple to the preaching +of the gospel to all the world. See Acts 15:14-17. This special preaching +of the gospel was completed in one generation, and was followed by the +destruction of Jerusalem. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(6) The twenty-three hundred prophetic days, or twenty-three hundred +literal years, begin at the same time as the four hundred and ninety +years, or seventy weeks, or in </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +457, when the commandment to restore +and build Jerusalem went forth; and extend from the restoration of literal +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page233">[pg 233]</span><a name="Pg233" id="Pg233" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Jerusalem and the typical temple service after the captivity in ancient +Babylon, in the time of the Medes and Persians, to +1844 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, the time for +the restoration of spiritual Jerusalem and of the knowledge of the mediation +of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary, taken away by the little horn, after +the captivity in modern Babylon. This work of restoration is to be accomplished +in one generation by preaching the gospel to all the world (Rev. +14:6-12), and this will be followed by the destruction of the world, or fall +of all nations, of which the destruction of Jerusalem was a type. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus232.png" alt="Illustration." title="The 2300 Days" /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The 2300 Days</span></div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The heavy line represents the full 2300 year-day period, +the longest prophetic period in the Bible. Beginning in </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 457 +when the decree was given to restore and build Jerusalem +(Ezra 7:11-26; Dan. 9:25), seven weeks (49 years) are measured off +to indicate the time occupied in this work of restoration. These, +however, are a part of the sixty-nine weeks (483 years) that +were to reach to Messiah, the Anointed One. Christ was anointed +in 27 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, at His baptism. Matt. 3:13-17; Acts 10:38. +In the midst of the seventieth week (31 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">), +Christ was crucified, or </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">cut off,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> which marked the time when the sacrifices and +oblations of the earthly sanctuary were to cease. Dan. 9:26, +27. The remaining three and one-half years of this week reach +to 34 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, or to the stoning of +Stephen, and the great persecution of the church at Jerusalem which followed. Acts 7:59; +8:1. This marked the close of the seventy weeks, or 490 years, allotted to the +Jewish people. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +But the seventy weeks are a part of the 2300 days; and as +they (the seventy weeks) reach to 34 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, the remaining +1810 years of the 2300-day period must reach to 1844, when +the work of judgment, or cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary, +was to begin. Rev. 14:6, 7. Then special light began to +shine upon the whole sanctuary subject, and Christ's mediatorial +or priestly work in it. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Four great events, therefore, are located by this great +prophetic period,—the first advent, the crucifixion, the rejection of +the Jewish people as a nation, and the beginning of the work of final judgment. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What portion of the 2300 days (years) mentioned in the +vision, was allotted to the Jews? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Seventy weeks</span></span> are determined upon thy people and upon +thy holy city.”</span> Verse 24, first clause. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">As both +the 2300 years of chapter 8 and the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">seventy +weeks</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of chapter 9 start from the Persian period of Jewish history, in +other words, as they both date from the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">restoration era</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> which followed the +Babylonian captivity, their starting-points must be either identical or +closely related chronologically.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Light for the Last +Days</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by H. Grattan Guinness, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1893, page 183.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There is plainly a close correspondence between the two visions of +Daniel 8 and Daniel 9. The seventy weeks are said to be </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">cut off</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> for certain +distinct objects; and this implies a longer period from which they are +separated, either the course of time in general, or some period distinctly +revealed. Now the previous date (the 2300 days) includes two events,—the +restoration of the sacrifice, and the desolation. The first of these is +identical in character with the seventy weeks, which are a period of the +restored polity of Jerusalem; and hence the most natural of the cutting +off is that which refers it to the whole period of the +former vision.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">First +Elements of Sacred Prophecy</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by T. R. Birks, London, 1843, pages +359, 360.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What was to be accomplished at the close of the seventy +weeks? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, +and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting +righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, +and to anoint the Most Holy.”</span> Same verse, latter part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—For </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the +Most Holy,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> the Douay version reads, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the Saint +of saints.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What portion of this period was to reach to Christ, the +Messiah, or Anointed One? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth +of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto +Messiah the Prince shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seven weeks, and threescore and two +weeks</span></span>.”</span> Verse 25, first part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The word +Messiah means anointed, and Jesus was anointed +with the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:38) at His baptism in +27 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Matt. 3:16. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. At the end of this time, what was to be done to Messiah? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cut +off</span></span>.”</span> Verse 26, first part. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page234">[pg 234]</span><a name="Pg234" id="Pg234" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus234.png" alt="Illustration." title="Rebuilding Of Jerusalem. "And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel." Ezra 6:14." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Rebuilding Of Jerusalem. +"And they builded, and finished it, according +to the commandment of the God of Israel." +Ezra 6:14.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page235">[pg 235]</span><a name="Pg235" id="Pg235" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How was the destruction of Jerusalem and the sanctuary +by the Romans then foretold? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the people of the prince that shall come shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">destroy +the city and the sanctuary</span></span>; and the end thereof shall be with a +flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.”</span> +Same verse, last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What was Messiah to do during the seventieth week? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">confirm the covenant</span></span> with many for one week.”</span> +Verse 27, first clause. See Matt. 26:26-28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What was He to take away in the midst of this week? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And in the midst of the week He shall cause the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sacrifice +and the oblation to cease</span></span>.”</span> Same verse, next clause. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Ancient Babylon took +away the typical service by the destruction +of the temple at the capture of Jerusalem. This service was +restored at the rebuilding of Jerusalem, but was perverted into mere formalism +by the Jews, and was taken away by Christ at the first advent, +when He blotted out the handwriting of ordinances, and </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">took it out of the +way, nailing it to His cross.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Col. 2:14. He then became </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">a minister +of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and +not man.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Heb. 8:2. Thus He established the service in the heavenly +sanctuary. The little horn, the Papacy, as far as was within its power, +took away from the people the mediation of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary, +and substituted for it the Roman priesthood, with the Pope as Pontifex +Maximus, or high priest. Power over this truth of the gospel and +over the people of God was allowed to the Papacy because of transgression +(Dan. 8:12, R. V.), just as the people of Jerusalem were given into the +hand of the king of ancient Babylon for the same reason. 1 Chron. 9:1. +Thus has the Papacy </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">cast down the truth to the ground,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and has trodden +underfoot the sanctuary and the people of God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How are the judgments upon Jerusalem again foretold? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And for the overspreading of abominations He shall make +it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined +shall be poured upon the desolate.”</span> Remainder of verse 27. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Seventy +weeks would be four hundred and ninety days; and +as a day in prophecy represents a year (Num. 14:34; Eze. 4:6), this period +would be four hundred and ninety years. The commandment to restore +and build Jerusalem was brought to its completion by Artaxerxes Longimanus +in the seventh year of his reign (Ezra 6:14; 7:7, 8), which, as already +noted, was </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 457. +From this date the sixty-nine weeks, or four hundred +and eighty-three years, would extend to the baptism +of Christ in 27 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +and the whole period to 34 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +when the martyrdom of Stephen occurred, +and the gospel began to be preached to the Gentiles. Before the end of +that generation Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans, +70 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The +twenty-three hundred years would extend from +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 457 to 1844 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +when began the great second advent movement, which calls upon all to +come out of modern Babylon, and to prepare for the next great event, the +coming of Christ and the destruction of the world by fire. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What question was asked in the vision of Daniel 8? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page236">[pg 236]</span><a name="Pg236" id="Pg236" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one +said unto that certain one which spake, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">How long shall be the +vision concerning the continual burnt offering, and the transgression +that maketh desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be +trodden underfoot</span></span>?”</span> Dan. 8:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Literal Jerusalem +was given into the hands of ancient Babylon, +and the typical service in the earthly sanctuary was thus taken away. +Dan. 1:1, 2. This was prophetic of the experience of spiritual Jerusalem +in modern Babylon, foretold in the prophecies of Daniel and John, and of +the taking away of the mediation of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary. +Dan. 7:25; 8:13. These two visions expose the work of modern Babylon, +the Papacy, and determine the limit of its permitted power over the people +of God, and of its perversion of the gospel of Christ in substituting another +mediatorial system for the work of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The general theme upon which the book of Daniel treats is Babylon, +both ancient and modern. Chapters 1-6, inclusive, present certain historical +facts leading up to the fall of ancient Babylon, and an attempt to +destroy the prophet Daniel himself and the final attempt to destroy the +people of God,—a brief historical outline, which is in itself a prophecy of +modern Babylon. Chapters 7-12, inclusive, contain prophecies relating +especially to modern Babylon, which supplement the historical prophecy +of the previous chapters, and which enable us to draw a very exact and +striking parallel between ancient and modern Babylon. A brief outline +of this parallel may be stated thus:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(1) In the religion of ancient Babylon, image-worship found a prominent +place. The same is true of modern Babylon. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(2) Ancient Babylon affirmed that the gods (or God) dwelt not in the +flesh. By the dogma of the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary +(that is, that she herself was born without the taint of original sin), modern +Babylon teaches that God, in the person of His Son, did not take the same +flesh with us; that is, sinful flesh. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(3) Ancient Babylon persecuted those who refused to accept her dogmas +and worship according to her laws. Modern Babylon has done the same. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(4) The king of ancient Babylon set himself above God, and attempted +to make his kingdom an everlasting kingdom. So does modern Babylon. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(5) Ancient Babylon rejected the true gospel as taught to Nebuchadnezzar, +and the fall of Babylon came in consequence. Modern Babylon +has done the same in her rejection of the true gospel as brought to her in +the Reformation, and her fall is inevitable and impending. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(6) The fall of ancient Babylon came just at the time when it was +giving expression to its contempt of all its enemies, and its confidence in its +own permanence. This experience will be repeated in the history of +modern Babylon. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What prophetic period, therefore, extends to the deliverance +of God's people from the captivity in modern Babylon, +and the restoration to them of the mediation of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said unto me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Unto two thousand and three hundred +days</span></span>; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The earthly +sanctuary was a type of the heavenly sanctuary +(Heb. 9:23, 24; Lev. 16:29, 30, 33); the cleansing of the earthly sanctuary +was typical of the cleansing in the heavenly sanctuary; and this cleansing +of the sanctuary accomplished on the great day of atonement is the closing +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page237">[pg 237]</span><a name="Pg237" id="Pg237" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +work of Christ in His mediation for sin. And the commencement of +the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary marks the beginning of a new era +in the experience of the people of God on earth; namely, the deliverance +from the power of modern Babylon, the restoration to them of the knowledge +of the mediation of Christ for them in the heavenly sanctuary, and a +cleansing from sin in preparation for the second advent of Christ. The +cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary involves the investigative judgment, +which will be followed by the plagues, and Christ's coming. This period, +therefore, determines the time of restoration and of judgment. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What is said of those who live to see the deliverance from +modern Babylon, and the restoration of the true gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand +three hundred and five and thirty days.”</span> Dan. 12:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The 1335 days +(years) of Dan. 12:12 are evidently a continuation +of the 1290 days (years) of the previous verse, which commence +with the taking away of the mediation of Christ, in +the period 503-508 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +See under question 22 in reading on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Vicar of Christ,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 229. +The 1335 days, or years, would therefore extend to the period 1838-43, +the time of the preaching of the judgment-hour, in preparation for the +cleansing of the sanctuary, and the accompanying work at the end of the +2300 days, or years, of Dan. 8:14. At that time special blessings were to +come upon those who were delivered from the errors and bondage of Rome, +and had their minds directed anew to the mediation of Christ as the great +High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">General Note on the Prophecies of Daniel.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The second +chapter of Daniel presents in brief outline the divine program of history leading +up to the establishment of the everlasting kingdom of God. The seventh +chapter of Daniel presents somewhat more in detail the history of those +earthly kingdoms which were to precede the establishment of the kingdom +of God, the objective point of the prophecy being the little horn and its +effort to change the laws and ordinances of God, and to destroy the subjects +of the heavenly kingdom. The period allotted to the supremacy of +this power, the Papacy (the 1260 years), is also indicated. The prophecy +of the eighth chapter of Daniel covers the period from the restoration +era in the time of the Persian kings and the establishment of the people +of God in their own land, to the restoration era just preceding the second +advent of Christ and the setting up of His everlasting kingdom. In this +chapter the leading theme is the effort of the Papacy to substitute its own +mediatorial system for the mediatorial work of Christ, and the announcement +of a prophetic period (the 2300 years), at the end of which the counterfeit +system introduced by the Papacy was to be fully exposed. The +remaining chapters of Daniel supplement the prophecies of the second, +seventh, and eighth chapters, and show that at the end of the first portion +of the 2300-year period (the 70 weeks, or 490 years) Messiah was to appear +and be cut off, following which would come the destruction of Jerusalem. +In the closing chapter two new periods are introduced (the 1290 years +and the 1335 years), at the end of which, as with the 2300 years, was to +come the movement preparatory to the setting up of God's everlasting +kingdom in the earth, in harmony with the prophecies of the second and +seventh chapters. +</span></p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page238">[pg 238]</span><a name="Pg238" id="Pg238" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc125" id="toc125"></a> +<a name="pdf126" id="pdf126"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Atonement In Type And Antitype</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus238.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Tabernacle In The Wilderness. "Which was a figure for the time then present." Heb. 9:9." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Tabernacle In The Wilderness. +"Which was a figure for the time +then present." Heb. 9:9.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What did God, through Moses, command Israel to make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And let them make Me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a sanctuary</span></span>; that I may dwell among +them.”</span> Ex. 25:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What was offered in this sanctuary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In which were offered <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">both gifts and sacrifices</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 9:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Besides the court, how many parts had this sanctuary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the veil shall divide unto you between the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy place</span></span> +and the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">most holy</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 26:33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What was in the first apartment, or holy place? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">candlestick</span></span>, and the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">table</span></span>, +and the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">showbread</span></span>; which is called +the sanctuary.”</span> Heb. 9:2. <span class="tei tei-q">“And he put <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the golden altar</span></span> in +the tent of the congregation before the veil.”</span> Ex. 40:26. See +also Ex. 30:1-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What was contained in the second apartment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called +the holiest of all; which had <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the golden censer, and the ark of the +covenant</span></span> overlaid round about with gold, wherein was ... +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the tables of the covenant</span></span>”</span> Heb. 9:3, 4. See also Ex. 40:20, 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. By what name was the cover of the ark known? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And thou shalt put <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the mercy-seat</span></span> above upon the ark; and +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page239">[pg 239]</span><a name="Pg239" id="Pg239" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.”</span> +Ex. 25:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Where was God to meet with Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with +thee <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim +which are upon the ark of the testimony</span></span>.”</span> Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What was in the ark, under the mercy-seat? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He wrote on <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the tables</span></span>, according to the first writing, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the ten commandments</span></span>.... And I turned myself and came +down from the mount, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">put the tables in the ark</span></span> which I had +made.”</span> Deut. 10:4, 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. When did the priest minister in the first apartment of +the sanctuary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests +go in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">continually</span></span> into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the +services.”</span> Heb. 9:6, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Who alone went into the second apartment, how often, +and for what purpose? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But into the second went <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the high priest alone once every +year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the +errors of the people</span></span>.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What were sinners desiring pardon instructed to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, +while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments +of the Lord ... then he shall bring his offering, a +kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath +sinned. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, +and slay the sin-offering in the place of the burnt offering</span></span>.”</span> +Lev. 4:27-29. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—According to +this, if a man sinned in Israel, he violated one +of the ten commandments that were in the ark under the mercy-seat. +These commandments are the foundation of God's government. To violate +them is to commit sin, and so become subject to death. 1 John 3:4; +Rom. 6:23. But there was a mercy-seat reared above these holy and +just commandments. In the dispensation of His mercy, God grants the +sinner the privilege of confessing his sins, and bringing a substitute to +meet the demands of the law, and thus of obtaining mercy. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What was done with the blood of the offering? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his +finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the +altar</span></span>.”</span> Verse 30. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page240">[pg 240]</span><a name="Pg240" id="Pg240" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—After a +person discovered his sin by the law which demanded +the death of the transgressor, he first brought his offering, then he confessed +his sin while laying his hands on the head of the victim, thus, in +figure, transferring his sin to the victim; the victim was next slain in the +court, or outer part of the sanctuary, and its blood put on the horns of the +altar and poured at the foot of the altar. In this way sins were pardoned, +and, in the typical service, transferred to the sanctuary. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. After the accumulation of the sins of the year in this +way, what service took place on the tenth day of the seventh +month of each year? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this shall be a statute forever unto you: that in the +seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict +your souls, ... for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">on that day shall the priest make an +atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all +your sins before the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Lev. 16:29, 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How was the sanctuary itself to be cleansed, and how +were the sins of the people to be finally disposed of? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he [the high priest] shall take of the congregation of +the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin-offering.... +And he shall take the two goats, and present them before +the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. +And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for the +Lord</span></span>, and the other lot <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for the scapegoat</span></span>.”</span> Verses 5-8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Hebrew word +for scapegoat is Azazel. See margin of +verse 8. It is used as a proper name, and, according to the opinion of the +most ancient Hebrews and Christians, refers to Satan, or the angel who +revolted and persisted in rebellion and sin. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What was done with the blood of the goat upon which +the Lord's lot fell? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for +the people, and bring his blood within the veil, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and +sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat</span></span>, and before the mercy-seat.”</span> +Verse 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Why was it necessary to make this atonement? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because +of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of +their transgressions in all their sins</span></span>: and so shall he do for the +tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in +the midst of their uncleanness.”</span> Verse 16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Sins were +conveyed into the sanctuary during the year by +the blood of the personal sin-offerings offered daily at the door of the +tabernacle. Here they remained until the day of atonement, when the +high priest went into the most holy place with the blood of the goat on +which the Lord's lot fell; and, bearing the accumulated sins of the year +in before the mercy-seat, he there, in type, atoned for them, and so cleansed +the sanctuary. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page241">[pg 241]</span><a name="Pg241" id="Pg241" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. After having made atonement for the people in the most +holy place, what did the high priest next do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy +place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he +shall bring the live goat: and Aaron shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lay both his hands upon +the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of +the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, +putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away +by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness</span></span>.”</span> Verses 20, 21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The offering of +the Lord's goat cleansed the sanctuary. By +this offering the sins of the people, transferred there during the year, were, +in type, atoned for; but they were not by this offering finally disposed of, +or destroyed. The scapegoat, symbolizing Satan, the great tempter and +originator of sin, was brought to the sanctuary, and upon his head were +placed all these sins which Satan had tempted God's people to commit. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What final disposition was made of the sins of the people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a +land not inhabited</span></span>: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.”</span> +Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus242.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Scapegoat. "And Aaron shall ... confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel." Lev. 16:21." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Scapegoat. +"And Aaron shall ... confess over him all the iniquities of +the children of Israel." Lev. 16:21.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What was this earthly sanctuary and its round of service? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Which was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a figure</span></span> for the time then present.”</span> Heb. 9:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Of what sanctuary, or tabernacle, is Christ the minister? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which the Lord pitched, and not man</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 8:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. Of what was the blood of all the sacrifices of the former +dispensation only a type? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by His own +blood</span></span> He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained +eternal redemption for us.”</span> Heb. 9:12. See Eph. 5:2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Through the sacrifices +and offerings brought to the altar of +the earthly sanctuary, the penitent believer was to lay hold of the merits +of Christ, the Saviour to come. In this way, and in this way only, was +there any virtue connected with them. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. At the death of Christ, what miraculous occurrence +signified that the priestly work and services of the earthly +sanctuary were finished? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded +up the ghost. And, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the veil of the temple was rent in +twain from the top to the bottom</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 27:50, 51. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Type had met +antitype; the shadow had reached the substance. +Christ, the great sacrifice, had been slain, and was about to enter +upon His final work as our great high priest in the sanctuary in heaven. +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page243">[pg 243]</span><a name="Pg243" id="Pg243" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The priestly work in the earthly sanctuary was typical of the work of +Christ in the heavenly sanctuary. In the earthly, the atonement was +performed on the last day of the ceremonial year. All who did not then +have their sins atoned for were </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">cut off,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and the camp was cleansed from +sin. The atonement day was virtually a day of judgment for Israel, and +the people whose sins had been atoned for were free from sin, and could +enter upon the services of the new year clean in the sight of God. This +work was kept up year after year. In the heavenly sanctuary, the sacrifice +is offered but once; and but one atonement, or cleansing of the heavenly +sanctuary, can be made, which must take place at the time assigned of +God for it. And when the great atonement, or cleansing, of the heavenly +sanctuary has been made, God's people will be forever free from sin, and +the fate of all will be forever sealed. See Rev. 22:11. This, as in the +type, will be a day of judgment. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The round of service in the earthly sanctuary was God's service. It +had to do with the sins of the people; not that the blood of the sacrifices +offered there could in itself take away their sins, for it is expressly said that +it could not. Heb. 10:4. It could, however, show their </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">faith</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> in the +efficacy of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Christ's blood</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> yet to be spilled, and to which the sanctuary work +was intended constantly to direct their minds. The work there was a +type, or shadow, of Christ's atoning work, and, as such, carries with it a +significance that cannot be overestimated. Upon a correct understanding +of the type depends a correct understanding of the antitype. The entire +sanctuary service was an object-lesson of most important and vital gospel +truth,—that of man's salvation and the atonement of sin. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What relation does the earthly sanctuary sustain to +the heavenly? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who serve unto the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">example</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shadow</span></span> of heavenly +things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to +make the tabernacle: for, See, saith He, that thou make all +things according to the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pattern</span></span> showed to thee in the mount.”</span> +Heb. 8:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. By what comparison is it shown that the heavenly +sanctuary will be cleansed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in +the heavens should be purified with these; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">but the heavenly things +themselves with better sacrifices than these</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 9:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. When Christ has finished His priestly mediatorial work +in the heavenly sanctuary, what decree will go forth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is +filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be +righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.”</span> Rev. +22:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What event is directly connected with the blotting out +of sin and the final refreshing from God's presence? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may +be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page244">[pg 244]</span><a name="Pg244" id="Pg244" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +the presence of the Lord; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He shall send Jesus Christ</span></span>, which +before was preached unto you: whom the heaven must receive +until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath +spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world +began.”</span> Acts 3:19-21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. According to the view of the judgment presented to +Daniel, what is to be given to Christ while still before the +Father? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I saw ... and, behold, one like the Son of man came +... to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near +before Him. And there was given Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dominion</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">glory</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a kingdom</span></span>, that all people, nations, and languages, should +serve Him.”</span> Dan. 7:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. What will occur when the Lord descends from heaven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a +shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of +God: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive +and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to +meet the Lord in the air</span></span>: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”</span> +1 Thess. 4:16, 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. What statement immediately following the announcement +mentioned in Rev. 22:11, indicates that a judgment +work had been in progress before Christ comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And, behold, I come quickly; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My reward is with Me, to +give every man according as his work shall be</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 22:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The typical +sanctuary service is fully met in the work of +Christ. As the atonement day of the former dispensation was really a +day of judgment, so the atonement work of Christ will include the investigation +of the cases of His people prior to His coming the second time +to receive them unto Himself. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +30. Is there a specified time for the cleansing of the heavenly +sanctuary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said unto me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Unto two thousand and three hundred +days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 8:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +31. How may one know that this does not refer to the +earthly sanctuary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">at the +time of the end shall be the vision</span></span>.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The prophetic +period of 2300 days (years) extends to 1844 +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, while the divinely +appointed services of the earthly sanctuary ceased +at the cross (Dan. 9:27; Matt. 27:50, 51), and the sanctuary itself was +destroyed in 70 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, when +Titus captured Jerusalem. For explanation of +the period here mentioned, see the preceding reading. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page245">[pg 245]</span><a name="Pg245" id="Pg245" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc127" id="toc127"></a> +<a name="pdf128" id="pdf128"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Judgment</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus245.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Investigative Judgment. "The books were opened: ... and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books." Rev. 20:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Investigative Judgment. +"The books were opened: + ... and the dead +were judged out of those things which were +written in the books." Rev. 20:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What assurance have we that there will be a judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God ... hath appointed a day, in the which He will +judge the world.”</span> Acts 17:30, 31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Was the judgment still future in Paul's day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judgment +to come</span></span>, Felix trembled.”</span> Acts 24:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How many must meet the test of the judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I said in mine heart, God shall judge <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the righteous and the +wicked</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 3:17 <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For we +must all appear before the judgment-seat +of Christ</span></span>; that every one may receive the things done +in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good +or bad.”</span> 2 Cor. 5:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What reason did Solomon give for urging all to fear God +and keep His commandments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For God shall bring every work into judgment</span></span>, with every +secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”</span> Eccl. +12:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What view of the judgment scene was given Daniel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I beheld till the thrones were cast down [placed, R. V.], +and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as +snow, and the hair of His head like the pure wool: His throne was +like the fiery flame, and His wheels as burning fire. A fiery +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page246">[pg 246]</span><a name="Pg246" id="Pg246" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +stream issued and came forth from before Him: thousand +thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten +thousand stood before Him: the judgment was set, and the +books were opened.”</span> Dan. 7:9, 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Out of what will all be judged? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the books were opened</span></span>: and another book was opened, +which is the book of life: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the dead were judged out of those +things which were written in the books</span></span>, according to their works.”</span> +Rev. 20:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. For whom has a book of remembrance been written? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: +and the Lord harkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance +was written before Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for them that feared the Lord, and that +thought upon His name</span></span>.”</span> Mal. 3:16. See Rev. 20:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Who opens the judgment and presides over it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I beheld till the thrones were cast down [placed], and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +Ancient of days did sit</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 7:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Who minister to God, and assist in the judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thousand thousands [of angels] ministered unto Him, and +ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.”</span> Verse +10. See Rev. 5:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Who is brought before the Father at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">one like the Son of +man</span></span> came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient +of days, and they brought Him near before Him.”</span> Dan. 7:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What does Christ as the advocate of His people confess +before the Father and His angels? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white +raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, +but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will confess his name before My Father, and before His +angels</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 3:5. See Matt. 10:32, 33; Mark 8:38. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—During this +judgment scene, both the righteous and the +wicked dead are still in their graves. The record of each one's life, however, +is in the books of heaven, and by that record their characters and deeds +are well known. Christ is there to appear in behalf of those who have +chosen Him as their advocate. 1 John 2:1. He presents His blood, as +He appeals for their sins to be blotted from the books of record. As the +place of judgment is in heaven, where God's throne is, and as Christ is +present in person, it follows that the work of judgment is also in heaven. +All are judged by the record of their lives, and thus answer for the deeds +done in the body. This work will not only decide forever the cases of the +dead, but will also close the probation of all who are living, after which +Christ will come to take to Himself those who have been found loyal to Him. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page247">[pg 247]</span><a name="Pg247" id="Pg247" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. After the subjects of the kingdom have been determined +by the investigative judgment, what is given to Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there was given Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dominion</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">glory</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a kingdom</span></span>, +that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him.”</span> +Dan. 7:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. When He comes the second time, what title will He bear? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name +written, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">King of kings</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lord of lords</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 19:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What will He then do for each one? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father +with His angels; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then He shall reward every man according +to his works</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 16:27. See also Rev. 22:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Where will Christ then take His people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In My Father's house are many mansions</span></span>: if it were not so, +I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And +if I go and prepare a place for you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will come again, and receive +you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also</span></span>.”</span> John +14:2, 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How many of the dead will be raised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the hour is coming, in the which <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all that are in the +graves</span></span> shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have +done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have +done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”</span> John 5:28, +29. See also Acts 24:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What time intervenes between the two resurrections? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness +of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped +the beast, neither his image, neither had received his +mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and +reigned with Christ a thousand years. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">But the rest of the dead +lived not again until the thousand years were finished.</span></span>”</span> Rev. +20:4, 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What work did Daniel see finally assigned to the saints? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, +and prevailed against them; until the Ancient of days came, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judgment was given to the saints of the Most High</span></span>; and the time +came that the saints possessed the kingdom.”</span> Dan. 7:21, 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How long will the saints engage in this work of judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judgment +was given unto them: ...and they lived and reigned with +Christ a thousand years</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 20:4. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page248">[pg 248]</span><a name="Pg248" id="Pg248" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus248.png" alt="Illustration." title="Lot Fleeing From Sodom. "Turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes." 2 Peter 2:6." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Lot Fleeing From Sodom. +"Turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah +into ashes." 2 Peter 2:6.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page249">[pg 249]</span><a name="Pg249" id="Pg249" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Who will thus be judged by the saints? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Do ye not know that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the saints shall judge the world</span></span>? and if +the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the +smallest matters? Know ye not that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we shall judge angels</span></span>? +how much more things that pertain to this life?”</span> 1 Cor. 6:2, 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How will the decisions of the judgment be executed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And out of His [Christ's] mouth goeth a sharp sword, that +with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with +a rod of iron: and He treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness +and wrath of Almighty God.”</span> Rev. 19:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. Why is the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">execution</span></span> of the judgment given to Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as the Father hath life in Himself; so hath He given to +the Son to have life in Himself; and hath given Him authority +to execute judgment also, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because He is the Son of man</span></span>.”</span> John +5:26, 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. How was the opening of the judgment to be made known +to the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having +the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the +earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, +saying with a loud voice, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the +hour of His judgment is come</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 14:6, 7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There are three +phases of the judgment mentioned in the +Scriptures,—the investigative judgment, preceding the second advent; +the judgment of the lost world and wicked angels by Christ and the saints +during the one thousand years following the second advent; and the executive +judgment, or punishment of the wicked at the close of this period. +The investigative judgment takes place in heaven before Christ comes, +in order to ascertain who are worthy to be raised in the first resurrection, +at His coming, and who among the living are to be changed in the twinkling +of an eye, at the sound of the last trump. It is necessary for this to +take place before the second advent, as there will be no time for such a +work between the coming of Christ and the raising of the righteous dead. +The executive judgment on the wicked occurs after their cases have been +examined by the saints during the thousand years. Rev. 20:4, 5; 1 Cor. +6:1-3. The investigative judgment is that which is announced to the +world by the angel's message of Rev. 14:6, 7. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou Judge of quick and dead,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Before whose bar severe,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">With holy joy or guilty dread,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We all shall soon appear,—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Our cautioned souls prepare</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For that tremendous day,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And fill us now with watchful care,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And stir us up to pray.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Charles Wesley.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page250">[pg 250]</span><a name="Pg250" id="Pg250" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus250.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Wise Men Of The East. "We have seen His star in the east." Matt. 2:2." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Wise Men Of The East. +"We have seen His star in the +east." Matt. 2:2.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page251">[pg 251]</span><a name="Pg251" id="Pg251" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc129" id="toc129"></a> +<a name="pdf130" id="pdf130"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Judgment-Hour Message</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus251.png" alt="Illustration." title="The First Angel. "Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come." Rev. 14:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The First Angel. +"Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour +of His judgment is come." Rev. 14:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What prophetic view of the judgment was given Daniel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I beheld till the thrones were cast down [placed], and the +Ancient of days did sit: ... thousand thousands ministered +unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood +before Him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.”</span> +Dan. 7:9, 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What assurance has God given of the judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Because <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge +the world</span></span> in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained; +whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in that He hath +raised Him from the dead</span></span>.”</span> Acts 17:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What message announces the judgment-hour come? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having +the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the +earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, +saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him; for +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the hour of His judgment is come</span></span>: and worship Him that made +heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.”</span> +Rev. 14:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In view of the judgment-hour, what is proclaimed anew? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The everlasting gospel.</span></span>”</span> Verse 6, first part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How extensively is this message to be proclaimed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every nation</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">kindred</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tongue</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">people</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 6, first part. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page252">[pg 252]</span><a name="Pg252" id="Pg252" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is the whole world called upon to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Fear God, and give glory to Him.</span></span>”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What special reason is given for this? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the hour of His judgment is come</span></span>.”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Whom are all called upon to worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Him that made heaven, and earth.</span></span>”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There is only +one gospel (Rom. 1:16, 17; Gal. 1:8), first +announced in Eden (Gen. 3:15), preached to Abraham (Gal. 3:8) and to +the children of Israel (Heb. 4:1, 2), and proclaimed anew in every generation. +In its development, the gospel meets the needs of every crisis in +the world's history. John the Baptist in his preaching announced the +kingdom of heaven at hand (Matt. 3:1, 2), and prepared the way for the +first advent. John 1:22, 23. Christ Himself in His preaching of the +gospel announced the fulfilment of a definite-time prophecy (the sixty-nine +weeks, or 483 years, of Dan. 9:25), and called the people to repentance, +in view of the coming of the predicted Messiah. Mark 1:14, 15. So when +the time of the judgment comes, and Christ's second advent is near, a +world-wide announcement of these events is to be made in the preaching +of the everlasting gospel adapted to meet the need of the hour. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What prophetic period extends to the time of the cleansing +of the sanctuary, or the investigative judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said unto me, Unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">two thousand and three hundred +days</span></span>; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.”</span> Dan. 8:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. When did this long period expire? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 1844. See reading on page <a href="#Pg230" class="tei tei-ref">230</a>. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Our Lord +based His preaching of the gospel upon the fulfilment +of the first part of the 2300 days, or years (Mark 1:14, 15), a prophecy +which determined the time of the first advent. The whole period extends +to the time of the judgment, just preceding the second advent, and at its +expiration a special gospel message is sent to all the world proclaiming the +judgment-hour at hand, and calling upon all to worship the Creator. The +facts of history answer to this interpretation of the prophecy: for at this +very time (1844) just such a message was being proclaimed in various +parts of the world. This was the beginning of the great second advent +message which is now being proclaimed throughout the world. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How is the true God distinguished from all false gods? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus shall ye say unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The gods that have not made +the heavens and the earth</span></span>, even they shall perish from the earth.... +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He [the true God] hath made the earth by His power, He +hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out +the heavens by His discretion.</span></span>”</span> Jer. 10:11, 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. For what reason is worship justly due to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all +gods.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The sea is His, and He made it: and His hands formed +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page253">[pg 253]</span><a name="Pg253" id="Pg253" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +the dry land</span></span>. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel +before the Lord our <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Maker</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 95:3-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Why do the inhabitants of heaven worship God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The four and twenty elders fall down before Him, ... +saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor +and power: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for Thou hast created all things</span></span>, and for Thy pleasure +they are and were created.”</span> Rev. 4:10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What memorial did God establish of His creative power? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Remember <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Sabbath day</span></span>, to keep +it holy.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For in +six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in +them is</span></span>, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed +the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.”</span> Ex. 20:8-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What place has the Sabbath in the work of salvation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Moreover also I gave them My Sabbaths, to be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a sign</span></span> between +Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord +that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sanctify</span></span> them.”</span> Eze. 20:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How many are concerned in the judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we must <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all</span></span> appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; +that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every one</span></span> may receive the things +done in his body, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">according +to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 5:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What will be the standard in the judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in +one point, he is guilty of all. For He that said, Do not commit +adultery; said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, +yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. +So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the law +of liberty</span></span>.”</span> James 2:10-12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. In view of the judgment, what exhortation is given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Fear God, +and keep His commandments</span></span>: for this is the whole duty of man. +For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every +secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”</span> Eccl. +12:13, 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A comparison +of Rev. 14:7 with Eccl. 12:13, 14, suggests +that the way to give glory to God is to keep His commandments, and that +in giving the judgment-hour message, the duty of keeping the commandments +would be emphasized. This is plainly shown in the description +given of the people who are gathered out of every nation, kindred, tongue, +and people as the result of the preaching of this message, in connection +with the other messages which immediately follow and accompany it. +Of this people it is said, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Here are they that keep the commandments of +God, and the faith of Jesus.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Rev. 14:12. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page254">[pg 254]</span><a name="Pg254" id="Pg254" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc131" id="toc131"></a> +<a name="pdf132" id="pdf132"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Fall Of Modern Babylon</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus254.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Second Angel. "Babylon is fallen, is fallen." Rev. 14:8." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Second Angel. +"Babylon is fallen, is fallen." Rev. 14:8.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What announcement immediately follows the judgment-hour +message of Rev. 14:6, 7? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there followed another angel, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Babylon is fallen, +is fallen</span></span>, that great city.”</span> Rev. 14:8, first part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What reason is assigned for the fall of Babylon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Because <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath +of her fornication</span></span>.”</span> Same verse, last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How was the overthrow of ancient Babylon foretold? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the +Chaldees' excellency, shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as when God overthrew Sodom and +Gomorrah</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 13:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What call was made to come out of Babylon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his +soul: be not cut off in her iniquity</span></span>; for this is the time of the Lord's +vengeance; He will render unto her a recompense.”</span> Jer. 51:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What did ancient Babylon do to all the nations? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made all the earth drunken</span></span>: the nations have drunken of her +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wine</span></span>; therefore the nations are +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mad</span></span>.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What was the effect of this apostasy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Babylon is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">suddenly fallen and destroyed</span></span>: howl for her; +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page255">[pg 255]</span><a name="Pg255" id="Pg255" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Just before the fall of Babylon, what did her king do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Belshazzar the king <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made a great feast</span></span> to a thousand of his +lords, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">drank wine</span></span> before the thousand.”</span> Dan. 5:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. By what command did the king repudiate the religion +taught in Babylon by Daniel and others who feared God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring +the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar +had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the +king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might +drink therein.”</span> Verse 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What marked the climax of Babylon's apostasy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out +of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and +the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank +in them.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. While drinking the wine, what gods did they honor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They drank wine, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">praised the gods of gold, and of silver, +of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone</span></span>.”</span> Verse 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What immediately followed this complete apostasy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans +slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about +threescore and two years old.”</span> Verses 30, 31. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The gospel +of the kingdom was preached in Babylon (see +reading on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Gospel of the Kingdom,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 209), and Nebuchadnezzar +was brought to acknowledge and to worship the true God. But after the +death of Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon relapsed into idolatry again, and this +apostasy was rendered hopeless when Belshazzar used the sacred vessels +from the house of God, dedicated to the worship of God, in which to +drink the wine of Babylon while worship was offered to the false gods. +Then came the handwriting on the wall, and the fall of ancient Babylon. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. In the visions of John, what interpretation is given to +the woman who sat upon many waters? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the woman which thou sawest <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">is that great city</span></span>, which +reigneth over the kings of the earth.”</span> Rev. 17:18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The great city +which reigned over the kings of the earth +in John's time was Rome, and that city has given its name to the church +which is represented by the woman, the Church of Rome, or the Papacy. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. In this same prophecy, how is the Church of Rome, the +Papacy, designated as the antitype of ancient Babylon? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page256">[pg 256]</span><a name="Pg256" id="Pg256" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, +BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS +AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What specific statement emphasizes this identification? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, +and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk +with the wine of her fornication.”</span> Verse 2. See verse 4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +Church of Rome is called Babylon, and its religion +is a revival of the religion of ancient Babylon. She claims a priesthood +with exceptional powers and privileges, just as did ancient Babylon. +Through the dogma of the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary, she +denies that God in Christ dwelt in the same flesh as fallen man has, just +as ancient Babylon did. See Dan. 2:11. She claims universal spiritual +jurisdiction, and demands submission under pains and penalties, just as +ancient Babylon did. See Daniel 3. She repudiates the fundamental +gospel truth of justification by faith, and boasts of works, just as ancient +Babylon did. See Dan. 4:30. A careful comparison of the ritual of +ancient and modern Babylon shows that the latter is copied from the +former; and it is easy to trace the connection historically through the +paganism of political Rome. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +On the overthrow of Babylon by the Persians, who nourished a traditional +hatred for its idolatry, the Chaldean priesthood fled to Pergamos, +in Asia Minor, and made it the headquarters of their religion.... +The last pontiff king of Pergamos was Attalus III, who at his death bequeathed +his dominions and authority to the Roman people, 133 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and +from that time the two lines of Pontifex Maximus were merged in the +Roman one.—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The False +Christ,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> J. Garnier, London, George Allen, 1900, +Vol. II, pages 94, 95.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Thus did the religion of ancient Babylon become +the religion of modern Babylon. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What did Jesus say of the sacramental wine? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This cup is the new covenant in My blood.”</span> Luke 22:20, +R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What is the essential teaching of the new covenant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of +Israel after those days, saith the Lord; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will put My laws into +their mind, and write them in their hearts</span></span>: and I will be to them a +God, and they shall be to Me a people.”</span> Heb. 8:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. When Christ thus ministers the law in the heart, what +does it become? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus</span></span> hath made +me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could +not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His +own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned +sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled +in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”</span> +Rom. 8:2-4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. In what other statement is this same truth expressed? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page257">[pg 257]</span><a name="Pg257" id="Pg257" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: +the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are +life.”</span> John 6:63. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What kind of teaching have men substituted for the +words which are spirit and life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Howbeit in vain do they worship Me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">teaching for doctrines +the commandments of men</span></span>.... And He said unto them, +Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep +your own <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tradition</span></span>.”</span> Mark 7:7-9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There are +two cups, the cup of the Lord and the cup of +Babylon. The wine in the Lord's cup represents the living truth, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">as +the truth is in Jesus;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> the wine in the cup of Babylon represents her false +doctrines, her substitution of human tradition for the living word and law +of God, and the illicit connection which she has made between the church +and the secular power, depending upon political power to enforce her teachings, +rather than upon the power of God. By this very thing, while maintaining +a form of godliness, she denies the power thereof. 2 Tim. 3:1-5. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The following quotation states the position of that church in regard to +tradition: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Though these two divine streams [the Bible and tradition] are +in themselves, on account of their divine origin, of equal sacredness, and +are both full of revealed truths, still, of the two, tradition is to us more clear +and safe.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Catholic Belief,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +Rev. Joseph Faa Di Bruno, D. D. (Roman +Catholic), page 45.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The substitution of the law of the church for the law of God, in fulfilment +of the prophecy in Dan. 7:25, testifies to the complete subordination +of the Word of God to the authority of the church. The world-wide teaching +of these doctrines in place of the pure gospel has led the world astray, +and has made all the nations drink of the wine of her fornication. The +Reformation of the sixteenth century was an effort to return to the pure +truths of God's Word. In this the Reformers denied the supremacy of +tradition over the Bible. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What relation does the Church of Rome sustain to other +apostate churches? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, +BABYLON THE GREAT, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS</span></span> +AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”</span> Rev. 17:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In the +creed of Pope Pius IV, an authoritative statement of +Roman Catholic belief, is found this statement: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I acknowledge the Holy +Catholic Apostolic Church for </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the mother and +mistress of all churches</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Article +10.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> When the professed Protestant churches repudiate the +fundamental principle of Protestantism by setting aside the authority of +God's Word, and accepting tradition and human speculation in its place, +they adopt the fundamental principle of modern Babylon, and may be regarded +as the daughters of Babylon. Their fall is then included in the +fall of Babylon, and calls for a proclamation of the fall of modern Babylon. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Many representatives of modern Protestantism have, in one way or +another, rejected many fundamental doctrines of the Bible, such as,— +</span></p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The fall of man.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The Bible doctrine of sin.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The infallibility of the Scriptures.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The sufficiency of the Scriptures as a rule of faith and practise.</span></div> +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page258">[pg 258]</span><a name="Pg258" id="Pg258" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The Deity of Christ, and His consequent headship over the church.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The miraculous conception and the virgin birth of our Lord.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The resurrection of Christ from the grave.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The vicarious, expiatory, and propitiatory atonement of Christ.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Salvation by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Regeneration by the power of the Holy Ghost.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The efficacy of the all-prevailing name of Christ in prayer.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The ministration and guardianship of holy angels.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Miracles as the direct manifestation and interposition of God's power.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Although many leaders of modern Protestantism known as higher +critics have not formally adopted the creed of the Church of Rome, and +have not become an organic part of that body, yet they belong to the same +class in rejecting the authority of God's Word, and accepting in its place +the product of their own reasonings. There is just as much apostasy in +the one case as in the other, and both must therefore be included in Babylon, +and both will go down in the fall of Babylon. The warning message +applies with equal force to both classes. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. To what extent is the apostasy, or fall, of modern Babylon, +the mother, and of her daughters, to be carried? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And after these things I saw another angel come down +from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened +with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, +saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">is become the +habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of +every unclean and hateful bird</span></span>. For all nations have drunk of +the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the +earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants +of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.”</span> +Rev. 18:1-3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In its +largest sense, Babylon includes all false religions—all +apostasy. The gospel message announcing her final overthrow should +be a cause of rejoicing to every lover of truth and righteousness. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What final call to come out of Babylon is to go forth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Come out +of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye +receive not of her plagues</span></span>. For her sins have reached unto +heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”</span> Verses 4, 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. How complete is to be the fall of modern Babylon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and +cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city +Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all</span></span>.... And +in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and +of all that were slain upon the earth.”</span> Verses 21-24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. What song of triumph follows the overthrow of Babylon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us +be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him.”</span> Rev. 19:6, 7. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page259">[pg 259]</span><a name="Pg259" id="Pg259" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc133" id="toc133"></a> +<a name="pdf134" id="pdf134"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Closing Gospel Message. +A Warning Against False Worship</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus259.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Third Angel. "If any man worship the beast and his image, ... the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God." Rev. 14:9, 10." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Third Angel. +"If any man worship the beast and his image, ... +the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of +God." Rev. 14:9, 10.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What indicates that the messages of the judgment-hour +and the fall of Babylon are two parts of a threefold message? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the third angel followed them</span></span>, +saying with a loud voice.”</span> Rev. 14:9, first clause. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What apostasy from the worship of God is named in this +message? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">worship the beast and his image, and receive his +mark</span></span> in his forehead, or in his hand.”</span> Same verse, last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What is to be the fate of those who, instead of worshiping +God, engage in this false worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which +is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation</span></span>; +and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence +of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: and +the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever: +and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and +his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.”</span> +Verses 10, 11. See Isa. 33:13-17; 34:1-10; 1 Cor. 3:13; Heb. +12:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How are those described who heed this warning? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page260">[pg 260]</span><a name="Pg260" id="Pg260" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep +the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What description is given of the beast against whose +worship this closing warning message is given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise +up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon +his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. +And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, +and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as +the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his +seat, and great authority.”</span> Rev. 13:1, 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In this +composite beast from the sea are combined the symbols +of the seventh chapter of Daniel, representing Greece, Medo-Persia, +and Babylon. The blasphemous words spoken by it, its persecution of +the saints, and the time allotted to it (verses 5-7) show that this beast, under +one of its seven-headed manifestations, is identical with the little horn of +the vision of the seventh chapter of Daniel, modern Babylon, the Papacy. +See reading on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Kingdom and Work of Antichrist,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 218. The +false worship here mentioned, the worship of the beast, is the rendering of +that homage to the Papacy which is due to God alone. The system of +religion enforced by the Papacy is the paganism of Babylon, Medo-Persia, +Greece, and Rome, indicated by the composite character of the beast +(verse 2), disguised under the forms and names of Christianity. The +Pontifex Maximus of the ancient pagan religions was continued in the +Pope, who is the head of the Roman priesthood, and who, in the exercise +of his priestly functions, took away the mediation of Christ, and substituted +a system of human mediation in its place, thus fulfilling the prophecy recorded +in the eighth chapter of Daniel. See reading on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Vicar of +Christ,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 224. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What challenge is made by those who worship the beast? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto +the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Who is like unto +the beast? who is able to make war with him?</span></span>”</span> Verse 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Whose sovereignty is thus challenged? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Forasmuch as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there is none like unto Thee, O Lord</span></span>; Thou +art great, and Thy name is great in might.”</span> Jer. 10:6. See +also Ps. 71:19; 86:8; 89:6, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What specifications of <span class="tei tei-q">“the man of sin”</span> are thus fully +met? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall +not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man +of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who opposeth and exalteth +himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; +so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that +he is God</span></span>.”</span> 2 Thess. 2:3, 4. See pages 218-220. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page261">[pg 261]</span><a name="Pg261" id="Pg261" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus261.png" alt="Illustration." title="Noah Preaching. "By faith Noah, being warned of God ... prepared an ark." Heb. 11:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Noah Preaching. +"By faith Noah, being warned of God ... +prepared an ark." Heb. 11:7.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page262">[pg 262]</span><a name="Pg262" id="Pg262" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What did Babylon give to the nations to drink? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“She made all nations drink of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the wine of the wrath of her +fornication</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 14:8, last part. See pages 256, 257. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What are those to drink who accept the teachings of +Babylon, and thus render homage to the beast? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The same shall drink of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the wine of the wrath of God</span></span>, which +is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation.”</span> +Verse 10, first part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The cup of +the Lord, which contains the new covenant in +the blood of Christ, and the cup of the wine of the wrath of Babylon are +both offered to the world. To drink of the former, that is, to accept the +teaching of the true gospel, is to receive everlasting life; but to drink of the +wine of Babylon, that is, to accept the false gospel taught by the Papacy, +will result in drinking of the wine of the wrath of God from the cup of His +indignation. The true gospel means everlasting life; the false gospel means +everlasting death. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Under what threatened penalty is the worship of the +image of the beast enforced? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, +that the image of the beast should both speak, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cause [decree] +that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should +be killed</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 13:15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—For an explanation +of the image of the beast, see reading on +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Making an Image to the Beast,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page </span><a href="#Pg271" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">271</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What universal boycott is to be employed, in an attempt +to compel all to receive the mark of the beast? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, +free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their +foreheads: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the +mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name</span></span>.”</span> Verses +16, 17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Regarding the +mark of the beast, see reading on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Seal +of God and the Mark of Apostasy,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page </span><a href="#Pg416" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">416</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Who is the real power operating through the beast and +his image, and demanding worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dragon</span></span> gave him his power, and his seat, and great +authority.”</span> Verse 2, last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Who is this dragon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Devil</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Satan</span></span>, +which deceiveth the whole world: he was +cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”</span> +Rev. 12:9. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page263">[pg 263]</span><a name="Pg263" id="Pg263" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How did the devil seek to induce Jesus to worship him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the devil, taking Him up into an high mountain, +showed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of +time. And the devil said unto Him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">All this power will I give +Thee</span></span>, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and +to whomsoever I will I give it. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If Thou therefore wilt worship +me, all shall be Thine.</span></span>”</span> Luke 4:5-7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How did Jesus show His loyalty to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus answered and said unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Get thee behind Me, +Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and +Him only shalt thou serve</span></span>.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +threefold message of Rev. 14:6-12 is proclaimed in +connection with the closing scenes of the great controversy between Christ +and Satan. Lucifer has sought to put himself in the place of God (Isa. +14:12-14), and to secure to himself the worship which is due God alone. +The final test comes over the commandments of God. Those who acknowledge +the supremacy of the beast by yielding obedience to the law of God as +changed and enforced by the Papacy, when the real issue has been clearly +defined, will, in so doing, worship the beast and his image, and receive his +mark. Such will take the side of Satan in his rebellion against the authority +of God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. How many will yield to the demand to worship the beast? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose +names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from +the foundation of the world.”</span> Rev. 13:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. In the judgment-hour message, whom are all called upon +to fear, glorify, and worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Saying with a loud voice, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Fear God, and give glory to Him</span></span>; +for the hour of His judgment is come: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">worship Him that +made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters</span></span>.”</span> +Rev. 14:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Who will sing the song of Moses and the Lamb on the +sea of glass? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, +and over his mark, and over the number of his name</span></span>, stand on the +sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song +of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, +Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just +and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints. Who shall not +fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? for Thou only art +holy: for all nations shall come and worship before Thee; for +Thy judgments are made manifest.”</span> Rev. 15:2-4. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page264">[pg 264]</span><a name="Pg264" id="Pg264" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc135" id="toc135"></a> +<a name="pdf136" id="pdf136"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Satan's Warfare Against The Church</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus264.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Death Of Christ. "He [Satan] persecuted the woman [the church] that brought forth the man child." Rev. 12:13." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Death Of Christ. +"He [Satan] +persecuted the woman [the church] that +brought forth the man child." Rev. 12:13.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Under what figure was the Christian church represented +to the apostle John? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there appeared a great wonder [margin, sign] in +heaven; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a woman</span></span> clothed with the sun, and the moon under her +feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.”</span> Rev. 12:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Frequently in +the Scriptures a woman is used to represent +the church. See Jer. 6:2; 2 Cor. 11:2. The sun represents the light of +the gospel with which the church was clothed at the first advent (1 John +2:8); the moon under her feet, the waning light of the former dispensation; +and the twelve stars, the twelve apostles. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Woman in her innocence was attacked by </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">that old serpent, called +the Devil, and Satan.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> ... At the end of that first crafty assault and +speedy victory the dragon met with his rebuff, in words like these: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +seed of the woman shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +... In the Revelation the scene is changed from Eden to the heavens, +and before you stand again the woman and the serpent, in the same position +of antagonism as before, the serpent still the assailant, only this time more +openly so.... The woman is no longer a simple, childlike personage, +but </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">a wonder</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; she walks not among the trees and flowers, but amid the +orbs of heaven. She is clothed with the sun, the moon is under her feet, +and upon her head is a coronet of twelve stars. In her you see the great +cause of truth and righteousness embodied—she is, in fact, the church of +God in all ages, the woman whose Seed blesses all the nations of +the earth.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">C. +H. Spurgeon, in The Tabernacle Pulpit, March 15, 1896.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page265">[pg 265]</span><a name="Pg265" id="Pg265" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How is the church at the first advent described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and +pained to be delivered.”</span> Verse 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The church is +in labor and pain while she brings forth Christ +and her children, in the midst of afflictions and persecutions. See Rom. +8:19, 22; 1 John 3:1, 2; 2 Tim. 3:12. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How are the birth, work, and ascension of Christ briefly +described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all +nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto +God, and to His throne.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Specifically this +must refer to Christ (see Ps. 2:7-9); but +through Him is also prefigured the experience of the people of God, who +finally in the judgment are to share with Christ in ruling the nations with +a rod of iron (Rev. 2:26, 27), and, like Him, when their work on earth +is accomplished be </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">caught up,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> at His appearing, to God and to His +throne. 1 Thess. 4:15-17. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What other sign, or wonder, appeared in heaven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a great red dragon</span></span>, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven +crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the +stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon +stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to +devour her child as soon as in was born.”</span> Verses 3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Who is this dragon said to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the great dragon was cast out, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that old serpent</span></span>, called +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Devil</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Satan</span></span>, +which deceiveth the whole world.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Primarily +the dragon represents Satan, the great enemy and +persecutor of the church in all ages. But Satan works through principalities +and powers in his efforts to destroy the people of God. It was +through a Roman king, King Herod, that he sought to destroy Christ as +soon as He was born. Matt. 2:16. Rome must therefore be symbolized +by the dragon. The seven heads of the dragon are interpreted by some +to refer to the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">seven hills</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> upon which the city of Rome is built; by others, +to the seven forms of government through which Rome passed; and by still +others, and more broadly, to the seven great monarchies which have oppressed +the people of God; namely, Egypt, Assyria, Chaldea, Persia, Greece, +pagan Rome, and papal Rome, in either of which Rome is represented +and included. See page </span><a href="#Pg269" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">269</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. The ten horns, as in the fourth +beast of Daniel 7, evidently refer to the ten kingdoms into which Rome was finally +divided, and thus again identify the dragon with the Roman power. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How is the conflict between Christ and Satan described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there was war in heaven; Michael and His angels +fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, +and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page266">[pg 266]</span><a name="Pg266" id="Pg266" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, +called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: +he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with +him.”</span> Verses 7-9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This conflict, begun +in heaven, continues on earth. Near +the close of Christ's ministry, He said, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I beheld Satan as lightning </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">fall +from heaven</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Luke 10:18. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Now is the judgment of this world: now +shall the prince of this world be </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">cast out</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> John 12:31. From the councils +of the representatives of the various worlds to which Satan, as the prince +of this world, was formerly admitted (Job 1:6, 7; 2:1, 2), he was cast out +when he crucified Christ, the Son of God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What shout of triumph was heard in heaven following the +victory gained by Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Now is come +salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power +of His Christ</span></span>: for the accuser of our brethren is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cast down</span></span>, +which accused them before our God day and night.... Therefore +rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.”</span> Verses +10-12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why was woe at this same time proclaimed to the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for the +devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth +that he hath but a short time</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12, last part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +not only shows that, since the crucifixion of Christ, +Satan knows that his doom is sealed, and that he has but a limited time +in which to work, but that his efforts are largely if not wholly now confined +to this world, and concentrated upon its inhabitants. Better than +many professed Christians, Satan knows that time is short. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What did the dragon do when cast to the earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he persecuted the woman</span></span> which brought forth the man child.”</span> +Verse 13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The persecution +of Christians began under pagan Rome, but +was carried on far more extensively under papal Rome. Matt. 24:21, 22. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What definite period of time was allotted to this great +persecution of God's people under papal Rome? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, +that she might fly into the wilderness, unto her place, where she +is nourished for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a time, and times, and half a time</span></span>, from the face +of the serpent.”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This is the +same period as that mentioned in Dan. 7:25, +and, like the ten horns, identifies the dragon with the fourth beast of Daniel +7, and its later work with the work of the little horn of that same beast. +In Rev. 13:5 this period is referred to as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">forty-two months,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and in Rev. +12:6 as 1260 days, each representing 1260 literal years, the period allotted +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page267">[pg 267]</span><a name="Pg267" id="Pg267" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +to the supremacy of papal Rome. Beginning in +538 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, it ended in 1798, +when the Pope was taken prisoner by the French. See notes on page +</span><a href="#Pg223" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">223</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +The woman fleeing into the wilderness fittingly describes the condition +of the church during those times of bitter persecution. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What was Satan's design in thus persecuting the church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood +after the woman, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that he might cause her to be carried away of the +flood</span></span>.”</span> Verse 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How was the flood stayed, and Satan's design defeated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And the earth helped the woman</span></span>, and the earth opened her +mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out +of his mouth.”</span> Verse 16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The mountain +fastnesses, quiet retreats, and secluded valleys +of southwestern Europe for centuries shielded many who refused allegiance +to the Papacy. Here, too, may be seen the results of the work of the +Reformation of the sixteenth century, when many of the governments +of Europe came to the help of the cause of reform, by staying the hand of +persecution and protecting the lives of those who dared to take their stand +for the right. The discovery of America, and the opening up of this +country as an asylum for the oppressed of Europe at this time, may also +be included in the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">help</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> here referred to. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What did Christ say would be the result if the days of +persecution were not shortened? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Except those days should be shortened, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there should no +flesh be saved</span></span>: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.”</span> +Matt. 24: 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Still bent on persecution, how does Satan manifest his +enmity against the remnant church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">went to +make war with the remnant of her seed</span></span>, which keep the commandments +of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”</span> Rev. 12:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—To the +very end, Satan will persecute and seek to destroy the +people of God. Against the remnant, or last portion of the church, he is +especially to make war. Their obedience to God's commandments, and +their possession of the testimony of Jesus, or spirit of prophecy (Rev. 19:10), +are especially offensive to him, and excite his intense ire. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Soldiers of Christ, arise,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And put your armor on;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Fight, for the battle will be ours;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We fight to win a crown.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We fight not against flesh,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We wrestle not with blood;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But principalities and powers,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And for the truth of God.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Charles Wesley.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page268">[pg 268]</span><a name="Pg268" id="Pg268" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<a name="toc137" id="toc137"></a> +<a name="pdf138" id="pdf138"></a> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">A Great Persecuting Power +(The Ten-Horned Beast of Revelation 13)</span></h3> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus268.png" alt="Illustration." title="Early Christian Martyrs. "He shall ... wear out the saints of the Most High." Dan. 7:25." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Early Christian Martyrs. +"He shall ... wear out the saints of the +Most High." Dan. 7:25.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is the first symbol of Revelation 13? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a beast rise +up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns</span></span>, and upon his +horns ten crowns and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.”</span> +Rev. 13:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As already +learned from studying the book of Daniel, a +beast in prophecy represents some great earthly power or kingdom; a +head, a governing power; horns, a number of kingdoms; crowned heads or +crowned horns, political rulership; waters, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">peoples, and multitudes, and +nations, and tongues.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Rev. 17:15. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The beasts of Daniel and John are empires. The ten-horned beast +is the Roman power.... The head is the governing power of the +body. The heads of this beast represent successive +governments.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Romanism +and the Reformation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by H. Grattan Guinness, pages 144, 145.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How is this beast further described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the beast which I saw was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">like unto a leopard</span></span>, and his +feet were as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the feet of a bear</span></span>, +and his mouth as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the mouth of a +lion</span></span>.”</span> Verse 2, first part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These are the +characteristics of the first three symbols of +Daniel 7,—the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">lion</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">bear</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">leopard</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +there representing the kingdoms of +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Babylon</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Medo-Persia</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Grecia</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">,—and +suggest this beast as representing +or belonging to the kingdom symbolized by the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">fourth beast</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of Daniel 7, +or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Rome</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. Both have ten horns. Like the dragon of Revelation 12, it +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page269">[pg 269]</span><a name="Pg269" id="Pg269" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +also has seven heads; but as the dragon symbolized Rome in its entirety, +particularly in its pagan phase, this, like the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">little horn</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> coming up among +the ten horns of the fourth beast of Daniel 7, represents Rome in its later +or papal form. Both it and the little horn have </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">a mouth</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> speaking great +things; both make war upon the saints; both continue for the same length +of time. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Allowing a very broad meaning to the symbol, the Douay or Catholic +Bible, in a note on Rev. 13:1, explains the seven heads of this beast as +follows: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The seven heads are seven kings, that is, seven principal kingdoms +or empires, which have exercised, or shall exercise, tyrannical power +over the people of God: of these, five were then fallen, viz., the Egyptian, +Assyrian, Chaldean, Persian, and Grecian monarchies; one was present, +viz., the empire of Rome; and the seventh and chiefest was to come, viz., +the great Antichrist and his empire.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> That the seventh head represents +Antichrist there can be little doubt. See page </span><a href="#Pg265" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">265</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What did the dragon give this beast? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the dragon gave him his <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">power</span></span>, +and his <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seat</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">great +authority</span></span>.”</span> Verse 2, latter part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is +an undisputed fact of history that under the later Roman +emperors, beginning with Constantine, the religion of the Roman government +was changed from pagan to papal; that when Constantine removed +the seat of his empire from Rome to Constantinople +in 330 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, the city +of Rome was given up to the bishop of Rome, who, from Constantine and +succeeding emperors, received rich gifts and great authority; that after +the fall of Rome, in 476 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +the bishop of Rome became the ruling power +in Western Rome, and by decree of Justinian, March 15, 533, was declared +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">head of all the holy churches,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and in a letter of the same year he was +designated as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">corrector of heretics.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See note on page +</span><a href="#Pg223" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">223</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. Thus Rome +pagan became Rome papal; the seat of pagan Rome became the seat of +papal Rome; church and state were united; and the persecuting power of +the dragon was conferred upon the professed head of the church of Christ, +or papal Rome. As Dr. H. Grattan Guinness, in his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Romanism and the +Reformation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 152, says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The power of the Cæsars lived again in the +universal dominion of the popes.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How are the character, work, period of supremacy, and +great power of the beast described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great +things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue +forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in +blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, +and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto +him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and +power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”</span> +Verses 5-7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—All +these specifications have been fully and accurately met +in the Papacy, and identify this beast as representing the same power as +that represented by the little horn phase of the fourth beast of Daniel +7, and the little horn of Daniel 8, in its chief and essential features and +work. See Dan. 7:25; 8:11, 12, 24, 25, and readings on pages +</span><a href="#Pg218" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">218</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg224" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">224</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +For an explanation of the time period mentioned, see pages +</span><a href="#Pg223" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">223</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg229" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">229</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page270">[pg 270]</span><a name="Pg270" id="Pg270" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What was to be inflicted upon one of the heads of this +beast? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">one of his heads as it were wounded to death</span></span>; and +his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after +the beast.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This wound +was inflicted upon the papal head of this beast +when the French, in 1798, entered Rome, and took the Pope prisoner, and +for a time, it seemed, abolished the Papacy. But in 1800 another Pope +was placed upon the papal throne, and the deadly wound began to be +healed. Temporal dominion was taken away from the Papacy in 1870, +but nevertheless its power and influence among the nations have been increasing +since then. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In that year,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> says Mr. Guinness in his work </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Romanism +and the Reformation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 156, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the Papacy assumed the highest +exaltation to which it could aspire, that of infallibility.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> To such a +position of influence over the nations is the Papacy finally to attain that +just before her complete overthrow and destruction she will say, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I sit a +queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Rev. 18:7. See Isa. +47:7-15; Rev. 17:18. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is said concerning the captivity and downfall of +the Papacy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he +that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.”</span> +Verse 10. See Ps. 18:25, 26; 109:17; Jer. 50:29; Rev. 16:4-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What questions asked by its worshipers indicate the great +station to which this beast-power was to attain? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto +the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Who is like +unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?</span></span>”</span> Rev. 13:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How universal is the worship of this power to become? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose +names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from +the foundation of the world.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What did John say was to be the end of this beast? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet +that wrought miracles before him.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">These both were +cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.</span></span>”</span> Rev. 19:20. +See Isa. 47:7-15; 2 Thess. 2:3-8; Rev. 17:16, 17; 18:4-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. In what similar language is the fate of the fourth beast +of Daniel 7 described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which +the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">slain</span></span>, and his +body <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">destroyed</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">given to the burning flame</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 7:11. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page271">[pg 271]</span><a name="Pg271" id="Pg271" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<a name="toc139" id="toc139"></a> +<a name="pdf140" id="pdf140"></a> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">Making An Image To The Beast. +The Prophecy Of Revelation 13</span></h3> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus271.png" alt="Illustration." title="Landing Of The Pilgrim Fathers. The vanguard of Protestantism, who established "a Church without a pope, and a State without a king."" /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Landing Of The Pilgrim Fathers. +The vanguard of Protestantism, +who established "a Church without +a pope, and a State without a +king."</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. When was the papal head of the first beast of Revelation +13 wounded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In 1793-98, by the French Revolution, and the temporary +overthrow of the Papacy in the latter year. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did the prophet see coming up at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I beheld <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">another beast coming up out of the earth</span></span>; and +he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.”</span> Rev. 13:11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Mr. Wesley, in +his notes on Revelation 13, written in 1754, +says of the two-horned beast: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">He is not yet come, though he cannot be +far off; for he is to appear at the end of the forty-two months of the first +beast.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The previous beast came up out of the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">sea,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> which indicates its rise +among the peoples and nations of the world then in existence (Rev 17: +15); while this one comes up out of the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">earth.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> This would indicate that +the latter beast would arise where there had not before been </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">peoples, and +multitudes, and nations, and tongues.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> In 1798, when the papal power +received its deadly wound, the government of the United States, located +in the western continent, was the only great and independent nation then +coming into prominence in territory not previously occupied by peoples, +multitudes, and nations. Only nine years preceding this (1789), the United +States adopted its national Constitution. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +It is within the territory of the United States, therefore, that we +may look, according to the prophecy, for an ecclesiastical movement to +arise, and exercise a dominating control, not only in the civil government +of this country, but also in the other nations of the whole world as well. +</span></p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page272">[pg 272]</span><a name="Pg272" id="Pg272" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus272.png" alt="Illustration." title="Signing The Declaration Of Independence. "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." Lev. 25:10." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Signing The Declaration Of Independence. +"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the +inhabitants thereof." Lev. 25:10.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page273">[pg 273]</span><a name="Pg273" id="Pg273" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What is the character of this new power? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He had <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">two horns like a lamb</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 13:11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Pilgrim +Fathers were the vanguard of a great multitude +of Protestants, who, when persecuted and outlawed in the lands of +their birth, sought refuge in the New World, where they developed rapidly +under the protection of a government founded on the great Christian +principles of civil and religious freedom. The two horns may well symbolize +these two fundamental principles. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Notwithstanding the lamblike appearance of this power, +what is it ultimately to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spake as a dragon</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 13:11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The voice +of the dragon is the voice of intolerance and persecution. +This indicates that the ecclesiastical development dealt with +in this prophecy, obtaining a foothold for its initial power and influence +in the government of the United States, will repudiate the mild and +lamblike principles of civil and religious liberty, and become like the +beast before it, a world-wide persecuting power. This is why in Rev. +19:20 it is called </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the false prophet.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Born of the Reformation, it will +repudiate Reformation principles. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How much power will this beast exercise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him</span></span>, +and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship +the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">first +beast before him</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (papal Rome) exercised the +power of persecuting and putting to death all who differed from it in +religious matters. The only way the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">earth</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> can be made to worship is by +causing work to cease on it through voluntary or enforced rest, or sabbath-keeping. +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For as long as she [the land] lay desolate she </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">kept sabbath</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +2 Chron. 36:21. Enforced Sunday observance is evidently implied here. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What means will be employed to lead the people back into +this false worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the means of +those miracles which he had power to do</span></span> in the sight of the beast.”</span> +Verse 14, first part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What will this power propose that the people shall do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Saying to them that dwell on the earth, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that they should +make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword; and +did live</span></span>.”</span> Verse 14, latter part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The beast +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">which had the wound by a sword, and did live,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +is the Papacy. That was a church dominating the civil power. In other +words, it was a union of church and state, and enforced its religious dogmas +by the civil power, under pain of confiscation of goods, imprisonment, and +death. An image to this beast would be another ecclesiastical organization +clothed with civil power—another union of church and state—to +enforce religious dogmas by law. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page274">[pg 274]</span><a name="Pg274" id="Pg274" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Is there any evidence that such an image will be made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Large and influential organizations, such as the National +Reform Association, the International Reform Bureau, the +Lord's Day Alliance of the United States, and the Federal +Council of the Churches of Christ in America, have been formed, +by professed Protestants, and for years have been persistently +working to that end. Many Roman Catholic societies recently +formed in the United States, such as the Knights of Columbus +and the American Federation of Catholic Societies, are looking +to a like end—that of making America Catholic. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What, according to its constitution, is the avowed object +of the National Reform Association? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To secure such an amendment to the Constitution of the +United States as shall ... indicate that this is a Christian +nation, and place all the Christian laws, institutions, and usages +of the government on an undeniable legal basis in the fundamental +law of the land.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Article II of Constitution.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Upon +the question of making this a </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Christian nation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Bishop Earl Cranston, D. D., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in an +address delivered in Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington, +D. C., March 13, 1910, made the following observation:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Suppose this were to be declared a Christian nation by a Constitutional +interpretation to that effect. What would that mean? Which +of the two contending definitions of Christianity would the word Christian +indicate?—The Protestant idea, of course, for under our system majorities +rule, and the majority of Americans are Protestants. Very well. But +suppose that by the addition of certain contiguous territory with twelve +or more millions of Roman Catholics, the annexation of a few more islands +with half as many more, and the same rate of immigration as now, the +majority some years hence should be Roman Catholics,—who doubts for +a moment that the reigning Pope would assume control of legislation and +government? He would say, with all confidence and consistency, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This +is a Christian nation. It was so claimed from the beginning and so declared +many years ago. A majority defined then what Christianity was, +the majority will define now what Christianity now is and is to be.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> That +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">majority</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> would be the Pope.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Church and the Government</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 7. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The National Reformers in their attempts to justify the legal establishment +of Christianity as the national religion, have erroneously declared +that the statement of Justice Brewer of the Supreme Court of the United +States in 1892, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This is a Christian nation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> is a decision of the court, +whereas it was only a statement in the argument leading up to the decision +of the court. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +In a sermon at the centenary of the establishment of the Roman +Catholic hierarchy in the United States, in 1889, Archbishop Ireland said: +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Our work is to make America Catholic.... Our cry shall be, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">God +wills it,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and our hearts shall leap with crusader enthusiasm.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The theory of the National Reformers is thus expressed: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Every +government by equitable laws, is a government of God; a republic thus governed +is of Him, and is as truly and really a </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">theocracy</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> as the commonwealth +of Israel.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Cincinnati National +Reform Convention</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 28. +</span></p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page275">[pg 275]</span><a name="Pg275" id="Pg275" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How does this association regard the Catholic Church +on this point? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We cordially, gladly, recognize the fact that in South +American republics, in France and other European countries +the Roman Catholics are the recognized advocates of national +Christianity, and stand opposed to all the proposals of secularism.... +<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Whenever they are willing to cooperate in resisting +the progress of political atheism, we will gladly join hands +with them</span></em> in a world's conference for the promotion of national +Christianity, which ought to be held at no distant day. Many +countries could be represented only by Roman +Catholics.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christian +Statesman, Dec. 11, 1884, official organ of the +National Reform Association.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What has the Pope commanded all Catholics to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“First and foremost, it is the duty of all Catholics worthy +of the name and wishful to be known as most loving children of +the church ... to endeavor to bring back all civil society to +the pattern and form of Christianity which we have +described.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Encyclical +of Pope Leo XIII, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Immortale Dei</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> Nov. 1, 1885, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">The Great Encyclical Letters of Leo XIII,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> page 132.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The prophecy says +that this power will make an image to the +Papacy. In the days of Constantine and his successors, the church made +use of the civil power to carry out her aims: through this means the Papacy +was developed. In our own day the same theory is advocated, and prominent +men in the nation, in both church and state, are doing all they can +to bring about the same result, which, when their work is completed, cannot +fail to fulfil the specifications of the prophecy. The climax will be +an image of the Papacy. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What is the object of the International Reform Bureau? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Reform Bureau is the first <span class="tei tei-q">‘Christian lobby’</span> established +at our national capital to speak to government in behalf +of all denominations.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">History of the International Reform +Bureau</span></span>,”</span> by its founder and superintendent, Rev. W. F. Crafts, +page 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The securing of +compulsory Sunday legislation is one of the +chief objects of this and other like organizations. See pages 61 and 65 of +the above-named work. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What are the objects of the Lord's Day Alliance of the +United States? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“(1) To preserve the Lord's day [Sunday] for America; +(2) to secure an active Alliance in every State not yet organized; +(3) to induce the general government as far as possible +to set the example of Sabbath observance; (4) to press the +rest-day feature of the fourth commandment, until every toiler +in the land has guaranteed unto him fifty-two full rest days a +year.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">From leaflet published by the Alliance.</span></span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page276">[pg 276]</span><a name="Pg276" id="Pg276" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By +all of which is meant the securing, as far as possible, of +compulsory State and national Sunday legislation,—the very means by +which the church gained control of the state and by which church and state +were united in the fourth and fifth centuries of the Christian era. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What is the purpose of the Federal Council of the +Churches of Christ in America? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That the great Christian bodies of our country should +stand together”</span> in dealing with <span class="tei tei-q">“questions like those of marriage +and divorce, Sabbath desecration, social evils.”</span> etc.—<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Report +of Federal Council</span></span>”</span> (1908), pages 5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How does it propose that the matter of <span class="tei tei-q">“Sabbath desecration”</span> +shall be dealt with? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That all encroachments upon the claims and the sanctities +of the Lord's day should be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">stoutly resisted</span></span> through the press, +the Lord's day associations and alliances, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and by such legislation +as may be secured to protect and preserve this bulwark of our +American Christianity</span></span>.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, page 103. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Thus it will +be seen that the securing of laws for the enforcement +of Sunday observance is a prominent feature in all these organizations +in their efforts to </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Christianize</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> the nation. In doing this many fail to +see that they are repudiating the principles of Christianity, of Protestantism, +and of the United States government, and playing directly into the +hand of that power which originated the Sunday sabbath, and gained control +of the civil power through Sunday legislation—the Papacy. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What action of the American Federation of Catholic +Societies indicates that Catholics will gladly <span class="tei tei-q">“join hands”</span> with +Protestants in enforcing Sunday observance by law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Our societies in the various parts of the United States have +been urging the abolition of Sunday labor, and have indorsed +and assisted the movement of closing the post-office on +Sunday.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Tenth +Annual Convention of American Federation of Catholic +Societies, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 20-24, 1911.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—With the +active cooperation of the Lord's Day Alliance of +the United States, a Protestant organization, a proviso was attached to +the post-office appropriation bill, 1912, requiring that </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">hereafter post-offices +of the first and second classes shall not be opened on Sundays for +the purpose of delivering mail to the general public.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The following resolution was adopted by the Boston Archdiocesan +Federation of Catholic Societies:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">We are unalterably opposed to any relaxation of the Sunday laws. +Sunday is a day of rest to be devoted to the praise and service of God. +We hold the safest public policy at present is to adhere to the rigid observance +of the laws now safeguarding the sanctity of the Lord's +day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Boston +Pilot, official organ of Cardinal O'Connell, March 16, 1912.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What complaint is made against Sunday trains and Sunday +newspapers? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page277">[pg 277]</span><a name="Pg277" id="Pg277" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They get a great many passengers, and so break up a great +many congregations.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“The laboring classes are apt to rise +late on Sunday morning, read the Sunday papers, and <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">allow the +hour of worship to go by unheeded</span></em>.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Elgin</span></span> +(<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ill.</span></span>) <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sunday-law +Convention, November, 1887</span></span>. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In the fourth +century, Sunday games and Sunday theaters, +it was complained, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">hindered</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">devotion</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">faithful,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> because +many of the members attended them in preference to the church services. +The church, therefore, demanded that the state should interfere, and enforce +Sunday observance by law. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In this way,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> says Neander, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the +church received help from the state for the furtherance of her ends.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> In +this way church and state were united, and the Papacy was placed in +power. The same course pursued now will produce the same results. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +It is proper and right for the church to teach Sabbath observance, and +to decry Sabbath desecration; but it should not attempt to secure Sabbath +observance through compulsory legislation; nor should it seek to fasten +upon the people by any means the observance of a day which God has never +enjoined, and for which, as is admitted on all hands, there is no Scriptural +command. See admissions on pages +</span><a href="#Pg441" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">441</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg442" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">442</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg455" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">455</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg456" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">456</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg560" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">560</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What does the prophet say the two-horned-beast power +will attempt to enforce upon all the people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, +free and bond, to receive <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a mark</span></span> in their right hand, or in their +foreheads.”</span> Rev. 13:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This mark is +the mark of the beast, or the false sabbath. +See Rev. 14:9, 10, and reading on page +</span><a href="#Pg446" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">446</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. God's seal, or mark, is set +in the forehead (Rev. 7:3; 14:1), the seat of the mind, the Lord accepting +only the worship of conviction and conscience. The mark of the beast, +however, is said to be received in the hand or forehead. Some are deceived +and give assent to the false teaching with their minds, receiving the mark +in the forehead; others, coerced or indifferent, give formal, outward consent, +and so receive the mark in the hand. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Let the reader note this twofold aspect of the Sunday sabbath, as +expressed by one of the most ardent and active Sunday-law advocates in +the United States: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">We, the Sabbath Union, W. C. T. U., all the churches, +and the Y. M. C. A., are laboring with all our might to carry the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">religious</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +sabbath with our right arm, and the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">civil</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> sabbath with our left. Hundreds +of thousands will receive it as a religious institution, and all the rest will +receive it as a civil institution, and thus we will sweep in the whole +nation.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Rev. +W. F. Crafts, in Sunday Union Convention, Wichita, Kans., Sept. +20, 1889.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What means will be employed to compel all to receive +this mark? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark</span></span>, +or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That is, all +who refuse to receive this mark will be boycotted, +or denied the rights and privileges of business and trade, or the ordinary +means of gaining a livelihood. Already this spirit has begun to manifest +itself in the movement to enforce Sunday observance. In a sermon +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page278">[pg 278]</span><a name="Pg278" id="Pg278" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +preached in Burlington, Kans., Sunday, Jan. 31, 1904, Rev. Bascom Robins +said:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In the Christian decalogue the first day was made the Sabbath by +divine appointment. But there is a class of people who will not keep the +Christian sabbath unless they are forced to do so. But that can be easily +done. We have twenty million of men, besides women and children, in +this country, who want this country to keep the Christian sabbath. If +we would say we will not sell anything to them, we will not buy anything +from them, we will not work for them, or hire them to work for us, the +thing could be wiped out, and all the world would keep the Christian +sabbath.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. By what authority was Sunday sabbath-keeping instituted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +By the authority of the Catholic Church. See page <a href="#Pg439" class="tei tei-ref">439</a>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. Why were the ancient Sunday laws demanded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That the day might be devoted with less interruption to +the purposes of devotion.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“That the devotion of the faithful +might be free from all disturbance.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Neander's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Church +History,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> Vol. II, pages 297, 301.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In short, it +was to secure the enforced observance of the day, +and through this means church attendance, and control over the people in +religious things. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. Why are they demanded now? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Give us good Sunday laws, well enforced by men in local +authority, and our churches will be full of worshipers, and our +young men and women will be attracted to the divine service. +A mighty combination of the churches of the United States +could win from Congress, the State legislatures, and municipal +councils, all legislation essential to this splendid +consummation.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Rev. +S. V. Leech, D. D., in Homiletic Review, November, 1892.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. Who is responsible for the present State Sunday laws of +the United States? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“During nearly all our American history <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the churches</span></span> have +influenced the States to make and improve Sabbath laws.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Rev. +W. F. Crafts, in Christian Statesman, July 3, 1890.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">These Sunday +laws are a survival of the complete union of +church and state which existed at the founding of the +colony.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Boston +Post, April 14, 1907.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Such laws [as the Maryland Sunday law of 1723] were the outgrowth +of the system of religious intolerance that prevailed in many +of the colonies.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Decision +of Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, Jan. 21, 1908.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The first Sunday law in America, that of Virginia, in 1610, required +church attendance, and prescribed the death penalty for the third offense. +See </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">American State Papers,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> edition 1911, page 33. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. Why is a national Sunday law demanded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The national law is needed to make the State laws complete +and effective.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christian Statesman, April 11, 1889.</span></span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page279">[pg 279]</span><a name="Pg279" id="Pg279" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. Since the Sunday sabbath originated with the Roman +power (the beast), to whom will men yield homage when, +knowing the facts, they choose to observe Sunday, instead of +the Bible Sabbath, in deference to compulsory Sunday laws? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Know ye not, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to whom ye yield yourselves servants to +obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey</span></span>?”</span> Rom. 6:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage +they pay, in spite of themselves, to the +authority of the [Catholic] church.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Plain +Talk About the Protestantism of Today</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 213. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The conscientious observance of Sunday as the Sabbath on the part +of those who hitherto have supposed it to be the Sabbath, has, without +doubt, been accepted of God as Sabbath-keeping. It is only when light +comes that sin is imputed. John 9:41; 15:22; Acts 17:30. See page 700. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What does Christ say about our duty to the state? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Render therefore unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cæsar</span></span> the +things which are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cæsar's</span></span>; +and unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God</span></span> the things +that are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God's</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 22:21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Sabbath +belongs to God. Its observance, therefore, +should be rendered only to Him. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. What special miracle is finally to be performed to deceive +men, and fasten them in deception? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he doeth great wonders, so that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he maketh fire come +down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 13:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In the time +of Elijah, in the controversy over Baal-worship, +this was the test as to who was the true God,—the God that answered by +fire. 1 Kings 18:24. Now, as a counterfeit test, fire will be made to come +down from heaven to confirm men in an idolatrous and false worship. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. To what length will this effort to enforce the worship +of the image of the beast be carried? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, +that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause [decree] +that as many as would not worship the image of the beast <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">should +be killed</span></span>.”</span> Verse 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. What deliverance will God finally bring to His people +in this controversy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, +and over his mark, and over the number of his name</span></span>, stand on the +sea of glass, having the harps of God.”</span> Rev. 15:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +30. What song will they sing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they sing <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the song of Moses</span></span> the servant of God, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the song of the Lamb</span></span>.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +31. What was the song of Moses? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +A song of deliverance from oppression. See Exodus 15. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page280">[pg 280]</span><a name="Pg280" id="Pg280" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<a name="toc141" id="toc141"></a> +<a name="pdf142" id="pdf142"></a> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">The Seven Churches</span></h3> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus280.png" alt="Illustration." title="John On Patmos. "What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches." Rev. 1:11." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">John On Patmos. +"What thou seest, write in a book, and send +it unto the seven churches." Rev. 1:11.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What title is given the last book of the Bible? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Revelation of Jesus Christ.”</span> Rev. 1:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. To whom do those things which are revealed belong? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">those +things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever</span></span>.”</span> +Deut. 29:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. For what purpose was the Revelation given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to show unto His servants +things which must shortly come to pass</span></span>.”</span> +Rev. 1:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What great event, according to this book, is imminent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Behold, He cometh with clouds</span></span>; and every eye shall see Him +and they also which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth +shall wail because of Him.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This book not +only opens and closes with the subject of +Christ's second coming, but its eight lines of prophecy all reach down to +this as the great culminating event to the church and the world. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What encouragement is given to study this book? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessed is he that readeth</span></span>, and +they that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hear</span></span> the words of +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page281">[pg 281]</span><a name="Pg281" id="Pg281" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +this prophecy, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">keep</span></span> those things which are written therein: +for the time is at hand.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. To whom was the book dedicated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“John <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to the seven churches which are in Asia</span></span>.”</span> Verse 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What were the names of these seven churches? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven +churches which are in Asia; unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ephesus</span></span>, +and unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Smyrna</span></span>, +and unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Pergamos</span></span>, and unto +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thyatira</span></span>, and unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sardis</span></span>, and +unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Philadelphia</span></span>, and unto +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Laodicea</span></span>.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These seven churches, +and the messages addressed to them, +apply to seven periods or states of the church reaching from the first to the +second advent of Christ. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Under this emblematical representation of the +seven churches of Asia,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> says Vitringa, in the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Comprehensive Commentary,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the Holy Spirit has delineated seven different states of the Christian +church, which would appear in succession, extending to the coming +of our Lord and the consummation of all things.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Their good qualities +and their defects are pointed out, with admonitions, exhortations, and +warnings suitable for each, all of which are also applicable to individual +Christian experience. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. By what title is the first state of the church distinguished? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Unto the angel of the church of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ephesus</span></span> write.”</span> Rev. 2:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The meaning +of Ephesus is </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">desirable</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and fitly describes the +character and condition of the church in its first state, when its members +received the doctrine of Christ in its purity, and enjoyed the benefits and +blessings of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. This applies to the first century, +or during the lifetime of the apostles. See dates in the accompanying +diagram, showing the beginning and close of the seven periods. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus281.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Seven Churches." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Seven Churches.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. After commending this church for their good works, what +charge did the Lord bring against them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou +hast left thy first love</span></span>. Remember therefore from whence thou +art fallen, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">repent, and do the first works</span></span>.”</span> Verses 4, 5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.—The </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">first love</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +is the love of the truth, and the desire of +making it known to others. The </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">first works</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> are the fruit of this love. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What name is given to the second state of the church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Unto the angel of the church in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Smyrna</span></span> write.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The meaning +of Smyrna is </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">myrrh</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sweet-smelling savor</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +and applies to the period of time when many of the saints of God suffered +martyrdom under pagan Rome. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page282">[pg 282]</span><a name="Pg282" id="Pg282" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How is the closing period of tribulation of the church +during this time referred to? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the devil shall cast some of you into prison</span></span>, that ye may be tried; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall have tribulation ten days</span></span>: be thou faithful unto +death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The most +severe of what is commonly known as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the ten +persecutions</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> under pagan Rome, began under the emperor Diocletian, +and continued from 303 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> to +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">313 a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, a period of ten prophetic days. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What name is given to the third state of the church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To the angel of the church in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Pergamos</span></span> write.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The meaning of Pergamos +is </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">height</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">elevation</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and fitly +represents that period of the Christian church, beginning with the reign +of the emperor Constantine in 313 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +when the power which had put the +Christians to death espoused the cause of the church, and by rewards, +edicts, and promised promotions to office in the government, sought to induce +the people to become Christians, thus bringing a flood of worldliness +and corruption into the church. Many of the heathen rites and ceremonies +previously introduced into the Christian religion, including the heathen +festival, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sunday</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> (sun's day), were then established by law, resulting in the +first day of the week taking the place of the Sabbath of the Bible. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How was the faithfulness of this church commended? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where +Satan's seat is: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou holdest fast My name, and hast not +denied My faith</span></span>, even in those days wherein Antipas was My +faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.”</span> +Verse 13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Antipas</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +comes from two Latin words, </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">anti</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, opposed to, and +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">papas</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, father, or pope, and denotes a class of people who were +opposed to papal rule. Regarding </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Pergamos</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, see note on page +</span><a href="#Pg256" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">256</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What title was given to the fourth state of the church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Unto the angel of the church in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thyatira</span></span> write.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Thyatira means +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">song of labor</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sacrifice of contrition</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and +points out the condition of God's people during the long, dark period of +1260 years, beginning with the establishment of papal supremacy in 538 +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and closing with the downfall of that power in 1798. See +notes on page </span><a href="#Pg223" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">223</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +During that time, millions of the saints of God were put to death in +the most cruel manner that wicked men and demons could invent. Christ +referred to this time in His wonderful prophecy recorded in Matthew +24, in these words: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not +since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And +except those days should be shortened there should no flesh be saved: +but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The tribulation +of the 1260 years was cut short through the influence of the Reformation. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What promise did God leave for these persecuted ones? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. And +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page283">[pg 283]</span><a name="Pg283" id="Pg283" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +he that overcometh, and keepeth My words unto the end, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to +him will I give power over the nations</span></span>: and he shall rule them with +a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to +shivers: even as I received of My Father.”</span> Verses 25-27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. By what name is the fifth state of the church addressed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Unto the angel of the church in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sardis</span></span> write.”</span> Rev. 3:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Sardis means </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">song of joy</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">that which remains</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. A cause for +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">joy</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> at that time was the fact that the great tribulation of the people of God +was at an end. It was only as a result of the Reformation that any of +God's people were left </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">remaining</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. See Matt. 24:21, 22, and note under +question 14. The Sardis church continued from the close of the papal +power, 1798 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, until the beginning of the great advent +movement in 1833, which was marked by the falling of the stars on November 13 of that +year, as foretold by Christ in Matt. 24:29. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What endearing title is given the sixth church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To the angel of the church in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Philadelphia</span></span> write.”</span> Rev. 3:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Philadelphia means </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">brotherly +love</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and applies to the church +under the judgment-hour message. See page </span><a href="#Pg251" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">251</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What words to this church show the second advent near? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Behold, I come quickly</span></span>: hold fast that which thou hast, that +no man take thy crown.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What is Christ's message to the last church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Unto the angel of the church of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Laodiceans</span></span> write; +... I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor +hot.... Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased in +goods, and have need of nothing; ... I counsel thee to +buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; +and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed.... As +many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, +and repent.”</span> Verses 14-19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Laodicea signifies +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the judging of the people</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, or, according to +Cruden, a </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">just people</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. This church exists in the time of the judgment +and the proclamation of the final warning messages preceding Christ's +second coming. See Rev. 14:6-16, and readings on cages 251-263. This +is a time of great profession, with but little vital godliness and true piety. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What encouragement is given to heed this message? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear +My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup +with him, and he with Me.”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The pointed, +searching messages to the seven churches contain +most important lessons of admonition, encouragement, and warning +for all Christians in all ages. The seven promises to the overcomer found +in this line of prophecy (Rev. 2:7, 11, 17, 26-28; 3:5, 12, 21), with the +eighth or universal promise recorded in Rev. 21:7, form a galaxy of promises +as precious, as comforting, and as inspiring as any recorded in the Scriptures. +See pages </span><a href="#Pg558" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">558</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg762" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">762</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page284">[pg 284]</span><a name="Pg284" id="Pg284" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<a name="toc143" id="toc143"></a> +<a name="pdf144" id="pdf144"></a> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">The Seven Seals</span></h3> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus284.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Lisbon Earthquake. "When He had opened the sixth seal, ... there was a great earthquake." Rev. 6:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Lisbon Earthquake. +"When He had opened the sixth seal, ... there +was a great earthquake." Rev. 6:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What did John the revelator see in the right hand of +Him who sat on the throne? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw in the right hand of Him that sat on the throne +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a book</span></span> written within, and +on the back side <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sealed with seven +seals</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 5:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did the Lamb do with this book? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He came and took the book out of the right hand of +Him that sat on the throne.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Why was Christ declared worthy to open these seals? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals +thereof: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy +blood</span></span> out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.”</span> +Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What was shown upon the opening of the first seal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, ... +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a white horse</span></span>: and He that sat on him had a bow; and a crown +was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to +conquer.”</span> Rev. 6:1, 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The number +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">seven</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in the Scriptures denotes completion or +perfection. The seven seals embrace the whole of a class of events in +which is narrated the history of the church from the beginning of the +Christian era to the second coming of Christ. The white horse, with his +rider going forth to conquer, fitly represents the early Christian church in +its purity, going into all the world with the gospel message of salvation. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page285">[pg 285]</span><a name="Pg285" id="Pg285" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What appeared upon the opening of the second seal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He had opened the second seal, ... there +went out <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">another horse that was red</span></span>: and power was given to him +that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they +should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great +sword.”</span> Verses 3, 4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As whiteness +in the first horse denoted the purity of the +gospel which its rider propagated, so the color of the second horse would +show that corruption had begun to creep in when this symbol applies. +It is true that such a state of things did succeed the apostolic church. +Speaking of the second century, Wharey, in his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Church History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page +39, says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Christianity began already to wear the garb of heathenism. +The seeds of most of those errors that afterwards so entirely overran the +church, marred its beauty, and tarnished its glory, were already beginning +to take root.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Worldliness came in. The church sought alliance with +the secular power, and trouble and commotion were the result. This +symbol extends from the close of the first century to the time of Constantine, +when a complete union of church and state was effected. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What was the color of the symbol under the third seal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When He had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast +say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a black horse</span></span>; and he +that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">black</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> horse fitly represents the spiritual darkness that +characterized the church from the time of Constantine till the establishment +of papal supremacy in 538 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Of the condition of things in the +fourth century, Wharey (page 54) says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Christianity had now become +popular, and a large proportion, perhaps a large majority, of those who +embraced it, only assumed the name, received the rite of baptism, and conformed +to some of the external ceremonies of the church, while at heart +and in moral character they were as much heathen as they were before. +Error and corruption now came in upon the church like a flood.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What were the color and character of the fourth symbol? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He had opened the fourth seal, ... behold +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a pale horse</span></span>: and his +name that sat on him was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Death</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Hell</span></span> [Greek, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Hades</span></span>, +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">grave</span></span>] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">followed with him</span></span>. And power was +given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to kill with +sword</span></span>, and with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hunger</span></span>, and +with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>, and with the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">beasts of +the earth</span></span>.”</span> Verses 7, 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This is +an unnatural color for a horse. The original denotes +the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">pale</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">yellowish</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +color seen in blighted plants. The symbol evidently +refers to the work of persecution and death carried on by the Roman +Church against the people of God from the time of the beginning of papal +supremacy in 538 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> to the time when the Reformers commenced +their work of exposing the true character of the Papacy, and a check was placed +upon this work of death. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. On opening the fifth seal, what was seen under the altar? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page286">[pg 286]</span><a name="Pg286" id="Pg286" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the +altar <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for +the testimony which they held</span></span>.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—When the Reformers exposed +the work of the Papacy, it was +then called to mind how many martyrs had been slain for their faith. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What were these martyrs represented as doing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they cried with a loud voice</span></span>, saying, How long, O Lord, +holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on +them that dwell on the earth?”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The cruel +treatment which they had received cried for vengeance, +just as Abel's blood cried to God from the ground. Gen. 4:10. +They were not in heaven, but under the altar on which they had been slain. +On this point Dr. Adam Clarke says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The altar is upon earth, not in +heaven.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See note under next question. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What was given these martyrs? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">white robes were given unto every one of them</span></span>; and it +was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, +until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should +be killed as they were, should be fulfilled [have fulfilled their +course, R. V.].”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These had +been slain during the hundreds of years covered +by the preceding seal. Their persecutors, most of them, at least, had died. +And if they had at death passed to their punishment, as is by some supposed, +why should the martyred ones still importune for their punishment? In +this, as in other parts of the Bible, the figure of personification is used, +in which inanimate objects are represented as alive and speaking, and +things that are not as though they were. See Judges 9:8-15; Heb. 2:11; +Rom. 4:17. These martyrs had gone down as heretics under the darkness +and superstition of the preceding seal, covered with ignominy and shame. +Now, in the light of the Reformation, their true character appears, and they +are seen to have been righteous, and hence are given </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">white robes.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +fine linen [white robes] is the righteousness of saints.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Rev. 19:8. Righteousness +is ascribed to them; and when they have rested a little longer +where they are,—under the altar,—till all others who are to fall for their +faith have followed them, then together they will be raised to life and immortality. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What was first seen on the opening of the sixth seal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I beheld when He had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, +there was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a great earthquake</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12, first part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +doubtless refers to the great earthquake of Nov. 1, 1755, +commonly known as the Lisbon earthquake, the effects of which were felt +over an area of 4,000,000 square miles. Lisbon, Portugal, a city containing +150,000 inhabitants, was almost entirely destroyed. The shock of the +earthquake, says Mr. Sears, in his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Wonders of the World,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 200, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">was instantly followed by the fall of every church and convent, almost +all the large public buildings, and one fourth of the houses. In about two +hours afterward, fires broke out in different quarters, and raged with such +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page287">[pg 287]</span><a name="Pg287" id="Pg287" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +violence for the space of nearly three days that the city was completely +desolated. The earthquake happened on a holy day, when the churches +and convents were full of people, very few of whom escaped.... +The terror of the people was beyond description. Nobody wept: it was +beyond tears. They ran hither and thither, delirious with horror and +astonishment, beating their faces and breasts, crying, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Misericordia! the +world's at an end!</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Mothers forgot their children, and ran about loaded +with crucifixed images. Unfortunately, many ran to the churches for +protection; but in vain was the sacrament exposed; in vain did the poor +creatures embrace the altars; images, priests, and people were buried in +one common ruin.... Ninety thousand persons are supposed to +have been lost on that fatal day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What was to follow the great earthquake? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sun became black</span></span> +as sackcloth of hair, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the moon +became as blood</span></span>.”</span> Same verse, latter part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +refers to the dark day and night of May 19, 1780, when +the darkness and gloom were such as to give the general impression that the +day of judgment was at hand. See readings on pages +</span><a href="#Pg311" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">311</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg319" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">319</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What other event is mentioned under this seal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the stars of heaven fell unto the earth</span></span>, even as a fig-tree +casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.”</span> +Verse 13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This was +fulfilled in the wonderful meteoric shower of Nov. +13, 1833. Describing the scene in the vicinity of Niagara Falls, one writer +says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">No spectacle so terribly grand and sublime was ever before beheld +by man as that of the firmament descending in fiery torrents over the dark +and roaring cataract.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Our +First Century,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 330; also The American +Cyclopedia, edition 1881, article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Meteor.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See readings just referred to. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +A contributor, writing for the </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Journal of Commerce</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of Nov. 14, +1833, in regard to the falling stars of Nov. 13, 1833, said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Were I to hunt +through nature for a simile, I could not find one so apt to illustrate the +appearance of the heavens as that which St. John uses in the prophecy. +The falling stars did not come as if from several trees shaken, but as from +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">one</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; those which appeared in the east, fell toward the east; those which +appeared in the west, fell toward the west; and those which appeared in the +south, fell toward the south. And they fell not as the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">ripe</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> fruit +falls,—far from it,—but they flew, they were </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">cast</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, like the +unripe fruit which at first refuses to leave the branch; and when, under a violent +pressure, it does break its hold, it flies swiftly, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">straight</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> off, +descending; and in the multitude falling, some cross the track of others, as they are +thrown with more or less force; but each one falls on its own side of the tree.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See +page </span><a href="#Pg321" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">321</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What is the next event mentioned in the prophecy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the heaven departed as a scroll</span></span> when it is rolled together; +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page288">[pg 288]</span><a name="Pg288" id="Pg288" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.”</span> +Verse 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This event +is still future, and will take place in connection +with Christ's second coming. We are now standing between the two +events,—the last of the signs in the heavens, and the parting of the heavens +and removal of earthly things out of their places. The great signs here +mentioned which mark the approach of Christ's second coming and the +dissolution of all earthly things, are all in the past, and the world awaits the +sound of the last trump as the closing scene in earth's drama. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How will this great event affect the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the +rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every +bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and +in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and +rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth +on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day +of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?”</span> Verses +15-17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. After the sealing work brought to view in Revelation 7, +which takes place under the sixth seal, how is the seventh seal +introduced? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He had opened the seventh seal, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there was silence +in heaven</span></span> about the space of half an hour.”</span> Rev. 8:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +sixth seal introduced the events connected with the +second coming of Christ. The seventh seal most naturally, therefore, +would refer to that event, or to some accompanying result of it. When +Christ comes, all the holy angels will accompany Him (Matt. 25:31); and it +follows that silence will necessarily, therefore, reign in heaven during their +absence. A half-hour of prophetic time would be about seven days. The +seven seals, therefore, bring us down to the second coming of Christ. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It may be at morn, when the day is awaking,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When sunlight through darkness and shadow is breaking,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">That Jesus will come in the fulness of glory</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To receive from the world His own.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It may be at midday, it may be at twilight,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It may be, perchance, that the blackness of midnight</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Will burst into light in the blaze of His glory,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When Jesus receives His own.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O joy! O delight! should we go without dying,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No sickness, no sadness, no dread, and no crying,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Caught up through the clouds with our Lord into glory,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When Jesus receives His own.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">H. L. Turner.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page289">[pg 289]</span><a name="Pg289" id="Pg289" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<a name="toc145" id="toc145"></a> +<a name="pdf146" id="pdf146"></a> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">The Seven Trumpets</span></h3> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus289.png" alt="Illustration." title="Symbols Of War. "The nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged." Rev. 11:18." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Symbols Of War. +"The nations were angry, and Thy wrath is +come, and the time of the dead, that they +should be judged." Rev. 11:18.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Following the seven seals, under what symbols was the +next series of thrilling events shown the apostle John? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to +them were given <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seven trumpets</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 8:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. With what do these trumpets deal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +With the wars, commotions, and political upheavals which +result in the breaking up and downfall of the Roman Empire,—the +first four with the downfall of Western Rome, the fifth +and sixth with the downfall of Eastern Rome, and the seventh +with the final downfall of Rome in its broadest sense, or all the +kingdoms of the world. See Revelation 8 and 9 and 11:14-19. +A trumpet is a symbol of war. Jer. 4:19, 20; Joel 2:1-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Under what figures is the first trumpet described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The first angel sounded, and there followed +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hail</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fire</span></span> +mingled with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blood</span></span>, and they were cast upon the earth: and the +third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was +burnt up.”</span> Rev. 8:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Twice, at +least, before the Roman Empire became divided +permanently into the two parts, the Eastern and the Western, there was a +tripartite division of the empire. The first +occurred 311 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, when it was +divided between Constantine, Licinius, and Maximin; +the other, 337 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +on the death of Constantine, when it was divided between his three sons, +Constantine, Constans, and Constantius.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Albert +Barnes, on Rev. 12:4.</span></span> +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page290">[pg 290]</span><a name="Pg290" id="Pg290" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +To Constantius was given Constantinople and the East; to Constans, +Italy, Illyricum, and northern Africa; and to Constantine II, Britain, Gaul, +and Spain. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +This trumpet describes the first great invasion upon Western or ancient +Rome, by the Goths, under Alaric, from 395 +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> to 410 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> In 408 he +descended upon Italy, the middle </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">third part,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> pillaging and burning +cities, and slaughtering their inhabitants. Says Gibbon, in his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Decline +and Fall of the Roman Empire,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> chapter 33, closing sentence, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The union +of the Roman Empire was dissolved; its genius was humbled in the dust; +and armies of unknown barbarians, issuing from the frozen regions of the +North, had established their victorious reign over the fairest provinces of +Europe and Africa.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What striking figure is used to describe the destruction +wrought under the second trumpet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the second angel sounded, and as it were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a great mountain +burning with fire was cast into the sea</span></span>: and the third part of +the sea became blood; and the third part of the creatures which +were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships +were destroyed.”</span> Verses 8, 9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +describes the invasions and conquests of the Vandals +under the terrible Genseric—first of Africa and later of Italy—from 428 +to 476 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> His +conquests were largely by sea. In a single night, near +Carthage, he destroyed, by fire and sword, more than half of the Roman +fleet, consisting of 1,113 ships and over 100,000 men. See Gibbon's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> chapter 36. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What was to take place under the third trumpet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the third angel sounded, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there fell a great star +from heaven, burning as it were a lamp</span></span>, and it fell upon the third +part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; and the +name of the star is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Wormwood</span></span>: and the third part of the +waters became wormwood; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and many men died of the waters</span></span>, +because they were made bitter.”</span> Verses 10, 11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +harassing invasions and conquests of Attila, the Hun, +are foretold here. His conquests were characterized by fire; sword, and +pillage along the Rhine, in Gaul, and northern Italy. He claimed descent +from Nimrod, styled himself the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Scourge of God</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Dread of the +World,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and boasted that grass would never grow again where his horse +had trod. His greatest battle was at Chalons, +in Gaul, 451 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, where of +his 700,000 men from 100,000 to 300,000 are said to have been left dead +on the field. See Gibbon's Rome, chapter 35, and </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Fifteen Decisive +Battles of the World,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> by Sir Edward Creasy, chapter 6. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Says Gibbon (chapter 34), </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In the reign of Attila, the Huns again +became the terror of the world;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and he proceeds to describe </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the character +and actions of that formidable barbarian, who,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> he says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">alternately insulted +and invaded the East and the West, and urged the rapid downfall +of the Roman Empire.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What was to occur under the fourth trumpet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the fourth angel sounded, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the third part of the sun +was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of +the stars</span></span>; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page291">[pg 291]</span><a name="Pg291" id="Pg291" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.”</span> +Verse 12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This trumpet +brings us to the fall of Western Rome, in 476 +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, when the +Herulian barbarians, under the leadership of Odoacer, took +possession of the city and scepter of Rome; and the great empire which +had hitherto been the empress of the world was reduced to a poor dukedom, +tributary to the exarch of Ravenna. Its luminaries, or civil rulers, +were smitten, and ceased to shine. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Italy now became in effect a province +of the empire of the East. The Roman Empire in the West had come to +an end, after an existence from the founding of Rome +of 1,229 years.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Myers's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">General History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 348.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What was to be the character of the last three trumpets? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst +of heaven, saying with a loud voice, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Woe, +woe, woe</span></span>, to the inhabiters +of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet +of the three angels, which are yet to sound!”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus291.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Seven Trumpets." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Seven Trumpets.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. After the fall of Western Rome, what power in the East +arose to harass and overrun the Roman world, East and West? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Mohammedanism, commonly known as the Turkish or Ottoman +power, which arose in Arabia, with Mohammed, in 622 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How is the fifth trumpet, or first woe, introduced? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a star fall from +heaven unto the earth</span></span>: and to him was given the key of the bottomless +pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a +smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and the +sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit</span></span>. +And there came out of the smoke <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">locusts</span></span> upon the earth: and unto +them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have +power.”</span> Rev. 9:1-3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Attila +is symbolized by the star of the third trumpet (Rev. +8:10, 11); Mohammed, by the star of this trumpet. The bottomless pit +doubtless refers to the wastes of the Arabian desert, from which came forth +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page292">[pg 292]</span><a name="Pg292" id="Pg292" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +the Mohammedans, or Saracens of Arabia, like swarms of locusts. The +darkening caused by the smoke from this pit fitly represents the spread +of Mohammedanism and its doctrines over Asia, Africa, and portions of +Europe. Their power as scorpions is strikingly seen in their vigorous and +speedy attacks upon, and overthrow of, their enemies. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Over a large part of Spain, over north Africa, Egypt, Syria, Babylonia, +Persia, north India, and portions of Central Asia were spread—to +the more or less perfect exclusion of native customs, speech, and worship—the +manners, the language, and the religion of the Arabian +conquerors.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Myers's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">General History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 401.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What command was given these locusts? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it was commanded them that they should not hurt +the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; +but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.”</span> +Verse 4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—When +the Arabian tribes were gathered for the conquest +of Syria, 633 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, the +caliph Abu-Bekr, the successor of Mohammed, instructed +the chiefs of his army not to allow their victory to be </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">stained +with the blood of women and children;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> to </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">destroy no palm-trees, nor +burn any fields of corn;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> to </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">cut down no fruit-trees, nor do any mischief to +cattle;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and to spare those religious persons </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">who live retired in monasteries, +and propose to themselves to serve God in that way;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> but, he said, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">you will find another sort of people that belong to the synagogue of Satan, +who have shaven crowns: be sure you cleave their skulls and give them no +quarter till they either turn Mohammedan or pay tribute.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> In this, +Mohammedanism, itself a false religion, is revealed as a scourge to apostate +Christianity. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In a short time they [the Mohammedan Saracens] had taken from the +Aryans all the principal old Semitic lands,—Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, +Assyria, and Babylonia. To these was soon added +Egypt.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Encyclopedia +Britannica, article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Mohammedanism.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What were these locusts said to have over them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they had <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a king</span></span> over them, which is the angel of the +bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, +but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon [margin, a +destroyer].”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—For hundreds of years the Mohammedans and invading +Tartar tribes, like the locusts (Prov. 30:27), had no general government +or king over them, but were divided into bands, or factions, under separate +leaders. But in the twelfth century Temuljin, king of the Mongols, or +Moguls, who is described as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the most terrible scourge that ever afflicted +the human race,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> built up an empire </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">at the cost,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> it is estimated, says +Myers in his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">General History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 461, of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">fifty thousand cities and +towns and five million lives.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> This was followed by the more permanent +Tartar empire founded by Othman a century later, commonly known as the +Ottoman Empire, and ruled by the sultan. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +From the first, the great characteristic of the Turkish government has +been that of a </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">destroyer.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Speaking of a war by the Turks upon the +Byzantine Empire in 1050, Gibbon (chapter 57) says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The myriads of +Turkish horse overspread a frontier of six hundred miles from Tauris to +Erzeroum, and the blood of one hundred and thirty thousand Christians +was a grateful sacrifice to the Arabian prophet.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page293">[pg 293]</span><a name="Pg293" id="Pg293" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +In 1058 the Turks wrested the Holy Land from the Saracens, desecrated +the holy places, and treated the pilgrims to Jerusalem with cruelty. +This brought on the nine unsuccessful crusades of the next two centuries +for the recovery of the Holy Land. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What definite period is mentioned under this trumpet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were +stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">five +months</span></span>.”</span> Verse 10. See also verse 5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It was +on the twenty-seventh of July, in the year 1299,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +says Gibbon, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">that Othman first invaded the territory of Nicomedia,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +in Asia Minor, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">and the singular accuracy of the date,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> he adds, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">seems to +disclose some foresight of the rapid and destructive +growth of the monster.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Decline +and Fall of the Roman Empire,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> chap. 64, par. 14</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> This, then, +we take to be the beginning of the period referred to. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +A Bible month consists of thirty days; five months would be 150 days. +Allowing a day for a year, 150 years from July 27, 1299, would reach to +July 27, 1449. During this period the Turks were engaged in almost +constant warfare with the Greek Empire, and yet without conquering it. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. With what statement does the fifth trumpet close? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more +hereafter.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What command is given under the sixth trumpet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the +four horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the +sixth angel which had the trumpet, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Loose the four angels which +are bound in the great river Euphrates</span></span>.”</span> Verses 13, 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These four +angels are understood to refer to the four leading +Turkish sultanies—Aleppo, Iconium, Damascus, and Bagdad—of +which the Ottoman Empire was composed, situated in the country watered +by the river Euphrates. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +As a striking parallel it may be noted that under the sixth plague +(Rev. 16:12-16), the four angels of Rev. 7:1-3 will loose the winds of war, +the waters of the river Euphrates (the Turkish Empire) will be dried up, +and the armies of the nations will assemble for the battle of Armageddon. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What warlike scene is given under this trumpet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The number of the armies of the horsemen was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">twice ten +thousand times ten thousand</span></span>: ... and the heads of the +horses are as the heads of lions; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">out of their mouths proceedeth +fire and smoke and brimstone</span></span>.”</span> Verses 16, 17, R. V. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In the +year 1453, Mohammed II, the Great, sultan of the +Ottomans, laid siege to the capital [Constantinople], with an army of over +200,000 men. After a short investment, the place was taken by storm. +The cross, which since the time of Constantine the Great had surmounted +the dome of St. Sophia, was replaced by the crescent, which remains to +this day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Myers's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">General +History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> edition 1902, pages 462, 463.</span></span> +</p> +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page294">[pg 294]</span><a name="Pg294" id="Pg294" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Thus Constantinople, the eastern seat of the Roman Empire since the +days of Constantine, was captured by the Turks. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Reference also seems to be made here to the use of firearms, which +began to be employed by the Turks toward the close of the thirteenth +century, and which, discharged from horseback, would give the appearance +of fire and smoke issuing from the horses' mouths. In the battle of Armageddon, +to which allusion may here be made, an army of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">twice ten +thousand times ten thousand,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> or two hundred million, will doubtless be +assembled. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What was the result of this warfare by means of <span class="tei tei-q">“fire +and smoke and brimstone”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By these three was the third part of men killed.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This shows +the deadly effect of this new means of warfare. +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Constantinople was subdued, her empire subverted, and her religion +trampled in the dust by the Moslem +conquerors.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Elliott's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Horæ Apocalypticæ,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +Vol. I, page 484.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What definite period is mentioned under this trumpet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for +an <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hour</span></span>, and a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">day</span></span>, and +a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">month</span></span>; and a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">year</span></span>, for to slay the third +part of men.”</span> Verse 15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—An hour +in prophetic time is equal to fifteen days; a day +stands for a year, a month for thirty years, a year for 360 years. Added +together, these amount to 391 years and fifteen days, the time allotted for +the Ottoman supremacy. Commencing July 27, 1449, the date of the close +of the fifth trumpet, this period would end Aug. 11, 1840. In exact fulfilment +of the words of inspiration, this date marks the fall of the Ottoman +Empire as an independent power. His empire wasted beyond hope of recovery +in a war with Mohammed Ali, pasha of Egypt, the sultan of Turkey +submitted to the dictates of the then four great powers of Europe, and his +minister, Rifat Bey, on that very day, Aug. 11, 1840, reached Alexandria, +bearing, not the sultan's ultimatum, but that of the powers, to place in +the hands of the rebellious pasha. Since then Turkey has existed +only by the help or sufferance of the great powers of Europe, and has commonly +been referred to as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the Sick Man of the East.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. With what announcement does the sixth trumpet close? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The second woe is past; and, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the third woe cometh +quickly</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 11:14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The definite period +under the sixth trumpet brings us to +1840, when Turkey lost her independence. Her final downfall, we understand, +will come at the opening of the seventh trumpet. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What is to be finished when the seventh trumpet is +about to sound? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he +is about to sound, then is finished <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the mystery of God</span></span>, according +to the good tidings which He declared to His servants the +prophets.”</span> Rev. 10:7, R. V. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The mystery +of God is the gospel. Eph. 3:3-6; Gal. 1:11, +12, When this trumpet is about to sound, therefore, the gospel will close, +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page295">[pg 295]</span><a name="Pg295" id="Pg295" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +and the end will come. The </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">time of trouble,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of Dan. 12:1, and the +seven last plagues and the battle of Armageddon, spoken of in Revelation +16, will take place when this trumpet begins to sound. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What event marks the sounding of the seventh trumpet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices +in heaven, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms +of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign forever +and ever.</span></span> And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God +on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshiped God, saying, +We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, +and wast, and art to come; because Thou hast taken to Thee +Thy great power, and hast reigned.”</span> Rev. 11:15-17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +seventh trumpet, therefore, brings us to the setting up +of God's everlasting kingdom. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What is the condition of the nations, and what other +events are due or impending at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the nations were angry</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy wrath is come</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +time of the dead, that they should be judged</span></span>, and that Thou +shouldest <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">give reward unto Thy servants the prophets, and to the +saints</span></span>, and them that fear Thy name, small and great; and +shouldest <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">destroy them which destroy the earth</span></span>.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The closing +scenes of this world's history and the judgment +are clearly brought to view here. Ever since the loss of independence by +the Ottoman Empire in 1840, the nations have been preparing for war as +never before, in view of international complications and a world war which +all fear is inevitable upon the dissolution of Turkey and the final disposition +of its territory. Towering above all others, the Eastern question has been +the one of paramount concern to them. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The investigative judgment began in heaven in 1844, at the close of +the prophetic period of 2300 days. See readings on pages +</span><a href="#Pg230" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">230-253</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. When +this is finished, the time of reward will have arrived, the end will have +come, and the saints will themselves sit in judgment. See Rev. 20:4; +1 Cor. 6:1-3. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What scene in heaven was presented to the prophet +as the seventh trumpet was about to sound? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the temple of God was opened in heaven</span></span>, and there was +seen in His temple <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the ark of +His testament</span></span>: and there were lightnings, +and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and +great hail.”</span> Rev. 11:19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +forcibly calls attention to the closing work of Christ +in the second apartment, or most holy place, of the sanctuary in heaven, +which began in 1844. See readings referred to in preceding note. The +reference to the ark of God's testament is a forcible reminder also of that +which is to be the standard in the judgment,—the law of God, or ten commandments. +See Eccl. 12:13, 14; Rom. 2:12, 13; James 2:8-12. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +From its closing words—the reference to </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">great hail</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—the seventh +trumpet evidently embraces the seven last plagues (see Rev. 16:17, 18); +and from its opening words—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the kingdoms of this world are become the +kingdoms of our Lord</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—it marks the setting up of God's everlasting +kingdom. +</span></p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page296">[pg 296]</span><a name="Pg296" id="Pg296" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<a name="toc147" id="toc147"></a> +<a name="pdf148" id="pdf148"></a> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">The Eastern Question</span></h3> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus296.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Bosporus. "He shall come to his end, and none shall help him." Dan. 11:45." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Bosporus. +"He shall come to his end, and none shall +help him." Dan. 11:45.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What, briefly stated, is the Eastern question? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The driving out of Turkey from Europe, and the final extinction +of the Turkish Empire, with the world-embracing +events that follow. It has been otherwise described as <span class="tei tei-q">“the +driving of the Turk into Asia, and a scramble for his territory.”</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What scriptures are devoted to the Turkish power? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Dan. 11:40-45; Revelation 9; and Rev. 16:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In the +eleventh chapter of Daniel, Turkey is dealt with +under the title of the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">king of the north;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in Revelation 9, under the +sounding of the fifth and sixth </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">trumpets;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and in Revelation 16, under +the symbol of the drying up of the water of the chief river of the Turkish +Asiatic possessions, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the great river Euphrates.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The actual drying up +of the river Euphrates was the signal for the overthrow of ancient Babylon. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. When did Turkey take Constantinople, and thus the +northern division of ancient Greece and Rome? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 1453, under Mohammed II. See pages +<a href="#Pg293" class="tei tei-ref">293</a>, <a href="#Pg294" class="tei tei-ref">294</a>. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—After the +death of Alexander the Great, the Grecian Empire +was divided by his four leading generals, Cassander, Lysimachus, Seleucus, +and Ptolemy, into four parts,—east, west, north, and south,—the first +three of which were shortly afterward absorbed into one kingdom, the +kingdom of the north, Egypt remaining the king, or kingdom, of the south. +In the breaking up of the Roman Empire, the Turks gained possession +of the Holy Land in </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +1058, and finally of Constantinople, and considerable +portions of eastern Europe,—the kingdom of the north,—in 1453, to +which, with varying fortunes and shrinking geographical boundaries, it has +held ever since. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How has Turkey been regarded by European nations? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page297">[pg 297]</span><a name="Pg297" id="Pg297" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Turks have ever remained quite insensible to the influences +of European civilization, and their government has been +a perfect blight and curse to the countries subject to their rule. +They have always been looked upon <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as intruders</span></span> in Europe, and +their presence there has led to several of the most sanguinary +wars of modern times. Gradually they have been pushed out +from their European possessions, and the time is probably not very far distant +when they will be driven back across the Bosporus.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Myers's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">General History,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> edition 1902, page 468.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. When did the independence of Turkey cease? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In 1840, at the close of a two years' war between Turkey and +Egypt, when the fate of Turkey was placed in the hands of four +great powers of Europe,—England, Russia, Austria, and +Prussia. See page 294, under question 19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is one of the last predictions of the prophecy of +Daniel concerning the king of the north? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble +him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and +utterly to make away many.”</span> Dan. 11:44. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Upon this, Dr. +Adam Clarke, writing in 1825, said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">If the +Turkish power be understood, as in the preceding verses, it may mean that +the Persians on the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">east</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> and the Russians on the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">north</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> will at +some time greatly embarrass the Ottoman government.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Such indeed was the case, +and these conditions brought on the Crimean war of 1853-56, between +Russia and Turkey. In this war England and France came to the help of +Turkey, and prevented Russia from grasping Constantinople, her coveted +prize, and thus gaining access to the Dardanelles and the Mediterranean +and so possessing herself of the gateway of commerce between Europe +Asia. Without an outlet to the sea, Russia cannot be a strong naval +power. In his celebrated will, Peter the Great of Russia (1672-1725) admonished +his countrymen thus: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Take every possible means of gaining +Constantinople and the Indies, for,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> said he, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">he who rules there will be +the true sovereign of the world; excite war continually in Turkey and +Persia; ... get control of the sea by degrees; ... advance to the +Indies, which are the great depot of the world. Once there, we can do without +the gold of England.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The authenticity of this will has been questioned, +but it outlines a policy which Russia has quite faithfully pursued. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What since 1840 has saved Turkey from complete overthrow? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The help and interference of various European powers. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It +is not too much to say that England has twice saved +Turkey from complete subjection since 1853. It is largely—mainly—due +to our action that she now exists at all as an independent power. On +both these occasions we dragged the powers of Europe along with us in +maintaining the Ottoman government.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Duke +of Argyle (1895), in </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Turkish-Armenian Question,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 17.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why have these powers thus helped Turkey? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page298">[pg 298]</span><a name="Pg298" id="Pg298" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Not from love for Turkey, but for fear of the international +complications that its downfall might entail. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In his +Mansion House speech, Nov. 9, 1895, Lord Salisbury, +responding to a wide-spread demand for the overthrow of the Turkish +power, said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Turkey is in that remarkable condition that it has now +stood for half a century, mainly because the great powers of the world have +resolved that </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">for the peace of Christendom it is necessary that the Ottoman +Empire should stand</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. They came to that conclusion nearly half a century +ago. I do not think they have altered it now. </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The danger</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, if the Ottoman +Empire fall, would not merely be the danger that would threaten the +territories of which that empire consists; </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">it would be the danger that the fire +there lit should spread to other nations, and should involve all that is most +powerful and civilized in Europe in a dangerous and calamitous contest</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. That +was a danger that was present to the minds of our fathers when they resolved +to make the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire a +matter of European treaty, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">and that is a danger</span></em> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">which has not passed +away</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Balkan, or Near Eastern, question has been one of the most +complicated political problems of the world's history for half a century. +... For four centuries and a half, or ever since the conquering +Turk crossed the Bosporus and took Constantinople, the grim contest +has been on to dislodge him by war and +diplomacy.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">American Review +of Reviews, November, 1912.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Nearly a century ago, Napoleon, while a prisoner on St. Helena, +explained that when emperor of France, he would not consent for Alexander, +the czar of Russia, to have Constantinople, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">foreseeing that the +equilibrium of Europe would be destroyed.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is the divine prediction regarding the future and +final downfall of the king of the north? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between +the seas <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the glorious holy mountain: yet he shall come to his +end, and none shall help him</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 11:45. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It would +seem natural that the Ottoman government should +make its last stand at Jerusalem. Around the city of the Holy Sepulcher +and the tombs of the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">saints</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> has been waged for long years a war between +the followers of Islam and the believers in the Christian religion. +In this place, many Bible students believe, Turkey will come to her end in +fulfilment of this scripture. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Under which of the seven last plagues is the water of +the Euphrates (Turkey) to be dried up, and for what purpose? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sixth angel</span></span> poured out his vial upon the great river +Euphrates; and the water thereof was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dried up, that the way of +the kings of the East might be prepared</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 16:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—For years +the drying-up process of the Turkish Empire has +been in progress, as may be seen from the following:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(1) In 1783 Turkey was compelled to surrender to Russia the territory +of the Crimea, including all the countries east of the Caspian Sea. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(2) In 1828 Greece secured her independence. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(3) In 1830 Algeria was ceded to France. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(4) In 1867 Turkey was forced to recognize the independence of Egypt. +</span></p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page299">[pg 299]</span><a name="Pg299" id="Pg299" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(5) In the same year Turkey lost possession of Servia and Bosnia. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(6) In 1878 the Treaty of Berlin granted autonomous government to +Bulgaria, and independence to Roumelia, Roumania, and Montenegro. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(7) In 1912 Tripoli was taken over by Italy. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(8) In 1912 and 1913 the Balkan States and Greece dispossessed +Turkey of nearly all of her remaining territory in Europe. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Under this plague, what incites the nations to war? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">three unclean spirits</span></span> like frogs come out of the +mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out +of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the spirits of +devils</span></span>, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the +earth and of the whole world, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to gather them to the battle of that +great day of God Almighty</span></span>.”</span> Verses 13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. At this time, what event is near at hand? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Behold, I come as a thief.</span></span> Blessed is he that watcheth, and +keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his +shame.”</span> Verse 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. To what place will the nations be gathered for battle? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he gathered them together into a place called in the +Hebrew tongue <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Armageddon</span></span>.”</span> Verse 16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Armageddon +consists of a great triangular plain in northern +Palestine, twelve by fifteen by eighteen miles, extending southeast from +Mt. Carmel, otherwise known as the plain of Esdraelon, or valley of Jezreel. +It has been the scene of many great battles, such as that of Gideon's overthrow +of the Midianites (Judges 6, 7), when </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the Lord set every man's +sword against his fellow;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of Saul's defeat by the Philistines (1 Sam. 29: +1; 1 Chronicles 10); and of Josiah's defeat by Pharaoh Necho (2 Kings 23:29, +30; 2 Chron. 35:20-24): and, as this scripture indicates, it is the place +where, under the influence of evil spirits just preceding Christ's second +coming, the great armies of the world will be gathered for their final struggle +and utter destruction under the seventh plague. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. When the king of the north comes to his end, what, +according to the prophecy, is to take place? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">at that time shall Michael stand up</span></span>, the great Prince +which standeth for the children of thy people: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there shall be +a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation</span></span> even +to that same time: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">at that time thy people shall be delivered</span></span>, +every one that shall be found written in the book.”</span> Dan. 12:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +expression </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">stand up</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> occurs eight times in this line +of prophecy (Daniel 11 and 12), and in each case means </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">to reign</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. See +Dan. 11:2, 3, 4, 7, 14, 20, 21; 12:1. Michael is Christ, as will be seen by +comparing Jude 9, 1 Thess. 4:16, and John 5:25. When the Turkish +Empire is brought to an end, therefore, the time will have come for Christ +to receive His kingdom (Luke 19:11-15), and begin His reign. This great +change will be ushered in by the downfall, not only of Turkey, but of all +nations (Rev. 11:15); by the time of trouble here spoken of; by the seven +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page300">[pg 300]</span><a name="Pg300" id="Pg300" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +last plagues described in Revelation 16; and by the deliverance of all God's +people,—those whose names are found written in the book of life (Rev. +3:5; 20:12),—which shows that probation and the investigative judgment +will then be past. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What will take place at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall +awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting +contempt.”</span> Verse 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—At the +resurrection of Christ there was a special resurrection, +when many of the saints were raised from the dead, were seen of many, and +were taken to heaven with Christ at His ascension. Matt. 27:52, 53; +Eph. 4:8. So, just prior to Christ's second coming and the general resurrection +of the righteous, many of the sleeping saints, and some colossal sinners +(those that </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">pierced Him,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Rev. 1:7), it seems, will be raised to witness +His coming, and hear God's covenant of peace with His people. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +This line of prophecy, therefore, brings us down to the resurrection of +the righteous, which takes place at the second advent. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What false message will go forth before destruction +comes upon those unprepared for Christ's coming and kingdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so +cometh as a thief in the night. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For when they shall say, Peace +and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them</span></span>, ... +and they shall not escape.”</span> 1 Thess. 5:2, 3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +so-called Christian nations will not go to Palestine +merely to expel the Turks from the land. As in the crusades of the twelfth +and thirteenth centuries, the idea will be to rescue the Holy Land from the +Mohammedans, and make Jerusalem the center of a glorious kingdom, with +Christ as king. The Papacy itself, it is thought by some, will at this time +remove its seat to Jerusalem, and issue a great peace proclamation, directing +the nations to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into +pruning-hooks, and calling upon all to come up to the mountain of the +Lord, as described in Isa. 2:2-5 and Micah 4:1-5. Infatuated by the +doctrine of a temporal millennium, many nations will join in the call, and +say, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from +Jerusalem.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Isa. 2:3. But this will be but the signal for the battle of +Armageddon and the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">sudden destruction</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> that is to overtake the world +and bring to an end the present order of things. See Rev. 19:17-21; Eze. +38:14-23; 39:17-22. Toward this consummation passing events all indicate +we are rapidly hastening. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Watchman on the walls of Zion,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">What, O tell us, of the night?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is the day-star now arising?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Will the morn soon greet our sight?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">O'er your vision shine there now some rays of light?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Tell, O tell us, are the landmarks</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">On our voyage all passed by?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Are we nearing now the haven?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Can we e'en the land descry?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Do we truly see the heavenly kingdom nigh?</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page301">[pg 301]</span><a name="Pg301" id="Pg301" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<a name="toc149" id="toc149"></a> +<a name="pdf150" id="pdf150"></a> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">The Seven Last Plagues</span></h3> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus301.png" alt="Illustration." title="Marshaling Of The Nations. "And he gathered them together into a place called ... Armageddon." Rev. 16:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Marshaling Of The Nations. +"And he gathered them together into +a place called ... Armageddon." +Rev. 16:16.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is God's final warning against false worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive +his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the same shall drink of +the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture +into the cup of His indignation</span></span>; and he shall be tormented with +fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the +presence of the Lamb.”</span> Rev. 14:9, 10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—During +probationary time God's wrath is always tempered, +or mingled, with mercy. Thus the prophet Habakkuk prays, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In wrath +remember mercy.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Hab. 3:2. God's wrath unmixed with mercy is +visited only when mercy has done its final work and evil has gone to the +limit, so that there is </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">no remedy.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See Gen. 6:3; 15:16; 19:12, 13; +2 Chron. 36:16; Matt. 23:37, 38; Luke 19:42-44; 2 Peter 2:6; Jude 7. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In what is the wrath of God filled up? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, +seven angels having <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the seven last +plagues</span></span>; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in them is filled up +the wrath of God</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 15:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How does Joel describe the day of the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as +a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“For the day +of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?”</span> +Joel 1:15; 2:11. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page302">[pg 302]</span><a name="Pg302" id="Pg302" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What has Daniel said of this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since +there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy +people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written +in the book.”</span> Dan. 12:1. See Eze. 7:15-19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The seven last +plagues will be the most terrible scourges +ever visited upon man. As Ahab accused Elijah of being the cause of +Israel's calamities (1 Kings 18:17, 18), so, in the time of trouble, the wicked +and those who have departed from God will be enraged at the righteous, +will accuse them as being the cause of the plagues, and will seek to destroy +them as did Haman the Jews. See Esther 3:8-14. But God will miraculously +deliver His people at this time as He did then. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What will be the first plague, and upon whom will it fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the first went, and poured out his vial upon <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the earth</span></span>; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had +the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshiped his image</span></span>.”</span> +Rev. 16:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What will constitute the second plague? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the second angel poured out his vial upon <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sea</span></span>; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul +died in the sea</span></span>.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What will be the third plague? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the third angel poured out his vial upon <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the rivers +and fountains of waters</span></span>; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they became blood</span></span>.”</span> Verse 4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The second +plague affects the sea. The third plague comes +closer to the habitations of men, and affects the land. The water supplies +are contaminated. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why, under these plagues, does the Lord give men blood +to drink? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets</span></span>, and Thou +hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In this is +shown God's abhorrence of oppression and persecution. +The plagues are God's rebukes against colossal forms of sin. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What will be the fourth plague? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sun</span></span>; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">power was given unto him to scorch men with fire</span></span>.”</span> Verse 8. +See Joel 1:16-20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Sun-worship +is the most ancient and wide-spread of all forms +of idolatry. In this plague God manifests His displeasure at this form of +idolatry. That which men have worshiped as a god, becomes a plague +and tormentor. Thus it was in the plagues of Egypt. Those things which +the Egyptians had worshiped became scourges to them instead of benefactors +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page303">[pg 303]</span><a name="Pg303" id="Pg303" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +and blessings. See </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +by </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">An American Citizen,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> chapter 3. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Will even this terrible judgment lead men to repent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And men were scorched with great heat, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blasphemed +the name of God</span></span>, which hath power over these plagues: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they +repented not to give Him glory</span></span>.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What will be the fifth plague? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the seat of the +beast</span></span>; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">his kingdom was full of darkness</span></span>; and they gnawed +their tongues for pain.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This plague strikes +at the very seat of the great apostasy of +the latter days, the Papacy. It will doubtless be similar in effect to the +like plague in Egypt, which was a darkness that could </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">be felt.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Ex. +10:21-23. By this plague that iniquitous, haughty, and apostate spiritual +despotism which has set itself up as possessing all truth, and as being the +light of the world, is enshrouded in midnight darkness. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What takes place under the sixth plague? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great +river <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Euphrates</span></span>; and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the water thereof was dried up</span></span>, that the way +of the kings of the East might be prepared.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This, we +understand, refers to the drying up of the Turkish +Empire by the great world powers preparatory to the battle of Armageddon. +See preceding reading. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What gathers the nations to the battle of Armageddon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">three unclean spirits</span></span> like frogs come out of the +mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out +of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the spirits of +devils</span></span>, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the +earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of +that great day of God Almighty.... And he gathered +them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.”</span> +Verses 13-16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This scripture +shows that it is the spirit of Satan which +incites men to war, and explains why the great nations of the world are +now making such preparations for war. The dragon represents paganism; +the beast, the Papacy; and the false prophet, apostate Protestantism,—the +three great religious apostasies since the flood. The plain Esdraelon, +in southwestern Galilee, is the Armageddon here referred to. See note +on page </span><a href="#Pg099" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">99</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. At this time what event is imminent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Behold, I come as a thief.</span></span> Blessed is he that watcheth, +and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his +shame.”</span> Verse 15. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page304">[pg 304]</span><a name="Pg304" id="Pg304" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What takes place under the seventh plague? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the seventh angel poured out his vial into <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the air</span></span>.... +And there were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">voices</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thunders</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lightnings</span></span>; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there was a great earthquake</span></span>, such as was not since men were +upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And +the great city was divided into three parts, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and the cities of the +nations fell</span></span>.”</span> Verses 17-19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What accompanies the earthquake? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there fell upon men <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a great hail out of heaven</span></span>, every +stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God +because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding +great.”</span> Verse 21. See Job 38:22, 23; Ps. 7:11-13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What will the Lord be to His people at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter His voice +from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">but the Lord will be the hope of His people, and the strength of the +children of Israel</span></span>.”</span> Joel 3:16. See Jer. 25:30, 31; Haggai 2:21; +Heb.12:26; Ps. 91:5-10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—To prepare +His people and the world for these terrible judgments, +the Lord, as in the days of Noah, sends a warning message to every +nation, kindred, tongue, and people. See Rev. 14:6-10. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Just before the pouring out of the plagues, what call +does God send to His people still in Babylon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Come out +of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye +receive not of her plagues</span></span>. For her sins have reached unto +heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”</span> Rev. +18:4, 5. See Gen. 19:12-17; Jer. 51:6; and page 254. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As +before the flood, many of God's people will doubtless +be laid away to rest shortly before the time of trouble. See Isa. 57:1; +Rev. 14:13. Referring to the time before the flood, an ancient book +says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">And all men who walked in the ways of the Lord, died in those +days, before the Lord brought the evil upon man which He had declared, +for this was from the Lord, that they should not see the evil which the +Lord spoke of concerning the sons of men.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Book +of Jasher 4:20.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See +also chapter 5:21 of the same book. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How suddenly will the plagues come upon modern +Babylon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore shall her plagues come <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in one day</span></span>, death, and +mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with +fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.... For +in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">one hour</span></span> is thy judgment come.”</span> Rev. 18:8-10. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page305">[pg 305]</span><a name="Pg305" id="Pg305" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What famine will come at this time upon those who have +rejected God's messages of mercy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will send a +famine in the land; not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, +but of hearing the words of the Lord</span></span>: and they shall wander from +sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run +to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.”</span> +Amos 8:11, 12. See Luke 13:25; Prov. 1:24-26; Heb. 12:15-17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What announcement is made under the seventh plague? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, +from the throne, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is done</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 16:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—God made man to bless him. Gen. 1:28. When His +blessings are abused, He withholds them, to teach men their source and +their proper use. Haggai 1:7-11. Judgments are sent that men may +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">learn righteousness.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Isa. 25:9; 1 Kings 17:1. That men do not repent +under the plagues is no evidence that God has ceased to be merciful +and forgiving. They simply demonstrate that all have determined their +destiny, and that even the severest judgments of God will not move the +ungodly and impenitent to repentance. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. Just preceding Christ's second coming, what solemn +decree will go forth showing that the cases of all have been +decided? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is +filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be +righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, +behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every +man according as his work shall be.”</span> Rev. 22:11, 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What psalms seem to have been written especially for +the comfort and encouragement of God's people during the +time of the seven last plagues? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Psalms 91 and 46. See also Isa. 33:13-17. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The great decisive day is at hand!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The day when Christ will come,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To call His children home</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And to seal the sinner's doom,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 7.20em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is at hand.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where will the sinner hide in that day?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">It will be in vain to call,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Ye mountains on us fall,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For His hand will find out all</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 7.20em"><span style="font-size: 90%">In that day.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page306">[pg 306]</span><a name="Pg306" id="Pg306" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<a name="toc151" id="toc151"></a> +<a name="pdf152" id="pdf152"></a> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">The Mystery Of God Finished</span></h3> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus306.png" alt="Illustration." title="Watchman, What Of The Night? "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ." Rev. 11:15." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Watchman, What Of The Night? +"The kingdoms of this world are become +the kingdoms of our Lord, and +of His Christ." Rev. 11:15.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Following his description of the sixth trumpet, what +did John see? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">another mighty angel come down from heaven</span></span>, +clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his +face was as it were the sun.”</span> Rev. 10:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did he have in his hand? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he had in his hand <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a little book open</span></span>.”</span> Verse 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The book +of Daniel, which was to be </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">sealed,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> or closed, +till the time of the end, is doubtless referred to here. See Dan. 12:4, 9. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What solemn announcement did this angel make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the angel which I saw ... lifted up his hand to +heaven, and sware by Him that liveth forever and ever, who +created heaven, and the things that therein are, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that +there should be time no longer</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 10:5, 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Not literal +nor probationary time, but prophetic time. The +2300-day period, which ended in 1844, must be alluded to here. See page +</span><a href="#Pg230" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">230</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. No prophetic period in the Bible reaches beyond this. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What did the angel say was to be finished when the +seventh trumpet was about to sound? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he +shall begin to sound, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the mystery of God</span></span> should be finished, as +He hath declared to His servants the prophets.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The mystery +of God is the gospel. Eph. 3:1-6; Gal. 1:11, 12. +The gospel, then, is to be finished as the seventh trumpet is about to sound. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What was John told to do with the little book? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of +the angel ... and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">eat it up</span></span>.”</span> Verses 8, 9. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page307">[pg 307]</span><a name="Pg307" id="Pg307" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What was to be the result of the eating of this book? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">make thy belly bitter</span></span>, +but it shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in thy mouth +sweet as honey</span></span>.”</span> Verse 9, last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What does the apostle say of his experience in this matter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate +it up; and it was in my mouth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sweet as honey</span></span>: and as soon as I +had eaten it, my belly was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bitter</span></span>.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In +this is most strikingly foretold the experience of those who +proclaimed the advent and judgment-hour message of 1843-44. Joyous +in the hope that Christ was coming then, like the early disciples regarding +His first advent (Luke 24:21; Acts 1:6, 7), they were bitterly disappointed, +and found that there was still a work on earth for them to do, as did the +early disciples following the crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of +Christ. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What words of the angel to John show that both literal +and probationary time were to continue yet for a time, and that +God had a still further message for the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said unto me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou must prophesy again</span></span> before +many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The message of +Revelation 10 is the same as that of Rev. 14:6, +7; and the later messages of Rev. 14:8-12 answer to the instruction, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou must </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">prophesy again</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of Rev. 10:11. But all are last-day +messages, and indicate that the end of all things is near at hand. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How long, O Lord our Saviour,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Wilt Thou remain away?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Our hearts are growing weary</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of Thy so long delay.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O when shall come the moment</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">When, brighter far than morn,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The sunshine of Thy glory</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shall on Thy people dawn?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How long, O gracious Master,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Wilt Thou Thy household leave?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">So long hast Thou now tarried,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Few Thy return believe.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Immersed in sloth and folly,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy servants, Lord, we see;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And few of us stand ready</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With joy to welcome Thee.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O, wake Thy slumbering people;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Send forth the solemn cry;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let all the saints repeat it,—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Saviour draweth nigh!</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">May all our lamps be burning,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Our loins well girded be,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Each longing heart preparing</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With joy Thy face to see.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page308">[pg 308]</span><a name="Pg308" id="Pg308" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<a name="toc153" id="toc153"></a> +<a name="pdf154" id="pdf154"></a> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">Great Lines of Prophecy</span></h3> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-weight: 700">The Great Image of Daniel 2.</span></span> This prophecy, written +over twenty-five hundred years ago, is one of the greatest, briefest, +and most comprehensive prophecies in the Bible. Under +the symbol of a great metallic image, the rise and fall of nations +is outlined till the end of time and the setting up of God's everlasting +kingdom. See reading on page <a href="#Pg204" class="tei tei-ref">204</a>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-weight: 700">The Four Beasts of Daniel 7.</span></span> This line of prophecy covers +the same ground as that of Daniel 2, but with additional features +introduced, especially that concerning the development and work +of the <span class="tei tei-q">“little horn”</span> power of the fourth beast, under which God's +people were to be oppressed until delivered and placed in possession +of the kingdom <span class="tei tei-q">“forever and ever.”</span> See reading on page +<a href="#Pg213" class="tei tei-ref">213</a>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-weight: 700">The 2300 Days of Daniel 8.</span></span> This prophecy, after tracing +the course of empire down through Medo-Persia, Greece, and +Rome, introduces the longest prophetic period in the Bible, reaching +from the beginning of the movement to restore and build +Jerusalem before Christ's first advent, to a similar work to be +performed by God's people in the last days preparatory to Christ's +second advent. See reading on page <a href="#Pg230" class="tei tei-ref">230</a>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-weight: 700">The Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9.</span></span> This prophecy fixes the +date of the beginning of the 2300 days, of which the seventy +weeks are a part; definitely marks the time of Christ's first advent; +and briefly refers to the <span class="tei tei-q">“consummation”</span> and the overthrow +of the last of earthly kingdoms. See pages <a href="#Pg232" class="tei tei-ref">232-236</a>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-weight: 700">The Standing Up of Michael—Daniel 11 and 12.</span></span> A literal +prophecy tracing the rise and fall of kings and kingdoms +from the early rulers of Persia in the sixth century <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>, to +the overthrow of Turkey, the <span class="tei tei-q">“king of the north,”</span> and the <span class="tei tei-q">“standing +up,”</span> or reign, of Michael, the Great Prince, which is Christ. See +page <a href="#Pg296" class="tei tei-ref">296</a>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-weight: 700">The Prophecies of the Revelation.</span></span> These are supplemental +to the prophecies of Daniel. Under the Seven Churches, +the Seven Seals, the Seven Trumpets, the Great Red Dragon, +the Leopard Beast, and the Two-Horned Beast, the history and +experience of the church and of earthly kingdoms are traced during +the Christian era, to the end of the age. See pages <a href="#Pg301" class="tei tei-ref">301-310</a>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-weight: 700">Christ's Great Prophecy.</span></span> Christ's claim to being a prophet, +and the greatest of all prophets, is fully established by His prophecy +recorded in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21. In this He +depicts minutely the destruction of Jerusalem, the great tribulation +of the Dark Ages, and the signs that were to herald His +second coming. See pages <a href="#Pg311" class="tei tei-ref">311-325</a>. +</p> + +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page309">[pg 309]</span><a name="Pg309" id="Pg309" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc155" id="toc155"></a> +<a name="pdf156" id="pdf156"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part VII. Coming Events and Signs of the Times</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page310">[pg 310]</span><a name="Pg310" id="Pg310" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus310.png" alt="Illustration." title="Siege Of Jerusalem, A.D. 70. "When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh." Luke 21:20." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Siege Of Jerusalem, A.D. 70. +"When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that +the desolation thereof is nigh." Luke 21:20.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page311">[pg 311]</span><a name="Pg311" id="Pg311" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc157" id="toc157"></a> +<a name="pdf158" id="pdf158"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Our Lord's Great Prophecy</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus311.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ Foretelling The Destruction Of Jerusalem. "When shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?" Matt. 24:3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ Foretelling The Destruction Of Jerusalem. +"When shall these things be? and what +shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of +the end of the world?" Matt. 24:3.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How did Christ feel concerning Jerusalem, as He was +about to make His final visit to the city before His crucifixion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He was come near, He beheld the city, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wept +over it</span></span>, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this +thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they +are hid from thine eyes.”</span> Luke 19:41, 42. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In what words did He foretell its destruction? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall +cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee +in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and +thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one +stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy +visitation.”</span> Verses 43, 44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What pitiful appeal did He make to the impenitent city? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, +and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I +have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth +her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!”</span> Matt. 23:37. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. As He was about to leave the temple, what did He say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, your house is left unto you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">desolate</span></span>.”</span> Verse 38. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That which +was to fill up their cup of iniquity was their +final rejection and crucifixion of Christ, and their condemnation and persecution +of His apostles and people after His resurrection. See Matt. 23:29-35; +John 19:15; Acts 4-8. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page312">[pg 312]</span><a name="Pg312" id="Pg312" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Hearing these words, what questions did the disciples ask? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the +sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?”</span> Matt. 24:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Christ's +answers to these questions are worthy of the most +careful study. The destruction of Jerusalem and the overthrow of the +Jewish nation attending it are a type of the final destruction of all the cities +of the world, and the overthrow of all nations. To some extent, therefore, +the descriptions of the two great events seem to be blended. When +Christ referred to the destruction of Jerusalem, His prophetic words reached +beyond that event to the final conflagration when the Lord shall rise out +of His place </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and +when the earth </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Isa. 26:21. Thus the entire discourse was given not for the early disciples +only, but for those who were to live during the closing scenes of the +world's history. During the discourse Christ did, however, give definite +signs, both of the destruction of Jerusalem and of His second coming. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. In His reply, how did Christ indicate that neither the end +of the world nor of the Jewish nation was immediately at hand? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus answered and said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Take heed that no man +deceive you</span></span>. For many shall come in My name, saying, I am +Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and +rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for all these things +must come to pass, but the end is not yet</span></span>.”</span> Verses 4-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What did He say of the wars, famines, pestilences, and +earthquakes which were to precede these events? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All these are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the beginning of sorrows</span></span>.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These were to +precede and culminate in the great calamity +and overthrow, first, of Jerusalem, and finally of the whole world; for, as +already noted, the prophecy has a double application, first, to Jerusalem +and the Jewish nation, and secondly, to the whole world; the destruction of +Jerusalem for its rejection of Christ at His first advent being a type of the +destruction of the world at the end for its rejection of Christ in refusing to +heed the closing warning message sent by God to prepare the world for +Christ's second advent. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. In what language did Christ briefly describe the experiences +of His people previous to these calamities? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall +kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name's +sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one +another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets +shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall +abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”</span> Verses 9-12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Who did He say would be saved? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that shall endure unto the end</span></span>, the same shall be +saved.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page313">[pg 313]</span><a name="Pg313" id="Pg313" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. When did Christ say the end would come? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this gospel of the +kingdom</span></span> shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">preached in all the +world</span></span> for a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">witness</span></span> unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all +nations</span></span>; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then shall the end come</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In 60 +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Paul carried the gospel to Rome, which was then +the capital of the world. In </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +64 he wrote of the saints of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Cæsar's +household</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Phil. 4:22); and the same year he says that the gospel had +been </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">preached to every creature which is under heaven.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Col. 1:23. +Very soon after this (October, 66 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">) +the Romans began their attacks +against Jerusalem; and three and one-half years later the overthrow of the +city and of the Jewish nation followed in the notable five months' siege +under Titus, in the spring and summer of 70 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Thus it was respecting the end of the Jewish nation; and thus it will be +in the end of the world as a whole. When the gospel, or good news, of +Christ's coming kingdom has been preached in all the world for a witness +unto all nations, the end of the world—of all nations—will come. As +the end of the Jewish nation came with overwhelming destruction, so will +come the end of the world. Armageddon, the battle of the nations, will be +fought, and the world will be swept with the besom of destruction under +the seven last plagues. See readings on pages </span><a href="#Pg206" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">296</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg301" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">301</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What sign did Christ mention by which His disciples +might know when the destruction of Jerusalem was near? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies</span></span>, +then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.”</span> Luke 21:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. When this sign appeared, what were the disciples to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, +spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso +readeth, let him understand:) then let them which be in Judea +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">flee into the mountains</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24:15, 16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In October, +66 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, when Cestius came against the city, +but for some unaccountable reason suddenly withdrew his army from it, +the Christians discerned in this the sign foretold by Christ, and fled. After +the departure of Cestius, Josephus, in his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Wars of the Jews,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> chapter 20, +says that </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">many of the most eminent of the Jews swam away from the +city, as from a ship when it is going to sink.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> It is a remarkable fact that +in the terrible siege which occurred under Titus three and one-half years +later, not a single Christian is known to have lost his life, while 1,100,000 +Jews are said to have perished in it. Here is a most striking lesson on the +value and importance of studying and believing the prophecies, and giving +heed to the signs of the times. Those who believed what Christ had said, +and watched for the sign which He had foretold, were saved, while the unbelieving +perished. So it will be in the end of the world. The watchful +and believing will be delivered, while the careless and unbelieving will be +snared and taken. See Matt. 24:36-44; Luke 21:34-36; 1 Thess. 5:1-6. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. When the sign appeared, how suddenly were they to flee? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take +anything out of his house: neither let him which is in the field +return back to take his clothes.”</span> Verses 17, 18. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page314">[pg 314]</span><a name="Pg314" id="Pg314" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Besides telling His disciples when to flee, how did Christ +further show His solicitude and tender care for them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But pray ye that your flight be not in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the winter</span></span>, neither +on <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Sabbath day</span></span>.”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The winter +would be an unfavorable time in which to flee, +entailing discomfort and hardship; and an attempt to flee on the Sabbath +day would doubtless have been met with difficulty, so false and pharisaical +were the notions of the Jews respecting the true character and object of +the Sabbath. See Matt. 12:1-14; Luke 13:14-17; Mark 1:32; 2:23-28; +John 5:10-18. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The prayers of Christ's followers were heard. Events were so over-*ruled +that neither Jews nor Romans hindered the flight of the Christians. +Upon the retreat of Cestius, the Jews pursued after his army, and the +Christians thus had an opportunity to leave the city. The country also +had been cleared of enemies who might have endeavored to intercept them. +At the time of this siege, the Jews were assembled at Jerusalem to keep +the Feast of Tabernacles, and thus the Christians of Judea were able to +escape unmolested, and in the autumn, a most favorable time for flight. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What trying experience did Christ then foretell? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then shall be great tribulation</span></span>, such as was not since +the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”</span> +Verse 21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In paragraph +4 of his preface to his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Wars of the Jews,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Josephus, referring to the destruction of Jerusalem, says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The misfortunes +of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to these +of the Jews, are not so considerable.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> In this terrible calamity, the prophecy +of Moses recorded in Deut. 28:47-53, was literally fulfilled. He said, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy +daughters, ... in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine +enemies shall distress thee.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> For an account of the fulfilment of this, see +Josephus's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Wars of the Jews,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> book 6, chap. 3, par. 4. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Following the destruction of Jerusalem came the persecution of the +early Christians under the pagan emperors during the first three centuries +of the Christian era, that begun under Diocletian in 303 +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and continuing +for ten years (Rev. 2:10), being the most bitter and extensive +persecution of God's people the world had yet witnessed. Following this +came the still greater and more terrible persecution of the saints during +the long centuries of papal supremacy, foretold in Dan. 7:25 and Rev. +12:6. All these tribulations occurred under either pagan or papal Rome. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. For whose sake did Christ say the period of papal persecution +would be shortened? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And except those days should be shortened, there should +no flesh be saved: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for the elect's sake those days shall be +shortened</span></span>.”</span> Verse 22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Through the +influence of the Reformation of the sixteenth +century, and the movements which grew out of it, the power of the Papacy +to enforce its decrees against those it pronounced heretics was gradually +lessened, until persecution ceased almost wholly about the middle of the +eighteenth century—the beginning of an epoch of freedom. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page315">[pg 315]</span><a name="Pg315" id="Pg315" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Against what deceptions did Christ then warn us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, +or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and +false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch +that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”</span> +Verses 23, 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Answering the question as to what would be the sign of +His coming and the end of the world, what did Christ say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">There shall be signs</span></span> in +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sun</span></span>, and in the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">moon</span></span>, and in the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">stars</span></span>; and upon the earth +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">distress of nations, with perplexity; the +sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and +for looking after those things which are coming on the earth</span></span>: for +the powers of heaven shall be shaken.”</span> Luke 21:25, 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. When were the first of these signs to appear, and what +were they to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Immediately after the tribulation of +those days</span></span> shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sun +be darkened</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the moon +shall not give her light</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the stars +shall fall from heaven</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. How is this expressed by Mark? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in those days, after that tribulation</span></span>, the sun shall be +darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of +heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be +shaken.”</span> Mark 13:24, 25. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As already +noted, papal persecution almost wholly ceased +about the middle of the eighteenth century. Then, true to Christ's words, +the signs of His coming at once began to appear. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. When was there a wonderful darkening of the sun? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +On May 19, 1780. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—May 19, 1780, is +known in history as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the dark day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> On +this day over a large portion of the New World, upon which at this time +the eyes of all the world were centered, there occurred, at midday, a remarkable +darkness. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Candles were lighted in many houses. The birds +were silent, and disappeared. The fowls retired to roost.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> In harmony +with the impression God evidently designed should be made by the sign, +many thought the day of judgment was at hand. See next reading. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. When did the moon refuse to give her light? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The night following the darkening of the sun, May 19, 1780. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Although +the moon had fulled only the night before, the +darkness of this night was so intense that for a time no luminous body whatever +appeared in the heavens, and a sheet of white paper could not be seen +when held within a few inches of the eyes. See next reading. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What sign was to follow the darkening of the sun and +the moon? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page316">[pg 316]</span><a name="Pg316" id="Pg316" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus316.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Dark Day Of May 19, 1780. "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened." Matt. 24:29." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Dark Day Of May 19, 1780. +"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the +sun be darkened." Matt. 24:29.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page317">[pg 317]</span><a name="Pg317" id="Pg317" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the stars shall fall from heaven</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. When did the stars fall, as here predicted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Nov. 13, 1833. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—On +the morning of Nov. 13, 1833, there occurred the most +wonderful exhibition of shooting stars the world has ever seen. Those who +witnessed it, says Professor Olmsted, the celebrated astronomer of Yale +College, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">probably saw the greatest display of celestial fireworks that has +ever been since the creation of the world, or at least within the annals +covered by the pages of history.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The extent of this shower, he says, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">was such as to cover no inconsiderable part of the earth's surface.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> And, +like the darkening of the sun and moon, it was considered by many who +saw it as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the harbinger of the coming of the Son of man.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What were to be the signs on earth of Christ's coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And upon the earth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">distress of nations</span></span>, with perplexity; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear</span></span>, +and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: +for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.”</span> Luke 21:25, 26. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This is +an exact picture of the condition of things in the +world today. Through greed of gain, lawlessness, licentiousness, increasing +violence, trouble between capital and labor, international complications, +and preparations for war, the nations are perplexed, and men's +hearts tremble with fear as they look into the future. The elements are +also disturbed, as seen in great earthquakes and storms on land and sea. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What did Christ say was to be the next great event following +these signs? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And then shall they see <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Son of man coming in a cloud +with power and great glory</span></span>.”</span> Verse 27. See Matt. 24:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. When these things should <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">begin</span></span> to come to pass, what +did Christ tell His people to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when these things begin to come to pass, then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">look up, +and lift up your heads</span></span>; for your redemption draweth nigh.”</span> +Luke 21:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. When the trees put forth their leaves, what do we know? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now learn a parable of the fig-tree; When his branch is +yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye know that summer is +nigh</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. What may be known with equal certainty when these +signs have been seen? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">know +that it is near, even at the doors</span></span>.”</span> Verse 33. <span class="tei tei-q">“So likewise ye, +when ye see these things come to pass, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">know ye that the kingdom +of God is nigh at hand</span></span>.”</span> Luke 21:31. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page318">[pg 318]</span><a name="Pg318" id="Pg318" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +30. What did Christ say of the certainty of this prophecy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till +all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, +but My word shall not pass away.”</span> Matt. 24:34, 35. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Every +one at all acquainted with history knows that what +Christ foretold concerning the destruction of Jerusalem came true to the +very letter. So likewise may we be assured that what He has said concerning +the end of the world will as certainly and as literally be fulfilled. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +31. Who alone knows the exact day of Christ's coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But of that day and hour <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">knoweth no man</span></span>, no, not the angels +of heaven, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My Father only</span></span>.”</span> Verse 36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +32. What did Christ say would be the moral condition of +the world just preceding His advent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of +the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the +flood they were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">eating</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">drinking</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">marrying</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">giving in +marriage</span></span>, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew +not until the flood came, and took them all away; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">so shall also +the coming of the Son of man be</span></span>.”</span> Verses 37-39. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +33. In view of the fact that we do not know the exact time +of Christ's coming, what important admonition has He given us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be ye also ready</span></span>: for in such an hour as ye think +not the Son of man cometh.”</span> Verse 44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +34. What will be the experience of those who say in their +hearts that the Lord is not soon coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My +lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellow servants, +and to eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that +servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and +in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder +[cut him off, margin], and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: +there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”</span> Verses +48-51. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In the sun, and moon, and stars,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Signs and wonders have appeared;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Earth has groaned with bloody wars,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the hearts of men have feared.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But, though from His awful face</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Heaven shall fade and earth shall fly,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Fear not ye, His chosen race,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Your redemption draweth nigh.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Reginald Heber.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page319">[pg 319]</span><a name="Pg319" id="Pg319" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc159" id="toc159"></a> +<a name="pdf160" id="pdf160"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Signs Of The Times</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus319.png" alt="Illustration." title="Falling Stars At Niagara. "And the stars shall fall from heaven." Matt. 24:29." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Falling Stars At Niagara. +"And the stars shall fall from +heaven." Matt. 24:29.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. For what did Christ reprove the Pharisees and Sadducees? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">can ye not discern the signs of the times</span></span>?”</span> Matt. 16:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What sign had been foretold by the prophet Isaiah +by which Christ, at His <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">first</span></span> advent, might be known as the +Messiah? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name +Immanuel</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 7:14. For fulfilment, see Matt. 1:22, 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Where had the prophet said Christ should be born? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But thou, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Bethlehem</span></span> Ephratah, though thou be little +among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come +forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel.”</span> Micah 5:2. For +fulfilment, see Matt. 2:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What prophet had foretold Christ's ride into Jerusalem? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter +of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, +and having salvation; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon +a colt the foal of an ass</span></span>.”</span> Zech. 9:9. For fulfilment, see Matt. +21:4, 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What question did the disciples ask Christ concerning +His <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">second</span></span> coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And as He sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples +came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page320">[pg 320]</span><a name="Pg320" id="Pg320" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +be? and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of +the world?</span></span>”</span> Matt. 24:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How, according to Luke, did Christ answer this question? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there shall be signs</span></span> in the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sun</span></span>, and in the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">moon</span></span>, and in +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">stars</span></span>; and upon the earth +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">distress of nations, with perplexity; +the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear</span></span>, +and for looking after those things which are coming on the +earth.”</span> Luke 21:25, 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What, according to Matthew's account, did Christ say +were to be the signs in the sun, moon, and stars? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the +sun be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">darkened</span></span>, and the +moon shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">not give her light</span></span>, and the +stars shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fall from heaven</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. In what language had some of the Old Testament prophets +already foretold these signs? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth</span></span>, +blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The sun shall be turned +into darkness, and the moon into blood</span></span>, before the great and the +terrible day of the Lord come.”</span> Joel 2:30, 31. <span class="tei tei-q">“The <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sun</span></span> and +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">moon</span></span> shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">darkened</span></span>, +and the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">stars</span></span> shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">withdraw their +shining</span></span>.”</span> Joel 3:15. <span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +stars of heaven and the constellations +thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened +in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine</span></span>.”</span> +Isa. 13:10. <span class="tei tei-q">“I will cause the sun to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">go down at noon</span></span>, and I will +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">darken the earth in a clear day</span></span>.”</span> Amos 8:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. When were the sun and moon darkened? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +May 19, 1780. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The nineteenth +of May, 1780, was a remarkably dark day. +Candles were lighted in many houses. The birds were silent, and disappeared. +The fowls retired to roost. It was the general opinion that the +day of judgment was at hand. The legislature of Connecticut was in +session at Hartford, but being unable to transact business, +adjourned.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">President +Dwight, in </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Historical Collections.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In some places persons could not see to read common print in the +open air for several hours together. Birds sang their evening song, disappeared, +and became silent; fowls went to roost; cattle sought the barn-yard; +and candles were lighted in the houses. The obscuration began +about ten o'clock in the morning, and continued until the middle of the +next night, but with differences of degree and duration in different places.... +The true causes of this remarkable phenomenon are not +known.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster's +Unabridged Dictionary, edition 1883, page 1604, in article +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Dark Day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Herschel, the great astronomer, says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The dark day in Northern +America was one of those wonderful phenomena of nature which will +always be read with interest, but which philosophy is at a loss to explain.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page321">[pg 321]</span><a name="Pg321" id="Pg321" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The darkness was not caused by any eclipse of the sun by the moon, +for the moon had fulled only the night before, and consequently was on the +opposite side of the earth from the sun. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The darkness of the following evening was probably as deep and +dense as ever had been observed since the Almighty first gave birth to light; +it wanted only palpability to render it as extraordinary as that which overspread +the land of Egypt in the days of Moses. If every luminous body +in the universe had been shrouded in impenetrable shades, or struck out of +existence, it was thought the darkness could not have been more complete. +A sheet of white paper, held within a few inches of the eyes, was equally +invisible with the blackest velvet.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Our +First Century,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by R. M. Devins, +page 94.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The darkness of the night was as supernatural as that of the previous +day, from the fact, as stated by Dr. Adams, that </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the moon had fulled +the day before.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. When was there a remarkable display of falling stars? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Nov. 13, 1833. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +celebrated astronomer and meteorologist, Professor +Olmsted, of Yale College, says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Those who were so fortunate as to witness +the exhibition of shooting stars on the morning of Nov. 13, 1833, +probably saw the greatest display of celestial fireworks that has ever been +since the creation of the world, or at least within the annals covered by the +pages of history.... The extent of the shower of 1833 was such +as to cover no inconsiderable part of the earth's surface, from the middle +of the Atlantic on the east to the Pacific on the west; and from the northern +coast of South America to undefined regions among the British possessions +on the north the exhibition was visible, and everywhere presented nearly +the same appearance.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">At Niagara the exhibition was especially brilliant, and probably no +spectacle so terribly grand and sublime was ever before beheld by man as +that of the firmament descending in fiery torrents over the dark and roaring +cataract.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The American +Encyclopedia, edition 1881, article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Meteor.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Upon reading a statement that modern fireworks excel this greatest +exhibition of shooting stars, Mr. Clarkson, father of the former editors of +the paper from which the following quotation is made, and himself agricultural +editor of it, said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The writer of that sentence did not witness the +glorious meteoric shower of November, 1833, when the display was so +much superior to any artistic display of fireworks that neither language nor +any element in nature can furnish comparisons. The comparison of the +sheet-iron thunder of the theaters to the electric display of Providence +when the heavens are all on fire, and the earth trembles, would be tolerable. +But the awful grandeur of the display on the night of the thirteenth of +November, 1833, which made the stoutest heart stand in awe, and the +most defiant infidel quake with fear, is never to be compared with the most +brilliant fireworks. Those who witnessed the meteoric shower named saw +the greatest display that man ever will see until the day that Peter speaks +of when the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall +melt with fervent heat. The agricultural editor of the </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Register</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +was out alone with a team and load of lumber all night on that never-to-be-forgotten +night. And he cannot now consent to hear of human fireworks +being superior to that most grand and sublime spectacle ever before or +since beheld by man. Patent fireworks are no nearer this wonderful +phenomenon than a lightning-bug is equal to the +sun.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Iowa State Register, +July 12, 1889.</span></span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page322">[pg 322]</span><a name="Pg322" id="Pg322" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Frederick A. Douglas, in his book </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">My Bondage and My Freedom,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +page 186, says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I witnessed this gorgeous spectacle, and was struck with +awe. The air seemed filled with bright descending messengers from the +sky. It was about daybreak when I saw this sublime scene. It was not +without the suggestion at that moment that it might be </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the harbinger of +the coming of the Son of man</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">; and in my state of mind I was prepared to +hail Him as my friend and deliverer. I had read that the stars shall fall +from heaven, and they were now falling.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +A single star appeared to the wise men, and directed them to the +Saviour, at His first advent. Myriads of stars have announced the nearness +of His second advent. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +It will be seen that these signs produced the very impression that God +evidently intended that they should,—that the day of judgment, Christ's +coming, and the end of the world are near at hand. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Have we reached the time when there is <span class="tei tei-q">“distress of +nations, with perplexity”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Every intelligent person knows that the world is in a state +of unrest at the present time, and that men are troubled and +perplexed at the outlook of present conditions throughout the +civilized world. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Those who +study the map of Europe at the present moment, +and the condition of things in Europe, must feel that there is hanging +over us a war-cloud greater than any that has hung over Europe before. +It means when it bursts, and burst it will as surely as the sun will rise tomorrow, +... a war of extinction, of devastation, between great nations +whose populations are armed and trained to fight.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Lord +Wolseley.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It is impossible for any one to contemplate the present naval and +military arrangements without the gravest forebodings.... In fact, +we never now have any real peace; we live practically +in a state of war.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sir +John Lubbock.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The danger, if the Ottoman Empire fall, would not merely be the +danger that would threaten the territories of which that empire consists; +it would be the danger that the fire there lit should spread to the other +nations, and should involve all that is most powerful and civilized in Europe +in a dangerous and calamitous contest.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Lord Salisbury, in +Mansion House Speech, London, Nov. 9, 1895.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There can be no division of either of those countries [Turkey or +Persia] without setting all the nations of Europe at the throats of each +other.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Washington Post, April 24, 1909.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This is the most unsettled condition of the world since the crucifixion +of Christ. The stability of government is no longer a fact. Change is in +the atmosphere.... Statesmen are at their wits' end. Philosophers +speculate in vain.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Late Bishop Newman.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Are men's hearts now <span class="tei tei-q">“failing them for fear, and for +looking after those things which are coming on the earth”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Every one familiar with present-day conditions knows that +this is the case. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">We are marching toward the unknown. Who knows +what tomorrow has in store for us?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Signor +Crispi, ex-Prime Minister +of Italy.</span></span> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page323">[pg 323]</span><a name="Pg323" id="Pg323" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus323.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Falling Stars, Nov. 13, 1833. "Ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?" Matt. 16:3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Falling Stars, Nov. 13, 1833. +"Ye can discern the face of the sky; but can +ye not discern the signs of the times?" +Matt. 16:3.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page324">[pg 324]</span><a name="Pg324" id="Pg324" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In regard to the future I am filled with disquietude when I think how +easy it is to fan these international jealousies, and how difficult it seems to +allay them.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Lord Balfour, of England.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In this world of ours we seem to be borne down by commercial and +spiritual controversy.... We grope in the daytime with fear and +trembling for the future. Poor, distracted man is tossed over the night to +a more distraught tomorrow.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">John Wanamaker, +ex-Postmaster-General of the United States.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The bonds of society are relaxed; traditional principles are losing +their sacredness, and perils hitherto unknown are menacing the life of the +social organism.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Archbishop Ireland.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +These, with forebodings of coming droughts, famines, fires, storms, +earthquakes, tidal waves, and pestilences, are filling men's hearts with fear. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What may be said of <span class="tei tei-q">“the sea and the waves roaring”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Great tidal waves and storms at sea, with cyclones and +tornadoes on land, have become fearfully frequent of late years, +making men apprehensive of still greater calamities to come. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What, according to the prophecy of Daniel, was to +characterize the time of the end? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, +even to the time of the end: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">many shall run to and fro, and knowledge +shall be increased</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 12:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The time +of the end began in 1798. See Dan. 7:25; 11:35; +12:4, 9, and the reading </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Kingdom and Work of Antichrist,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page +218, under questions 5-8. Since 1798 there has been a most wonderful +increase of all kinds of knowledge, both scientific and religious. Men have +been </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">running to and fro</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> through both the world and the Word of God. +The prophecies of Daniel are now themselves understood. Since 1798 five +great Bible and tract societies have been organized; namely, the London +Religious Tract Society, the British and Foreign Bible Society, the American +Bible Society, the American Tract Society, and the International +Tract Society, besides many smaller societies of the same kind. From +these have gone forth to the world hundreds of millions of copies of the +Bible, and countless pages of tracts and pamphlets, disseminating knowledge +upon the truths of salvation. Besides these, millions of copies of +religious papers are being circulated annually in the various countries of +the world. Missions have been established in all parts of the world. All +this has been accomplished since 1798. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Concerning the increase of knowledge in the material, scientific, and +intellectual worlds, see the next reading. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What is predicted of the moral condition of the world +in the last days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This know also, that in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the last days perilous times shall +come</span></span>. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, +boasters, proud, blasphemers, ... lovers of pleasures +more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying +the power thereof.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:1-5. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page325">[pg 325]</span><a name="Pg325" id="Pg325" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How did the apostle Peter say the message of the Lord's +coming would be treated by some? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">scoffers</span></span>, walking after their own +lusts, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">saying, Where is the +promise of His coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things +continue as they were from the beginning of the creation</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter +3:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What will God's faithful servants be doing at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord +hath made ruler over his household, to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">give them meat in due +season</span></span>?”</span> Matt. 24:45. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">meat +in due season</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> here spoken of evidently refers +to the proclamation of the message based upon the signs which indicate +the near approach of the Lord. The preaching of this message is what +causes scoffers mockingly to ask, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Where is the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">promise of His coming</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What are all admonished to do when these signs have +appeared? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be ye also ready</span></span>: for in such an hour as ye think +not the Son of man cometh.”</span> Verse 44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How will Christ's coming overtake those evil servants +who say in their hearts, <span class="tei tei-q">“My Lord delayeth His coming”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The lord of that servant shall come in a day <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when he looketh +not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of</span></span>, and shall +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites</span></span>: +there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”</span> Verses 50, 51. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We know not the hour of the Master's appearing,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Yet signs all foretell that the moment is nearing</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When He shall return,—'tis a promise most cheering,—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"><span style="font-size: 90%">But we know not the hour.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There's light for the wise who are seeking salvation,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There's truth in the Book of the Lord's revelation,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Each prophecy points to the great consummation,—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"><span style="font-size: 90%">But we know not the hour.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We'll watch and we'll pray, with our lamps trimmed and burning,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We'll work and we'll wait till the Master's returning,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We'll sing and rejoice, every omen discerning,—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"><span style="font-size: 90%">But we know not the hour.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">F. E. Belden.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page326">[pg 326]</span><a name="Pg326" id="Pg326" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc161" id="toc161"></a> +<a name="pdf162" id="pdf162"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Increase Of Knowledge</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus326.png" alt="Illustration." title="Modern Inventions. "Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." Dan. 12:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Modern Inventions. +"Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall +be increased." Dan. 12:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. According to the words of the angel to Daniel, when +might the world look for an increase of knowledge? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even to the time of the end</span></span>: +many shall run to and fro, and knowledge +shall be increased.”</span> Dan. 12:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The prophecies +of Daniel were not to be shut up till the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">end</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +for then there would be no time either to develop knowledge or to use the +knowledge thus acquired, but until </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">time of the end</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> which refers +to a short period just preceding the end. During this time there was to be a +wonderful increase of knowledge. Especially were the prophecies of the +book of Daniel to be unsealed, studied, and understood at this time. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Until what time were the saints to be persecuted under +the Roman power? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, +and to purge, and to make them white, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even to the time of the +end: because it is yet for a time appointed</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 11:35. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The time of +the end, as shown by this text, was even then, +in the days of Daniel, an appointed time, in the mind of God. This is not +strange, when we learn that in the Scriptures both the judgment and the end +itself are said to be appointed times. Acts 17:31; Dan. 8:19. The close +of the period allotted for this persecution (1798) was to mark the beginning +of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the time of the end.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See page </span><a href="#Pg223" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">223</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. According to the prophecy, how long was the power +represented by the little horn, or papal Rome, to persecute the +saints? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he shall speak great words against the Most High, +and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, ... and +they shall be given into his hand <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">until a time and times and the +dividing of time</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 7:25. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page327">[pg 327]</span><a name="Pg327" id="Pg327" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As shown in +the reading on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Kingdom and Work of +Antichrist,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 218, this expression, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">a time and times and the dividing +of time,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> represents 1260 years, which extend from the period 533-538 +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, the time of the decree of Emperor Justinian recognizing +the Pope as head of all the churches and the successful campaign against Arianism, +to the period 1793-98, when, as a result of the French Revolution, the +papal power received its deadly wound and the Pope was carried into captivity. +This, then, locates the beginning of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the time of the end</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in 1798. +Up to that point the book of Daniel, as a whole, was to be closed up; in +other words, not understood by the people. But when the power that had +placed this embargo on the Word of God, and had tried to shut it away from +the people, was broken, then light of all kinds, Biblical, scientific, inventive, +and industrial, began to shine and penetrate in every direction. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +It is a singular and striking fact that immediately following the overthrow +of the papal power in 1798, Bible societies, tract societies, and Sunday-schools +sprang up in large numbers. The London Religious Tract +Society was organized in 1799, the British and Foreign Bible Society in +1804, the American Bible Society in 1816, and the American Tract Society +in 1825. The Bible has now been translated into about four hundred and +fifty languages and dialects, and sent to every part of the globe. Before +that time access to the Bible was confined to comparatively few. Now the +humblest person may possess it, and is as free to read and study it as is +the most exalted in the land. A little more than one hundred years ago +there was not a Sunday-school in the world, the first one being organized +by Robert Raikes, at Gloucester, England, in 1784. Now there are more +than 285,000 such schools, with over 28,000,000 officers, teachers, and +pupils. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What may be said of the developments in the line of +scientific inventions since 1798? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +These have been remarkable, phenomenal, and without +parallel in the history of the world. The people of a century +and a quarter ago knew nothing of steamships, steam and +electric railways, telegraphs, telephones, photographs, phonographs, +sewing-machines, anesthetics, submarine cables, linotypes, +monotypes, motion pictures, X-rays, aeroplanes, or +wireless telegraphy. Were they to be raised from the dead, +they would be as much astonished at all these things as would +the people of four thousand years ago. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Of a verity, +this is the age of invention.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Scientific +American.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The great facts of the nineteenth century stand out so conspicuously +above the achievements of any preceding century that it would be affectation +of humility not to recognize and speak of +them.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Union Hand-*book, +1870.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The most striking characteristic of our times is the rapid strides which +the world is making in science, general intelligence, and +inventions.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Chicago +Republican, March 14, 1872.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Never was there such activity of invention within the history of mankind +as at the present day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Phrenological Journal, +April, 1871.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">More has been done, richer and more prolific discoveries have been +made, grander achievements have been realized, in the course of the fifty +years of our lifetime than in all the previous lifetime of the +race.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">London +Spectator.</span></span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page328">[pg 328]</span><a name="Pg328" id="Pg328" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Some of the principal inventions and discoveries of modern times are +the following:— +</span></p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The balloon in 1798.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Gas for lighting purposes in 1798.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Cast-iron plow in 1800.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Steel pen in 1803.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Steamboat in 1807.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Steam printing-press in 1811.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Revolver in 1818.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Railroad-cars in 1825.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lucifer-match in 1829.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Reaper and mower in 1833.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Electric telegraph in 1837.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Electrotyping in 1837.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Photography in 1839.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sewing-machine in 1846.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Anesthesia by ether in 1846.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Anesthesia by chloroform in 1847.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Submarine cable in 1851.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Gatling gun in 1861.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Monitor war-ship in 1862.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Typewriter in 1868.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Automatic air-brake in 1872.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Telephone in 1876.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Phonograph in 1877.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Electric railway in 1879.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Modern seismograph in 1880.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Linotype in 1885.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Steam-turbine in 1888.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Roentgen or X-ray in 1895.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Wireless telegraphy in 1895.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Motion pictures in 1895.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Monotype in 1896.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Radium in 1902.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Aeroplane, first successful flying, Dec. 17, 1903.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +It will be noticed that none of these inventions antedate 1798. Go +back a little over a century and we find the world about where it was in +the days of the patriarchs. For thousands of years there seemed to be +scarcely any advancement or improvement in knowledge. But suddenly +with the opening of the nineteenth century, the world awoke from its long +sleep, and a new era dawned,—the time of the end, when knowledge was +to be increased. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What did the Saviour say should precede the end? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the +world for a witness unto all nations</span></span>; and then shall the end come.”</span> +Matt. 24:14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Luther, the +Wesleys, and others could not, in their day, proclaim +the Lord's coming to be at hand, as the signs heralding this event +had not taken place. But now, the sun and moon have been darkened, +and the stars have fallen, as predicted by the Saviour knowledge has most +wonderfully increased, as stated by the angel to Daniel; and the gospel has +gone to nearly every kindred, tribe, and people in the world. Therefore +we may know that the end is near. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. When we see all these things, what are we to know? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When ye shall see all these things, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">know that it is near, +even at the doors</span></span>.”</span> Verse 33. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lift up the trumpet, and loud let it ring;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Jesus is coming again!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Cheer up, ye pilgrims, be joyful and sing;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Jesus is coming again!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Echo it, hilltops, proclaim it, ye plains;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Jesus is coming again!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Coming in glory, the Lamb that was slain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Jesus is coming again!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 28.80em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Jessie E. Strout.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page329">[pg 329]</span><a name="Pg329" id="Pg329" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc163" id="toc163"></a> +<a name="pdf164" id="pdf164"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Conflict Between Capital And Labor</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus329.png" alt="Illustration." title="Race For Supremacy. "Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee." Luke 12:20." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Race For Supremacy. +"Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be +required of thee." Luke 12:20.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is one reason why the last days were to be perilous? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Men shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lovers of their +own selves, covetous</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. When, according to prophecy, were men to amass great +wealth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Go to now, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye rich men</span></span>, weep and howl for your miseries +that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your +garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; +and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall +eat your flesh as it were fire. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ye have heaped treasure together +for the last days.</span></span>”</span> James 5:1-3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—We have +reached the age of vast accumulations of wealth, +when there seems to be a mad rush for making money quickly, and the +millionaire and the multimillionaire are much in evidence. Speaking on +this subject, Rev. H. W. Bowman, in his work </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">War Between Capital and +Labor,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Such colossal fortunes, such hoarding of treasures, such +combinations of wealth, with such rapid increase in poverty, were never +witnessed before. Our age alone fits the prophetic mold.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Why did Christ, in the parable, reprove the man who +hid his talent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page330">[pg 330]</span><a name="Pg330" id="Pg330" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, +and then at my coming I should have received mine own with +usury</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 25:26, 27. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Servility +to wealth,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> says J. S. Mill, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">is a social curse.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Vespasian spoke truly when he said, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Riches are well, if gotten well and +well spent;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and Peter Cooper likewise uttered a great truth when he said, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">A man of wealth is but a steward for the good of mankind.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> James A. +Patten, the retired Chicago millionaire wheat broker, announcing his intention +to give away his fortune to charity, said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I believe a man should +give away a good share of his wealth while he is living. He can't take a +dollar out of the world with him, although I know some men who seem to +believe they can. Personally, I mean to get rid of the most of my fortune. +I hope to help many charitable institutions before I die. I doubt the +advisability of leaving any great sum of money to one's children. Many +lives have been ruined by large bequests. The offspring of a rich man are +better off if they are required to hustle for +themselves.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Washington +Times, Nov. 5, 1910.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What did Christ tell the rich young man to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">go and sell +that thou hast, and give to the poor</span></span>, and thou shalt have treasure +in heaven: and come and follow Me.”</span> Matt. 19:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What, in the parable, did God say to the rich man who +thought to build larger barns in which to store his goods? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But God said unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou fool, this night thy soul shall +be required of thee</span></span>: then whose shall those things be, which thou +hast provided?”</span> Luke 12:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How does James say the rich have lived? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton</span></span>; ye +have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.”</span> James +5:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This indicates +that they have lived in luxury and for pleasure, +quite heedless of the needs of the poor and of the great world about them. +They have lived simply to have a good time themselves, with no thought +of their responsibility to God or to their fellow men. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Who gives men the power to get wealth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it is He +that giveth thee power to get wealth</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 8:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How does James say the rich have treated the just? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ye have condemned and killed the just</span></span>; and he doth not +resist you.”</span> James 5:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There is nothing +more rapacious and heartless than greed, +or covetousness. To obtain its ends, it disregards the rights, the welfare, +and even the lives of those affected by its merciless schemes and intrigues. +The righteous, or just, however, do not make forcible resistance to this +unjust treatment. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page331">[pg 331]</span><a name="Pg331" id="Pg331" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How have the rich defrauded the laborers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your +fields, which is of you kept back by fraud</span></span>, crieth: and the cries of +them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord +of sabaoth.”</span> Verse 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Seeking a fair remuneration, what do many laborers do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Form labor-unions, engage in strikes, boycotts, etc. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—While these means +may hold matters in check for a time, +and afford temporary relief, they cannot eradicate the evil, and bring about +a final solution. The evil is deep-seated; it lies in the heart; and nothing +but conversion—a change of the heart and of the affections—can eradicate +it. It is the sin of selfishness, or covetousness,—a failure to love one's +neighbor as oneself. The conflict between capital and labor is an inevitable +and an irrepressible conflict as long as sin and selfishness are in the world. +And near the end it becomes the most acute and intense, because then sin +comes to the full. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Do the Scriptures indicate that there will be violence +manifested in this conflict? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how +long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Shall +they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall +vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?</span></span>”</span> Hab. 2:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Would God have His people unite in these combinations? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people +shall say, A confederacy</span></span>; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.”</span> +Isa. 8:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Whom should we fear and dread? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Sanctify <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord of hosts Himself</span></span>; and let Him be your +fear, and let Him be your dread.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What are God's people told to do at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.</span></span> +Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the +earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early +and latter rain. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be ye also patient</span></span>; +stablish your hearts: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for +the coming of the Lord draweth nigh</span></span>.”</span> James 5:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What commands obeyed would bring about a peaceful +solution to this wide-spread and growing conflict? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”</span> Matt. 22:39. +<span class="tei tei-q">“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on +the things of others.”</span> Phil. 2:4. <span class="tei tei-q">“Whatsoever ye would +that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.”</span> Matt. +7:12. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page332">[pg 332]</span><a name="Pg332" id="Pg332" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc165" id="toc165"></a> +<a name="pdf166" id="pdf166"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Christ's Second Coming</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus332.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ Answering His Disciples' Questions. "When ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors." Matt. 24:33." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ Answering His Disciples' Questions. +"When ye shall see all these things, +know that it is near, even at the +doors." Matt. 24:33.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What promise did Christ make concerning His coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe +also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions: if it +were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for +you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will come again</span></span>, +and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be +also.”</span> John 14:1-3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Following the signs of His coming, what did Christ say +would take place? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And then shall they see <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Son of man coming in a cloud +with power and great glory</span></span>.”</span> Luke 21:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Will the world be prepared to meet Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then shall all the tribes +of the earth mourn</span></span>, and they shall see +the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and +great glory.”</span> Matt. 24:30. <span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, He cometh with clouds; +and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him: +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him</span></span>.”</span> Rev. +1:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Why will many not be prepared for this event? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My lord +delayeth his coming</span></span>; and shall begin to smite his fellow servants, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page333">[pg 333]</span><a name="Pg333" id="Pg333" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +and to eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that servant +shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour +that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint +him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and +gnashing of teeth.”</span> Matt. 24:48-51. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What will the world be doing when Christ comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of +the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage</span></span>, +until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not till +the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming +of the Son of man be.”</span> Verses 37-39. <span class="tei tei-q">“Likewise also as it +was in the days of Lot; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they did eat, they drank, they bought, they +sold, they planted, they builded</span></span>; but the same day that Lot went +out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed +them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the +Son of man is revealed.”</span> Luke 17:28-30. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The idea is, not +that it is wrong in itself to eat, drink, marry, +buy, sell, plant, or build, but that men's minds will be so taken up with +these things that they will give little or no thought to the future life, and +make no plans or preparation to meet Jesus when He comes. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Who is it that blinds men to the gospel of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In whom <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the god of this world</span></span> hath blinded the minds of +them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of +Christ, which is the image of God, should shine unto them.”</span> +2 Cor. 4:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">To +my mind this precious doctrine—for such I must call +it—of the return of the Lord to this earth is taught in the New Testament +as clearly as any other doctrine in it; yet I was in the church fifteen or sixteen +years before I ever heard a sermon on it. There is hardly any church +that does not make a great deal of baptism; but in all of Paul's epistles I +believe baptism is spoken of only thirteen times, while it speaks about the +return of our Lord fifty times; and yet the church has had very little to say +about it. Now I can see a reason for this. The devil does not want us +to see this truth; for nothing would wake up the church so much. The +moment a man takes hold of the truth that Jesus Christ is coming back +again to receive His followers to Himself, this world loses its hold on him. +Gas stocks, and water stocks, and stocks in banks and railroads are of very +much less consequence to him then. His heart is free, and he looks for the +blessed appearing of his Lord, who, at His coming, will take him into His +blessed kingdom.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Second Coming of Christ,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by D. L. Moody, +pages 6, 7.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“ </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">shall so come +in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> is the parting promise of +Jesus to His disciples, communicated through the two men in white apparel, +as a cloud received Hun out of their sight. When after more than fifty +years in glory He breaks the silence and speaks once more in the Revelation +which He gave to His servant John, the post-ascension gospel which He +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page334">[pg 334]</span><a name="Pg334" id="Pg334" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +sends opens with, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Behold, He cometh with clouds</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and closes with, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Surely I come quickly</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Considering the solemn emphasis thus laid upon +this doctrine, and considering the great prominence given to it throughout the +teaching of our Lord and of His apostles, how was it that for the first five +years of my pastoral life it had absolutely no place in my preaching? Undoubtedly, +the reason lay in the lack of early instruction. Of all the sermons +heard from childhood on, I do not remember listening to a single one +upon this subject.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">How Christ Came to +Church,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by A. J. Gordon, D. D., pages 44, 45.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. At His ascension, what assurance was given of Christ's +return? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He +went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; +which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into +heaven? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, +shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven</span></span>.”</span> +Acts 1:10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How ancient is this doctrine of Christ's coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of +these, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His +saints</span></span>, to execute judgment upon all.”</span> Jude 14, 15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Seeking to cast +reflection upon modern believers in the advent +doctrine, a man in Hungary not long ago remarked to a colporteur of this +faith that he had heard that the first Adventist preacher is still living. +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Yes,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> replied the colporteur, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the first Adventist preacher is still living, +yet the Adventist faith is thousands of years old. The Bible says that +Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, preached the coming of Christ in +glory and power, and Enoch is still living. He was translated to heaven +without seeing death, and will never die.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What was Job's confidence concerning Christ's coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall +stand at the latter day upon the earth: ... whom I shall +see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; +though my reins be consumed within me.”</span> Job 19:25-27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How does David speak of Christ's coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall +devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round +about Him.”</span> Ps. 50:3. <span class="tei tei-q">“For He cometh, for He cometh to +judge the earth: He shall judge the world with righteousness, +and the people with His truth.”</span> Ps. 96:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How does Paul give expression to this hope? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we +look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.”</span> Phil. 3:20. +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page335">[pg 335]</span><a name="Pg335" id="Pg335" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of +the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.”</span> Titus 2:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What is Peter's testimony regarding it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when +we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord +Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of His majesty.”</span> 2 Peter +1:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. When are the saints to be like Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet +appear what we shall be: but we know that, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when He shall +appear, we shall be like Him</span></span>; for we shall see Him as He is.”</span> +1 John 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What scriptures show that Christ's coming will be a +time of reward? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father +with His angels; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then He shall reward every man according +to his works</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 16:27. <span class="tei tei-q">“And, behold, I come quickly; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and My reward is with Me</span></span>, to give every man according as his +work shall be.”</span> Rev. 22:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. To whom is salvation promised at Christ's appearing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto them that look for Him</span></span> shall He appear the second time without +sin unto salvation.”</span> Heb. 9:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What influence has this hope upon the life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; +for we shall see Him as He is. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every man that hath this +hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:2, 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. To whom does Paul say a crown of righteousness is +promised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure +is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished +my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for +me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous +judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto +all them also that love His appearing</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 4:6-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What will the waiting ones say when Jesus comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we +have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord; we +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page336">[pg 336]</span><a name="Pg336" id="Pg336" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”</span> +Isa. 25:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Has the exact time of Christ's coming been revealed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But of that day and hour <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">knoweth no man</span></span>, no, not the angels +of heaven, but my Father only.”</span> Matt. 24:36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. In view of this fact, what does Christ tell us to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Watch therefore</span></span>: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth +come.”</span> Verse 42. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In +the Scriptures, the constant note, the continually recurring +exhortation, is to be prepared for the Lord's coming.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dean +Alford.</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The proper attitude of a Christian is to be always looking for his +Lord's return.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">D. L. Moody.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">How Christ Came +to Church,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> by A. J. Gordon, pages 49, 50. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What warning has Christ given that we might not be +taken by surprise by this great event? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts +be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of +this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a +snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole +earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be +accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to +pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”</span> Luke 21:34-36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What Christian grace are we exhorted to exercise in our +expectant longing for this event? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">patient</span></span> therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the +Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit +of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the +early and latter rain. Be ye also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">patient</span></span>; stablish your hearts: +for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”</span> James 5:7, 8. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I am waiting for the coming</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of earth's long-expected Lord;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For the signs are now fulfilling</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That He gave us in His Word.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I am watching, I am waiting,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For that promised happy day;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Yet I do not cease my working;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">I must work as well as pray.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 18.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">W. S. Cruzan.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page337">[pg 337]</span><a name="Pg337" id="Pg337" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc167" id="toc167"></a> +<a name="pdf168" id="pdf168"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Manner Of Christ's Coming</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus337.png" alt="Illustration." title="Coming In Glory. "Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him." Rev. 1:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Coming In Glory. +"Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every +eye shall see Him." Rev. 1:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Is Christ coming again? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will come <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">again</span></span>.”</span> John 14:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How does Paul speak of this coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Unto them that look for Him shall He appear <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the second +time</span></span> without sin unto salvation.”</span> Heb. 9:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Did the early disciples think that death would be the +second coming of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Peter seeing him [John] saith to Jesus, Lord, and what +shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">till I come</span></span>, what is that to thee? follow thou Me. Then went +this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">should +not die</span></span>: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I +will that he tarry <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">till I come</span></span>, what is that to thee?”</span> John +21:21-23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From this it +is evident that the early disciples regarded +death and the coming of Christ as two separate events. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“ </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the +Son of man cometh.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Some people say that means death; but the Word of +God does not say it means death. Death is our enemy, but our Lord hath +the keys of death; He has conquered death, hell, and the grave.... +Christ is the Prince of Life; there is no death where He is; death flees at +His coming; dead bodies sprang to life when He touched them or spoke to +them. His coming is not death. He is the resurrection and the life. +When He sets up His kingdom, there is to be no death, but +life forevermore.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Second Coming of Christ,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by D. L. Moody, pages 10, 11.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. At His ascension, how did the angels say Christ would +come again? +</p> + + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page338">[pg 338]</span><a name="Pg338" id="Pg338" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus338.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Ascension. "This same Jesus ... shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven." Acts 1:11." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Ascension. +"This same Jesus ... shall so come in like +manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven." +Acts 1:11.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page339">[pg 339]</span><a name="Pg339" id="Pg339" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, +He was taken up; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a cloud received Him out of their sight</span></span>. +And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, +behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also +said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? +this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall +so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven</span></span>.”</span> Acts +1:9-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How did Christ Himself say He would come? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Son of man shall come <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the glory of His Father +with His angels</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 16:27. <span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall all the tribes +of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24: +30. <span class="tei tei-q">“For whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My words, +of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He shall come in +His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels</span></span>.”</span> Luke +9:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How many will see Him when He comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, He cometh with clouds; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every eye shall see +Him</span></span>, and they also which pierced Him.”</span> Rev. 1:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Christ's second +coming will be as real as was His first, and +as visible as His ascension, and far more glorious. To spiritualize our +Lord's return is to pervert the obvious meaning of His promise, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I will +come again,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and nullify the whole plan of redemption; for the reward of +the faithful of all ages is to be given at this most glorious of all events. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What wonderful demonstration will accompany the +Lord's coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with a shout, +with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God</span></span>: and the +dead in Christ shall rise first.”</span> 1 Thess. 4:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What warning has Christ given concerning false views +of the manner of His coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then if any man shall say unto you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lo, here is Christ, or +there; believe it not</span></span>. For there shall arise false Christs, and false +prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch +that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, +I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto +you, Behold, He is in the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">desert</span></span>; go not forth: behold, He is in +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">secret chambers</span></span>; believe it not.”</span> Matt. 24:23-26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How visible is His coming to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth +even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man +be.”</span> Verse 27. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page340">[pg 340]</span><a name="Pg340" id="Pg340" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc169" id="toc169"></a> +<a name="pdf170" id="pdf170"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Object Of Christ's Coming</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus340.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Transfiguration. "Behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me." Rev. 22:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Transfiguration. +"Behold, I come quickly; and My reward +is with Me." Rev. 22:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. For what purpose did Christ say He would come again? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare +a place for you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; +that where I am, there ye may be also</span></span>.”</span> John 14:2, 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What part will the angels have in this event? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall gather together His elect</span></span> from the four winds, +from one end of heaven to the other.”</span> Matt. 24:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What takes place at the sounding of the trumpet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a +shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of +God: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the dead in Christ shall rise first</span></span>.”</span> 1 Thess. 4:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What will be done with the righteous living? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then we which are alive and remain shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">caught up together +with them in the clouds</span></span>, to meet the Lord in the air: and so +shall we ever be with the Lord.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What change will then take place in both the living and +the sleeping saints? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We shall not all sleep, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we shall all be changed</span></span>, in a +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page341">[pg 341]</span><a name="Pg341" id="Pg341" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the +trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">incorruptible</span></span>, +and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">incorruption</span></span>, and this mortal must put +on <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">immortality</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. +15:51-53. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. When are the saints to be like Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But we know that, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when He shall appear, we shall be like +Him</span></span>; for we shall see Him as He is.”</span> 1 John 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How many will receive a reward when Christ comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father +with His angels; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then He shall reward every man according to +his works</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 16:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What does He say He will bring with Him when He +comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, I come quickly; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My reward is with Me</span></span>, to give +every man according as his works shall be.”</span> Rev. 22:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What promise is made to those who look for Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and +unto them that look for Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall He appear the second time +without sin unto salvation</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 9:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. When did Christ say the good would be recompensed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For thou shalt be recompensed <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">at the resurrection of the +just</span></span>.”</span> Luke 14:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Have the worthies of old gone to their reward? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And these all, having obtained a good report through +faith, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">received not the promise</span></span>: God having provided some better +thing for us, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that they without us should not be made perfect</span></span>.”</span> +Heb. 11:39, 40. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. When did Paul expect to receive his crown? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, +which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">at that day</span></span>: +and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.”</span> +2 Tim. 4:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Will this be a time of judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of +these, saying, Behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His +saints, to execute judgment upon all</span></span>.”</span> Jude 14, 15. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page342">[pg 342]</span><a name="Pg342" id="Pg342" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How did David express himself on this point? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth</span></span>: He shall +judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His +truth.”</span> Ps. 96:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. When did Paul say Christ would judge the living and +the dead? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus +Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing +and His kingdom</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 4:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What great separation will then take place? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the +holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His +glory: and before Him shall be gathered all nations: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He shall +separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep +from the goats</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 25:31, 32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What will He say to those on His right hand? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for +you from the foundation of the world</span></span>.”</span> Verse 34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What will He say to those on the left? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Depart +from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and +his angels</span></span>.”</span> Verse 41. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">At the sounding of the trumpet, when the saints are gathered home,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We shall greet each other by the crystal sea;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When the Lord Himself from heaven to His glory bids them come,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">What a gathering of the faithful that will be!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When the angel of the Lord proclaims that time shall be no more,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We shall gather, and the saved and ransomed see;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Then to meet again together, on the bright, celestial shore,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">What a gathering of the faithful that will be!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">At the great and final judgment, when the hidden comes to light,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">When the Lord in all His glory we shall see;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">At the bidding of our Saviour, </span><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Come, ye blessed, to My right,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">What a gathering of the faithful that will be!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When the golden harps are sounding, and the angel bands proclaim</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">In triumphant strains the glorious jubilee;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Then to meet and join to sing the song of Moses and the Lamb,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">What a gathering of the faithful that will be!</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">J. H. Kurzenknabe.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page343">[pg 343]</span><a name="Pg343" id="Pg343" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc171" id="toc171"></a> +<a name="pdf172" id="pdf172"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Resurrection Of The Just</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus343.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Resurrection Of Christ. "I am He that liveth, and was dead; ... and have the keys of hell and of death." Rev. 1:18." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Resurrection Of Christ. +"I am He that liveth, and was dead; ... +and have the keys of hell and of death." +Rev. 1:18.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Concerning what should we not be ignorant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">concerning +them which are asleep</span></span>, that ye sorrow not, even as others +which have no hope.”</span> 1 Thess. 4:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is set forth as the basis for hope and comfort? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even so them +also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him</span></span>.”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. When will this resurrection of the saints take place? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we +which are alive and remain unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the coming of the Lord</span></span> shall not +prevent [precede] them which are asleep. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For the Lord Himself +shall descend from heaven</span></span> with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, +and with the trump of God: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and the dead in Christ shall +rise first</span></span>.”</span> Verses 15, 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What will then take place? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together +with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: +and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. With what are we to comfort one another? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore comfort one another <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with these words</span></span>.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The hope +of a resurrection from the dead to a life immortal +is the great hope set forth in the gospel. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page344">[pg 344]</span><a name="Pg344" id="Pg344" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Concerning what did Christ tell us not to marvel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Marvel not at this: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the hour is coming, in the which all +that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth</span></span>; +they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they +that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”</span> John +5:28, 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is said of those embraced in the first resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: +on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be +priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand +years.”</span> Rev. 20:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Upon what one fact does Paul base the Christian hope? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now if Christ be preached that He rose from the dead, +how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the +dead? But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ +not risen: and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, +and your faith is also vain</span></span>. Yea, and we are found false witnesses +of God; because we have testified of God that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He raised +up Christ</span></span>: whom He raised not up, if so be that the dead rise +not. For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if +Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins</span></span>. +Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">perished</span></span>. +If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most +miserable.”</span> 1 Cor. 15:12-19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What positive declaration does the apostle then make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">But now is Christ risen +from the dead</span></span>, and become the first-fruits +of them that slept. For since by man came death, by +man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all +die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”</span> Verses 20-22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +resurrection of Christ is in many respects the most +significant fact in history. It is the great and impregnable foundation +and hope of the Christian church. Every fundamental truth of Christianity +is involved in the resurrection of Christ. If this could be overthrown, +every essential doctrine of Christianity would be invalidated. +The resurrection of Christ is the pledge of our resurrection and future life. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What does Christ proclaim Himself to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am the resurrection and the life</span></span>: he that believeth in Me, +though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and +believeth in Me shall never die.”</span> John 11:25, 26. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am He +that liveth, and was dead</span></span>; and, behold, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am alive forevermore</span></span>, +Amen; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and have the keys of hell and of death</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 1:18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Christ changed death +into a </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sleep</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">. Absolute death knows +no waking; but through Christ all who have fallen under the power of +death will be raised, some to a life unending, some to everlasting death. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page345">[pg 345]</span><a name="Pg345" id="Pg345" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What question does Job ask and answer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If a man die, shall he live again?</span></span> all the days of my appointed +time will I wait, till my change come. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou shalt call, and I +will answer Thee</span></span>: Thou wilt have a desire to the work of Thine +hands.”</span> Job 14:14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Why did Job wish that his words were written in a book, +graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For I know that My Redeemer liveth</span></span>, and that He shall +stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin +worms destroy this body, yet <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in my flesh shall I see God</span></span>.”</span> Job +19:25, 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How does Paul say the saints will be raised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but +we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, +at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the dead shall +be raised incorruptible</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 15:51, 52. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What great change will then take place in their bodies? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So also is the resurrection of the dead. It +is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sown in corruption</span></span>; +it is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">raised in incorruption</span></span>: +it is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sown in dishonor; it is raised +in glory</span></span>: it is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sown in weakness</span></span>; +it is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">raised in power</span></span>: it is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sown a +natural body</span></span>; it is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">raised a spiritual body</span></span>.”</span> Verses 42-44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What saying will then be brought to pass? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”</span> +Verse 55. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. When did David say he would be satisfied? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall +be satisfied, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when I awake, with Thy likeness</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 17:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What comforting promise has God made concerning the +sleeping saints? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ransom them from +the power of the grave</span></span>; I will <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">redeem +them from death</span></span>: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will +be thy destruction.”</span> Hosea 13:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What else has He promised to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall wipe away all tears</span></span> from their eyes; and there +shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall +there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”</span> +Rev. 21:4. See pages <a href="#Pg759" class="tei tei-ref">759-785</a>. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page346">[pg 346]</span><a name="Pg346" id="Pg346" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus346.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Deluge. "And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away." Matt. 24:39." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Deluge. +"And knew not until the flood came, and took +them all away." Matt. 24:39.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page347">[pg 347]</span><a name="Pg347" id="Pg347" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc173" id="toc173"></a> +<a name="pdf174" id="pdf174"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The World's Conversion</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus347.png" alt="Illustration." title="After The Flood. "Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived." 2 Tim. 3:13." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">After The Flood. +"Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and +worse, deceiving, and being deceived." +2 Tim. 3:13.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What did Christ say would be the condition of the world +at His second coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">As it was in the days of Noe</span></span>, so shall it be also in the days +of the Son of man.”</span> Luke 17:26. See also verses 27-30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How was it in the days of Noah? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God saw that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the wickedness of man was great in the +earth</span></span>, and that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was +only evil continually</span></span>.... And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the earth was filled with +violence</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 6:5-11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In a sermon delivered at Savannah, Ga., Dec. 2 1912, +Bishop A. W. Wilson (Methodist) said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Old Rome in her worst days +never harbored such conditions of vice as are prevalent in our highest +social circles. Never at any period of the world's history has the moral +stratum been so thin or so low.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How did Paul characterize the last days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This know also, that in the last days <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">perilous times shall +come</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What did he say would make those times perilous? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, +boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, +unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, false +accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, +traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page348">[pg 348]</span><a name="Pg348" id="Pg348" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power +thereof.”</span> Verses 2-5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Are things to grow better or worse before the Lord comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse</span></span>, deceiving, +and being deceived.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Even to +the end of time there will still be occasion for the +same complaint; the world will grow no better, no, not when it is drawing +toward its period. Bad it is, and bad it will be, and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">worst of all</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> just +before Christ's coming.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Matthew Henry, on Luke 18:8.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. According to the parable of the wheat and the tares, +how long are the good and bad to remain together? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The field is the world; the good seed are the children of +the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; +the enemy that sowed them is the devil.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let both grow together +until the harvest</span></span>: and in the time of harvest I will say to +the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in +bundles to burn them.”</span> Matt. 13:38, 39, 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. When does the harvest come? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The harvest is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the end of the world</span></span>.”</span> Verse 39. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Thus +it is plain that the wicked (the tares) live with the +righteous (the wheat) till the end of the world. There is, then, no time +before Christ's coming for a sinless state, in which all men will be converted +and turn to God. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Harper's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Book of Facts,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> edition 1906, article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Religion,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> classifies +the population of the globe religiously as follows:— +</span></p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><colgroup span="4"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Non-Christian</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Christian</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Buddhists</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">400,000,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Roman Catholics</span></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">175,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Brahmans</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">250,000,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Protestants</span></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">110,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Mohammedans</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">180,000,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Greek Church</span></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">90,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Fetish-worshipers</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">150,000,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Various</span></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">25,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Jews</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">8,000,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Various</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">62,000,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,050,000,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">400,000,000</span></td></tr></tbody></table> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +From this it will be seen that only about one fourth of the world's +population are even nominal Christians. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. For what purpose did Christ say the gospel was to be +preached in all the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all +the world <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for a witness unto all nations</span></span>; and then shall the end +come.”</span> Matt. 24:14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—He did not say +that all would </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">receive</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> the gospel, but that +the gospel was to be </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">preached</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> in all the world </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">for a witness</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +unto all nations, and that </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">then</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> the end would come. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Commenting on Rev. 20:2, Dr. Adam Clarke says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Probably no +such time shall ever appear, in which evil shall be wholly banished from +the earth, till after the day of judgment, when, the earth having been +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page349">[pg 349]</span><a name="Pg349" id="Pg349" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +burned up, a new heaven and a new earth shall be produced out of the +ruins of the old, by the mighty power of God; righteousness alone shall +dwell in them.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Clarke's Commentary, edition 1860.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. When is the <span class="tei tei-q">“man of sin,”</span> or <span class="tei tei-q">“mystery of iniquity,”</span> +called also <span class="tei tei-q">“that Wicked,”</span> to come to an end? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord +shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy +with the brightness of His coming.”</span> 2 Thess. 2:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How long was the little horn of Dan. 7:25 to make war +with the saints? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, +and prevailed against them; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">until the Ancient of days came, and +judgment was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time +came that the saints possessed the kingdom</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 7:21, 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How will the day of the Lord come upon the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For yourselves know perfectly that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the day of the Lord so +cometh as a thief in the night</span></span>. For when they shall say, Peace +and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, ... +and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, +that that day should overtake you as a thief.”</span> 1 Thess. +5:2-4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There will +be but two classes in the world then: those in +darkness, who are looking for a time of peace and safety, and those not in +darkness, who are looking for the day of the Lord,—a day of waste and +destruction,—the coming of Christ and the end of the world. See Jer. +7:1-19; Dan. 12:1; Joel 2:1-11; Zephaniah 1. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What will some who are in darkness say when they hear +about the Lord's coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Knowing this first, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there shall come in the last days +scoffers</span></span>, walking after their own lusts, and saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Where is the +promise of His coming?</span></span> for since the fathers fell asleep, all things +continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”</span> +2 Peter 3:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What will be popularly taught in the last days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But in the last days ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">many nations shall come, and +say</span></span>, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to +the house of the God of Jacob; ... and He shall judge +among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and they +shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into +pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, +neither shall they learn war any more</span></span>.”</span> Micah 4:1-3. See also +Isa. 2:2-5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Notice, this +is not what the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Lord</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> says, but what the Lord +says </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">many nations</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> shall say in the last days. And this is the very message +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page350">[pg 350]</span><a name="Pg350" id="Pg350" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +now heard in every land,—a great world's peace movement; a call for all +nations to disarm, to go to war no more, and to profess religion. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What message indicates the true condition of things? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Prepare war, wake +up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come +up: beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks +into spears: let the weak say, I am strong</span></span>.”</span> Joel 3:9, 10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—On this question +of preparing for war, note the following:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Armies of the World +</span></p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><colgroup span="3"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Regular Standing Army (1909)</span></td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">National Army Including Reserves</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Austria-Hungary</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">409,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">5,840,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Belgium</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">45,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">125,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">British Empire</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">250,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,050,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">China</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">60,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Denmark</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">14,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">68,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">France</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">630,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">4,350,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Germany</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">617,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">3,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Greece</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">28,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">178,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Italy</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">264,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">3,200,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Japan</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">225,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">600,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Netherlands</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">40,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">500,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Norway</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">30,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">95,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Persia</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">24,500</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">105,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Portugal</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">30,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">175,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Russia</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,100,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">5,200,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Servia</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">35,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">353,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Spain</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">100,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sweden</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">62,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">500,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Switzerland</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">140,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">275,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Turkey</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">350,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,500,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">United States</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">89,128</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%"> 208,054</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Total</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">4,542,628</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">29,322,054</span></td></tr></tbody></table> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Naval Expenditures of the Great Powers for Ten Years—1902-11. +</span></p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><colgroup span="3"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Expenditure</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">New Construction</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Great Britain</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">$1,761,500,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">$589,875,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Germany</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">737,695,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">351,010,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">France</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">660,695,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">236,430,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Russia</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">556,730,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">164,280,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Italy</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">301,145,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">82,750,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Austria</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">154,070,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">74,165,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">United States</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,150,680,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">367,050,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Japan</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">288,505,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">76,155,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Total</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">$5,611,320,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">$1,941,715,000</span></td></tr></tbody></table> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Thus in only ten years these eight great powers spent over seven and +one-half billion dollars on their navies. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The immense armies maintained by European countries have come +to be a terrific drain upon their respective +nations.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Nelson's Encyclopedia, +article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Army.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. While making these war preparations, what are men +saying? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page351">[pg 351]</span><a name="Pg351" id="Pg351" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of My +people slightly, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace</span></span>.”</span> +Jer. 6:14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Every one conversant +with existing conditions in the world +today knows this is true. While the message of peace is being proclaimed, +the nations are arming as never before; wars are in progress almost continually; +international complications are constantly arising; and a world +war is feared as imminent, and constantly looming in sight. The world +today is a vast armed camp. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. But does not the Bible say that the heathen are to be +given to the Lord for an inheritance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ask of Me, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I shall give +Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance</span></span>, +and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession.”</span> +Ps. 2:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What will the Lord do with them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">break them with a +rod of iron</span></span>; Thou shalt <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dash +them in pieces</span></span> like a potter's vessel.”</span> Verse 9. <span class="tei tei-q">“And out of +His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">smite +the nations</span></span>: and He shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rule +them with a rod of iron</span></span>: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He +treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty +God</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 19:15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—How suddenly surprised those who have been preaching +peace and safety will be when the end comes is indicated in the text already +quoted: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh +as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sudden destruction cometh upon them</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 1 Thess. 5:2, 3. All heedless of +the signs of the times, and indifferent to the future, the world will come +up to the day of the Lord unprepared. As a thief in the night, coming +with stealthy, muffled tread, this day will take all unawares who are not +looking, watching, and waiting for their Lord's return. Instead of looking +for the world's conversion, we should be looking for Christ's coming. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The coming King is at the door,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Who once the cross for sinners bore,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But now the righteous ones alone</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">He comes to gather home.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The signs that show His coming near</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Are fast fulfilling year by year,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And soon we'll hail the glorious dawn</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of heaven's eternal morn.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Look not on earth for strife to cease,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Look not below for joy and peace,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Until the Saviour comes again</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To banish death and sin.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Then in the glorious earth made new</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We'll dwell the countless ages through;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">This mortal shall immortal be,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And time, eternity.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">F. E. Belden.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page352">[pg 352]</span><a name="Pg352" id="Pg352" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc175" id="toc175"></a> +<a name="pdf176" id="pdf176"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Gathering Of Israel</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus352.png" alt="Illustration." title="Wailing Place Of The Jews. "The Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people." Isa. 11:11." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Wailing Place Of The Jews. +"The Lord shall set His hand again the +second time to recover the remnant of +His people." Isa. 11:11.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Because of disobedience, what experience came to Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of +the earth.”</span> Jer. 34:17. See Jer. 25:8-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What prophecy spoke of their return from captivity? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith +the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected +end.... And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when +ye shall search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found +of you, saith the Lord: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will turn away your captivity, and +I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places +whither I have driven you</span></span>, saith the Lord; and I will bring you +again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away +captive.”</span> Jer. 29:11-14. See also Jer. 23:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The first +dispersion of the Jews occurred </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 606-588, under +Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. In </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +457, under Artaxerxes, the Persian +king, large numbers of Jews returned to Palestine, their home land. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How had Moses spoken of another and greater dispersion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from +the end of the earth, ... and he shall besiege thee in all +thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein +thou trustedst, ... and the Lord shall scatter thee +among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the +other.”</span> Deut. 28:49-64. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page353">[pg 353]</span><a name="Pg353" id="Pg353" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +calamity and dispersion occurred in 70 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, under +Titus, the Roman general. Says the Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopedia, +Vol. II, article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Jerusalem,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 932: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Jerusalem seems to have +been raised to this greatness as if to enhance the misery of its overthrow. +So soon as the Jews had set the seal to their formal rejection of Christ, +by putting Him to death, and invoking the responsibility of His blood upon +the heads of themselves and of their children (Matt. 27:25), the city's +doom went forth. Titus, a young, brave, and competent Roman general, +with an army of sixty thousand trained, victorious warriors, appeared before +the city in April, 70 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and +the most disastrous siege of all history +began.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See pages </span><a href="#Pg314" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">313</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg314" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">314</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Under what striking symbol was all this foretold? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus saith the Lord, Go and get <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a potter's earthen bottle</span></span>, +and ... break the bottle ... and ... say unto +them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Even so will I break this +people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot +be made whole again</span></span>.”</span> Jer. 19:1-11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">No +city on the globe has suffered more from war and sieges +than Jerusalem.... Storming legions, battering-rams, and catapults +have razed it again and again. And yet, the general outline of the +city has always been preserved. Zion and Mt. Moriah remain in full view +from Olivet, and there, on those hills, stretching away toward the west, +city after city has come and gone in the passing +ages.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Popular and +Critical Bible Encyclopedia, Vol. II, article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Jerusalem</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> pages 928, 929.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How long was Jerusalem to be trodden down of the Gentiles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be +led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden +down of the Gentiles, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">until the times of the +Gentiles be fulfilled</span></span>.”</span> +Luke 21:24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Jerusalem stands for +the people, the truth, and the true +worship of God. It is first mentioned in the Bible as Salem (Gen. 14:18); +is spoken of figuratively as a mother bringing forth the children of God +(Gal. 4:26, 27); and is a type of the holy city, New Jerusalem, which is +to be the metropolis of the new earth. In Rev. 11:2 it is used as a type +of God's people during the long period of 1260 years of papal persecution, +who are there referred to as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the holy city,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> which the Gentiles </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">tread +underfoot forty and two months.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What will terminate the <span class="tei tei-q">“times”</span> allotted to the Gentiles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the +world for a witness unto all nations; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then +shall the end come</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 24:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Why was the gospel to be preached to the Gentiles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the +Gentiles, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to take out of +them a people for His name</span></span>.”</span> Acts 15:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What false idea of this gathering were some to hold? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page354">[pg 354]</span><a name="Pg354" id="Pg354" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us +go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God +of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in +His paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of +the Lord from Jerusalem.”</span> Micah 4:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. For what will the heathen be assembled in Palestine? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of +Jehoshaphat.... Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of +decision [margin, concision, or threshing; i.e., war]: for the day +of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.”</span> Joel 3:12-14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Under whose influence are the nations to be assembled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the +mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out +of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the spirits of +devils</span></span>, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the +earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of +that great day of God Almighty.”</span> Rev. 16:13, 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Infatuated +by the doctrine of the world's conversion and a +temporal millennium of peace, prosperity, and good will among men, the +deluded nations will aim to make Jerusalem the center of a glorious kingdom, +at which place they will doubtless expect Christ will come and take +up His reign as their king. This was the favorite idea of the crusaders in +the dark ages. But the crusaders were mistaken in their conception, and +sorely disappointed. So also will the modern crusaders be mistaken and +disappointed; for one object of Christ's second coming will be to </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">smite +the nations</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and to destroy these armies assembled. Rev. 19:15. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Unto whom are God's people to be gathered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver +from between his feet, until <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Shiloh</span></span> +come; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto Him shall +the gathering of the people be</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 49:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How did Christ speak of the gathering of the Gentiles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also +I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be +one fold, and one shepherd.”</span> John 10:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What great gathering yet awaits God's people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it shall come to pass in that day, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord shall +set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His +people</span></span>.... And He shall set up an ensign for the nations, +and shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the +dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 11:11, +12. <span class="tei tei-q">“And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a +trumpet, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall gather together His elect from the four +winds, from one end of heaven to the other</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24:31. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page355">[pg 355]</span><a name="Pg355" id="Pg355" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc177" id="toc177"></a> +<a name="pdf178" id="pdf178"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Millennium</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus355.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Binding Of Satan. "And he laid hold on ... Satan, and bound him a thousand years." Rev. 20:2." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Binding Of Satan. +"And he laid hold on ... Satan, and bound +him a thousand years." Rev. 20:2.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What text definitely brings the millennium to view? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judgment +was given unto them</span></span>: ... and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they lived and reigned with +Christ a thousand years</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 20:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Whom does Paul say the saints are to judge? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go +to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Do ye not +know that the saints shall judge the world?... Know ye +not that we shall judge angels?</span></span>”</span> 1 Cor. 6:1-3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From +these scriptures it is plain that the saints of all ages +are to be engaged with Christ in a work of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">judgment</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> during the millennium, +or one thousand years. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What prophecy had Paul upon which to base his statement? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, +and prevailed against them; until the Ancient of days came, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judgment was given to the saints of the Most High</span></span>.”</span> Dan. +7:21, 22. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page356">[pg 356]</span><a name="Pg356" id="Pg356" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus356.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Millennium." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Millennium.</div></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The millennium is the closing period of God's great +week of time—a great sabbath of rest to the earth and to the people +of God. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +It follows the close of the gospel age, and precedes +the setting up of the everlasting kingdom of God on earth. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +It comprehends what in the Scriptures is +frequently spoken of as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the day of the Lord.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +It is bounded at each end by a resurrection. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Its beginning is marked by the pouring out +of the seven last plagues, the second coming of Christ, the resurrection of +the righteous dead, the binding of Satan, and +the translation of the saints to heaven; and its close, by the descent of the New +Jerusalem, with Christ and the saints, from +heaven, the resurrection of the wicked dead, the loosing of Satan, and the final +destruction of the wicked. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +During the one thousand years the earth +lies desolate; Satan and his angels are confined here; and the saints, with Christ, +sit in judgment on the wicked, preparatory to their final punishment. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The wicked dead are then raised; Satan is loosed +for a little season, and he and the host of the wicked encompass the +camp of the saints and the holy city, when fire +comes down from God out of heaven and devours them. The earth is cleansed +by the same fire that destroys the wicked, and, +renewed, becomes the eternal abode of the saints. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The millennium is one of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the ages to come.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Its close will mark the beginning of the new earth state. +</span></p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page357">[pg 357]</span><a name="Pg357" id="Pg357" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How many resurrections are there to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which +all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come +forth; they that have done good, unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the resurrection of life</span></span>; +and they that have done evil, unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the resurrection +of damnation</span></span>.”</span> +John 5:28, 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What class only have part in the first resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessed and holy</span></span> is he that hath part in the first resurrection: +on such the second death hath no power.”</span> Rev. 20:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What will Christ do with the saints when He comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will come again, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">receive you unto Myself</span></span>; that where +I am, there ye may be also.”</span> John 14:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In other words, Christ +will take them to heaven, there to +live and reign with Him during the one thousand years. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Where did John, in vision, see the saints? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no +man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and +tongues, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">stood before the throne, and before the Lamb</span></span>, clothed +with white robes, and palms in their hands.”</span> Rev. 7:9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This scripture +shows plainly that the righteous are all taken +to heaven immediately after the first resurrection. This accords with +the words of Christ in John 14:1-3, where He says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I go to prepare a +place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, +and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Peter +desired to accompany Christ to those mansions; but Jesus answered, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou +canst not follow Me now; </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">but thou shall follow Me afterwards</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> John 13:36. +This makes it clear that when Christ returns to earth to receive His +people, He takes them to the Father's house in heaven. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What becomes of the living wicked when Christ comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">As it was in the days of Noe</span></span>, so shall it be also in the days +of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married +wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered +into the ark, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the flood came, and destroyed them all. +Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot</span></span>; ... the same day +that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from +heaven, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day +when the Son of man is revealed</span></span>.”</span> Luke 17:26-30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What does the apostle Paul say concerning this? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When they shall say, Peace and safety; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then sudden +destruction cometh upon them</span></span>, ... and they shall not +escape.”</span> 1 Thess. 5:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—When Christ +comes, the righteous will be delivered and taken +to heaven, and all the living wicked will be suddenly destroyed, as they +were at the time of the flood. For further proof see 2 Thess. 1:7-9; Rev. +6:14-17; 19:11-21; Jer. 25:30-33. There will be no general resurrection +of the wicked until the end of the one thousand years. This will leave the +earth desolate and without human inhabitant during this period. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page358">[pg 358]</span><a name="Pg358" id="Pg358" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What description does the prophet Jeremiah give of +the earth during this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without form, and void</span></span>; +and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, +and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. +I beheld, and, lo, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there was no man</span></span>, and all the birds of the +heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fruitful place was a +wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down</span></span> at the +presence of the Lord, and by His fierce anger.”</span> Jer. 4:23-26. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—At the +coming of Christ the earth is reduced to a chaotic +state—to a mass of ruins. The heavens depart as a scroll when it is +rolled together; mountains are moved out of their places; and the earth +is left a dark, dreary, desolate waste. See Isa. 24:1-3; Rev. 6:14-17. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How does Isaiah speak of the wicked at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish +the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the +earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, +as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall be shut up in +prison</span></span>, and after many days shall they be visited.”</span> Isa. 24:21, 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How long is Satan to be imprisoned on this earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key +of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he +laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, +and Satan, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bound him a thousand years</span></span>, and cast him into +the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, +that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand +years should be fulfilled.”</span> Rev. 20:1-3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The word +rendered </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">bottomless pit</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in this text is +</span><span lang="el" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="el"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">abusos</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +the Greek term employed by the Septuagint in Gen. 1:2, as the equivalent +of the Hebrew word rendered </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">deep</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in our English versions. A more +literal translation would be </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">abyss.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> It is a term applied to the earth +in its desolate, waste, chaotic, dark, uninhabited condition. In this condition +it will remain during the one thousand years. It will be the dreary +prison-house of Satan during this period. Here, in the midst of the moldering +bones of wicked dead, slain at Christ's second coming, the broken-down +cities, and the wreck and ruin of all the pomp and power of this +world, Satan will have opportunity to reflect upon the results of his rebellion +against God. But the prophecy of Isaiah says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">After many days +shall they be visited.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. The righteous dead are raised at Christ's second coming. +When will the rest of the dead, the wicked, be raised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The rest of the dead lived not again <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">until the thousand years +were finished</span></span>.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From this we see +that the beginning and the close of the millennium, +or one thousand years, are marked by the two resurrections. +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page359">[pg 359]</span><a name="Pg359" id="Pg359" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The word millennium is from two Latin words, +</span><span lang="la" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="la"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">mille</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, meaning a +thousand, and </span><span lang="la" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="la"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">annus</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +year—a thousand years. It covers the time during +which Satan is to be bound and wicked men and angels are to be judged. +This period is bounded by distinct events. Its beginning is marked by the +close of probation, the pouring out of the seven last plagues, the second +coming of Christ, and the resurrection of the righteous dead. It closes +with the resurrection of the wicked, and their final destruction in the lake +of fire. See diagram on page </span><a href="#Pg356" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">356</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What change is made in Satan's condition at the close +of the one thousand years? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“After that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he must be loosed a little season</span></span>.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—At the close +of the one thousand years, Christ, accompanied +by the saints, comes to the earth again, to execute judgment upon the +wicked, and to prepare the earth, by a re-creation, for the eternal abode of +the righteous. At this time, in answer to the summons of Christ, the +wicked dead of all ages awake to life. This is the second resurrection, the +resurrection unto damnation. The wicked come forth with the same +rebellious spirit which possessed them in this life. Then Satan is loosed +from his long period of captivity and inactivity. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. As soon as the wicked are raised, what does Satan at +once proceed to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed +out of his prison, and shall go out to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">deceive the nations</span></span> which +are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to gather +them together to battle</span></span>: the number of whom is as the sand of the +sea.”</span> Verses 7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Against whom do the wicked go to make war, and what +is the outcome? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They went up on the breadth of the earth, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">compassed +the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city</span></span>; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fire came +down from God out of heaven, and devoured them</span></span>.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This is the +last act in the great controversy between Christ +and Satan. The whole human race meet here for the first and last time. +The eternal separation of the righteous from the wicked here takes place. +At this time the judgment of God is executed upon the wicked in the lake +of fire. This is the second death. This ends the great rebellion against +God and His government. Now is heard the voice of God as He sits upon +His throne, speaking to the saints, and saying, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Behold, I make all things +new;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and out of the burning ruins of the old earth there springs forth before +the admiring gaze of the millions of the redeemed, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">a new heaven and a +new earth,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in which they shall find an everlasting inheritance and dwelling-place. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The millennium is a great sabbath of rest, both for the earth and for +God's people. For six thousand years the earth and its inhabitants have +been groaning under the curse of sin. The millennium, the seventh +thousand, will be a sabbath of rest and release; for, says the prophet concerning +the land, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">as long as she lay desolate she kept </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sabbath</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 2 Chron. +36:21. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There remaineth therefore a </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">rest</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> [margin, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">keeping of a +sabbath</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">] to the people of God.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Heb. 4:9. This precedes the new earth state. +</span></p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page360">[pg 360]</span><a name="Pg360" id="Pg360" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc179" id="toc179"></a> +<a name="pdf180" id="pdf180"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Length Of The Day Of The Lord</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus360.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Last Great Earthquake. "For the great day of His wrath is come." Rev. 6:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Last Great Earthquake. +"For the great day of His wrath is +come." Rev. 6:17.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is the character of the <span class="tei tei-q">“day of the Lord”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth +greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man +shall cry there bitterly. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">That day is a day of wrath, a day of +trouble and distress.</span></span>”</span> Zeph. 1:14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Under which of the seven seals does this day begin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I beheld <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when He had opened the sixth seal</span></span>, and, lo, +there was a great earthquake, ... for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the great day of His +wrath is come</span></span>; and who shall be able to stand?”</span> Rev. 6:12-17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What signs were to appear under this seal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon +became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, +even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken +of a mighty wind.”</span> Verses 12, 13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—For dates +and fulfilment of these signs, see readings on pages +</span><a href="#Pg311" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">311</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg319" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">319</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 (page </span><a href="#Pg286" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">286</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">) should not be +confounded with that to take place under the seventh plague. Rev. 16:18. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Under which seal will the Lord come? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He had <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">opened the seventh seal</span></span>, there was silence +in heaven about the space of half an hour.”</span> Rev. 8:1. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page361">[pg 361]</span><a name="Pg361" id="Pg361" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This silence in heaven +is the result of Christ and the angels +leaving heaven to come to this earth. See page </span><a href="#Pg288" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">288</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. With what is the day of wrath to open? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, +seven angels having <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the seven last plagues; for in them is filled +up the wrath of God</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 15:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These plagues immediately +precede Christ's coming. See +Rev. 16:12-15, and reading on page </span><a href="#Pg301" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">301</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What great event will take place at Christ's coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven: ... +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the dead in Christ shall rise first</span></span>.”</span> 1 Thess. 4:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How long after this will the wicked dead be raised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand +years were finished</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 20:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. As they gather around the holy city, what will take place? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured +them.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is this destruction called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, +and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, +and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth +with fire and brimstone: which is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the second death</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 21:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Unto what are the present heavens and earth reserved? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same +word are kept in store, reserved <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto fire against the day of judgment +and perdition of ungodly men</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 3:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—When +the fire from heaven destroys the wicked, the earth +itself will also be burned and purified. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Does the day of the Lord include this burning day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the day of the Lord</span></span> will come as a thief in the night; +in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also</span></span> and the +works that are therein shall be burned up.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The day +of the Lord, therefore, begins with the seven last +plagues and the coming of Christ, and continues for one thousand years, +or till the wicked are destroyed, and the earth is renewed and given to +the saints. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page362">[pg 362]</span><a name="Pg362" id="Pg362" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc181" id="toc181"></a> +<a name="pdf182" id="pdf182"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Elijah The Prophet</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus362.png" alt="Illustration." title="Mt. Carmel. "How long halt ye between two opinions?" 1 Kings 18:21." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Mt. Carmel. +"How long halt ye between two opinions?" +1 Kings 18:21.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What promise, through the prophet Malachi, does the +Lord make concerning Elijah? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the +coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.”</span> Mal. 4:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What will this prophet do when he comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">turn the heart of the fathers to the children, +and the heart of the children to their fathers</span></span>, lest I come and smite +the earth with a curse.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Whom did Christ indicate as fulfilling this prophecy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And His disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the +scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and +said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all +things. But I say unto you, That <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Elias is come already</span></span>, and +they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they +listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. +Then the disciples understood that He spake unto them of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">John +the Baptist</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 17:10-13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. When John the Baptist was asked if he were Elijah, what +did he say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am not</span></span>.”</span> John 1:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Who did he say he was? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness</span></span>. +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page364">[pg 364]</span><a name="Pg364" id="Pg364" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.”</span> +Verse 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus363.png" alt="Illustration." title="Translation Of Elijah. "Behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, ... and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." 2 Kings 2:11." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Translation Of Elijah. +"Behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, +... and Elijah went up by a whirlwind +into heaven." 2 Kings 2:11.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. In what sense does the angel Gabriel explain John the +Baptist to be the Elijah of Mal. 4:5? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord +their God. And he shall go before Him [Christ] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the spirit +and power of Elias</span></span>, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the +children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make +ready a people prepared for the Lord.”</span> Luke 1:16, 17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—John went forth +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">in the spirit and power of Elias</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and, in +preparing a people for Christ's first advent, did a work similar to that done +by Elijah the prophet in Israel centuries before. See 1 Kings 17 and 18. +In this sense, and in this sense only, he was the Elijah of Mal. 4:5. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Near the close of the three and one-half years' drought +in Israel, brought about as a judgment through the intercessions +of Elijah (James 5:17) in consequence of Israel's apostasy, +what accusation did King Ahab bring against Elijah? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab +said unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Art thou he that +troubleth Israel?</span></span>”</span> 1 Kings 18:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What answer did Elijah make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he answered, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and +thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of +the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim</span></span>.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Israel had +departed from God, forsaken His commandments, +and gone off into idolatry. Jezebel, Ahab's wicked and idolatrous wife, +had </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">cut off the prophets of the Lord</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (verse 4), was supporting hundreds +of the prophets of Baal, and was seeking Elijah to slay him. Elijah called +for a famine on the land, and said to Ahab, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">As the Lord God of Israel +liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, +but according to my word.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 1 Kings 17:1. Elijah's message was a call +to repentance and obedience to God's commandments. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What plain proposition did he submit to all Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">How long +halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow Him: but +if Baal, then follow him</span></span>.”</span> 1 Kings 18:21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The result +of the test by fire which followed on Mt. Carmel, +can be read in the remainder of this wonderful chapter. There was a +great turning to God, the people saying, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Lord, He is the God; the +Lord, He is the God.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Verse 39. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What was the burden of the message of John the Baptist? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Repent ye</span></span>: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“Bring +forth therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fruits</span></span> meet for repentance.”</span> Matt. 3:2, 8. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page365">[pg 365]</span><a name="Pg365" id="Pg365" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What was the result of this message? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all +the region round about Jordan, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">were baptized of him in +Jordan, confessing their sins</span></span>.”</span> Verses 5, 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There +was a genuine work of repentance and reform. John +was not satisfied with a mere profession of religion. He told the Pharisees +and Sadducees who came to his baptism, to </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">bring forth fruits</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> answerable +to an </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">amendment of life.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> He wished to see religion in the life, the +heart, the home. Thus he prepared a people for Christ's first advent. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. But when, according to the prophecy, was Elijah to +be sent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the +Lord.”</span> Mal. 4:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How is this great and dreadful day described in this +same prophecy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; +and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: +and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of +hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.”</span> Verse 1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This day +is yet future. It cannot be, therefore, that the +work done by John the Baptist at Christ's first advent is all that was contemplated +in the prophecy concerning the sending of Elijah the prophet. +It must be that there is to be another and greater fulfilment of it, to precede +Christ's </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">second advent</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and to prepare, or </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">make ready,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> a people +for that great event. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What is the burden of the threefold message of Rev. +14:6-10? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment +is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, +and the sea, and the fountains of waters.... Babylon is +fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations +drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.... If +any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark +in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine +of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into +the cup of His indignation.”</span> Rev. 14:6-10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Like the messages +of Elijah and John, this is a call to repentance +and reform,—a call to forsake false, idolatrous worship, and to +turn to God, and worship Him, and Him alone. The first part of this +threefold message points out the true God, the Creator, in language very +similar to that found in the fourth, or Sabbath, commandment. This is +the message now due the world, and that is now being proclaimed to the +world. See readings on pages </span><a href="#Pg251" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">251-263</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. Those who are proclaiming +these messages constitute the Elijah for this time, as John and his colaborers +did at the time of Christ's first advent. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page366">[pg 366]</span><a name="Pg366" id="Pg366" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How are the people described who are developed by the +threefold message here referred to? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep +the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These will +be the ones who will be ready to meet Jesus when +He comes. They have heeded the Elijah-call to repentance and reform. +They have become concerned, not only for their own individual salvation, +but for the salvation of their friends and relatives. By this message the +hearts of the fathers are turned to the children, and the hearts of the +children to their fathers. Each becomes burdened for the conversion and +salvation of the other. There can be little religion in the heart of one who +cares not for the eternal interests of his loved ones. When this message +has done its work, God will smite the earth with a curse; the seven last +plagues will fall, and usher in the great day of the Lord described in the +preceding reading. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Light is beaming, day is coming!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let us sound aloud the cry;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We behold the day-star rising</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Pure and bright in yonder sky!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 7.20em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Saints, be joyful;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Your redemption draweth nigh.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We have found the chart and compass,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And are sure the land is near;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Onward, onward, we are hasting.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Soon the haven will appear;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 7.20em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let your voices</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sound aloud your holy cheer.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page367">[pg 367]</span><a name="Pg367" id="Pg367" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc183" id="toc183"></a> +<a name="pdf184" id="pdf184"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part VIII. The Law of God</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page368">[pg 368]</span><a name="Pg368" id="Pg368" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc185" id="toc185"></a> +<a name="pdf186" id="pdf186"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Law of God</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +I +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +II +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness +of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth +beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not +bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy +God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon +the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that +hate Me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love +Me, and keep My commandments. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +III +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; +for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name +in vain. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +IV +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt +thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath +of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, +nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maid +servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: +for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all +that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord +blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +V +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long +upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +VI +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Thou shalt not kill. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +VII +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Thou shalt not commit adultery. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +VIII +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Thou shalt not steal. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +IX +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +X +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not +covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man servant, nor his maid +servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy +neighbor's. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page369">[pg 369]</span><a name="Pg369" id="Pg369" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc187" id="toc187"></a> +<a name="pdf188" id="pdf188"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Law Of God</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus369.png" alt="Illustration." title="Mt. Sinai. "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul." Ps. 19:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Mt. Sinai. +"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting +the soul." Ps. 19:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. When God brought His people out of Egypt, how did He +republish His law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: +ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye +heard a voice. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He declared unto you His covenant, which +He commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and He +wrote them upon two tables of stone</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 4:12, 13. See also +Neh. 9:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Where are the ten commandments recorded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In Ex. 20:2-17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How comprehensive are these commandments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fear God, and keep His commandments: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this is the +whole duty of man</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 12:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What inspired tribute is paid to the law of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The law of the Lord is perfect</span></span>, converting the soul: the +testimony of the Lord is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sure</span></span>, making wise the simple. The statutes +of the Lord are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">right</span></span>, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of +the Lord is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pure</span></span>, enlightening the eyes.”</span> Ps. 19:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What blessing does the psalmist say attends the keeping +of God's commandments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Moreover by them is Thy servant warned: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in keeping +of them there is great reward</span></span>.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What did Christ state as a condition of entering into life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If thou wilt enter into life, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">keep the commandments</span></span>.”</span> Matt. +19:17. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page370">[pg 370]</span><a name="Pg370" id="Pg370" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Can man of himself, unaided by Christ, keep the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in Me, +and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without +Me ye can do nothing</span></span>.”</span> John 15:5. See also Rom. 7:14-19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What provision has been made so that we may keep God's +law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through +the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful +flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness +of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the +flesh, but after the Spirit.”</span> Rom. 8:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is the nature of God's law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we know that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the law is spiritual</span></span>: but I am carnal, +sold under sin.”</span> Rom. 7:14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In His +comments on the sixth and seventh commandments, +recorded in Matt. 5:21-28, Christ demonstrated the spiritual nature of the +law, showing that it relates not merely to outward actions, but that it +reaches to the thoughts and intents of the heart. See also Heb. 4:12. The +tenth commandment forbids lust, or all unlawful desire. Rom. 7:7. +Obedience to this law, therefore, requires not merely an outward compliance, +but genuine heart service. This can be rendered only by a regenerated +soul. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How is the law further described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore the law is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy</span></span>, +and the commandment <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">just</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">good</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What is revealed in God's law?. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And knowest <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His</span></span> +[<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God's</span></span>] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">will</span></span>, and approvest the things +that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law.”</span> Rom. +2:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. When Christ came to this earth, what was His attitude +toward God's will, or law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is +written of Me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I delight to do Thy will, O My God: yea, Thy law +is within My heart</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 40:7, 8. See Heb. 10:5, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Who did He say would enter the kingdom of heaven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter +into the kingdom of heaven; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that doeth the will of My +Father which is in heaven</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 7:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What did He say of those who should break one of God's +commandments, or should teach men to do so? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page371">[pg 371]</span><a name="Pg371" id="Pg371" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, +and shall teach men so, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall be called the least +in the kingdom of heaven</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 5:19, first part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Who did He say would be called great in the kingdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whosoever shall do and teach them</span></span>, the same shall be +called great in the kingdom.”</span> Same verse, last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How did Christ estimate the righteousness of the scribes +and Pharisees? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall +exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall +in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven</span></span>.”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. For what did Christ reprove the Pharisees? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But He answered and said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Why do ye also +transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?</span></span>”</span> Matt. +15:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. How had they done this? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother.... +But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his +mother, It is a gift, ... and honor not his father or his +mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment +of God of none effect by your tradition.”</span> Verses 4-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. In consequence of this, what value did Christ place upon +their worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in vain they do worship Me</span></span>, teaching for doctrines the +commandments of men.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What is sin declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin is the transgression of the law</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. By what is the knowledge of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the law is the knowledge of sin</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 3:20. See +Rom. 7:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. How many of the commandments is it necessary to +break in order to become a transgressor of the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one +point, he is guilty of all</span></span>. For He that said, Do not commit +adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, +and yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the +law.”</span> James 2:10, 11. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page372">[pg 372]</span><a name="Pg372" id="Pg372" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This shows that the ten commandments are a complete +whole, and together constitute but one law. Like a chain of ten links, +all are inseparably connected together. If one link is broken, the chain +is broken. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. How may we be freed from the guilt of our sins, or our +transgressions of God's law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If we confess our sins</span></span>, He is faithful and just to forgive us +our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”</span> 1 John +1:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. Why are we admonished to fear God and keep His +commandments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the +whole duty of man. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For God shall bring every work into judgment</span></span>, +with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be +evil.”</span> Eccl. 12:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What will be the standard in the judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judged by the +law of liberty</span></span>.”</span> James 2:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What is said of those who love God's law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Great peace have they which love Thy law</span></span>: and nothing shall +offend them.”</span> Ps. 119:165. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. What would obedience to God's commandments have +insured to ancient Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O that thou hadst harkened to My commandments! <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then +had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of +the sea</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 48:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. What is another blessing attending the keeping of God's +commandments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">good +understanding have all they that do His commandments</span></span>.”</span> Ps. +111:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. In what does the man delight whom the psalmist describes +as blessed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the +ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the +seat of the scornful. But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">his delight is in the law of the Lord; +and in His law doth he meditate day and night</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 1:1, 2. +See Rom. 7:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +30. Why is the carnal mind enmity against God? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page373">[pg 373]</span><a name="Pg373" id="Pg373" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for it is +not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 8:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +31. How do those with renewed hearts and minds regard +the commandments of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His commandments are not grievous</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +32. What is the essential principle of the law of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">love</span></span> is the +fulfilling of the law.”</span> Rom. 13:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +33. In what two great commandments is the law of God +briefly summarized? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and +with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and +great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou +shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments +hang all the law and the prophets.”</span> Matt. 22:37-40. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Does +any man say to me, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">You see, then, instead of the +ten commandments, we have received the two commandments, and these +are much easier</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">? I answer that this reading of the law is not in the least +easier. Such a remark implies a want of thought and experience. Those +two precepts comprehend the ten at their fullest extent, and cannot be +regarded as the erasure of a jot or tittle of them. Whatever difficulties +surround the commands are equally found in the two, which are their sum +and substance. If you love God with all your heart, you must keep the +first table; and if you love your neighbor as yourself, you must keep the +second table.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Perpetuity +of the Law of God,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by C. H. Spurgeon, +page 6.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +34. What is said of one who professes to know the Lord, but +does not keep His commandments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, +is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a liar</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the truth +is not in him</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 2:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +35. What promise is made to the willing and obedient? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye be willing and obedient, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall eat the good of the +land</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 1:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +36. How does God regard those who walk in His law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessed</span></span> are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law +of the Lord.”</span> Ps. 119:1. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page374">[pg 374]</span><a name="Pg374" id="Pg374" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc189" id="toc189"></a> +<a name="pdf190" id="pdf190"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Perpetuity Of The Law</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus374.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ Expounding The Law. "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets." Matt. 5:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ Expounding The Law. +"Think not that I am come to destroy the +law, or the prophets." Matt. 5:17.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How many lawgivers are there? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">one lawgiver</span></span>, who is able to save and to destroy.”</span> +James 4:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is said of the stability of God's character? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I am the Lord, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I change not</span></span>.”</span> Mal. 3:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How enduring are His commandments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The works of His hands are verity and judgment; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all His +commandments are sure. They stand fast forever and ever</span></span>, and +are done in truth and uprightness.”</span> Ps. 111:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Did Christ come to abolish or to destroy the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the +prophets: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 5:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.—</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The law</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; +broadly, the writings of Moses; specifically, the +ten commandments, or moral law, from which the writings of Moses primarily +derived their name. </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The prophets</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; that is, the writings of the +prophets. Neither of these Christ came to destroy, but rather to fulfil, +or meet their design. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The laws of the Jews are commonly divided into moral, ceremonial, +and judicial. The moral laws are such as grow out of the nature of things, +which cannot, therefore, be changed,—such as the duty of loving God and +His creatures. These cannot be abolished, as it can never be made right +to hate God, or to hate our fellow men. Of this kind are the ten commandments; +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page375">[pg 375]</span><a name="Pg375" id="Pg375" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +and these our Saviour neither abolished nor superseded. The ceremonial +laws are such as are appointed to meet certain states of society, +or to regulate the religious rites and ceremonies of a people. These can +be changed when circumstances are changed, and yet the moral law be +untouched.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. Albert Barnes, on Matt. 5:18.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Jesus did not come to change the law, but He came to explain it, +and that very fact shows that it remains; for there is no need to explain +that which is abrogated.... By thus explaining the law He confirmed +it; He could not have meant to abolish it, or He would not have +needed to expound it.... That the Master did not come to alter +the law is clear, because after having embodied it in His life, He willingly +gave Himself up to bear its penalty, though He had never broken it, bearing +the penalty for us, even as it is written, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Christ hath redeemed us from +the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> ... If the law had +demanded more of us than it ought to have done, would the Lord Jesus +have rendered to it the penalty which resulted from its too severe demands? +I am sure He would not. But because the law asked only what it ought +to ask, namely, perfect obedience, and exacted of the transgressor only +what it ought to exact, namely, death as the penalty for sin,—death under +divine wrath,—therefore the Saviour went to the tree, and there bore our +sins, and purged them once for all.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Perpetuity of the Law of God,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +by C. H. Spurgeon, pages 4-7.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The moral law contained in the ten commandments, and enforced +by the prophets, He did not take away. It was not the design of His coming +to revoke any part of this.... Every part of this law must remain +in force upon all mankind and in all ages, as not depending either on time +or place, or any other circumstance liable to change, but on the nature of +God, and the nature of man, and their unchangeable relation to each +other.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">John Wesley, in his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sermons,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +Vol. I, No. 25, pages 221, 222.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. When used with reference to prophecy, what does the +word <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fulfil</span></span> mean? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +To fill up; to accomplish; to bring to pass; as, <span class="tei tei-q">“that it might +be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fulfilled</span></span> which was spoken by Esaias the prophet.”</span> Matt. +4:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What does it mean when used with reference to law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +To perform, to keep, or to act in accordance with; as, <span class="tei tei-q">“Bear +ye one another's burdens, and so <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fulfil</span></span> the law of Christ.”</span> Gal. +6:2. See also Matt. 3:15; James 2:8, 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How did Christ treat His Father's commandments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">kept</span></span> My Father's commandments, and abide in +His love.”</span> John 15:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. If one professes to abide in Christ, how ought he to walk? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that saith he abideth in Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ought himself also so to +walk, even as He walked</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 2:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin is the transgression of the law</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:4. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page377">[pg 377]</span><a name="Pg377" id="Pg377" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This text does not +say that sin </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">was</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> the transgression of the +law, but that it </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">is</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> this, thus demonstrating that the law is still in force +in the gospel dispensation. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Whosoever</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> likewise shows the universality +of its binding claims. Whoever of any nation, race, or people commits +sin, transgresses the law. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus376.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Great Sacrifice. "Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law." Rom. 3:31." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Great Sacrifice. +"Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: +yea, we establish the law." Rom. 3:31.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. In what condition are all men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all have sinned</span></span>, and come short of the glory of God.”</span> +Rom. 3:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How many are included in the <span class="tei tei-q">“all”</span> who have sinned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: +for we have before proved <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">both Jews +and Gentiles</span></span>, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they are +all under sin</span></span>.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. By what are all men proved guilty? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now we know that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">what things soever the law saith</span></span>, it saith +to them who are under the law: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that every mouth may be stopped, +and all the world may become guilty before God</span></span>.”</span> Verse 19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is +what the law says, and not what one may interpret it +to mean, that proves the sinner guilty. Moreover, God is no respecter +of persons, but treats Jew and Gentile alike. Measured by the law, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">all +the world</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> are guilty before God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Does faith in God make void the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Do we then make void the law through faith? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God forbid: +yea, we establish the law</span></span>.”</span> Verse 31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What, more than all else, proves the perpetuity and immutability +of the law of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten +Son</span></span>, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but +have everlasting life.”</span> John 3:16. <span class="tei tei-q">“Christ died for our sins.”</span> +1 Cor. 15:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Could the law have +been abolished, and sin been disposed of +in this way, Christ need not have come and died for our sins. The gift of +Christ, therefore, more than all else, proves the immutability of the law +of God. Christ must come and die, and satisfy the claims of the law, or +the world must perish. The law could not give way. Says Spurgeon +in his sermon on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Perpetuity of the Law of God,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Our Lord Jesus +Christ gave a greater vindication of the law by dying because it had been +broken than all the lost can ever give by their miseries.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The fact that +the law is to be the standard in the judgment is another proof of its enduring +nature. See Eccl. 12:13, 14; James 2:8-12. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What relation does a justified person sustain to the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the doers of the law shall be justified</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 2:13. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page378">[pg 378]</span><a name="Pg378" id="Pg378" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Who has the promise of being blessed in his doing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, +and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a +doer that worketh</span></span>, this man shall be blessed in his doing.”</span> James +1:25, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. By what may we know that we have passed from death +unto life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We know that we have passed from death unto life, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because +we love the brethren</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. And how may we know that we love the brethren? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By this we know that we love the children of God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when +we love God, and keep His commandments</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What is the love of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this is the love of God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that we keep His commandments</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. How are those described who will be prepared for the +coming of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep +the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”</span> Rev. +14:12. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O that the Lord would guide my ways</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To keep His statutes still!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O that my God would grant me grace</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To know and do His will!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O send Thy Spirit down to write</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy law upon my heart,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor act the liar's part.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">From vanity turn off my eyes,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let no corrupt design</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor covetous desire arise</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Within this soul of mine.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Order my footsteps by Thy word,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And make my heart sincere;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let sin have no dominion, Lord,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">But keep my conscience clear.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Make me to walk in Thy commands,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis a delightful road;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Offend against my God.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 25.20em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Isaac Watts.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page379">[pg 379]</span><a name="Pg379" id="Pg379" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc191" id="toc191"></a> +<a name="pdf192" id="pdf192"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Why The Law Was Given At Sinai</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus379.png" alt="Illustration." title="Moses With The Tables Of The Law. "By the law is the knowledge of sin." Rom. 3:20." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Moses With The Tables Of The Law. +"By the law is the knowledge of +sin." Rom. 3:20.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How does Nehemiah describe the giving of the law at +Sinai? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou earnest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest +with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and +true laws, good statutes and commandments: and madest known +unto them Thy holy Sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, +statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses Thy servant.”</span> Neh. +9:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is declared to be the chief advantage possessed +by the Jews? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there +of circumcision? Much every way: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">chiefly, because that unto +them were committed the oracles of God</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 3:1, 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The law was +not spoken at this time exclusively for the +benefit of the Hebrews. God honored them by making them the guardians +and keepers of His law, but He intended that it should be held by them as +a sacred trust for the whole world. The precepts of the decalogue are +adapted to all mankind, and they were given for the instruction and government +of all. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Ten precepts, brief, comprehensive, and authoritative, cover +the duty of man to God and to his fellow men;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and all are based upon the +great fundamental principle of love. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou shalt love the Lord thy God +with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with +all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Luke 10:27. In the ten +commandments these principles are carried out in detail, and are made +applicable to the condition and circumstances of man. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page380">[pg 380]</span><a name="Pg380" id="Pg380" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Before the giving of the law at Sinai, what did Moses say +when Jethro asked him concerning his judging the people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge +between one and another, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I do make them know the statutes +of God, and His laws</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 18:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What explanation did Moses give the rulers of Israel +concerning the withholding of the manna on the seventh day +in the wilderness of Sin, before they reached Sinai? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath +said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord</span></span>.... +Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which is the Sabbath</span></span>, in it there shall be none.”</span> Ex. 16:23-26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. When some went out to gather manna on the seventh day, +what did the Lord say to Moses? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said unto Moses, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">How long refuse ye to keep +My commandments and My laws</span></span>?”</span> Verse 28. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is +evident therefore that the Sabbath and the law of God +existed before the law was given at Sinai. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What question does Paul ask concerning the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore then serveth the law?”</span> Gal. 3:19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That is, of what +use or service was the law announced at +Sinai? What special purpose had God in view in giving it then? +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What answer is given to this question? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It was added, because of transgressions</span></span>, till the seed should +come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by +angels in the hand of a mediator.”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Greek +word here translated </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">added</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> is the same one +that is translated </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">spoken</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in Heb. 12:19. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The meaning is that </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the law was given to show the true +nature of transgressions</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">to show what sin is</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. It was not to reveal a way of justification, +but it was </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">to disclose the true nature of sin</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; to deter men from committing +it; to declare its penalty; </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">to convince men of it</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and thus to be ancillary +to, and preparatory to, the work of redemption through the Redeemer. This +is the true account of the law of God as given to apostate man, and this +use of the law still exists.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. Albert Barnes, on +Gal. 3:19.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How is this same truth again expressed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, +and just, and good. Was then that which is good made death +unto me? God forbid. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">But sin, that it might appear sin, working +death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment +might become exceeding sinful.</span></span>”</span> Rom. 7:12, 13. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page381">[pg 381]</span><a name="Pg381" id="Pg381" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. For what purpose did the law enter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Moreover the law entered, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that the offense might abound</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 5:20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By the giving +of the law at Sinai, then, God designed, not +to increase or multiply sin, but that men might, through a new revelation +of Him and of His character and will, as expressed in a </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">plainly spoken</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> and +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">plainly written</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> law, the better see </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the awful sinfulness of +sin</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and thus </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">their utter helplessness</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">undone +condition</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. While in Egypt, surrounded as +they were with idolatry and sin, and as the result of their long bondage +and hard servitude, Israel even, the special people of God, had largely forgotten +God and lost sight of His requirements. Until one realizes that he +is a sinner, he cannot see his need of a Saviour from sin. Hence the entering, +or republication, of the law to the world through Israel at Sinai. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. By what is the knowledge of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">By the law</span></span> is the knowledge of sin.”</span> Rom. 3:20. See +also Rom. 7:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Under what condition is the written law good? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But we know that the law is good, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if a man use it lawfully</span></span>.”</span> +1 Tim. 1:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. And what is indicated as the lawful use of the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Knowing this, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the law is not made for a righteous man, +but for the lawless and disobedient</span></span>, for the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ungodly</span></span> and for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sinners</span></span>, +for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unholy</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">profane</span></span>, +for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">murderers</span></span> of fathers and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">murderers</span></span> +of mothers, for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">manslayers</span></span>, for +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whoremongers</span></span>, for them that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">defile +themselves with mankind</span></span>, for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">menstealers</span></span>, +for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">liars</span></span>, for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">perjured +persons</span></span>, and if there be any other thing that is contrary +to sound doctrine.”</span> Verses 9, 10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In other +words, the lawful use of the written law is to show +what sin is, and to convince sinners that they are sinners, and that they +need a Saviour. God's design, then, in giving the law at Sinai was to +shut men up under sin, and thus lead them to Christ. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Who does Christ say need a physician? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They that be whole need not a physician, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they that +are sick</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 9:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Speaking of +how to deal with those </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">who are not stricken +of their sins,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">have no deep conviction of guilt,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> D. L. Moody, in +his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Sermons, Addresses, and Prayers,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Just bring the law of God +to bear on these, and show them themselves in their true light.... +Don't try to heal the wound before the hurt is felt. Don't attempt to give +the consolation of the gospel until your converts see that they have sinned—see +it and feel it.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Whom does Christ say He came to call to repentance? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page382">[pg 382]</span><a name="Pg382" id="Pg382" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I am not come to call the righteous, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sinners</span></span> to +repentance.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What is the strength of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +law</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 15:56. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What are the wages of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the wages of sin is death</span></span>; but the gift of God is eternal +life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”</span> Rom. 6:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Could a law which condemns men give them life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: +for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily +righteousness should have been by the law</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 3:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What, therefore, was the purpose, or special design, of +the giving of the law at Sinai? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto +Christ</span></span>, that we might be justified by faith.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">What +is the law of God for? for us to keep in order to +be saved by it?—Not at all. It is sent in order to show us that we cannot +be saved by works, and to shut us up to be saved by grace. But if you +make out that the law is altered so that a man can keep it, you have left +him his old legal hope, and he is sure to cling to it. You need a perfect +law that shuts man right up to hopelessness apart from Jesus, puts him +into an iron cage, and locks him up, and offers him no escape but by faith +in Jesus; then he begins to cry, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Lord, save me by grace, for I perceive that +I cannot be saved by my own works.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> This is how Paul describes it to the +Galatians: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise +by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before +faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which +should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster +to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> I say you +have deprived the gospel of its ablest auxiliary when you set aside the law. +You have taken away from it the schoolmaster that is to bring men to +Christ. They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and +holy law. Therefore the law serves a most necessary and blessed purpose, +and it must not be removed from its place.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Perpetuity of the Law +of God,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by C. H. Spurgeon, pages 10, 11.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">And let it be observed that the law did not answer this end merely +among the Jews, in the days of the apostles: it is just as necessary to the +Gentiles, to the present hour. Nor do we find that true repentance takes +place where the moral law is not preached and enforced. Those who +preach only the gospel to sinners, at best only heal the hurt of the daughter +of My people slightly.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. Adam Clarke, +on Rom. 7:13 (edition 1860).</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Commenting on Gal. 3:23, Mr. Spurgeon, in his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Sermon Notes,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +CCXII, says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Here we have a condensed history of the world before the +gospel was fully revealed by the coming of our Lord Jesus.... The +history of each saved soul is a miniature likeness of the story of the ages.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +That is, in his experience, each individual that is saved is first in darkness; +he then comes to Sinai and learns that he is a sinner; this leads him to +Calvary for the pardon of his sins, and so to full and final salvation. +</span></p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page383">[pg 383]</span><a name="Pg383" id="Pg383" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc193" id="toc193"></a> +<a name="pdf194" id="pdf194"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Penalty For Transgression</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus383.png" alt="Illustration." title="Destruction Of Korah, Dathan, And Abiram. "The wages of sin is death." Rom. 6:23." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Destruction Of Korah, Dathan, And Abiram. +"The wages of sin is death." +Rom. 6:23.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is the wages of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the wages of sin is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 6:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did God tell Adam and Eve would be the result +if they transgressed, and partook of the forbidden fruit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou +shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou +shalt surely die</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 2:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Who does God say shall die? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The soul that sinneth</span></span>, it shall die.”</span> Eze. 18:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How did death enter the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death by sin</span></span>; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have +sinned.”</span> Rom. 5:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Why did God destroy the antediluvian world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the +earth</span></span>.... And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I +have created from the face of the earth.”</span> Gen. 6:5-7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. While God is merciful, does this clear the guilty? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page385">[pg 385]</span><a name="Pg385" id="Pg385" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving +iniquity and transgression, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by no means +clearing the guilty</span></span>.”</span> +Num. 14:18. See also Ex. 34:5-7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus384.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Tower Of Babel. "The Lord did there confound the language of all the earth." Gen. 11:9." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Tower Of Babel. +"The Lord did there confound the language of +all the earth." Gen. 11:9.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is the result of wilful sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if we sin wilfully</span></span> after that we have received the +knowledge of the truth, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins</span></span>, +but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, +which shall devour the adversaries.”</span> Heb. 10:26, 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Under the theocracy, how were the rebellious or wilful +transgressors treated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that despised Moses' law <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">died without mercy</span></span> under two +or three witnesses.”</span> Verse 28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What awaits those who despise the means of grace? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Of how much sorer punishment</span></span>, +suppose ye, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall he be +thought worthy, who hath trodden underfoot the Son of God</span></span>, and +hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was +sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the +Spirit of grace?”</span> Verse 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Is it the duty of gospel ministers to execute vengeance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we are ambassadors for Christ</span></span>, as though God did +beseech you by us.”</span> 2 Cor. 5:20. See 2 Tim. 2:24-26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. To whom does vengeance belong? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Vengeance is Mine; I will repay</span></span>, saith the Lord.”</span> Rom. +12:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. To whom has execution of judgment been committed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as the Father hath life in Himself; so hath He given +to the Son to have life in Himself; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hath given Him authority +to execute judgment also</span></span>.”</span> John 5:26, 27. See Jude 14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Because evil is not punished immediately, what presumptuous +course do many pursue? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Because sentence against an evil work is not executed +speedily, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them +to do evil</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 8:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What message has God commissioned His ministers to +bear to men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Say ye to the righteous, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it shall be well with him</span></span>: for +they shall eat of the fruit of their doings. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Woe unto the wicked! +it shall be ill with him</span></span>: for the reward of his hands shall be given +him.”</span> Isa. 3:10, 11. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page386">[pg 386]</span><a name="Pg386" id="Pg386" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc195" id="toc195"></a> +<a name="pdf196" id="pdf196"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Law Of God In The Patriarchal Age</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus386.png" alt="Illustration." title="Obedience Of Abraham. "Abraham obeyed My voice, and kept ... My commandments." Gen. 26:5." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Obedience Of Abraham. +"Abraham obeyed My voice, and kept ... +My commandments." Gen. 26:5.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Can there be sin where there is no law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Because the law worketh wrath: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for where no law is, there +is no transgression</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sin is +not imputed when there is no law.</span></span>”</span> +Rom. 4:15; 5:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Through what is the knowledge of sin obtained? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the law</span></span> is the knowledge of sin.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“I had not +known sin, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the law</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 3:20; 7:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What statement shows that sin was in the world before +the law was given on Mt. Sinai? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For until the law sin was in the world</span></span>: but sin is not imputed +when there is no law.”</span> Rom. 5:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The fact that sin +was imputed before the law was given at +Sinai is conclusive proof that the law existed before that event. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. When did sin and death enter the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore, as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by one man [Adam] sin entered into the world</span></span>, +and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all +have sinned.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. With what words did God admonish Cain? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou +doest not well, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin lieth at the door</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 4:7. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page387">[pg 387]</span><a name="Pg387" id="Pg387" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What shows that God imputed sin to Cain? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy +brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">now art +thou cursed from the earth</span></span>, which hath opened her mouth to receive +thy brother's blood from thy hand.”</span> Verses 10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What was the difference between Cain's and Abel's characters? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his +brother. And wherefore slew he him? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Because his own works +were evil, and his brother's righteous.</span></span>”</span> 1 John 3:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There must, therefore, +have been a standard at that time +by which the characters of men were weighed. That standard must have +defined the difference between right and wrong, and pointed out man's +duty. But this is the province of the law of God. Hence the law of God +must have existed at that time. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. In what condition was the world before the flood? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The earth also was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">corrupt before God</span></span>, and the earth was +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">filled with violence</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 6:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What did God purpose to do with the people of that day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come +before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; +and, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will destroy them with the earth</span></span>.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is Noah called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth +person, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a preacher of righteousness</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 2:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Noah must +have warned the antediluvians against sin, and +preached repentance and that obedience of faith which brings the life into +harmony with the law of God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Why did the Lord destroy Sodom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The men of Sodom were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wicked</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sinners</span></span> before the Lord +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">exceedingly</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 13:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What was the character of their deeds? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation +of the wicked: (for that righteous man dwelling among +them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day +to day with their <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unlawful deeds</span></span>).”</span> 2 Peter 2:7, 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Their deeds +would not have been </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">unlawful</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> had there been +no law then in existence. </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Unlawful</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> means </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">contrary to law.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What did Joseph, in Egypt, say when tempted to sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“How then can I do this great wickedness, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin against +God</span></span>?”</span> Gen. 39:9. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page388">[pg 388]</span><a name="Pg388" id="Pg388" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What did God say to Abraham concerning the Amorites? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the fourth generation they [Israel] shall come hither +again: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the iniquity of the +Amorites is not yet full</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 15:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Of what sin were the Amorites specially guilty? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he [Ahab] did very abominably in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">following idols, +according to all things as did the Amorites</span></span>, whom the Lord cast +out before the children of Israel.”</span> 1 Kings 21:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Why did the Lord abhor the Canaanites? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye shall therefore keep all My statutes, and all My judgments, +and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell +therein, spew you not out. And ye shall not walk in the manners +of the nation, which I cast out before you: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for they committed +all these things</span></span>, and therefore I abhorred them.”</span> Lev. +20:22, 23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The statement +that </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">they committed all these things</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +refers to what had been previously forbidden to the Israelites. Among +these things was idolatrous worship (Lev. 20:1-5), showing that the Gentiles, +as well as the Jews, were amenable to the law of God, and were abhorred +of God for violating it. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Why did God make His promise to the seed of Abraham? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Because Abraham obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, +My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”</span> Gen. 26:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Then God's +commandments and laws existed in the time of +Abraham. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Before giving the law at Sinai, what did God say because +some of the people went out to gather manna on the +seventh day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said unto Moses, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">How long refuse ye to keep +My commandments and My laws?</span></span>”</span> Ex. 16:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Had the Lord spoken regarding the Sabbath previous +to this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This is that which the Lord <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hath said</span></span>, Tomorrow is the rest +of the holy Sabbath.”</span> Verse 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Before coming to Sinai, what had Moses taught Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge +between one and another, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I do make them know the statutes +of God, and His laws</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 18:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—All this shows that +the law of God existed from the beginning, +and was known and taught in the world before it was proclaimed at Sinai. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page389">[pg 389]</span><a name="Pg389" id="Pg389" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc197" id="toc197"></a> +<a name="pdf198" id="pdf198"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Law Of God In The New Testament</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus389.png" alt="Illustration." title="Paul Preaching To The Thessalonians. "This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments." 1 John 5:3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Paul Preaching To The Thessalonians. +"This is the love of God, that we keep +His commandments." 1 John 5:3.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. By what means did the Jews know God's will? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and +makest thy boast of God, and knowest His will, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">being +instructed out of the law</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 2:17, 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did they have in the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Which hast <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the form of knowledge and of the truth</span></span> in the +law.”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The written law +presents the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">form</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of knowledge and of the +truth. Grace and truth, or grace and the reality or realization of that +which the written law demands, came by Jesus Christ. He was the law in +life and action. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What did Jesus say of His attitude toward the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 5:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By the +expression </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the law</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> here is meant the five books +of Moses; and by </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the prophets,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> the writings of the prophets. Christ +did not come to set aside or to destroy either of these, but to fulfil both. +The ceremonialism of types and shadows contained in the books written +by Moses He fulfilled by meeting them as their great Antitype. The moral +law, the great basic fabric underlying all of Moses' writings, Christ fulfilled +by a life of perfect obedience to all its requirements. The prophets +He fulfilled in His advent as the Messiah, Prophet, Teacher, and Saviour +foretold by them. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page390">[pg 390]</span><a name="Pg390" id="Pg390" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What did He teach concerning the stability of the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one +jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”</span> +Verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In what instruction did He emphasize the importance +of keeping the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, +and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least +in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach +them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”</span> +Verse 19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What did Christ tell the rich young man to do in order +to enter into life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If thou wilt enter into life, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">keep the commandments</span></span>.”</span> Matt. +19:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. When asked which commandments, what did Jesus say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit +adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false +witness, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt +love thy neighbor as thyself.”</span> Verses 18, 19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—While not quoting all of the ten commandments, Jesus +quoted sufficient of them to show that He referred to the moral law. In +quoting the second great commandment He called attention to the great +principle underlying the second table of the law,—love +to one's neighbor,—which +the rich young man, in his covetousness, was not keeping. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Does faith render the law void? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Do we then make void the law through faith? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God forbid: +yea, we establish the law.</span></span>”</span> Rom. 3:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How is the law fulfilled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that +loveth another hath fulfilled the law</span></span>. For this, Thou shalt not +commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, +Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if +there be any other commandment [touching our duty to our +fellow men], it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, +Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Love worketh no ill +to his neighbor: therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">love is the +fulfilling of the law</span></span>.”</span> Rom. +13:8-10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is of more importance than any outward ceremony? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page391">[pg 391]</span><a name="Pg391" id="Pg391" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, +but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the keeping of the commandments of God</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 7:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What kind of mind is not subject to the law of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Because <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the carnal mind</span></span> is enmity against God: for it +is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.”</span> +Rom. 8:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What proves that the law is an undivided whole? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one +point, he is guilty of all.</span></span> For He that said [margin, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that law +which said</span></span>], Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. +Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become +a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they +that shall be judged by the law of liberty.”</span> James 2:10-12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How is sin defined? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin is the transgression of the law</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How may we know that we love the children of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By this we know that we love the children of God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when +we love God, and keep His commandments</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What is the love of God declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments</span></span>: +and His commandments are not grievous.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How is the church of the last days described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to +make war with the remnant of her seed, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which keep the commandments +of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ</span></span>.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Here is the patience of the saints: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">here are they that keep the +commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 12:17; +14:12. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How blest the children of the Lord,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Who, walking in His sight,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Make all the precepts of His Word</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Their study and delight!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">What precious wealth shall be their dower,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Which cannot know decay;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Which moth and rust shall ne'er devour,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Or spoiler take away.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Harriet Auber.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page392">[pg 392]</span><a name="Pg392" id="Pg392" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc199" id="toc199"></a> +<a name="pdf200" id="pdf200"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Love the Fulfilling of the Law</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If the love of God is shed abroad in your heart,”</span> +says Mr. Moody, <span class="tei tei-q">“you will be able to fulfil the law.”</span> +Paul reduces the commandments to one: <span class="tei tei-q">“Thou +shalt love,”</span> and says that <span class="tei tei-q">“love is the fulfilling of the +law.”</span> This truth may be demonstrated thus:— +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">1. Love to God will admit no other god.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">2. Love will not debase the object it adores.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">3. Love to God will never dishonor His name.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">4. Love to God will reverence His day.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">5. Love to parents will honor them.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">6. Hate, not love, is a murderer.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">7. Lust, not love, commits adultery.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">8. Love will give, but never steal.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">9. Love will not slander nor lie.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">10. Love's eye is not covetous.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Principles Underlying the Ten Commandments +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Faith and loyalty. Heb. 11:6; Matt. 4:8-10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Worship. Jer. 10:10-12; Ps. 115:3-8; Rev. +14:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Reverence. Ps. 111:9; 89:7; Heb. 12:28; +2 Tim. 2:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Holiness, or sanctification, and consecration. +1 Peter 1:15, 16; Heb. 12:14; Ex. 31:13; Eze. 20:12; +1 Cor. 1:30; Prov. 3:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Obedience, or respect for authority. Eph. 6:1-3; +Col. 3:20; 2 Kings 2:23, 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Love. Lev. 19:17; 1 John 3:15; Matt. 5:21-26, +43-48. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Purity. Matt. 5:8; Eph. 5:3, 4; Col. 3:5, 6; +1 Tim. 5:22; 1 Peter 2:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Honesty. Rom. 12:17; Eph. 4:28; 2 Thess. +3:10-12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Truthfulness. Eph. 4:25; Col. 3:9; Prov. 6:16-19; +12:19; Rev. 21:27; 22:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Contentment and unselfishness. Eph. 5:5; +Col. 3:5; 1 Tim. 6:6-11; Heb. 13:5. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page393">[pg 393]</span><a name="Pg393" id="Pg393" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc201" id="toc201"></a> +<a name="pdf202" id="pdf202"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Moral And Ceremonial Laws</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus393.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Law Written And Engraven In Stones. The Law Of Commandments Contained In Ordinances." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Law Written And Engraven +In Stones. +The Law Of Commandments +Contained In Ordinances.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What title of distinction is given the law of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye fulfil <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the royal law</span></span> according to the scripture, Thou +shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: but if ye have +respect of persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law +as transgressors.”</span> James 2:8, 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. By what law is the knowledge of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known +lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.”</span> Rom. 7:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The law which +says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou shalt not covet,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> is the ten +commandments. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. By what are all men to be finally judged? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">keep His commandments</span></span>: for this is the whole duty of man. +For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every +secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”</span> Eccl. +12:13, 14. <span class="tei tei-q">“So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged +by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the law of liberty</span></span>.”</span> James 2:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The law which +is here called </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the law of liberty,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> is the law +which says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Do not commit adultery</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Do not kill,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> for these commandments +had just been quoted in the verse immediately preceding. +In verse 8, this same law is styled </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the royal law;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> that is, the kingly law. +This is the law by which men are to be judged. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What system was established on account of man's transgression +of the law of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The sacrificial system, with its rites and ceremonies pointing +to Christ. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page394">[pg 394]</span><a name="Pg394" id="Pg394" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Why did the patriarch Job offer burnt offerings? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one +his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and +to drink with them. And it was so, when the days of their +feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, +and rose up early in the morning, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">offered burnt offerings</span></span> +according to the number of them all: for Job said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It may be that +my sons have sinned</span></span>, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did +Job continually.”</span> Job 1:4, 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How early was this sacrificial system known? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By faith <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Abel</span></span> offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice +than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, +God testifying of his gifts.”</span> Heb. 11:4. See Gen. 4:3-5; 8:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. By whom was the ten commandment law proclaimed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire</span></span>: ye +heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye +heard a voice. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He declared unto you His covenant, which +He commanded you to perform, even ten commandments</span></span>; and He +wrote them upon two tables of stone.”</span> Deut. 4:12, 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How was the ceremonial law made known to Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord called unto Moses, ... saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Speak +unto the children of Israel, and say unto them</span></span>, If any man of you +bring <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an offering</span></span>,”</span> etc. +Lev. 1:1, 2. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">This is the law of the +burnt offering, of the meat-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of +the trespass-offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of +the peace-offering</span></span>; which the Lord commanded Moses in mount +Sinai, in the day that He commanded the children of Israel to +offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.”</span> +Lev. 7:37, 38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Were the ten commandments a distinct and complete +law by themselves? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">These words the Lord spake</span></span> unto all your assembly in the +mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick +darkness, with a great voice: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and He added no more</span></span>. And He +wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.”</span> +Deut. 5:22. <span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to +Me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tables of +stone</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a law</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">commandments</span></span> which I have written.”</span> +Ex. 24:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Was the ceremonial law a complete law in itself? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The law</span></span> of commandments +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">contained in ordinances</span></span>.”</span> Eph. +2:15. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page395">[pg 395]</span><a name="Pg395" id="Pg395" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. On what did God write the ten commandments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He declared unto you His covenant, which He commanded +you to perform, even ten commandments; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He wrote +them upon two tables of stone</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 4:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. In what were the laws or commandments respecting +sacrifices and burnt offerings written? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might +give according to the divisions of the families of the people, +to offer unto the Lord, as it is written in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the book of Moses</span></span>.”</span> +2 Chron. 35:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Where were the ten commandments placed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he took and put the testimony <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">into the ark</span></span>, ... +and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark.”</span> Ex. 40:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Where did Moses command the Levites to put the book +of the law which he had written? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the +covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">put it in the side of the ark</span></span> of the covenant +of the Lord your God.”</span> +Deut. 31:25, 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What is the nature of the moral law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The law of the Lord is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">perfect</span></span>, converting the soul.”</span> Ps. +19:7. <span class="tei tei-q">“For we know that the law is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spiritual</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 7:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Could the offerings commanded by the ceremonial law +satisfy or make perfect the conscience of the believer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were +offered both gifts and sacrifices, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that could not make him that did +the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 9:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Until what time did the ceremonial law impose the service +performed in the worldly sanctuary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, +and carnal ordinances, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">imposed on them until the time of +reformation</span></span>.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. When was this time of reformation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ being come</span></span> an high priest of good things to come, +by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, +that is to say, not of this building; neither by the blood of goats +and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the +holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”</span> Verses +11, 12. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page396">[pg 396]</span><a name="Pg396" id="Pg396" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How did Christ's death affect the ceremonial law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances</span></span> that was against +us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing +it to His cross.”</span> Col. 2:14. <span class="tei tei-q">“Having <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">abolished</span></span> in His +flesh the enmity, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the law of commandments contained in +ordinances</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 2:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Why was the ceremonial law taken away? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment +because of its weakness and unprofitableness (for the law made +nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, +through which we draw nigh unto God.”</span> Heb. 7:18, 19, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What miraculous event occurred at the death of Christ, +signifying that the sacrificial system was forever at an end? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded +up the ghost. And, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the veil of the temple was rent in +twain</span></span> from the top to the bottom.”</span> Matt. 27:50, 51. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. In what words had the prophet Daniel foretold this? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the midst of the week He shall cause the sacrifice and the +oblation to cease</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 9:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. How enduring is the moral law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Concerning Thy testimonies, I have known of old that +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou hast founded them forever</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 119:152. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The Two Laws Contrasted +</p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><colgroup span="2"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">The Moral Law</td><td class="tei tei-cell">The Ceremonial Law</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Is called the <span class="tei tei-q">“royal law.”</span> James 2:8.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Is called <span class="tei tei-q">“the law ... contained in ordinances.”</span> Eph. 2:15.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Was spoken by God. Deut. 4:12, 13.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Was spoken by Moses. Lev. 1:1-3.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Was written by God on tables of stone. Ex. 24:12.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Was <span class="tei tei-q">“the handwriting of ordinances.”</span> Col. 2:14.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Was written <span class="tei tei-q">“with the finger of God.”</span> Ex. 31:18.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Was written by Moses in a book. 2 Chron. 35:12.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Was placed in the ark. Ex. 40:20; 1 Kings 8:9; Heb. 9:4.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Was placed in the side of the ark. Deut. 31:24-26.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Is <span class="tei tei-q">“perfect.”</span> Ps. 19:7.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"><span class="tei tei-q">“Made nothing perfect.”</span> Heb. 7:19.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Is to <span class="tei tei-q">“stand fast forever and ever.”</span> Ps. 111:7, 8.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"> Was nailed to the cross. Col. 2:14.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Was not destroyed by Christ. Matt. 5:17.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Was abolished by Christ. Eph. 2:15.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Was to be magnified by Christ. Isa. 42:21.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Was taken out of the way by Christ. Col. 2:14.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Gives knowledge of sin. Rom. 3:20; 7:7.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Was instituted in consequence of sin. Leviticus 3-7.</td></tr></tbody></table> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page397">[pg 397]</span><a name="Pg397" id="Pg397" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc203" id="toc203"></a> +<a name="pdf204" id="pdf204"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Two Covenants</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus397.png" alt="Illustration." title="Abraham Sending Away Hagar. "Cast out the bondwoman and her son." Gal. 4:30." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Abraham Sending Away Hagar. +"Cast out the bondwoman and her +son." Gal. 4:30.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What two covenants are contrasted in the Bible? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In that He saith, A <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">new</span></span> covenant, He hath made the first +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">old</span></span>. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to +vanish away.”</span> Heb. 8:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. By what other terms are these covenants designated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">first</span></span> covenant had been faultless, then should +no place have been sought for the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">second</span></span>.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In connection with what historical event was the old +covenant made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Not according to the covenant that I made with their +fathers in the day <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when I took them by the hand to lead them +out of the land of Egypt</span></span>; because they continued not in My +covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.”</span> Verse +9. See Ex. 19:3-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. When God was about to proclaim His law to Israel, of +what did He tell Moses to remind them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Tell the children of Israel; Ye have seen what I did unto +the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought +you unto Myself.”</span> Ex. 19:3, 4. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page398">[pg 398]</span><a name="Pg398" id="Pg398" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What proposition did He submit to them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now therefore, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if ye will obey My voice indeed, and keep My +covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me above all +people</span></span>: for all the earth is Mine: and ye shall be unto Me a kingdom +of priests, and an holy nation.”</span> Verses 5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What response did the people make to this proposition? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And all the people answered together, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">All that +the Lord hath spoken we will do</span></span>. And Moses returned the words +of the people unto the Lord.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In this covenant with Israel, what obligation was imposed +upon the people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now therefore, if ye will <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">obey My voice</span></span> +indeed, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">keep +My covenant</span></span>.”</span> Verse 5, first part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What was the Lord's covenant which they were to keep +as their part of this covenant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He declared unto you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His covenant</span></span>, which He commanded +you to perform, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ten commandments</span></span>; and He wrote +them upon two tables of stone.”</span> Deut. 4:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The ten +commandments were the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">covenant</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> to which the +Lord referred, when, in proposing to make a covenant with Israel, He said, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">If ye will obey </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">My voice</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> indeed, and keep </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">My covenant</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +etc. Ex. 19:5. The ten commandments were termed God's covenant before the covenant +was made with Israel: hence they cannot be the old covenant itself. They +were not an agreement made, but something which God commanded them +to perform, and promised blessings upon condition they were kept. Thus +the ten commandments—God's covenant—became the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">basis</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of the +covenant here made with Israel. The old covenant was made </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">concerning</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +the ten commandments; or, as stated in Ex. 24:8, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">concerning all these +words.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> A covenant means a solemn pledge or promise based on conditions. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. After the law had been proclaimed from Sinai, what did +the people again say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And all the people answered with one voice, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">All +the words which the Lord hath said will we do</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 24:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. That there might be no misunderstanding, what did +Moses do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, ... and +he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of +the people.”</span> Verses 4-7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What did the people once again promise to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">All that the Lord hath said will we do, and +be obedient</span></span>.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page399">[pg 399]</span><a name="Pg399" id="Pg399" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How was this covenant then confirmed and dedicated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which +offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen +unto the Lord. And Moses took half of the blood, and put it +in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. And +he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of +the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we +do, and be obedient. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Moses took the blood, and sprinkled +it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which +the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words</span></span>.”</span> Verses +5-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How does Paul describe this dedication of the covenant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people +according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, +with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sprinkled both the +book, and all the people</span></span>, saying, This is the blood of the testament +which God hath enjoined unto you.”</span> Heb. 9:19, 20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—We here have +the complete account of the making of the +first or old covenant. God promised to make them His peculiar people +on condition that they would keep His commandments. Three times +they promised to obey. The agreement was then ratified, or sealed, with +blood. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Within less than forty days after the making of this +covenant, while Moses tarried in the mount, what did the people +say to Aaron? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Up, make us gods, which shall go before us</span></span>; for as for this +Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, +we wot not what is become of him.”</span> Ex. 32:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. When Moses came down from Sinai, what did he see? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the +camp, that he saw <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the calf</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the dancing</span></span>: and Moses' anger +waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake +them beneath the mount.”</span> Verse 19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The great +object and secret of the old covenant is revealed +here. The people did not realize the weakness and sinfulness of their +own hearts, or their need of divine grace and help to keep the law; and so, +in their ignorance, they readily pledged obedience to it. But almost +immediately they began to commit idolatry, and thus to break the law of +God, or the very conditions laid down as their part of the covenant. In +themselves the conditions were good; but in their own strength the people +were unable to fulfil them. The great object of the old covenant therefore +was to teach the people their weakness, and their inability to keep the law +without the help of God. Like the law itself, over which the old covenant +was made, this covenant was designed to shut them up to the provisions +of the new or everlasting covenant, and lead them to Christ. Gal. 3:23, +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page400">[pg 400]</span><a name="Pg400" id="Pg400" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +24. And the lesson which Israel as a nation had to learn in this, each +individual now must learn before he can be saved. There is no salvation +for any one while trusting in self. Unaided, no one can keep the law. +Only in Christ is there either remission of sins or power to keep from sinning. +The breaking of the tables of the law signified that the terms of the +covenant had been broken; the renewing of the tables (Ex. 34:1, 28), God's +patience and long-suffering with His people. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Wherein does the new covenant differ from and excel +the old? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But now hath He obtained a more excellent ministry, by +how much also He is the mediator of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a better covenant</span></span>, which was +established upon <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">better promises</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 8:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What are the <span class="tei tei-q">“better promises”</span> upon which the new +covenant was established? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house +of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will put My law in +their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; ... I will +forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more</span></span>.”</span> +Jer. 31:33, 34. See Heb. 8:8-12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These are simply +the blessings of the gospel through Christ. +They are promised upon condition of repentance, confession, faith, and +acceptance of Christ, the Mediator of the new covenant, which means salvation +and obedience. In the old covenant there was no provision for +pardon and power to obey. It is true there was pardon </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">during the time of +the old covenant</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, but not by </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">virtue</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of it. Pardon then, as now, was +through the provisions of the new covenant, the terms of which are older than the +old covenant. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. In what statement was Christ promised as a Saviour +and Deliverer of the race as soon as sin entered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord God said unto the serpent, ... I will +put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">her seed</span></span>; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His +heel.”</span> Gen. 3:14, 15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The covenant +of grace, with its provisions of pardon and +peace, dates from the foundation of the world. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. To whom was this covenant-promise later renewed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God said unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Abraham</span></span>, ... Sarah thy wife +shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: +and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting +covenant, and with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">his seed</span></span> after him.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“I will make thy +seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, ... and in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thy +seed</span></span> shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.”</span> Gen. +17:15-19; 26:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Who was the seed here referred to? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page402">[pg 402]</span><a name="Pg402" id="Pg402" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. +He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to +thy seed, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which is Christ</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus401.png" alt="Illustration." title="Moses Breaking The Tables Of The Law. "Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin." Ex. 32:30." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Moses Breaking The Tables +Of The Law. +"Moses said unto the people, Ye have +sinned a great sin." Ex. 32:30.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What shows that the new or second covenant and the +Abrahamic covenant are virtually the same? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs +according to the promise.”</span> Verse 29. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—No one +should allow himself to be confused by the terms +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">first covenant</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">second covenant</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. While the covenant made at +Sinai is called the first covenant, it is by no means the first covenant that God +ever made with man. Long before this He made a covenant with Abraham; +He also made a covenant with Noah, and with Adam. Neither must +it be supposed that the first or old covenant existed for a time as the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">only</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +covenant with mankind, and that this must serve its purpose and pass +away before any one could share in the promised blessings of the second +or new covenant. Had this been the case, then during that time there +would have been no pardon for any one. What is called the new or second +covenant virtually existed before the covenant made at Sinai; for the +covenant with Abraham was confirmed in Christ (Gal. 3:17), and it is +only through Christ that there is any value to the new or second covenant. +There is no blessing that can be gained by virtue of the new covenant that +was not promised to Abraham. And we, with whom the new covenant is +made, can share the inheritance which it promises only by being children +of Abraham, and sharing in his blessing. Gal. 3:7, 9. And since no one +can have anything except as a child of Abraham, it follows that there +is nothing in what is called the new or second covenant that was not in the +covenant made with Abraham. The second covenant existed in every +essential feature, except its ratification, long before the first, even from the +days of Adam. It is called second because its ratification occurred after +the covenant made and ratified at Sinai. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What is necessary where there is a covenant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For where a covenant is, there must also of necessity be +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the death of that which establishes it</span></span>. For a covenant is made +firm over the dead victims; whereas it is of no force while that +which establisheth it liveth.”</span> Heb. 9:16, 17, Boothroyd's +translation. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. With whose blood was the new covenant dedicated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And [He took] the cup in like manner after supper, saying, +This cup is the new covenant in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My blood</span></span>, even that which is +poured out for you.”</span> Luke 22:20, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. What power is there in the blood of this covenant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead +our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the +blood of the everlasting covenant, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">make you perfect in every good +work</span></span> to do His will.”</span> Heb. 13:20, 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. Through which covenant only is there remission of sins? +</p> + + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page403">[pg 403]</span><a name="Pg403" id="Pg403" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through +the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish unto God, +cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? +And for this cause He is the mediator of a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">new covenant</span></span>, that a +death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions +that were under the first covenant, they that have been +called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.”</span> Heb. +9:14, 15, R. V. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The fact +that Christ, as mediator of the second covenant, +died for the remission of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, +shows that there was no forgiveness </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">by virtue</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of the first covenant. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. Under the old covenant, what did the people promise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +To keep the law of God in their own strength. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Under +this covenant the people promised to keep all the +commandments of God in order to be His peculiar people, and this without +help from any one. This was virtually a promise to make themselves +righteous. But Christ says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Without Me ye can do nothing.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> John +15:5. And the prophet Isaiah says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">All our righteousnesses are as filthy +rags.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Isa. 64:6. The only perfect righteousness is God's righteousness, +and this can be obtained only through faith in Christ. Rom. 3:20-26. +The only righteousness that will insure an entrance into the kingdom of +God is </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the righteousness which is of God by faith.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Phil. 3:9. Of those +who inherit the kingdom of God, the Lord says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Their righteousness is +of Me</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Isa. 54:17); and the prophet Jeremiah says of Christ, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This is +His name whereby He shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Jer. 23:6. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. Under the new covenant, what does God promise to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in +their hearts.”</span> Jer. 31:33. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The new +covenant is an arrangement for bringing man again +into harmony with the divine will, and placing him where he can keep +God's law. Its </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">better promises</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> bring forgiveness of sins, grace to renew +the heart, and power to obey the law of God. The dissolution of the old +covenant and the making of the new in no wise abrogated the law of God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. Where was the law of God written under the old covenant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I made an ark of shittim-wood, and hewed <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">two tables +of stone.... And He wrote on the tables ... the ten +commandments</span></span>, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount +out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the +Lord gave them unto me.”</span> Deut. 10:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. Where is the law of God written under the new covenant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the +house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will put My +law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts</span></span>.”</span> Jer. 31:33. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page404">[pg 404]</span><a name="Pg404" id="Pg404" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +30. What reason is given for making the new covenant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if that first covenant had been <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faultless</span></span>, then should +no place have been sought for the second. For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">finding fault +with them</span></span>, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when +I will make a new covenant.”</span> Heb. 8:7, 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +chief fault in connection with the old covenant lay with +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the people</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. They were not able, in themselves, to fulfil their part of it, +and it provided them no help for so doing. There was no Christ in it. +It was of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">works</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> and not of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">grace</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +It was valuable only as a means of impressing +upon them their sinfulness and their need of divine aid. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +31. What unites all believers under the new covenant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles +in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is +called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; that at +that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth +of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, +having no hope, and without God in the world: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">but now in Christ +Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of +Christ</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 2:11-13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Similarities Between The Two Covenants +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">1. Both are called covenants.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">2. Both were ratified with blood.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">3. Both were made concerning the law of God.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">4. Both were made with the people of God.</div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left">5. Both were established upon promises.</div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Dissimilarities Between The Two Covenants +</p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><colgroup span="2"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Old Covenant</td><td class="tei tei-cell">New Covenant</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Called the old covenant.</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Called the new covenant.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Called the first covenant.</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Called the second covenant.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">A temporary compact.</td><td class="tei tei-cell">An everlasting covenant.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Dedicated with the blood of animals.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Ratified with the blood of Christ.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Was faulty.</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Is a better covenant.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Was established upon the promises of the people.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Is established upon the promises of God.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Had no mediator.</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Has a mediator.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Had no provision for the forgiveness of sins.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Provides for the forgiveness of sins.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Under this, the law was written on tables of stone.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Under this, the law is written in the heart.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Was of works.</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Is of grace.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Conditions: Obey and live; disobey and die.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"> Conditions: Repent and be forgiven; believe and be saved.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If.</span></span> If <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye</span></span>. If ye +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">will</span></span>. If ye will <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">do</span></span>.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell"><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I.</span></span> I <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">will</span></span>. +I will <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">do</span></span>.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">If ye will do <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all</span></span>.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">I will do <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all</span></span>.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">If ye will do all, <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">then</span></em>—ye shall be My people, +<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">and</span></em> I will be your God.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">I will do all, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and</span></span>—will be your +God, <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">and</span></em> ye shall be My people.</td></tr></tbody></table> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page405">[pg 405]</span><a name="Pg405" id="Pg405" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc205" id="toc205"></a> +<a name="pdf206" id="pdf206"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">What Was Abolished By Christ</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus405.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Veil Rent In Twain. "Having abolished in His flesh ... the law ... contained in ordinances." Eph. 2:15." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Veil Rent In Twain. +"Having abolished in His flesh ... the +law ... contained in ordinances." +Eph. 2:15.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How did Christ's death on the cross affect the whole +sacrificial system? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“After threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off.... +And He shall confirm the covenant with many for one +week: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the midst of the week He shall cause the sacrifice and +the oblation to cease</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 9:26, 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did Christ nail to His cross? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blotting out <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the handwriting of ordinances</span></span> that was against +us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">nailing +it to His cross</span></span>.”</span> Col. 2:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What did He thus abolish? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the law of +commandments contained in ordinances</span></span>; for to make in Himself +of twain one new man, so making peace; and that He might +reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain +the enmity thereby.”</span> Eph. 2:15, 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. To what did the ordinances pertain that were thus +abolished? +</p> + + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page406">[pg 406]</span><a name="Pg406" id="Pg406" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let no man therefore judge you in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">meat</span></span>, +or in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">drink</span></span>, or in +respect of an <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy day</span></span>, or of +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">new moon</span></span>, or of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sabbath +days: which are a shadow of things to come</span></span>; but the body is of +Christ.”</span> Col. 2:16, 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. From what statement do we learn that these ordinances +related to the sacrificial system? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the law <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">having a shadow of good things to come</span></span>, and not +the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices +which they offered year by year continually make the comers +thereunto perfect.”</span> Heb. 10:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What occurred at the time of the crucifixion which indicated +that the typical system had been taken away by Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the veil of the temple was rent in twain</span></span> from the +top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.”</span> +Matt. 27:51. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In what language is this clearly stated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said He, Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He +taketh away the first, that He may establish the second.</span></span>”</span> Heb. +10:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What is the first which He took away? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Above when He said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sacrifice</span></span> and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">offering</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">burnt +offerings</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">offering for sin</span></span> +thou wouldest not, neither hadst +pleasure therein; which are offered by the law.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">He taketh +away the first.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The connection plainly indicates +that what Christ took away was ceremonialism as expressed in the +typical service of sacrifices and offerings, and that what He established, by +giving Himself to do the will of God, was the experience of doing the will of +God on the part of the believer. Thus He made possible the answer to the +petition which He taught His disciples, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy will be done in earth, as it is +in heaven.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Instead of abolishing the moral law, Christ made such provision +that every believer in Him may become a doer of that law. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The word </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">first</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> here refers +to sacrifices and offerings. He takes </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">them</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +away; that is, He shows that they are of no value in removing sin. He +states their inefficacy, and declares His purpose to abolish them. +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">That He may establish the second</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—to +wit, the doing of the will of God.... +If they had been efficacious, there would have been no need of His coming +to make an atonement.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. Albert Barnes, on Heb. 10:9.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. In what statement to the woman at Jacob's well did +Jesus intimate that the ceremonial system of worship would be +abolished? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe Me, the hour cometh, +when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, +worship the Father.”</span> John 4:21. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page407">[pg 407]</span><a name="Pg407" id="Pg407" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The worship +of the Jews centered in the typical system, or +ritual service, of the temple, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">at Jerusalem,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> while the Samaritans had +instituted a rival service </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">in this mountain,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Mt. Gerizim. In His statement +to the woman of Samaria, Jesus therefore indicated that the time was +at hand when the whole typical system would be done away. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What test case arose in the time of the apostles over +this question? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And certain men which came down from Judea taught the +brethren, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Except ye be circumcised after the manner of +Moses, ye cannot be saved</span></span>.”</span> Acts 15:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What requirement was made by these teachers from +Judea concerning the ceremonial law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out +from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, +saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law</span></span>: to whom we +gave no such commandment.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. After conferring over this matter, what decision was +reached by the apostles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay +upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that +ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from +things strangled, and from fornication</span></span>: from which if ye keep +yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.”</span> Verses 28, 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What charge was made against Stephen concerning his +attitude toward the ceremonial law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth +not to speak blasphemous words against <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this +holy place</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +law</span></span>: for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth +shall destroy this place, and shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">change the customs which +Moses delivered us</span></span>.”</span> Acts 6:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What similar charge was brought against the apostle +Paul? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This fellow persuadeth men to worship God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">contrary to +the law</span></span>.”</span> Acts 18:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What statement did Paul make concerning his faith +and manner of worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they +call <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">heresy</span></span>, so worship I +the God of my fathers, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">believing all +things which are written in the law and in the prophets</span></span>.”</span> Acts +24:14. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page408">[pg 408]</span><a name="Pg408" id="Pg408" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The charge +against Stephen and Paul was not based upon +any violation of the moral law, but upon their teaching concerning the +ceremonial law; and Paul's admission that he was guilty of what they called +heresy meant simply that he differed from them as to the obligation to +observe any longer the precepts of the law which was imposed upon them +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">until the time of reformation.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The simple fact that such charges were +preferred against these able exponents and teachers of the gospel shows +that in their view the ceremonial law had been abolished by the death of +Christ, and that, like the giving of the moral law at Sinai it was designed +to lead men to Christ. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What is one of the offices of the moral law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore the law was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">our schoolmaster to bring us unto +Christ, that we might be justified by faith</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 3:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. How is this same teaching expressed in another place? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ is the end of the law for righteousness</span></span> to every +one that believeth.”</span> Rom. 10:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Murdock's translation +of the Syriac New Testament renders +this passage: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For Messiah is the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">aim</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of the law, for righteousness, unto +every one that believeth in Him.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. In what statement is there a similar use of the word end? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Receiving <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the end of your faith</span></span>, even the salvation of your +souls.”</span> 1 Peter 1:9. See also 1 Tim. 1:5; James 5:11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In the +ceremonial law there was </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">a shadow of good things +to come,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> a type of the mediatorial work of Christ, our great High Priest. +The moral law makes known sin, places the sinner under condemnation, +and forces him to Christ for pardon and cleansing. The ceremonial law +was abolished by the work of Christ, but the moral law was established +by both His life and death. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What testimony did Christ bear concerning His relation +to the law and the prophets? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the +prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”</span> Matt. +5:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Christ kept +the law. If He had ever broken it, He would +have had to die for Himself; but because He was a Lamb without spot or +blemish, His atoning death is efficacious for you and me. He had no sin of +His own to atone for, and so God accepted His sacrifice. Christ is the end +of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. We are righteous +in God's sight because the righteousness of God which is by faith in +Jesus Christ is unto all and upon all them that +believe.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Weighed and +Wanting,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by D. L. Moody, pages 123, 124.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See also notes on pages +</span><a href="#Pg374" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">374</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg375" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">375</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg382" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">382</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, and </span><a href="#Pg389" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">389</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page409">[pg 409]</span><a name="Pg409" id="Pg409" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc207" id="toc207"></a> +<a name="pdf208" id="pdf208"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Law And The Gospel</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus409.png" alt="Illustration." title="Sinai And The Cross. "The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ." Gal. 3:24." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Sinai And The Cross. +"The law was our schoolmaster to bring us +unto Christ." Gal. 3:24.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is one of the uses of the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be +justified in His sight: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the law is the knowledge of sin</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 3:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In thus making known sin, and the consequent need of +a Saviour, what part does the law act? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto +Christ</span></span>, that we might be justified by faith.”</span> Gal. 3:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What is the gospel declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth</span></span>; to the +Jew first, and also to the Greek.”</span> Rom. 1:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What is the significance of the name bestowed by the +angel upon the Saviour before His birth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His +name <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Jesus</span></span>: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He +shall save His people from their sins</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 1:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In whom is this power to save from sin revealed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-*block, +and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which +are called, both Jews and Greeks, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ the power of God</span></span>, and +the wisdom of God.”</span> 1 Cor. 1:23, 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What was foretold concerning Christ's attitude toward +the law of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page410">[pg 410]</span><a name="Pg410" id="Pg410" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +written of Me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I delight to do Thy will, O My God: yea, Thy law +is within My heart</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 40:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is the first promise of the new covenant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of +Israel after those days, saith the Lord; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will put My laws into +their mind, and write them in their hearts</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 8:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What is Christ's relation to this new covenant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But now hath He obtained a more excellent ministry, by +how much also He is the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mediator</span></span> of a better covenant, which +was established upon better promises.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How is this same work for man otherwise described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: +wherefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it is of necessity that this Man have somewhat +also to offer</span></span>. For if He were on earth, He should not be a priest, +seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law.”</span> +Verses 3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is necessary on the part of the individual in order +to receive the benefit of Christ's work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“With the heart man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">believeth</span></span> unto righteousness; and with +the mouth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">confession</span></span> is made unto salvation.”</span> Rom. 10:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. For what did the apostle Paul trust Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency +of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom +I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but +dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in Him, not having +mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which +is through the faith of Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the righteousness which is of God +by faith</span></span>.”</span> Phil. 3:8, 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What relation does the law sustain to this righteousness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">being witnessed by the law</span></span> and the prophets.”</span> Rom. +3:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Does the faith which brings righteousness abolish the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: +yea, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we establish the law</span></span>.”</span> Verse 31. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The law reveals +the perfection of character required, and so +gives a knowledge of sin; but it is powerless to confer the character demanded. +In the gospel, the law, first written in the heart of Christ, becomes +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and is thus transferred +to the heart of the believer, in whose heart Christ dwells by faith. Thus +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page411">[pg 411]</span><a name="Pg411" id="Pg411" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +the new covenant promise is fulfilled that the law shall be written in the +heart. This is the genuine experience of righteousness by faith,—a +righteousness which is witnessed by the law, and revealed in the life in +harmony with the law. The gospel is thus seen to be the provision for +restoring the law to its place in the heart and life of the one who believes +on Christ, and accepts His mediatorial work. Such faith, instead of +making void the law, establishes it in the heart of the believer. The gospel +is not against the law, therefore, but upholds, maintains, and presents the +law to us in Christ. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What did Christ take away? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, +Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sin of the world</span></span>.”</span> +John 1:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What has Christ abolished? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour +Jesus Christ, who hath <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">abolished death</span></span>, and hath brought +life and immortality to light through the gospel.”</span> 2 Tim. 1:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What change is brought about through the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory +of the Lord, are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">changed into the same image</span></span> from glory to glory, +even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”</span> 2 Cor. 3:18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is +sometimes claimed that Christ changed, abolished, or +took away the law, and put the gospel in its place; but this shows a misapprehension +of the real work of Christ. The individual believer is changed +by beholding the glory revealed in the gospel (2 Cor. 4:4; John 1:14); +death has been abolished through the death of Christ; and sin has been +taken away by the great Sin-bearer; but the law of God still remains unchanged +as the very foundation of His throne. See note on page </span><a href="#Pg098" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">98</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What spiritual interpretation did Christ give to the +sixth commandment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou +shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the +judgment: but I say unto you, That <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whosoever is angry with +his brother</span></span> without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: +and whosoever shall say to his brother, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Raca</span></span>, shall be in danger +of the council: but whosoever shall say, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou fool</span></span>, shall be in +danger of hell-fire.”</span> Matt. 5:21, 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. How did He interpret the seventh commandment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou +shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, That <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whosoever +looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with +her already in his heart</span></span>.”</span> Verses 27, 28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Of what prophecy was this teaching a fulfilment? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page412">[pg 412]</span><a name="Pg412" id="Pg412" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He +will magnify the law, and make it honorable</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 42:21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Christ not +only gave a spiritual interpretation to the law, +and Himself observed it according to that interpretation, but He showed +the holiness and the immutable nature of the law by dying on the cross to +pay the penalty of its transgression. In this way, above all, He magnified +the law, and showed its far-reaching, immutable, and imperishable nature. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. In what promise was the gospel preached to Abraham? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the +heathen through faith, preached before <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the gospel</span></span> unto Abraham, +saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In thee shall all nations be blessed</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 3:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. On what basis was Abraham accounted righteous? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For what saith the scripture? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Abraham believed God, and +it was counted unto him for righteousness.</span></span>”</span> Rom. 4:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What scripture cuts off all hope of justification by works? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified +in His sight</span></span>: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”</span> Rom. +3:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. In what way are all believers in Jesus justified? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Being <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">justified freely by His grace</span></span> through the redemption +that is in Christ Jesus.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. After this work of grace has been accomplished, is the +believer expected to go on in sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that +grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead +to sin, live any longer therein?”</span> Rom. 6:1, 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Even in the +days of Abraham the same gospel of righteousness +by faith was preached as now, while the law made known sin, and witnessed +to the righteousness obtained through faith, just as it has done since +the cross. From this it is evident that the relation between the law and +the gospel has always been the same. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What was Christ's personal attitude toward the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 5:17. <span class="tei tei-q">“If +ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even +as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have kept My Father's commandments</span></span>, and abide in His +love.”</span> John 15:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What scripture shows that God's remnant people will +have a right conception of the proper relation between the law +and the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Here is the patience of the saints: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">here are they that keep +the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 14:12. +</p> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page413">[pg 413]</span><a name="Pg413" id="Pg413" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc209" id="toc209"></a> +<a name="pdf210" id="pdf210"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part IX. The Sabbath</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page414">[pg 414]</span><a name="Pg414" id="Pg414" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus414.png" alt="Illustration." title="In The Corn-Field On The Sabbath Day. "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." Mark 2:27." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">In The Corn-Field On The Sabbath Day. +"The Sabbath was made for man, and not +man for the Sabbath." Mark 2:27.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page415">[pg 415]</span><a name="Pg415" id="Pg415" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc211" id="toc211"></a> +<a name="pdf212" id="pdf212"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Institution Of The Sabbath</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus415.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Garden Of Eden. "God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it." Gen. 2:3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Garden Of Eden. +"God blessed the seventh day, and +sanctified it." Gen. 2:3.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. When and by whom was the Sabbath made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus the heavens and the earth, were finished, and all the +host of them. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">on the seventh day God ended His work</span></span> which +He had made; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and He rested on the seventh day</span></span> from all His work +which He had made.”</span> Gen. 2:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. After resting on the seventh day, what did God do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it</span></span>: because +that in it He had rested from all His work which God created +and made.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. By what three distinct acts, then, was the Sabbath made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rested</span></span> on it; He +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blessed</span></span> it; He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sanctified</span></span> it. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sanctify</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">To make sacred or +holy; to set apart to a holy or religious +use.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Did Christ have anything to do with creation and the +making of the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All things were made <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by Him</span></span>; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without Him was not +anything made that was made</span></span>.”</span> John 1:3. See also Eph. 3:9; +Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Christ, being the +active agent in creation, must have rested +on the seventh day with the Father. It is therefore His rest day as well +as the Father's. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. For whom does Christ say the Sabbath was made? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page416">[pg 416]</span><a name="Pg416" id="Pg416" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Sabbath was made for man</span></span>, +and not man for the Sabbath.”</span> Mark 2:27. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It was +not made for the Jews alone. The Jews derive their +name from Judah, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, from whom they are +descended. The Sabbath was made more than two thousand years before +there was a Jew. When Paul says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Neither was the man created for the +woman; but the woman for the man</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (1 Cor. 11:9), we understand him +to mean that marriage was ordained of God for all men. So likewise with +the Sabbath. It was made for the race. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What does the Sabbath commandment require? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.</span></span> Six days shalt +thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the +Sabbath of the Lord thy God: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in it thou shalt not do any work</span></span>, +thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy +maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within +thy gates.”</span> Ex. 20:8-10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What reason is given in the commandment for keeping +the Sabbath day holy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and +all that in them is, and rested the seventh day</span></span>: wherefore the Lord +blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Sabbath +is the memorial of creation, and the sign of +God's creative power. Through the keeping of it God designed that man +should forever remember Him as the true and living God, the Creator of +all things. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Did God bless and sanctify the seventh day while He was +resting upon it, or when His rest on that day was past? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because +that in it He </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps">had</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> rested from all His work</span></span> which God +created and made.”</span> Gen. 2:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—God blessed +and sanctified the seventh day then future, +answering to the day on which He had just rested. The acts of blessing +and sanctifying involve the idea of a future use of those things which are +blessed and sanctified. Past time cannot be used. It is gone forever. +The blessing and sanctification of the day, therefore, must have related +to the future—to all the future seventh days. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +In Joel 1:14 we read: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Sanctify [i.e., appoint] ye a fast, call a solemn +assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the +house of the Lord.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Wherever used in the Bible, the word sanctify means +to appoint, to proclaim, or to set apart, as in the margin of Joshua 20:7; +2 Kings 10:20, 21; Zeph. 1:7. So when the Sabbath was sanctified, as the +last act by which it was made for man, an appointment, or proclamation, +of the Sabbath was given. See Ex. 19:23. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">If we had no other passage than this of Gen. 2:3, there would be no +difficulty in deducing from it a precept for the universal observance of a +Sabbath, or seventh day, to be devoted to God as holy time, by all of that +race for whom the earth and its nature were specially prepared. The +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page417">[pg 417]</span><a name="Pg417" id="Pg417" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +first men must have known it. The words </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">He hallowed it</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> can have no +meaning otherwise. They would be a blank unless in reference to some +who were required to keep it holy.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Lange's +Commentary, Vol. I, page 197.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How did God prove Israel in the wilderness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will rain bread +from heaven for you</span></span>; and the people shall go out and gather a +certain rate every day, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that I may prove them, whether they will +walk in My law, or no</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 16:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. On which day was a double portion of manna gathered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it came to pass, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">on the sixth day they gathered +twice as much bread</span></span>, two omers for one man: and all the rulers +of the congregation came and told Moses.”</span> Verse 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What reply did Moses make to the rulers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">This is that which the Lord hath +said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath</span></span> unto the Lord.”</span> +Verse 23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This was a full +month and more before they came to Sinai. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">When</span></span> had God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">said</span></span> this? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In the beginning, when He sanctified the Sabbath. Gen. 2:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In the wilderness +of Sin, before Israel came to Sinai, Moses +said to Jethro, his father-in-law, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I do make them +know the </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">statutes</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of God, +and His </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">laws</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Ex. 18:16), +which shows that these statutes and laws existed +before they were proclaimed on Sinai. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What did some of the people do on the seventh day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It came to pass, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there went out some of the people on the +seventh day for to gather</span></span>, and they found none.”</span> Ex. 16:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How did God reprove their disobedience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said unto Moses, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">How long refuse ye to keep +My commandments and My laws?</span></span>”</span> Verse 28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Why was double manna given on the sixth day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“See, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for that the Lord hath given you the Sabbath, therefore +He giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days</span></span>; abide ye every +man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh +day.”</span> Verse 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How, then, did the Lord prove the people (verse 4) +whether they would keep His law, or not? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Over the keeping of the Sabbath. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Thus we see +that the Sabbath commandment was a part of +God's law before this law was spoken from Sinai; for this incident occurred +in the wilderness of Sin, before the children of Israel came to Sinai, where +the law was given. Both the Sabbath and the law existed from creation. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page418">[pg 418]</span><a name="Pg418" id="Pg418" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc213" id="toc213"></a> +<a name="pdf214" id="pdf214"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">God's Memorial</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus418.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ The Word. "He hath made His wonderful works to be remembered." Ps. 111:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ The Word. +"He hath made His wonderful works to be +remembered." Ps. 111:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is to endure throughout all generations? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy name, O Lord, endureth forever; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy memorial, +O Lord; throughout all generations</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 135:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Memorial</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person +or event; something which serves to keep some person or thing in remembrance, +as a monument or a practise.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What illustration of this is given in the Bible? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">these stones shall be for a memorial</span></span> unto the children of +Israel forever.”</span> Joshua 4:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What were these stones to commemorate? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your +children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What +mean these stones? then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall let your children know, saying, +Israel came over this Jordan on dry land</span></span>.”</span> Verses 21, 22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These stones were to +be a standing memorial, or reminder, +of Israel's coming dry-shod over the Jordan. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What was another memorial instituted to commemorate +another signal providence in behalf of the Israelites? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this day shall be unto you for a memorial</span></span>; and ye shall +keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall +keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.”</span> Ex. 12:14. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page419">[pg 419]</span><a name="Pg419" id="Pg419" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This, the Passover, +was a </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">periodical</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> memorial, to be observed +on the fourteenth day of the first month of each year, the day on which the +Israelites were delivered from Egyptian bondage, and its celebration was +to be, with the seven days' feast of unleavened bread following and connected +with it, in commemoration of that event. See Ex. 13:3-9. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Does God design that His great work of creating the +heavens and the earth shall be remembered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them +that have pleasure therein. His work is honorable and glorious: +and His righteousness endureth forever. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He hath made His +wonderful works to be remembered.</span></span>”</span> Ps. 111:2-4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What has He commanded men to observe in memory of +this great work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy</span></span>; ... for in +six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that +in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord +blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.”</span> Ex. 20:8-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Of what was this memorial to be a sign? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And hallow My Sabbaths; and they shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a sign</span></span> between +Me and you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may know that I am the Lord your God</span></span>.”</span> +Eze. 20:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How long was the Sabbath to be a sign of the true God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever</span></span>: +for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh +day He rested, and was refreshed.”</span> Ex. 31:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is manifest that +if the object of the Sabbath was to keep +God as the Creator in mind, and it had been faithfully kept from the first, +there would not now be a heathen or an idolater on the face of the earth. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What besides creation were Israel to remember when +they kept the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, +and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty +hand and by a stretched-out arm</span></span>: therefore the Lord thy God +commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day.”</span> Deut. 5:15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There +is a deep significance to this scripture not apparent +to those unacquainted with the facts. In Egypt, through oppression and +idolatrous surroundings, the keeping of the Sabbath had become not only +almost obsolete, but well-nigh impossible. See reading on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Reasons for +Sabbath-Keeping,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> under questions 9 and 10, page </span><a href="#Pg423" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">423</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +Their deliverance +from bondage was in order that they might keep God's law (Ps. 105:43-45), +and particularly the Sabbath, the great seal, sign, and memorial-institution +of the law. The recollection of their bondage and oppressed condition +in Egypt was to be an additional incentive for keeping the Sabbath in the +land of freedom. The Sabbath, therefore, besides being a memorial of +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page420">[pg 420]</span><a name="Pg420" id="Pg420" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +creation, was to be to them a memorial of their deliverance from bondage, +and of the great power of God as manifested in this deliverance. And as +Egypt stands as a symbol of the condition of every one in the world under +the slavery of sin, so the Sabbath is to be kept by every saved soul as a +memorial of the deliverance from this slavery by the mighty power of God +through Christ. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Of what else does God say He gave the Sabbath to His +people to be a sign, or reminder? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Moreover also I gave them My Sabbaths, to be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a sign</span></span> between +Me and them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that they might know that I am the Lord +that sanctify them</span></span>.”</span> Eze. 20:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Sanctification is +a work of redemption,—of making holy +sinful or unholy beings. Like the work of creation itself, this requires +creative power. See Ps. 51:10; John 3:3, 6; Eph. 2:10. And as the +Sabbath is the appropriate sign or memorial of the creative power of God +wherever displayed, whether in creation, deliverance from human bondage, +or deliverance from the slavery of sin, it is to be kept as a sign of the work +of sanctification. This will be one great reason for the saints' keeping it +throughout eternity. It will remind them not only of their own creation +and the creation of the universe, but also of their redemption. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Through whom do we have sanctification? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But of Him are ye in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ Jesus</span></span>, who of God is made unto +us wisdom, and righteousness, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sanctification</span></span>, +and redemption.”</span> +1 Cor. 1:30. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Then, as +the Sabbath is a sign or memorial of sanctification, +and as Christ is the one through whom the work of sanctification is accomplished, +the Sabbath is a sign or memorial of what Christ is to the believer. +Through the Sabbath, therefore, God designed that the believer and Christ +should be very closely linked together. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What statement of the redeemed shows that they will +remember God's creative power? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and +power: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for Thou hast created all things</span></span>, and for Thy pleasure +they are and were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">created</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 4:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How often will they congregate to worship the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will +make, shall remain before Me, saith the Lord, so shall your +seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">from one new moon to another</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">from one Sabbath to another</span></span>, +shall all flesh come to worship before Me, saith the Lord.”</span> +Isa. 66:22, 23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Sabbath, which +is the memorial of God's creative power, +will never cease to exist. When this sinful state of things shall give way +to the sinless new earth, the fact upon which the Sabbath institution is +based will still remain; and those who shall be permitted to live in the new +earth will still commemorate the creative power of God, while singing the +song of Moses and the Lamb. Rev. 15:3. See Rev. 22:1, 2. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page421">[pg 421]</span><a name="Pg421" id="Pg421" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc215" id="toc215"></a> +<a name="pdf216" id="pdf216"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Reasons For Sabbath-Keeping</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus421.png" alt="Illustration." title="Mt. Sinai--Where The Law Was Given. "That ye may know that I am the Lord your God." Eze. 20:20." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Mt. Sinai--Where The Law Was Given. +"That ye may know that I am the Lord +your God." Eze. 20:20.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is the one great feature by which the true God is +distinguished from all false gods? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord is the true God, He is the living God, and an +everlasting king.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The gods that have not made the +heavens and the earth</span></span>, even they shall perish from the earth, and +from under these heavens. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He hath made the earth by his power</span></span>, +He hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched +out the heavens by His discretion.”</span> Jer. 10:10-12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. When Paul wished to preach the true God to the idolatrous +Athenians, how did he describe Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, Him declare I +unto you. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God that made the world and all things therein.</span></span>”</span> +Acts 17:23, 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What did the apostles say to the idolaters at Lystra? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We ... preach unto you that ye should turn from +these vanities unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the living God, which made heaven, and earth, +and the sea, and all things that are therein</span></span>.”</span> Acts 14:15. See +also Rev. 10:6; 14:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What reason is given in the fourth commandment for +keeping the Sabbath day holy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the +sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day.”</span> +Ex. 20:11. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page422">[pg 422]</span><a name="Pg422" id="Pg422" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +Sabbath is the great memorial of creation and of God's +creative power, a constant reminder of the true and living God. God's +design in making the Sabbath, and in commanding that it be kept holy, +was that man might never forget Him, the Creator of all things. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The original Sabbath being a perpetual memorial of God, the Creator +calling man to imitate God in the observance of the same, man could not +keep the original Sabbath and forget God.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Prof. +E. W. Thomas, M. A., +in Herald of Gospel Liberty, June 19, 1890.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +When we remember that two thirds of the world's inhabitants today +are idolaters, and that since the fall, idolatry, with its train of associated +and resultant evils, has ever been a prevailing sin, and then think that the +observance of the Sabbath, as God ordained it, would have prevented all +this, we can better appreciate the value of the Sabbath institution, and the +importance of Sabbath-keeping. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What does God say the Sabbath will be to those who +hallow it, or keep it holy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And hallow My Sabbaths; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall be a sign between +Me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God</span></span>.”</span> +Eze. 20:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How important is it that we know God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this is life eternal</span></span>, that they might know Thee the only +true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.”</span> John 17:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Is there any danger of God's chosen people forgetting +Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God</span></span>, in not keeping +His commandments, and His judgments, and His statutes.”</span> +Deut. 8:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What other reason is given for keeping the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for it is a sign between +Me and you</span></span> throughout your generations; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may know that +I am the Lord that doth </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps">sanctify</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> you</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 31:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—To +sanctify is to make holy, or to set apart for a holy use. +The sanctification, or making holy, of sinful beings can be wrought only +by the creative power of God through Christ by the Holy Spirit. In 1 +Cor. 1:30 we are told that Christ is made unto us </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">sanctification;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and in +Eph. 2:10 it is said that </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">we are His workmanship, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">created</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> in Christ Jesus +unto good works.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The Sabbath, therefore, is a sign of sanctification, and +thus of what Christ is to the believer, because it is a reminder of the creative +power of God as manifested in the work of regeneration. It is the sign +of the power of God, therefore, in both creation and redemption. To the +believer, it is the evidence, or sign, that he knows the true God, who, +through Christ, created all things, and who, through Christ, redeems the +sinner and makes him whole. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What special reason did the Israelites have for keeping +the Sabbath? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page423">[pg 423]</span><a name="Pg423" id="Pg423" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, +and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty +hand and by a stretched-out arm</span></span>: therefore the Lord thy God +commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day.”</span> Deut. 5:15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In their +bondage the Israelites had to some extent lost the +knowledge of God, and departed from His precepts. The Sabbath came +to be greatly disregarded by them; and in consequence of the oppression +of the Pharaohs, especially the Pharaoh of the exodus, as witnessed by +the rigorous exactions made upon them by this latter king through their +taskmasters, its observance was made apparently impossible. See Ex. +5:1-19. The special point, both of reform and of conflict, just preceding +their deliverance from bondage, was over the matter of Sabbath observance. +Moses and Aaron had shown them that obedience to God was the first condition +of deliverance. Their efforts to restore the observance of the Sabbath +among the Israelites had come to the notice of Pharaoh; hence his +accusation against them, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">let</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> [hinder] +the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.... Behold, +the people of the land are many, and ye make them </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">rest</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +[Heb., </span><span lang="he" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Shabbath</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] +from their burdens.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Ex. 5:4, 5. Deliverance from this oppression +was indeed, therefore, an additional and special reason for their keeping +the Sabbath. But Egypt and Egyptian bondage simply represent sin and +the bondage of sin. See Rev. 11:8; Hosea 11:1; Matt. 2:15; Zech. 10:10. +Every one, therefore, who has been delivered from sin has the same +reason for keeping the Sabbath as had the Israelites who were released from +Egyptian bondage. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What does the psalmist say was the reason why God +brought His people out of Egypt, and placed them in Canaan? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen +with gladness: and gave them the lands of the heathen: ... +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that they might observe His statutes, and keep His laws</span></span>.”</span> Ps. +105:43-45. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Their +deliverance from Egyptian bondage was a reason for +the keeping not only of the fourth commandment, but of every precept +of God's law. This is indicated by the preface or preamble to the law as +given on Sinai: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of +the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other +gods before Me,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> etc. Ex. 20:2, 3. See also Lev. 19:35-37; Deut. 10:19; +15:12-15; 24:17, 18. Likewise, every one who, through Christ, has +been delivered from the bondage of sin, God calls to obedience, not only +in the matter of Sabbath-keeping, but to every precept of His holy law. +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold +on it; that </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">keepeth the Sabbath</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from +doing </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">any</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> evil.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Isa. 56:2. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What is the meaning of the word sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Rest. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Previous to the +fall, God designed that man's time should +be occupied with pleasant, invigorating, but not wearisome labor. Gen. +2:15. Laborious, wearisome toil came in consequence of sin. Gen. 3:17-19. +While under the fall the Sabbath, therefore, may bring physical +rest to both man and the beasts of burden (Ex. 23:12) in a way not originally +intended, physical rest was not its original and primary design or +purpose. Cessation from the ordinary labors and occupations of the +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page424">[pg 424]</span><a name="Pg424" id="Pg424" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +week was ordained, not because these are wrong or sinful in themselves, +but that man might have an appointed time and a frequently recurring +period for the contemplation of the Creator and His works. Under the +gospel, the Sabbath is a sign of spiritual rest and freedom from sin. So we +read, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For he that is entered into His rest, he also hath ceased from his +own works, as God did from His.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Heb. 4:10. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Who gives this rest from sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will give you rest</span></span>. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; +for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto +your souls.”</span> Matt. 11:28, 29. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +Sabbath, then, is the sign of the soul-rest which Christ +gives to the weary and ladened with sin. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Was the Sabbath intended as a day for public worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the +Sabbath of rest, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an holy convocation</span></span>.”</span> Lev. 23:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A convocation is an assembly of people. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Does the New Testament teach the same duty? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to +good works: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together</span></span>, as +the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so +much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”</span> Heb. 10:24, 25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What does Malachi say of those that fear the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then they that feared the Lord <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spake often one to another</span></span>: +and the Lord harkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance +was written before Him for them that feared the Lord, +and that thought upon His name. And they shall be Mine, +saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels; +and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth +him.”</span> Mal. 3:16, 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Will the Sabbath be observed as a day of worship in the +new earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will +make, shall remain before Me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed +and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from +one new moon to another, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">from one Sabbath to another, shall +all flesh come to worship before Me, saith the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 66:22, +23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou hast +made us for Thyself, and our heart is restless +till it find its rest in Thee.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">St. Augustine.</span></span> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page425">[pg 425]</span><a name="Pg425" id="Pg425" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc217" id="toc217"></a> +<a name="pdf218" id="pdf218"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Manner Of Observing The Sabbath</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus425.png" alt="Illustration." title="Sabbath Morning. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." Ex. 20:8." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Sabbath Morning. +"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it +holy." Ex. 20:8.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is first commanded in the Sabbath commandment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Remember</span></span> the Sabbath <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">day</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 20:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Which day is the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The seventh day</span></span> is the Sabbath.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. For what purpose are we to remember the Sabbath day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Remember the Sabbath day, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to keep it holy</span></span>.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—All through +the week the keeping holy of the Sabbath day +is to be remembered, or borne in mind. No business contracts or arrangements +are to be made, no manner of living indulged in, which will prevent +or interfere with the proper or holy observance of the day when it comes. +The keeping of this commandment, therefore, is in the interests of, and +with a view to, holy living </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">all the time</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. The +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">commandment itself</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> enjoins a +duty, and is to be kept, all through the week; the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sabbath</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> is to be kept +when it comes. The Sabbath commandment, therefore, like every other +precept of the decalogue, but contrary to the conception of many, is to be +kept </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">all the time</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and not simply one day in the week. In this matter we +should distinguish between the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sabbath</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> and the Sabbath +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">commandment</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Who made the Sabbath day holy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lord</span></span> blessed +the Sabbath day, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hallowed +it</span></span>.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—God </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">made</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +the Sabbath day holy; we are to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">keep</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> it holy. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is it that makes a thing holy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God's <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">presence</span></span> in it. See Ex. 3:5; 29:43-46; Joshua 5:13-15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Then in order to keep the Sabbath day holy, what must +be recognized? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page426">[pg 426]</span><a name="Pg426" id="Pg426" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God's <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">presence</span></span> in the day; +His <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blessing</span></span> upon it; and His +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sanctification</span></span> of it. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. When, according to the Bible, does the Sabbath begin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evening</span></span> and the morning were the first day.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evening</span></span> and the morning were the second day,”</span> etc. +See Gen. 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +evening begins </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">at the going down of the sun.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See +Deut. 16:6; Mark 1:32; Deut. 23:11; 1 Kings 22:35,36; 2 Chron. 18:34. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Does the Bible recognize this as the proper time for beginning +and ending the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">From even unto even</span></span>, shall ye celebrate your Sabbath.”</span> +Lev. 23:32. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—One great +advantage of keeping the Sabbath according to +the Bible method of reckoning the day, that is, from sunset to sunset, over +keeping it according to the Roman reckoning, or from midnight to midnight, +is that by the former one is awake to welcome and to bid adieu to the +day when it comes and goes, while by the latter he is asleep when the day +begins and ends. God's ways are always best. The setting of the sun is +a great natural sign for marking the division of time into days. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What kind of labor is to be done through the week? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Six days shalt thou labor, and do all <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thy work</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 20:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Is any of this kind of work to be done on the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In it thou shalt not do <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">any work</span></span>.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—If the +Sabbath is to be kept </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">holy,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> mere physical rest one +day in seven cannot be the great object of the Sabbath institution. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How does the Lord, through the prophet Isaiah, indicate +what is true Sabbath-keeping? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If thou <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">turn away thy foot +from the Sabbath</span></span>, from doing <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thy +pleasure</span></span> on My holy day; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">call the Sabbath a delight, the holy +of the Lord, honorable</span></span>; and shalt <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">honor Him, not doing thine own +ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own +words</span></span>: then shalt thou <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">delight +thyself in the Lord</span></span>; and I will cause +thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee +with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord +hath spoken it.”</span> Isa. 58:13, 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Whether +the Sabbath becomes a delight or a burden depends +upon the spirit with which a man meets it. Indeed, the spirit of +the man settles the question as to the benefits to come from any duty he +may perform. One man cannot understand why his neighbor should prefer +the park or the ball ground to the church, simply because his spirit is +different. He has cultivated the higher nature until he loves spiritual +things above all others, and to him the Sabbath is indeed a delight. It +comes to his weary soul as a reminder of God, and brings him nearer to +heaven in heart and mind than does any other +day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sabbath Recorder, +Dec. 12, 1910.</span></span> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page427">[pg 427]</span><a name="Pg427" id="Pg427" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What is the character of God, and how only can He be +truly worshiped? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God is a Spirit</span></span>: and they that worship Him must worship +Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in spirit and in truth</span></span>.”</span> John 4:24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This is +one reason why the attempt to produce Sabbath-keeping +by human Sabbath laws is altogether out of place. Such laws can +never produce true Sabbath-keeping, for that is </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">spiritual</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and must be of +the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">mind</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> and from the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">heart</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and not </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">perfunctory</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">mechanical</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, nor of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">force</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What is one thing for which God has given the Sabbath +to be a sign? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +That He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sanctifies</span></span> His people, or +makes them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy</span></span>. See +Ex. 31:13; Eze. 20:12; and page <a href="#Pg420" class="tei tei-ref">420</a>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What does the <span class="tei tei-q">“psalm for the Sabbath day”</span> suggest +as proper acts and themes for thought and meditation on the +Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is a good thing to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">give +thanks unto the Lord</span></span>, and to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sing +praises unto Thy name, O Most High</span></span>: to show +forth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy loving-kindness</span></span> +in the morning, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy +faithfulness</span></span> every night, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">upon +an instrument of ten strings</span></span>, and upon the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">psaltery</span></span>; upon the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">harp</span></span> +with a solemn sound. For Thou, Lord, hast made me glad +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through Thy work</span></span>: I will +triumph in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the works of Thy hands</span></span>. O +Lord, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">how great are Thy works</span></span>! +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy thoughts are very deep</span></span>.”</span> +Ps. 92:1-5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What do the works of God declare? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The heavens declare <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the glory of God</span></span>; and the firmament +showeth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His handiwork</span></span>. Day +unto day uttereth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">speech</span></span>, and +night unto night <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">showeth knowledge</span></span>. There is no speech nor +language, where <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">their voice</span></span> is not heard.”</span> Ps. 19:1-3. See +margin. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—God designed +that the Sabbath should direct the minds of +men to His created works, and through these to Him, the Creator. Nature +itself speaks to our senses, telling us that there is a God, the Creator and +Supreme Ruler of the universe. The Sabbath, ever pointing to God +through nature, was designed to keep the Creator constantly in mind. +The proper keeping of it, therefore, must naturally tend to prevent idolatry, +atheism, agnosticism, infidelity, irreligion, and irreverence; and, being +promotive of the knowledge and fear of God, must of necessity be a deterrent +to sin. In this may its value and importance be seen. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Was the Sabbath designed to be a day for public worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the +Sabbath of rest, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an holy convocation</span></span>.”</span> Lev. 23:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The word +convocation means </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">a calling together,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and is +always used in the Bible with reference to meetings of a religious character. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page428">[pg 428]</span><a name="Pg428" id="Pg428" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus428.png" alt="Illustration." title="Gathering The Manna. "On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread." "But on the seventh day ... there shall be none." Ex. 16:22, 26." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Gathering The Manna. +"On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread." "But on the seventh +day ... there shall be none." Ex. 16:22, 26.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page429">[pg 429]</span><a name="Pg429" id="Pg429" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What example did Christ set in Sabbath observance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And as His custom was, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He went into the synagogue on the +Sabbath day, and stood up for to read</span></span>.”</span> Luke 4:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What else did Jesus do on the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it was the Sabbath day when Jesus <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made the clay, +and opened his eyes</span></span>.”</span> John 9:14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A large share +of Christ's ministry consisted of miracles and +acts of mercy performed for the relief of suffering humanity; and not a few +of these were done on the Sabbath. On this day, as on other days, He +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">went about doing good.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See next reading. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. With what words did He justify acts of mercy on the +Sabbath day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore it is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lawful</span></span> to do well on the Sabbath days.”</span> +Matt. 12:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Not +a little of Christ's earthly ministry was devoted to up-lifting +the Sabbath, and showing the beneficent character of the Sabbath +institution. It was not meant to be a day of sorrow, austerity, or gloom. +Disinterested works of love and mercy toward man or beast are always in +place on the Sabbath. </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Lawful</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> means </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">according to law.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What day is especially indicated as the day to prepare +for the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And that day [the sixth day] was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the preparation</span></span>, and the +Sabbath drew on.”</span> Luke 23:54. See also Ex. 16:22, 23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In +order to keep the Sabbath day holy, it must be remembered +all through the week; and on the sixth day, or the day just before +the Sabbath, special preparation should be made </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">to be ready</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> to welcome +and observe the day when it comes. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How did the Israelites in the wilderness on the sixth +day prepare for the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it came to pass, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">on the sixth day they gathered +twice as much bread</span></span>, two omers for one man.”</span> Ex. 16:22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +Sabbath should not be a day of either ordinary labor, +idleness, or amusement, but one of rest, reflection, holy joy, worship, and +helpfulness. It should be the happiest, the brightest, and the best of all +the week. Such it should be made for young and old. Very early the +children can be taught the stories of creation and redemption, and taken +out amid the handiworks of God and taught to see Him and to commune +with Him through nature. Preparation for the Sabbath, therefore, is an +essential to its proper observance. God's blessing is upon the first moments +of the Sabbath as well as upon the last; and, as far as possible, everything +should be got in readiness so that the entire day may be devoted to +God and humanity in the manner indicated. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +In making the Sabbath, God rested upon, blessed, and sanctified the +day. Ex. 20:11. Whoever, then, keeps the Sabbath aright, may expect +that there will be brought into his life God's </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">rest</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">blessing</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sanctification</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page430">[pg 430]</span><a name="Pg430" id="Pg430" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc219" id="toc219"></a> +<a name="pdf220" id="pdf220"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Christ And The Sabbath</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus430.png" alt="Illustration." title="Healing On The Sabbath Day. "Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days." Matt. 12:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Healing On The Sabbath Day. +"Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath +days." Matt. 12:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Of what did Christ say the Son of man is Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Son of man is Lord even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of the Sabbath day</span></span>.”</span> Matt. +12:8. See also Mark 2:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Who made the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All things were made <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by Him</span></span> +[<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ, the Word</span></span>]; and without +Him was not anything made that was made.”</span> John 1:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Did Christ, while on earth, keep the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As His custom was, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath +day, and stood up for to read</span></span>.”</span> Luke 4:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Although Lord, Maker, and an observer of the Sabbath, +how was He watched and spied upon by the scribes and Pharisees +on this day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the scribes and Pharisees watched Him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whether He +would heal on the Sabbath day</span></span>; that they might find an accusation +against Him.”</span> Luke 6:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. With what question did Christ meet their false ideas and +reasonings regarding Sabbath-keeping? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page431">[pg 431]</span><a name="Pg431" id="Pg431" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Is +it lawful on the Sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, +or to destroy it?</span></span>”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How did they manifest their displeasure at His healing +the man with the withered hand on the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">filled with +madness</span></span>; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">communed one with +another what they might do to Jesus</span></span>.”</span> Verse 11. <span class="tei tei-q">“And the +Pharisees went forth, and straightway <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">took counsel with the +Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him</span></span>.”</span> Mark +3:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—They were +angry because, notwithstanding the fact that by +the miracle performed Christ had given evidence that He was from God, +He had shown no respect for </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">their views of Sabbath-keeping</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, but, on the +contrary, had shown these to be </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">wrong</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. Wounded pride, obstinacy, and +malice, therefore, combined to fill them with </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">madness</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; and they went out +immediately and held council with the Herodians,—their political enemies +with whom they disagreed in the matter of paying tribute to a foreign +power,—for the purpose of accomplishing His death. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Because Jesus healed a man on the Sabbath day, and +told him to take up his bed and walk, what did the Jews do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore did the Jews <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">persecute +Jesus</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sought to slay +Him</span></span>, because He had done these things on the Sabbath day.”</span> +John 5:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is +a fact worthy of note that over the question of proper +Sabbath observance the Jews not only </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">persecuted</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> Jesus, but </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">first took +counsel to kill Him</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. Not the least of the malice which finally culminated +in His crucifixion, was engendered over this very question of Sabbath observance. +Christ did not keep the Sabbath according to their ideas of +Sabbath-keeping, and so they sought to kill Him. And they are not +alone. Many today are cherishing this same spirit. Because some do not +agree with their ideas regarding the Sabbath, or Sabbath observance, they +seek to persecute and oppress them,—seek laws, and alliances with political +powers, to compel respect for their views. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How did Jesus answer them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But Jesus answered them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My Father worketh hitherto, and +I work</span></span>.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The ordinary operations +of nature, as manifested in God's +almighty, upholding, beneficent, and healing power, go on on the Sabbath +the same as on other days; and to cooperate with God and nature in the +work of healing, relieving, and restoring on the Sabbath, cannot, therefore, +be out of harmony with God's will, nor a violation of His Sabbath law. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What effect did this answer have upon the Jews? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore the Jews <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sought the more to kill Him</span></span>, because +He not only had broken the Sabbath [i.e., in their estimation], +but said also that God was His Father, making Himself equal +with God.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page432">[pg 432]</span><a name="Pg432" id="Pg432" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Because the disciples plucked a few ears of corn on the +Sabbath day to satisfy hunger, what accusation did the Pharisee +make against them to Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Pharisees said unto Him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Behold, why do they on +the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?</span></span>”</span> Mark 2:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What was Christ's reply? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, Have ye never read what David +did, when he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that +were with him? how he went into the house of God in the days +of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the showbread, which +is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them +which were with him? And He said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Sabbath was +made for man, and not man for the Sabbath</span></span>.”</span> Verses 25-27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Because of Christ's healing a woman of an infirmity on +the Sabbath, what did the ruler of a certain synagogue say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, +because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto +the people, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">There are six days in which men ought to work: in +them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day</span></span>.”</span> +Luke 13:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How did Christ answer him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, +doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass +from the stall, and lead him away to watering? and ought not +this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath +bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the +Sabbath day?”</span> Verses 15, 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What effect did Christ's answers have upon the people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He had said these things, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all His adversaries +were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things +that were done by Him</span></span>.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. By what method of reasoning did Christ justify acts +of mercy on the Sabbath day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, +and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day? +And they could not answer Him again to these things.”</span> Luke +14:5, 6. <span class="tei tei-q">“What man shall there be among you, that shall have +one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will he +not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man +better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the +Sabbath days.”</span> Matt. 12:11, 12. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page433">[pg 433]</span><a name="Pg433" id="Pg433" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus433.png" alt="Illustration." title="Healing Impotent Man On The Sabbath. "Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath day." John 5:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Healing Impotent Man On +The Sabbath. +"Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and +sought to slay Him, because He had done +these things on the Sabbath day." John 5:16.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page434">[pg 434]</span><a name="Pg434" id="Pg434" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Into what perplexity did Christ's working of miracles +on the Sabbath throw the Pharisees? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore said some of the Pharisees, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">This man is not of +God, because He keepeth not the Sabbath day</span></span>. Others said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">How +can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?</span></span> And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there was a +division among them</span></span>.”</span> John 9:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The working +of these wonderful, beneficent, and gracious +miracles on the Sabbath was an evidence that Christ was from God, and +that His views of Sabbath-keeping were right. By these miracles God +was setting the seal of His approval to Christ's views and teachings respecting +the Sabbath, and to His manner of observing it, and thus condemning +the narrow and false views of the Pharisees. Hence the division. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. According to Isaiah, what was Christ to do with the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He will <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">magnify</span></span> the law, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">make it honorable</span></span>.”</span> Isa. +42:21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In nothing, +perhaps, was this more strikingly fulfilled than +in the matter of Sabbath observance. By their traditions, numerous +regulations, and senseless restrictions the Jews had made the Sabbath a +burden, and anything but a delight. Christ removed all these, and by +His life and teachings put the Sabbath back in its proper place and setting, +as a day of worship and beneficence, a day for doing acts of charity and +mercy, as well as engaging in contemplation of God and in acts of devotion. +Thus He magnified it and made it honorable. One of the most prominent +features of Christ's whole ministry was this great work of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sabbath reform</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +Christ did not </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">abolish</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> the Sabbath, nor </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">change</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> the Sabbath; but +He did rescue it from the rubbish of tradition, the false ideas, and the superstitions +with which it had been buried, and by which it had been degraded and +turned aside from the channel of blessing and practical service to man +designed by its Maker. The Pharisees had placed the institution </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">above</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +man, and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">against</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> man. Christ reversed the order, and said, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Sabbath +was made </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">for man</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and not man </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">for the Sabbath</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> He showed +that it was to minister to the happiness, the comfort, and the well-being of both +man and beast. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Because of the false ideas which the Jews held concerning the Sabbath +and its observance, and the conflict which Christ had with them in consequence, +many of the professed followers of Christ a little later were led +into the error of rejecting the Sabbath itself as Jewish, and, without any +divine command or Scripture warrant, to substitute another day in its place. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Knowing that the unbelieving Jews would still cling to +their false ideas respecting the Sabbath, and that flight from +Jerusalem and Judea on that day would be attended with difficulty, +for what, in view of the coming destruction and desolation +of the city and people, did Christ tell His disciples to pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither +on the Sabbath day</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24:20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Christ's +experience with the Jews, the chosen and professed +people of God at that time, respecting the Sabbath is but a type of what, +according to prophecy, is to occur in the last days. Already it is beginning +to find its parallel in the movement to enforce Sunday observance by +law. See readings on pages </span><a href="#Pg271" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">271</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg484" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">484</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg488" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">488</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page435">[pg 435]</span><a name="Pg435" id="Pg435" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc221" id="toc221"></a> +<a name="pdf222" id="pdf222"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Sabbath In The New Testament</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus435.png" alt="Illustration." title="Paul On The Way To Assos. "And they ... rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment." Luke 23:56." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Paul On The Way To Assos. +"And they ... rested the Sabbath day according +to the commandment." Luke 23:56.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. According to the New Testament, what day immediately +precedes the first day of the week? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the end of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Sabbath</span></span>, as it began to dawn toward the +first day of the week.”</span> Matt. 28:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—According to +the New Testament, therefore, the Sabbath +had passed when the first day of the week began. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. After the crucifixion, what day was kept by the women +who followed Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment</span></span>.”</span> Luke +23:56. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What day is the Sabbath, <span class="tei tei-q">“according to the commandment”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the seventh day is the Sabbath</span></span> of the Lord thy God.”</span> +Ex. 20:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What was Christ's custom respecting the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought +up: and, as His custom was, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He went into the synagogue on the +Sabbath day and stood up for to read</span></span>.”</span> Luke 4:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In what instruction to His disciples did Christ recognize +the existence of the Sabbath long after His ascension? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither +on the Sabbath day</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24:20. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page436">[pg 436]</span><a name="Pg436" id="Pg436" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +destruction of Jerusalem under Titus occurred in the +spring and summer of 70 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The flight of the Christians took place three +and one-half years earlier, or late in October, 66 +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, following the arrival +and sudden withdrawal of Cestius and his army. See pages +</span><a href="#Pg313" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">313</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg314" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">314</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. On what day did the Jews meet for worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, +being read in the synagogues every <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sabbath day</span></span>.”</span> Acts 15:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. On what day did Paul and Barnabas preach at Antioch? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue +on <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Sabbath day</span></span>.”</span> Acts 13:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. When did the Gentiles request that Paul should repeat +the sermon he had preached at Antioch on the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the +Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the next Sabbath</span></span>.”</span> Verse 42. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. On what day did Paul and his companions preach to the +devout women at Philippi? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">on the Sabbath</span></span> we went out of the city by a riverside, +where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake +unto the women which resorted thither.”</span> Acts 16:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What was Paul's manner respecting the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the +Jews: and Paul, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as his manner was, went in unto them, and three +Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures</span></span>.”</span> Acts +17:1, 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It was +Paul's manner, as it was Christ's custom (Luke 4:16), +to attend religious services on the Sabbath. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How did the apostle spend the working days of the week +when at Corinth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came +to Corinth; and found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in +Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; ... +and because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wrought</span></span>: for by their +occupation they were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tent-makers</span></span>.”</span> Acts +18:1-3. See Eze. 46:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What did he do on the Sabbath days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath</span></span>, and persuaded +the Jews and the Greeks.”</span> Acts 18:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How long did he continue this work there? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page437">[pg 437]</span><a name="Pg437" id="Pg437" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he continued there <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a year and six months</span></span>, teaching +the word of God among them.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Here, +then, were seventy-eight Sabbaths on which Paul +preached in one city. The record further says that he worked at his trade, +and we may justly infer that Paul worked at tent-making just as many +Sundays as he preached Sabbaths. If to these seventy-eight Sabbaths we +add the three he spent at Thessalonica, the one at Philippi, and the two at +Antioch, we have a record of eighty-four Sabbaths on which the apostle +held religious services, while, so far as the record shows, he held only one +meeting on the first day of the week, and that a night meeting, immediately +following the Sabbath. See Acts 20. Evidently Sunday was not the +Sabbath in Paul's day. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. On what day was John in the Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I was in the Spirit <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">on the Lord's day</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 1:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Who is Lord of the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.</span></span>”</span> Mark 2:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What, through the prophet Isaiah, does the Lord call +the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing +thy pleasure on <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My holy day</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 58:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Why does the Lord call the Sabbath His day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, +and all that in them is, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rested the seventh day</span></span>: wherefore +the Lord <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blessed</span></span> the +Sabbath day, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hallowed</span></span> it.”</span> Ex. 20:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Through whom did God create the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God ... hath in these last days spoken unto us by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His +Son, ... by whom also He made the worlds</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 1:1, 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From +beginning to end, the Bible recognizes but one weekly +Sabbath,—the day upon which God rested in the beginning; which was +made known to Israel at Sinai (Neh. 9:13, 14); was observed by Christ +and His apostles; and is to be kept by the redeemed in the world to come. +Isa. 66:22, 23. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The terms Sabbath, Sabbaths, and Sabbath days occur sixty times in +the New Testament, and in every case but one refer to the seventh day. +In Col. 2:16, 17, reference is made to the annual sabbaths connected with +the three annual feasts observed by Israel before the first advent of Christ. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The first day of the week is mentioned but eight times in the New +Testament, six of which are found in the four Gospels, and refer to the day +on which Christ arose from the dead. See Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:2, 9; +Luke 24:1; John 20:1, 19. The other two (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2) refer +to the only religious meeting held on the first day of the week after the +ascension, in apostolic times, recorded in the New Testament, and to a +systematic accounting and laying by in store at home on that day for the +poor saints in Judea and Jerusalem. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +It is evident, therefore, that the Sabbath of the New Testament is the +same as the Sabbath of the Old Testament, and that there is nothing in the +New Testament setting aside the seventh-day Sabbath, and putting the +first day of the week in its place. +</span></p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page438">[pg 438]</span><a name="Pg438" id="Pg438" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc223" id="toc223"></a> +<a name="pdf224" id="pdf224"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Law of God</span></h2> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><colgroup span="2"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">As Given By Jehovah</td><td class="tei tei-cell">As Changed By Man</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">I</td><td class="tei tei-cell">I</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt have no other gods before me.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">II</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not make unto thee +any graven image, or any likeness +of anything that is in +heaven above, or that is in the +earth beneath, or that is in the +water under the earth: thou +shalt not bow down thyself to +them, nor serve them: for I the +Lord thy God am a jealous God, +visiting the iniquity of the fathers +upon the children unto the +third and fourth generation of +them that hate Me; and showing +mercy unto thousands of them +that love Me, and keep My commandments.</td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">III</td><td class="tei tei-cell">II</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for +the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">IV</td><td class="tei tei-cell">III</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Remember the Sabbath day, to +keep it holy. Six days shalt thou +labor, and do all thy work: but +the seventh day is the Sabbath of +the Lord thy God: in it thou +shalt not do any work, thou, nor +thy son, nor thy daughter, thy +man servant, nor thy maid servant, +nor thy cattle, nor thy +stranger that is within thy gates: +for in six days the Lord made +heaven and earth, the sea, and +all that in them is, and rested +the seventh day: wherefore the +Lord blessed the Sabbath day, +and hallowed it.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">V</td><td class="tei tei-cell">IV</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be +long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Honor thy father and thy mother.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">VI</td><td class="tei tei-cell">V</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not kill.</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not kill.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">VII</td><td class="tei tei-cell">VI</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not commit adultery.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not commit adultery.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">VIII</td><td class="tei tei-cell">VII</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not steal.</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not steal.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">IX</td><td class="tei tei-cell">VIII</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">X</td><td class="tei tei-cell">IX</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet +thy neighbor's wife, nor his man +servant, nor his maid servant, +nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything +that is thy neighbor's.</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">X</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Ex. 20:3-17.</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Butler's Catechism, page 28.</td></tr></tbody></table> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page439">[pg 439]</span><a name="Pg439" id="Pg439" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc225" id="toc225"></a> +<a name="pdf226" id="pdf226"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Change Of The Sabbath</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus439.png" alt="Illustration." title="Changing The Law. "He shall think to change the times and the law." Dan. 7:25, R. V." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Changing The Law. +"He shall think to change the times and +the law." Dan. 7:25, R. V.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Of what is the Sabbath commandment a part? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The law of God. See Ex. 20:8-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What, according to prophecy, was to be Christ's attitude +toward the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He +will magnify the law, and make it honorable</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 42:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In His first recorded discourse, what did Christ say of +the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: +I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”</span> Matt. 5:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How enduring did He say the law is? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For verily I say unto you. Till heaven and earth pass, one +jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be +fulfilled.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What did He say of those who should break one of the +least of God's commandments, and teach men so to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, +and shall teach men so, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall be called the least +in the kingdom of heaven</span></span>.”</span> Verse 19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From this +it is evident that the entire code of ten commandments +is binding in the Christian dispensation, and that Christ had no +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page440">[pg 440]</span><a name="Pg440" id="Pg440" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +thought of changing any of them. One of these commands the observance +of the seventh day as the Sabbath. But the practise of most Christians +is different; they keep the first day of the week instead, many of them believing +that Christ changed the Sabbath. But, from His own words, we +see that He came for no such purpose. The responsibility for this change +must therefore be looked for elsewhere. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What did God, through the prophet Daniel, say the +power represented by the <span class="tei tei-q">“little horn”</span> would think to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall +wear out the saints of the Most High: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall think to change +the times and the law</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 7:25, R. V. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—For a full +explanation of this symbol, see readings on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +Kingdom and Work of Antichrist</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Vicar of Christ,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> pages +</span><a href="#Pg218" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">218</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg224" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">224</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What did the apostle Paul say the <span class="tei tei-q">“man of sin”</span> would do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For that day shall not come, except there come a falling +away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or +that is worshiped</span></span>.”</span> 2 Thess. 2:3, 4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There is only +one way by which any power could exalt itself +above God, and that is by assuming to change the law of God, and to require +obedience to its own law instead of God's law. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What power has claimed authority to change the law of +God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The Papacy. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What part of the law of God especially has the Papacy +thought to change? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The fourth commandment. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">They +[the Catholics] allege the Sabbath changed into Sunday, +the Lord's day, contrary to the decalogue, as it appears; neither is +there any example more boasted of than the changing of the Sabbath day. +Great, say they, is the power and authority of the church, since it dispensed +with one of the ten commandments.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Augsburg +Confession, Art. XXVIII.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It [the Roman Catholic Church] has </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">reversed</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> the fourth commandment, +doing away with the Sabbath of God's Word, and instituting Sunday +as a holy day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">N. Summerbell, +in </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">History of the Christians,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page +418.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Why did God command Israel to hallow the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And hallow My Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between +Me and you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may know that I am the Lord your +God</span></span>.”</span> Eze. 20:20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As +the Sabbath was given that man might keep God in mind +as Creator, it can be readily seen that a power endeavoring to exalt itself +above God would first try to cover up or remove that which calls man's +special attention to his Creator. This could be done in no other way so +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page441">[pg 441]</span><a name="Pg441" id="Pg441" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +effectually as by setting aside God's memorial—the seventh-day Sabbath. +To this work of the Papacy Daniel had reference when he said, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">And he shall ... think to change </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">times</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> and +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">laws</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Dan. 7:25. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Does the Papacy acknowledge that it has changed the +Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +It does. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Question.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—How +prove you that the church hath power to +command feasts and holy days?</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Answer.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By the +very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, +which Protestants allow of; and therefore they fondly contradict themselves +by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other feast days +commanded by the same church.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Abridgment +of Christian Doctrine,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +by Rev. Henry Tuberville, D. D., of Douay College, France (1649), page 58.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ques.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Have +you any other way of proving that the church has +power to institute festivals of precept?</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ans.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Had +she not such power, she could not have done that in +which all modern religionists agree with her,—she could not have substituted +the observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, for the +observance of Saturday, the seventh day, a change for which there is +no Scriptural authority.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">A +Doctrinal Catechism,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by Rev. Stephen +Keenan, page 174.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Catholic Church of its own infallible authority created Sunday +a holy day to take the place of the Sabbath of +the old law.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Kansas City +Catholic, Feb. 9, 1893.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Catholic Church, ... by virtue of her divine mission, +changed the day from Saturday to Sunday.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Catholic +Mirror, official +organ of Cardinal Gibbons, Sept. 23, 1893.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ques.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Which is the Sabbath day?</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ans.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Saturday is the Sabbath day.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ques.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Why do we observe Sunday instead +of Saturday?</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ans.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—We observe Sunday +instead of Saturday because the Catholic +Church, in the Council of Laodicea (</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +336), transferred the solemnity +from Saturday to Sunday.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +by Rev. Peter Geiermann, C. SS. R., page 50, third edition, 1913, a +work which received the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">apostolic blessing</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> of Pope Pius X, Jan. 25, 1910.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +What was done at the Council of Laodicea was but one of the steps +by which the change of the Sabbath was effected. See under questions +17-21. The date usually given for this council is 364 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Do Catholic authorities acknowledge that there is no +command in the Bible for the sanctification of Sunday? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +They do. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">You may +read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and +you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. +The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which +we never sanctify.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Cardinal +Gibbons, in </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Faith of Our Fathers,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +edition 1892, page 111.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Sunday is a Catholic institution, and its claims to observance can +be defended only on Catholic principles.... From beginning to end +of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of +weekly public worship from the last day of the week to +the first.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Catholic +Press (Sydney, Australia), Aug. 25, 1900.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page442">[pg 442]</span><a name="Pg442" id="Pg442" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Do Protestant writers acknowledge the same? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +They do. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Is there +no express commandment for observing the first +day of the week as Sabbath, instead of the seventh day?—None whatever. +Neither Christ, nor His apostles, nor the first Christians celebrated the +first day of the week instead of the seventh as +the Sabbath.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">New York +Weekly Tribune, May 24, 1900.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Scriptures nowhere call the first day of the week the Sabbath.... +There is no Scriptural authority for so doing, nor of course any +Scriptural obligation.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Watchman (Baptist).</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The observance of the first instead of the seventh day rests on the +testimony of the church, and the church +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">alone</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Hobart Church News +(Episcopalian), July 2, 1894.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +For additional testimonies, see reading on page </span><a href="#Pg454" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">454</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How did this change in observance of days come about, +suddenly or gradually? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gradually. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Christian +church made no formal, but a gradual and +almost unconscious transference of the one day to the +other.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Voice +From Sinai,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by Archdeacon F. W. Farrar, page 167.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +This of itself is evidence that there was no divine command for the +change of the Sabbath. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. For how long a time was the seventh-day Sabbath observed +in the Christian church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +For many centuries. In fact, its observance has never +wholly ceased in the Christian church. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Mr. Morer, +a learned clergyman of the Church of England, +says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The primitive Christians had a great veneration for the Sabbath, +and spent the day in devotion and sermons. And it is not to be doubted +that they derived this practise from the apostles +themselves.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dialogues +on the Lord's Day,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 189.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Prof. E. Brerwood, of Gresham College, London (Episcopal), says: +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Sabbath was religiously observed in the Eastern church three hundred +years and more after our Saviour's passion.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Learned +Treatise of +the Sabbath,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 77.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Lyman Coleman, a careful and candid historian, says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Down even +to the fifth century the observance of the Jewish Sabbath was continued +in the Christian church, but with a rigor and solemnity gradually diminishing +until it was wholly discontinued.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ancient +Christianity Exemplified,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +chap. 26, sec. 2.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The historian Socrates, who wrote about the middle of the fifth century, +says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Almost all the churches throughout the world celebrate the sacred +mysteries on the Sabbath of every week, yet the Christians of Alexandria +and at Rome, on account of some ancient tradition, refuse to +do this.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ecclesiastical +History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> book 5, chap. 22.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Sozomen, another historian of the same period, writes: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The people +of Constantinople, and of several other cities, assemble together on the +Sabbath as well as on the next day; which custom is never observed at +Rome.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ecclesiastical History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> book 7, chap. 19.</span></span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page443">[pg 443]</span><a name="Pg443" id="Pg443" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +All this would have been inconceivable and impossible had there been +a divine command given for the change of the Sabbath. The last two +quotations also show that Rome led in the apostasy and in the change of +the Sabbath. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What striking testimony is borne by Neander, the noted +church historian, regarding the origin of the Sunday sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Opposition to Judaism introduced the particular festival +of Sunday very early, indeed, into the place of the Sabbath.... +The festival of Sunday, like all other festivals, was always +only a human ordinance, and it was far from the intentions +of the apostles to establish a divine command in this +respect, far from them, and from the early apostolic church, +to transfer the laws of the Sabbath to Sunday. Perhaps at the +end of the second century a false application of this kind had +begun to take place; for men appear by that time to have considered +laboring on Sunday as a sin.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Neander's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Church +History</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> Rose's translation, page 186.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Who first enjoined Sunday-keeping by law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Constantine the Great. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The earliest +recognition of the observance of Sunday as a +legal duty is a constitution of Constantine in 321 +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, enacting that all +courts of justice, inhabitants of towns, and workshops were to be at rest +on Sunday (</span><span lang="la" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="la"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">venerabili die Solis</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">), +with an exception in favor of those engaged +in agricultural labor.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Encyclopedia Britannica, ninth edition, +article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sunday.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Constantine the Great made a law for the whole empire +(321 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">) +that Sunday should be kept as a day of rest in all cities and towns; but he +allowed the country people to follow their +work.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Encyclopedia Americana, +article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sabbath.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Unquestionably the first law, either ecclesiastical or civil, by which +the Sabbatical observance of that day is known to have been ordained, +is the edict of Constantine, 321 +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Chambers's Encyclopedia, +article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sabbath.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What did Constantine's law require? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let all the judges and town people, and the occupation +of all trades rest on the venerable day of the sun; but let those +who are situated in the country, freely and at full liberty, attend +to the business of agriculture; because it often happens +that no other day is so fit for sowing corn and planting vines; +lest the critical moment being let slip, men should lose the commodities +granted by heaven.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Edict of +March 7, 321 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic">, +Corpus Juris Civilis Cod., lib. 3, tit. 12, 3.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This edict, issued +by Constantine, under whom the Christian +church and the Roman state were first united, in a manner supplied the +lack of a divine command for Sunday observance, and may be considered +the original Sunday law, and the model after which all Sunday laws since +then have been patterned. It was one of the important steps in bringing +about and establishing the change of the Sabbath. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page444">[pg 444]</span><a name="Pg444" id="Pg444" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What testimony does Eusebius (270-338), a noted bishop +of the church, a flatterer of Constantine, and the reputed father +of ecclesiastical history, bear upon this subject? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All things whatsoever that it was duty to do on the Sabbath, +these <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we</span></span> have transferred +to the Lord's day.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Commentary +on the Psalms,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> Cox's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Sabbath Literature</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> Vol. I, page 361.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The change of +the Sabbath was the result of the combined +efforts of church and state, and it was centuries before it was fully accomplished. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. When and by what church council was the observance +of the seventh day forbidden, and Sunday observance enjoined? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The seventh-day Sabbath was ... solemnized by +Christ, the apostles, and primitive Christians, till <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Laodicean +Council</span></span> did, in a manner, quite abolish the observation of it. + ... The Council of Laodicea [<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 364] ... first +settled the observation of the Lord's day.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Prynne's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Dissertation +on the Lord's Day Sabbath,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> page 163.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What did this council, in its twenty-ninth canon, decree +concerning the Sabbath and Christians who continued to observe +it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday [Sabbath], +but shall work on that day.... If, however, they +are found Judaizing, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall be shut +out from Christ</span></span>.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Hefele's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">History of the Councils of the Church,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> Vol. II, page 316.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Some of +the further steps taken by church and state authorities +in bringing about this change may be noted as follows:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In 386, under Gratian, Valentinian, and Theodosius, it was decreed +that all litigation and business should cease [on Sunday]....</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Among the doctrines laid down in a letter of Pope Innocent I, written +in the last year of his papacy (416), is that Saturday should be observed +as a fast-day....</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In 425, under Theodosius the Younger, abstinence from theatricals +and the circus [on Sunday] was enjoined....</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In 538, at a council at Orleans, ... it was ordained that everything +previously permitted on Sunday should still be lawful; but that work +at the plow, or in the vineyard, and cutting, reaping, threshing, tilling, and +hedging should be abstained from, that people might more conveniently +attend church....</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">About 590 Pope Gregory, in a letter to the Roman people, denounced +as the prophets of Antichrist those who maintained that work ought not +to be done on the seventh day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Law +of Sunday</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by James T. Ringgold, +pages 265-267.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The last paragraph of the foregoing quotation indicates that even as +late as 590 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> there were those in +the church who observed and who taught +the observance of the Bible Sabbath, the seventh day. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What determines whose servants we are? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page445">[pg 445]</span><a name="Pg445" id="Pg445" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants +to obey, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">his servants ye are to whom ye obey</span></span>?”</span> Rom. 6:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. When tempted to bow down and worship Satan, what +reply did Christ make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Get thee hence, Satan</span></span>: for it is written, Thou shalt worship +the Lord thy God, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Him only shalt thou serve</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 4:10, +11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. What do Catholics say of the observance of Sunday by +Protestants? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It was the Catholic Church which, by the authority of +Jesus Christ, has transferred this rest to the Sunday in remembrance +of the resurrection of our Lord. Thus <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the observance +of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of +themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] +church</span></span>.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Plain +Talk About the Protestantism of Today,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> by Mgr. Segur, page 213.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What kind of worship does the Saviour call that which +is not according to God's commandments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in vain they do worship Me</span></span>, teaching +for doctrines <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +commandments of men</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 15:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. When Israel had apostatized, and were almost universally +worshiping Baal, what appeal did Elijah make to them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“How long halt ye between two opinions? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if the Lord be God, +follow Him: but if Baal, then follow him.</span></span>”</span> 1 Kings 18:21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In times +of ignorance God winks at that which otherwise +would be sin; but when light comes He commands men everywhere to repent. +Acts 17:30. The period during which the saints, times, and the +law of God were to be in the hands of the Papacy has expired (Dan. 7:25); +the true light on the Sabbath question is now shining; and God is sending +a message to the world, calling upon men to fear and worship Him, and to +return to the observance of His holy rest day, the seventh-day Sabbath. +Rev. 14:6-12; Isa. 56:1; 58:1, 12-14. See pages +</span><a href="#Pg259" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">259</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg446" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">446</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg463" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">463</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg547" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">547</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Who is on the Lord's side</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Always true?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There's a right and wrong side,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where stand you?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thousands on the wrong side</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Choose to stand,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Still 'tis not the strong side,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">True and grand.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Come and join the Lord's side:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Ask you why?—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis the only safe side</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%">By and by.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">F. E. Belden.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page446">[pg 446]</span><a name="Pg446" id="Pg446" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc227" id="toc227"></a> +<a name="pdf228" id="pdf228"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Seal Of God And The Mark +Of Apostasy</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus446.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Angel With The Seal. "Bind up the testimony, seal the law among My disciples." Isa. 8:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Angel With The Seal. +"Bind up the testimony, seal the law among +My disciples." Isa. 8:16.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What does the Bible present as the object of a sign, +or seal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now, O king, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">establish</span></span> +the decree, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sign the writing, +that it be not changed</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 6:8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That is, +affix the signature of royalty, that it may have the +proper authority, and thus be of force. Anciently it was customary for +kings to use a ring, containing their name, initials, or monogram, for this +purpose. Jezebel, the wife of Ahab, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">wrote letters in Ahab's </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">name</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and +sealed them with his </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">seal</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 1 Kings 21:8. Of the decree issued under +Ahasuerus for the slaying of all the Jews throughout the Persian Empire, +it is said that </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">in the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">name</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of King Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed +with the king's </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">ring</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Esther 3:12. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What are the three essentials to an official seal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +To be complete, an official seal must show three things: +(1) The name of the lawgiver; (2) his official position, title, or +authority, and so his right to rule; and (3) his kingdom, or the +extent of his dominion and jurisdiction. Thus: <span class="tei tei-q">“Woodrow +Wilson, President of the United States,”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“George IV, King of +Great Britain,”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“Nicholas II, Czar of Russia.”</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. With what is God's seal connected? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Bind up the testimony, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seal</span></span> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">THE LAW</span></span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">among My disciples</span></span>.”</span> +Isa. 8:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Does the first commandment show who the author of +the law is? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt have no other gods before <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Me</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 20:3. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page447">[pg 447]</span><a name="Pg447" id="Pg447" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Who the +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">me</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> here spoken of is, the commandment itself +does not state. Such a prohibition might come from any source. Any +heathen could claim it as a command from his god, and, so far as the commandment +itself goes, no one could disprove his claim. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Does the second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, +or tenth commandment indicate the author of the decalogue? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +No; none of them. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +second commandment forbids the making of and bowing +down to images, but does not in itself reveal who the true God is. The +third commandment says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy +God in vain,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> but it likewise fails to reveal the true God and giver of the +law. A worshiper of the sun might say he kept this commandment so far +as it itself reveals what god is meant. So of the other commandments +here referred to. In the last five commandments the name of God is not +even mentioned. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Which commandment alone of the decalogue reveals the +true God and Author of the law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days +shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is +the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any +work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, +nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is +within thy gates: for in six days <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord made heaven and earth, +the sea, and all that in them is</span></span>, and rested the seventh day: wherefore +the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.”</span> +Verses 8-11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The fourth commandment alone +reveals the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">name</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">authority</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">dominion</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of the Author of this law. +In six days, (1) the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Lord</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> (name); +(2) </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">made</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> (office, Creator); (3) </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">heaven and earth</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(dominion). This commandment +alone, therefore, contains </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">seal</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of the living God.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> By +what is revealed in this commandment is shown what God is referred to in +the other commandments. By the great truth revealed here all other gods +are shown to be false gods. The Sabbath commandment, therefore, contains +the seal of God; and the Sabbath itself, the observance of which is +enjoined by the commandment, is inseparably connected with this seal; +it is to be kept in memory of the fact that God is the Creator of all +things; and it is itself called a </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">sign</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of the knowledge of this great truth. +Ex. 31:17; Eze. 20:20. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What reason does God give for the Sabbath being an +everlasting sign between Him and His people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a sign</span></span> between Me and the children of Israel forever: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh +day He rested, and was refreshed</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 31:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +Sabbath is the sign, or mark, or seal, of the true God, the +Creator. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Of what does God say the keeping or hallowing of the +Sabbath is a sign? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page448">[pg 448]</span><a name="Pg448" id="Pg448" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And hallow My Sabbaths; and they shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a sign</span></span> between +Me and you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may know that I am the Lord your God</span></span>.”</span> +Eze. 20:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Of what besides a knowledge of God as Creator, is the +Sabbath a sign? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a sign</span></span> between +Me and you throughout your generations; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may know +that I am the Lord that doth</span></span> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">sanctify</span></span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">you</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 31:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Sabbath is +the great sign of God's creative power wherever +and however manifested, whether in creation or redemption; for redemption +is creation—</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">re</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">-creation. It requires +the same power to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">redeem</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +that it does to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">create</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Create</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> in me a clean heart.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Ps. 51:10. +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For we are His workmanship, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">created</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> in Christ Jesus unto good works.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Eph. 2:10. At each recurrence of the Sabbath, God designs that it shall +call Him to mind as the One who created us, and whose grace and sanctifying +power are working in us to fit us for His eternal kingdom. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What scripture shows that a special sealing work is to +take place just before the letting loose of the winds of destruction +upon the earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And after these things I saw four angels standing on the +four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, +that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor +on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">having the seal of the living God</span></span>: and he cried with a loud voice +to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and +the sea, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, +till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads</span></span>. And +I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were +sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes +of the children of Israel.”</span> Rev. 7:1-4. See Eze. 9:1-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Where did the apostle see this same company a little +later, and what did they have in their foreheads? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">on the mount Sion</span></span>, +and with Him an hundred forty and four thousand, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">having His +Father's name written in their foreheads</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 14:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">seal of God</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +and the Father's </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">name</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> must refer to the same +thing. The seal is the sign or stamp of perfection, and God's name stands +for His character, which is perfection. And the Sabbath of God, kept as +God ordained it to be kept, holy, and in holiness, is </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">a sign</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of this same +thing—perfection of character. When this seal is finally placed upon +God's people, it will be an evidence that His grace and His sanctifying +power have done their work, and fitted them for heaven. In the world to +come, all will keep the Sabbath, and will therefore have this seal or mark +of sanctification, holiness, and perfection of character. Isa. 66:22, 23. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page449">[pg 449]</span><a name="Pg449" id="Pg449" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What is said of the character of these sealed ones? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And in their mouth was found no guile: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they are without +fault before the throne of God</span></span>.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How is the remnant church described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Here is the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">patience</span></span> of +the saints: here are they that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">keep +the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Against what three things does the third angel of Revelation +14 warn men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, +If any man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark +in his forehead, or in his hand</span></span>, the same shall drink of the wine +of the wrath of God.”</span> Verses 9, 10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +beast represents the Papacy; the image to the beast +represents another ecclesiastical body dominating civil power. See readings +on pages </span><a href="#Pg268" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">268</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg271" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">271</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +And over against the seal of God stands the mark +of the beast, the mark of apostasy. Against this false and idolatrous worship +and the reception of this mark, God sends this solemn warning. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What power mentioned in the thirteenth chapter of +Revelation is to enforce this mark? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he</span></span> [the two-horned beast] causeth all, both small and +great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a mark</span></span> in their +right hand, or in their foreheads.”</span> Rev. 13:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +two-horned beast is understood to represent the United +States of America. See reading on page </span><a href="#Pg271" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">271</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +As this nation repudiates +her principles of civil and religious liberty, and becomes a persecuting +power, other nations will follow her example in oppressing those who +refuse to yield their allegiance to God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What does the Papacy set forth as the mark, or sign, +of its power and authority? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Question.</span></span>—How prove you +that the church hath power to +command feasts and holy days?</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Answer.—By the +very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday</span></span>, +which Protestants allow of.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Abridgment of Christian +Doctrine,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> by Rev. Henry Tuberville, D. D., page 58.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In a +letter written in November, 1895, Mr. H. F. Thomas, +chancellor to Cardinal Gibbons, replying to an inquiry as to whether the +Catholic Church claims to have changed the Sabbath, said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Of course the +Catholic Church claims that the change was her act, ... and the +act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> For other +statements concerning this, see pages </span><a href="#Pg441" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">441</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg444" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">444</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg464" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">464</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The true Sabbath being a sign of loyalty to the true God, it is but +natural that the false sabbath should be regarded as a sign of allegiance +to apostasy. And such we find to be the case. +</span></p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page450">[pg 450]</span><a name="Pg450" id="Pg450" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What do papal authorities say of the observance of Sunday +by Protestants? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The observance of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sunday</span></span> by the Protestants is an homage +they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] +church.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Plain Talk About the Protestantism of Today,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> +by Monsignor Segur, page 213.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +statement here made is true, and a full realization of the +fact will lead those who honestly, but ignorantly, have heretofore been +observing Sunday as the Sabbath, to refuse longer to pay homage to apostasy, +and return to the observance of that which is the sign of loyalty to +heaven,—the only weekly day of rest which God, in His Word, has commanded +men to keep holy, the seventh day. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What will be the dragon's attitude toward the remnant +people who keep the commandments of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the dragon <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">was wroth with the woman, and went to make +war with the remnant of her seed</span></span>, which keep the commandments +of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”</span> Rev. 12:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How strongly will this false worship and the enforcement +of this mark be urged? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That the image of the beast should both speak, and cause +[decree] that as many as would not worship the image of the +beast <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">should be killed</span></span>. And he causeth all, both small and great, +rich and poor, free and bond, to receive <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a mark</span></span> in their right +hand, or in their foreheads: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that no man might buy or sell, +save he that had the mark</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 13:15-17. See note under +question 19, on page <a href="#Pg227" class="tei tei-ref">227</a>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Over what do the people of God finally gain the victory? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and +them that had gotten the victory <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">over the beast, and over his image, +and over his mark, and over the number of his name</span></span>, stand on the +sea of glass, having the harps of God.”</span> Rev. 15:2. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The God that made the earth,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And all the worlds on high,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Who gave all creatures birth,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">In earth, and sea, and sky,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">After six days in work employed,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Upon the seventh a rest enjoyed.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The Sabbath day was blessed,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Hallowed, and sanctified;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It was Jehovah's rest,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And so it must abide;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Twas set apart before the fall,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Twas made for man, 'twas made for all.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 25.20em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">R. F. Cottrell.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page451">[pg 451]</span><a name="Pg451" id="Pg451" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc229" id="toc229"></a> +<a name="pdf230" id="pdf230"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Lord's Day</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus451.png" alt="Illustration." title="John's Vision On Patmos. "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day." Rev. 1:10." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">John's Vision On Patmos. +"I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day." +Rev. 1:10.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. From what time was Christ, the Word, associated with +God, the Father? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In the beginning</span></span> was the Word, and the Word was with +God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning +with God.”</span> John 1:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. By whom were all things created? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in +God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who created all things by Jesus Christ</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 3:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. By whom were the worlds made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake +in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these +last days spoken unto us by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His Son, ... by whom also +He made the worlds</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 1:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How does Paul again express this same truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by Him were all things created</span></span>, that are in heaven, and +that are in earth, visible and invisible, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all things were +created by Him</span></span>, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by +Him all things consist.”</span> Col. 1:16, 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Was there anything made without Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All things were made by Him; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without Him was not +anything made that was made</span></span>.”</span> John 1:3. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page452">[pg 452]</span><a name="Pg452" id="Pg452" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Was the Sabbath <span class="tei tei-q">“made”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Sabbath was +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps">made</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> for man</span></span>.”</span> +Mark 2:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Then by whom was the Sabbath made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +By Christ. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +conclusion is inevitable. If all things were made by +Christ, and without Him was not anything made that was made, and the +Sabbath was one of the things that was made, then it follows that the Sabbath +must have been made by Christ. This being so, the Sabbath must +be the Lord's day. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What did God do in the beginning on the seventh day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had +made; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He rested on the seventh day</span></span> from all His work which +He had made.”</span> Gen. 2:2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—If all +things were made by Jesus Christ, then He, with the +Father, rested on the first seventh day from all His labor in the work of +creation. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. After resting on the seventh day, what did God do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because +that in it He had rested</span></span> from all His work which God created +and made.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—And inasmuch +as this blessing and this sanctification of the +day were a part of the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">making</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of +the Sabbath, as well as the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">resting</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> upon +the day, these also must have been done by Christ; for the Sabbath was +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">made</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> by Him. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How much honor is due to Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That all men should honor the Son, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even as they honor the +Father</span></span>.”</span> John 5:23. <span class="tei tei-q">“I and My Father are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">one</span></span>.”</span> John +10:30. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In keeping the +Sabbath, then, we honor Christ equally with +the Father. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Did Christ keep the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought +up: and, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the +Sabbath day, and stood up for to read</span></span>.”</span> Luke 4:16. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have +kept My Father's commandments.</span></span>”</span> John 15:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Did Christ's followers keep the Sabbath after His death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment</span></span>.”</span> Luke +23:56. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page453">[pg 453]</span><a name="Pg453" id="Pg453" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Did they observe it after His resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Paul, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as his manner was</span></span>, +went in unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and three +Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures</span></span>.”</span> Acts +17:2. See also Acts 13:14, 42, 44; 16:13; 18:1-4, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. On what day does John say he was in the Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I was in the Spirit on <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord's day</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 1:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What day does the commandment say is the Lord's? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The seventh day</span></span> is the Sabbath of the Lord.”</span> Ex. 20:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. By whose Spirit did the prophets write? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Spirit of Christ</span></span> which was in them.”</span> 1 Peter 1:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What does the prophet Isaiah, speaking for God through +this Spirit of Christ, call the seventh-day Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“My holy day.”</span> Isa. 58:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Does Christ anywhere in the Scriptures ever claim any +other day of the week than the seventh as His? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +He does not. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—We do not +need to speculate as to what day is the Lord's, if +we will but take the Word of God for our guide, for loyalty to which John +was banished to the isle of Patmos. See Rev. 1:9. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. If John, therefore, referred to a day of the week, on what +day must he have been in the Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The seventh day. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—No other +day of the week in all the Bible is claimed by God +as His day. During the second, third, and fourth centuries of the Christian +era, when apostasy came in like a flood, men, without any warrant +or command of Scripture, thinking to do honor to Christ and despite +to the Jews who crucified Christ, began to neglect the Sabbath of the +fourth commandment, and to honor the day of the week on which Christ +rose from the dead, the first day, as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the Lord's day,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> until finally the +Sabbath was almost wholly lost sight of, and the Sunday quite generally +took its place. But there was no more warrant for this change in the divine +and unchangeable law of God than there was for other errors and changes +which crept into the professed Christian church during this same time, such +as abstaining from meat on Friday in honor of the crucifixion; Mariolatry, +or the worship of the Virgin Mary; the mass; purgatory; indulgences; +prayers for the dead; saint-worship; and the human vicarship of Christ. +There was no more divine authority for one than for the others. All came +in through apostasy. The Bible knows but one true and living God, one +Lawgiver, one Mediator between God and man, one Lord and Saviour +Jesus Christ, one body, one Spirit, one hope, one faith, one baptism, and +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">one Sabbath</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. See Jer. 10:10-12; Rev. 14:6, 7; 1 Tim. 2:5; Eph. 4:4-6; +Ex. 20:8-11. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page454">[pg 454]</span><a name="Pg454" id="Pg454" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc231" id="toc231"></a> +<a name="pdf232" id="pdf232"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Walking As He Walked</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus454.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jesus In The Synagogue On The Sabbath. "Leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps." 1 Peter 2:21." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jesus In The Synagogue On +The Sabbath. +"Leaving us an example, that ye should +follow His steps." 1 Peter 2:21.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. The way of the Christian life was set for us by Jesus +Himself. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">walk, even as He walked</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 2:6. <span class="tei tei-q">“Leaving us an example, +that ye should <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">follow His steps</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 2:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. The footprints that Jesus set for us to follow, lead unvaryingly +along the way of God's commandments. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have kept My Father's commandments</span></span>, and abide in His +love.”</span> John 15:10. <span class="tei tei-q">“For this is the love of God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that we keep +His commandments</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. The pathway is the same today as when Jesus walked in +Judea. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus Christ <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the same yesterday, and today, and forever</span></span>.”</span> +Heb. 13:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. When it is shown that Jesus kept the seventh day holy +as our example, many ask, <span class="tei tei-q">“Why have not scholar and churchmen +found out that there is no Bible authority for first-day +sacredness?”</span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page455">[pg 455]</span><a name="Pg455" id="Pg455" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The answer is, They have found it so, and have freely declared +the fact. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">Testimony Of Eminent Men</span></h3> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. The extracts that follow are from noted clergymen, scholars, +and eminent writers, all of whom doubtless kept the Sunday +as a matter of church custom. But they nevertheless +bear witness that there is no Bible command for it. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Church Of England Writers +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Archdeacon Farrar: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Sabbath is Saturday, the seventh day of +the week.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Christian church made no formal, but a gradual and +almost unconscious transference of the one day to the +other.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Voice From Sinai,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> pages 163, 167.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Canon Eyton (of Westminster): </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There is no word, no hint, in the +New Testament about abstaining from work on Sunday.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The observance +of Ash Wednesday or Lent stands exactly on the same footing as +the observance of Sunday.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Constantine's decree was the first public +step in establishing the first day of the week as a day on which there +should be secular rest as well as religious worship.... Into the rest +of Sunday no divine law enters.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Ten +Commandments,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> Trubners +& Co.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Canon Knox-Little, replying to those who quote the example of Christ +against the High-church ritualism, says:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It is certain that our Lord when on earth </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">did</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> observe Saturday, and +did </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">not</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> observe Sunday.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">If they are consistent, as I have said, they +must keep Saturday, not Sunday, as the day of +rest.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sacerdotalism,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +Longman Company.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Sir William Domville: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Centuries of the Christian era passed away +before the Sunday was observed by the Christian church +as a Sabbath.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Examination +of Six Texts,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> chap. 8, page 291.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Writers Of Other Churches +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Bishop Grimelund, of Norway (Lutheran): </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Christians in the +ancient church very soon distinguished the first day of the week, Sunday; +however, not as a sabbath, but as an assembly day of the church, to study +the Word of God together.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Geschichte +des Sonntags,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 60.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Dr. R. W. Dale (British Congregationalist): </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It is quite clear that +however rigidly or devotedly we may spend Sunday, we are not keeping +the Sabbath.... The Sabbath was founded on a specific, divine +command. We can plead no such command for the observance of Sunday.... +There is not a single line in the New Testament to suggest +that we incur any penalty by violating the supposed sanctity +of Sunday.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Ten Commandments,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> Hodder and Stoughton, pages 106, 107.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Dr. Lyman Abbott (American Congregationalist): </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The current +notion that Christ and His apostles authoritatively substituted the first +day for the seventh, is absolutely without any authority in +the New Testament.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Christian +Union, June 26, 1890.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Dr. Edward T. Hiscock (Baptist): </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There was and is a commandment +to </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">keep holy the Sabbath day,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> but that Sabbath was not Sunday. +It will, however, be readily said, and with some show of triumph, that the +Sabbath was transferred from the seventh to the first day of the week.... +Where can the record of such a transaction be found? Not in the +New Testament—absolutely not.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +New York Examiner, Nov. 16, +1893.</span></span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page456">[pg 456]</span><a name="Pg456" id="Pg456" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Dr. D. H. Lucas (Disciple): </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There is no direct Scriptural authority for +designating the first day the Lord's day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Christian +Oracle, Jan. 23, 1890.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Cardinal Gibbons (Roman Catholic): </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">You may read the Bible from +Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the +sanctification of Sunday.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Faith +of Our Fathers,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> edition 1892, page 111.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Prize Essay of American Sunday-school Union: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Up to the time of +Christ's death, no change had been made in the day.... So far as +the record shows, they [the apostles] did not give any explicit command enjoining +the abandonment of the seventh-day Sabbath, and its observance +on the first day of the week.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Lord's +Day,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> pages 185, 186.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Encyclopedias And Church Manuals +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Dictionary of Christian Antiquities:</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The notion of a formal substitution +by apostolic authority of the Lord's day [meaning Sunday] for the +Jewish Sabbath, and the transference to it, perhaps in a spiritualized form, +of the Sabbatical obligation established by the promulgation of the fourth +commandment, has no basis whatever, either in the Holy Scriptures or in +Christian antiquity.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sabbath,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +Smith and Cheetham.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Cyclopedia of Biblical Theology:</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It must be confessed that there +is no law in the New Testament concerning the first +day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sabbath,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +McClintock and Strong.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Methodist Episcopal </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Theological Compend,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> by Amos Binney: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It +is true, there is no positive command for infant baptism.... Nor is +there any for keeping holy the first day of the +week.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Pages 180, 181.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Protestant Episcopal </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Manual of Christian Doctrine:</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Is there any +command in the New Testament to change the day of weekly rest from +Saturday?—None.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Page 127.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Protestant Episcopal </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Explanation of Catechism:</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The day is now +changed from the seventh to the first day; ... but as we meet with +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">no Scriptural direction for the change</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, we may conclude it was done by the +authority of the church.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What influence do the Bible and history show working +in the church immediately after apostolic days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse +things, to draw away disciples after them.”</span> Acts 20:30. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In +the interval between the days of the apostles and the +conversion of Constantine, the Christian commonwealth changed its aspect.... +Rites and ceremonies of which neither Paul nor Peter ever +heard, crept silently into use, and then claimed the rank +of divine institutions.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. +W. D. Killen's (Presbyterian) </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Ancient Church,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> Preface.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What did Christ say of worship based upon the commandments +of men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In vain they do worship Me</span></span>, +teaching for doctrines the commandments +of men.”</span> Matt. 15:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What did He say should be done with every plant not +planted by God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Every plant, which My Heavenly Father hath not planted, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall be rooted up</span></span>.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page457">[pg 457]</span><a name="Pg457" id="Pg457" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc233" id="toc233"></a> +<a name="pdf234" id="pdf234"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Sabbath In History</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus457.png" alt="Illustration." title="Israel In Captivity. "To fulfil the word of the Lord, ... until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths." 2 Chron. 36:21." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Israel In Captivity. +"To fulfil the word of the Lord, ... +until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths." +2 Chron. 36:21.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. When and by what acts was the Sabbath made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And on <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the seventh day</span></span> God ended His work which He had +made; and He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rested</span></span> on the seventh day from all His work which +He had made. And God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blessed</span></span> the +seventh day, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sanctified</span></span> +it: because that in it He had rested from all His work which +God created and made.”</span> Gen. 2:2, 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What division of time is marked off by the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The week. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">One of the +most striking collateral confirmations of the +Mosaic history of the creation is the general adoption of the division of +time into </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">weeks</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, which extends from the Christian states of Europe to the +remote shores of Hindustan, and has equally prevailed among the Hebrews, +the Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks, Romans, and northern barbarians,—nations +some of whom had little or no intercourse with others, and were +not even known by name to the Hebrews.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Horne's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Introduction to the +Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> Vol. I, page 69, edition +1841.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Seven has been the ancient and honored number among the nations +of the earth. They have measured their time by weeks from the beginning. +The original of this was the Sabbath of God, as Moses has given the +reasons for it in his writings.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Brief +Dissertation on the First Three Chapters +of Genesis,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by Dr. Lyman Coleman, page 26.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Gen. 7:4, 10; 8:10, 12, show that the week was known at the time +of the flood. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How widely recognized is the seventh-day Sabbath in +the different languages of the world today? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page458">[pg 458]</span><a name="Pg458" id="Pg458" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +It is very generally so recognized. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Some years +ago the late Dr. William Mead Jones, of London, +published a </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Chart of the Week,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> showing the style of the weekly cycle +and the designations of the different days of the week in one hundred and +sixty different languages. This chart shows very vividly that the seven-day +period, or week, was known from the most ancient times, and that in +no fewer than one hundred and eight of these languages the seventh day +is designated as the Sabbath, or holy day. The following is from this +chart:— +</span></p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><colgroup span="3"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">English</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">The seventh day</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">The Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Hebrew</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shabbath</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Greek</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbaton</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Latin</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbatum</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Arabic</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Assabt</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">The Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Persian</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shambin</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Armenian</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shapat</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Turkish</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Yomessabt</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Day the Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Abyssinian</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sanbat</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Russian</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Subbota</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Polish</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sobota</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Hindustani</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shamba</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Malay</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Ari-Sabtu</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Day Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Afghan</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shamba</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">German</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Samstag</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Prussian</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabatico</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">French</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Samedi</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath day</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Italian</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbato</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Spanish</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabado</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Portuguese</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbado</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sabbath</span></td></tr></tbody></table> + +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What reason did God assign at Sinai for having blessed +and set apart the seventh day as a day of holy rest? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, +and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day.”</span> Ex. +20:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What promise did God make to Israel, through Jeremiah, +if they would keep the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently harken unto Me, +saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this +city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no +work therein; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings +and princes sitting upon the throne of David</span></span>, riding in chariots +and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and +the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this city +shall remain forever</span></span>.”</span> +Jer. 17:24, 25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What did He say would happen if they did not hallow the +Sabbath day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if ye will not harken unto Me to hallow the Sabbath day</span></span>, +and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page459">[pg 459]</span><a name="Pg459" id="Pg459" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +on the Sabbath day; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then will I kindle a fire in the gates +thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall +not be quenched</span></span>.”</span> Verse 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What befell the city of Jerusalem when it was captured +by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in 588 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And all the vessels of the house of God ... he +brought to Babylon. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they burnt the house of God, and brake +down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with +fire</span></span>.”</span> 2 Chron. 36:18, 19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why was this done? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, +until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay +desolate she kept sabbath.”</span> Verse 21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Israel's +Babylonish captivity, under Nebuchadnezzar and +his sons, was seventy years long because that for 420 years, or for six times +seventy years,—from the days of Solomon to Nebuchadnezzar's time,—they +had largely neglected to keep the Sabbath. See Eze. 22:8, 26; Jer. +25:8-11; 17:24, 27; 2 Chron. 36:15-21. The seventy years' desolation +made up for the 420 years of Sabbath desecration. So during the millennium, +or the one thousand years after Christ's second advent, the whole +earth will lie desolate, or keep sabbath, for one thousand years, because +that for six thousand years the world's inhabitants have disregarded the +Sabbath. See this period and condition pointed out in Rev. 20:1-4; Isa. +24:1-6; Jer. 4:23-27. The periods of rest and desolation of the land are +divinely appointed sabbatical compensations for man's irreligion, as manifested +in Sabbath desecration. They are impressive lessons on the importance +of keeping the seventh-day Sabbath, and the results of breaking +and disregarding it. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. After Israel's restoration from the Babylonian captivity, +what did Nehemiah say was the reason for their punishment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto +them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">profane the Sabbath +day? Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring +all this evil upon us, and upon this city?</span></span> yet ye bring more wrath +upon Israel <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by profaning the Sabbath</span></span>.”</span> Neh. 13:17, 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How does he speak of God's giving the Sabbath to Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest +with them from heaven, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gavest them right judgments, and true +laws, good statutes and commandments: and madest known unto +them Thy holy Sabbath</span></span>.”</span> Neh. 9:13, 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Let it be +noted that this text does not say that God </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">made</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> the +Sabbath then, but simply that He made it </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">known</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> to Israel then. They had +largely forgotten it while in Egypt. See pages </span><a href="#Pg419" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">419</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg423" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">423</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How did Christ, while on earth, regard the Sabbath? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page460">[pg 460]</span><a name="Pg460" id="Pg460" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought +up: and, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the +Sabbath day</span></span>, and stood up for to read.”</span> Luke 4:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. By what did Christ recognize the Sabbath law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, ... It is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lawful</span></span> to do well +on the Sabbath days.”</span> Matt. 12:11, 12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—William +Prynne says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It is certain that Christ Himself, His +apostles, and the primitive Christians for some good space of time, did constantly +observe the seventh-day Sabbath.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dissertation on the Lord's +Day Sabbath,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 33.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Morer, a learned clergyman of the Church of England, says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +primitive Christians had a great veneration for the Sabbath, and spent +the day in devotion and sermons. And it is not to be doubted that they +derived this practise from the apostles themselves, as appears by several +scriptures to that purpose.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Morer's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dialogues on the Lord's Day,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +page 189.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The historian Neander says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Opposition to Judaism introduced the +particular festival of Sunday very early, indeed, into the place of the +Sabbath.... The festival of Sunday, like all other festivals, was +always only a human ordinance, and it was far from the intentions of the +apostles to establish a divine command in this respect,—far from them, +and from the early apostolic church, to transfer the laws of the Sabbath +to Sunday. Perhaps at the end of the second century a false application +of this kind had begun to take place; for men appear by that time to +have considered laboring on Sunday as a +sin.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Neander's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Church History,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +Rose's translation, page 186.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Dr. Lyman Abbott says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The current notion that Christ and His +apostles authoritatively substituted the first day of the week for the seventh, +is absolutely without any authority in the New +Testament.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Christian +Union, June 26, 1890.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Archdeacon Farrar says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Christian church made no formal, but +a gradual and almost unconscious transference of the one +day to the other.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Voice From Sinai,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 167.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What was the first effort of the Roman Church in behalf +of the recognition of Sunday? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In 196 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>, Victor, bishop of Rome, attempted to impose +on all the churches the Roman custom of having the Passover, +or Easter, as it is commonly called, celebrated every year on +Sunday. See Bower's <span class="tei tei-q">“History of the Popes,”</span> Vol. I, pages +18, 19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This, +Dr. Bower, in his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">History of the Popes,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Vol. I, page +18, styles </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the first essay of papal usurpation.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What was one of the principal reasons for convoking +the Council of Nice? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The question relating to the observance of Easter</span></span>, which was +agitated in the time of Anicetus and Polycarp, and afterward +in that of Victor, was still undecided. It was one of the principal +reasons for convoking the Council of Nice, being the most +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page461">[pg 461]</span><a name="Pg461" id="Pg461" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +important subject to be considered after the +Arian controversy.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Boyle's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Historical View of the Council of Nice,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> page 23, +edition 1836.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How was the matter finally decided? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Easter day was fixed on the Sunday immediately following +the full moon which was nearest after the vernal equinox.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id., +page 24.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. In urging the observance of this decree on the churches, +what reason did Constantine assign for it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let us have nothing in common with the most hostile +rabble of the Jews.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id., page 52.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What had Constantine already done, in 321 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>, to +help forward Sunday to a place of prominence? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +He issued an edict requiring <span class="tei tei-q">“the judges and town people, +and the occupation of all trades”</span> to rest on <span class="tei tei-q">“the venerable day +of the sun.”</span> See Encyclopedia Britannica, article <span class="tei tei-q">“Sunday;”</span> +and this work, page 443. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Who did Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, and one of Constantine's +most ardent supporters, say had transferred the obligations +of the Sabbath to Sunday? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All things whatsoever that it was duty to do on the Sabbath, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">these </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps">we</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> have transferred +to the Lord's day</span></span>.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Eusebius's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Commentary on the Psalms,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> quoted in Cox's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Sabbath Literature,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> +Vol. I, page 361.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What did Sylvester, bishop of Rome, 314 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> to 337 +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>, do for the Sunday +institution by his <span class="tei tei-q">“apostolic authority”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +He officially changed the title of the first day, calling it the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Lord's day</span></span>. See <span class="tei tei-q">“Historia Ecclesiastica,”</span> by M. Ludovicum +Lucium, cent. 4, cap. 10, pages 739, 740, edition Basilea, +1624. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What did the Council of Laodicea decree in 364 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Canon 29. <span class="tei tei-q">“Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on +Saturday [Sabbath], but shall work on that day; but the +Lord's day they shall especially honor.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">A History of the +Councils of the Church,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> Charles Joseph Hefele, Vol. II, page 316.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How late did Christians keep the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Down even to the fifth century, the observance of the +Jewish Sabbath was continued in the Christian church.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lyman +Coleman's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Ancient Christianity Exemplified,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> chap. 26, +sec. 2.</span></span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page462">[pg 462]</span><a name="Pg462" id="Pg462" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. How generally does the historian Socrates, who wrote +about the middle of the fifth century, say the Sabbath was observed +by the Christian churches of his time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Although almost all churches throughout the world celebrate +the sacred mysteries on the Sabbath of every week, yet +the Christians of Alexandria and at Rome, on account of some +ancient tradition, refuse to do this.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Socrates's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Ecclesiastical +History,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> book 5, chap. 22.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What day was observed in the dark ages by some of the +Waldenses? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They kept the Sabbath day, observed the ordinance of +baptism according to the primitive church, instructed their +children in the articles of the Christian faith and the commandments +of God.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Jones's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Church History,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> Vol. II, chap. 5, +sec. 4.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. Who among the early Reformers raised this question +of Sabbath observance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Carlstadt held to the divine authority of the Sabbath from +the Old Testament.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Life of Luther,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> by Dr. Barnes Sears, +page 402.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What did Luther say of Carlstadt's Sabbath views? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Indeed, if Carlstadt were to write further about the Sabbath, +Sunday would have to give way, and the Sabbath—that +is to say, Saturday—must be kept holy.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Luther, Against +the Celestial Prophets, quoted in </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Life of Martin Luther in Pictures,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> +page 147.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What claim is now made by the Roman Church concerning +the change of the Sabbath to Sunday? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Question.</span></span>—Have you any +other way of proving that the +church has power to institute festivals of precept?</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Answer.</span></span>—Had she not such power, she could not have done +that in which all modern religionists agree with her,—she could +not have substituted the observance of Sunday, the first day of +the week, for the observance of Saturday, the seventh day, a +change for which there is no Scriptural +authority.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Doctrinal +Catechism,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> by Rev. Stephen Keenan, page 174.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Through +want of sufficient light and investigation, and because +of the efforts of some who opposed the Sabbath during the Reformation, +Sunday was brought from Catholicism into the Protestant church, and +is now cherished as an institution of the Lord. It is clear, however, that it +is none of His planting, but rather the work and result of apostasy. But +a message is now going forth to revive the truth on this point, and calling +for a genuine reformation upon it. See pages </span><a href="#Pg251" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">251-263</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +and next reading. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page463">[pg 463]</span><a name="Pg463" id="Pg463" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc235" id="toc235"></a> +<a name="pdf236" id="pdf236"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Sabbath Reform</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus463.png" alt="Illustration." title="The House Of Prayer. "If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day." Isa. 58:13." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The House Of Prayer. +"If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, +from doing thy pleasure on My holy day." +Isa. 58:13.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What kind of worship does Christ say results from doctrines +based on the commandments of men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">But in vain they do worship Me</span></span>, teaching for doctrines the +commandments of men.”</span> Matt. 15:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What commandment did Christ say the Pharisees had +made void by their teaching? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother</span></span>.... But +ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his +mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by +me; and honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free.”</span> +Verses 4-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What was the result of their course? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus have ye <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made the commandment of God of none effect</span></span> +by your tradition.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By a +gift or dedication of property to the temple service, +they taught that a man might be freed from the duties enjoined by the fifth +commandment. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What question did the disciples soon afterward ask Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Knowest Thou that the Pharisees were offended</span></span>, after they +heard this saying?”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What answer did the Saviour make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But He answered and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Every plant, which My Heavenly +Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up</span></span>.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page464">[pg 464]</span><a name="Pg464" id="Pg464" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—What is true +of the fifth commandment is true of every other +commandment. If through tradition men set aside any other of God's +commandments, the words of Christ to the Pharisees are equally applicable +to them. They are guilty of making void the commandment of God, and +of instituting vain worship. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. When, and by whom, was the Sabbath <span class="tei tei-q">“planted”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For in six days <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord</span></span> made heaven and earth, the sea, +and all that in them is, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rested the seventh day: wherefore the +Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 20:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Who claims to have planted the Sunday institution? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Question.</span></span>—Has <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the [Catholic] +church</span></span> power to make any +alterations in the commandments of God?</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Answer.</span></span>—... Instead of the seventh day, and other +festivals appointed by the old law, the church has prescribed +the Sundays and holy days to be set apart for God's worship; +and these we are now obliged to keep in consequence of God's +commandment, instead of the ancient Sabbath.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Catholic +Christian Instructed,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Challoner, page 211.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">We Catholics, +then, have precisely the same authority for +keeping Sunday holy, instead of Saturday, as we have for every other +article of our creed; namely, the authority of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the church</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of the living +God, the pillar and ground of the truth</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (1 Tim. 3:15); whereas, you who are +Protestants have really no authority for it whatever; for </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">there is no authority +for it in the Bible</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and you will not allow that there </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">can be</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +authority for it anywhere else. Both you and we do, in fact, follow +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">tradition</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> in this matter; but </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">we</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> follow it, believing it to +be a part of God's word, and the church to +be its divinely appointed guardian and interpreter; </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">you</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> follow it, denouncing +it all the time as a fallible and treacherous guide, which often </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">makes +the commandment of God of none effect.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> ”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Clifton +Tracts,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> Vol. IV, +article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">A Question for All Bible Christians,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 15.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +For further quotations on this, see pages </span><a href="#Pg441" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">441</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg444" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">444</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg455" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">455</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg456" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">456</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. When is final salvation to be brought to God's people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who are kept by the power of God through faith <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto +salvation ready to be revealed in the last time</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 1:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. When God's salvation is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">near to come</span></span>, upon whom does +He pronounce a blessing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: +for My salvation is near to come, and My righteousness to be +revealed. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man +that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it</span></span>, +and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.”</span> Isa. 56:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Is this promised blessing confined to any one class? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Also the sons of the</span></span> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">stranger</span></span> that join themselves to the +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page465">[pg 465]</span><a name="Pg465" id="Pg465" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +Lord, to serve Him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be His +servants, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it</span></span>, +and taketh hold of My covenant; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even them will I bring to My +holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer</span></span>.”</span> +Verses 6, 7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is +evident from these scriptures that in the last day, when +men are waiting for the Saviour to appear, there will be a call for those who +really love the Lord to separate themselves from the world, to observe the +Lord's true Sabbath, and to depart from all evil. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What does God tell His ministers to do at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cry aloud, spare not</span></span>, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">show My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their +sins</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 58:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What message of Sabbath reform does He send? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If thou <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy +pleasure on My holy day</span></span>; and call the Sabbath a delight, the +holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor Him, not doing +thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking +thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; +and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, +and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the +mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.”</span> Verses 13, 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Sabbath +of Jehovah is not now, by the majority even +of professed Christians, called holy and honorable. By many it is stigmatized +as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Jewish.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The Lord foresaw how this would be in this age, +and inspired the prophet to write as he did. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">If thou turn away thy foot +from the Sabbath.</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> This is a strong expression, indicating that many +would be trampling upon God's day, and doing their own pleasure upon it, +instead of seeking God, and honoring Him by keeping the Sabbath holy. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What will those be called who engage in this reformation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And thou shalt be called, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The repairer of the breach, The +restorer of paths to dwell in</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What does another prophet say professed teachers among +God's people have done? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Her priests have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">violated My law</span></span>, +and have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">profaned Mine +holy things</span></span>: they have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">put no difference between the holy and +profane</span></span>; neither have they shown difference between the unclean +and the clean, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and have hid their eyes from My Sabbaths</span></span>, +and I am profaned among them.”</span> Eze. 22:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What have they done to maintain their theories? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And her prophets have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">daubed them with untempered mortar</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page466">[pg 466]</span><a name="Pg466" id="Pg466" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thus +saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken</span></span>.”</span> Verse 28. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Untempered mortar +is that which is improperly worked, +and will not therefore hold together or stand the test. Thus it is with the +reasons advanced for keeping Sunday instead of the Bible Sabbath, the +seventh day. They are not only unsound and untenable in themselves, +but are utterly inconsistent, contradictory, and destructive one of the +other, among themselves. They are like the witnesses employed by the +Jewish leaders to condemn Christ. Of these the record says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The chief +priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put Him to +death; and found none. For many bare </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">false witness</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> against Him, but +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">their witness agreed not together</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Mark 14:55, 56. The lack of +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">agreement</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> among them was evidence in itself of the +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">falsity</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of their testimony. +In nothing, perhaps, is a lack of agreement better illustrated than in the +reasons assigned for Sunday-keeping. Note the following:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +One says the Sabbath has been </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">changed</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> from the seventh to the first +day of the week. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Another says that the Sabbath commandment requires only one day +of rest after six of labor, and hence </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">there has been no change</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Some reason that all ought to keep Sunday, because although, as they +affirm, God did not appoint a </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">particular</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> day, yet </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">agreement</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +is necessary; and to have any or every day a sabbath would be equal to no sabbath at all. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Others, to avoid the claims of God's law, assert that the Sabbath +precept is one of those ordinances which was </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">against us, contrary to us, +blotted out, and nailed to the cross</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. Still, they admit that a day of rest and +convocation is necessary, and therefore the day of Christ's resurrection, +they say, has been chosen. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Another class say they believe it is impossible to know which is the +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">seventh day</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, although they have no difficulty in ascertaining which is the +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">first</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Some are so bold even as to declare that </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sunday is the original seventh +day</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Others, with equal certainty, say that those who keep the seventh +day are endeavoring to be </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">justified by the law</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and are +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">fallen from grace</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Another class, with more liberal views, say they believe that every one +should be fully persuaded in his own mind, whether he keep this day, or +that, or none at all. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Still again, as if having found the great desideratum or missing link +in the argument, men credited with even more than ordinary intelligence, +will sometimes declare that it is </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">impossible to keep the seventh day on a round +and rolling earth</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; and yet, strange to say, they find no difficulty in keeping +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sunday anywhere</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and believe that this day +should be observed </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the world +over</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">! +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Lastly, and more terrible and presumptuous than all the rest, some, +like Herod of old in slaying all the children of Bethlehem in order to make +sure of killing Christ, have gone so far as to teach that </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">all ten commandments +have been abolished</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, in order to avoid the duty enjoined in the +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">fourth</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. But as in the case of Herod, God's Anointed escaped the murderous +blow of this wicked king, so in the judgment such will have to meet God over +His broken law, and will find that the Sabbath precept stands there unchanged +with the rest. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Said Christ, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, +and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom +of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be +called great in the kingdom of heaven.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Matt. 5:19. +</span></p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page467">[pg 467]</span><a name="Pg467" id="Pg467" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What does the Lord say will become of this wall thus +daubed with untempered mortar? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, +that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it shall fall</span></span>: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend +it</span></span>.”</span> +Eze. 13:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. When are these hailstones to fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast +thou seen <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against +the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war</span></span>?”</span> Job 38:22, +23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Under which of the seven last plagues will this hail fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the seventh angel</span></span> poured out his vial into the air; +... and the cities of the nations fell: ... and every +island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there +fell upon men <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a great hail</span></span> out of heaven, every stone about the +weight of a talent.”</span> Rev. 16:17-21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. In order to prepare His people for that terrible time, +what does God expect His ministers to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye have not <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gone up into the gaps</span></span>, +neither <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made up the hedge</span></span> +for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the +Lord.”</span> Eze. 13:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Instead of trying to close up this breach made in God's +law [the loss of the Sabbath], and so make up the hedge, what +have they done? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They have seen vanity and lying divination, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">saying, The +Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them</span></span>: and they have made +others to hope that they would confirm the word.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. During these closing scenes, what message is God sending +to the world to turn men from false worship to the worship +of the true and living God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment +is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, +and the sea, and the fountains of waters.... Babylon is +fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations +drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.... If +any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark +in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine +of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into +the cup of His indignation.”</span> Rev. 14:7-10. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page468">[pg 468]</span><a name="Pg468" id="Pg468" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This is +the last gospel message to be sent to the world before +the Lord comes. Under it will be developed two classes of people, one +having the mark of the beast (the Papacy), and the other keeping the commandments +of God, and having His seal, the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. +See readings on pages </span><a href="#Pg259" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">259</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg446" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">446</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What, besides attending and taking part in religious +services (Luke 4:16), did Christ do on the Sabbath day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">went about doing good</span></span>.”</span> Acts 10:38. See Matt. +8:14-17; 12:1-15; Mark 2:23-28; 3:1-6; Luke 6:1-11; 13:11-17; +14:1-6; John 5:1-18; 9:1-41. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—When we come +to study the life of Christ, we find that He +did not make the Sabbath a day of idleness, nor even a day confined +wholly to public and private worship, but one of active service in blessing +others. On this day especially He went about doing good, ministering to +the sick, and bringing relief to those long bound by Satan. Luke 13:15, +16; John 5:5, 6. And as He is our pattern in all things, we, too, like +Him, should seek to make the Sabbath a day for helping and blessing +others. To loose the bands of wickedness, undo the heavy burdens, deal +bread to the hungry, clothe the naked, and let the oppressed go free, is +the fast which God has chosen, and the Sabbath-keeping most acceptable +to Him. Isa. 58:1-12. In this kind of work and ministry there is +room for a world-wide Sabbath reform. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Brother! up to the breach</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For God's freedom and truth;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let us act as we teach,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">With the wisdom of age, and the vigor of youth.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Heed not their cannon-balls;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Ask not who stands or falls;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Grasp the sword of the Lord,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And—Forward!</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page469">[pg 469]</span><a name="Pg469" id="Pg469" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc237" id="toc237"></a> +<a name="pdf238" id="pdf238"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part X. Christian Liberty</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page470">[pg 470]</span><a name="Pg470" id="Pg470" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus470.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ And The Tribute-Money. "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." Mark 12:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ And The Tribute-Money. +"Render to Caesar the things that are +Caesar's, and to God the things that +are God's." Mark 12:17.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page471">[pg 471]</span><a name="Pg471" id="Pg471" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc239" id="toc239"></a> +<a name="pdf240" id="pdf240"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Author Of Liberty</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus471.png" alt="Illustration." title="Peter Delivered From Prison. "I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee ... out of the house of bondage." Ex. 20:2." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Peter Delivered From Prison. +"I am the Lord thy God, which have brought +thee ... out of the house of bondage." +Ex. 20:2.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How is the bondage of Israel in Egypt described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the children of Israel <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sighed</span></span> by reason of the bondage, +and they <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cried</span></span>, and their cry came up unto God by reason of +the bondage.”</span> Ex. 2:23. Compare with James 5:1-4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Who heard their groaning? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God</span></span> heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant +with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What did God say to Moses? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is +come unto Me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith +the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will +send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth My people +the children of Israel out of Egypt.”</span> Ex. 3:9, 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In giving Israel His law, how did God describe Himself? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am the Lord thy God, which have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">brought thee out of</span></span> +the land of Egypt, out of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the house of bondage</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 20:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What provision did God make against slavery and oppression +in Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page472">[pg 472]</span><a name="Pg472" id="Pg472" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the seventh +year thou shall let him go free</span></span> from thee. And when thou sendest +him out free from thee, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou shall not let him go away empty</span></span>: thou +shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, +and out of thy wine-press: of that wherewith the Lord thy God +hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou shalt remember +that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt</span></span>, and the +Lord thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this +thing today.”</span> Deut. 15:12-15. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou shalt neither vex a +stranger, nor oppress him</span></span>: for ye were strangers in the land of +Egypt.”</span> Ex. 22:21. See 2 Cor. 1:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What was one reason assigned why Israel should keep the +Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt</span></span>, +and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a +mighty hand and by a stretched-out arm: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">therefore the Lord thy +God commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 5:15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This would +suggest the idea that in their servitude and oppression +in Egypt they had had difficulty regarding the observance of the +Sabbath, which is a fact. From the accusation brought against Moses +and Aaron by Pharaoh, as recorded in Ex. 5:5,—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Ye make them </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">rest</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +[Heb., </span><span lang="he" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Shabbath</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] +from their burdens,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—it is plain that the Sabbath had +been denied them, that they had been required to work on the Sabbath, +and that Moses and Aaron were teaching them to keep it. Where individual +rights and religious liberty are recognized, Sabbath observance +is neither denied nor required by civil law. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What proclamation was to be made throughout the land +of Israel every fifty years? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">proclaim liberty +throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof</span></span>: it shall +be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his +possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.”</span> +Lev. 25:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Because Israel failed to do this, became oppressive, and +disregarded and misused the Sabbath, what did God do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not harkened unto +Me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every +man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith +the Lord, to the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sword</span></span>, to the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pestilence</span></span>, and to the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">famine</span></span>; and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will make you to be removed +into all the kingdoms of the earth</span></span>.”</span> +Jer. 34:17. See also Jer. 17:24-27; 2 Chron. 36:19-21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What fault did God find with the way in which Israel +came to celebrate her fasts and seasons of worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold; in the day of your fast ye <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">find +pleasure</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">exact +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page473">[pg 473]</span><a name="Pg473" id="Pg473" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +all your labors</span></span>. Behold, ye fast for +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">strife</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">debate</span></span>, and to +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">smite with the fist of wickedness</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 58:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What does God set forth as the acceptable fast to Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">loose the bands +of wickedness</span></span>, to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">undo the +heavy burdens</span></span>, and to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let the oppressed +go free</span></span>, and that ye <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">break every +yoke</span></span>? Is it not to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">deal thy bread +to the hungry</span></span>, and that thou <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bring +the poor that are cast out to thy +house</span></span>? when thou seest the naked, that thou +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cover him</span></span>; and that +thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?”</span> Verses 6, 7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—All this shows that +God loves liberty, and hates bondage +and oppression. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What was Christ's mission to this world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath +anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent +Me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to heal</span></span> the broken-hearted, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to preach deliverance</span></span> to the captives, +and recovering of sight to the blind, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to set at liberty</span></span> them +that are bruised.”</span> Luke 4:18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Gospels +show that a large part of Christ's time even +on the Sabbath was devoted to relieving the oppressed and distressed. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. In what condition are those who commit sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever committeth sin is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the servant of sin</span></span>.”</span> John +8:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Why was Christ's name to be called Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And thou shalt call His name Jesus: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for He shall save His +people from their sins</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 1:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What lies at the root of all sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lust</span></span> hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin.”</span> James +1:15. <span class="tei tei-q">“I had not known <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lust</span></span>, except the law had said, Thou +shalt not <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">covet</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 7:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Lust, covetousness, +and unlawful desire are only different +names for </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">selfishness</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. Selfishness lies at the root of all sin; and +selfishness is simply the love of self to the disregard of the equal rights of others. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. By what scripture is the equality of rights clearly shown? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt love thy neighbor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as thyself</span></span>.”</span> Lev. 19:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What rule of conduct has Christ laid down in harmony +with this command? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye +even so to them.”</span> Matt. 7:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Selfishness, then, +must be uprooted from men's hearts before +they will recognize the equal rights of their fellow men. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page474">[pg 474]</span><a name="Pg474" id="Pg474" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Who alone can cleanse men's hearts from selfishness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none +other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must +be saved.”</span> Acts 4:12. See also 1 John 1:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Who alone, then, can give men real freedom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Son</span></span> therefore +shall make you free, ye shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">free +indeed</span></span>.”</span> John 8:36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What was Christ's attitude toward unbelievers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any man hear My words, and believe not, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I judge him +not</span></span>: for I came not to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judge</span></span> +the world, but to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">save</span></span> the world.”</span> +John 12:47. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What spirit did Christ say should control His disciples? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But Jesus called them to Him, and saith unto them, Ye +know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles +exercise <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lordship</span></span> over them; and their great ones exercise +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">authority</span></span> upon them. But +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">so shall it not be among you</span></span>: but +whosoever will be great among you, shall be your <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">minister</span></span>: and +whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">servant of all</span></span>. +For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to +minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.”</span> Mark 10:42-45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What is present where the Spirit of the Lord is? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the +Lord is, there is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">liberty</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 3:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What kind of worship only is acceptable to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers +shall worship the Father <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in spirit and in truth</span></span>: for the Father +seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that +worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”</span> John +4:23, 24. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Freedom and reason make brave men;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Take these away, what are they then?—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Mere groveling brutes, and just as well</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The beasts may think of heaven or hell.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Know, then, that every soul is free</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To choose his life, and what he'll be;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For this eternal truth is given:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">That God will force no man to heaven.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">He'll call, persuade, direct him right,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Bless him with wisdom, love, and light,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In nameless ways be good and kind,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But never force the human mind.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page475">[pg 475]</span><a name="Pg475" id="Pg475" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc241" id="toc241"></a> +<a name="pdf242" id="pdf242"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Powers That Be</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus475.png" alt="Illustration." title="Worship Interfered With By The State. Christians surprised by troops while worshiping in a cavern." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Worship Interfered With By The State. +Christians surprised by troops while +worshiping in a cavern.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Who should be subject to civil government? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every soul</span></span> be subject unto the higher powers. For +there is no power but of God.”</span> Rom. 13:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. By whom are the powers that be ordained? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The powers that be are ordained of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God</span></span>.”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What does one resist, who resists civil authority? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +ordinance of God</span></span>: and they that resist shall receive to themselves +damnation.”</span> Verse 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">That is, they +who rise up against </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">government itself</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, who +seek anarchy and confusion, who oppose the regular execution of the laws. +It is implied, however, that those laws shall not be such as violate the rights +of conscience or oppose the law of God.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. +Albert Barnes, on Rom. 13:2.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What do the Scriptures indicate as the proper sphere and +legitimate work of civil authority? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evil</span></span>.... +If thou do that which is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evil</span></span>, be afraid; for he beareth +not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a revenger +to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil</span></span>.”</span> Verses 3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. For whom is law made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous +man, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for the lawless and disobedient</span></span>.”</span> 1 Tim. 1:9. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page476">[pg 476]</span><a name="Pg476" id="Pg476" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How are Christians admonished to respect civil authority? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and +powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work.”</span> +Titus 3:1. <span class="tei tei-q">“Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for +the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto +governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment +of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.... +Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor +the king.”</span> 1 Peter 2: 13-17. <span class="tei tei-q">“For this cause pay ye tribute +also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon +this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to +whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom +fear; honor to whom honor.”</span> Rom. 13:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In what words does Christ show that there is another +realm outside of Cæsar's, or civil government? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and unto God the things that are God's</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 22:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. To whom alone did He say worship is to be rendered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt worship <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord +thy God</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Him only shalt +thou serve</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 4:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What decree did King Nebuchadnezzar once make respecting +worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, +that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, +sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fall down +and worship the golden image</span></span> that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath +set up. And whoso falleth not down and worshipeth shall the +same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”</span> +Dan. 3:4-6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This decree +was in direct conflict with the second commandment +of God's law, which forbids making, bowing down to, and serving +images. It was religious, idolatrous, and persecuting in character. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What answer did the three Hebrew captives, Shadrach, +Meshach, and Abed-nego, return when asked by the king why +they had not fallen down and worshiped the golden image, as +he had commanded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to +the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee +in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to +deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver +us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page477">[pg 477]</span><a name="Pg477" id="Pg477" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +O king, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden +image which thou hast set up</span></span>.”</span> Verses 16-18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What did Nebuchadnezzar then do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of +his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: +... and he commanded the most mighty men that +were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, +and to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cast them into the burning fiery furnace</span></span>.”</span> Verses 19, 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. After their miraculous deliverance, what did Nebuchadnezzar +say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God +of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent His +angel, and delivered His servants that trusted in Him, and have +changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they +might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.”</span> +Verse 28. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By preserving +these men in the fire, and thus changing the +king's word, God was demonstrating before all the world, through this greatest +of then-existing earthly kingdoms, that with the question of religion civil +governments can of right have nothing whatsoever to do; that religion is a +realm outside the legitimate sphere of civil authority; and that every individual +should be left free to worship, or not to worship, according to the +dictates of his own conscience. The lesson to be learned from this is that, +although ordained of God, civil governments are not ordained to direct +or oppress men in religious matters. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How only did the envious princes and rulers under King +Darius conclude that they could effect the downfall of Daniel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against +this Daniel, except we find it against him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">concerning the law of +his God</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 6:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. To this end, what decree did they prevail upon the king +to make and sign? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man +for thirty days, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">save of thee, O king</span></span>, he shall be cast into the +den of lions.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Unlike +the decree of Nebuchadnezzar, this decree forbade +the worship of the true God, and was therefore in direct conflict with the +first commandment, which forbids the worship of any other than the true +God. Like it, however, it was religious and persecuting in character. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How did Daniel regard this decree? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he +went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber +toward Jerusalem, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page479">[pg 479]</span><a name="Pg479" id="Pg479" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus478.png" alt="Illustration." title="Daniel Praying In Babylon. "When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, ... he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, ... as he did aforetime." Dan. 6:10." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Daniel Praying In Babylon. +"When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, ... he kneeled upon his knees +three times a day, and prayed, ... as he did aforetime." Dan. 6:10.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What was finally done with Daniel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cast him into the den of lions</span></span>.”</span> Verse 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What did Darius say to Daniel the next morning when +he came to the lions' den? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of +the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, +able to deliver thee from the lions?”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What was Daniel's reply? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live forever. My +God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that +they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before Him innocency +was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no +hurt.”</span> Verses 21, 22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Here again +was demonstrated by a most remarkable miracle, +wrought in the face of the greatest nation then in existence, that with +the directing, prescribing, proscribing, or interfering with religion or its +free exercise, civil governments can of right have nothing whatever to do; +that religion is an individual matter, and should be left to the dictates of +each one's own conscience. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Before leaving His disciples, what command did Christ +give them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every +creature.”</span> Mark 16:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What counter-command did the Jewish Sanhedrin soon +afterward give them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they called them, and commanded them not to speak +at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.”</span> Acts 4:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What reply did Peter and John make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But Peter and John answered and said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Whether +it be right in the sight of God to harken unto you more than unto +God, judge ye</span></span>. For we cannot but speak the things which we +have seen and heard.”</span> Verses 19, 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. For continuing to preach Jesus, what did the Jewish +rulers do to the apostles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with +him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with +indignation, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in +the common prison</span></span>.”</span> Acts 5:17, 18. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page480">[pg 480]</span><a name="Pg480" id="Pg480" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What did an angel of God then do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the angel of the Lord by night <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">opened the prison doors, +and brought them forth</span></span>, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Go, stand and speak in the +temple to the people all the words of this life</span></span>.”</span> Verses 19, 20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Here +once again is demonstrated the fact that men have +no right to interfere with the free exercise of religion, and that when the +laws of men conflict with the law and Word of God, we are to obey the +latter, whatever the consequences may be. God Himself has set the seal +of His approval to such a course. John Bunyan was imprisoned for +twelve years for daring to preach the gospel contrary to law. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. Upon the apostles being called before the council again, +what question did the high priest ask them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach +in this name?</span></span> and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your +doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.”</span> +Verse 28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What reply did the apostles make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">We +ought to obey God rather than men</span></span>.”</span> Verse 29. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Obedience +is to be rendered to all human governments, +in subordination to the will of God. These governments are a recognized +necessity, in the nature of the case, and their existence is manifestly in +accordance with the divine will. Hence the presumption is always in +favor of the authority of civil law, and any refusal to obey must be based +on the moral proof that obedience will be sin.... It is still true that +obedience to human law often involves sin against God and man. There +are cases so clear that no one can question the duty to refuse obedience. +In all times and in all lands such cases have arisen.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It is too obvious +to need discussion, that the law of God, the great principle of benevolence, +is supreme, and that 'we ought to obey God rather than men' in any case +of conflict between human law and the divine.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Moral +Philosophy,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +by James H. Fairchild, pages 178-181.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. Who is higher than the <span class="tei tei-q">“higher powers”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting +of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at +the matter: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that is higher than the highest</span></span> regardeth; and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there be higher than they</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 5:8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In +attempting to defend the right of civil government to +enforce religious observances by law, some still ask, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Shall we not obey +the powers that be?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> We answer, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Yes, when they are in harmony with +the higher powers that be. God made His law for all the universe. He +created man; He gives the bounteous provisions of nature, and holds our +breath and life in His hand. He is to be recognized, His law honored, +before all the great men and the highest earthly powers.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. Because Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman in +accordance with the command of King Ahasuerus (Esther 3:1-6), +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page481">[pg 481]</span><a name="Pg481" id="Pg481" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +what decree did Haman succeed in having the king issue +and send to every province throughout the Persian Empire? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young +and old, little children and women, in one day</span></span>, even upon the thirteenth +day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and +to take the spoil of them for a prey. The copy of the writing +for a commandment to be given in every province was published +unto all people, that they should be ready against that +day.”</span> Esther 3:13, 14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By an +overruling of Providence the carrying out of this terrible +decree was averted, and Haman was hanged on the very gallows +which he had erected for the execution of Mordecai. See Esther 7:9, 10. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +God has placed the sword (civil authority) in the hands of Cæsar +(civil government) for the punishment of evil-doers; but when the sword +is raised to slay the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">innocent</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, as in the case of the children of Bethlehem +(Matt. 2:16); or to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">enforce idolatrous worship</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, as in the case of the three +Hebrews (Daniel 3); or to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">prohibit the worship of the true God</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, as in the +case of Daniel (Daniel 6); or to slay </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">all of God's people</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, as in the time of +Esther; or to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">enforce the observance of a false sabbath</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, as in the case of +all Sunday laws, it is an </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">abuse</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of civil authority, and not a proper or +justifiable use of it; and God honors those who, under such circumstances, in the face of +persecution, oppression, and death, remain loyal and true to Him. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Government is never the gainer in the execution of a law that is +manifestly unjust.... Conscientious men are not the enemies, but +the friends, of any government but a tyranny. They are its strength, +and not its weakness. Daniel, in Babylon, praying contrary to the law, +was the true friend and supporter of the government; while those who, in +their pretended zeal for the law and the constitution, would strike down +the good man, were its real enemies. It is only when government transcends +its sphere that it comes in conflict with the consciences of men.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">But it is objected that the example is corrupting,—that a bad man +will violate a good law, because the good man refuses to obey a wicked +law. The cases are just as unlike as right and wrong, and any attempt to +justify the one by the other is gross dishonesty. Unquestionably, the +principle can be abused by the wicked, and so can any truth whatever; +but the principle of unquestioning obedience to human law is false, and +needs no perversion to make it mischievous....</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It should always be remembered that the great end of government +is human well-being, that law and authority are nothing in themselves, +and that all their sacredness arises from the uses which they serve. The +machinery of government is valuable only for the work it does; in itself, +it has no value.... The most grievous of all imperfections in government +is the failure to secure the just and good result.... Injustice +and oppression are not made tolerable by being in strict accordance +with the law. Nothing is surer, in the end, than the reaction of such +wrong to break down the most perfectly constituted +government.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Moral +Philosophy,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by James H. Fairchild, pages 184-186.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +God is above all earthly rulers, and His law above all human laws. +He made us, and we therefore owe allegiance to Him before any earthly +power, potentate, or tribunal. And this is saying nothing in disparagement +of civil authority exercised in its rightful domain—civil things. +</span></p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page482">[pg 482]</span><a name="Pg482" id="Pg482" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc243" id="toc243"></a> +<a name="pdf244" id="pdf244"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Individual Accountability</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus482.png" alt="Illustration." title="Esther At The Banquet. "We are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish." Esther 7:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Esther At The Banquet. +"We are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, +to be slain, and to perish." +Esther 7:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is religion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The recognition of God as an object of worship, love, and +obedience.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> Other definitions equally good are: +<span class="tei tei-q">“The duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of +discharging it.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“Man's personal relation of faith and obedience +to God.”</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In religious things, whom alone did Christ say we should +recognize as Father? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And call no man your father upon the earth: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for one is your +Father, which is in heaven</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 23:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. When tempted to fall down and worship Satan, what +Scripture command did Christ cite in justification of His refusal +to do this? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it +is written, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only +shalt thou serve</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 4:10. See Deut. 6:13; 10:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. To whom alone, then, is each one accountable in religious +things? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So then every one of us shall give account of himself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to +God</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 14:12. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page483">[pg 483]</span><a name="Pg483" id="Pg483" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—With this +agree the words of Washington: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Every man who +conducts himself as a good citizen, is accountable alone to God for his +religious faith, and should be protected in worshiping God according to +the dictates of his own conscience.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Reply +to Virginia Baptists, in 1789.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What do those do, therefore, who make men accountable +to them in religious affairs? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +They put themselves in the place of God. See 2 Thess. +2:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Why, in religious matters, did Christ say men should +not be called masters? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Neither be ye called masters: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for one is your Master, even +Christ</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 23:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Every one, +therefore, who acts as master in Christ's church, +or lords it over God's heritage (1 Peter 5:3), puts himself in the place +of Christ. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. To whom, then, as servants, are we responsible in matters +of faith and worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to his +own master he standeth or falleth</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 14:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Whose servants are we not to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye are bought with a price; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be not ye the servants of men</span></span>.”</span> +1 Cor. 7:23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Satan's +methods ever tend to one end,—to make men the +slaves of men,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and thus separate them from God, destroy faith in God, +and so expose men to temptation and sin. Christ's work is to set men +free, to renew faith, and to lead to willing and loyal obedience to God. +Says Luther: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It is contrary to the will of God that man should be subject +to man in that which pertains to eternal life. Subjection in </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">spirituals</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +is a real worship, and should be rendered only to the +Creator.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">D'Aubigne's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">History of the Reformation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> edited by M. Laird Simons, book +7, chap. 11.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Where must all finally appear to render up their account? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we must all appear <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">before the judgment-seat of Christ</span></span>; +that every one may receive the things done in his body, according +to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”</span> 2 +Cor. 5:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Inasmuch, then, +as religion is an individual matter, and each +individual must give account of himself to God, it follows that there +should be no human constraint nor compulsion in religious affairs. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Dare to be a Daniel,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Dare to stand alone;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Dare to have a purpose firm,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Dare to make it known.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">P. P. Bliss.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page484">[pg 484]</span><a name="Pg484" id="Pg484" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc245" id="toc245"></a> +<a name="pdf246" id="pdf246"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Union Of Church And State</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus484.png" alt="Illustration." title="Paul And Silas In Prison. "These men, being Jews, ... teach customs, which are not lawful for us ... to observe, being Romans." Acts 16:20, 21." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Paul And Silas In Prison. +"These men, being Jews, ... teach customs, +which are not lawful for us ... to observe, +being Romans." Acts 16:20, 21.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What was already at work in the church in Paul's day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the mystery of iniquity</span></span> doth already work.”</span> 2 Thess. +2:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What class of men did he say would arise in the church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I know this, that after my departing shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">grievous +wolves</span></span> enter in among you, not sparing the flock. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Also of your +own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away +disciples after them.</span></span>”</span> Acts 20:29, 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Through what experience was the church to pass, and +what was to develop in the church, before Christ's second +coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let no man deceive you by any means: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that day shall +not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of +sin be revealed</span></span>, the son of perdition.”</span> 2 Thess. 2:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In what was shown the first tangible evidence of this +<span class="tei tei-q">“falling away”</span> from the truth of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The adoption of heathen rites and customs in the church. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +bishops augmented the number of religious rites in +the Christian worship, by way of accommodation to the infirmities and +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page485">[pg 485]</span><a name="Pg485" id="Pg485" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +prejudices, both of Jews and heathen, in order to facilitate their conversion +to Christianity.... For this purpose, they gave the name of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">mysteries</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +to the institutions of the gospel, and decorated particularly the holy +sacrament with that solemn title. They used in that sacred institution, +as also in that of baptism, several of the terms employed in the heathen +mysteries, and proceeded so far, at length, as even to adopt some of the +rites and of the ceremonies of which those renowned mysteries +consisted.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Mosheim's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ecclesiastical History</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> (Maclaine's translation), cent. 2, part +2, chap. 4, pars. 2-5.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How early was this tendency manifested? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This imitation began in the eastern provinces; but, after +the time of Adrian [emperor 117-138 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>], who first introduced +the mysteries among the Latins, it was followed by the +Christians who dwelt in the western parts of the +empire.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, +par. 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What has been one great characteristic of the Papacy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +A union of church and state, or the religious power dominating +the civil power to further its ends. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. When was the union of church and state formed from +which the Papacy grew? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +During the reign of Constantine, 313-337 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What was the character and the work of many of the +bishops at that time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Worldly-minded bishops</span></em>, instead of caring for the salvation +of their flocks, were often but too much inclined to travel about, +and <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">entangle themselves in worldly +concerns</span></em>.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Neander's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">History +of the Christian Religion and Church</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> (Torrey's translation), +Vol. II, page 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What did the bishops determine to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This theocratical theory was already the prevailing one +in the time of Constantine; and ... the bishops voluntarily +made themselves dependent on him by their disputes, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and by their determination to make use of the power of the state for +the furtherance of their aims</span></span>.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, page 132. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">theocratical +theory</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> was that of a government administered +by God through the church, particularly through the church +bishops. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What was the date of Constantine's famous Sunday law? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 321. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. When and by whom was the Council of Nice convened? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +By the emperor Constantine, 325 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Under what authority were its decrees published? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page486">[pg 486]</span><a name="Pg486" id="Pg486" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The decrees ... were published under the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">imperial +authority</span></span>, and thus obtained a political +importance.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, +page 133. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What was one principal object in calling this council? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The question relating to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the observance of Easter</span></span>, which +was agitated in the time of Anicetus and Polycarp, and afterward +in that of Victor, was still undecided. It was one of the +principal reasons for convoking the Council of Nice, being the +most important subject to be considered after the Arian controversy.”</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It appears that the churches of Syria and Mesopotamia +continued to follow the custom of the Jews, and celebrated +Easter on <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">the fourteenth day of the moon</span></em>, whether falling on Sunday +or not. All the other churches observed that solemnity +<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">on Sunday only</span></em>, namely; those of Rome, Italy, Africa, Lydia, +Egypt, Spain, Gaul, and Britain; and all Greece, Asia, and +Pontus.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Boyle's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Historical View of the Council of +Nice,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +page 23, edition 1836. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How was the matter finally decided? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Easter day was fixed on the Sunday</span></span> immediately following +the full moon which was nearest after the vernal +equinox.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, page 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What was decreed by the Council of Laodicea, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 364? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +That Christians should keep the Sunday, and that if they +persisted in resting on the Sabbath, <span class="tei tei-q">“they shall be shut out +from Christ.”</span> See Hefele's <span class="tei tei-q">“History of the Councils of the +Church,”</span> Vol. II, page 316. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What imperial law was issued in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 386? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By a law of the year 386, those older changes effected by +Constantine were more vigorously enforced; and, in general, +civil transactions of every kind on Sunday were strictly +forbidden.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Neander's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Church History,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> Vol. II, page 300. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What petition was made to the emperor by a church +convention of bishops in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 401? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That the public shows might be transferred from the +Christian Sunday and from the feast-days to some other days +of the week.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ib.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +desired law was secured in 425 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See pages +</span><a href="#Pg444" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">444</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg489" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">489</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What was the object of the church bishops in securing +these Sunday laws? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That the day might be devoted with less interruption to +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page487">[pg 487]</span><a name="Pg487" id="Pg487" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +the purposes of devotion.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“That the devotion of the faithful +might be free from all disturbance.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, pages 297, 301. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How was the <span class="tei tei-q">“devotion”</span> of the <span class="tei tei-q">“faithful”</span> disturbed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Church teachers ... were, in truth, often forced to +complain that <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">in such competitions the theater was vastly more +frequented than the church</span></em>.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, page 300. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What does Neander say of the securing of these laws? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In this way the church received help from the state for +the furtherance of her ends.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, page 301. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In +this way, more perhaps than in any other, church and +state were united. In this way the church gained control of the civil power, +which she later used as a means of carrying on most bitter and extensive +persecutions. In this way she denied Christ and the power of godliness. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. When the church had received help from the state to +this extent, what more did she demand? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +That the civil power should be exerted to compel men to +serve God as the church should dictate. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What did Augustine, the father of this theocratical or +church-and-state theory, teach concerning it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who doubts but what it is better to be led to God by instruction +than by fear of punishment or affliction? But because +the former, who will be guided only by instruction, are +better, the others are still not to be neglected.... Many, +like bad servants, must often be reclaimed to their Master by +the rod of temporal suffering, ere they can attain to this highest +stage of religious development.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, pages 214, 215. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What is Neander's conclusion regarding this theory? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It was by Augustine, then, that a theory was proposed +and founded, which, tempered though it was, in its practical +application, by his own pious, philanthropic spirit, nevertheless +contained the germ of that whole system of spiritual despotism, +of intolerance and persecution, which ended in the tribunals +of the Inquisition.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“He did not give precedence to the question, +What is <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">right</span></em>? over the question, What is <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">expedient</span></em>? But +a theory which overlooks these distinctions leaves room for +any despotism which would make holy ends a pretext for the +use of unholy means.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, pages 217, 249, 250. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It +was thus that the union of church and state was formed, +out of which was developed </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the beast,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> or Papacy, of the Apocalypse, +which made </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">war with the saints</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and overcame them. A like course +cannot fail to produce like results today. Dr. Philip Schaff, in his work +on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Church and State,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 11, well says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Secular power has proved a +satanic gift to the church, and ecclesiastical power has proved an engine +of tyranny in the hands of the state.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page488">[pg 488]</span><a name="Pg488" id="Pg488" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc247" id="toc247"></a> +<a name="pdf248" id="pdf248"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Sabbath Legislation</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus488.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ Reproving The Pharisees. "For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day." Matt. 12:8." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ Reproving The Pharisees. +"For the Son of man is Lord even of the +Sabbath day." Matt. 12:8.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Who made the Sabbath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In six days <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord</span></span> made heaven and earth, the sea, and +all that in them is, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rested +the seventh day</span></span>; wherefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord +blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 20:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. To whom does the Sabbath belong? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The seventh day is the Sabbath of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord thy God</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. To whom, then, should its observance be rendered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to God +the things that are God's</span></span>.”</span> Mark 12:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—When men make +Sabbath laws, therefore, they require Sabbath +observance to be rendered to the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">government</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, or, presumably, by +indirection, to God </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">through the government</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, which amounts to the same +thing. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In religious things, to whom alone are we accountable? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So then every one of us shall give account of himself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to +God</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 14:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—But when men make compulsory Sabbath laws, they make +men accountable to the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">government</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> for Sabbath observance. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How does God command us to keep the Sabbath day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 20:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What does He indicate as one of its purposes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page489">[pg 489]</span><a name="Pg489" id="Pg489" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +Sabbath of rest, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an holy convocation</span></span>; ye shall do no work therein: +it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.”</span> Lev. 23:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Seeing, then, that the Sabbath is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy</span></span>, +is to be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">kept holy</span></span>, +and is a day for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy convocations</span></span>, what must be its character? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +It must be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">religious</span></span>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What, then, must be the nature of all Sabbath legislation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +It is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">religious legislation</span></span>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. When the state enacts religious laws, what is effected? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +A union of church and state. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What has always been the result of religious legislation, +or a union of church and state? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Religious intolerance and persecution. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What was Constantine's Sunday law of March 7, 321? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let all the judges and town people, and the occupation +of all trades rest on the venerable day of the sun; but let those +who are situated in the country, freely and at full liberty, attend +to the business of agriculture; because it often happens +that no other day is so fit for sowing corn and planting vines; +lest the critical moment being let slip, men should lose the commodities +granted by heaven.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Corpus Juris Civilis Cod., lib. 3, +tit. 12, 3.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What further imperial legislation in behalf of Sunday +observance was issued in 386? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By a law of the year 386, those older changes effected by +the emperor Constantine were more rigorously enforced, and, +in general, civil transactions of every kind on Sunday were +strictly forbidden.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Neander's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Church History,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +Vol. II, page 300, edition 1852. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. At the instance of church bishops, what still further law +was secured under Theodosius the Younger, in 425? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the year 425, the exhibition of spectacles on Sunday +and on the principal feast-days of the Christians was forbidden, +in order that the devotion of the faithful might be free from all +disturbance.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, pages 300, 301. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What does the historian say of this legislation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In this way the church received help from the state for the +furtherance of her ends</span></span>.... But had it not been for that +confusion of spiritual and secular interests, had it not been for +the vast number of mere <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">outward conversions</span></span> thus brought about, +she would have needed no such help.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Id.</span></span>, page 301. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page490">[pg 490]</span><a name="Pg490" id="Pg490" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What did Charlemagne's Sunday law of 800 require? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We decree ... that servile works should not be done on +the Lord's day, ... that is, that neither should men do field +work, either in cultivating the vineyards or by plowing in the +fields, by cutting or drying hay, or by placing a fence, or by +making clearings in the woods or felling trees or working on +stones or constructing houses or working in the garden; +neither should they come together to decide public matters +nor be engaged in the hunt.... Women may not do any +textile work nor cut out clothes nor sew nor make garments.... +But let them come together from all sides to church to +the solemnities of the mass, and let them praise God for all +things which he does for us on that day.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Historical +Chronicles of Germany,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> Sec. 2, Vol. I, 22 General admonition, 789, +M. Martio 23, page 61, par. 81. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How does the Sunday law of Charles II, of 1676, read? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the better observation and keeping holy the Lord's +day, commonly called Sunday: be it enacted ... that all +the laws enacted and in force concerning the observation of +the day, and repairing to the church thereon, be carefully +put in execution; and that all and every person and persons +whatsoever shall on every Lord's day apply themselves to the +observation of the same, by exercising themselves thereon in +the duties of piety and true religion, publicly and +privately.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">Revised +Statutes of England From 1235-1685 </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> (London, +1870), pages 779, 780; cited in </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">A Critical History of Sunday +Legislation,</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> by A. H. Lewis, D. D., pages 108, 109. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What did the first Sunday law enacted in America, that +of Virginia, in 1610, require? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Every man and woman shall repair in the morning to the +divine service and sermons preached upon the Sabbath day, and in +the afternoon to divine service, and catechizing</span></span>, upon pain for the +first fault to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lose their provision and the allowance for the whole +week following</span></span>; for the second, to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lose the said allowance and also +be whipped</span></span>; and for the third to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">suffer +death</span></span>.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Articles, Laws, +and Orders, Divine, Politique, and Martial, for the Colony in Virginia: +first established by Sir Thomas Gates, Knight, Lieutenant-General, +the 24th of May, 1610.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These are +the original Sunday laws, after which all the Sunday +laws of Europe and America have been modeled. Church attendance +is not generally required by the Sunday laws of the present day, nor was it +required, in terms, by the earliest Sunday laws; but that is and ever has +been the chief object of all Sunday legislation from Constantine's time on, +and it is as much out of place today as it ever was. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page491">[pg 491]</span><a name="Pg491" id="Pg491" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc249" id="toc249"></a> +<a name="pdf250" id="pdf250"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Who Persecute And Why</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus491.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Stoning Of Stephen. "Yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service." John 16:2." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Stoning Of Stephen. +"Yea, the time cometh, that whosoever +killeth you will think that he doeth God +service." John 16:2.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Because Jesus had not kept the Sabbath according to +their ideas, what did the Jews do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay +Him</span></span>, because He had done these things on the Sabbath day.”</span> +John 5:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What kind of fast is most acceptable to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Is not this the fast that I have chosen? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to loose the bands +of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed +go free, and that ye break every yoke?</span></span>”</span> Isa. 58:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This is +what Jesus did. He, the Author and Lord of the +Sabbath, in addition to attending and taking part in religious services +(Luke 4:16), went about doing good, healing the sick, relieving the oppressed, +and restoring the impotent, lame, and blind, on the Sabbath day. +But this, while in perfect accord with the law of God, the great law of love, +was contrary to the traditions and perverted ideas of the Jews respecting +the Sabbath. Hence they persecuted Him, and sought to slay Him. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Why did Cain kill Abel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this is the message that ye have heard from the beginning, +that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was +of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page493">[pg 493]</span><a name="Pg493" id="Pg493" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +he him? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Because his own works were evil, and his brother's +righteous.</span></span>”</span> 1 John 3:11, 12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The following +comment upon this passage by M. de Chesnais, +a Catholic priest of New Zealand, is well put: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">If you would read the +Word of God, you would find that from the beginning all good people were +persecuted because they were good. Abel was slain by his brother because +he was good, and Cain could not endure the sight of +him.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Kaikoura +(New Zealand) Star, April 10, 1884.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus492.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Fiery Furnace. "Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace." Dan. 3:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Fiery Furnace. +"Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us +from the burning fiery furnace." Dan. 3:17.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Commenting upon the treatment of Isaac, the son of +Sarah, by Ishmael, the son of the bondwoman, what principle +does the apostle Paul lay down? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But as then, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that was born after the flesh persecuted him +that was born after the Spirit</span></span>, even so it is now.”</span> Gal. 4:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What other instances of persecution mentioned in the +Bible, demonstrate the correctness of this principle? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a.</span></span> Esau, who sold his birthright, persecuted Jacob, who +vowed his loyalty to God. Gen. 25:29-34; 27:41; 32:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">b.</span></span> The wayward and envious sons of Jacob persecuted +Joseph, who feared God. Genesis 37; Acts 7:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">c.</span></span> The idolatrous Egyptians persecuted the Hebrews, who +worshiped the true God. Exodus 1 and 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">d.</span></span> The Hebrew who did his neighbor wrong thrust Moses, +as mediator, aside. Ex. 2:13, 14; Acts 7:26, 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">e.</span></span> Saul, who disobeyed God, persecuted David, who feared +God. 1 Samuel 15, 19, 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">f.</span></span> Israel, in their apostasy, persecuted Elijah and Jeremiah, +who were prophets of God. 1 Kings 19:9, 10; Jer. 36:20-23; +38:1-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">g.</span></span> Nebuchadnezzar, while an idolater, persecuted the three +Hebrew captives for refusing to worship idols. Daniel 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">h.</span></span> The envious and idolatrous princes under Darius, persecuted +Daniel for daring to pray to the God of heaven. Daniel 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.</span></span> The murderers of Christ persecuted the apostles for +preaching Christ. Acts 4 and 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">j.</span></span> Paul, before his conversion, persecuted the church of +God. Acts 8:1; 9:1, 2; 22:4, 5, 20; 26:9-11; Gal. 1:13; +1 Tim. 1:12, 13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The history +of all the religious persecutions since Bible times +is but a repetition of this same story,—the wicked persecute the righteous. +And thus it will continue to be until the conflict between good and evil is +ended. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Who does Paul say shall suffer persecution? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page494">[pg 494]</span><a name="Pg494" id="Pg494" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Yea, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer +persecution</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is essential to extensive religious persecution? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Ecclesiastical control of the civil power, or a union of church +and state. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Since persecution is invariably wrong, and the persecutor +is generally in the wrong on religious subjects, what must be +true of persecuting governments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +They likewise must be in the wrong. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There +are many who do not seem to be sensible that all +violence in religion is irreligious, and that, whoever is wrong, the persecutor +cannot be right.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Thomas Clarke.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Have not almost all the governments in the world always been in +the wrong on religious subjects?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Macaulay.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Do not the Scriptures clearly show that they who persecute are +generally in the wrong, and they who suffer persecution in the right,—that +the majority has always been on the side of falsehood, and the +minority only on the side of truth?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Luther.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Religion was intended to bring peace on earth and good will towards +men, and whatever tends to hatred and persecution, however correct in +the letter, must be utterly wrong in the spirit.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Henry +Varnum.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +God never forces the will or the conscience; but, in order to bring +men under sin, Satan resorts to force. To accomplish his purpose, he +works through religious and secular rulers, influencing them to enact and +enforce human laws in defiance of the law of God. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Under what terrible deception did Christ say men would +persecute His followers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not +be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, +the time cometh, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whosoever killeth you will think that he +doeth God service</span></span>.”</span> John 16:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Who is the original murderer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye are of your father <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the devil</span></span>, and the lusts of your father +ye will do. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He was a murderer from the beginning</span></span>, and abode not +in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh +a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father +of it.”</span> John 8:44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. When James and John wished to call down fire from +heaven to consume the Samaritans who did not receive Christ, +what did Christ say to them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He turned, and rebuked them, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ye know not what +manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to +destroy men's lives, but to save them</span></span>.”</span> Luke 9:55, 56. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page495">[pg 495]</span><a name="Pg495" id="Pg495" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Some +of the reasons given in justification of persecution +may be noted in the following quotations:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The state cannot afford to permit religious liberty. We hear a +great deal about religious tolerance, but we are only tolerant in so far as +we are not interested. A person may be tolerant toward a religion if he +is not religious.... Intolerance means fervor and zeal. The best +the state can do is to establish a limited religious liberty; but beyond a +certain degree of tolerance the state cannot afford to admit the +doctrine.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Monsignor +Russell (Catholic), quoted in Washington Post, May 5, 1910.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The church has persecuted. Only a tyro in church history will +deny that.... We have always defended the persecution of the +Huguenots, and the Spanish Inquisition. When she thinks it good to use +physical force, she will use it.... But will the Catholic Church give +bond that she will not persecute at all? Will she guarantee absolute freedom +and equality of all churches and all faiths? The Catholic Church +gives no bonds for her good behavior.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Editorial +in Western Watchman +(Catholic), of St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 24, 1908.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Inquisition was a very merciful tribunal; I repeat it, almost a +compassionate tribunal.... A man was only allowed to be racked +once, which no one can deny was a most wonderful leniency in those +times.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Catholic Mirror, official +organ of Cardinal Gibbons, Aug. 29, 1896.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">We confess that the Roman Catholic Church is intolerant; that is +to say, that it uses all the means in its power for the extirpation of error +and sin; but this intolerance is the logical and necessary consequence of +her infallibility. </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">She alone has the right to be intolerant, because she alone +has the truth.</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> The church tolerates heretics where she is obliged to do so, +but she hates them mortally, and employs all her force to secure their +annihilation.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Shepherd of the Valley +(St. Louis, Mo.), 1876.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +This erroneous position has been well refuted by Lord Macaulay +in the following words: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The doctrine which, from the very first origin +of religious dissensions, has been held by all bigots of all sects, when condensed +into few words and stripped of rhetorical disguise, is simply this: +I am in the right, and you are in the wrong. When you are the stronger, +you ought to tolerate me; for it is your duty to tolerate truth. But when +I am the stronger, I shall persecute you; for it is my duty to persecute +error.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Essay on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sir James Mackintosh.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Benjamin Franklin well said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">When religion is good it will take care +of itself; when it is not able to take care of itself, and God does not see fit to +take care of it, so that it has to appeal to the civil power for support, it is +evidence to my mind that its cause is a bad one.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Letter +to Dr. Price.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +John Wesley gave the following Christian advice: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Condemn no man +for not thinking as you think. Let every one enjoy the full and free liberty +of thinking for himself. Let every man use his own judgment, since every +man must give an account of himself to God. Abhor every approach, in +any kind or degree, to the spirit of persecution. If you cannot reason nor +persuade a man into the truth, never attempt to force a man into it. If +love will not compel him to come, leave him to God, the Judge of all.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What does Christ say of those who are persecuted for +righteousness' sake? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' +sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when +men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page496">[pg 496]</span><a name="Pg496" id="Pg496" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +of evil against you falsely, for My sake. Rejoice, and be +exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted +they the prophets which were before you.”</span> Matt. 5:10-12. +See Rev. 2:10; 6:9-11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In the furnace God may prove thee,</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thence to bring thee forth more bright;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But He can never cease to love thee;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou art precious in His sight:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">God is with thee,—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">God, thine everlasting light.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What divine precepts received and obeyed would do +way with all oppression and persecution? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”</span> Matt. 22:39. +<span class="tei tei-q">“All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do +ye even so to them.”</span> Matt. 7:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What does love not do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Love worketh no ill to his neighbor</span></span>: therefore love is the +fulfilling of the law.”</span> Rom. 13:10. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The Bigot's Creed +</span></p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Believe as I believe—no more, no less;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">That I am right, and no one else, confess;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Feel as I feel, think only as I think;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Eat what I eat, and drink but what I drink;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Look as I look, do always as I do;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And, only then, I'll fellowship with you.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">That I am right, and always right, I know,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Because my own convictions tell me so;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And to be right is simply this: to be</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Entirely and in all respects like me.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To deviate a jot, or to begin</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To question, doubt, or hesitate, is sin.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let sink the drowning man, if he'll not swim</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Upon the plank that I throw out to him;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let starve the famishing, if he'll not eat</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">My kind and quantity of bread and meat;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let freeze the naked, too, if he'll not be</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Supplied with garments such as made for me.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Twere better that the sick should die than live,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Unless they take the medicine I give;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Twere better sinners perish than refuse</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To be conformed to my peculiar views;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Twere better that the world stood still than move</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In any way that I do not approve.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page497">[pg 497]</span><a name="Pg497" id="Pg497" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc251" id="toc251"></a> +<a name="pdf252" id="pdf252"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part XI. Life Only in Christ</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page498">[pg 498]</span><a name="Pg498" id="Pg498" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus498.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Open Grave At Hanover, Germany. "This grave, purchased for eternity, must never be opened."—German Princess. See page 515." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Open Grave At Hanover, Germany. +"This grave, purchased for eternity, must +never be opened."—German Princess. See +page 515.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page499">[pg 499]</span><a name="Pg499" id="Pg499" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc253" id="toc253"></a> +<a name="pdf254" id="pdf254"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Origin, History, And Destiny Of Satan</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus499.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Temptation. "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" Isa. 14:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Temptation. +"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, +son of the morning!" Isa. 14:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Have any others than the human family sinned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God spared not <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the angels that sinned</span></span>, but cast them down +to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved +unto judgment.”</span> 2 Peter 2:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is the name of the one who led the angels to sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared +for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the devil</span></span> and his angels.”</span> Matt. 25:41. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. By what other names is he known? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the great <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dragon</span></span> was +cast out, that old <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">serpent</span></span>, called +the Devil, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Satan</span></span>, which deceiveth the whole world.”</span> Rev. +12:9. See also Isa. 14:12, where he is called <span class="tei tei-q">“Lucifer.”</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What was Satan's condition when created? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou wast perfect</span></span> in thy ways from the day that thou wast +created, till iniquity was found in thee.”</span> Eze. 28:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What description is given of him by the prophet Ezekiel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus saith the Lord God; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou sealest up the sum, full of +wisdom, and perfect in beauty</span></span>. Thou hast been in Eden the +garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, ... the +workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in +thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed +cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon +the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in +the midst of the stones of fire.”</span> Verses 12-14. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page500">[pg 500]</span><a name="Pg500" id="Pg500" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From +this it is evident that Satan was a high and exalted +angel before he fell, a masterpiece of wisdom and beauty. From the reference +to his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">tabrets</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">pipes</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> it seems probable that he was chorister +of heaven, and led the angelic host in song. In the earthly sanctuary +the cherubim overshadowed the mercy-seat. Ex. 25:16-22; Heb. 9:3-5; +Ps. 99:1. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What unholy, ambitious spirit took possession of Satan, +and led to his fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, +I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon +the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will +ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most +High.”</span> Isa. 14:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Did pride also contribute to his fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty</span></span>, thou hast +corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">brightness</span></span>.”</span> Eze. 28:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What does Solomon say precedes destruction and a fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Pride</span></span> goeth before destruction, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an haughty spirit</span></span> before +a fall.”</span> Prov. 16:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How does the prophet Isaiah describe Satan's fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the +morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst +weaken the nations!”</span> Isa. 14:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Why was Satan cast from his high position? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the +midst of thee with violence, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and thou hast sinned</span></span>: therefore I +will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will +destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones +of fire.”</span> Eze. 28:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. When cast out of the mountain of God, to what place +were Satan and his angels banished, to be kept till the judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cast +them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness</span></span>, +to be reserved unto judgment.”</span> 2 Peter 2:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This, we +understand, is the darkness surrounding this world, +and is symbolic of the darkness of utter hopelessness and despair in rebellion +and sin. When Satan led man to sin, darkness was brought upon +this world. But God did not leave man to hopelessness. In His mercy +and great love He caused </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the light of the glorious gospel of Christ</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> to +shine, to call men </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">out of darkness into His marvelous light.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> That Satan +and the angels who fell with him had a period of probation and opportunity +to repent, there can be no doubt. Their fate is the result of stubborn +rebellion and persistence in sin in spite of the overtures of mercy and the +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page501">[pg 501]</span><a name="Pg501" id="Pg501" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +offers of pardon. For this they were cast out of heaven. The wicked +angels are kept in everlasting chains of darkness. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How is the conflict which took place in heaven between +Christ and Satan described by the revelator? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there was war in heaven: Michael and His angels +fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, +and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in +heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, +called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: +he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with +him.”</span> Rev. 12:7-9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. In what terms did Christ refer to Satan's fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I beheld Satan as lightning fall +from heaven</span></span>.”</span> Luke 10:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Has Satan ever appeared before God since his fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present +themselves before the Lord, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and Satan came also among +them</span></span>.”</span> Job 1:6. See also chapter 2:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. When asked whence he came, what was Satan's reply? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">From going to +and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it</span></span>.”</span> Job +1:7. See Job 2:2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By tempting man to sin, Satan usurped man's dominion +over the earth. Rom. 6:16; 2 Peter 2:19. This he now claims as his +kingdom (Luke 4:6); hence the temptation in offering the kingdoms of +this world to Christ. As the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">god</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and ruler of this world, Satan, for +four thousand years before the crucifixion of Christ, appeared before God +among the representatives of other worlds, as the representative of this +world. After accomplishing the death of Christ, the Son of God, the sinless +One, Satan was cast out of this council, or assembly, and has not been +permitted to enter it since. This was his second fall, and the one, doubtless, +to which Christ, just before His crucifixion, alluded when he said, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">cast out</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> John 12:31. His final fall and destruction are still future. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What has been the character of Satan since his fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the devil sinneth +from the beginning</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Was he ever in the truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your +father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">abode not in the truth</span></span>, because there is no truth in him.”</span> John +8:44. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The expression +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">abode</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> not in the truth</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> implies that Satan +was once </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">in</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> the truth, but that he did not </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">remain</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> there. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page502">[pg 502]</span><a name="Pg502" id="Pg502" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What is the only <span class="tei tei-q">“beginning”</span> of which we have record? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the beginning God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">created the heaven and the earth</span></span>.”</span> +Gen. 1:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What besides a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">murderer</span></span> did Christ say Satan is? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he is a +liar, and the father of it</span></span>.”</span> John 8:44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What did God tell Adam and Eve would be the result +if they transgressed by partaking of the forbidden fruit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">surely die</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 2:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What did Satan say to Eve concerning this? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the serpent said unto the woman, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ye shall </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps">not</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> surely +die</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 3:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This, as +far as the record shows, was </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the first lie</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">,—a direct +denial of the word of God. By persuading Eve to accept and believe it, +Satan led our first parents to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">commit sin</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; +and, as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the wages of sin is </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">death</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +by it, also, he caused their </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">death</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and so +became, in reality, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the first murderer</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +A lie, therefore, is a twin brother to murder, and one of the most hateful +things to God, the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">God of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">truth</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See Prov. 6:16-19. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The lip of +truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Prov. 12:19. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">All liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth +with fire and brimstone.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Rev. 21:8. See also Rev. 21:27; 22:15. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What has been the result of sin's entrance into the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By one man sin entered into the world, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death by sin</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 5:12. <span class="tei tei-q">“By one man's disobedience <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">many were made +sinners</span></span>.”</span> Verse 19. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The +whole world lieth in wickedness.</span></span>”</span> +1 John 5:19. <span class="tei tei-q">“In Adam <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all die</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 15:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. When Christ came to redeem man, what did Satan do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And immediately the Spirit driveth Him into the wilderness. +And He was there in the wilderness forty days, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tempted +of Satan</span></span>.”</span> Mark 1:12, 13. See also Matt. 4:1-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. How severely was Christ tempted of Satan? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched +with the feeling of our infirmities; but was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in all points tempted +like as we are</span></span>, yet without sin.”</span> Heb. 4:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What has the church suffered since the days of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when the dragon [Satan] saw that he was cast unto the +earth, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he persecuted the woman</span></span> +[<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the church</span></span>].”</span> Rev. 12:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Many +millions of the people of God have been put to death +since the beginning of the Christian era, under pagan and papal persecutions, +all of which have been instigated by Satan. See Buck's Theological +Dictionary, any commentary or church history on the subject of +persecution, and the readings on pages </span><a href="#Pg218" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">218</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg264" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">264</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg268" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">268</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +</span><a href="#Pg491" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">491</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page503">[pg 503]</span><a name="Pg503" id="Pg503" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. Is the remnant church to feel his wrath, and why? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to +make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments +of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”</span> +Verse 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. How will Satan deceive men in the last days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the means +of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast</span></span>.”</span> +Rev. 13:14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This, we +understand, refers to Spiritualistic manifestations +and miracles to be wrought to fasten men in error and deception. See +readings on pages </span><a href="#Pg530" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">530</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><a href="#Pg533" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">533</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. What will influence the nations to gather for the great +battle of Armageddon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the spirits of devils</span></span>, working miracles, which go +forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to gather +them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 16:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. Why will men be allowed thus to fall under the delusion +of Satan? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Because they received not the love of the truth</span></span>, that they might +be saved. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, +that they should believe a lie</span></span>: that they all might be damned +who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”</span> +2 Thess. 2:10-12. See 1 Kings 22:20-23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +30. For how long is Satan to be bound at the second advent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the +key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And +he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, +and Satan, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bound him a thousand years</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 20:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +31. What is to take place at the close of the thousand years? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when the thousand years are expired, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Satan shall +be loosed out of his prison</span></span>, and shall +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">go out to deceive the nations</span></span> +which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to gather them together to battle</span></span>: the number of whom is as the +sand of the sea.”</span> Verses 7, 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Satan's +evil career began in rebellion against God in heaven, +and ends in rebellion against Him on earth. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +32. As Satan and his host compass the camp of the saints, +what will take place? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page504">[pg 504]</span><a name="Pg504" id="Pg504" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed +the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +33. What is to be Satan's final doom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth</span></span> in the sight of all +them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the +people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">never shalt thou be any more</span></span>.”</span> Eze. 28:18, 19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A gladsome +thought! Satan, sin, and sinners are finally to +come to an end, and be no more. Then God will have a clean universe. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +34. Why did Christ partake of our nature? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and +blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that +through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, +that is, the devil</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 2:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +35. What exhortations are given to Christians in view of +Satan's hatred against God and all that is good? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be sober, be vigilant</span></span>; because your adversary the devil, as a +roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: +whom <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">resist steadfast in the +faith</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 5:8, 9. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Resist +the devil</span></span>, and he will flee from you.”</span> James 4:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +36. With what weapon did Christ successfully meet Satan's +temptations? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The Word of God. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is written, ... It is written, +... It is written.</span></span>”</span> Matt. 4:4-10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +Word of God is the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">sword of the Spirit.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Eph. 6:17. +If Christ met and vanquished the enemy with this, so also may we. But +no one can use it who is unfamiliar with it. How important, then, that +we search, study, and know it! See first readings in this book, and reading +on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Importance of Sound Doctrine,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page </span><a href="#Pg127" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">127</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Gracious Father, guard Thy children</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">From the foe's destructive power;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Save, O save them, Lord, from falling</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">In this dark and trying hour!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou wilt surely prove Thy people,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">All our graces must be tried;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But Thy Word illumes our pathway,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And in God we still confide.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page505">[pg 505]</span><a name="Pg505" id="Pg505" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc255" id="toc255"></a> +<a name="pdf256" id="pdf256"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">What Is Man?</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus505.png" alt="Illustration." title="Sea Of Galilee. "And the Lord ... breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Gen. 2:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Sea Of Galilee. +"And the Lord ... breathed into his nostrils +the breath of life; and man became a living soul." +Gen. 2:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. In what condition was man created? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou madest him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a little lower than the angels</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 8:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What will be the final condition of the righteous? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the +angels</span></span>; and are the children of God, being the children of the +resurrection.”</span> Luke 20:35, 36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What are angels called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And of the angels He saith, Who maketh His angels <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spirits</span></span>, +and His ministers a flame of fire.”</span> Heb. 1:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What is the difference between the two Adams? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The first man Adam was made <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a living soul</span></span>; the last Adam +was made <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a quickening spirit</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 15:45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Are our present bodies natural or spiritual? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that +which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.”</span> +Verse 46. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. When will the righteous have spiritual bodies? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is sown a natural body; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it is raised a spiritual body</span></span>. +There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.”</span> +Verse 44. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. To what does the sowing here spoken of refer? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page506">[pg 506]</span><a name="Pg506" id="Pg506" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That which thou sowest is not quickened, except it <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">die</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 36. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Man does +not now possess the undying, spiritual nature +of the angels, except as he holds it by faith in Christ; nor will he until the +resurrection. Then, if righteous, he will be made immortal, and he cannot +die any more (Luke 20:36), because he will be </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">equal unto the angels</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How is man's nature defined? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mortal man</span></span> be more just than God?”</span> Job 4:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Mortal</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Subject to +death.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is God's nature? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now unto the King <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">eternal, immortal, invisible</span></span>, the only +wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”</span> +1 Tim. 1:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Immortal</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Exempt +from liability to die.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Of what was man formed in the beginning? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord God formed man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of the dust of the ground</span></span>.”</span> +Gen. 2:7, first part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What act made him a living soul? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And [God] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">breathed into his nostrils the breath of life</span></span>; and +man became a living soul.”</span> Same verse, last part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The living soul was not put </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">into</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> the +man; but the breath of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">life</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> which was put into man, made +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">him</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">—the man, made of the earth—a +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">living</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> soul, or creature. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The original for </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">living soul</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in this text is +</span><span lang="he" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">nephesh chaiyah</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">. On the +use of this expression in Gen. 1:24, translated </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">living creature,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Dr. Adam +Clarke says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">A general term to express all creatures endued with animal +life, in any of its infinitely varied gradations, from the half-reasoning +elephant down to the stupid potto, or lower still, to the polyp, which +seems equally to share the vegetable and animal life.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Are other creatures besides man called <span class="tei tei-q">“living souls”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; +and it became as the blood of a dead man: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every living soul +died in the sea</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 16:3. See also Gen. 1:30, margin. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Do others besides man have the <span class="tei tei-q">“breath of life”</span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fowl</span></span>, +and of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cattle</span></span>, and of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">beast</span></span>, +and of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every creeping thing</span></span> that creepeth +upon the earth, and every man: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all in whose nostrils was the +breath of life</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 7:21, 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Is their breath the same as man's? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they have all one +breath</span></span>; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for +all is vanity.”</span> Eccl. 3:19. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page507">[pg 507]</span><a name="Pg507" id="Pg507" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That +is, here men, as well as beasts, die. This present life, +with them, as with the rest of the animal creation, is dependent upon their +breath. When this is gone, they, the same as beasts, die. In this respect +they have no preeminence over beasts. But men have a future unending +life held out before them, and may, if they will, die in hope of eternal life, +which is a very great preeminence over the rest of the animal creation. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What does Job call that which God breathed into man's +nostrils? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All the while my breath is in me, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the spirit of God is +in my nostrils</span></span>.”</span> Job 27:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. When man gives up this spirit, what becomes of it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the spirit shall return unto God who gave it</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 12:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That is, +the spirit of life by which man lives, and which is +only lent him of God, at death goes back to the great Author of life. Having +come from Him, it belongs to God, and man can have it eternally only as a +gift from God, through Jesus Christ. Rom. 6:23. When the spirit goes +back to God, the dust, from which man was made a </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">living soul</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in the +beginning, goes back </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">as it was</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, to the earth, and the individual no longer +exists as a living, conscious, thinking being, except as he exists in the mind, +plan, and purpose of God through Christ and the resurrection. In this +sense </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">all live unto Him</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Luke 20:38), for all are to be raised from the +dead. See John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15; Rom. 4:17. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Who only have hold of the life eternal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that hath the Son hath +life</span></span>; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that hath not the Son of +God hath not life</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +veriest sinner has this temporal life; but when he yields +up this life, he has no prospect nor promise of the life eternal. That can +be received only through Christ. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Why was Adam driven from the garden of Eden and +excluded from the tree of life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the +tree of life, and eat, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">live forever</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 3:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What was done to keep man away from the tree of life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the +garden of Eden cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned +every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. How are all men in the natural state regarded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We all ... were by nature <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the children of wrath</span></span>, even +as others.”</span> Eph. 2:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. If the wrath of God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">abides</span></span> on a person, of what does it +deprive him? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page508">[pg 508]</span><a name="Pg508" id="Pg508" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that believeth not the Son <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall not see life</span></span>; but the +wrath of God abideth on him.”</span> John 3:36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. Through whom is the sinner saved from wrath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall +be saved from wrath <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through Him</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 5:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. With whom is the Christian's future life hid? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For ye are dead [to sin], and your life is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hid with Christ in +God</span></span>.”</span> Col. 3:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. When will this life be bestowed upon the believer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">When Christ, who is our life, shall appear</span></span>, then shall ye also +appear with Him in glory.”</span> Verse 4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The word </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">immortal</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +occurs but once in the English Bible +(1 Tim. 1:17), and is there applied to God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. Who only possesses inherent immortality? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who is the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings, +and Lord of lords; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who only hath immortality</span></span>.”</span> 1 Tim. 6:15, 16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—God +is the only Being who possesses original life or immortality +in Himself. All others must receive it from God. See John 5:26; +6:27; 10:10, 27, 28; Rom. 6:23; 1 John 5:11. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. Through whom has immortality been brought to light? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But is now made manifest by the appearing of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">our Saviour +Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and +immortality to light through the gospel</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 1:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. To whom is eternal life promised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To them who by patient continuance in well-doing <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seek +for glory and honor and immortality</span></span>, eternal life.”</span> Rom. 2:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—One +does not need to seek for a thing which he already +possesses. The fact that we are to seek for immortality is proof in itself +that we do not now possess it. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. When will the faithful be changed to immortality? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, +at the last trump</span></span>: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall +be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”</span> 1 Cor. 15:51, +52. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. What is then to be swallowed up? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, +and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be +brought to pass the saying that is written, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Death is swallowed +up in victory</span></span>.”</span> Verse 54. See verse 57. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page509">[pg 509]</span><a name="Pg509" id="Pg509" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc257" id="toc257"></a> +<a name="pdf258" id="pdf258"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Life Only In Christ</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus509.png" alt="Illustration." title="Moses Smiting The Rock. "They drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them." 1 Cor. 10:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Moses Smiting The Rock. +"They drank of that spiritual Rock that followed +them." 1 Cor. 10:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is the wages of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The wages of sin is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 6:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Through whom only is there salvation from sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Neither is there salvation in any other</span></span>: for there is none other +name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be +saved.”</span> Acts 4:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—If men +do not die, why should Christ die to save them from +death? And what need of the resurrection and the second advent? +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Why did God send His only begotten Son to this world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That whosoever believeth in Him should not <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">perish</span></span>, but +have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">everlasting life</span></span>.”</span> John 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What does Christ declare Himself to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am the way, the truth, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the life</span></span>.”</span> John 14:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What does He say He gives to those who follow Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they +follow Me: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I give unto them eternal life</span></span>; and they shall never +perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.”</span> +John 10:27, 28. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page510">[pg 510]</span><a name="Pg510" id="Pg510" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Upon what is the possession of this life conditioned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Except ye <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His +blood</span></span>, ye have no life in you.”</span> John 6:53. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In whom is the life eternal? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal +life, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and this life is in His Son</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Who only have this life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that hath the Son hath life</span></span>; and he that hath not the Son +of God hath not life.”</span> Verse 12. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that heareth My word, +and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life</span></span>, and shall +not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”</span> +John 5:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is Christ therefore fittingly called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When Christ, who is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">our life</span></span>, shall appear, then shall ye +also appear with Him in glory.”</span> Col. 3:4. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There is a fountain filled with blood,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Drawn from Immanuel's veins;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And sinners plunged beneath that flood</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lose all their guilty stains.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The dying thief rejoiced to see</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That fountain in his day;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And there may I, though vile as he,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Wash all my sins away.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou dying Lamb! Thy precious blood</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shall never lose its power,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Till all the ransomed church of God</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Are saved, to sin no more.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">E'er since by faith I saw the stream</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy flowing wounds supply,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Redeeming love has been my theme,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And shall be till I die.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Unworthy though I be,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For me a blood-bought, free reward—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Eternal life for me.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There in a nobler, sweeter song,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">I'll sing Thy power to save,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When this poor lisping, stam'ring tongue</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is ransomed from the grave.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">William Cowper.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page511">[pg 511]</span><a name="Pg511" id="Pg511" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc259" id="toc259"></a> +<a name="pdf260" id="pdf260"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Intermediate State</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus511.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Burial Of Sarah. "If I wait, the grave is mine house." Job 17:13." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Burial Of Sarah. +"If I wait, the grave is mine house." +Job 17:13.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. By what figure does the Bible represent death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning +them which are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">asleep</span></span>, that ye sorrow not, even as +others which have no hope.”</span> 1 Thess. 4:13. See also 1 Cor. +15:18, 20; John 11:11-14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In sound sleep +one is wholly lost to consciousness; time goes +by unmeasured; and the mental functions which are active during consciousness +are suspended for the time being. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Where do the dead sleep? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And many of them that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sleep in the dust of the earth</span></span> shall +awake.”</span> Dan. 12:2. See also Eccl. 3:20; 9:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How long will they sleep there? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So man lieth down, and riseth not: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">till the heavens be no +more</span></span>, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”</span> +Job 14:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. For what did Job say he would wait after death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed +time will I wait, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">till my change come</span></span>.”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Where did he say he would wait? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If I wait, the grave is mine house</span></span>: I have made my bed in +the darkness.”</span> Job 17:13. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page512">[pg 512]</span><a name="Pg512" id="Pg512" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. While in this condition, how much does one know about +those he has left behind? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“His sons come to honor, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he knoweth it not</span></span>; and they +are brought low, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he perceiveth it not of them</span></span>.”</span> Job 14:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What becomes of man's thoughts at death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in that +very day his thoughts perish</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 146:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Do the dead know <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">anything</span></span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the living know that they shall die: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">but the dead know +not anything</span></span>, neither have they any more a reward; for the +memory of them is forgotten.”</span> Eccl. 9:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Do they take any part in earthly things? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Also their <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">love</span></span>, and +their <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hatred</span></span>, and their <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">envy</span></span>, is now +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything +that is done under the sun</span></span>.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—If one +continued in consciousness after death, he would know +of the promotion or dishonor of his sons. But Job says he does not know +this. Not only so, but in death one loses all the attributes of mind,—love, +hatred, envy, etc. Thus it is plain that his thoughts have perished, +and that he can have nothing more to do with the things of this +world. But if, as taught and held by some, man's powers of thought +continue after death, he </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">lives</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; and +if he lives, he must be </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">somewhere</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. Where +is he? Is he in heaven, or in hell? If he goes to either place at death, +what then is the need of a future judgment, or of a resurrection, or of the +second coming of Christ? If the judgment does not take place at death, +but men go to their reward at death, then their </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">rewards</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> precede their +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">awards</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and there would arise the possibility that some have at death gone +to the wrong place, and must needs be sent to the other, after having been +in bliss or torment for ages, perhaps. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What does the psalmist say about the dead praising God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The dead praise not the Lord</span></span>, neither any that go down +into silence.”</span> Ps. 115:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How much does one know of God when dead? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For in death <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there is no remembrance of Thee</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 6:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There is not +even a remembrance of God. As already seen, +the Bible everywhere represents the dead as </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">asleep</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. If they were in heaven +or in hell, would it be fitting to represent them thus? Was Lazarus, whom +Jesus loved, in heaven when the Saviour said, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Our friend Lazarus +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sleepeth</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">? John 11:11. If so, calling him to life was really robbing him +of the bliss of heaven that rightly belonged to him. The parable of the rich man +and Lazarus, recorded in Luke 16, was given to teach, not consciousness +in death, but that in the judgment riches will avail nothing unless rightly +and beneficently used, and that poverty will not keep one out of heaven. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page513">[pg 513]</span><a name="Pg513" id="Pg513" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. But are not the righteous dead in heaven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">David is not ascended into the heavens</span></span>.”</span> Acts 2:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What must take place before the dead can praise God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy dead men shall live, together with My dead body shall +they arise. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust</span></span>: for thy dew +is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.”</span> +Isa. 26:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. When did David say he would be satisfied? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall +be satisfied, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when I awake, with Thy likeness</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 17:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Were there to be no resurrection of the dead, what would +be the condition of those fallen asleep in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if +Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.</span></span>”</span> +1 Cor. 15:16-18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. When is the resurrection of the righteous to take place? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven</span></span> with a +shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of +God: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and the dead in Christ shall rise first</span></span>.”</span> 1 Thess. 4:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—If, as +stated in Eccl. 9:5, the dead know not anything, +then they have no knowledge of the lapse of time. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Six thousand years +in the grave to a dead man is no more than a wink of the eye to the living.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +To them, consciousness, our only means of measuring time, is gone; and it +will seem to them when they awake that absolutely no time has elapsed. +And herein lies a most comforting thought in the Bible doctrine of the sleep +of the dead, that in death there is no consciousness of the passing of time. +To those who sleep in Jesus, their sleep, whether long or short, whether +one year, one thousand years, or six thousand years, will be but as if the +moment of sad parting were followed instantly by the glad reunion in the +presence of Jesus at His glorious appearing and the resurrection of the just. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +It ought also to be a comforting thought to those whose lives have +been filled with anxiety and grief for deceased loved ones who persisted +in sin, to know that they are not now suffering in torments, but, with all +the rest of the dead, are quietly sleeping in their graves. Job 3:17. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Again, it would mar the felicity of one's enjoyment in heaven could +he look upon earth and see his friends and relatives suffering from persecution, +want, cold, or hunger, or sorrowing for the dead. God's way is best,—that +all sentient life, animation, activity, thought, and consciousness +should cease at death, and that all should wait till the resurrection for +their future life and eternal reward. See Heb. 11:39, 40. +</span></p> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sleep on, beloved! sleep, and take thy rest;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour's breast.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 10.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Good night.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page514">[pg 514]</span><a name="Pg514" id="Pg514" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc261" id="toc261"></a> +<a name="pdf262" id="pdf262"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Two Resurrections</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus514.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ's Second Coming. Descent Of The Holy City." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ's Second Coming. +Descent Of The Holy City.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What comes to all men as the result of the fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In Adam <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all die</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 15:22. See also Rom. 5:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Where do all go at death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All go unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">one place</span></span>; all +are of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the dust</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all turn to dust +again</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 3:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In what condition is man while in the grave? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; +for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the +grave, whither thou goest</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 9:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That is, +man, when dead, has no use of the powers of mind +or body. He cannot, therefore, while in the grave, praise God, or even +think of Him (Ps. 6:5); for in the day he dies his thoughts perish. Ps. +146:2-4. See preceding reading. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What has been promised in order that man may be redeemed +from this condition? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem +them from death</span></span>: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will +be thy destruction.”</span> Hosea 13:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Through whom will come this redemption from the grave? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page515">[pg 515]</span><a name="Pg515" id="Pg515" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +of the dead. For as in Adam all die, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even so in Christ +shall all be made alive</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 15:21, 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What would have been the result to the dead had not +Christ procured their release from the grave? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if +Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. +Then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished</span></span>.”</span> +Verses 16-18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Why did God give His only begotten Son to the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten +Son, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish</span></span>, but have +everlasting life.”</span> John 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What did the Sadducees in Christ's time deny? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then came to Him certain of the Sadducees, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which deny +that there is any resurrection</span></span>.”</span> Luke 20:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How did Christ, from the Old Testament Scriptures, +prove the resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the +bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God +of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For He is not a God of the +dead, but of the living: for all live unto Him.”</span> Verses 37, 38. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That is, in +view of the resurrection—of the fact that there +is to be a resurrection—all live unto God. In His purpose, all are alive. +It is in this sense that Paul speaks of God as the one </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">who quickeneth the +dead, and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">calleth those things which be not as though they were</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Rom. 4:17. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Under what illustration from nature are the resurrection +and the final salvation of the righteous taught? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">That which thou sowest</span></span> is not quickened, except it die.”</span> +1 Cor. 15:36. <span class="tei tei-q">“Verily, verily, I say unto you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Except a corn +of wheat fall into the ground and die</span></span>, it abideth alone: but if it +die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”</span> John 12:24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The seed +dies to spring forth into new life. In this we are +taught the lesson of the resurrection. All who love God will spring forth +to life, and live again through endless ages in the earth made new. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Open Grave.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +truth of the resurrection has been forcibly +illustrated by the following incident: In the city of Hanover, Germany, +is a grave known as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The open grave.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> It is that of a woman, an infidel +German princess, who died over one hundred years ago, and who, on her +death-bed, gave orders that her grave should be covered with a great +marble slab, weighing perhaps a ton, surmounting solid blocks of stone +firmly bound together with clasps of iron, with this inscription placed on +the lowermost stone of the tomb: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This grave purchased for eternity, +must never be opened.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> But no human device can thwart the plans of +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page517">[pg 517]</span><a name="Pg517" id="Pg517" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +God, or hinder the workings of life from Him. It happened, providentially +no doubt, that a birch-tree seed was buried with the princess. Soon it +began to sprout. Its tiny shoot, soft and pliable at first, found its way up +through the ponderous stones of the massive masonry. Slowly and imperceptibly, +but with irresistible power, it grew, until at last it burst the +bands of iron asunder, and opened this never-to-be-opened grave, leaving +not a single stone in its original position. See illustration on page +</span><a href="#Pg498" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">498</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +What a rebuke to infidelity! and what a mute but striking promise that, +erelong, in God's own time, all graves shall be opened, and the sleeping +ones awake from their dusty beds! +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus516.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Raising Of Lazarus. "I am the Resurrection, and the Life." John 11:25." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Raising Of Lazarus. +"I am the Resurrection, and the Life." +John 11:25.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Where are the dead when they hear the voice of Christ +calling them to life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which +all that are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the graves</span></span> shall hear His voice, and shall come +forth.”</span> John 5:28, 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How many distinct classes will have a resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">just</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unjust</span></span>.”</span> Acts 24:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. By what terms did Christ refer to the two resurrections? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall +come forth; they that have done good, unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the resurrection of +life</span></span>; and they that have done evil, unto +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the resurrection of damnation</span></span>.”</span> +John 5:28, 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. When will the resurrection of the just occur? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout</span></span>, +with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and the dead in Christ shall rise +first</span></span>.”</span> 1 Thess. 4:16. See also +1 Cor. 15:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. When are the righteous to be recompensed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For thou shalt be recompensed <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">at the resurrection of the +just</span></span>.”</span> Luke 14:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. In what condition did David expect to rise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall +be satisfied, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when I awake, with Thy likeness</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 17:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What great contrast will be seen between the present +body and the one to be put on in the resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">corruption</span></span>; it is raised in +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">incorruption</span></span>: it is sown in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dishonor</span></span>; +it is raised in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">glory</span></span>: it is sown +in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">weakness</span></span>; it is raised in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">power</span></span>: +it is sown a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">natural body</span></span>; it is raised +a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spiritual body</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. +15:42-44. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page518">[pg 518]</span><a name="Pg518" id="Pg518" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. After whose body will these resurrected ones be fashioned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall +change our vile body, that it may be fashioned <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">like unto His +glorious body</span></span>.”</span> Phil. 3:20, 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What will the righteous do upon rising from the grave? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall +they arise. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust</span></span>: for thy dew +is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.”</span> +Isa. 26:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. In what words will their triumph over death and the +grave be expressed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”</span> +1 Cor. 15:55. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How long will they live? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Neither can they die any more</span></span>: for they are equal unto the +angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the +resurrection.”</span> Luke 20:36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. How long do the other class wait after the first resurrection +before they are raised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they [the righteous] lived and reigned with Christ +a thousand years. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">But the rest of the dead lived not again until +the thousand years were finished.</span></span>”</span> Rev. 20:4, 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What is to be their fate? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured +them.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. Who are to share this fate? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fearful</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unbelieving</span></span>, and the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">abominable</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">murderers</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whoremongers</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sorcerers</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">idolaters</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all liars</span></span>, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with +fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”</span> Rev. 21:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What is the last enemy to be destroyed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. +15:26. See Rev. 20:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. How will the righteous ever afterward appear? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall the righteous <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shine forth as the sun</span></span> in the kingdom +of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”</span> +Matt. 13:43. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page519">[pg 519]</span><a name="Pg519" id="Pg519" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc263" id="toc263"></a> +<a name="pdf264" id="pdf264"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Fate Of The Transgressor</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus519.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Giving Of The Law. "Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death." James 1:15." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Giving Of The Law. +"Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth +death." James 1:15.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What question does Peter ask regarding the wicked? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the +house of God: and if it first begin at us, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">what shall the end be of +them that obey not the gospel of God</span></span>?”</span> 1 Peter 4:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What does the Bible say is the wages of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the wages of sin is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 6:23. <span class="tei tei-q">“The soul +that sinneth, it shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">die</span></span>.”</span> Eze. 18:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Die</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">To pass +from physical life; to suffer a total and irreparable loss +of action of the vital functions; to become dead; +to expire; perish.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What will be the character of this death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who shall be punished with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">everlasting destruction</span></span> from +the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power.”</span> +2 Thess. 1:9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Destroy</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">To unbuild; to break +up the structure and organic existence +of; to demolish; to spoil utterly; to bring to naught; to put an end to; +to annihilate.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How complete will be the destruction of the wicked? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fear Him which is able to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">destroy both +soul and body in hell</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 10:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What does Christ say will befall those who do not repent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Except ye repent, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall all likewise perish</span></span>.”</span> Luke 13:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Perish</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be +lost; to waste away; to die.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page520">[pg 520]</span><a name="Pg520" id="Pg520" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How does the apostle Peter say they shall perish? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and +destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall utterly perish in their own corruption</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 2:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. To what are the wicked in their punishment compared? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord +shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall +they consume away</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 37:20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Consume</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">To destroy; as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or +fire.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How does John the Baptist describe the destruction of +the wicked? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that cometh after me is mightier than I, ... +whose fan is in His hand, and He will throughly purge His +floor, and gather His wheat into the garner; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He will burn up +the chaff with unquenchable fire</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 3:11, 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. For whom does Christ say the fire which will finally destroy +the wicked was originally prepared? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart +from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prepared for the devil +and his angels</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 25:41. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This fire is called +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">everlasting</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> because of the character +of the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">work</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> it does; just as it is called </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">unquenchable</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> because it +cannot be </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">put</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> out, and not because it will not </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">go</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +out when it has done its work. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What will be the result of this punishment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As the whirlwind passeth, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">so is the wicked no more</span></span>: but the +righteous is an everlasting foundation.”</span> Prov. 10:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Will any part of the wicked be left? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; +and all the proud, yea, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all</span></span> that do wickedly, shall be stubble: +and the day that cometh shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">burn them up</span></span>, saith the Lord of +hosts, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it shall leave them neither root nor branch</span></span>.”</span> +Mal. 4:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What will then be their condition? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as ye have drunk upon My holy mountain, so shall +all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and +they shall swallow down, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall be as though they had not +been</span></span>.”</span> Obadiah 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Where will the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">place</span></span> of the wicked then be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be; yea, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page521">[pg 521]</span><a name="Pg521" id="Pg521" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou shalt diligently consider his place, +and it shall not be</span></span>.”</span> Ps. +37:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It would +be difficult to keep the wicked in eternal torment +without any place for them, even, in which to exist. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Where are both the righteous and the wicked to be +recompensed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the earth</span></span>: +much more the wicked and the sinner.”</span> Prov. 11:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Do the wicked go directly to their punishment at death, +or wait till the day of judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be +punished</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 2:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. To what are the present heavens and earth reserved? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same +word are kept in store, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">reserved unto fire against the day of judgment +and perdition of ungodly men</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 3:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Both the +present heavens and earth and sinners await the +fires of the last day. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What will be the result of the fires of the last day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of +God, wherein <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the +elements shall melt with fervent heat</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The +earth also, and the +works that are therein shall be burned up.</span></span>”</span> Verses 12, 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. By what means does Christ say His kingdom is to be +cleansed from sin and sinners? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall +gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which +do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire</span></span>.”</span> Matt. +13:41, 42. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Satan and +the wicked now have this world as their </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">place.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +In due time Christ will have it. He will cleanse it from sin and sinners, +and restore it, that He may give it to the saints of the Most High for an +everlasting possession. See Dan. 7:18, 22, 27. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. When are the wicked dead to be raised to receive their +final punishment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the rest of the dead lived not again <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">until the thousand +years were finished</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 20:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Whence will come the fire that will destroy them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page522">[pg 522]</span><a name="Pg522" id="Pg522" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This is +called God's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">strange act</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and His </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">strange work,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—the +work of destruction. Isa. 28:21. But by this means God will once +and forever cleanse the universe of sin and all its sad results. Death itself +will then be at an end—cast into the lake of fire. Rev. 20:14. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. To what will this fire reduce the wicked? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And ye shall tread down the wicked; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall be ashes +under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this</span></span>, saith the +Lord of hosts.”</span> Mal. 4:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The wicked +are to be utterly destroyed—consumed away +into smoke, brought to ashes. Having inseparably allied themselves with +sin, they have forfeited the right to life and an immortal existence, and +chosen the way of death and destruction. By their choice they have +proved themselves worthless. For this reason they are compared to chaff, +briers, thorns, etc. Their destruction will consequently be no real loss. +They will themselves have lost their opportunity to obtain eternal life; +but by the way in which they used their probationary time they proved +themselves unworthy of it. Their destruction will, in fact, be an act of +love and mercy on the part of God; for to perpetuate their lives would only +be to perpetuate sin, sorrow, suffering, and misery. Terrible, therefore, +as this judgment will be, there will, in consequence of it, be nothing of +value lost,—nothing lost worth saving. The experiment of sin will be +over, and God's original plan of peopling the earth with a race of holy, +happy beings will be carried out. 2 Peter 3:13. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What is this final destruction of the wicked called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the second death</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 20:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. After the burning day, what will appear? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">new heavens and a new earth</span></span>, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”</span> +2 Peter 3:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. Where will the righteous then be found? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the kingdom +of their Father</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 13:43. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What promise of the Saviour will then be fulfilled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed are the meek: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall inherit the earth</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 5:5. See also Ps. 37:11, 29; Isa. 65:17-25; Dan. 7:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What universal song of praise will then be sung? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, +and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are +in them, heard I saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessing, and honor, and glory, and +power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb +forever and ever</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 5:13. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page523">[pg 523]</span><a name="Pg523" id="Pg523" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc265" id="toc265"></a> +<a name="pdf266" id="pdf266"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Ministration Of Good Angels</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus523.png" alt="Illustration." title="Moses On The Nile. "He shall give His angels charge over thee." Ps. 91:11." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Moses On The Nile. +"He shall give His angels charge over +thee." Ps. 91:11.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Of what family does Paul speak in Ephesians? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our +Lord Jesus Christ, of whom <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the whole family in heaven and earth</span></span> +is named.”</span> Eph. 3:14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. By what name are the members of this family called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now there was a day when <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sons of God</span></span> came to present +themselves before the Lord.”</span> Job 1:6. <span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, what manner +of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should +be called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sons of God</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. By what name are those composing the family in heaven +commonly known to us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">angels</span></span> round +about the throne.”</span> Rev. 5:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Did angels exist before the death of any of the human +family? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the +garden of Eden <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cherubim</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 3:24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Cherub</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">A creature of +a sacred and celestial nature.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Gesenius.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Who witnessed the laying of the foundations of the earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page524">[pg 524]</span><a name="Pg524" id="Pg524" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +laid the corner-stone thereof; when <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +morning stars</span></span> sang together, +and all <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sons of God</span></span> shouted for joy?”</span> Job 38:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How many of these beings did John see around the throne? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I beheld, and I heard the voice of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">many angels</span></span> round +about the throne; ... and the number of them was +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands</span></span>.”</span> +Rev. 5:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What does Paul say of their number? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the +living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an innumerable +company of angels</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 12:22. See also Dan. 7:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Are angels of a higher order of beings than man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou hast made him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a little lower than the angels</span></span>.”</span> Ps. +8:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—There are different +orders of angels: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Cherubim</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Gen. +3:24); </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Seraphim</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Isa. 6:2, 6); </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Archangel</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 9). +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Some of their names are: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Michael</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1; Jude 9); +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Gabriel</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (Dan. 8:16; 9:21; Luke 1:19); </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Uriel</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (2 Esdras [Apocrypha] +4:1, 36; 5:20. See 1 Chron. 15:5); </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Ariel</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> (doubtless of angelic +origin. See Ezra 8:16). +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Michael</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> means, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Who is +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">like</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> God,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and hence is a fit title for +Christ. </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Gabriel</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> signifies, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">strength</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of God,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> an appropriate name for +the angel or being who stands next to Christ (Dan. +10:21). </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Uriel</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> means, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">light</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of God;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Ariel</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">lion</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of God.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Is Christ ever called an angel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, I send <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an Angel</span></span> before thee, to keep thee in the +way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.”</span> +Ex. 23:20. See verse 23; Acts 7:38; and margin of 1 Cor. +10:4. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Angel of His presence</span></span> saved them.”</span> Isa. 63:9. +<span class="tei tei-q">“Michael <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Archangel</span></span>.”</span> Jude 9. See also Dan. 12:1; +1 Thess. 4:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Angel means +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">messenger</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">. In Mal. 3:1, Christ is called </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">messenger</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of the covenant.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is said of the strength and character of the angels? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Bless the Lord, ye His angels, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that excel in strength, that do +His commandments</span></span>, harkening unto the voice of His word.”</span> +Ps. 103:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What description is given of Gabriel in Daniel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“His body also was like the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">beryl</span></span>, and his face as the appearance +of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lightning</span></span>, and his eyes +as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lamps of fire</span></span>, and his arms +and his feet like in color to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">polished brass</span></span>, and the voice of his +words <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">like the voice of a multitude</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 10:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Similar descriptions +are given of God, the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Ancient of days,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +in Dan 7:9; and of Christ, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the Son of man,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in Rev. 1:13-15 +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page525">[pg 525]</span><a name="Pg525" id="Pg525" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What was the appearance of the angel that rolled away +the stone from the sepulcher at the resurrection of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“His countenance was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">like lightning</span></span>, +and his raiment <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">white +as snow</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 28:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What shows that the angels sent to Abraham and Lot +were real beings? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he [Abraham] took butter, and milk, and the calf +which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by +them under the tree, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they did eat</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“And he [Lot] made +them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they did eat</span></span>.”</span> +Gen. 18:8; 19:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What reason does Paul give to encourage us to entertain +strangers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for thereby some +have entertained angels unawares</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 13:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. In his dream at Bethel, what did Jacob see? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, +and the top of it reached to heaven: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and behold the angels of God +ascending and descending on it</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 28:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. To whose authority are the angels subject? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus Christ: who is gone into heaven, and is on the right +hand of God; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">angels and authorities and powers being made subject +unto Him</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 3:21, 22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In Joshua +5:13-15, Christ is called </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">captain of the Lord's +host.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. In what work are angels engaged? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Are they not all <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ministering spirits</span></span>, sent forth to minister +for them who shall be heirs of salvation?”</span> Heb. 1:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What scripture indicates that each child of God has an +accompanying angel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for +I say unto you, That in heaven <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">their angels</span></span> do always behold +the face of My Father which is in heaven.”</span> Matt. 18:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Another has said: +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Christians who live in the light of God's +countenance are always accompanied by unseen angels, and these holy +beings leave behind them a blessing in our homes.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. How is their watch-care over God's people expressed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The angel of the Lord <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">encampeth round about them that +fear Him, and delivereth them</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 34:7. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page526">[pg 526]</span><a name="Pg526" id="Pg526" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus526.png" alt="Illustration." title="Daniel In The Lions' Den. "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them." Ps. 34:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Daniel In The Lions' Den. +"The angel of the Lord encampeth round about +them that fear Him, and delivereth them." +Ps. 34:7.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page527">[pg 527]</span><a name="Pg527" id="Pg527" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. By what means were the three Hebrews protected while +in the fiery furnace? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and +they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">like the Son of +God</span></span>.... Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed +be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sent His angel, and delivered His servants</span></span> that trusted in Him.”</span> +Dan. 3:25-28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. When cast into the lions' den, how did Daniel say he +had been saved from death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths</span></span>, +that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before Him innocency +was found in me.”</span> Dan. 6:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. When surrounded by the Syrian host, what did Elisha +say, and for what did he pray, to encourage his frightened +servant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he answered, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Fear not: for they that be with us are more +than they that be with them</span></span>. And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, +I pray thee, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">open his eyes, that he may see</span></span>. And the Lord opened +the eyes of the young man; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and he saw: and, behold, the mountain +was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha</span></span>.”</span> +2 Kings 6:16, 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What does the psalmist say of the chariots of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thousands +of angels</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 68:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. By what means were the apostles delivered from prison? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The angel of the Lord</span></span> by +night <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">opened the prison doors</span></span>, and +brought them forth.”</span> Acts 5:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. How was Peter delivered later? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The angel of the Lord came upon him</span></span>, and a light shined in +the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, +saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.... +And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, +and follow me.... They came unto the iron gate that +leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: +and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith +the angel departed from him.”</span> Acts 12:7-10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">What +we call physical law is no obstruction to angelic +ministrations. Bolts and bars and prison gates disappear at their volition, +and dungeons like palaces shine in their presence. No place can be +so dismal, no cavern so deep and dark, no Inquisition cell so hidden and +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page528">[pg 528]</span><a name="Pg528" id="Pg528" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +fetid, no fortress so strongly guarded, that they cannot find quick and easy +access, if a child of God is there.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Footprints +of Angels in Fields of +Revelation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by E. A. Stockman, pages 74, 75.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. When Elijah was about to take a forty days' journey, +how was he strengthened for it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and +touched him, and said, Arise and eat</span></span>; because the journey is too +great for thee. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went +in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto +Horeb the mount of God.”</span> 1 Kings 19:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. After His forty days' fast and temptation in the wilderness, +how was Christ strengthened? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then the devil leaveth Him, and, behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">angels came and +ministered unto Him</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 4:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. How was Christ strengthened while suffering in the +garden of Gethsemane? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there appeared an angel unto Him from heaven, strengthening +Him</span></span>.”</span> Luke 22:43. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. Are the angels interested in the plan of salvation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Which things <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the angels desire to look into</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 1:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +30. Are they interested in the conversion of men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Likewise, I say unto you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there is joy in the presence of the +angels of God over one sinner that repenteth</span></span>.”</span> Luke 15:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +31. Before whom are we said to speak? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou +shouldest vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause +thy flesh to sin; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither say thou before the angel</span></span>, that it was an +error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy +the work of thine hands?”</span> Eccl. 5:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +32. For what must men give account in the judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But I say unto you, That <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every idle word</span></span> that men shall +speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”</span> +Matt. 12:36. See also Eccl. 12:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +33. Out of what will they be judged? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; +and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which +is the book of life: and the dead were judged <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">out of those things +which were written in the books</span></span>, according to their works.”</span> Rev. +20:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +34. What shows that the actions of men are recorded? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page529">[pg 529]</span><a name="Pg529" id="Pg529" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord harkened, and heard it, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a book of remembrance +was written before Him</span></span> for them that feared the Lord, +and that thought upon His name.”</span> Mal. 3:16. See also Isa. +65:6; Jer. 2:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +35. In the judgment how many angels minister before God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thousand thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times +ten thousand stood before Him</span></span>: the judgment was set, and the +books were opened.”</span> Dan. 7:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Since the +angels are our ministering spirits, and our lives +are open before them, it is reasonable to infer that they make the record +of our lives. Then when the books are examined, they will of necessity +be present, to minister before God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +36. What does Christ promise overcomers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white +raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, +but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will confess his name before +My Father, and before His angels</span></span>.”</span> +Rev. 3:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +37. What protection has God promised His people during +the seven last plagues? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague +come nigh thy dwelling. For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He shall give His angels charge +over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in +their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 91:10-12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +38. When Christ comes, who will come with Him, and what +will they do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with His angels</span></span>.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall gather together His elect</span></span> from +the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”</span> Matt. +16:27; 24:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +39. Where will all the saints then go? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then we which are alive and remain <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall be caught up together +with them in the clouds</span></span>, to meet the Lord in the air: and so +shall we ever be with the Lord.”</span> 1 Thess. 4:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—We shall +then have the privilege of seeing and conversing +not only with the good and blest of all ages, but with the angels who have +ministered to us during our earthly pilgrimage. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O, may Thine angels, while I sleep,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Around my bed their vigils keep;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Their love angelical instil,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Stop every avenue of ill!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">May they celestial joys rehearse,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And thought to thought with me converse.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Bishop Kent.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page530">[pg 530]</span><a name="Pg530" id="Pg530" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc267" id="toc267"></a> +<a name="pdf268" id="pdf268"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Dark Ministries Of Bad Angels</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus530.png" alt="Illustration." title="Satan's Entrance To Eden. "The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me." John 14:30." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Satan's Entrance To Eden. +"The prince of this world cometh, and hath +nothing in Me." John 14:30.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Against whom do we wrestle? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">against +principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness +of this world, against spiritual wickedness</span></span> +[margin, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wicked spirits</span></span>] +in high places [margin, heavenly places].”</span> Eph. 6:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +facts of history concur with the statements of revelation +in forcing upon us the unwelcome conviction that the human race is +subject to the malevolent influence of an organized and all-pervading +demonism. Alike in the career of nations and in the phenomena of personal +destiny the presence of demoniacal skill and power is often prominent, +frequently dominant, always evil.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Footprints +of Angels in Fields of +Revelation</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by E. A. Stockman, page 2.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. To what place were the angels that sinned cast? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cast them +down to hell</span></span> [Greek, <span lang="el" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="el"><span style="font-style: italic">tartarus</span></span>, +a place of darkness], and delivered +them into <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">chains of darkness</span></span>, to be reserved unto judgment.”</span> +2 Peter 2:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What is Satan himself called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">god of this world</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. +4:4. <span class="tei tei-q">“The <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prince of this +world</span></span>.”</span> John 14:30. <span class="tei tei-q">“The +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prince of the power of the air</span></span>.”</span> +Eph. 2:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How numerous are these wicked spirits, or fallen angels? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page531">[pg 531]</span><a name="Pg531" id="Pg531" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, +saying, My name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Legion</span></span>: for +we are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">many</span></span>.”</span> Mark 5:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is the chief occupation of Satan and his angels? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He was there in the wilderness forty days, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tempted +of Satan</span></span>.”</span> Mark 1:13. <span class="tei tei-q">“Be sober, be vigilant; because your +adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seeking +whom he may devour</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 5:8. See Rev. 12:9, 12; 16:14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In +undiminished possession of their intelligence and +strength, they constantly assault us in every weakness, through every +avenue, by every means, by methods foul or fair.... Whom they +cannot destroy they cease not to worry, torment. They inspire evil tempers; +arouse dark passions; instil ill will; beget malice, envy; impose care, +fear, distrust; suggest deceit, fraud, and all the forms of crime.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Supremely +do they revel in the criminal domain. They foster falsehood, +incite revenge, fan jealousy, beget quarrels, help on thefts, robbery, and +arson, further divorces, plan defalcations, instigate murders. They run +the saloons and edit the </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Police +News</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Footprints of Angels in Fields of +Revelation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> pages 9, 10, 22.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What are we admonished not to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon +your wrath: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither give place to the devil</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 4:26, 27. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Those who +give vent to anger or retain old grudges, who +parley with temptation or tamper with vice, who indulge in intemperance, +pride, foolishness, or levity, or give way to any other weakness, give place +to the devil; that is, they give the devil an opportunity to work through +them—give him an advantage over them. We should therefore close +every avenue to Satan and his angels. We should suppress anger, be +sober and watchful, and nip in the bud every prompting to sin. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What spirits stand ever ready to deceive and ruin those +who are off guard or bent on going astray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said, Who shall persuade [margin, deceive] +Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?... +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, +I will persuade him.</span></span> And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? +And he said, I will go forth, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will be a lying spirit in the +mouth of all his prophets</span></span>. And He said, Thou shalt persuade +him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.”</span> 1 Kings 22:20-22. +See 2 Thess. 2:10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. With what were many possessed in Christ's time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they brought unto Him all sick people that were taken +with divers diseases and torments, and those which were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">possessed +with devils</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 4:24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Vampire-like, evil +angels take possession of, and make their +abode with, all over whose minds and bodies they can gain control. Only +through Christ can this demoniacal captivity be broken. Until this is +done, one in this condition is led captive by Satan </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">at his will.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> His self-control +and power to resist temptation are gone. See 2 Tim. 2:26. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page532">[pg 532]</span><a name="Pg532" id="Pg532" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How do evil spirits sometimes treat those thus possessed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And as he was yet a coming, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the devil threw him down, and +tare him</span></span>.”</span> Luke 9:42. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Those +under demoniacal control are simply the sport and +plaything of the evil spirits possessing and controlling them. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. As we near the closing scenes of human probation, why +may we expect an increase in demoniacal manifestations? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for the +devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth +that he hath but a short time</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 12:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Acquainted, as +they are, with the laws of nature, Satan and +his angels raise storms and scatter disease and death as far as lies within +their power; and, as enemies of God, they likewise pervert the truth and +disseminate error as far as possible. Far better, also, than the inhabitants +of the world, do they know that the end of all things is fast approaching, +and that their time to work is short. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Concerning what have we been definitely informed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the latter times +some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, +and doctrines of devils</span></span>.”</span> 1 Tim. 4:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What class of God's servants have evil angels, through +wicked men, seemed to make special objects of attack? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Which of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the prophets</span></span> have not your fathers persecuted?”</span> +Acts 7:52. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Of all +classes of men employed by the Heavenly Father +in the work of redemption, none are more fiercely hated by the wicked +angels than the whole line of the prophets; for from the first to the last +they foretell the final and eternal overthrow and utter extinction of the +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">powers of darkness,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">spirits of +disobedience.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> ”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Footprints of Angels +in Fields of Revelation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 14.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Evil angels also incite men and nations to war, and by this means +divert their attention from things pertaining to the kingdom of God, and +so take peace from the earth. Rev. 16:14. This will end in Armageddon. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Familiar with the laws which govern mental conditions, the fallen +hosts ply all their specious arts to excite personal suspicions and animosities, +and to create national resentments and bloody conflicts, their +chief delight being to compass the destruction of peace and the banishment +of concord from the earth, to embitter the poor children of sin and sorrow +against each other, and turn our world into an arena +of strife and crime.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Id.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +page 22. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What will be the final doom of Satan and his angels? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart +from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prepared for the devil +and his angels</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 25:41. <span class="tei tei-q">“And the day that cometh +shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">burn them up</span></span>, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave +them neither <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">root</span></span> nor +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">branch</span></span>.”</span> Mal. 4:1. See Rev. 20:9. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page533">[pg 533]</span><a name="Pg533" id="Pg533" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc269" id="toc269"></a> +<a name="pdf270" id="pdf270"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Spiritualism</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus533.png" alt="Illustration." title="Saul And The Witch Of Endor. "They are the spirits of devils, working miracles." Rev. 16:14." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Saul And The Witch Of Endor. +"They are the spirits of devils, working +miracles." Rev. 16:14.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is Spiritualism defined to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals +by means of physical phenomena, as by rapping, or during +abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly +manifested through a medium; spiritism.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Spiritism</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The theory that mediumistic phenomena are caused by +spirits of the dead.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +very central truth of Spiritualism is the power and +possibility of spirit return, under certain conditions, to communicate with +those in the material form.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">N. +F. Ravlin, Spiritualistic lecturer, of +California.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Did this doctrine exist in ancient times? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Regard not them that have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">familiar spirits</span></span>, neither seek +after <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wizards</span></span>, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.”</span> +Lev. 19:31. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +phenomenal aspect of modern Spiritualism reproduces +all essential principles of the magic, witchcraft, and sorcery of the past. +The same powers are involved, the same intelligences +are operating.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">F. F. +Morse, in </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Practical Occultism,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 85. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How does God regard sorcerers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I will come near to you to judgment; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will be a +swift witness against the sorcerers</span></span>.”</span> Mal. 3:5 +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page534">[pg 534]</span><a name="Pg534" id="Pg534" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What does He say of the teachings of enchanters and +sorcerers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore harken not ye to ... your enchanters, +nor to your sorcerers, ... for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they prophesy a lie unto you</span></span>, +to remove you far from your land.”</span> Jer. 27:9,10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Rev. F. B. +Meyer, of England, gives the following warning +against dabbling in Spiritualism: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I have known several families that have +been cursed by having recourse to clairvoyants and mediums. There are +grave dangers in these things; and when occult powers are used for selfish +ends, it is possible for men and women to be filled with evil spirits, as was +the girl at Philippi. People are fools to play with the dregs of the spirit +world.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Present Truth, Sept. 7, 1911.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I am perfectly certain that the whole movement known as modern +Spiritualism is in the hands and under the direction of the father of evil +spirits; in other words, is thoroughly and unmistakably +diabolical.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. +C. Williams, of London, England.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Before their entrance into Canaan, what instruction did +Moses give Israel concerning these things? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God +giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations +of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one +that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, +or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, +or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar +spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these +things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these +abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before +thee. Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.”</span> +Deut. 18:9-13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Whoever +consults or has to do with mediums or any who +profess to receive instruction or communications from the spirits of the +dead, disregards this plain instruction, and places himself upon the enemy's +ground. Ever since Satan told that first lie in Eden, when he denied that +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">death</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> would be the result of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sin</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +in the very face of death itself, he, working +upon man's natural dread of death and upon his distress at the thought +of being separated from loved ones, has been endeavoring to persuade +men to believe that the dead are not dead, and that men do not die. Idolatry, +heathenism, Spiritualism, occultism, and the whole brood of false isms +of this kind, it will be noticed, deal very largely with </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">death</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. This, of +itself, indicates their origin, and should be a warning to all to let them alone—to +have nothing whatever to do with them. They are from beneath, and not +from above. However promising or pleasing they may be at first, they are +downward and destructive in their tendency, and ultimately lead away from +God, into unbelief of His Word and into sin. They promise life by denying +death, and apparently </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">make good</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Satan's lie in Eden, through the +ministration and manifestations of evil angels representing themselves +to be the spirits of the dead. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +In a sermon on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Spiritualism an Imposture,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Rev. T. De Witt Talmage +said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Spiritualism takes advantage of those who are weak and morbid +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page535">[pg 535]</span><a name="Pg535" id="Pg535" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +with trouble. We lose a friend. The house is dark, the world is dark, +the future seems dark. If we had, in our rebellion and weakness, the +power to marshal a host and recapture our loved one, we should marshal +the host. Spiritualism comes in at that moment, when we are all worn out +by watching,—all worn out, body, mind, and soul,—and says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Now I +will open that door; you shall hear the voices. Take your places around +the table; all be quiet now.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> ... O, I hate Spiritualism, because it +takes advantage of people when they are weak, and worn out, and morbid +under life's bereavements and sorrows!... If Spiritualism had its +way, it would turn the world into a pandemonium of carnality. It is an +unclean and adulterous system.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Under the theocracy of Israel, what was the law concerning +witches and those who had familiar spirits? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”</span> Ex. 22:18. <span class="tei tei-q">“A +man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a +wizard, shall surely be put to death.”</span> Lev. 20:27. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This shows +how dangerous and deadly everything of this +character is in God's sight. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. With what is witchcraft classed by Paul, and what does +he say to those who are guilty of such things? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, +strife, seditions, heresies.... I have also told you in time +past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom +of God.”</span> Gal. 5:20-23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What should one do if asked to inquire of a familiar +spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that +have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that +mutter: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">should not a people seek +unto their God?</span></span> for the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">living</span></span> +to the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dead</span></span>?”</span> Isa. 8:19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Giving the +sense of this passage, Dr. Adam Clarke says: +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Should not a nation seek unto its God? Why should you seek unto the +dead concerning the living?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> But this is exactly what Spiritualism teaches +men to do,—to seek unto the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">dead</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> concerning the </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">living</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What instruction does the apostle John give touching +this subject? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">try the spirits whether +they are of God</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 4:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. By what are we to try them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">To the law and to the testimony</span></span>: if they speak not according +to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”</span> Isa. 8:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Should we allow ourselves to be influenced by signs or +wonders performed by those who would try to lead us away +from God and His law? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page536">[pg 536]</span><a name="Pg536" id="Pg536" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, +and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder +come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after +other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou shalt not harken unto the words of that prophet; or that dreamer +of dreams</span></span>: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether +ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your +soul. Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear Him, +and keep His commandments, and obey His voice.”</span> Deut. +13:1-4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How much do the dead know of what is going on among +men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. +His sons come to honor, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he knoweth it not</span></span>; and they are +brought low, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he perceiveth it not of them</span></span>.”</span> Job 14:20, 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Do the dead know <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">anything</span></span>? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the living know that they shall die: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the dead know +not anything</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 9:5. <span class="tei tei-q">“His breath goeth forth, he returneth +to his earth; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in that very day his thoughts perish</span></span>.”</span> Ps. +146:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What scripture forever precludes the idea that the +dead come back to earth to communicate with the living? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now +perished; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither have they any more a portion forever in anything +that is done under the sun</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 9:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Then when miracles are performed by spirits purporting +to be those of our dead friends, to what shall we attribute them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For they are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the spirits of devils, working miracles</span></span>.”</span> Rev. +16:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What will be one characteristic of last-day apostasies? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times +some shall depart from the faith, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">giving heed to seducing spirits, +and doctrines of devils</span></span>.”</span> 1 Tim. 4:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The following items +illustrate a condition widely prevalent:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“ </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">A lawyer with a national reputation, well known to me,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> said J. L. +Hall, of New York, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">never begins the preparation of a difficult case without +getting </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">advice from the other side,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> as he describes the search.... +Another distinguished man of New York City once asserted to me that he +had his familiar spirit with which he talked as freely as with a +human companion,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> ”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Washington +Herald, May 8, 1911.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +A noted Brooklyn divine some years ago, not realizing that he was +voicing Spiritualistic views, gave expression to the following: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">What are +our departed Christian friends, who in this world had their joy in the healing +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page537">[pg 537]</span><a name="Pg537" id="Pg537" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +art, doing now?—Busy at their old business. No sickness in heaven, +but plenty of sickness on earth.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Christian +Herald, July 8, 1882.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Writing concerning </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Communion With the Departed,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> General +Booth, of the Salvation Army, said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Through all my history, my personal +intercourse with the spirit world has been but limited. I have not been +favored with many visions, and it is but seldom that I dream dreams that +impart either pleasure or profit; and yet I have a spiritual communion +with the departed saints that is not without both satisfaction and service. +And especially of late the memories of those with whom my heart has had +the choicest communion in the past, if not the very beings themselves, have +come in upon me as I have sat at my desk or lain wakeful on my bed in the +night-season. Amongst these, one form, true to her mission, comes more +frequently than all besides, assuring me of her continued partnership in +my struggle for the temporal and eternal salvation of the multitudes—and +that is my blessed, my beautiful wife!</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">War +Cry, Nov. 27, 1897.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Dr. Joseph Parker, of the City Temple, London, has openly declared +that he prayed to his departed wife every day. He said that he +never came to the City Temple to preach without asking her to come with +him. He further says: I encourage my friend to pray to his wife, and to +pray God to ask her to come to his help. She will be more to him than +twelve legions of unknown angels.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +Living Church, Nov. 14, 1899.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The emperor Nicholas ... has fallen under the influence of a +Spiritualist named Philipp, who rules the emperor to such an extent that +His Majesty makes no important decision, even in relation to family life, +without consulting his Spiritualistic guide.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Melbourne +Age, Nov. 15, 1902.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +In a statement given put Dec. 20, 1910, soon after the death of Mrs. +Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, Mrs. Amelia Stetson, one of the +leaders of the Christian Science Church of New York City, said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Mrs. +Eddy, who was the female Christ, will return to earth. I am watching +and waiting for the manifestation of Mrs. Eddy in the semblance of human +form. It may come today, it may come next week, it may not come for +ten years, but it will surely come.... The millennium is at hand. +Mrs. Eddy is not dead. She is still alive, and when she appears again on +earth, it will be as herself—as Mary Baker Eddy.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">A message purporting to come from Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, the +founder of Christian Science, through Mr. William T. Stead, the noted +English journalist, shortly after the former's death, says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There is no +death; all is life; all is freedom,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> ”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Signs +of the Times, Feb. 28, 1911.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +And soon after Mr. Stead himself went down on the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Titanic,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> April +15, 1912, Spiritualists in different parts of the world received numerous +messages purporting to have come from him. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. How does Satan deceive the people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And no marvel; for Satan himself is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">transformed into an +angel of light</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 11:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What role do his agents assume? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">transformed +as the ministers of righteousness</span></span>.”</span> Verse 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Will Satan and his agents attempt to counterfeit the +coming of Christ, and work signs and wonders to confirm their +pretentious claims? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page538">[pg 538]</span><a name="Pg538" id="Pg538" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then if any man shall say unto you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lo, here is Christ</span></span>, +or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, +and false prophets, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and shall +show great signs and wonders</span></span>; insomuch +that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”</span> +Matt. 24:23, 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What will be one of the last great signs performed by +this means, to fasten men in deception? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he doeth great wonders, so that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he maketh fire come +down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men</span></span>, and deceiveth +them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles +which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to +them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image +to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.”</span> +Rev. 13:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What scripture shows that Satan is to work with special +power and deceptive wonders just before Christ's second coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whose coming is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">after the working of Satan with all power +and signs and lying wonders</span></span>, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness +in them that perish.”</span> 2 Thess. 2:9, 10. See +also Rev. 12:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. While many will be deceived by these wonders, and +accept of the false Christs that appear, what will those say who +have maintained their love for the truth, and patiently waited +for Christ's return? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it shall be said in that day, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lo, +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps">this</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> is our God; we +have waited for Him, and He will save us: </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps">this</span></span><span style="font-style: italic"> is the Lord; +we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation</span></span>.”</span> +Isa. 25: 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What warning has been given us through the apostle +Peter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be sober, be vigilant</span></span>; because your adversary the devil, +as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,”</span> +1 Peter 5: 8. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Wicked spirits gather round thee,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Legions of those foes to God—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Principalities most mighty—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Walk unseen the earth abroad;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">They are gathering to the battle,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Strengthened for the last deep strife;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Christian, arm! be watchful, ready.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Struggle manfully for life.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page539">[pg 539]</span><a name="Pg539" id="Pg539" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc271" id="toc271"></a> +<a name="pdf272" id="pdf272"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part XII. Christian Growth and Experience</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page540">[pg 540]</span><a name="Pg540" id="Pg540" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus540.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jacob Going Down Into Egypt. "God Almighty appeared unto me ... and blessed me." Gen 48:3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jacob Going Down Into Egypt. +"God Almighty appeared unto me ... +and blessed me." Gen 48:3.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page541">[pg 541]</span><a name="Pg541" id="Pg541" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc273" id="toc273"></a> +<a name="pdf274" id="pdf274"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Growth In Grace</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus541.png" alt="Illustration." title="Gideon Choosing His Army. "Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart." Judges 7:3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Gideon Choosing His Army. +"Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him +return and depart." Judges 7:3.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How does the apostle Peter close his second epistle? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">grow in grace</span></span>, and in the knowledge of our Lord and +Saviour Jesus Christ.”</span> 2 Peter 3:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How may grace and peace be multiplied in believers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through the knowledge +of God, and of Jesus our Lord</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 1:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What is implied in a knowledge of God and Jesus Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this is life eternal</span></span>, that they might know Thee the only +true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.”</span> John 17:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. By what may we be partakers of the divine nature? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whereby are given unto us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">exceeding great and precious +promises</span></span>: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine +nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world +through lust.”</span> 2 Peter 1:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What graces are we to add in our character building? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Add to your faith <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">virtue</span></span> [courage]; +and to virtue <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">knowledge</span></span>; +and to knowledge <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">temperance</span></span> [self-control]; and to temperance +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">patience</span></span>; and to patience +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">godliness</span></span>; and to godliness +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">brotherly kindness</span></span>; and +to brotherly kindness <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">charity</span></span>.”</span> Verses +5-7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Faith</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +is the first round in the Christian ladder, the first +step Godward. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">He that cometh to God must </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">believe</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Heb. 11:6. +</span></p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page542">[pg 542]</span><a name="Pg542" id="Pg542" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +But an inoperative faith is useless. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Faith without </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">works</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> is dead.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +James 2:20. To be of value, there must be coupled with faith that </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">virtue</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">courage of conviction</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, which impels to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">action</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +To courage there needs to be added </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">knowledge</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; otherwise, like the +stumbling Jews, one may have a zeal, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">but </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">not according to knowledge</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Rom. 10:2. Fanaticism is the result of such courage, or zeal. Knowledge, +therefore, is an essential to healthy Christian growth. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +To knowledge there needs to be added </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">temperance</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">self-control</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">self-government</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +See Acts 24:25, American Standard Version, and margin +of Revised Version. To know to do good, and not do it, is as useless +as is faith without works. See James 4:17. Instead of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">temperance</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +the Twentieth Century New Testament invariably says </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">self-control</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Patience</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> naturally follows </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">temperance</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +It is well-nigh impossible for +an intemperate person to be </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">patient</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Having gained control of oneself, and become patient, one is in a +condition to manifest </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">godliness</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">God-likeness</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Having become godly, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">kindness toward the brethren</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +or </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">brotherly kindness</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +naturally follows. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Charity</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, or love for </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">all</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, even +our </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">enemies</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, is the crowning grace, the +highest step, the eighth round, in the Christian ladder. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The arrangement in this enumeration of graces is by no means accidental +or haphazard, but logical and sequential, each following the other +in natural, necessary order. The finger of Inspiration is seen here. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is said of charity in the Scriptures? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Charity <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">suffereth long, and is kind; ... thinketh no +evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity</span></span>, but +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rejoiceth in the truth; beareth +all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things</span></span>.”</span> +1 Cor. 13:4-7. <span class="tei tei-q">“And above all things have fervent charity +among yourselves: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">charity shall +cover the multitude of sins</span></span>.”</span> +1 Peter 4:8. <span class="tei tei-q">“Love covereth all sins.”</span> Prov. 10:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is charity called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And above all these things put on charity, which is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +bond of perfectness</span></span>.”</span> Col. 3:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What is the result of cultivating these eight graces? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if these things be in you, and abound, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they make you +that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of +our Lord Jesus Christ</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 1:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is the condition of one who lacks these graces? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But he that lacketh these things <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">is blind, and cannot see +afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is promised those who add grace to grace? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye do these things, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall never fall</span></span>.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page543">[pg 543]</span><a name="Pg543" id="Pg543" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc275" id="toc275"></a> +<a name="pdf276" id="pdf276"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Christian Armor</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus543.png" alt="Illustration." title="Midianites Put To Flight. "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal." 2 Cor. 10:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Midianites Put To Flight. +"The weapons of our warfare are not +carnal." 2 Cor. 10:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What power was to make war upon the remnant church +prior to the second advent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the dragon</span></span> [Satan] was wroth with the woman, and +went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep +the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus +Christ.”</span> Rev. 12:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What reward is promised to the overcomer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To him that overcometh will I give <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to eat of the tree of life</span></span>, +which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”</span> Rev. 2:7. See +also Rev. 2:11, 17, 26-28; 3:5, 12, 21. <span class="tei tei-q">“He that overcometh +shall inherit <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all things</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 21:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Through whom are we able to conquer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through Him that loved us</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 8:37. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Who was the invisible leader of the armies of Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, there stood a man over against him with His +sword drawn in His hand: and Joshua went unto Him, and said +unto Him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And He said, +Nay; but as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">captain of the host of the Lord</span></span> am I now come.”</span> +Joshua 5:13, 14. See also 1 Cor. 10:1-4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is the character of the Christian's weapons of +warfare? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page544">[pg 544]</span><a name="Pg544" id="Pg544" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the weapons of our warfare are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">not carnal, but mighty +through God to the pulling down of strongholds</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 10:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What are these weapons able to conquer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Casting down <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">imaginations</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every high thing that exalteth +itself against the knowledge of God</span></span>, and bringing into captivity +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every thought</span></span> to the obedience of Christ.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What are we to put on? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Put on the whole armor of God</span></span>, that ye may be able to stand +against the wiles of the devil.”</span> Eph. 6:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. With what kind of forces do we have to contend? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">principalities</span></span>, against <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">powers</span></span>, +against <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the rulers of the darkness +of this world</span></span>, against <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spiritual +wickedness in high places</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The margin +says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">wicked spirits</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">heavenly</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> places. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What are the first essentials of the needed armor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Stand therefore, having your <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">loins girt about with truth</span></span>, +and having on <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the breastplate of righteousness</span></span>.”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is the truth with which one's loins should be +girded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Sanctify them through Thy truth: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy word is truth</span></span>.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am the way, the truth.”</span> John 17:17; 14:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What is meant by having the loins girded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore gird up <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the loins of your mind</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 1:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What is the righteousness of which the breastplate is +composed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“My tongue shall speak of Thy word: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all Thy commandments +are righteousness</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 119:172. <span class="tei tei-q">“And this is His +name whereby He shall be called, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Lord Our Righteousness</span></span>.”</span> +Jer. 23:6. See Rom. 13:14; 1 Thess. 5:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. With what are the feet to be shod? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And your feet shod with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the preparation of the gospel of +peace</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 6:15. See also Eph. 2:14; James 3:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What piece of armor is next mentioned as necessary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Above all, taking <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the shield of faith</span></span>, wherewith ye shall be +able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.”</span> Eph. 6:16. +See 1 John 5:4; Heb. 11:6. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page545">[pg 545]</span><a name="Pg545" id="Pg545" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What armor is to be put on as a protection to the head? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And take <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the helmet of salvation</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 6:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In 1 Thess. 5:8 +the helmet is called </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">hope</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of salvation.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The helmet was worn to protect the head. So the hope of salvation will +preserve the courage, and thus aid in protecting the spiritual life of the +Christian pilgrim when beset by the enemy of righteousness. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. With what sword is the Christian soldier to be armed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The sword of the Spirit</span></span>, which +is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the word of God</span></span>.”</span> Eph. +6:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By this Christ defeated the enemy. See Matt. 4:1-11; +Luke 4:1-13. But no one can </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">use this sword</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> who +does not </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">know</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> it. Hence, +the importance of studying and knowing the Bible. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. In what words are the courage, faithfulness, and loyalty +of the remnant church expressed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by +the word of their testimony; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they loved not their lives unto +the death</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 12:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Will Christ's loyal soldiers be victorious under Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and +them that had <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gotten the victory</span></span> over the beast, and over his +image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, +stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.”</span> Rev. 15:2. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Soldiers of Christ, arise,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And put your armor on;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Fight, for the battle will be ours;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We fight to win a crown.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We fight not against flesh,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We wrestle not with blood;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But principalities and powers,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And for the truth of God.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">With wicked spirits, too,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That in high places stand,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Perverting oft the Word of God,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And say 'tis by command.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Put all the armor on,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Like valiant soldiers stand;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let all your loins be girt with truth,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Waiting our Lord's command.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">While Jesus is our friend,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And His rich grace supplies,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We'll march like valiant soldiers on:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We're sure to win the prize.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The battle's almost o'er;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The race is nearly run;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Then with our glorious, conquering King</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We'll sit down on His throne.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Charles Wesley.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page546">[pg 546]</span><a name="Pg546" id="Pg546" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus546.png" alt="Illustration." title="Paul At Ephesus. "Many ... which used curious arts brought their books, ... and burned them." Acts 19:19." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Paul At Ephesus. +"Many ... which used curious arts brought +their books, ... and burned them." Acts +19:19.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page547">[pg 547]</span><a name="Pg547" id="Pg547" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc277" id="toc277"></a> +<a name="pdf278" id="pdf278"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Walking In The Light</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus547.png" alt="Illustration." title="Abraham's Journey To Canaan. "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out, ... obeyed." Heb. 11:8." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Abraham's Journey To Canaan. +"By faith Abraham, when he was called to +go out, ... obeyed." Heb. 11:8.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How important is it that we walk in the light when it +comes to us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Walk while ye have the light, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lest darkness come upon you</span></span>: +for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.”</span> +John 12:35. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It +is important to settle a plain question of duty at once, +and not delay obedience under the excuse of waiting for more light. To +do as did Balaam—ask God again concerning that which He has plainly +and expressly spoken—is dangerous. Nor should we, like the unbelieving +Jews, seek a sign from heaven to convince us that we ought to obey the +written Word. Has God spoken? Is it His word? Then obey. Do not +insult Heaven with the question whether it is right to obey. If one gets +an answer to such prayers, it will more than likely be a permission to +have one's own chosen way of continuing in disobedience, the end of which +is death. See 1 Kings 22:1-36; Eze. 14:1-5. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Upon what condition are we promised cleansing from sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light</span></span>, we have +fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His +Son cleanseth us from all sin.”</span> 1 John 1:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How long may the just expect increased light to shine +upon their pathway? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the path of the just is as the shining light, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that shineth +more and more unto the perfect day</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 4:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. For whom is light sown? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Light is sown for the righteous</span></span>, and gladness for the upright +in heart.”</span> Ps. 97:11. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page548">[pg 548]</span><a name="Pg548" id="Pg548" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +more earnestly one desires to know the will of God, +while living up to all the light he has, the more light and truth from God +will shine upon his pathway. The fact that one has the evidence of his +acceptance with God, is no proof that he has all the light there is for +him. If light is sown for the righteous, such are the very ones who may +expect advanced light to come to them, and to see new duties presented +to them from a study of the Word of God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Who was told by an angel of God that his ways pleased +the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the +day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cornelius</span></span>. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, +What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine +alms are come up for a memorial before God.”</span> Acts 10:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Because Cornelius's ways pleased the Lord, was this +evidence that he had nothing more to learn or do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose +surname is Peter: he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose +house is by the seaside: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall tell +thee what thou oughtest to do</span></span>.”</span> +Verses 5, 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +reason why the Lord favored Cornelius with a visit +from one of His angels, was not because Cornelius knew the way of salvation +perfectly, but because the Lord saw in him a sincere desire for more +light, and a willing mind to comply with every known requirement. That +spirit was pleasing to God, and He therefore opened the way for Cornelius +to learn the whole truth from Peter, that he might be saved. God never +changes. He does the same now with sincere, devoted persons. All may +now receive advanced light, if, like Cornelius, they seek it, and are willing +to walk in it when it comes to them. If it is neglected, they are guilty +before God, and will be left to the buffetings of the enemy. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What will become of the light which one has if he fails +to walk in it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye +is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye +is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Take heed therefore +that the light which is in thee be not darkness.</span></span>”</span> Luke 11:34, 35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why did Christ say that the sin of those who rejected +Him remained? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no +sin: but now ye say, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">We see</span></span>; therefore your sin remaineth.”</span> +John 9:41. See also John 15:22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—With advanced +light comes increased responsibility. Duty +is always in proportion to one's light and privileges. Present truth always +brings with it present duty. See reading on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Present Truth,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page +</span><a href="#Pg131" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">131</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page549">[pg 549]</span><a name="Pg549" id="Pg549" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Why are those condemned that do not come to the light? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the +world, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">men loved darkness rather than light, because their +deeds were evil</span></span>.”</span> John 3:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. If one is really seeking for truth, what will he do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But he that doeth truth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cometh to the light</span></span>, that his +deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”</span> +Verse 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What will those who reject light and truth, finally be +led to believe? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that they should believe a lie</span></span>: that they all might be damned who +believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”</span> +2 Thess. 2:11, 12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +opposite of light is darkness; the opposite of truth is a +lie. For those who reject light and truth, only darkness and error remain. +God is sometimes in the Scriptures represented as sending that which he +permits to come. See Ps. 81:12; 1 Kings 22:20-23; Rom. 1:21-28. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Who is the light of the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am the light of the world</span></span>: he that followeth Me shall not +walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”</span> John 8:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How are we to walk in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord</span></span>, so walk +ye in Him.”</span> Col. 2:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What has God given to guide our feet aright in the path +of truth and duty? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thy word is a lamp</span></span> unto +my feet, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a light</span></span> unto my path.”</span> +Ps. 119:105. See Prov. 6:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What does the entrance of God's word give? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The entrance of Thy word <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">giveth light</span></span>; it giveth understanding +unto the simple.”</span> Ps. 119:130. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Who does Christ say will be blessed through the prophecies +of the book of Revelation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that readeth</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they that hear</span></span> the words of +this prophecy, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and keep those things which are written therein</span></span>.”</span> +Rev. 1:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—We are +in the last days, in the generation that is to hear the +final warning message contained in this book. See Rev. 14:6-10; 18:1-5. +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page550">[pg 550]</span><a name="Pg550" id="Pg550" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Those who accept this message are described as keeping the commandments +of God and the faith of Jesus. See Rev. 12:17; 14:12; 22:14; and +readings on pages </span><a href="#Pg251" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">251-263</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +Now especially this book should be studied. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. May those who have once been led of God, be rejected +by Him on account of unbelief? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once +knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of +the land of Egypt, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">afterward destroyed them that believed not</span></span>.”</span> +Jude 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Upon what condition only may we be made partakers +of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we are made partakers of Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if we hold the beginning +of our confidence steadfast unto the end</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 3:14. See +Matt. 10: 22; 24:12, 13; Heb. 10:35-39. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Walk in the light! so shalt thou know</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That fellowship of love</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His Spirit only can bestow</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Who reigns in light above.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Walk in the light! and thou shalt own</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy darkness passed away;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Because that light on thee hath shone</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">In which is perfect day.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Walk in the light! and e'en the tomb</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">No fearful shade shall wear;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Glory shall chase away its gloom,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For Christ hath conquered there.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Walk in the light! and thine shall be</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">A path, though thorny, bright;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For God, by grace, shall dwell in thee,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And God Himself is light.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Bernard Barton.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page551">[pg 551]</span><a name="Pg551" id="Pg551" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc279" id="toc279"></a> +<a name="pdf280" id="pdf280"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Saving Faith</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus551.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jesus Walking On The Sea. "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Rom. 10:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jesus Walking On The Sea. +"Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the +word of God." Rom. 10:17.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Faith is the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">substance</span></span> +[margin, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ground</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">confidence</span></span>] of +things hoped for, the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evidence</span></span> of things not seen.”</span> Heb. 11:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How important is faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Without faith it is impossible to please Him</span></span>: for he that +cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder +of them that diligently seek Him.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How only can we truly know God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and +he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 11:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In whom must we believe in order to be saved? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For God so loved the world, that He gave <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His only begotten +Son</span></span>, that whosoever believeth in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Him</span></span> should not perish +but have everlasting life.”</span> John 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What challenge does the apostle James make as to the +evidence that one has genuine faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Show me thy faith <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without</span></span> thy works, and I will show thee +my faith <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by</span></span> my works.”</span> James 2:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How did Abraham show that he had perfect faith in God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Was not Abraham our father justified by works, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when he +had offered Isaac his son upon the altar</span></span>? Seest thou how faith +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page552">[pg 552]</span><a name="Pg552" id="Pg552" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +wrought with his works, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by works was faith made perfect</span></span>?”</span> +Verses 21, 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. By what practical example does the apostle illustrate the +difference between genuine, living faith, and a dead faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, +and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed +and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which +are needful to the body; what doth it profit?”</span> Verses 15, 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How necessary are works in maintaining living faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faith without works +is dead</span></span>?... For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as the body without the spirit</span></span> [margin, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">breath</span></span>] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">is dead, +so faith without works is dead also</span></span>.”</span> Verses 20-26. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The apostle +was not here arguing for justification or salvation +by faith </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">and</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> works, but for a living faith—a +faith </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">that</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> works. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There are two errors against which the children of God—particularly +those who have just come to trust in His grace—especially need +to guard. The first ... is that of looking to their own works, trusting +to anything they can do, to bring themselves into harmony with God. +He who is trying to become holy by his own works in keeping the law, is +attempting an impossibility. All that man can do without Christ is +polluted with selfishness and sin. It is the grace of Christ alone, through +faith, that can make us holy. The opposite and no less dangerous error +is that belief in Christ releases men from keeping the law of God; that +since by faith alone we become partakers of the grace of Christ, our works +have nothing to do with our redemption.... Obedience—the +service and allegiance of love—is the true sign of discipleship.... +Instead of releasing man from obedience, it is faith, and faith only, that +makes us partakers of the grace of Christ, which enables us to render +obedience. We do not earn salvation by our obedience; for salvation is +the free gift of God, to be received by faith. But obedience is the fruit +of faith.... That so-called faith in Christ which professes to release +men from the obligation of obedience to God, is not faith, but +presumption.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Steps +to Christ,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> pages 64-66.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Says Luther: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">If Christ alone takes away sin, we cannot do so by all +our works. But good works follow redemption as surely as fruit appears +upon a living tree.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">D'Aubigne's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">History +of the Reformation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> book +2, chap. 6. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What does the hope of salvation lead one to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And every man that hath this hope in Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">purifieth himself</span></span>, +even as He is pure.”</span> 1 John 3:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Upon what condition are we made partakers of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we are made partakers of Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if we hold the beginning +of our confidence steadfast unto the end</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 3:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Upon what conditions has God promised us cleansing +and the forgiveness of our sins? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page553">[pg 553]</span><a name="Pg553" id="Pg553" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if we walk in the light</span></span>, as He is in the light, we have +fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ +His Son cleanseth us from all sin.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If we confess our +sins</span></span>, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse +us from all unrighteousness.”</span> 1 John 1:7-9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Intelligent faith +as to what God will do for us touching any +matter must be gained by what God's Word says concerning that point. +No one can consistently hope for that which God has not promised. To +expect that God will do that which He has never promised to do is only +presumption. Faith is distinct from presumption. To have abiding +confidence in the promise of God is faith; but presumption may rest entirely +on feeling or desire. Feeling cannot therefore be relied on in the +matter of faith. Faith is a pure belief, a confiding trust, in the promises +of God, irrespective of feeling. This perfect trust enables one to surmount +difficulties under the most trying circumstances, even when the feelings +are depressed or well-nigh crushed. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Upon what, then, is genuine, saving faith based? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the word of God</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 10:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What was the cause of Peter's sinking after he had +started to meet the Saviour on the stormy sea? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand, and +caught him, and said unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">O thou of little faith, wherefore +didst thou doubt?</span></span>”</span> Matt. 14:31. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +boisterous sea caused Peter to doubt the strength of +Christ's word, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Come.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. With what is it our privilege to be filled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the God of hope <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fill you +with all joy and peace in believing</span></span>, +that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the +Holy Ghost.”</span> Rom. 15:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Faith may +be strengthened by daily exercise. It is not +some great thing, done once for all, that gives an individual faith; but an +every-day, simple, childlike trust in God, and an implicit obedience to +His Word. Some make faith a more difficult matter than God would +have them, because they try to embrace too much at one time. They +take on the burdens of tomorrow or next week, when the Lord supplies +strength only for </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">today</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. When tomorrow comes, grapple with its duties, +but not until it does come. We should remember the precious promise, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">As thy days, so shall thy strength be.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Deut. 33:25. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Away, my unbelieving fear!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Fear shall in me no more have place:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">My Saviour doth not yet appear,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">He hides the brightness of His face;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But shall I therefore let Him go,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And basely to the tempter yield?—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No, in the strength of Jesus, no;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">I never will give up my shield.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Charles Wesley.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page554">[pg 554]</span><a name="Pg554" id="Pg554" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc281" id="toc281"></a> +<a name="pdf282" id="pdf282"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Trials And Their Object</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus554.png" alt="Illustration." title="Job Hearing Of His Losses. "Tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope." Rom. 5:3, 4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Job Hearing Of His Losses. +"Tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; +and experience, hope." Rom. 5:3, 4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What does the apostle Peter say concerning the trials +through which every believer must pass? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Beloved, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which +is to try you</span></span>, as though some strange thing happened unto you: +but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; +that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with +exceeding joy.”</span> 1 Peter 4:12, 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How important is the trial of our faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That the trial of your faith, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">being much more precious than +of gold that perisheth</span></span>, though it be tried with fire, might be found +unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus +Christ.”</span> 1 Peter 1:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">When David +was fleeing through the wilderness, pursued +by his own son, he was being prepared to become the sweet singer of Israel. +The pit and the dungeon were the best schools at which Joseph ever graduated. +The hurricane that upset the tent and killed Job's children prepared +the man of Uz to write the magnificent poem that has astonished +the ages. There is no way to get the wheat out of the straw but to thresh +it out. There is no way to purify the gold but to burn +it.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Talmage's +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">One Thousand Gems,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> page 83.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Nothing </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">happens</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> to the Christian. Everything that enters his +life is sent or permitted to come by an all-wise and all-loving Heavenly +Father, and is designed for the perfection of character, and the fitting up +and the enlargement of capacity for service. The rocks and rough places +on the mountainside are the things we climb on. Even failures, if taken +rightly, may become stepping-stones to higher ground. +</span></p> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page555">[pg 555]</span><a name="Pg555" id="Pg555" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What reason did Paul give for glorying in tribulations? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We glory in tribulations also: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">knowing that tribulation +worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: +and hope maketh not ashamed</span></span>; because the love of God is shed +abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”</span> +Rom. 5:3-5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What, according to the prophecy of Daniel, was to befall +the people of God down through the ages? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they that understand among the people shall instruct +many: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, +and by spoil, many days</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 11:33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Why was this to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And some of them of understanding shall fall, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to try them, +and to purge, and to make them white</span></span>, even to the time of the end.”</span> +Verse 35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Looking forward to the conflicts through which His followers +must pass, what cheering message did Christ send them +through the revelator? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Fear none of those things which thou shall suffer</span></span>: behold, +the devil shall cast some of you into prison, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may be tried; +... be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown +of life.... He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second +death.</span></span>”</span> Rev. 2:10, 11. See notes on pages <a href="#Pg282" class="tei tei-ref">282</a>, +<a href="#Pg314" class="tei tei-ref">314</a>. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What description does Paul give of the sufferings endured +by some of God's people in former ages? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Others were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tortured</span></span>, not accepting deliverance; that they +might obtain a better resurrection: and others had trial of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cruel +mockings</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">scourgings</span></span>, yea, moreover +of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bonds</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">imprisonment</span></span>: +they were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">stoned</span></span>, they were +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sawn asunder</span></span>, were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tempted</span></span>, +were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">slain with the sword</span></span>: they wandered about in sheepskins +and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (of whom +the world was not worthy:) <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they wandered in deserts, and in +mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 11:35-38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How many does Paul say will suffer persecution? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Yea, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer +persecution</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Does God willingly afflict the children of men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord will not cast off forever: but though He cause +grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page556">[pg 556]</span><a name="Pg556" id="Pg556" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +of His mercies. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the +children of men.</span></span>”</span> Lam. 3:31-33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Why, then, does God permit the chastening rod to fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For they [parents] verily for a few days chastened us after +their own pleasure; but He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for our profit, that we might be partakers +of His holiness</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 12:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Referring to Peter's coming sore trial, for what did +Christ say He had prayed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as +wheat: but I have prayed for thee, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that thy faith fail not</span></span>.”</span> +Luke 22:31, 32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What cheering promise is made to those who endure +the trials and temptations of this life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when +he is tried, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall receive the +crown of life</span></span>, which the Lord hath +promised to them that love Him.”</span> James 1:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Says +a Christian writer: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Our sorrows do not spring out of +the ground. God </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +When He permits trials and afflictions, it is </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">for our profit, that we might +be partakers of His holiness.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> If received in faith, the trial that seems so +bitter and hard to bear will prove a blessing. The cruel blow that blights +the joys of earth will be the means of turning our eyes to heaven. How +many there are who would never have known Jesus had not sorrow led +them to seek comfort in Him! The trials of life are God's workmen, to +remove the impurities and roughness from our character. Their hewing, +squaring, and chiseling, and their burnishing and polishing, is a painful +process. It is hard to be pressed down to the grinding-wheel. But the +stone is brought forth prepared to fill its place in the heavenly temple.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There's never a night but is followed by day,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the darkest to dawn must give place:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There's never a sorrow that crosses our way</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">But is sent with a message of grace.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It comes to the peasant, it comes to the king,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">It comes in our pleasures and pain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It comes from the Father of mercies, to bring</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To His fold His own stray ones again.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O soul! is thy burden too heavy to bear?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Does the load seem too weighty for one?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There's a Helper at hand all thy sorrows to share,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis thy Father's own well-beloved Son.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Then cast every burden on Jesus thy Lord,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And thy troubles will quickly depart;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Make every sweet promise in His precious Word</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">An entrance to His loving heart.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Rev. John Williams.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page557">[pg 557]</span><a name="Pg557" id="Pg557" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc283" id="toc283"></a> +<a name="pdf284" id="pdf284"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Overcoming</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus557.png" alt="Illustration." title="Meeting Of Jacob And Esau. "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Cor. 15:57." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Meeting Of Jacob And Esau. +"But thanks be to God, which giveth us +the victory through our Lord Jesus +Christ." 1 Cor. 15:57.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What overcomes the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whatsoever is born of God</span></span> overcometh the world.”</span> +1 John 5:4, first part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In whose victory may the Christian ever rejoice and take +courage? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might +have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of +good cheer; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have overcome the world</span></span>.”</span> John 16:33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Who is it that overcomes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who is he that overcometh the world, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that believeth +that Jesus is the Son of God</span></span>?”</span> 1 John 5:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Through what, then, is the victory gained in the work of +overcoming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">our faith</span></span>.”</span> Verse 4. last part. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page558">[pg 558]</span><a name="Pg558" id="Pg558" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Through whom do we obtain the victory? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through +our Lord Jesus Christ</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 15:57. <span class="tei tei-q">“Nay, in all these +things we are more than conquerors <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through Him that loved us</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 8:37. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How did Christ overcome when tempted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +By the Word of God. See Matt. 4:1-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How do the Scriptures say the saints overcame the +enemy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they overcame him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by the blood of the Lamb, and by +the word of their testimony</span></span>; and they loved not their lives unto +the death.”</span> Rev. 12:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. With what does the apostle Paul tell us to overcome evil? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be not overcome of evil, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">overcome evil with good</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 12:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Why was Jacob's name changed to Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but +Israel: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, +and hast prevailed</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 32:28. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">Exceeding Great And Precious Promises</span></h3> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of +life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”</span> Rev. 2:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.”</span> +Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden +manna.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, +to him will I give power over the nations.”</span> Verse 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white +raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of +life, but I will confess his name before My Father, and before +His angels.”</span> Rev. 3:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple +of My God.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My +throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My +Father in His throne.”</span> Verse 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that overcometh shall inherit <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all things</span></span>; and I will be +his God, and he shall be My son.”</span> Rev. 21:7. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page559">[pg 559]</span><a name="Pg559" id="Pg559" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus559.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jacob Wrestling With The Angel. "And he said, I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me.... And He blessed him there." Gen. 32:26-28." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jacob Wrestling With The Angel. +"And he said, I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless +me.... And He blessed him there." Gen. +32:26-28.</div></div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page560">[pg 560]</span><a name="Pg560" id="Pg560" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc285" id="toc285"></a> +<a name="pdf286" id="pdf286"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Ministry Of Sorrow</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus560.png" alt="Illustration." title="Gethsemane. "He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men." Lam. 3:33." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Gethsemane. +"He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the +children of men." Lam. 3:33.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Why is it better to go to the house of mourning than to +the house of feasting? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to +the house of feasting: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for that is the end of all men; and the living +will lay it to his heart</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 7:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did David ask God to teach him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Lord, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">make me to know mine end</span></span>, and the measure of my +days, what it is, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that I may know how frail I am</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 39:4. +See also Ps. 90:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Why is sorrow better than laughter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Sorrow is better than laughter: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for by the sadness of the +countenance the heart is made better</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 7:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Many of +the loveliest songs of peace and trust and hope +which God's children sing in this world they have been taught in the hushed +and darkened chambers of sorrow.... Afflictions, sanctified, soften +the asperities of life. They tame the wildness of nature. They temper +human ambitions. They burn out the dross of selfishness and worldliness. +They humble pride. They quell fierce passions. They reveal to +men their own hearts, their own weakness, faults, blemishes, and perils. +They teach patience and submission. They discipline unruly spirits. +They deepen and enrich our experience.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Week-Day +Religion,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by J. R. +Miller, D. D., pages 92, 93.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Are the righteous freed from afflictions in this world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Many are the afflictions +of the righteous</span></span>: but the Lord delivereth +him out of them all.”</span> Ps. 34:19. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page561">[pg 561]</span><a name="Pg561" id="Pg561" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Does God delight to afflict any? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord will not cast off forever: but though He cause +grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude +of His mercies. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the +children of men.</span></span>”</span> Lam. 3:31-33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Does He afflict to leave the one chastened in despair? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore +despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for He maketh +sore, and bindeth up: He woundeth, and His hands make whole</span></span>.”</span> +Job 5:17, 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In what language is the same truth again expressed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He hath torn, +and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up</span></span>.”</span> +Hosea 6:1. See also Isa. 61:1-3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Whom does the Lord chasten? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth</span></span>, and scourgeth every +son whom He receiveth.”</span> Heb. 12:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Is this, for the time being, a source of pleasure? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but +grievous</span></span>: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit +of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.”</span> +Verse 11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Many +of the sweetest joys of Christian hearts are songs +which have been learned in the bitterness of trial.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Many a cold, +icy nature is made warm and tender by the grief +that crushes it.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Week-Day +Religion,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> by J. R. Miller, D. D., pages 91, 93. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What, aside from sin, causes more sorrow than all else? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Death, or the loss of loved ones. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Does death bring to Christians unassuaged sorrow? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning +them which are asleep, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye sorrow not, even as others which +have no hope</span></span>.”</span> 1 Thess. 4:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +loss of loved ones God often uses as a means of conversion, +and of severing the ties which bind to earth. Persecution; sickness; +the loss of sight, hearing, or limb; the loss of property; or other calamities, +may likewise be instrumental in drawing us nearer to God. See Ps. 119:71; +Isa. 26:9. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What do our transient afflictions do for us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">worketh +for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. +4:17. See Rom. 8:28. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page562">[pg 562]</span><a name="Pg562" id="Pg562" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc287" id="toc287"></a> +<a name="pdf288" id="pdf288"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Comfort In Affliction</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus562.png" alt="Illustration." title="David Mourning For Absalom. "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee." Isa. 43:2." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">David Mourning For Absalom. +"When thou passest through the waters, +I will be with thee." Isa. 43:2.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Are God's people free from affliction? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Many are the afflictions of the righteous</span></span>: but the Lord +delivereth him out of them all.”</span> Ps. 34:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How does God regard the afflicted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">heareth the cry</span></span> of the afflicted.”</span> Job 34:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What has He promised to be to those in trouble? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God is our refuge and strength, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a very present help in +trouble</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 46:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. With what feelings does the Lord look upon His children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Like as a father pitieth his children</span></span>, so the Lord pitieth them +that fear Him.”</span> Ps. 103:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What does He know and remember? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For He knoweth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">our frame</span></span>; He +remembereth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that we are +dust</span></span>.”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What has the Lord promised to be to the oppressed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord also will be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge +in times of trouble</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 9:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What has God promised His children when passing +through trials and afflictions? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page563">[pg 563]</span><a name="Pg563" id="Pg563" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When thou passest through the waters, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will be with thee</span></span>; +and through the rivers, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall not overflow thee</span></span>: when thou +walkest through the fire, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou shalt not be burned; neither shall +the flame kindle upon thee</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 43:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What did David say with reference to his being afflicted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is good for me that I have been afflicted</span></span>; that I might learn +Thy statutes.”</span> Ps. 119:71. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. When afflicted, for what did he pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Look upon my affliction and my pain; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forgive all my +sins</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 25:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Before he was afflicted, what did he do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Before I was afflicted I went astray</span></span>: but now have I kept +Thy word.”</span> Ps. 119:67. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What did Christ learn through suffering? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Though He were a Son, yet <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">learned He obedience by the +things which He suffered</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 5:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. In perfecting character, what must come to all? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh +unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the chastening +of the Lord</span></span>; nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for +whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom +He receiveth</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 12:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Is this chastening a pleasant experience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but +grievous</span></span>: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit +of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.”</span> +Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What courage and strength, therefore, should come to +us even in the hour of affliction? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble +knees</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12. See also Job 4:3, 4; Isa. 35:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What did Job say in the midst of his afflictions? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.”</span> Job 13:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What is God called in the Scriptures? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The God of all comfort.”</span> 2 Cor. 1:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Whom does God comfort? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God, that comforteth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">those that are cast down</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. +7:6. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page564">[pg 564]</span><a name="Pg564" id="Pg564" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus564.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ The Consoler. "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." Matt. 11:28." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ The Consoler. +"Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give +you rest." Matt. 11:28.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page565">[pg 565]</span><a name="Pg565" id="Pg565" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What promise is made to those that mourn? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed are they that mourn: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall be comforted</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 5:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Why does God comfort us in tribulation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that we may be +able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort where-*with +we ourselves are comforted of God</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 1:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—One who +has passed through trouble and affliction himself, +and received comfort from God, is better able to minister comfort to others. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. How should we sympathize with others in their sorrows? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Weep with them that weep.”</span> Rom. 12:15. <span class="tei tei-q">“To him +that is afflicted <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pity should be +showed from his friend</span></span>.”</span> Job 6:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. Does Jesus sympathize with us in our afflictions? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we have not an high priest which cannot be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">touched +with the feeling of our infirmities</span></span>; but was in all points tempted +like as we are.”</span> Heb. 4:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. How did He manifest His sympathy in the case of Mary +and her friends weeping over the death of Lazarus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also +weeping which came with her, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He groaned in the spirit, and was +troubled</span></span>, and said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto +Him, Lord, come and see. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Jesus wept.</span></span>”</span> John 11:33-35. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Not alone +for Mary and her friends did Jesus weep. Looking +down through the ages, He saw the tears and the heartaches which +death would bring to mankind in this sin-stricken world. His heart was +touched with human woe, and He wept with those that wept. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. Whatever may come, what blessed assurance has every +one who loves God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And we know that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all things work together for good to them +that love God</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 8:28. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—If +one loves God, he may rest assured that out of every trial +and affliction good will come. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. In bereavement, like whom should we not sorrow? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As others which have no hope.”</span> 1 Thess. 4:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. When our friends fall asleep in death, with what words +are we told to comfort one another? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so +them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.... +For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page566">[pg 566]</span><a name="Pg566" id="Pg566" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: +and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive +and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, +to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the +Lord. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Wherefore comfort one another with these words.</span></span>”</span> Verses +14-18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What promise has God made to bereaved mothers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, +and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith +the Lord; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall come again from the land of the enemy</span></span>.”</span> +Jer. 31:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. What did Christ say would be the experience of His +people in this world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In the world ye shall have tribulation</span></span>: but be of good cheer; +I have overcome the world.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ye shall weep and lament</span></span>, but +the world shall rejoice: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall be sorrowful</span></span>, but your sorrow +shall be turned into joy.”</span> John 16:33, 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. In what respect is the reaping of God's people to differ +from their sowing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.</span></span> He that goeth forth +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">weepeth</span></span>, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again +with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rejoicing</span></span>, bringing his sheaves with him.”</span> Ps. 126:5, 6. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sometime when all life's lessons have been learned,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And sun and moon forevermore have set,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The things that our weak judgments here have spurned,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The things o'er which we grieved with lashes wet,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Will flash before us, out of life's dark night,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">As stars shine most in deepest tints of blue,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And we shall see how all God's ways were right,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And how what seemed reproof was love most true.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">May Riley Smith.</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Be of good cheer! I know sometime</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Life's song will run in perfect rhyme.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Somewhere, I know, all things will be</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Attuned to perfect harmony.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sometime, somewhere, each sad refrain</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shall be its own surcease of pain.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The compensation love will send</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Will be in bringing friend to friend;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And all the heartaches that we bore,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In God's good time will be no more.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Robert Lee Walden.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page567">[pg 567]</span><a name="Pg567" id="Pg567" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc289" id="toc289"></a> +<a name="pdf290" id="pdf290"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Trusting In Jesus</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus567.png" alt="Illustration." title="Peter's Deliverance. "In Him shall the Gentiles trust." Rom. 15:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Peter's Deliverance. +"In Him shall the Gentiles trust." +Rom. 15:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What did the prophet Isaiah predict of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall +stand for an ensign of the people; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to it shall the Gentiles seek: +and His rest shall be glorious</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 11:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Paul +renders this, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In Him shall the Gentiles </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">trust</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Rom. +15:12. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Why does God wish us to trust in Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That we should be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to the praise of His glory</span></span>, who first +trusted in Christ.”</span> Eph. 1:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What did the Ephesians do upon hearing the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In whom ye also trusted</span></span>, after that ye heard the word of +truth, the gospel of your salvation.”</span> Verse 13, first part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What experience followed this trust in Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In whom also after that ye believed, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye were sealed with +that Holy Spirit of promise</span></span>.”</span> Verse 13, last part. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—To trust in +Jesus is to believe in Him, to have abiding and +unbounded confidence in Him. When such trust exists, we are sealed by +the Holy Spirit of promise. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is the gospel to every one that believes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it is the power +of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 1:16. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page568">[pg 568]</span><a name="Pg568" id="Pg568" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How does God regard one who abandons his faith? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the just shall live by faith: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if any man draw back +My soul shall have no pleasure in him</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 10:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Is there danger of believers losing their hold on Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And because iniquity shall abound, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the love of many shall +wax cold</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. By what does one gain the victory over the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This is the victory that overcometh the world, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even our +faith</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What encouragement does Jesus give us to meet cheerfully +the troubles and trials of life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might +have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be of +good cheer; I have overcome the world</span></span>.”</span> John 16:33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What has this firm trust in Jesus led many to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by +the word of their testimony; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they loved not their lives unto +the death</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 12:11. <span class="tei tei-q">“And others had trial of cruel mockings +and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: +they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were +slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and +goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (of whom the +world was not worthy).”</span> Heb. 11:36-38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What did it lead Moses to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By faith Moses, when he was come to years, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">refused to +be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer +affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin +for a season</span></span>; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches +than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense +of the reward.”</span> Verses 24-26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What is promised those who trust in Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or +sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for +My sake, and the gospel's, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall receive an hundredfold +now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, +and children, and lands</span></span>, with persecutions; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the world to +come eternal life</span></span>.”</span> Mark 10:29, 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What is Jesus able to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now unto Him that is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">able to keep you from falling, and to +present you faultless before the presence of His glory</span></span>.”</span> Jude 24. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page569">[pg 569]</span><a name="Pg569" id="Pg569" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc291" id="toc291"></a> +<a name="pdf292" id="pdf292"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Patience</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus569.png" alt="Illustration." title="Job And His Friends. "Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord." James 5:11." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Job And His Friends. +"Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have +seen the end of the Lord." James 5:11.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What has the Bible to say concerning patience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">patient in spirit</span></span> is +better than the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">proud in spirit</span></span>.”</span> +Eccl. 7:8. <span class="tei tei-q">“Be patient <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">toward all men</span></span>.”</span> 1 Thess. 5:14. <span class="tei tei-q">“In +your patience <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">possess ye your souls</span></span>.”</span> Luke 21:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What contrast is drawn between the patient and the hasty +in spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that is slow to wrath is of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">great understanding</span></span>: but he +that is hasty of spirit <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">exalteth folly</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 14:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Who are cited as examples of patience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Take, my brethren, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the prophets</span></span> ... for an example +of suffering affliction, and of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">patience</span></span>.... Ye have heard +of the patience of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Job</span></span>.”</span> James 5:10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What is said of those who endure? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we count them happy which endure</span></span>.”</span> Verse 11. +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessed</span></span> is the man that endureth temptation.”</span> James 1:12. +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that endureth to the end <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall be saved</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 10:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What does the trying of faith work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Knowing this, that the trying of your faith +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">worketh patience</span></span>.”</span> +James 1:3. <span class="tei tei-q">“Not only so, but we glory in tribulations +also: knowing that tribulation <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">worketh patience</span></span>.”</span> Rom. +5:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What grace is to be added to temperance, or self-control? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page570">[pg 570]</span><a name="Pg570" id="Pg570" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And to temperance <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">patience</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 1:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Patience naturally +follows temperance. Hence the importance +of right living,—of gaining control over the appetites and passions. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Why are we exhorted to patience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But let patience have her perfect work, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may be perfect +and entire, wanting nothing</span></span>.”</span> James 1:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What important test of perfection of character is given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If any man offend not in word</span></span>, the same is a perfect man, +and able also to bridle the whole body.”</span> James 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How are we exhorted to run the Christian race? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">run with patience</span></span> the race that is set before us, looking +unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.”</span> Heb. +12:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. For what glorious event are we bidden patiently to wait? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and +into <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the patient waiting for +Christ</span></span>.”</span> 2 Thess. 3:5. <span class="tei tei-q">“Be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">patient</span></span> +therefore, brethren, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto the coming of the Lord</span></span>.... +Be ye also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">patient</span></span>; stablish +your hearts: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the coming of the +Lord draweth nigh</span></span>.”</span> James 5:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What will be one characteristic of the remnant church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Here is the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">patience</span></span> of the saints: here are they that keep the +commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”</span> Rev. 14:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What should be the language of every heart? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait</span></span>, and in His word do I +hope.”</span> Ps. 130:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. When Christ comes, what will His people say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we have +waited for Him</span></span>, and He will save us: this is the Lord; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we have +waited for Him</span></span>, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”</span> +Isa. 25:9. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The home where changes never come,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor pain nor sorrow, toil nor care;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Yes! 'tis a bright and blessed home;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Who would not fain be resting there?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Yet when bowed down beneath the load</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">By heaven allowed, thine earthly lot,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou yearn'st to reach that blest abode,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Wait, meekly wait, and murmur not.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">W. H. Bellamy.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page571">[pg 571]</span><a name="Pg571" id="Pg571" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc293" id="toc293"></a> +<a name="pdf294" id="pdf294"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Contentment</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus571.png" alt="Illustration." title="Sea Of Tiberias. "I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." Phil. 4:11." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Sea Of Tiberias. +"I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith +to be content." Phil. 4:11.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What does the apostle say is great gain? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">godliness with contentment</span></span> is great gain. For we +brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry +nothing out.”</span> 1 Tim. 6:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. With what are we exhorted to be content? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be +content with such things as ye have</span></span>: for He hath said, I will never +leave thee, nor forsake thee.”</span> Heb. 13:5. <span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">having food +and raiment</span></span> let us be therewith content.”</span> 1 Tim. 6:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Concerning what does Christ tell us not to be anxious? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be not therefore anxious, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">What shall we eat?</span></span> or, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">What shall we drink?</span></span> or, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Wherewithal shall we be clothed?</span></span> For +after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your Heavenly +Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.”</span> Matt. +6:31, 32, R. V. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Live not in +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">careful suspense</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Luke 12:29, margin. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What evils befall those who are determined to be rich? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But they that will be rich <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fall into temptation and a snare, +and into many foolish and hurtful lusts</span></span>, which drown men in destruction +and perdition. For the love of money is the root of +all evil: which while some coveted after, they have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">erred from +the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows</span></span>.”</span> +1 Tim. 6:9, 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. By what illustrations did Christ teach contentment? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page572">[pg 572]</span><a name="Pg572" id="Pg572" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Consider the ravens</span></span>: for they neither sow nor reap; which +neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how +much more are ye better than the fowls?... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Consider the +lilies</span></span> how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say +unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one +of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is today in the +field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will +He clothe you, O ye of little faith?”</span> Luke 12:24-28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What lesson in contentment did Paul say he had learned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I have learned, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in +whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content</span></span>.”</span> +Phil. 4:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What ancient promise should lead to contentment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and +cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall +not cease.”</span> Gen. 8:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Upon whom should we cast all our care? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Casting all your care upon <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Him</span></span> [God]; for He careth for +you.”</span> 1 Peter 5:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Contentment +produces, in some measure, all those effects +which the alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's +stone. If it does not bring riches, it does the same thing by banishing the +desire for them. If it cannot remove the disquietudes arising from a man's +mind, body, or fortune, it makes him easy under +them.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Addison.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +A contented mind sees something good in everything,—fair weather +in every wind, blessings in every storm. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">If we cannot get what we like, we should try to like what we get.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There is no malady more severe than habitual +discontent.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Fleming.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">If you cannot frame your circumstances in accordance with your +wishes, frame your will in harmony with +your circumstances.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Epictetus.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">A contented mind is a continual feast.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">God holds the future in His hand.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">O heart of mine, be still!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His love will plan the best for thee.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The best, or light or dark it be:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Then rest ye in His will.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">God holds the future in His hand,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Why should I shrink or fear?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Through every dark and cloudy day—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Yea, all along my pilgrim way—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">His love will bless and cheer.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">God holds the future in His hand.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And I can trust His love.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The past declares His faithfulness;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His eye will guide, His heart will bless</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Till I am safe above.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page573">[pg 573]</span><a name="Pg573" id="Pg573" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc295" id="toc295"></a> +<a name="pdf296" id="pdf296"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Cheerfulness</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus573.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Daughters Of Israel. "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." Prov. 17:22." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Daughters Of Israel. +"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." +Prov. 17:22.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Before leaving His disciples, what did Jesus say to them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might +have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be of +good cheer</span></span>; I have overcome the world.”</span> John 16:33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What were some of the cheering words He said to them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe +also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions: if it +were not so, I would have told you. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I go to prepare a place for +you.</span></span> And if I go and prepare a place for you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will come again, +and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be +also</span></span>.”</span> John 14:1-3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In what spirit should we serve the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Serve the Lord with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gladness</span></span>: come before His presence +with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">singing</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 100:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What is sown for the upright in heart? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Light is sown for the righteous, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gladness</span></span> for the upright +in heart.”</span> Ps. 97:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What effect has a merry heart? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A merry heart <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doeth good like a medicine</span></span>: but a broken +spirit drieth the bones.”</span> Prov. 17:22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From +this we may learn the influence which the mind has +over the body. Cheerfulness is conducive to life and health; sorrow, care, +anxiety, and worry tend to disease and death. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page574">[pg 574]</span><a name="Pg574" id="Pg574" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What effect do helpful, cheerful words have upon the +heart? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a good +word maketh it glad</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 12:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. By what temporal blessings does God fill men's hearts +with gladness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Nevertheless He left not Himself without witness, in that +He did good, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons</span></span>, +filling our hearts with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">food</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gladness</span></span>.”</span> Acts 14:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why and for what may every child of God rejoice? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful +in my God; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, +He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 61:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Against what are Christians warned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured</span></span>, and +were destroyed of the destroyer.”</span> 1 Cor. 10:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There +are those who take to gloom as a bat to darkness +or as a vulture to carrion. They would rather nurse a misery than cherish +a joy. They always find the dark side of everything, if there is a dark +side to be found. They appear to be conscientious grumblers, as if it were +their duty to extract some essence of misery from every circumstance.... +On the other hand, there are rare spirits who always take cheerful +views of life. They look at the bright side. They find some joy and +beauty everywhere.... In the most faulty picture they see some +bit of beauty which charms them. In the most disagreeable person they +discover some kindly trait or some bud of promise. In the most disheartening +circumstances they find something for which to be thankful, some gleam +of cheer breaking through the thick gloom.... When a ray of sunlight +streamed through a crack in the shutter and made a bright patch on +the floor in the darkened room, the little dog rose from his dark corner and +went and lay down in the one sunny spot; and these people live in the same +philosophical way. If there is one beam of cheer or hope anywhere in +their lot, they will find it.... We have no right to project the gloom +of our discontent over any other life. Our ministry is to be ever toward +joy. There is nothing so depressing in its effects upon others as morbidness.... +Discontent helps nothing.... One never feels better +for complaining.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Week-Day +Religion,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> by J. R. Miller, D. D., pages +236-241. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">How many people,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> says Jeremy Taylor, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">are busy in the world +gathering together a handful of thorns to sit upon.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">As a little girl was eating, the sun dashed upon her spoon, and she +cried, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">O mama, I have swallowed a spoonful of sunshine!</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Would God +that we all might indulge in the same +beverage!</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Talmage's </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">One Thousand +Gems,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 56. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Even when persecuted, what are we told to do, and why? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page575">[pg 575]</span><a name="Pg575" id="Pg575" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, +and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Rejoice +ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is +great in heaven.</span></span>”</span> Luke 6:22, 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. When beaten by the Jewish rulers for preaching Christ, +what did the apostles do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they departed from the presence of the council, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rejoicing +that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His +name</span></span>.”</span> Acts 5:41. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. After receiving <span class="tei tei-q">“many stripes,”</span> with their feet made +fast in the stocks, what did Paul and Silas do while in prison? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And at midnight Paul and Silas <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prayed, and sang praises +unto God</span></span>: and the prisoners heard them.”</span> Acts 16:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What assurance is given that the child of God may +bravely endure every trial and hardship of life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And we know that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all things work together for good to them +that love God</span></span>, to them who are the called according to His purpose.”</span> +Rom. 8:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How constant should our rejoicing be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Rejoice in the Lord <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">alway</span></span>: +and again I say, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Rejoice</span></span>.”</span> +Phil. 4:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Good +cheer is the hall-mark of a brave and healthy soul. +To give way to gloomy thoughts, otherwise the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">blues,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> is a sign of weakness. +This isn't asserting that no one but weaklings is attacked by the +blues; but it is one thing to be attacked and another to rout the disturber. +And that is what the brave soul does. There may be a very real and +tangible reason why the heart faints and halts, for life is serious, and the +world full of unexpected trials; but to sit and brood over a trouble only +makes it look larger and larger until it finally obscures the horizon line, +and darkness descends upon the soul. Wherefore, the thing to do is to +cast aside all thoughts of worry for a moment,—just say to yourself, It +is only for a moment,—and when you return to it again you will be surprised +to find it has lessened in size and +importance.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The New World.</span></span> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When things don't go to suit you,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the world seems upside down,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Don't waste your time in fretting,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">But drive away that frown;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Since life is oft perplexing,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis much the wisest plan</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To bear all trials bravely,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And smile whene'er you can.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page576">[pg 576]</span><a name="Pg576" id="Pg576" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc297" id="toc297"></a> +<a name="pdf298" id="pdf298"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Christian Courtesy</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus576.png" alt="Illustration." title="Moses Defending The Maidens. "But Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock." Ex. 2:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Moses Defending The Maidens. +"But Moses stood up and helped them, and +watered their flock." Ex. 2:17.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What should be our conduct one toward another? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Love as brethren, be pitiful, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be courteous</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 3:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How many should we honor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Honor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all men</span></span>. Love the brotherhood.”</span> 1 Peter 2:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Whom should we salute? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than +others? do not even the publicans so?”</span> Matt. 5:47. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What respect should be shown the aged? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rise up</span></span> before the +hoary head, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">honor</span></span> the +face of the old man.”</span> Lev. 19:32. See 2 Kings 2:23, 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Whom especially should children honor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Honor thy <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">father</span></span> and +thy <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mother</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 20:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How should faithful gospel ministers be regarded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">double +honor</span></span>.”</span> 1 Tim. 5:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is the basis of true Christian courtesy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Charity [love] ... is kind; . . . charity vaunteth +not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, +seeketh not her own.”</span> 1 Cor. 13:4, 5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Genuine +Christian courtesy is the outgrowth of love, and +manifests itself in thoughtful consideration for others. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page577">[pg 577]</span><a name="Pg577" id="Pg577" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc299" id="toc299"></a> +<a name="pdf300" id="pdf300"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Confessing Faults And Forgiving +One Another</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus577.png" alt="Illustration." title="Joseph Forgiving His Brethren. "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Matt. 6:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Joseph Forgiving His Brethren. +"Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our +debtors." Matt. 6:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What has God promised to do when we confess our sins? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If we confess our sins, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is faithful and just to forgive us +our sins</span></span>, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”</span> 1 John +1:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How has it been made possible for sins to be forgiven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, +Jesus Christ the righteous: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He is the propitiation for our +sins</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 2:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. To whom should sins be confessed, and why? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned</span></span>, and done this evil +in Thy sight.”</span> Ps. 51:4. See Gen. 39:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What instruction is given concerning confession of faults? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Confess your faults one to another</span></span>, and pray one for another, +that ye may be healed.”</span> James 5:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Bible makes +a distinction between a sin and a fault. +We sin against God; for sin is the transgression of His law. 1 John 3:4. +</span></p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page578">[pg 578]</span><a name="Pg578" id="Pg578" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +We trespass one against another. These offenses, while involving sin, +are called faults, and should be corrected by confession and forgiveness. +The only remedy for either pointed out in the Word of God is heartfelt +confession. One writer aptly says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Confess your sins to God, who only +can forgive them, and your faults to one another. If you have given offense +to your friend or neighbor, you are to acknowledge your wrong, and it is +his duty freely to forgive you. Then you are to seek the forgiveness of +God, because the brother you have wounded is the property of God, and +in injuring him you sinned against his Creator and Redeemer.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +To confess one's faults is not an easy thing to do; in fact, it is one of +the hardest lessons to learn, for it requires the grace of humility as well as +that of sorrow and true repentance. It has been said that the four hardest +words to pronounce in the English language are, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I made a mistake.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Frederick the Great wrote to the Prussian senate, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I have just lost a +battle, and it is my own fault.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Concerning this Goldsmith says, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">His +confession shows more greatness than his victories.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The confession should not only be complete, but it should be as broad +and as public as was the offense. Private offenses should be confessed +in private. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. When we do wrong, what is the natural thing for us to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Excuse it, seek to hide it, or blame some one else for it. +See Gen. 3:12, 13; 4:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. After David's great sin had been pointed out to him, what +did he say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I have sinned.”</span> 2 Sam. 12:13. <span class="tei tei-q">“I acknowledge my +transgressions.”</span> Ps. 51:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. When David in contrition of heart confessed his sin, what +was God's word to him by Nathan, the prophet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the +Lord. And Nathan said unto David, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Lord also hath put +away thy sin</span></span>; thou shalt not die.”</span> 2 Sam. 12:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +scripture is especially encouraging. God hates sin. +He wants us likewise to hate it and shun it, because it invariably gets us +into trouble, causes sorrow of heart, and in the end brings death. But +when involved in it, as was David, as soon as it is acknowledged and sincerely +confessed, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">that very moment it is forgiven</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. David said, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I have +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sinned</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The immediate answer was returned, +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Lord also </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">hath put +away thy sin</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Is it ever right to tell a brother of his faults? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If thy brother shall trespass against thee, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">go and tell him +his fault between thee and him alone</span></span>: if he shall hear thee, thou +hast gained thy brother.”</span> Matt. 18:15. <span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt not +hate thy brother in thine heart: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou shalt in any wise rebuke +thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him</span></span>.”</span> Lev. 19:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. In what spirit should this kind of work be done? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page579">[pg 579]</span><a name="Pg579" id="Pg579" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are +spiritual, restore such an one <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in +the spirit of meekness</span></span>; considering +thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”</span> Gal. 6:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is +much easier to tell </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">some one else</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of a brother's faults +than it is to tell </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">him</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> of them </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">himself</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; +but this is not the Christian way to proceed. The first efforts should +be made with the offender </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">in person</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">alone</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. But it is easier even to tell </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">a brother</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">his</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> faults than it is to confess +to him </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">our own</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. This, again, let it be noted, is the one very difficult +lesson to learn, the one Christian duty difficult to perform. Only +humility and the grace of God will enable one to do it. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. When we pray, what does Christ tell us to do, and why? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when ye stand praying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forgive</span></span>, if ye have aught +against any: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that your Father</span></span> also +which is in heaven <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">may forgive +you your trespasses</span></span>.”</span> Mark 11:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. If we do not forgive others, what will God not do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But if ye do not forgive, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither will your Father which is +in heaven forgive your trespasses</span></span>.”</span> Verse 26. See, for illustration, +Christ's parable recorded in Matt. 18:23-35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What words of Joseph to his brethren show that he forgave +them for selling him into Egypt? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, +that ye sold me hither</span></span>: for God did send me before you to preserve +life.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">So now it was not you that sent me hither, but +God.</span></span>”</span> Gen. 45:5-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What was Christ's reply to Peter's question as to the +number of times we should forgive one another? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall +my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? +Jesus saith unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, +Until seventy times seven</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 18:21, 22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That +is, an unlimited number. We must pardon offenses +against us though ever so often done; we must forgive to the end. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What spirit did Jesus manifest toward those who nailed +Him to the cross? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said Jesus, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Father, forgive them; for they know not +what they do</span></span>.”</span> Luke 23:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How did Stephen manifest the same spirit toward those +who stoned him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, ... and +he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lord, lay not this +sin to their charge</span></span>.”</span> Acts 7:59, 60. See 1 Peter 4:8. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page580">[pg 580]</span><a name="Pg580" id="Pg580" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc301" id="toc301"></a> +<a name="pdf302" id="pdf302"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Duty Of Encouragement</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus580.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Father Forgiving His Son. "His father ... had compassion, and ... fell on his neck, and kissed him." Luke 15:20." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Father Forgiving His Son. +"His father ... had compassion, and ... fell +on his neck, and kissed him." Luke 15:20.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. When the ten spies brought back an evil report from the +land of Canaan, what did Caleb say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let +us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it</span></span>.”</span> +Num. 13:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did the ten spies say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the men that went up with him said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">We be not able to +go up against the people; for they are stronger than we</span></span>.”</span> Verse 31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What effect did this evil report have upon the people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cried</span></span>; +and the people <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wept</span></span> that night. And all the children of Israel +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">murmured</span></span> against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole +congregation said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Would God that we had died in the +land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!</span></span>... +And they said one to another, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let us make a captain, +and let us return into Egypt</span></span>.”</span> Num. 14:1-4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. With what words did Moses seek to encourage Joshua? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the +sight of all Israel, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be strong and of a good courage</span></span>.... The +Lord, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, +He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fear not, neither be +dismayed</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 31:7, 8. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page581">[pg 581]</span><a name="Pg581" id="Pg581" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In his final charge to Joshua, what did Moses, speaking +for God, say to him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be strong and of a good courage</span></span>: for thou shalt bring the children +of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be +with thee.”</span> Verse 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. After Moses' death, how did the Lord encourage Joshua? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' +minister, saying, ... There shall not any man be able to +stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, +so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be strong and of a good courage.</span></span>”</span> Joshua 1:1-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. When Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came against Jerusalem, +what did King Hezekiah say to Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed</span></span> for the +king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for +there be more with us than with him: with him is an army of +flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight +our battles.”</span> 2 Chron. 32:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What effect did these words have upon the people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah</span></span> +king of Judah.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How did Josiah seek to promote the worship of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he set the priests in their charges, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">encouraged them +to the service of the house of the Lord</span></span>.”</span> 2 Chron. 35:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. By what message, through the prophet Haggai, did God +seek to encourage the people to rebuild the temple? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be strong, O Zerubbabel</span></span>, saith the +Lord; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be strong, O +Joshua</span></span>, son of Josedech, the high priest; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be strong, all ye +people of the land</span></span>, saith the Lord, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and work: for I am with you, +saith the Lord of hosts</span></span>.”</span> Haggai 2:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What encouraging message has Christ left us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be of good cheer</span></span>; I have overcome the world.”</span> John 16:33. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A +dispirited man, like a discouraged horse, is powerless to +perform his task. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">What men need most in this world's struggle and strife is not usually +direct help, but cheer.... Many men have fainted and succumbed +in the great struggles whom one word of cheer would have made strong to +overcome. We should never, then, lose an opportunity to say an inspiring +word. We know not how much it is needed, nor how great and far-reaching +its consequences may be.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Week-Day +Religion,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by J. R. Miller, D. D., +page 170.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page582">[pg 582]</span><a name="Pg582" id="Pg582" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc303" id="toc303"></a> +<a name="pdf304" id="pdf304"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Unity Of Believers</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus582.png" alt="Illustration." title="Bethlehem. "That they may be one, even as We are one." John 17:22." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Bethlehem. +"That they may be one, even as We are one." +John 17:22.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What relation do the Father and the Son sustain to each +other? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I and My Father <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">are one</span></span>.”</span> John 10:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In what does this oneness consist? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I seek not Mine own will, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the will of the Father</span></span> which +hath sent Me.”</span> John 5:30. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Their +oneness, therefore, consists in their having the same +mind, will, and purpose. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What did Christ pray the Father in behalf of His disciples? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">That they may be one</span></span>, even as We are one.”</span> John 17:22. +See also verses 11 and 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Why did Christ desire this oneness, or unity, to exist +among His followers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and +I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that the world may +believe that Thou hast sent Me</span></span>.”</span> Verse 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. By what did Christ say all men should know His disciples? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if ye +have love one to another</span></span>.”</span> John 13:35. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page583">[pg 583]</span><a name="Pg583" id="Pg583" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">God +has united believers in church capacity in order that +one may strengthen another in good and righteous endeavor. The church +on earth would indeed be a symbol of the church in heaven if its members +were of one mind and of one faith. It is those who are not moved by the +Holy Spirit that mar God's plan, and cause division, and strengthen the +forces of darkness. Those who are sanctified by the blood of Christ will +not counterwork God's work, nor perpetuate division in the church. When +there is disunion among believers, the world concludes that they cannot be +the people of God because they are working against one another. When +believers are one with Christ, they will be united among themselves.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How did Paul show his concern in this matter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord +Jesus Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye +all speak the same thing</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that there be no +divisions among you</span></span>; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that +ye be perfectly joined together in the +same mind and in the same judgment</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 1:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What was a prominent cause of division in the early +church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous +wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of your +own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away +disciples after them</span></span>.”</span> Acts 20:29, 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What was already at work in the church in Paul's day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the mystery of iniquity doth already work</span></span>: only he who +now letteth [hindereth] will let, until he be taken out of the way.”</span> +2 Thess. 2:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Before Christ should come, what did Paul say was to +take place? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall +not come, except there come <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a +falling away</span></span> first, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that man of +sin be revealed, the son of perdition</span></span>; who opposeth and exalteth +himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so +that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself +that he is God.”</span> Verses 3, 4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +huge system of error now fostered in the papal church +is the result of the falling away here referred to. Says Wylie in his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">History +of Protestantism,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Vol. III, page 25: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Rome manifestly was the +schismatic; she it was that abandoned what was once the common faith +of Christendom, leaving by that step to all who remained on the old ground +the indisputably valid title of the true church.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Together, what do believers in Christ form? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye are the body of Christ</span></span>, and members in particular.”</span> +1 Cor. 12:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Being members of Christ's body, of what else do we +become members? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page584">[pg 584]</span><a name="Pg584" id="Pg584" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every one +members one of another</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 12:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. As members of one another, what is the duty of each? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That there should be no schism in the body; but that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +members should have the same care one for another</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. +12:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What should they endeavor to keep? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye +walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all +lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one +another in love; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the +bond of peace</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 4:1-3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What unity of faith is finally to exist among God's +watchmen? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together +shall they sing: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord +shall bring again Zion</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 52:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What solemn message, just before the Lord's coming, +will unite God's people in bonds of faith and love? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment +is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, +and the sea, and the fountains of waters.... Babylon is +fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations +drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.... If +any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark +in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine +of the wrath of God.”</span> Rev. 14:7-10. See Rev. 18:1-5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How are those who receive this message described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep +the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. When the Lord comes, what will be the united cry of +God's people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have +waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord; we have +waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”</span> +Isa. 25:9. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How blest the sacred tie that binds</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In sweet communion kindred minds!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How swift the heavenly course they run</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Whose hearts, whose faith, whose hopes, are one.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page585">[pg 585]</span><a name="Pg585" id="Pg585" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc305" id="toc305"></a> +<a name="pdf306" id="pdf306"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Meekness And Humility</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus585.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jesus Scourged. "He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth." Isa. 53:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jesus Scourged. +"He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He +opened not His mouth." Isa. 53:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What promise is made to the meek? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed are the meek: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall inherit the earth</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 5:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Meek</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Mild of +temper; not easily provoked or irritated; forbearing; +submissive; humble.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did Christ say of His own character? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am meek +and lowly of heart</span></span>: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”</span> Matt. +11:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What is said of the character of Moses? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the man Moses was very meek</span></span>, above all the men which +were upon the face of the earth.”</span> Num. 12:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Whom has God promised to guide in judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The meek</span></span> will He guide +in judgment: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the meek</span></span> will He +teach His way.”</span> Ps. 25:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Of what is meekness a fruit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the fruit of the Spirit is</span></span> love, joy, peace, long-suffering, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page587">[pg 587]</span><a name="Pg587" id="Pg587" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +gentleness, goodness, faith, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">meekness</span></span>, temperance: against such +there is no law.”</span> Gal. 5:22, 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus586.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ In The Garden. "Nevertheless not My will, but Thine, be done." Luke 22:42." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ In The Garden. +"Nevertheless not My will, but Thine, be +done." Luke 22:42.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What does Christ say of those who exalt themselves? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For whosoever exalteth himself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall be abased</span></span>; and he that +humbleth himself shall be exalted.”</span> Luke 14:11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +spirit of self-exaltation is of Satan. See Isa. 14:12-14; +Eze. 28:17. Christ humbled Himself, made Himself of no reputation, +and became obedient even to the death on the cross. See Phil. 2:5-8. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. By what means did Jesus illustrate true humility? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a little child</span></span> unto Him, and set him in the +midst of them, and said, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Whosoever therefore shall +humble himself as this little child; the same is greatest in the kingdom +of heaven.</span></span>”</span> Matt. 18:2-4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Humility +is </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness +of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> It implies a sense of +one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness, and consists +in rating our </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">claims</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> low, in being willing to +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">waive our rights</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">take +a lower place than might be our due</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. It does not require that we under-rate +ourselves or our life-work. The humility of Christ was perfect, yet +He had a true sense of the importance of His life and mission. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Humility is like a tree, whose root, when it sets deepest in the earth, +rises higher, and spreads fairer, and stands surer, and lasts longer, and every +step of its descent is like a rib of iron.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Bishop Taylor.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How will humility lead us to esteem others? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in +lowliness of mind <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let each esteem other better than themselves</span></span>.”</span> +Phil. 2:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. With whom does God dwell? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I dwell in the high and holy place, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with him also that is of +a contrite and humble spirit</span></span>, to revive the spirit of the humble, +and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”</span> Isa. 57:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. When asked a reason for our hope, in what spirit should +we answer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready +always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason +of the hope that is in you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with meekness and fear</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter +3:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Who should labor for one overtaken in a fault, and in +what spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye which are +spiritual</span></span>, restore such an one <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in +the spirit of meekness</span></span>; considering +thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”</span> Gal. 6:1. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page588">[pg 588]</span><a name="Pg588" id="Pg588" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. With what should Christian women adorn themselves? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting +the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; +but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not +corruptible, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit</span></span>, which +is in the sight of God of great price.”</span> 1 Peter 3:3, 4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The instruction given +here, </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">in principle</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> applies with equal +force to men professing godliness. It is the needless display of apparel +and outward adornment that is here condemned. God desires the ornaments +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">within</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, displayed in the heart +and life, rather than those </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">without</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +simply to be seen of men. Needless outward adornment, therefore, may +generally be taken as an indication that the inward adornment, so precious +in the sight of God, is lacking. Neatness in dress is not here discouraged. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Why are we exhorted to humble ourselves? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of +God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that He may exalt you in due time</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 5:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own +esteem.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Spurgeon.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. With what has the Lord promised to beautify the meek? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord taketh pleasure in His people: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He will beautify +the meek with salvation</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 149:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What are the meek exhorted to seek? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have +wrought His judgment; seek righteousness, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seek meekness</span></span>: it may +be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.”</span> Zeph. 2:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +fact that the meek are exhorted to seek meekness, is +evidence that the meek themselves should cherish and cultivate meekness, +and that sanctification, or the development of a perfect character, is a +progressive work. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What inheritance is promised the meek? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, +thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. +But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves +in the abundance of peace</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 37:10, 11. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I count this thing to be grandly true:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That a noble deed is a step toward God,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lifting the soul from the common clod</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To a purer air and a broader view.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We rise by the things that are under our feet;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">By what we have mastered of good and gain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">By the pride deposed and the passion slain,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the vanquished ills that we hourly meet.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 28.80em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">J. G. Holland.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page589">[pg 589]</span><a name="Pg589" id="Pg589" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc307" id="toc307"></a> +<a name="pdf308" id="pdf308"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Sobriety</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus589.png" alt="Illustration." title="Joseph Interpreting Pharaoh's Dream. "Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded." Titus 2:6." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Joseph Interpreting Pharaoh's Dream. +"Young men likewise exhort to be +sober-minded." Titus 2:6.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. To what extent did Solomon test the pleasures of this +world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Whatsoever mine eyes desired</span></span> I kept not from them, I withheld +not my heart from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">any joy</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“I said in mine heart, Go +to now, I will prove thee with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mirth</span></span>, +therefore enjoy <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pleasure</span></span>.”</span> +Eccl. 2:10, 1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How much true enjoyment did such a course afford? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all was vanity and vexation of spirit</span></span>.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Of what does Solomon bid the young, in the buoyancy of +youth, to be mindful? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart +cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of +thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">but know thou, that for +all these things God will bring thee into judgment</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 11:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How does the grace of God teach us that we should live? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared +to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly +lusts, we should <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present +world</span></span>.”</span> Titus 2:11, 12. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page590">[pg 590]</span><a name="Pg590" id="Pg590" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What classes of individuals are admonished to be sober? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">aged men</span></span> be sober, grave, temperate, sound in +faith, in charity, in patience. The <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">aged women</span></span> likewise, that +they be in behavior as becometh holiness, ... that they +may teach the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">young women</span></span> to +be sober.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Young men</span></span> +likewise exhort to be sober-minded.”</span> Verses 2-6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These four classes include all. All should be sober. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What similar advice is given in the epistle to the Romans? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and +drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife +and envying.”</span> Rom. 13:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What testimony does the apostle Peter bear on this point? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be sober</span></span>, and hope +to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the +revelation of Jesus Christ.”</span> 1 Peter 1:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why are foolish talking and jesting to be avoided? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which +are not convenient</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 5:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—To indulge +in such things is not becoming a Christian. Life, +with all its responsibilities and great issues at stake, is too serious a matter +to be spent in such vanities. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is the thought of foolishness declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The thought of foolishness is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 24:9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Levity, +foolishness, light and loose talking, throw us off our +guard, and open the way to temptation and sin. To avoid sin, we must +be sober and constantly on guard. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Why are sobriety and vigilance especially necessary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be sober, be vigilant; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because your adversary the devil, as +a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour</span></span>.”</span> +1 Peter 5:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What other consideration should lead us to sobriety and +watchfulness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the end of all things is at hand</span></span>: be ye therefore sober, +and watch unto prayer.”</span> 1 Peter 4:7. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How vain are all things here below!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">How false, and yet how fair!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Each pleasure hath its poison, too,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And every sweet a snare.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 25.20em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Isaac Watts.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page591">[pg 591]</span><a name="Pg591" id="Pg591" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc309" id="toc309"></a> +<a name="pdf310" id="pdf310"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Wisdom</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus591.png" alt="Illustration." title="Wisdom Of Solomon. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Ps. 111:10." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Wisdom Of Solomon. +"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of +wisdom." Ps. 111:10.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Why are we told to get wisdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Wisdom is the principal thing</span></span>; therefore get wisdom.”</span> +Prov. 4:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Wisdom implies +the ability to judge soundly and deal sagaciously. +It is knowledge, with the capacity to make due use of it. One +may have abundance of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">knowledge</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, and at the same time possess little +</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">wisdom</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Of how much value is wisdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou +canst desire are not to be compared unto her.”</span> Prov. 3:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What blessings follow the acquisition of wisdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Exalt her, and she shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">promote +thee</span></span>: she shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bring thee +to honor</span></span>, when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine +head <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to +thee</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 4:8, 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Who gives wisdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord giveth wisdom.”</span> Prov. 2:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How may it be obtained? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any of you lack wisdom, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let him ask of God</span></span>, that giveth +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page592">[pg 592]</span><a name="Pg592" id="Pg592" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and it shall be given +him</span></span>.”</span> James 1:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. When Solomon became king, what did he ask the Lord +to give him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Give me now <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wisdom and knowledge</span></span>.”</span> 2 Chron. 1:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How did the Lord regard this request? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the speech pleased the Lord</span></span>, that Solomon had asked +this thing.”</span> 1 Kings 3:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How was Solomon's prayer answered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this +thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast +asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; +... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have +given thee a wise and an understanding heart.... And I +have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and +honor.</span></span>”</span> Verses 11-13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Are great men always wise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Great men are not always wise</span></span>: neither do the aged understand +judgment.”</span> Job 32:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is the beginning of wisdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The fear of the Lord</span></span> is the beginning of wisdom: a good +understanding have all they that do His commandments.”</span> Ps. +111:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. By what means was the psalmist made wiser than his +enemies? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">through Thy commandments</span></span> hast made me wiser than +mine enemies: for they are ever with me.”</span> Ps. 119:98. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Why did his understanding excel that of his teachers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I have more understanding than all my teachers: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for Thy +testimonies are my meditation</span></span>.”</span> Verse 99. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What effect does wisdom have upon the countenance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A man's wisdom maketh his face to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shine</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. 8:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. In what did Christ say the children of this world excel +the children of light? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the children of this world are in their generation <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wiser</span></span> +than the children of light.”</span> Luke 16:8. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page593">[pg 593]</span><a name="Pg593" id="Pg593" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That is, they +show more prudence, more cunning, and more +intelligence about their business than do Christians concerning the things +of God's kingdom. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">They show more skill, study more plans, contrive +more ways, to provide for themselves than the children of light do to promote +the interests of religion.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. Albert Barnes.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. In what did the apostle say he would have us wise, and +in what simple? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I would have you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wise unto +that which is good</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">simple +concerning evil</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 16:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How many kinds of wisdom are there? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: +yet not <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the wisdom of this +world</span></span>.... But we speak <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +wisdom of God</span></span> in a mystery, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the hidden wisdom, which God +ordained before the world unto our glory</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 2:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. How is worldly wisdom regarded by God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the wisdom of this world is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">foolishness</span></span> with God.”</span> +1 Cor. 3:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What is the character of that wisdom which comes +from God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the wisdom that is from above is +first <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pure</span></span>, then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">peaceable</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gentle</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">easy to +be entreated</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">full of mercy and good fruits</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without partiality</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and +without hypocrisy</span></span>.”</span> James 3:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What wisdom are the Scriptures able to give? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And that from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, +which are able to make thee <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wise unto salvation</span></span> through +faith which is in Christ Jesus.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:15. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Broad is the road that leads to death,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And thousands walk together there;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But wisdom shows a narrow path,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With here and there a traveler.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Deny thyself, and take thy cross,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is thy Redeemer's great command;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nature must count her gold but dross,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">If she would gain that heavenly land.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The fearful soul that tries and faints,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And walks the ways of God no more,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is but esteemed almost a saint,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And makes his own destruction sure.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 23.40em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Isaac Watts.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page594">[pg 594]</span><a name="Pg594" id="Pg594" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc311" id="toc311"></a> +<a name="pdf312" id="pdf312"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Diligence</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus594.png" alt="Illustration." title="Reading God's Word. "Give diligence to make your calling and election sure." 2 Peter 1:10." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Reading God's Word. +"Give diligence to make your calling and +election sure." 2 Peter 1:10.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What general command has God given concerning labor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work.”</span> Ex. 20:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Instead of living upon the earnings of others, what instruction +is given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let him that stole steal no more: but rather <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let him labor, +working with his hands</span></span> the thing which is good, that he may have +to give to him that needeth.”</span> Eph. 4:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What general rule does Paul lay down upon this subject? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, +that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if any would not work, neither +should he eat</span></span>.”</span> 2 Thess. 3:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In what language does he condemn idleness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">working not at all</span></span>, but are busybodies. Now them that +are such <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we command and exhort</span></span> +by our Lord Jesus Christ, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that +with quietness they work, and eat their own bread</span></span>.”</span> Verses 11, 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What example did the apostle himself set in this matter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Neither did we eat any man's bread for naught; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wrought +with labor and travail night and day</span></span>, that we might not be chargeable +to any of you.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page595">[pg 595]</span><a name="Pg595" id="Pg595" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What labor was appointed man in consequence of the fall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In the sweat of thy face shall thou eat bread</span></span>, till thou return +unto the ground.”</span> Gen. 3:19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A life +of laborious and perpetual toil, in a world cursed with +weeds, thorns, and thistles, was appointed to man in consequence of the +entrance of sin. This was a part of the curse. And yet even this was +appointed in love, and, under existing circumstances, is a blessing in disguise. +It was a discipline rendered necessary because of sin, to place a +check upon the indulgence of appetite and passion, to develop habits of +industry and self-control, and to teach lessons on overcoming evil. Were +not man called to labor thus, his sins and miseries would be multiplied +manyfold. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What are some of the results of industry? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that tilleth his land <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall have plenty of bread</span></span>.”</span> Prov. +28:19. <span class="tei tei-q">“The hand of the diligent <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">maketh rich</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 10:4. +<span class="tei tei-q">“The soul of the diligent shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made fat</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 13:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What results from slackness and indolence in business? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">becometh poor</span></span> that dealeth with a slack hand.”</span> Prov. +10:4. <span class="tei tei-q">“The soul of the sluggard desireth, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hath nothing</span></span>.”</span> +Prov. 13:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What does Solomon say concerning diligence in business? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.”</span> +Eccl. 9:10. <span class="tei tei-q">“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, +and look well to thy herds.”</span> Prov. 27:23. <span class="tei tei-q">“He that gathereth +in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son +that causeth shame.”</span> Prov. 10:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way +to market. It depends chiefly on two words—</span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">industry</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +and </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">frugality</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; that is, waste neither </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">time</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +nor </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">money</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, but make the best of both. Without +industry and frugality nothing will do, and with +them everything.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Benjamin +Franklin.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What does Solomon say of the industrious woman? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not +the bread of idleness.</span></span> Her children arise up, and call her blessed; +her husband also, and he praiseth her.”</span> Prov. 31:27, 28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What has Paul said of the professed Christian who does +not provide for his own family? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those +of his own house, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an +infidel</span></span>.”</span> 1 Tim. 5:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What picture has Solomon given of the slothful man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of +the man void of understanding; and, lo, it was all grown over +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page596">[pg 596]</span><a name="Pg596" id="Pg596" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the +stone wall thereof was broken down.”</span> Prov. 24:30, 31. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">An indolent man draweth his +breath, but does not live.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Cicero.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The parent who does not teach his child a trade, teaches him to be a +thief.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Brahmanic Proverb.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers therefore are +the founders of human civilization.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Daniel Webster.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">If a man be indolent, the best discipline to which he can be subjected +is to suffer the evils of penury.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Wayland.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Nothing can be done with a man who will not work. We have in +our scheme of government no room for the man who does not wish to pay +his way through life by what he does.... Capacity for work is +absolutely necessary, and no man can be said to live in the true sense of the +word if he does not work.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Theodore Roosevelt.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Luck is waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes +and strong will, will turn up something. Luck whines. Labor whistles. +Luck relies on chances. Labor, on character. Luck slips down to indigence. +Labor strides upward to independence. Luck lies in bed, and +wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy. Labor turns out +at six o' clock, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation +of a competence.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Cobden.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. In spiritual matters, what is also necessary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And beside this, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">giving all diligence</span></span>, add to your faith virtue; +and to virtue knowledge.... Give <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">diligence</span></span> to make +your calling and election sure.”</span> 2 Peter 1:5-10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In +temporal matters the difference between a prosperous +man and a sluggard lies principally in the improvement of opportunities. +One grasps these, while the other is too indolent to do so. In the gaining +of eternal life this same principle applies. God has placed salvation +within the reach of all. None need be lost. Christ died for all, but all +will not be saved, for some do not care enough for eternal life diligently +to lay hold of it. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Neat be your farm; 'tis long confessed</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The neatest farmer is the best;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Each bog and marsh industrious drain,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor let vile balks deform the plain,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor bushes on your headland grow,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor briers a sloven culture show.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Neat be your barns, your houses sweet;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Your paths be clean, your dooryards neat;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No moss the sheltering roof enshroud,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No wooden panes the windows cloud;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No sink drains should above ground flow,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor weeds with rankling poison grow;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But flowers expand, and fruit-trees bloom,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And fragrant shrubs exhale perfume.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Neatly enclose your garden round;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Smooth, enrich, and clear the ground;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For if to taste and profit you incline,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Beauty and use you always should combine.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page597">[pg 597]</span><a name="Pg597" id="Pg597" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc313" id="toc313"></a> +<a name="pdf314" id="pdf314"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Perfection Of Character</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus597.png" alt="Illustration." title="Paul Shipwrecked. "In all these things we are more than conqueror through Him that loved us." Rom. 8:37." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Paul Shipwrecked. +"In all these things we are more than conqueror +through Him that loved us." Rom. 8:37.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Why are we exhorted to patience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But let patience have her perfect work, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may be +perfect and entire, wanting</span></span> [<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lacking</span></span>] +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">nothing</span></span>.”</span> James 1:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How perfect does Christ tell us to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be ye therefore perfect, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even as your Father which is in +heaven is perfect</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 5:48. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In whom are we complete? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And ye are complete <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in Him</span></span>.”</span> Col. 2:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. After accepting Christ, what are we to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let us go on unto perfection</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 6:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In what is the Christian to grow? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But grow in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">grace</span></span>, and +in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the knowledge of our Lord and +Saviour Jesus Christ</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 3:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How may one grow in grace? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Giving all diligence, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">add to +your faith virtue</span></span>; ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">knowledge</span></span>; +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page598">[pg 598]</span><a name="Pg598" id="Pg598" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">temperance</span></span>; ... +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">patience</span></span>; ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">godliness</span></span>; ... +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">brotherly kindness</span></span>; ... +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">charity</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 1:5-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Why does Christ desire this growth in His followers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That He might present it to Himself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a glorious church</span></span>, +not having <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spot</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wrinkle</span></span>, +or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">any such thing</span></span>; but that it should +be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without blemish</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 5:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What will cause the Christian to grow? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As new-born babes, desire <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sincere milk of the word</span></span>, +that ye may grow thereby.”</span> 1 Peter 2:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. In order to grow by the word of God, what must one do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy words were found, and I did eat them.”</span> Jer. 15:16. +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy word have I <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hid in mine +heart</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 119:11. See Col. 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What does God's word then become to the believer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy word was unto me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the joy and rejoicing of mine heart</span></span>.”</span> +Jer. 15:16, last part. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Why are the Scriptures given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable +for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in +righteousness: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that the man of +God may be perfect</span></span>, throughly furnished +unto all good works.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:16, 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How may the lack of wisdom be supplied? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any of you lack wisdom, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let him ask of God</span></span>, that giveth +to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and it shall be given +him</span></span>.”</span> James 1:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. In how many things may we ask help from God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be careful for nothing; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in everything</span></span> by prayer and +supplication with thanksgiving <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let your requests be made known +unto God</span></span>.”</span> Phil. 4:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What is an evidence of perfection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man</span></span>, +and able also to bridle the whole body.”</span> James 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What is the bond of perfection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And above all these things put on <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">charity</span></span>, which is the bond +of perfectness.”</span> Col. 3:14. See Phil. 3:13, 14; Heb. 12:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How perfect would God have us become? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the very God of peace <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sanctify you wholly</span></span>; and I pray +God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless</span></span> +unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”</span> 1 Thess. 5:23. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page599">[pg 599]</span><a name="Pg599" id="Pg599" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc315" id="toc315"></a> +<a name="pdf316" id="pdf316"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Sowing And Reaping</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus599.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jacob's Dream. "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Gal. 6:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jacob's Dream. +"Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he +also reap." Gal. 6:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What does Paul say regarding sowing and reaping? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whatsoever a man +soweth, that shall he also reap</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 6:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How is the same truth expressed by Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and +ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: +give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, +and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your +bosom. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be +measured to you again.</span></span>”</span> Luke 6:37, 38. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A man's deeds, +good or evil, usually return to bless or curse +him. A farmer who sold butter to a village storekeeper and took sugar in +exchange, complained that he was getting short weight. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Look here,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +said he to the merchant, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">it seems to me you're giving me short weight +sugar.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">No,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> replied the storekeeper, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">that cannot be, for in measuring +out that sugar of yours I always use a pound of your butter as a weight.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Good and evil come back.... God made the universe on the +plan of the circle. Isa. 40:22.... We ourselves start the circle of +good or bad actions, and it will surely come around again to us unless by +divine intervention it be hindered. Those bad or good actions may make +the circuit of many years; but come back to us they will as certainly as that +God sits on the circle of the earth.... What a stupendous thought +that the good and the evil we start come back to us! Do you know that +the judgment-day will be only the point at which the circle joins, the good +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page600">[pg 600]</span><a name="Pg600" id="Pg600" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +and the bad we have done coming back to us, unless divine intervention +hinders,—coming back to us, welcome +of delight or curse of condemnation?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">T. +DeWitt Talmage.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. On what condition does Christ say God will forgive us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if ye forgive men their trespasses</span></span>, your Heavenly Father +will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, +neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”</span> Matt. 6: +14, 15. See also Matt. 18:23-35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. According to what principle does God deal with men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“With the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">merciful</span></span> Thou wilt +show Thyself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">merciful</span></span>; with +an <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">upright</span></span> man Thou wilt +show Thyself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">upright</span></span>; with the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pure</span></span> +Thou wilt show Thyself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pure</span></span>; +and with the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">froward</span></span> Thou wilt +show Thyself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">froward</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 18:25, 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How is the same truth again taught touching the wicked? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As he loved <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cursing</span></span>, so let it come unto him: as he delighted +not in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blessing</span></span>, so let it be far from him.”</span> Ps. 109:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. According to what was judgment called upon Babylon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Recompense her according to her works; according to all +that she hath done, do unto her.”</span> Jer. 50:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Why did Christ tell Peter to put up his sword? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Put up again thy sword into his place: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for all they that take +the sword shall perish with the sword</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 26:52. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why was the Papacy to go into captivity? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity</span></span>: he that +killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.”</span> Rev. +13:10. See Lev. 25:10; Jer. 34:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is to be the punishment of spiritual Babylon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Reward her even as she rewarded you</span></span>, and double unto her +double according to her works.”</span> Rev. 18:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What does the psalmist say will come to the persecutor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His mischief shall return upon his own head</span></span>, and his violent +dealing shall come down upon his own pate.”</span> Ps. 7:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In his +letter addressed to the Jews, dated Nov. 16, 1905, +President Roosevelt said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I feel very strongly that if any people are +oppressed anywhere, the wrong inevitably reacts in the end on those who +oppress them; for it is an immutable law in the spiritual world that no one +can wrong others and yet in the end himself escape unhurt.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What befell Haman, who sought to slay all the Jews? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared +for Mordecai.”</span> Esther 7:10. See Ps. 9:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. If one would have friends, what must he do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A man that hath friends <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">must show himself friendly</span></span>.”</span> +Prov. 18:24. +</p> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page601">[pg 601]</span><a name="Pg601" id="Pg601" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc317" id="toc317"></a> +<a name="pdf318" id="pdf318"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part XIII. Prayer and Public Worship</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page602">[pg 602]</span><a name="Pg602" id="Pg602" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus602.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Groves Were God's First Temples. "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O Most High." Ps. 92:1." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Groves Were God's First Temples. +"It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto +Thy name, O Most High." Ps. 92:1.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page603">[pg 603]</span><a name="Pg603" id="Pg603" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc319" id="toc319"></a> +<a name="pdf320" id="pdf320"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Importance Of Prayer</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus603.png" alt="Illustration." title="Ezra In Prayer. "Men ought always to pray, and not to faint." Luke 18:1." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Ezra In Prayer. +"Men ought always to pray, and not to +faint." Luke 18:1.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. By what title does the psalmist address God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">O Thou that hearest prayer</span></span>, unto Thee shall all flesh come.”</span> +Ps. 65:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Of whom does the Bible teach that God is a rewarder? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A rewarder <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of them that diligently seek Him</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 11:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How willing is God to hear and answer prayer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto +your children, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">how much more shall your Father which is in +heaven give good things to them that ask Him</span></span>?”</span> Matt. 7:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What above all else shows God's willingness to do this? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for +us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”</span> +Rom. 8:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Upon what conditions are we promised needed blessings? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ask</span></span>, and it shall +be given you; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seek</span></span>, and ye shall find; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">knock</span></span>, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that +asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that +knocketh it shall be opened.”</span> Matt. 7:7, 8. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page604">[pg 604]</span><a name="Pg604" id="Pg604" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Prayer is +not the overcoming of God's </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">reluctance</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">; it is the +taking hold of God's </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">willingness</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Prayer is the opening of the heart +to God as to a friend.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Prayer does not change God; but it does change </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">us</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +and our </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">relation</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> to God. It places us in the channel of blessings, and in +that frame of mind in which God can consistently and safely grant our +requests. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">How shall we pray so as to be heard and to receive help? For one +thing, there must be a real desire in our hearts. Forms of words do not +make prayer: we must want something, and must realize our dependence +upon God for it.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">J. R. Miller, D. D.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. From whom do all good and perfect gifts come? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and +cometh down from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Father of +lights</span></span>, with whom is no variableness, +neither shadow of turning.”</span> James 1:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. If one lacks wisdom, what is he told to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any of you lack wisdom, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let him ask of God</span></span>, that giveth +to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given +him.”</span> Verse 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How must one ask in order to receive? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But let him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ask in faith, nothing wavering</span></span>. For he that +wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and +tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything +of the Lord.”</span> Verses 6, 7. See Mark 11:24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Prayer is +the key in the hand of faith to unlock heaven's +storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Under what condition does the Lord not hear prayer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If I regard iniquity in my heart</span></span>, the Lord will not hear me.”</span> +Ps. 66:18. See Isa. 59:1, 2; James 4:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Whose prayers does Solomon say are an abomination? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law</span></span>, even his +prayer shall be abomination.”</span> Prov. 28:9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Contention +and discord quench the spirit of prayer. 1 Peter +3:1-7. Many grieve the Spirit and drive Christ from their homes by +giving way to impatience and passion. Angels of God flee from homes +where there are unkind words, contention, and strife. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What did Christ say concerning secret prayer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But thou, when thou prayest, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">enter into thy closet</span></span>, and when +thou hast shut thy door, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pray to thy Father which is in secret</span></span>; +and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”</span> +Matt. 6:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. To what place did Jesus retire for secret devotion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when He had sent the multitudes away, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He went up +into a mountain apart to pray</span></span>: and when the evening was come, +He was there alone.”</span> Matt. 14:23. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page605">[pg 605]</span><a name="Pg605" id="Pg605" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. For whom did Christ teach us to pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that +curse you, do good to them that hate you, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pray for them +which despitefully use you, and persecute you</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 5:44. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—We cannot hate those for whom we pray. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. When praying, what must we do in order to be forgiven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when ye stand praying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forgive, if ye have ought against +any</span></span>: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you +your trespasses.”</span> Mark 11:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. With what should our prayers be mingled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and +supplication <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with thanksgiving</span></span> let your requests be made known +unto God.”</span> Phil. 4:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How often should we pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Praying always</span></span> with all prayer and supplication in the +Spirit.”</span> Eph. 6:18. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Pray without ceasing.</span></span>”</span> 1 Thess. 5:17. +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Every day will I bless Thee</span></span>; and I will praise Thy name forever +and ever.”</span> Ps. 145:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. How often did David say he would pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Evening</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">morning</span></span>, +and at <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">noon</span></span>, will I pray, and cry +aloud: and He shall hear my voice.”</span> Ps. 55:17. See Dan. +6:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What is said of Cornelius and his family? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A devout man, and one that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">feared God with all his house</span></span>, +which gave much alms to the people, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and prayed to God alway</span></span>.”</span> +Acts 10:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. In whose name did Christ teach us to pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And whatsoever ye shall ask in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My name</span></span>, that will I do.”</span> +John 14:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. Why did the unjust judge answer the widow's prayer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because this +widow troubleth me</span></span>, I will avenge her, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lest by her continual coming +she weary me</span></span>.”</span> Luke 18:4, 5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The lesson +of the parable is that </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">men ought always to pray, +and not to faint.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Verse 1. If this woman, by her persistence in asking, +obtained her request from such a man, surely God, who is just, will answer +the earnest, persistent prayers of His people, though the answer may be +long delayed. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page606">[pg 606]</span><a name="Pg606" id="Pg606" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus606.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jesus Teaching The Woman Of Samaria. "God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." John 4:24." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jesus Teaching The Woman Of Samaria. +"God is a Spirit: and they that worship +Him must worship Him in spirit and +in truth." John 4:24.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page607">[pg 607]</span><a name="Pg607" id="Pg607" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc321" id="toc321"></a> +<a name="pdf322" id="pdf322"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Meditation And Prayer</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus607.png" alt="Illustration." title="Secret Prayer. "My meditation of Him shall be sweet." Ps. 104:34." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Secret Prayer. +"My meditation of Him shall be sweet." +Ps. 104:34.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What was one of Paul's injunctions to Timothy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Meditate upon these things</span></span>; give thyself wholly to them.”</span> +1 Tim. 4:15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Meditation +is to the soul what digestion is to the body. It +assimilates, appropriates, and makes personal and practical that which has +been seen, heard, or read. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. When did David say he would praise God with joyful lips? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">When I remember Thee</span></span> upon +my bed, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and meditate on Thee</span></span> +in the night-watches.”</span> Ps. 63:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How will such meditation be to one who loves God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“My meditation of Him shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sweet</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 104:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In what does the psalmist say the man who is blessed +delights and meditates? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“His delight is in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the law of +the Lord</span></span>; and in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">His law</span></span> doth he +meditate day and night.”</span> Ps. 1:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. With what adversary do we constantly have to contend? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be sober, be vigilant: because <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">your adversary the devil</span></span>, as a +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page608">[pg 608]</span><a name="Pg608" id="Pg608" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”</span> +1 Peter 5:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. When is a man tempted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But every man is tempted, when <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he is drawn away of his +own lust, and enticed</span></span>.”</span> James 1:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. That we may not be overcome, what are we told to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation</span></span>: the spirit +indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”</span> Matt. 26:41. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How constantly should we pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Pray <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without ceasing</span></span>.”</span> 1 Thess. 5:17. +<span class="tei tei-q">“Continuing <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">instant</span></span> +in prayer.”</span> Rom. 12:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This does +not mean that we should be constantly bowed +before God in prayer, but that we should not </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">neglect</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> prayer, and that we +should </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">ever be in a prayerful frame of mind</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, even when walking by the way +or engaged in the duties of life,—ever ready to send up our petitions to +heaven for help in time of need. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. That we might be prepared for His coming, what admonition +did Christ give? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Take ye heed, watch and pray</span></span>: for ye know not when the time +is.... And what I say unto you I say unto all, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Watch</span></span>.”</span> +Mark 13:33-37. See also Luke 21:36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Why are watchfulness and prayer especially imperative +in the last days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the +devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he +knoweth that he hath but a short time.”</span> Rev. 12:12. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lord, what a change within us one short hour</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Spent in Thy presence will prevail to make!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">What heavy burdens from our bosoms take!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">What parched grounds refresh, as with a shower!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We kneel, and all around us seems to lower!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We rise, and all, the distant and the near,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Stands forth in sunny outline, brave and clear.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We kneel, how weak! we rise, how full of power!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Why, therefore, should we do ourselves this wrong,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Or others, that we are not always strong,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">That we are ever overborne with care,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That we should ever weak or heartless be,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Anxious or troubled, when with us is prayer,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And joy and strength and courage are with Thee?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 28.80em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Archbishop Trench.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page609">[pg 609]</span><a name="Pg609" id="Pg609" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc323" id="toc323"></a> +<a name="pdf324" id="pdf324"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Watching Unto Prayer</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus609.png" alt="Illustration." title="Rock Of Ages. "Simply to Thy cross I cling."—Toplady." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Rock Of Ages. +"Simply to Thy cross I cling."—<span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style="font-style: italic">Toplady.</span></span></div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Unto what are we exhorted to watch? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">watch unto prayer</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 4:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is one of the petitions of the Lord's prayer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Lead us not into <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">temptation</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 6:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. By what means can we escape temptation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Watch and pray</span></span>, that ye enter not into temptation: the +spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”</span> Matt. 26:41. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—We should +couple with our prayers a spirit of watchfulness, +thus cooperating with God in answering them. This is watching unto +prayer. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How is this duty again expressed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Continue in prayer, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">watch in the same</span></span> with thanksgiving.”</span> +Col. 4:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How faithful should we be in this matter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the +spirit, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">watching thereunto +with all perseverance</span></span> and supplication +for all saints.”</span> Eph. 6:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. When did Israel prevail in battle? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it came to pass, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when Moses held up his hand, that Israel +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page610">[pg 610]</span><a name="Pg610" id="Pg610" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +prevailed</span></span>: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.”</span> +Ex. 17:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. When the householder ceased watching, what happened? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known +in what watch the thief would come, he would have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">watched</span></span>, +and would not have suffered his house to be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">broken up</span></span>.”</span> Matt. +24:43. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What experience comes to those who wait upon the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength</span></span>; +they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and +not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”</span> Isa. 40:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. For what did Habakkuk say he would watch? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">will watch to see what He will say unto me</span></span>.”</span> Hab. 2:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Some are +very anxious that God should hear them when they +pray, but are quite indifferent as to what He says in reply. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How may we escape the evils coming on the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Watch ye, therefore, and pray always</span></span>, that ye may be accounted +worthy to escape all these things that shall come to +pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”</span> Luke 21:36. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Vigilance, as well +as prayer, is necessary if we would escape +the evils, delusions, and calamities of the last days. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What will be the result of not watching? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But and if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth +his coming; and shall begin to beat the men servants and +maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the lord of +that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at +an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will +appoint him his portion with the unbelievers</span></span>.”</span> Luke 12:45, 46. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What will Christ's servants be doing when He comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; +and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when +he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and +knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are +those servants, whom the lord when he +cometh shall find <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">watching</span></span>.”</span> +Verses 35-37. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How general is the command to watch? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And what I say unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">you</span></span> I +say unto <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Watch</span></span>.”</span> Mark +13:37. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page611">[pg 611]</span><a name="Pg611" id="Pg611" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc325" id="toc325"></a> +<a name="pdf326" id="pdf326"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Answers To Prayer</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus611.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jacob Wrestling In Prayer. "If we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us." 1 John 5:14." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jacob Wrestling In Prayer. +"If we ask anything according to His will, +He heareth us." 1 John 5:14.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How does God anticipate the needs of His children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it shall come to pass, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">before they call, I will answer</span></span>; +and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”</span> Isa. 65:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Is there any limit to God's ability to help? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now unto Him that is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">able to do exceeding abundantly above +all that we ask or think</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 3:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How fully has God promised to supply our needs? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My God shall supply all your need</span></span> according to His riches +in glory by Christ Jesus.”</span> Phil. 4:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Do we always know what to pray for? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for we +know not what we should pray for as we ought</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 8:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Does God always see fit to grant our petitions? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might +depart from me. And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient +for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”</span> 2 Cor. +12:8, 9. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page612">[pg 612]</span><a name="Pg612" id="Pg612" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Paul's +affliction, it seems, was impaired sight. Acts 9:8, 9, +18; 22:11-13. The retaining of this imperfection would be a constant reminder +to him of his conversion, and hence a blessing in disguise. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. If an answer does not come at once, what should we do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Rest in the Lord, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wait patiently for Him</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 37:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Why was the parable of the importunate widow given? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He spake a parable unto them to this end, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that men +ought always to pray, and not to faint</span></span>.”</span> Luke 18:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +importunate widow got her request because of her persistency. +God wants us to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">seek</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> Him, and to seek Him </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">earnestly</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, when we +pray. He is a rewarder of them that </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">diligently</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> seek Him. Heb. 11:6. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How did Elijah pray before obtaining his request? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he prayed earnestly</span></span> that it might +not rain: and it rained not on the +earth by the space of three years and six months. And he +prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought +forth her fruit.”</span> James 5:17, 18. See Rev. 11:3-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Upon what condition does Christ say we shall receive? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, +when ye pray, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">believe that +ye receive them, and ye shall have them</span></span>.”</span> +Mark 11:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Without this faith, will God answer prayer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.</span></span> For he that +wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and +tossed. For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let not that man think that he shall receive anything +of the Lord</span></span>.”</span> James 1:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What petitions may we confidently expect God to hear? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if +we ask anything according to His will</span></span>, He heareth us: and if we +know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have +the petitions that we desired of Him.”</span> 1 John 5:14, 15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—God's +will is expressed in His law, His promises, and His +Word. Ps. 40:8; Rom. 2:17,18; 1 Peter 1:4. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. When Daniel and his fellows were about to be slain because +the wise men of Babylon could not reveal to Nebuchadnezzar +his dream, how did God answer their united prayers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night-vision.</span></span> +Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.”</span> Dan. 2:19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In 1839 the +sultan of Turkey decreed that not a representative +of the Christian religion should remain in the empire. Learning of +this, Dr. William Goodell, an American missionary to Turkey, came home +to his friend and colleague, Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, the first president of Robert +College, Constantinople, with the sad news: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It is all over with us; we have +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page613">[pg 613]</span><a name="Pg613" id="Pg613" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +to leave. The American consul and the British ambassador say it is no +use to meet with antagonism this violent and vindictive monarch.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> To +this Dr. Hamlin replied: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Sultan of the universe can, in answer to +prayer, change the decree of the sultan of Turkey.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> They gave themselves +to prayer. The next day the sultan died, and the decree was never executed. +See Dan. 4:17, 24, 25. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. When Peter was imprisoned and about to be executed +by Herod, what did the church do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Peter therefore was kept in prison: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prayer was made +without ceasing of the church unto God for him</span></span>.”</span> Acts 12:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How were their prayers answered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, ... +and he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow +me.... And they went out, and passed on through one street; +and forthwith the angel departed from him.”</span> Verses 7-10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Because Solomon asked for wisdom rather than for long +life and riches, what besides wisdom did God give him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Because thou hast asked this thing, ... behold, I +have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise +and an understanding heart.... And I have also given +thee that which thou hast not asked, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">both riches, and honor</span></span>.”</span> +1 Kings 3:11-13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +following are some things we are taught in the Scriptures +to pray for:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +(1) For daily bread. Matt. 6:11. (2) For the forgiveness of sin. +2 Chron. 7:14; Ps. 32:5, 6; 1 John 1:9; 5:16. (3) For the Holy Spirit. +Luke 11:13; Zech. 10:1; John 14:16. (4) For deliverance in the hour of +temptation and danger. Matt. 6:13; John 17:11, 15; Prov. 3:26; Psalm +91; Matt. 24:20. (5) For wisdom and understanding. James 1:5; 1 +Kings 3:9; Dan. 2:17-19. (6) For peaceable and quiet lives. 1 Tim. +2:1, 2. (7) For the healing of the sick. James 5:14, 15; 2 Kings 20:1-11. +(8) For the prosperity of the ministers of God and the gospel. Eph. 6:18, +19; Col. 4:3; 2 Thess. 3:1. (9) For those who suffer for the truth's +sake. Heb. 13:3; Acts 12:5. (10) For kings, rulers, and all in authority. +1 Tim. 2:1, 2; Ezra 6:10. (11) For temporal prosperity. 2 Cor. 9:10; +James 5:17, 18. (12) For our enemies. Matt. 5:44. (13) For all saints. +Eph. 6:18. (14) For all men. 1 Tim. 2:1. (15) For the Lord to vindicate +His cause. 1 Kings 18:30-39. (16) For the coming of Christ and of +God's kingdom. Matt. 6:10; Rev. 22:20. +</span></p> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Prayer makes the darkest cloud withdraw;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Gives exercise to faith and love,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Brings every blessing from above.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Restraining prayer, we cease to fight;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Prayer makes the Christian's armor bright;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And Satan trembles when he sees</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The weakest saint upon his knees.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">William Cowper.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page614">[pg 614]</span><a name="Pg614" id="Pg614" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc327" id="toc327"></a> +<a name="pdf328" id="pdf328"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Public Worship</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus614.png" alt="Illustration." title="Solomon's Temple. "Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people." Isa. 56:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Solomon's Temple. +"Mine house shall be called an house of prayer +for all people." Isa. 56:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How only can God be truly worshiped? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God is a Spirit: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they that worship Him must worship +Him in spirit and in truth</span></span>.”</span> John 4:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How are we instructed to worship the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">worship +the Lord in the beauty of holiness</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 29:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What attitude is indicative of reverence in worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O come, let us worship and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bow +down</span></span>: let us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">kneel</span></span> before +the Lord our Maker.”</span> Ps. 95:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Is singing a part of divine worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His +courts with praise.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“Come before His +presence with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">singing</span></span>.”</span> +Ps. 100:4, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Does the Bible approve of the use of musical instruments +in the worship of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Praise Him with the sound of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">trumpet</span></span>: praise Him with +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">psaltery</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">harp</span></span>. Praise +Him with the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">timbrel</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dance</span></span> +[margin, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pipe</span></span>]: praise Him with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">stringed +instruments</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">organs</span></span>. +Praise Him upon the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">loud cymbals</span></span>: praise +Him upon the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">high-sounding +cymbals</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 150:3-5. See also Ps. 92:1-3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is promised to those who wait upon the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They that wait upon the Lord shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">renew their strength</span></span>; +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page615">[pg 615]</span><a name="Pg615" id="Pg615" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +they shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mount up with wings +as eagles</span></span>; they shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">run, and not +be weary</span></span>; and they shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">walk, and not faint</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 40:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Is Christ's presence limited to large congregations? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Where <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">two or three</span></span> are gathered together in My name, there +am I in the midst of them.”</span> Matt. 18:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What were David's feelings concerning public worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">glad</span></span> when they said unto me, Let us go into the house +of the Lord.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“My soul <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">longeth</span></span>, +yea, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fainteth</span></span> for the +courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">crieth out</span></span> for the +living God.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For a day +in Thy courts is better than a thousand.</span></span> +I had rather be a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doorkeeper</span></span> in the house of my God, than to +dwell in the tents of wickedness.”</span> Ps. 122:1; 84:2, 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What admonition has Paul given concerning assembling +for public worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the +manner of some is</span></span>; but exhorting one another: and so much the +more, as ye see the day approaching.”</span> Heb. 10:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Does God take account of the meetings of His people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and the Lord harkened, and heard it</span></span>, and a book of remembrance +was written before Him for them that feared the Lord, and that +thought upon His name. And they shall be Mine, saith the +Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels [margin, +special treasure]; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his +own son that serveth him.”</span> Mal. 3:16, 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Is there a blessing in habitual church attendance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed are they that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dwell</span></span> in Thy house: they will be still +[ever and constantly] praising Thee.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“One thing have I +desired of the Lord, that I will seek after; that I may <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dwell</span></span> in +the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty +of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple.”</span> Ps. 84:4; 27:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What caution is given regarding behavior in God's house? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be +more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they +consider not that they do evil.”</span> Eccl. 5:1. See 1 Tim. 3:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What day has God specially designed for public worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The seventh day</span></span> is a +Sabbath of rest, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an holy convocation</span></span>.”</span> +Lev. 23:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How has God commanded us to keep this day? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page616">[pg 616]</span><a name="Pg616" id="Pg616" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">holy</span></span>.... In +it thou shalt not do any work.”</span> Ex. 20:8-10. See Isa. 58:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Are offerings an appropriate part of divine worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bring an +offering</span></span>, and come into His courts.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“Vow, and pay unto the +Lord your God: let all that be round about Him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bring presents +unto Him</span></span> that ought to be feared.”</span> Ps. 96:8; 76:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Will there be public worship in the new creation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, +shall remain before Me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and +your name remain. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And it shall come to pass, that from one new +moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh +come to worship before Me</span></span>, saith the Lord.”</span> Isa. 66:22, 23. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> +<h3 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"><span style="font-size: 120%">Rules On Going To Church</span></h3> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +1. Go early to church. Not only be punctual, but be in your place +before the hour announced for the service to begin. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +2. Go in a reverent spirit. On the way remember whither you go. +Avoid lightness of manner and conversation on worldly topics. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +3. Before you enter and as you enter the church breathe a silent +prayer of invocation for the influence of the Holy Spirit. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +4. As you take your place, bow your head reverently in prayer for +yourself and for all others who enter the sanctuary. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +5. Resolve that you will foster no thought, fix your eyes on no object, +utter no word, that will tend to divert your mind from the holy purpose +for which you have come into this place. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +6. As the minister enters the pulpit, offer an earnest silent prayer in +his behalf. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +7. In all the service take an active part, as hearer, as worshiper. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +8. At the close of the service, after a moment of prayerful silence, +greet with cheerfulness and good will all whom you happen to meet, remembering +that Christian fellowship is a part of Christian worship.—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Bishop +Vincent.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—An excellent suggestion is +contained in the notice posted at +the doorway of many churches: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Whosoever thou art that entereth this +church, remember it is the house of God. Be reverent, be silent, be +thoughtful. And leave it not without a prayer to God, for thyself, for +him who ministers, and for those who worship here.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Before Jehovah's awful throne,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Know that the Lord is God alone;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">He can create, and He destroy.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His sovereign power, without our aid,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Made us of clay, and formed us men;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And when like wandering sheep we strayed,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">He brought us to His fold again.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Isaac Watts.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page617">[pg 617]</span><a name="Pg617" id="Pg617" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc329" id="toc329"></a> +<a name="pdf330" id="pdf330"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Reverence For The House Of God</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus617.png" alt="Illustration." title="A Jewish Synagogue. "Ye shall keep My Sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary." Lev. 19:30." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">A Jewish Synagogue. +"Ye shall keep My Sabbaths, and reverence +My sanctuary." Lev. 19:30.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Why did God instruct His people to build a sanctuary? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And let them make Me a sanctuary; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that I may dwell among +them</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 25:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How did He tell them to regard this dwelling-place of +God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye shall keep My Sabbaths, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">reverence My sanctuary</span></span>: +I am the Lord.”</span> Lev. 19:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What does the Lord say of things dedicated to His service? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Every devoted thing is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">most holy</span></span> unto the Lord.”</span> Lev. +27:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. When God met Moses at the burning bush, why did He +tell him to take off his shoes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground</span></span>.”</span> +Ex. 3:5. See also Joshua 5:15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The presence +of God made the place holy. Wherever God +meets with His people, that place is holy. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. When the tabernacle was reared anciently, what occurred? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page618">[pg 618]</span><a name="Pg618" id="Pg618" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus618.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jesus Cleansing The Temple. "Take these things hence; make not My Father's house an house of merchandise." John 2:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jesus Cleansing The Temple. +"Take these things hence; make not My +Father's house an house of merchandise." +John 2:16.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page619">[pg 619]</span><a name="Pg619" id="Pg619" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 40:34. See 2 +Chron. 5:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Why should all show respect for the house of worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Lord is in His holy temple</span></span>: let all the earth keep silence +before Him.”</span> Hab. 2:20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—A failure to recognize +this fact leads many to treat the house +of worship without due respect. Nothing seems more appropriate to +divine worship than that a sense of awe and silence should pervade the +place of worship, and that only the sound of prayer, praise, and thanksgiving +to God should be heard within its walls. Both upon entering and +just before leaving the house of God it is highly appropriate and a most +excellent practise for each worshiper to bow the head for a few moments +in silent prayer. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How did Christ manifest His regard for the sanctity of +God's house? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the +temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the +temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and +the seats of them that sold doves; and would not suffer that any +man should carry any vessel through the temple. And He +taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be +called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it +a den of thieves.”</span> Mark 11:15-17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +cleansing occurred at the close of Christ's public ministry. +There was a similar cleansing also at the beginning of His ministry. +See John 2:13-17. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What punishment did God bring upon Nadab and Abihu +for offering strange or common fire in the tabernacle service? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of +them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, +and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He commanded +them not. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured +them, and they died before the Lord.</span></span>”</span> Lev. 10:1, 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This, like +the two cleansings of the temple by Christ at the +beginning and close of His ministry (John 2:13-17; Matt. 21:12-16), +shows that God is particular in regard to the worship and conduct of the +worshipers in His house. No performance or exercise should be permitted +in any church or building especially dedicated to God's service which is +not in keeping with its sacred character, or conducive to reverence for God +and for holy things. It should not be made a place for feasting, visiting, +or worldly entertainment and amusement. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. For what purpose are we exhorted to have grace? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page620">[pg 620]</span><a name="Pg620" id="Pg620" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +let us have grace, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whereby we may serve God acceptably with +reverence and godly fear</span></span>: for our God is a consuming fire.”</span> Heb. +12:28, 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. In what spirit did David say he would worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But as for me, I will come into Thy house in the multitude +of Thy mercy: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in Thy fear will I worship toward Thy holy +temple</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 5:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What instruction has Solomon given respecting our conduct +in the house of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and +be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they +consider not that they do evil.”</span> Eccl. 5:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How extensively has God said He would be honored? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down +of the same My name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in +every place incense shall be offered unto My name, and a pure +offering: for My name shall be great among the heathen, saith +the Lord of hosts.”</span> Mal. 1:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. For how many did God design that His house should +be a house of prayer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Even them [the sons of the stranger] will I bring to My +holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer: +their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon +Mine altar; for Mine house shall be called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an house of prayer +for all people</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 56:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +fifty-sixth chapter of Isaiah contains a prophecy relating +to New Testament times. It is plain, therefore, that Christ enunciated +a general principle, applicable to all houses dedicated to God's service, +when, quoting this prophecy, He said that God's house should be a +house of prayer for all nations. See margin of Mark 11:17. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Who is present in all assemblies met in Christ's name? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For where two or three are gathered together in My name, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there am I in the midst of them</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 18:20. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">With reverence let the saints appear,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And bow before the Lord;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His high commands with reverence hear,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And tremble at His word.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O Jesus, Lord of earth and heaven,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Our life and joy, to Thee</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Be honor, thanks, and blessing given</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Through all eternity.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Isaac Watts.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page621">[pg 621]</span><a name="Pg621" id="Pg621" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc331" id="toc331"></a> +<a name="pdf332" id="pdf332"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Christian Communion</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus621.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Lord's Supper. "This do in remembrance of Me." 1 Cor. 11:24." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Lord's Supper. +"This do in remembrance of Me." +1 Cor. 11:24.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What was connected with the worship of God before the +first advent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then verily the first covenant had also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ordinances of divine +service</span></span>, and a worldly sanctuary.”</span> Heb. 9:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Paul +says that these ordinances consisted </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">in meats and +drinks, and divers washings,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> imposed </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">until the time of reformation,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +and that they were </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">a shadow of good things to come.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Heb. 9:10; 10:1. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. To whom did the sacrificial offerings point forward? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And walk in love, as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ</span></span> +also hath loved us, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hath +given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God</span></span> for a sweet-smelling +savor.”</span> Eph. 5:2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Through the +provisions of the sacrificial law, the repentant +sinner showed his faith in the coming Redeemer, who was to shed His +blood for the sins of mankind. These sacrificial offerings were ordinances +which pointed forward to the work of Christ, which they typified. Since +the crucifixion, the ordinances of the Christian church point backward, and +are designed to show faith in the work of Christ already accomplished. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What does the Lord desire us to keep in mind? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By which also ye are saved, if ye <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">keep in memory</span></span> what I +preached unto you, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">how that Christ died for our sins</span></span> +according to the Scriptures; and that He was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">buried</span></span>, and that +He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rose again</span></span> the third day according to the Scriptures.”</span> +1 Cor. 15:2-4. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page622">[pg 622]</span><a name="Pg622" id="Pg622" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What ordinance commemorates Christ's burial and resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Buried with Him in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">baptism</span></span>, wherein also ye are risen with +Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised +Him from the dead.”</span> Col. 2:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. For what purpose was the Lord's Supper instituted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The Lord Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed +took bread</span></span>: and when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said, +Take, eat: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this is My body</span></span>, which +is broken for you: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this do in +remembrance of Me</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 11:23, 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is signified by the wine? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This +cup is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the new covenant in My blood</span></span>: this do, as oft as ye drink +it, in remembrance of Me.”</span> Verse 25, R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What do both the bread and the wine commemorate? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do +show <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord's death</span></span> till He come.”</span> Verse 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What caution is given concerning engaging in this +ordinance unworthily? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the +Lord, unworthily, shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">guilty of the body and blood of the +Lord</span></span>.... He that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth +and drinketh damnation to himself, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">not discerning the Lord's +body</span></span>.”</span> Verses 27-29. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +last expression shows what is meant by eating and +drinking unworthily. It is not the one who has a deep sense of his sinfulness +and of his unworthiness of God's mercy and grace, but he who does +not discern that Christ died for his sins—who is not penitent—that eats +and drinks unworthily. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What preparation should be made for this service? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let a man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">examine himself</span></span>, and so let him eat of that bread, +and drink of that cup.”</span> Verse 28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is essential to Christian fellowship and cleansing +from sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If we walk in the light, as +He is in the light</span></span>, we have fellowship +one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son +cleanseth us from all sin.”</span> 1 John 1:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What still higher fellowship does the Christian enjoy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And truly our fellowship is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with the Father, and with His +Son Jesus Christ</span></span>.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page623">[pg 623]</span><a name="Pg623" id="Pg623" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc333" id="toc333"></a> +<a name="pdf334" id="pdf334"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Praise And Thanksgiving</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus623.png" alt="Illustration." title="Joy And Gladness. "O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together." Ps. 34:3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Joy And Gladness. +"O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt +His name together." Ps. 34:3.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. When did the psalmist say he would bless the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will bless the Lord <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">at +all times</span></span>: His praise shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">continually +be in my mouth</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Every day</span></span> will I bless Thee; and I +will praise Thy name <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forever and ever</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 34:1; 145:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What do those do who offer praise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whoso offereth praise <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">glorifieth Me</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 50:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Where does David say he will praise God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“My praise shall be of Thee <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the great congregation</span></span>: I will +pay my vows before them that fear Him.”</span> Ps. 22:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What does he exhort all to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O magnify the Lord with me, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let us exalt His name +together</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 34:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What personal experience does he say he will declare in +the hearing of all who fear God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will declare +what He hath done for my soul</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 66:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What effect do such testimonies have upon the humble? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the humble shall +hear thereof, and be glad</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 34:2. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page624">[pg 624]</span><a name="Pg624" id="Pg624" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Into what condition did those lapse anciently who failed +to glorify God and to be thankful? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him +not as God, neither were thankful; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">became vain in their +imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 1:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What element should enter into all our worship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and +supplication <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with thanksgiving</span></span> let your requests be made known +unto God.”</span> Phil. 4:6. See Col. 4:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. In how many things should we give thanks? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In everything give thanks</span></span>: for this is the will of God in Christ +Jesus concerning you.”</span> 1 Thess. 5:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How often, and for how much, should we render thanks? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Giving thanks <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">always for all things</span></span> unto God and the Father +in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”</span> Eph. 5:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. With what exhortation does the psalmist close his songs +of praise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in His sanctuary: praise +Him in the firmament of His power. Praise Him for His mighty +acts: praise Him according to His excellent greatness. Praise +Him with the sound of the trumpet: praise Him with the psaltery +and harp. Praise Him with the timbrel and dance: praise +Him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise Him upon +the loud cymbals: praise Him upon the high-sounding cymbals. +Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the +Lord.”</span> Psalm 150. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Bow down before Him, His glory proclaim;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">With gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Kneel and adore Him, the Lord is His name.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Low at His feet lay thy burden of carefulness,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">High on His heart He will bear it for thee,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayerfulness,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Guiding thy steps as may best for thee be.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Fear not to enter His courts in the slenderness</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of the poor wealth thou wouldst reckon as thine:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">These are the offerings to lay on His shrine.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">He will accept for the Name that is dear;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Trust for our trembling, and hope for our fear.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page625">[pg 625]</span><a name="Pg625" id="Pg625" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc335" id="toc335"></a> +<a name="pdf336" id="pdf336"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Value Of Song</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus625.png" alt="Illustration." title="David And His Harp. "Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing." Ps. 100:2." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">David And His Harp. +"Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His +presence with singing." Ps. 100:2.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How early in the world's history do we read of singing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? +... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of +God shouted for joy</span></span>?”</span> Job 38:4-7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did Israel do when delivered from Egypt? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto +the Lord, ... The Lord is my strength and song, and He +is become my salvation: ... and I will exalt Him.”</span> Ex. +15:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How did the angels manifest their joy at Christ's birth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the +heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the +highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”</span> Luke +2:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How are we told to come before the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Serve the Lord with gladness: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">come before His presence +with singing</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 100:2. See 2 Chron. 29:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How does David say such service is regarded by God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will praise the name of God with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a song</span></span>, and will magnify +Him with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thanksgiving</span></span>. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">This +also shall please the Lord better +than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.</span></span>”</span> Ps. 69:30, 31. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page626">[pg 626]</span><a name="Pg626" id="Pg626" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What instruction did Paul give concerning singing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; +teaching and admonishing one another in +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">psalms</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hymns</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spiritual songs, singing +with grace in your hearts to the Lord</span></span>.”</span> +Col. 3:16. See also Eph. 5:19; James 5:13; Ps. 149:5, 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Music, like +poetry and flowers, is elevating and refining in +its nature, and should therefore have its place in the worship of God, and +in the life and experience of God's people. It is adapted to every mood and +feeling of the human soul, and many times has reached hearts when other +means have failed. Next to prayer, music seems best adapted to worship. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The history of the songs of the Bible is full of suggestion as to +the uses and benefits of music and song. Music is often perverted to +serve purposes of evil, and it thus becomes one of the most alluring agencies +of temptation. But, rightly employed, it is a precious gift of God, +designed to uplift the thoughts to high and noble themes, to inspire and +elevate the soul. As the children of Israel, journeying through the wilderness, +cheered their way by the music of sacred song, so God bids His children +today gladden their pilgrim life. There are few means more effective +for fixing His words in the memory than repeating them in song. And +such song has wonderful power. It has power to subdue rude and uncultivated +natures; power to quicken thought and to awaken sympathy, to +promote harmony of action, and to banish the gloom and foreboding that +destroy courage and weaken effort.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Education,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +pages 167, 168.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">O that we might sing evening and morning, and let song touch song +all the way through! O that we could put songs under our burden! O +that we could extract the sense of sorrow by song! Then sad things would +not poison so much. Sing in the house; teach your children to sing. When +troubles come, go at them with song. When griefs arise, sing them down. +Lift the voice of praise against cares. Praise God by singing; that will +lift you above trials of every sort. Attempt it. They sing in heaven, +and among God's people on earth song is the appropriate language of +Christian feeling.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Henry Ward Beecher.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What instrument did John see the saints have? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I saw ... them, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">having the harps of God</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 15:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. And what song are they to sing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they sing <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the song of +Moses</span></span> the servant of God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and +the song of the Lamb</span></span>, saying, Great and marvelous are Thy works, +Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of +saints.”</span> Verse 3. See Ps. 87:7. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Out of my heart I sing a song,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">O world so great and grand!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But hearts are weak, and hands reach out</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For the touch of a kindly hand.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O song that I sing, I pray you bring</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To some sad soul thy balm;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Fall soft, I pray, like the breath of May,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Or the touch of a loving hand.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I sing for hearts that ache and break,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">I sing for hearts that are true;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O world so vast, O world so wide,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">I sing my song for you!</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page627">[pg 627]</span><a name="Pg627" id="Pg627" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc337" id="toc337"></a> +<a name="pdf338" id="pdf338"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part XIV. Christian Service</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page628">[pg 628]</span><a name="Pg628" id="Pg628" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus628.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Good Samaritan. "When he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds." Luke 10:33, 34." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Good Samaritan. +"When he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and +bound up his wounds." Luke 10:33, 34.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page629">[pg 629]</span><a name="Pg629" id="Pg629" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc339" id="toc339"></a> +<a name="pdf340" id="pdf340"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Gift Of Giving</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus629.png" alt="Illustration." title="Abraham Offering Up Isaac. "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son." John 3:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Abraham Offering Up Isaac. +"God so loved the world, that He gave His +only begotten Son." John 3:16.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What example of giving has God given to the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God so loved the world, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He gave His only begotten Son</span></span>, +that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have +everlasting life.”</span> John 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. By what were Abraham's faith and devotion tested? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By faith Abraham, when he was tried, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">offered up Isaac</span></span>; +and he that had received the promises <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">offered up his only begotten +son</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 11:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What did Christ do to redeem us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gave Himself</span></span> for our sins.”</span> Gal. 1:4. See also Titus +2:14; 1 Tim. 2:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Why did He lay aside His riches and become poor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, +though He was rich, yet <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for your sakes He became poor, that ye +through His poverty might be rich</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 8:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. After Abraham was blessed, what was he to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will bless thee, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and thou shalt be a blessing</span></span>.”</span> +Gen. 12:2. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page630">[pg 630]</span><a name="Pg630" id="Pg630" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. As Christ sent out His disciples to preach, to heal the +sick, and to raise the dead, what did He say to them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Freely ye have received, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">freely give</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 10:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Why does God comfort us in our troubles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that we may be +able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith +we ourselves are comforted of God</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 1:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—All +who accept the gospel take upon themselves the obligation +to pass its blessings on to others. In this way the work of salvation +is extended. Every soul reclaimed from sin, God expects to join in the +same work for others which lifted him up, and placed his feet upon the +Rock. The good things of God are not to be selfishly kept to ourselves. +We receive to give. Says Whittier, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The soul is lost that's saved alone.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +And as love prompted God's great gift, so His love in our hearts will prompt +us to give, to minister, and to engage in loving service for the welfare and +the happiness of others. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What did Christ say of the blessedness of giving? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I have showed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought +to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord +Jesus, how He said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is more blessed to give than to receive</span></span>.”</span> +Acts 20:35. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The government +of God is founded on the principle of benevolence, +or the desire to bless others. Our richest blessings come as the +result of the good things we have passed on to our fellow men. +</span></p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The quality of mercy is not strained,</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Upon the place beneath; it is twice blessed—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. For what was Christ anointed by the Holy Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me; because the Lord +hath anointed Me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to preach good tidings unto the meek</span></span>; He hath +sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to +the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are +bound.”</span> Isa. 61:1. See Luke 4:18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +Holy Spirit is given to fit God's children for service. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. After being thus anointed, what did Jesus do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who went about <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doing good</span></span>.”</span> Acts 10:38. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Have you had a kindness shown?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 7.20em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Pass it on;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Twas not given for you alone.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 7.20em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Pass it on;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let it travel down the years,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let it wipe another's tears,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Till in heaven the gift appears—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 7.20em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Pass it on.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page631">[pg 631]</span><a name="Pg631" id="Pg631" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc341" id="toc341"></a> +<a name="pdf342" id="pdf342"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Preaching The Gospel</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus631.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Gospel Commission. "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Gospel Commission. +"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel +to every creature." Mark 16:15.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Before leaving His disciples, what great commission did +Christ give them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Go ye into all the world, and preach +the gospel to every creature</span></span>.”</span> Mark 16:15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The word gospel means good news, or glad tidings. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is the gospel of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it is the power +of God unto salvation to every one that believeth</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 1:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How extensively and for how long did Christ say the +gospel should be preached? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in all +the world</span></span> for a witness unto all nations; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then shall the end +come</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 24:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Why was the gospel to be preached to the Gentiles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the +Gentiles, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to take out of them a people for His name</span></span>.”</span> +Acts 15:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How are those who preach the gospel described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page632">[pg 632]</span><a name="Pg632" id="Pg632" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good +tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, +Thy God reigneth.”</span> Isa. 52:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What was the object of Christ's ministry? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I the Lord have called Thee in righteousness, and will +hold Thine hand, and will keep Thee, and give Thee for a covenant +of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to open the blind +eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit +in darkness out of the prison-house</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 42:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. For what purpose did Christ select the apostle Paul, and +send him to the Gentiles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said, ... I have appeared unto thee for this +purpose, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to make thee a minister and a witness ... to open +their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the +power of Satan unto God</span></span>, that they may receive forgiveness of +sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith +that is in Me.”</span> Acts 26:15-18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What is the Christian minister commanded to preach? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Preach <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the word</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 4:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Of what did Christ say the Scriptures testify? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They are they which testify of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Me</span></span>.”</span> John 5:39. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Every +one, therefore, who preaches the word aright, will +preach Christ. Paul, who faithfully preached God's word, said he was +determined not to know (i.e., to make known) anything </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">save Jesus Christ, +and Him crucified.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 1 Cor. 2:2. Jonathan Edwards was once asked by +a young minister what he thought of a sermon he had just preached. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It +was a very poor sermon, indeed,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> said Mr. Edwards. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Why?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> asked the +young minister. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Because,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> said Mr. Edwards, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">there was no </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Christ</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> +in it.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> All the great truths of the Scriptures center in Christ. Rightly +understood, all lead to Him. Christ, therefore, should be presented in +every discourse as the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, of the +great plan of salvation. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How does God expect His ministers to preach the word? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that hath My word, let him speak My word <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">faithfully</span></span>.”</span> +Jer. 23:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How did Christ present the truth to the people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And with many such parables spake He the word unto +them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as they were able to hear it</span></span>.”</span> Mark 4:33. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Ministers +should learn to adapt their labors to those for +whom they labor—to meet the people where they are. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What rule for teaching doctrine is laid down in the Bible? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page633">[pg 633]</span><a name="Pg633" id="Pg633" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; +line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.”</span> +Isa. 28:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How should the servant of God labor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle +unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those +that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance +to the acknowledging of the truth.”</span> 2 Tim. 2:24, 25. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—While the +claims of the law of God are presented to the sinner, +ministers should never forget that love—the love of God—is the +only power that can soften the heart and lead to repentance and obedience, +and that to </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">save</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> men is their great work. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. As a preparation for their work, what did Christ do to +the apostles? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">opened He their understanding</span></span>, that they might +understand the Scriptures.”</span> Luke 24:45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. For what did He tell them to tarry in Jerusalem? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">until ye be endued +with power from on high</span></span>.”</span> Verse 49. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How did the apostles preach the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“With the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven.”</span> 1 Peter +1:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What was the result of this preaching? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Many</span></span> of them which heard +the word <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">believed</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“And the +word of God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">increased</span></span>; and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the number of the disciples multiplied</span></span> +in Jerusalem <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">greatly</span></span>; and +a great company of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">priests</span></span> were +obedient to the faith.”</span> Acts 4:4; 6:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What promise is made to the faithful gospel minister? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves +with him</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 126:6. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To every clime, where lost by sin,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The grace of Christ a soul may win,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">From here Thy messengers go forth</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">From east to west, from south to north.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Perchance, in heaven one day to me</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Some blessed soul may come and say,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">All hail, beloved! But for thee</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">My soul to death had been a prey.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Ah, then what sweetness in the thought</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">One soul to glory to have brought!</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page634">[pg 634]</span><a name="Pg634" id="Pg634" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus634.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Good Shepherd. "Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof." 1 Peter 5:2." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Good Shepherd. +"Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof." +1 Peter 5:2.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page635">[pg 635]</span><a name="Pg635" id="Pg635" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc343" id="toc343"></a> +<a name="pdf344" id="pdf344"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Shepherd And His Work</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus635.png" alt="Illustration." title="Feeding The Five Thousand. "Give ye them to eat." Matt. 14:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Feeding The Five Thousand. +"Give ye them to eat." Matt. 14:16.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Who did Christ say is the good shepherd? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am the good shepherd.”</span> John 10:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is Christ elsewhere called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Shepherd and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Bishop of +your souls</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“The <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">chief +Shepherd</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 2:25; 5:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What does the expression <span class="tei tei-q">“the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">chief</span></span> Shepherd”</span> imply? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +That there are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">under</span></span>-shepherds. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How does the good shepherd manifest his love and care +for the sheep? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The good shepherd <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">giveth his life for the sheep</span></span>.”</span> John +10:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What does the hireling, or false shepherd, do, and why? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The hireling <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fleeth, because he +is an hireling</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">careth not +for the sheep</span></span>.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What example will the true shepherd set before his flock? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In all things showing thyself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a pattern of good works</span></span>.”</span> +Titus 2:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is the special work of the gospel shepherd? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page636">[pg 636]</span><a name="Pg636" id="Pg636" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, +over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to +feed the church of God</span></span>, which He hath purchased with His own +blood.”</span> Acts 20:28. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Feed the flock of God</span></span> which is among +you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">taking the oversight thereof</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 5:2. See also John +21:15-17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. With what kind of food will the true shepherd feed the +flock? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus +Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing +and His kingdom: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Preach the word</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 4:1, 2. <span class="tei tei-q">“O +son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; +therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou shalt hear the word at My mouth, and warn them +from Me</span></span>.”</span> Eze. 33:7. See Eze. 3:17-21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Was there to come a time when people would not listen +to plain Bible truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine</span></span>; +but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves +teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their +ears from the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">truth</span></span>, and +shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">turned unto fables</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. +4:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Instead of the straight testimony, what kind of preaching +will such demand? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Prophesy not unto us right things, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">speak unto us smooth +things, prophesy deceits</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 30:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What test is given by which we may distinguish between +true and false shepherds? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">To the law and to the testimony</span></span>: if they speak not according +to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”</span> Isa. 8:20. +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they +should seek the law at his mouth</span></span>.”</span> Mal. 2:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What will those servants be doing upon whom Christ +pronounces a blessing when He comes? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord +hath made ruler over his household, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to give them meat in due +season</span></span>? Blessed is that servant whom his lord when he cometh +shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make +him ruler over all his goods.”</span> Matt. 24:45-47. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What excuses are made by some for not expounding the +prophecies? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page637">[pg 637]</span><a name="Pg637" id="Pg637" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a +book that is sealed, which men deliver to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">one that is learned</span></span>, +saying, Read this, I pray thee: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he saith, I cannot; for it is +sealed</span></span>: and the book is delivered to him +that is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">not learned</span></span>, saying, +Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am not learned</span></span>.”</span> +Isa. 29:11, 12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +prophecies of Daniel were to be unsealed at </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the time +of the end.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See Dan. 12:4, 9, 10; Rev. 10:1, 2. In Jer. 25:34-37 is +found a warning message addressed to unfaithful shepherds. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. After receiving his commission to preach, how did the +apostle Paul feel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: +for necessity is laid upon me; yea, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">woe is unto me, if I preach not +the gospel</span></span>!”</span> 1 Cor. 9:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How faithfully will the true shepherd watch the flock? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They watch for your souls, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as they that must give account</span></span>.”</span> +Heb. 13:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Mark +Guy Pearse once said to Mr. Spurgeon: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">When I was +a young fellow in London, I used to sit right over there and hear you preach, +and you will never know how much good you did me. You used to wind +me up like an eight-day clock. I was bound to go right for a week after +hearing you.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. If God's watchmen fail to warn the wicked, what terrible +responsibility will be charged to their account? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, +that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">his blood will I +require at thine hand</span></span>.”</span> Eze. 33:8. See Isa. 3:10, 11. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Watchman, blow the gospel trumpet,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Every soul a warning give;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Whosoever hears the message</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">May repent and turn and live.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sound it loud o'er every hilltop,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Gloomy shade and sunny plain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Ocean depths repeat the message,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Full salvation's glad refrain.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sound it in the hedge and highway,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Earth's dark spots where exiles roam;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let it tell all things are ready,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Father waits to welcome home.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Blow it loud o'er land and sea;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">God commissions, sound the message!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Every captive may be free.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 18.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Dr. H. L. Gilmour.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page638">[pg 638]</span><a name="Pg638" id="Pg638" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc345" id="toc345"></a> +<a name="pdf346" id="pdf346"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Missionary Work</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus638.png" alt="Illustration." title="Ruth Gleaning In The Field Of Boaz. "For the love of Christ constraineth us." 2 Cor. 5:14." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Ruth Gleaning In The Field Of Boaz. +"For the love of Christ constraineth +us." 2 Cor. 5:14.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What has been given to every man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who +left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to every +man his work</span></span>.”</span> Mark 13:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Besides work, what else has been given to every man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And unto one he gave five <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">talents</span></span>, to another two, and to +another one; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to every man according +to his several ability</span></span>.”</span> Matt. +25:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What are those called to whom this work is committed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a +far country, who called his own <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">servants</span></span>, and delivered unto +them his goods.”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What use did these servants make of their talents? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then he that had received the five talents <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">went and traded +with the same</span></span>, and made them other five talents.... But +he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and +hid his lord's money.”</span> Verses 16-18. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page639">[pg 639]</span><a name="Pg639" id="Pg639" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What excuse did the one who hid his talent make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I was afraid</span></span>, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: +lo, there thou hast that is thine.”</span> Verse 25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What did his master say to him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“His lord answered and said unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou wicked and +slothful servant</span></span>.”</span> Verse 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What did he say the servant should have done? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou oughtest therefore to have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">put my money to the exchangers</span></span>, +and then at my coming I should have received mine +own with usury.”</span> Verse 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What is characteristic of slothful persons? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be +slain in the streets.”</span> Prov. 22:13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—That is, they +see great obstacles before them, and are always +ready with excuses. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What was the fate of the slothful servant? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness</span></span>: there +shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”</span> Matt. 25:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What was said to the servant who improved his talents? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“His lord said unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Well done, thou good and faithful +servant</span></span>: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make +thee ruler over many things: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">enter +thou into the joy of thy lord</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Why did Christ endure the cruel death on the cross? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising +the shame</span></span>, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of +God.”</span> Heb. 12:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What will bring to the Lord this satisfaction and joy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">see of the +travail of His soul</span></span>, and shall be satisfied.”</span> +Isa. 53:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How will Christ demonstrate His joy over the saved? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He will joy over thee <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with singing</span></span>.”</span> Zeph. 3:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What did Paul set forth as his crown of rejoicing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Are +not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?</span></span> +For ye are our glory and joy.”</span> 1 Thess. 2:19, 20. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page640">[pg 640]</span><a name="Pg640" id="Pg640" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Since this joy comes to Christ only through His self-denial +and suffering for others, in what way must all others +partake of that joy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with Him, we shall +also live with Him: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if we suffer, we shall also reign with Him</span></span>: +if we deny Him, He also will deny us.”</span> 2 Tim. 2:11, 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What motive should prompt to soul-saving labor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the love of Christ constraineth us</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 5:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Whom does every faithful Christian worker represent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now then we are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ambassadors for Christ, as though God did +beseech you by us</span></span>: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled +to God.”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What does God do with the unfruitful members? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away</span></span>: +and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may +bring forth more fruit.”</span> John 15:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Can one occupy a mere neutral position toward Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that is not with Me is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">against</span></span> Me: and he that gathereth +not with Me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">scattereth</span></span>.”</span> Luke 11:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. For what does the Lord tell us to pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pray +ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth laborers +into His harvest</span></span>.”</span> Luke 10:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. How are we cautioned against delaying the work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh +harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on +the fields; for they are white already to harvest.”</span> John 4:35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What promise is made to those who sow the gospel seed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They that sow in tears <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall reap in joy</span></span>. He that goeth +forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall doubtless come +again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 126:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What promise is made to soul-winners? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that winneth souls is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wise</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 11:30. <span class="tei tei-q">“And +they that be wise [margin, teachers] shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shine as the brightness +of the firmament</span></span>; and they that turn many to righteousness <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as +the stars forever and ever</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 12:3. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page641">[pg 641]</span><a name="Pg641" id="Pg641" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc347" id="toc347"></a> +<a name="pdf348" id="pdf348"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Poor, And Our Duty Toward Them</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus641.png" alt="Illustration." title="On The Way To The Inn. "He ... bound up his wounds, ... and set him on his own beast." Luke 10:33, 34." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">On The Way To The Inn. +"He ... bound up his wounds, ... and +set him on his own beast." Luke 10:33, 34.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is God's attitude toward the poor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">deliver</span></span> the needy when he crieth; the poor also, +and him that hath no helper.”</span> Ps. 72:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. For what purpose did Christ say God had anointed Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He hath anointed Me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to preach the gospel to the poor</span></span>.”</span> +Luke 4:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. When did He say we could minister to the poor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Whensoever ye will</span></span> ye may do them good.”</span> Mark 14:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What did Paul say regarding our duty to the poor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I have showed you all things, how that so laboring <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye ought +to support the weak</span></span>, and to remember the words of the Lord +Jesus, how He said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is more blessed to give than to receive</span></span>.”</span> +Acts 20:35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What promises are made to those who consider the poor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver +him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and +keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and +Thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The +Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: Thou +wilt make all his bed in his sickness.”</span> Ps. 41:1-3. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page642">[pg 642]</span><a name="Pg642" id="Pg642" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus642.png" alt="Illustration." title="Lazarus At The Rich Man's Gate. "Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard." Prov. 21:13." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Lazarus At The Rich +Man's Gate. +"Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, +he also shall cry himself, but shall not be +heard." Prov. 21:13.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page643">[pg 643]</span><a name="Pg643" id="Pg643" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How does the Lord regard kindness shown to the poor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that hath pity upon the poor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lendeth unto the Lord</span></span>; +and that which he hath given <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">will He pay him again</span></span>.”</span> Prov. +19:17. <span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor +of love</span></span>, which ye have showed toward His name, in that ye have +ministered to the saints, and do minister.”</span> Heb. 6:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What fate awaits those who turn a deaf ear to the poor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he also shall +cry himself, but shall not be heard</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 21:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What classes are we especially enjoined to help? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Learn to do well; seek judgment, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">relieve the oppressed</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judge the fatherless</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">plead for the widow</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 1:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is pure and undefiled religion declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father +is this, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">To visit the +fatherless and widows in their affliction</span></span>, and +to keep himself unspotted from the world.”</span> James 1:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What kind of fast is most acceptable to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Is not this the fast that I have chosen?... Is it +not to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">deal thy bread to the hungry</span></span>, +and that thou <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bring the poor +that are cast out to thy house</span></span>? when thou +seest <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the naked, that thou +cover him</span></span>; and that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou +hide not thyself from thine own flesh</span></span>?”</span> +Isa. 58:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What is promised those who do this work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt +cry and He shall say, Here I am.... And if thou draw +out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then +shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the +noonday. And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and +satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou +shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose +waters fail not.”</span> Verses 9-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How did the patriarch Job treat the poor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I was a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">father</span></span> to the +poor: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the cause which I knew not +I searched out</span></span>.”</span> Job 29:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What did Christ tell the rich young man to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">go and sell +that thou hast, and give to the poor</span></span>, and thou shalt have treasure +in heaven: and come and follow Me.”</span> Matt. 19:21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From Matt. +25:31-45 we learn that Christ identifies Himself +with needy, suffering humanity; and that any neglect shown them He regards +as done unto Himself. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page644">[pg 644]</span><a name="Pg644" id="Pg644" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc349" id="toc349"></a> +<a name="pdf350" id="pdf350"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Christian Help Work</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus644.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Samaritan At The Inn. "He ... brought him to an inn, and took care of him." Luke 10:33, 34." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Samaritan At The Inn. +"He ... brought him to an inn, and took +care of him." Luke 10:33, 34.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What was the character of Christ's work among men? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who went about <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doing good</span></span>.”</span> Acts 10:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What will His true followers do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to walk, even as He walked</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 2:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In ministering to the needy, whom are we really serving? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these +My brethren, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye have done it unto Me</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 25:40. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How long will there be poor in the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye have the poor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">always with you</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 26:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What relation do all sustain to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The rich and poor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">meet +together</span></span>: the Lord is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the maker</span></span> of +them all.”</span> Prov. 22:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is one good evidence of genuine repentance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities +by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">showing mercy to the poor</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 4:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is one evidence that one has a knowledge of God? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page645">[pg 645]</span><a name="Pg645" id="Pg645" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judged the cause of the poor and needy</span></span>; then it was well +with him: was not this to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">know Me</span></span>? saith the Lord.”</span> Jer. +22:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What classes are subjects for Christian help work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father +is this, To visit the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fatherless</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">widows</span></span> in their affliction, and +to keep himself unspotted from the world.”</span> James 1:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Is it our duty always to give what is expected or asked? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">such as +I have give I thee</span></span>: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise +up and walk.”</span> Acts 3:6. See 2 Cor. 12:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is sometimes of greater value even than money +to discouraged souls? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">smiled on them</span></span> when they had no confidence.”</span> Job 29: +24, margin R. V. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What divine law of retroaction attends giving? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Give, and it shall be given unto you</span></span>; good measure, pressed +down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give +into your bosom. For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with the same measure that ye mete withal +it shall be measured to you again</span></span>.”</span> Luke 6:38. See Ps. 18:25, +26; 109:17; Gal. 6:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What is promised those who give to the poor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the +Lord; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that which he hath given will He pay him again</span></span>.”</span> +Prov. 19:17. <span class="tei tei-q">“He that giveth unto the poor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall not lack</span></span>.”</span> +Prov. 28:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How did Job learn of the needs of the poor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The cause of him that I knew not <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I searched out</span></span>.”</span> Job +29:16, R. V. <span class="tei tei-q">“I used <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to investigate</span></span>.”</span> Jewish Version. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What parable illustrates practical Christian help work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The parable of the good Samaritan. Luke 10:30-37. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. When Christ sent out the seventy, what did He tell them +to do in the cities whither they went? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">heal the sick</span></span> that are therein, and say unto them, +The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Amidst poverty, suffering, and distress, what kind of +workers does God wish to see? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But this is a people <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">robbed</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spoiled</span></span>; they are all of them +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">snared in holes</span></span>, and they are +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hid in prison-houses</span></span>: they are for +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page646">[pg 646]</span><a name="Pg646" id="Pg646" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prey</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">none delivereth</span></span>: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for a spoil</span></span>, and none saith, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Restore</span></span>. Who among you will give ear to this?”</span> Isa. 42: +22, 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What is our duty toward the outcast and wandering? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Hide</span></span> the outcasts; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bewray not him that wandereth</span></span>. Let +Mine outcasts <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dwell with thee</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 16:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What incentive have Christians for doing prison work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I was in prison</span></span>, and ye came unto Me.”</span> Matt. 25:36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Who notes the groans of the prisoner? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“From heaven did <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord</span></span> +behold the earth; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to hear the +groaning of the prisoner</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 102:19, 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What work constitutes the fast most acceptable to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Is not this the fast that I have ordained, to untie the knots +of wickedness; to relax the burden of the yoke; and rescue those +who are oppressed by violence: and that ye withdraw every +yoke? Is it not to part thy bread with the famished, and to +bring the vagrant poor into thy house? when thou seest the +naked, that thou clothe him?”</span> Isa. 58:6, 7, Spurrell's Version. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What promises are made to those who thus minister +to the wants and distresses of others? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the +afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy +darkness be as the noonday: and the Lord shall guide thee +continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy +bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring +of water, whose waters fail not.”</span> Verses 10, 11. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Somebody near you is struggling alone</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Over life's desert sand;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Faith, hope, and courage together are gone:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Reach him a helping hand,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Turn on his darkness a beam of your light;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Kindle, to guide him, a beacon-fire bright;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Cheer his discouragement; soothe his affright;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lovingly help him to stand.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Somebody near you is hungry and cold;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Send him some aid today.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Somebody near you is feeble and old,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Left without human stay:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Under his burdens put hands kind and strong;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Speak to him tenderly, sing him a song;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Haste to do something to help him along</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Over his weary way.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 21.60em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Mrs. E. E. Williams.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page647">[pg 647]</span><a name="Pg647" id="Pg647" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc351" id="toc351"></a> +<a name="pdf352" id="pdf352"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Visiting The Sick</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus647.png" alt="Illustration." title="A Message Of Comfort. "I was sick, and ye visited Me." Matt. 25:36." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">A Message Of Comfort. +"I was sick, and ye visited Me." Matt. 25:36.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. For what will Christ finally commend the righteous? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I was sick, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye visited Me</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 25:36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Why, in His earthly ministry, did Christ heal the sick? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the +prophet, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Himself took +our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 8:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. With what is Christ touched? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“With the feeling of our infirmities.”</span> Heb. 4:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What relief did He bring to Peter's household? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, He saw his +wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And He touched her +hand, and the fever left her</span></span>: and she arose, and ministered unto +them.”</span> Matt. 8:14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What example did He leave us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">went about doing good</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">healing all that were oppressed +of the devil</span></span>; for God was with Him.”</span> Acts 10:38. <span class="tei tei-q">“As +He is, so are we in this world.”</span> 1 John 4:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What should we not forget in our ministry for the sick? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Pray one for another, that ye may be healed.</span></span> The effectual +fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”</span> James 5:16. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page648">[pg 648]</span><a name="Pg648" id="Pg648" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc353" id="toc353"></a> +<a name="pdf354" id="pdf354"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Healing The Sick</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus648.png" alt="Illustration." title="Healing The Blind Men. "Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." Matt. 8:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Healing The Blind Men. +"Himself took our infirmities, and bare our +sicknesses." Matt. 8:17.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What does the Lord declare Himself to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I am the Lord that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">healeth</span></span> thee.”</span> Ex. 15:26. <span class="tei tei-q">“Who +forgiveth all thine iniquities; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who +healeth all thy diseases</span></span>.”</span> Ps. +103:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What was promised Israel on condition of obedience? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, ... and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord will take away from thee all sickness</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 7:11-15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. When through disobedience Jeroboam's hand was withered, +by what means was it restored? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the king answered and said unto the man of God, +Entreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pray for me, +that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God +besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, +and became as it was before.</span></span>”</span> 1 Kings 13:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. When Miriam was stricken with leprosy, how was she +healed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Moses cried unto the Lord</span></span>, saying, Heal her now, O +God, I beseech Thee.”</span> Num. 12:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What mistake did Asa make in his severe affliction? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page649">[pg 649]</span><a name="Pg649" id="Pg649" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was +diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet +in his disease <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he sought not to +the Lord, but to the physicians</span></span>.”</span> +2 Chron. 16:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How was a child restored to life by Elijah? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cried unto the Lord</span></span>, and said, O Lord my God, I pray Thee, let +this child's soul come into him again. And the Lord heard the +voice of Elijah; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and the soul of the child came into him again, +and he revived</span></span>.”</span> 1 Kings 17:21, 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How was Hezekiah's prayer for restoration from sickness +answered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have +heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy +days fifteen years</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 38:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What constituted a large part of Christ's ministry? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, +and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">healing +all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 4:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. In doing this, what prophecy was fulfilled? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all that +were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias +the prophet, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Himself took our infirmities, and bare our +sicknesses</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 8:16, 17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The essence of +the gospel is restoration, or healing of body, +soul, and spirit. See John 3:16, Luke 4:17-19; Acts 3:19-21; Rom. 8:21-23; +1 Cor. 15:51-55. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. In the case of the woman healed of an infirmity, what +gave effect to her touch of Christ's garment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thy +faith hath made thee whole</span></span>; go in peace.”</span> Luke 8:48. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Before sending out the twelve, what power did Christ +give them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then He called His twelve disciples together, and gave +them power and authority over all devils, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to cure diseases</span></span>. +And He sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to heal +the sick</span></span>.”</span> Luke 9:1, 2. See Matt. 10:1, 7, 8; Luke 10:1, 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What notable miracle was performed by the apostles +shortly after the day of Pentecost? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page650">[pg 650]</span><a name="Pg650" id="Pg650" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus650.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Great Physician. "And He healed them all." Matt. 12:15." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Great Physician. +"And He healed them all." Matt. 12:15.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page651">[pg 651]</span><a name="Pg651" id="Pg651" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Peter said [to the lame man], Silver and gold have +I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus +Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. And he took him by the +right hand, and lifted him up: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">immediately his feet and +ankle-bones received strength</span></span>. And he leaping up stood, and +walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and +leaping, and praising God.”</span> Acts 3:6-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Among others, what gift has God set in the church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily +prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gifts +of healing</span></span>, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.”</span> 1 Cor. +12:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. In sickness, what is every child of God privileged to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Is any sick among you? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let him call for the elders of the church; +and let them pray over him</span></span>, anointing him with oil in the name of +the Lord.”</span> James 5:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What assurance of blessing is given to those who ask +according to God's will? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord +shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be +forgiven him.”</span> Verse 15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Physical +healing may not always be for our good or to the +glory of God. Hence we must be ready to pray with Jesus, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Nevertheless +not my will, but Thine, be done.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Luke 22:42. Paul was denied the removal +of infirmity, but the Lord assured him, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">My grace is sufficient for +thee.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 2 Cor. 12:9. It is not a denial of faith to make use of the simple +remedial means that God has given, or those ordinary essentials upon which +He makes life dependent, as proper food, pure air, rest, exercise, and sunshine. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We may not climb the heavenly steeps,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To bring the Saviour down;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In vain we search the lowest deeps,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For Him no depths can drown.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But warm, sweet, tender, even yet</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">A present help is He;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And faith has yet its Olivet,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And love, its Galilee.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The healing of the seamless dress</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is by our beds of pain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We touch Him in life's throng and press,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And we are whole again.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Through Him the first fond prayers are said</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Our lips of childhood frame;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The last low whispers of our dead</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Are burdened with His name.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 19.80em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">John G. Whittier.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page652">[pg 652]</span><a name="Pg652" id="Pg652" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc355" id="toc355"></a> +<a name="pdf356" id="pdf356"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Prison Work</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus652.png" alt="Illustration." title="In Prison. "Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them." Heb. 13:3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">In Prison. +"Remember them that are in bonds, as bound +with them." Heb. 13:3.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What does Christ give us as one reason why He will +bid the righteous welcome into His kingdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in prison</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye came unto Me</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 25:36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is pure and undefiled religion declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +To visit those in affliction. James 1:27. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In 1909 +there were 100,221 prisoners in 195 penal institutions +in the United States, or an average of 112 to each 100,000. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What does God see when He looks down from heaven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary; +from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to hear the groaning +of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death</span></span>.”</span> Ps. +102:19, 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. For what purpose did God send His Son into the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that +sit in darkness out of the prison-house.”</span> Isa. 42:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. For what work did Christ say He was anointed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To preach the gospel to the poor; ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to preach +deliverance to the captives, ... to set at liberty them that +are bruised</span></span>.”</span> Luke 4:18. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page653">[pg 653]</span><a name="Pg653" id="Pg653" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Why did the psalmist wish to be brought out of the +prison-house of sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Bring my soul out of prison, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that I may praise Thy name</span></span>.”</span> +Ps. 142:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Whose prison-house does Satan not open? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the +cities thereof; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that opened not the +house [the grave] of his prisoners</span></span>.”</span> +Isa. 14:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. For what does the psalmist pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let the sighing of the prisoner come before Thee</span></span>; according +to the greatness of Thy power <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">preserve Thou those that are appointed +to die</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 79:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How does God regard His people who are in prison? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord heareth the poor, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">despiseth not His +prisoners</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 69:33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Why has the devil been permitted to cast some of God's +people into prison? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, +the devil shall cast some of you into prison, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may be +tried</span></span>.... Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give +thee a crown of life.”</span> Rev. 2:10. See Dan. 11:33-35. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Dr. William +Dodd (1729-77), an unfortunate English divine, +who, under stress of circumstances, became a heavy forger, was imprisoned +at Newgate for a time, and finally executed. Upon visiting him, John +Wesley found </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">a penitent and hopeful malefactor,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and in his </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Journal</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +says: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">A real, deep work of God seemed to be already begun in his soul. +Perhaps by driving him too fast, Satan has driven him to God, to that repentance +which shall never be repented of.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Visiting him shortly before +his execution, Mr. Wesley is reported to have replied to Mr. Dodd's apologies +for receiving him in the condemned cell, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Courage, brother; perhaps +God saw that nothing else would do.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Life of John Wesley,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> by +Richard Watson, page 207. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How would God have us sympathize with those in bonds +and adversity? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Remember them that are in bonds, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as bound with them</span></span>; +and them which suffer adversity, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as being yourselves also in the +body</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 13:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What blessed invitation will Christ finally extend to +those who have ministered to the wants of the needy, and +visited the sick and those in prison? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for +you from the foundation of the world</span></span>.”</span> Matt 25:34. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page654">[pg 654]</span><a name="Pg654" id="Pg654" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc357" id="toc357"></a> +<a name="pdf358" id="pdf358"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Order And Organization</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus654.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Camp Of Israel. "Let all things be done decently and in order." 1 Cor. 14:40." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Camp Of Israel. +"Let all things be done decently and in +order." 1 Cor. 14:40.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Of what is God the author? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For God is not the author of confusion, but of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">peace</span></span>, as in +all churches of the saints.”</span> 1 Cor. 14:33. See 1 Cor. 11:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Why did Paul give instruction to Timothy concerning +the duties and qualifications of bishops and deacons? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These things write I unto thee, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that thou mayest +know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God</span></span>, +which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground +[margin, stay] of the truth.”</span> 1 Tim. 3:14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How should everything pertaining to God's work be done? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let all things be done <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">decently and in order</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 14:40. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Order is heaven's +first law.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Milton.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> In the Scriptures +Christians are likened to soldiers, and their work to that of a warrior, or +to a conqueror going forth to conquer. 2 Tim. 2:3, 4; 1 Tim. 1:18; Rev. +6:2. As order, organization, direction, and discipline are necessary in +an army, so are they also in the church. The weapons used and the +object sought are different in each case (Rom. 13:4; 2 Cor. 10:3, 4); but +the necessity for order and organization are the same in both. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What is one prime essential of soldiers in an army? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All these men of war, that could <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">keep rank</span></span>, came with a +perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel.”</span> +1 Chron. 12:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. That the burden of judging and looking after the affairs +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page655">[pg 655]</span><a name="Pg655" id="Pg655" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +of Israel might not all rest on Moses, what instruction did Jethro, +his father-in-law, give him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, +such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and +place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of +hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And let them +judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great +matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they +shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear +the burden with thee.”</span> Ex. 18:21, 22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How many apostles did Christ at first ordain to preach +the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He ordained twelve</span></span>, that they should be with Him, and +that He might send them forth to preach.”</span> Mark 3:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How many did He later appoint to this work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“After these things the Lord appointed <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">other seventy also</span></span>, +and sent them two and two before His face into every city and +place, whither He Himself would come.”</span> Luke 10:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. When the number of the disciples multiplied, what instruction +did the apostles give the believers, that none might be +neglected in the daily ministration of temporal necessities? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of +honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we +may appoint over this business.”</span> Acts 6:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The men +thus selected were known as deacons. The lesson +to be learned from this is that leaders and people should unite in planning +and providing for the necessary organization and officering of the church +according to its growth and needs. This cooperation is again shown in the +words of Paul, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will +I send.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 1 Cor. 16:3. See also Acts 15:22. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What word came through the Spirit to the ministering +prophets and teachers laboring at Antioch? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy +Ghost said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Separate Me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto +I have called them</span></span>. And when they had fasted and prayed, +and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.”</span> Acts +13:2, 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is one of the gifts which God has set in the church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily +prophets, thirdly teachers, after that ... helps, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">governments</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 12:28. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +word here rendered </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">governments</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> implies the work or +office of </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">steering, piloting, directing.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page656">[pg 656]</span><a name="Pg656" id="Pg656" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. For the direction of matters in each local church, what +instruction did the apostle Paul give to Titus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set +in order the things that are wanting, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ordain elders in every +city</span></span>, as I had appointed thee.”</span> Titus 1:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What instruction did he give to the members of the +church as to their relationship to those thus appointed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Obey them that have the rule</span></span> +[margin, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">guide</span></span>] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">over you, and +submit yourselves</span></span>: for they watch for your souls, as they that +must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with +grief.”</span> Heb. 13:17. See 1 Peter 5:5; Mark 10:42-45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What instruction and caution are given to elders? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an +elder, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Feed the flock of God</span></span> +which is among you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">taking +the oversight thereof</span></span>, not by constraint, but willingly; not for +filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither as being lords over God's +heritage</span></span>, but being ensamples to the flock.”</span> 1 Peter 5:1-3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—For the +qualifications and duties of elders, see 1 Tim. 3:1-3; +Titus 1:6-9; Acts 20:28-31; and the scripture just quoted. How +God regards rebellion against divinely appointed authority and leadership, +is illustrated in the expulsion of Satan and his angels from heaven, +and in the fate of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. See Rev. 12:7-9; Numbers +16. The unity and harmony which should exist among believers is +described in John 13:34, 35; 17:20-23; and Eph. 4:1-6. The evil of +place-seeking in the church is shown in Mark 10:35-45 and Luke 14:7-11; +and of ecclesiastical tyranny, in Dan. 7:25; 8:24, 25; 2 Thess. 2:3, +4; and John 16:2. The course to be pursued toward offending members, +and in cases where differences arise, is pointed out in Matt. 18:15-18; 5:23, +24; Gal. 6:1; 1 Tim. 5:19, 20; Titus 3:10, 11; 1 Corinthians 5; and +Acts 15. And the guide-book in all matters of both doctrine and discipline +should be the Bible. Isa. 8:20; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 4:1, 2. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Has some one seen Christ in you today?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Christian, look to your heart, I pray;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The little things you have done or said—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Did they accord with the way you prayed?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Have your thoughts been pure and words been kind?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Have you sought to have the Saviour's mind?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The world with a criticizing view</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Has watched; but did it see Christ in you?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Has some one seen Christ in you today?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Christian, look to your life, I pray;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There are aching hearts and blighted souls</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Being lost on sin's destructive shoals,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And perhaps of Christ their only view</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">May be what they see of Him in you.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Will they see enough to bring hope and cheer?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Look to your light! does it shine out clear?</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page657">[pg 657]</span><a name="Pg657" id="Pg657" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc359" id="toc359"></a> +<a name="pdf360" id="pdf360"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Support Of The Ministry</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus657.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jacob's Vow. "Of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto Thee." Gen. 28:22." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jacob's Vow. +"Of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give +the tenth unto Thee." Gen. 28:22.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is one way in which we are commanded to honor +God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Honor the Lord <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with thy substance</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with the first-fruits +of all thine increase</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 3:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What part of one's income has the Lord especially claimed +as His? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all the tithe</span></span> [<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tenth</span></span>] +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of the land</span></span>, whether of the seed of +the land, or of the fruit of the tree, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">is the Lord's: it is holy unto +the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Lev. 27:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. For whose support and for what work was the tithe devoted +in Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, I have given <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the children of Levi</span></span> all the tenth in +Israel for an inheritance, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for their service which they serve, even +the service of the tabernacle of the congregation</span></span>.”</span> Num. 18:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In what language does Paul approve of the same method +of support for the gospel ministry? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great +thing if we shall reap your carnal things?... Do ye not +know that they which minister about holy things live of the +things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers +with the altar? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Even so hath the Lord ordained that they +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page658">[pg 658]</span><a name="Pg658" id="Pg658" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +which preach the gospel should live of the gospel</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 9:11-14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Upon what fundamental basis does the requirement of +tithe-paying rest? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The earth is the Lord's</span></span>, and the fulness thereof; the world, +and they that dwell therein.”</span> Ps. 24:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Who owns all the gold and silver in the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, saith the Lord of +hosts.”</span> Haggai 2:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Who owns all the cattle and fowls of the earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a +thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the +wild beasts of the field are Mine.”</span> Ps. 50:10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Who gives man power to get wealth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it is He +that giveth thee power to get wealth</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 8:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What statement of Christ shows that man is not an +original owner, but a steward of God's goods? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far +country, who called his own servants, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">delivered unto them +his goods</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 25:14. See 1 Cor. 4:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How early in the history of the world do we read of +tithe-paying? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most +high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of +the kings, and blessed him; to whom also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Abraham gave a tenth +part of all</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 7:1, 2. See Gen. 14:17-20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What vow did Jacob make at Bethel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, +and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread +to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's +house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: ... and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of all that Thou shalt give +me I will surely give the tenth unto Thee</span></span>.”</span> +Gen. 28:20-22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is +thus evident that the duty of paying tithes was recognized +by the patriarchs as a religious obligation. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. After what order was Christ made a high priest? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Jesus, made +an high priest forever after the order of Melchisedec</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 6:20. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page659">[pg 659]</span><a name="Pg659" id="Pg659" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As Christ's +priesthood succeeded the Aaronic or Levitical +priesthood, which was supported by the tithes of Israel; and as Christ +was made a priest after the order of Melchisedec, who received tithes +of the patriarchs before the Levitical priesthood was ordained, it is but +logical and natural to conclude that the ministry under Christ's priesthood +should be supported by the same means as were both of these priesthoods,—the +tithes of God's people. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Did Christ Himself approve of tithe-paying? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have +omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and +faith: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">these ought ye to have done</span></span>, and not to leave the other +undone.”</span> Matt. 23:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Of what is one guilty who withholds the tithe and free-will +offerings? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Will a man rob God? Yet <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye have robbed Me</span></span>. But ye +say, Wherein have we robbed Thee? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In tithes and offerings.</span></span>”</span> +Mal. 3:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Concerning what does the Lord ask us to prove Him, +and upon what conditions does He promise great blessings? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse</span></span>, that there may +be meat in Mine house, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">prove Me now herewith</span></span>, saith the +Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, +and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough +to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, +and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall +your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the +Lord of hosts.”</span> Verses 10, 11. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">My gracious Lord, I own Thy right</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To every service I can pay,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And call it my supreme delight</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To hear Thy dictates, and obey.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">What is my being, but for Thee,—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Its sure support, its noblest end?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis my delight Thy face to see,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And serve the cause of such a Friend.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I would not sigh for worldly joy,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Or to increase my worldly good;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor future days or powers employ</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To spread a sounding name abroad.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis to my Saviour I would live—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To Him who for my ransom died;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor could all worldly honor give</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Such bliss as crowns me at His side.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 25.20em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Philip Doddridge.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page660">[pg 660]</span><a name="Pg660" id="Pg660" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus660.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Widow's Mites. "This poor widow hath cast in more than they all." Luke 21:3." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Widow's Mites. +"This poor widow hath cast in more than +they all." Luke 21:3.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page661">[pg 661]</span><a name="Pg661" id="Pg661" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc361" id="toc361"></a> +<a name="pdf362" id="pdf362"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Free-Will Offerings</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus661.png" alt="Illustration." title="Bringing Gifts To The Feast. "Bring an offering, and come into His courts." Ps. 96:8." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Bringing Gifts To The Feast. +"Bring an offering, and come into His +courts." Ps. 96:8.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. By what has God ordained that His work be sustained? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Tithes and offerings.”</span> Mal. 3:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How are we told to come into His courts? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Bring an offering</span></span>, and come into His courts.”</span> Ps. 96:8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Various offerings +are mentioned in the Bible, such as thank-offerings, +peace-offerings, sin-offerings, and trespass-offerings. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In celebrating the three annual feasts, what instruction +did God give to His people anciently? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto Me in the year.... +And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">none shall appear before Me empty</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 23:14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. With what spirit would God have us give? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let +him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God loveth a cheerful +giver</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 9:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. On what condition did Paul say he would have a reward? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If I do this thing <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">willingly</span></span>, I have a reward.”</span> 1 Cor. 9:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What has Christ said regarding giving? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">more blessed to give than to receive</span></span>.”</span> Acts 20:35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How does God regard the covetous man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the +covetous, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whom the Lord abhorreth</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 10:3. See Ex. 18:21. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page662">[pg 662]</span><a name="Pg662" id="Pg662" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What warning did Christ give against covetousness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Take heed, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">beware of covetousness</span></span>: for a man's life +consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”</span> +Luke 12:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How, in the parable, did God regard the selfish rich man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But God said unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou fool</span></span>, this night thy soul shall +be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which +thou hast provided?”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What application does Christ make of this parable? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not +rich toward God.”</span> Verse 21. See 1 Tim. 6:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. By what means can men lay up treasure in heaven? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags +which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, +where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.”</span> Luke +12:33. See 1 Tim. 6:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What charge was Timothy instructed to give the rich? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not +high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living +God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that they do good</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that they be rich in good works</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ready to distribute</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">willing to communicate</span></span>; +laying up in store for themselves a good foundation +against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal +life.”</span> 1 Tim. 6:17-19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How does God regard such a course? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But to do good and to communicate forget not: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for with +such sacrifices God is well pleased</span></span>.”</span> Heb 13:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. According to what rule should one give? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Every man shall give as he is able</span></span>, according to the blessing +of the Lord thy God which He hath given thee.”</span> Deut. 16:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Upon what basis are gifts acceptable to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if there be first a willing mind, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it is accepted according +to that a man hath</span></span>, and not according to that he hath not.”</span> +2 Cor. 8:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What indicates where our hearts are? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">where your treasure is</span></span>, there will your heart be also.”</span> +Luke 12:34. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page663">[pg 663]</span><a name="Pg663" id="Pg663" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc363" id="toc363"></a> +<a name="pdf364" id="pdf364"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Hospitality</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus663.png" alt="Illustration." title="Elijah And The Widow. "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers." Heb. 13:2." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Elijah And The Widow. +"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers." +Heb. 13:2.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What do the Scriptures say concerning hospitality? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Use hospitality one to another</span></span> without grudging. As every +man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one +to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”</span> +1 Peter 4:9, 10. <span class="tei tei-q">“Be kindly affectioned one to another with +brotherly love; ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">distributing to the necessity of saints; +given to hospitality</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 12:10-13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Is a mere expression of good wishes sufficient? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, +and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed +and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which +are needful to the body; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">what doth it profit</span></span>?”</span> James 2:15, 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. When should we exercise hospitality? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">As we have therefore opportunity</span></span>, let us do good unto all +men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”</span> +Gal. 6:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What encouragement is given to entertain strangers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thereby some +have entertained angels unawares</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 13:2. See Gen 18: +1-8; 19:1-3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What blessings are promised those who do such work? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The liberal soul <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall be made fat</span></span>: and he that watereth +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall be watered also himself</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 11:25. 1 Kings 17:8-16. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page664">[pg 664]</span><a name="Pg664" id="Pg664" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc365" id="toc365"></a> +<a name="pdf366" id="pdf366"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Who Is The Greatest?</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus664.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jesus Washing The Disciples' Feet. "Whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all." Mark 10:44." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jesus Washing The Disciples' Feet. +"Whosoever of you will be the chiefest, +shall be servant of all." Mark 10:44.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. At the last Passover, what did Christ say to His disciples? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said unto them, With desire have I desired to eat +this Passover with you before I suffer: for I say unto you, I +will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom +of God.”</span> Luke 22:15, 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Concerning what had there been a strife among the disciples? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there was also a strife among them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which of them +should be accounted the greatest</span></span>.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How did Christ rebuke this spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise +lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them +are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that is +greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, +as he that doth serve</span></span>.”</span> Verses 25, 26. See Mark 10:42-45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What did the Saviour say of His own position? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that +serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am among you as +he that serveth</span></span>.”</span> Verse 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Notwithstanding that He was their Lord and Master, +what example of humility and willing service did Christ give? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page665">[pg 665]</span><a name="Pg665" id="Pg665" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He riseth from supper, and laid aside His garments; and +took a towel, and girded Himself. After that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He poureth water +into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them +with the towel wherewith He was girded</span></span>.”</span> John 13:4, 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What was the custom anciently respecting feet-washing? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wash your +feet</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray +you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wash +your feet</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“And the man brought the men into Joseph's +house, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gave them water, and they washed their feet</span></span>.”</span> Gen. +18:4; 19:2; 43:24. See also Judges 19:21; 2 Sam. 11:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How did Christ reprove Simon for misjudging Him in +permitting a woman who was a sinner to wash His feet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest +thou this woman? I entered into thine house, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou gavest Me no +water for My feet</span></span>: but she hath washed My feet with tears, and +wiped them with the hairs of her head.”</span> Luke 7:44. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From the +scriptures just cited, it appears that the usual +custom in Christ's time was for the guests to wash their own feet. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">As sandals were ineffectual against the dust and heat of an Eastern +climate, washing the feet on entering a house was an act both of respect +to the company and of refreshment to the +traveler.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Complete Dictionary +of the Bible, by Smith and Barnum, article </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Washing the Hands and Feet.</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +At a feast it was an Oriental custom for servants or slaves to wash the +feet of guests. See 1 Sam. 25:40, 41. It was not the custom, however, +of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">equals</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> to wash the feet of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">equals</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">, +much less for </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">superiors</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> to wash the +feet of </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">inferiors</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">. But this is the very thing that Christ did when He +washed the disciples' feet, and instituted the ordinance of feet-washing. +In this lies the lesson of humility and willingness to serve which He designed +to teach. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What question did Peter ask concerning this proffered +service? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then cometh He to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto +Him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lord, dost Thou wash my feet</span></span>?”</span> John 13:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What answer did Jesus make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus answered and said unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">What I do thou knowest +not now; but thou shalt know hereafter</span></span>.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How did Peter feel about the Saviour's washing his feet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Peter saith unto Him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou shalt never wash my feet</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What was the Master's reply to Peter? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page666">[pg 666]</span><a name="Pg666" id="Pg666" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus answered him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If I wash thee not, thou hast no part +with Me</span></span>.”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +ordinance is a type of a higher cleansing,—the cleansing +of the heart from the stain of sin. It is a rebuke to all selfishness and +seeking of place and preferment among Christ's professed followers, and a +witness to the fact that, in God's sight, it is true humility and loving service +which constitute real greatness. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Learning that union with Christ depended on this service, +what did Peter say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Simon Peter saith unto Him, Lord, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">not my feet only, but +also my hands and my head</span></span>.”</span> Verse 9. See verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. After having washed their feet, what did Christ say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I have given you an example</span></span>, that ye should do as I have +done to you.”</span> Verse 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What did He say about their washing one another's feet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye call Me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. +If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye also +ought to wash one another's feet</span></span>.”</span> Verses 13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What did Christ say would be their experience in obeying +His instruction? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye know these things, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">happy are ye if ye do them</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How does Christ regard an act performed toward the +humblest of His disciples? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these +My brethren, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye have done it unto Me</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 25:40. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The great +lesson intended to be taught by the instituting of +this ordinance evidently was such humility as would lead to willing service +for others. The ordinance itself has been practised by many of the most +devout followers of Christ during the Christian era, and is still observed +by some. Kitto, in his Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature, says it became +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">a part of the observances of the early Christian church,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and that </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">traces +of the practise abound in ecclesiastical history.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The Waldenses held it +as an ordinance of the church (see their </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Confession of Faith,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 12); +and according to the Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature (Vol. III, page +616), </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the Church of England at first carried out the letter of the command.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +It is a great test of character, and its observance tends to unite +hearts in Christian fellowship and love. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I will never, never leave thee,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">I will never thee forsake;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I will guide, and save, and keep thee,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For My name and mercy's sake:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Fear no evil,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Only all My counsel take.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page667">[pg 667]</span><a name="Pg667" id="Pg667" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc367" id="toc367"></a> +<a name="pdf368" id="pdf368"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part XV. Admonitions and Warnings</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page668">[pg 668]</span><a name="Pg668" id="Pg668" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus668.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Dream Of Pilate's Wife. "Have thou nothing to do with that just Man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of Him." Matt. 27:19." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Dream Of Pilate's Wife. +"Have thou nothing to do with that just Man: for I have suffered many things this +day in a dream because of Him." Matt. 27:19.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page669">[pg 669]</span><a name="Pg669" id="Pg669" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc369" id="toc369"></a> +<a name="pdf370" id="pdf370"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Pride</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus669.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jonah And The Whale. "Pride goeth before destruction." Prov. 16:18." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jonah And The Whale. +"Pride goeth before destruction." +Prov. 16:18.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How does the Lord regard pride? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Six things doth the Lord <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hate: ... a proud look</span></span>,”</span> etc. +Prov. 6:16-19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Of what is pride a forerunner? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Pride goeth before <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">destruction</span></span>, and an haughty spirit before +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a fall</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 16:18. See Prov. 29:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What was the cause of Satan's downfall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thine heart was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lifted up because of thy beauty</span></span>.”</span> Eze. 28:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What is God's attitude toward the proud? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">resisteth</span></span> the proud.”</span> James 4:6. See Ps. 40:4; +101:5; 138:6; 1 Tim. 6:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Why should we not indulge in pride? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“An high look, and a proud heart, ... is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sin</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 21:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is to be one of the sins of the last days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Men shall be ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">proud</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How are the proud now generally regarded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now we call the proud <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">happy</span></span>.”</span> Mal. 3:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What is to be the fate of the proud? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All the proud ... shall be stubble: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the day that +cometh shall burn them up</span></span>.”</span> Mal. 4:1. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page670">[pg 670]</span><a name="Pg670" id="Pg670" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus670.png" alt="Illustration." title="Nathan's Parable. "The rich man ... spared to take of his own flock, ... but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it." 2 Sam, 12:2-4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Nathan's Parable. +"The rich man ... spared to take of his own +flock, ... but took the poor man's lamb, and +dressed it." 2 Sam, 12:2-4.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page671">[pg 671]</span><a name="Pg671" id="Pg671" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc371" id="toc371"></a> +<a name="pdf372" id="pdf372"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Selfishness</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus671.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jacob Deceiving His Father. "Thou shalt not covet." Ex. 20:17." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jacob Deceiving His Father. +"Thou shalt not covet." Ex. 20:17.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What great commandment excludes selfishness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”</span> Matt. 22:39. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What sin is forbidden by the tenth commandment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt not <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">covet</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 20:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What sins are to characterize the last days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Men shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lovers of their own selves, covetous</span></span>.”</span> 2 +Tim. 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How prevalent is this sin of self-seeking? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all seek their own</span></span>, not the things which are Jesus +Christ's.”</span> Phil. 2:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What does charity not do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Charity ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seeketh not her own</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 13:4, 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How are we admonished with regard to selfishness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let no man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seek his own</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 10:24. <span class="tei tei-q">“Look not +every man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">on his own things</span></span>, but +every man also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">on the things +of others</span></span>.”</span> Phil. 2:4. <span class="tei tei-q">“Even as I please all men in all things, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">not seeking mine own profit</span></span>, but the profit of many, that they +may be saved.”</span> 1 Cor. 10:33. <span class="tei tei-q">“Let every one of us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">please +his neighbor</span></span> for his good to edification.”</span> Rom. 15:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What example of unselfishness did Christ leave us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For your sakes <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He became poor</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. 8:9. <span class="tei tei-q">“Even +Christ <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pleased not Himself</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 15:3. See 1 John 3:17. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page672">[pg 672]</span><a name="Pg672" id="Pg672" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc373" id="toc373"></a> +<a name="pdf374" id="pdf374"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Covetousness</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus672.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Sin Of Achan. "When I saw ... I coveted them, and took them." Joshua 7:21." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Sin Of Achan. +"When I saw ... I coveted them, and +took them." Joshua 7:21.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What warning did Christ give concerning covetousness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Take heed, and beware of covetousness</span></span>: +for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the +things which he possesseth.”</span> Luke 12:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What commandment forbids this sin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt not covet.”</span> Ex. 20:17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Covetous: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and +possess (especially money); avaricious.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Webster.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What showed this principle to have been strong in the +rich man who already had abundance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said, This will I do: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will pull down my barns, and +build greater</span></span>; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. +And I will say to my soul, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for +many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry</span></span>.”</span> Luke 12:18, +19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What did God say to him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But God said unto him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou fool, this night thy soul shall +be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast +provided</span></span>?”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What application of this parable did the Saviour make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So is he that layeth up <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">treasure +for himself</span></span>, and is not <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rich +toward God</span></span>.”</span> Verse 21. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page673">[pg 673]</span><a name="Pg673" id="Pg673" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What does Paul call covetousness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; +fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">covetousness, which is idolatry</span></span>.”</span> Col. 3:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Do not +wade far out into the dangerous sea of this world's +comfort. Take the good that God provides you, but say of it, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">It passeth +away;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> for indeed it is but a temporary supply for a temporary need. +Never suffer your goods to become your god.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Spurgeon.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What do these sins bring upon mankind? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For which things' sake <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the wrath of God</span></span> cometh on the +children of disobedience.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What double service did Christ say is impossible? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye cannot serve <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mammon</span></span>.”</span> Luke 16:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Of what sin were the Pharisees guilty? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Pharisees also, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who were covetous</span></span>, heard all these +things: and they derided Him.”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What reply did Christ make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves +before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that which +is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How does the Lord regard the covetous? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth +the covetous, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whom the Lord abhorreth</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 10:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What did this sin lead Achan to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, +and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold, ... +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I coveted them, and took them</span></span>.”</span> Joshua 7:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What did covetousness lead Judas to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief +priests, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to betray Him</span></span> unto them. And when they heard it, +they were glad, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">promised to give him money</span></span>. And he sought +how he might conveniently <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">betray Him</span></span>.”</span> Mark 14:10, 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Why are the last days to be perilous? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall +come. For men shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lovers of their own selves, covetous,</span></span> +boasters, proud, blasphemers.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:1, 2. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page674">[pg 674]</span><a name="Pg674" id="Pg674" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus674.png" alt="Illustration." title="Balaam And The Angel. "The elders of Moab, ... with the rewards of divination in their hand, ... came unto Balaam." Num. 22:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Balaam And The Angel. +"The elders of Moab, ... with the rewards +of divination in their hand, ... came unto +Balaam." Num. 22:7.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page675">[pg 675]</span><a name="Pg675" id="Pg675" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What parable did Christ give to correct the false idea +of the Pharisees that wealth was a sign of special favor with +God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The parable of the rich man and Lazarus. Luke 16:19-31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What did He point out as one of the dangers of the possession +of wealth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto His disciples, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom +of God!</span></span>... Jesus answereth again, and saith unto +them, Children, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter +into the kingdom of God!</span></span>”</span> Mark 10:23, 24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—And how hard +it is for those who have riches not to trust +in them! +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. As a rule, what class generally accept the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Harken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +poor of this world</span></span> rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which +He hath promised to them that love Him?”</span> James 2:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. How difficult did Christ say it is for a rich man to enter +the kingdom of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, +than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”</span> Mark +10:25. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—If Christ +here referred to a small, low gate in the walls of +Jerusalem, called </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Needle's Eye,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> as is thought by some, the force of +the statement still remains; for, before a camel could pass through this +gate, it was necessary that he should be relieved of his burden, and get +down on his knees and creep through. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. Why was the rich young man desiring salvation, unwilling +to sell what he had and give alms, as Christ told him +to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But when the young man heard that saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he went away +sorrowful: for he had great possessions</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 19:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What is the love of money declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the love of money is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the root of all evil</span></span>.”</span> 1 Tim. 6:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What evils befall those who are determined to be rich? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But they that will be rich <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fall into temptation and a snare, +and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in +destruction and perdition</span></span>.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. Who gives man the power to get wealth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it is He +that giveth thee power to get wealth</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 8:18. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page676">[pg 676]</span><a name="Pg676" id="Pg676" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. How may all, rich and poor, honor God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Honor the Lord <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with thy +substance</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with the first-fruits +of all thine increase</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 3:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. What caution is given concerning riches? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If riches increase, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">set not your heart upon them</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 62:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. Can riches be retained to men's hurt? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, +namely, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt</span></span>.”</span> Eccl. +5:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What charge is given to the rich? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Charge them that are rich in this world, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that they be not +high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God</span></span>, +who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; that they <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">do good</span></span>, +that they be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rich in good works</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ready to distribute</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">willing to +communicate</span></span>; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation +against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal +life.”</span> 1 Tim. 6:17-19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. What makes rich without adding sorrow? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The blessing of the Lord</span></span>, it maketh rich, and He addeth no +sorrow with it.”</span> Prov. 10:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. How are true riches obtained? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">humility</span></span> and the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fear of the Lord</span></span> are riches, and honor, +and life.”</span> Prov. 22:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. How did Moses esteem the reproach of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Esteeming the reproach of Christ <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">greater riches than the +treasures in Egypt</span></span>: for he had respect unto the recompense of +the reward.”</span> Heb. 11:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +30. What two classes of rich men are mentioned in the Bible? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There is that maketh himself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rich</span></span>, +yet <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hath nothing</span></span>: there +is that maketh himself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">poor</span></span>, +yet hath <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">great riches</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 13:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In Luke +12:16-20 is an example of the first class; in Acts +4:34-37 are examples of the second. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +31. What solemn warning is addressed to the rich who, in +the last days, have heaped up treasure, and oppressed the poor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Go to now, ye rich men, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">weep and howl for your miseries +that shall come upon you</span></span>. Your riches are corrupted, and your +garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page677">[pg 677]</span><a name="Pg677" id="Pg677" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +your flesh as it were fire</span></span>. Ye have heaped treasure together for +the last days. Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped +down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: +and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the +ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the +earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a +day of slaughter.”</span> James 5:1-5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +32. Will silver or gold be able to deliver in the day of wrath? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver +them in the day of the Lord's wrath.”</span> Zeph. 1:18. See also +Prov. 11:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +33. What will the rich men do with their money then? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall +be removed</span></span>: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver +them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy +their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumbling-block +of their iniquity.”</span> Eze. 7:19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—When the steamer +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Central America,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> with nearly six +hundred passengers aboard, was wrecked off Cape Hatteras, Sept. 12, +1857, in a fearful storm, many of the passengers who were returning miners +from the gold-mines of California, divested themselves of their treasure +belts and scattered the gold upon the cabin floors, telling those to take it +who would, lest its weight about their persons should carry them to their +death. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Full purses, containing in some instances thousands of dollars, +lay around untouched. Carpetbags were opened, and the shining metal +was poured out on the floor with the prodigality of death's despair. One +of the passengers opened a bag and dashed about the cabin twenty thousand +dollars in gold-dust, and told him who wanted to gratify his greed for gold +to take it. But it was passed by untouched, as the veriest +dross.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Our +First Century,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> pages 642, 643.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +When the steamship </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Arctic</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> was lost from a collision in mid-ocean, +Sept. 20, 1854, one passenger offered thirty thousand pounds sterling, or +one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, if the life-boats would put back +to save him. They turned to do so, but he sank before they reached +him.—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Id.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +page 614. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +34. As stewards of God's gifts, what are we told to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I say unto you, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Make to yourselves friends of the mammon +of unrighteousness</span></span>; that, when ye fail, they may receive you +into everlasting habitations.”</span> Luke 16:9. <span class="tei tei-q">“As every man +hath received the gift, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even so minister the same one to another</span></span>, +as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”</span> 1 Peter 4:10. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is not the way to heavenly gain</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Through earthly grief and loss?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Rest must be won by toil and pain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The crown repays the cross.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 20.70em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Henry F. Lyte.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page678">[pg 678]</span><a name="Pg678" id="Pg678" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc375" id="toc375"></a> +<a name="pdf376" id="pdf376"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Debts</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus678.png" alt="Illustration." title="Forging The Chains. "The borrower is servant to the lender." Prov. 22:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Forging The Chains. +"The borrower is servant to the lender." +Prov. 22:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What general rule is laid down in the Bible respecting +the meeting of obligations? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Render therefore to all their dues</span></span>: tribute to whom tribute +is due; custom to whom custom.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Owe no man anything, +but to love one another.</span></span>”</span> Rom. 13:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In what condition is one who borrows? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The borrower is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">servant to the lender</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 22:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. To what extent is one responsible for that borrowed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, +or die, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall surely make it good</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 22:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Why did the young man in Elisha's time feel so bad +about the loss of an ax head? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the +water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it was borrowed</span></span>.”</span> +2 Kings 6:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What miracle was wrought by Elisha for its restoration? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and the +iron did swim</span></span>.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From this +we may learn God's willingness to help those who +honestly seek to meet their obligations. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How does the good man guide his affairs? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page679">[pg 679]</span><a name="Pg679" id="Pg679" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his +affairs <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with discretion</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 112:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. To what should those listen who lack business discretion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">instruction</span></span>: +but he that regardeth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">reproof</span></span> shall be honored.”</span> Prov. +13:18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is +wise for those who, from lack of natural business ability, +find themselves constantly running into debt, to seek advice and counsel +from those endowed with more wisdom in such matters. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Which of Christ's parables teaches business discretion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not +down first, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish +it</span></span>? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not +able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying, +This man began to build, and was not able to finish.”</span> Luke +14:28-30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How were means provided for building the tabernacle? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children +of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, +saying, Take ye from among you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an offering</span></span> unto the Lord: +whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of +the Lord; gold, and silver, and brass,”</span> etc. Ex. 35:4-9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What provision did David make for building the temple? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I have prepared with all my might for the house of my +God.”</span> 1 Chron. 29:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How did the people respond to his call for contributions? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then the chief of the fathers and princes ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">offered +willingly</span></span>.... Then the people rejoiced, for that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they +offered willingly</span></span>, because with perfect heart +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they offered willingly</span></span> +to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.”</span> +Verses 6-9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. When King Jehoash wished to repair the temple, what +provision did he make for raising the necessary means? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the +dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, +... and all the money that cometh into any man's heart +to bring into the house of the Lord, let the priests take it to +them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the +breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.”</span> +2 Kings 12:4, 5. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page680">[pg 680]</span><a name="Pg680" id="Pg680" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. When, after sixteen years, it was found that these repairs +had not yet been made, what was done? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jehoiada the priest <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid +of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into +the house of the Lord</span></span>: and the priests that kept the door put +therein all the money that was brought into the house of the +Lord.”</span> Verse 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What was done with the money thus raised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They gave the money ... into the hands of them +that did the work, ... and they laid it out to the carpenters +and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord.”</span> +Verse 11. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—These +examples furnish good lessons on financing gospel +enterprises. In each instance, it will be noticed, the means were provided +before the work of building was begun. No debt, therefore, was created. +In all business transactions this plan is an excellent one to follow. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Debt! There is no worse demoralizer of character. The sad +records of defaulting, embezzling, and dishonest failure which we meet +with so constantly in the daily press are often, indeed most frequently, +the result of the demoralization of debt, and the consequent desperate +efforts of extraction. The financial props have given way.... Debt +ruins as many households and destroys as many fine characters as rum; +it is the devil's mortgage on the soul, and he is always ready to foreclose. +Pay all your bills. Look every man in the face, conscious that you owe +the world no more than it owes you. Be indebted for nothing but love, +and even that be sure you pay in kind, and +that payments are frequent.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Talmage.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">This running into debt is a great cause of dishonesty.... +Young men are growing quite shameless about being in debt; and the immorality +extends throughout society. Tastes are becoming more extravagant +and luxurious, without the corresponding increase of means to enable +them to be gratified. But they are gratified nevertheless; and debts are +incurred, which afterwards weigh like a millstone round the neck.... +The safest plan is to run up no bills, and never get into debt; and the next is +if one does get into debt, to get out of it again as quickly as possible. A +man in debt is not his own master: he is at the mercy of the tradesman he +employs.... No man can be free who is in debt. The inevitable +effect of debt is not only to injure personal independence, but, in the long +run, to inflict moral degradation. The debtor is exposed to constant +humiliations.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Thrift,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +by Samuel Smiles, pages 243-247.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The following testimony on this subject is borne by a Chicago lady, +who had been happily wedded for fifty years. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I know why John and I +have been happy during these fifty years. In the first place, we have +made it a rule never to go in debt. I have lived in Chicago sixty-eight +years, and never during that time have I owed a person a cent.... +I believe a good deal of unhappiness is caused by spending more than you +make. It has been our policy to buy what we could well afford to have, +and then stop.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Chicago Tribune, Aug. 24, 1902.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page681">[pg 681]</span><a name="Pg681" id="Pg681" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc377" id="toc377"></a> +<a name="pdf378" id="pdf378"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Respect Of Persons</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus681.png" alt="Illustration." title="Peter In The House Of Cornelius. "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons." Acts 10:34." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Peter In The House Of Cornelius. +"Of a truth I perceive that God is no +respecter of persons." Acts 10:34.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Of what has God made all nations? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And hath made <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of one blood</span></span> all nations of men for to dwell +on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before +appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.”</span> Acts 17:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. To how many is God good? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">good to all</span></span>: and His tender mercies are over all +His works.”</span> Ps. 145:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Is God a respecter of persons? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Neither doth God respect any person.”</span> 2 Sam. 14:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Who is accepted with God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive +that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with +Him</span></span>.”</span> Acts 10:34, 35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What prohibitions are given in the Scriptures against +having respect of persons? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye shall not respect persons <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in judgment</span></span>; but ye shall hear +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">small</span></span> as well as +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">great</span></span>; ye shall not be afraid of the face of +man.”</span> Deut. 1:17. <span class="tei tei-q">“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: +thou shalt not respect the person of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">poor</span></span>, nor honor +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page682">[pg 682]</span><a name="Pg682" id="Pg682" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +the person of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mighty</span></span>: but in righteousness shalt thou judge +thy neighbor.”</span> Lev. 19:15. <span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed is that man that +... respecteth not the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">proud</span></span>, nor such as turn aside to +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lies</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 40:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Of what are those guilty who respect persons? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye have respect to persons, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye commit sin</span></span>, and are convinced +of the law as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">transgressors</span></span>.”</span> James 2:9. <span class="tei tei-q">“He that +despiseth his neighbor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sinneth</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 14:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. By what illustration is this sin made plain? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, +the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come +unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, +and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; and ye have +respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, +Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou +there, or sit here under my footstool: are ye not then partial +in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?”</span> James +2:1-4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What led to the appointment of deacons in the early +Christian church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And in those days, when the number of the disciples was +multiplied, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the +Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration</span></span>.”</span> +Acts 6:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What mistake did Peter and others make some years +later in their conduct? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to +the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that certain +came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">but when they +were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which +were of the circumcision</span></span>. And the other Jews dissembled likewise +with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away +with their dissimulation.”</span> Gal. 2:11-13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How are all national, unholy, and unjust distinctions +among men swept away in Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have +put on Christ. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither +bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one +in Christ Jesus.</span></span>”</span> Gal. 3:27, 28. See also Col. 3:11. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page683">[pg 683]</span><a name="Pg683" id="Pg683" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus683.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Pharisee And The Publican. "I tell you, this man [the publican] went down to his house justified rather than the other." Luke 18:14." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Pharisee And The Publican. +"I tell you, this man [the publican] went down +to his house justified rather than the other." +Luke 18:14.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page684">[pg 684]</span><a name="Pg684" id="Pg684" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc379" id="toc379"></a> +<a name="pdf380" id="pdf380"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Backsliding</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus684.png" alt="Illustration." title="Peter's Denial. "And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the Man." Matt. 26:72." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Peter's Denial. +"And again he denied with an oath, I do not +know the Man." Matt. 26:72.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How does God regard backsliding? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy backslidings shall reprove thee: ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it is an +evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God</span></span>, and +that My fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.”</span> Jer. +2:19. <span class="tei tei-q">“If any man draw back, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My soul shall have no pleasure +in him</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 10:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What has ever been the tendency of God's people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“My people are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bent to backsliding from Me</span></span>.”</span> Hosea 11:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What inevitably leads to departure from God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an evil +heart of unbelief</span></span>, in departing from the living God.”</span> Heb. 3:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Unbelief is +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the sin which doth so easily beset us.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Heb. +12:1. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In what ways did the constant backsliding of the people +of Jerusalem manifest itself? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a +perpetual backsliding? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they hold +fast deceit, they refuse to return</span></span>. +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page685">[pg 685]</span><a name="Pg685" id="Pg685" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +I harkened and heard, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they spake not aright: no man repented +him of his wickedness</span></span>, saying, What have I done? <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every one turned +to his course</span></span>, as the horse rusheth into the battle.”</span> Jer. 8:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. To what is backsliding likened? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Surely <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband</span></span>, +so have ye dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, +saith the Lord.”</span> Jer. 3:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. To regain God's favor, what must the backslider do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed +against the Lord thy God</span></span>, and hast scattered thy ways to the +strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed My +voice, saith the Lord.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. On what condition does God promise mercy to sinners? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his +thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord</span></span>, and He will have mercy +upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”</span> +Isa. 55:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why must the wicked forsake their thoughts and ways? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your +ways My ways, saith the Lord.”</span> Verse 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—God +desires that we shall think His thoughts, which are +right thoughts, pure thoughts, everlasting thoughts. He desires also that +we shall take on His ways, which are ways of pleasantness, and walk in +His paths, which are paths of peace. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is especially necessary to prevent backsliding? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.</span></span> The spirit +truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.”</span> Mark 14:38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What are believers exhorted to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your +own selves.</span></span> Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus +Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”</span> 2 Cor. 13:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. If one has God's law in the heart, what will not occur? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The law of his God is in his heart; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">none of his steps shall +slide</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 37:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What is one characteristic of backsliding? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Even from the days of your fathers <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye are gone away from +Mine ordinances, and have not kept them</span></span>. Return unto Me, and +I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, +Wherein shall we return?”</span> Mal. 3:7. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page686">[pg 686]</span><a name="Pg686" id="Pg686" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. In response, what neglected ordinance does God cite? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. But ye +say, Wherein have we robbed Thee? In <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tithes and offerings</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What remedy is indicated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be +meat in Mine house</span></span>, and prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord +of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour +you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive +it.”</span> Verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Because of Christ's plain teachings, what did some of +His disciples do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“From that time many of His disciples <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">went back, and walked +no more with Him</span></span>.”</span> John 6:66. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. When the backslider repents, what does God do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto Him, +Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we +render the calves of our lips.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will heal their backsliding, +I will love them freely</span></span>: for Mine anger is turned away from +him.”</span> Hosea 14:2-4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Will there be special danger of backsliding in the last +days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall +wax cold.”</span> Matt. 24:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What are some of the evils against which we are specially +warned at this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts +be overcharged with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">surfeiting</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">drunkenness</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cares of +this life</span></span>, and so that day come upon you unawares.”</span> Luke +21:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. In view of the perils surrounding us, what are we told +to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Watch ye therefore, and pray always</span></span>, that ye may be accounted +worthy to escape all these things that shall come to +pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”</span> Verse 36. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O for a closer walk with God!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">A calm and heavenly frame,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A light to shine upon the road</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That leads me to the Lamb.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">William Cowper.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page687">[pg 687]</span><a name="Pg687" id="Pg687" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc381" id="toc381"></a> +<a name="pdf382" id="pdf382"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Unbelief</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus687.png" alt="Illustration." title="Moses And Aaron Before Pharaoh. "Let us lay aside ... the sin which doth so easily beset us." Heb. 12:1." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Moses And Aaron Before Pharaoh. +"Let us lay aside ... the sin which +doth so easily beset us." Heb. 12:1.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What warning is given in the Bible concerning unbelief? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evil +heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 3:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Without faith, what is impossible? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Without faith it is impossible <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to please Him</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 11:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How only can we be justified? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Being justified <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by faith</span></span>, we have peace with God through +our Lord Jesus Christ.”</span> Rom. 5:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. By what do the just live? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the just shall live <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by faith</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 10:38. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—If men are </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">justified</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +by faith, and are to </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">live</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> by faith, it follows +that to be unbelieving is not to be justified, and consequently not to live in +the sense here referred to. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In whom does the Lord have no pleasure? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But if any man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">draw back</span></span>, My soul shall have no pleasure +in him.”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page688">[pg 688]</span><a name="Pg688" id="Pg688" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What kind of report did the ten spies bring back concerning +the promised land? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They brought up <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an evil report</span></span> of the land which they had +searched.”</span> Num. 13:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What did Caleb say of the ability of Israel to take it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let us go up at once, and possess it; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we are well able to +overcome it</span></span>.”</span> Verse 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What did the ten spies say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the men that went up with him said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">We be not able to +go up against the people; for they are stronger than we</span></span>.”</span> Verse 31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Why did not Israel attain to the standard of righteousness? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, +hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Because they sought it not by faith.</span></span>”</span> Rom. 9:31, 32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. When told of the disciples' failure to heal an afflicted +son, what did Christ say of that generation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He answereth him, and saith, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">O faithless generation</span></span>, how +long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him +unto Me.”</span> Mark 9:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What did Christ say to Thomas because he did not believe +the testimony of his brethren concerning His resurrection? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Reach hither thy finger, and behold My hands; and reach +hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be not faithless, +but believing</span></span>.”</span> John 20:27. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The Lord +rebuked Thomas for his unbelief, because he would +not accept the testimony of so many credible witnesses who had seen Him. +How much more reprehensible is that unbelief which holds out against the +present </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">cloud of witnesses</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> of prophecy fulfilled and fulfilling! +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. After speaking of the numerous examples of faith presented +in Hebrews 11, what does Paul exhort us to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so +great a cloud of witnesses, let us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lay aside every weight, and the +sin which doth so easily beset us</span></span>, and let us run with patience +the race that is set before us.”</span> Heb. 12:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">every weight</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> here spoken of includes those traits of +character and habits of life that retard or hinder our running successfully +the Christian race. These are to be laid aside. But there is one thing +referred to here that is more than a weight; it +is a </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sin</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and one that easily +besets us all,—the sin of </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">unbelief</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">. +To be unbelieving, therefore, is sinful. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page689">[pg 689]</span><a name="Pg689" id="Pg689" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Why did many fail to enter into God's rest anciently? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And to whom sware He that they should not enter into +His rest, but to them that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">believed +not</span></span>? So we see that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they +could not enter in because of unbelief</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 3:18, 19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How are these unbelieving ones spoken of? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But with whom was He grieved forty years? was it not with +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">them that had sinned</span></span>, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?”</span> +Verse 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What lesson should we learn from their course? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let us therefore fear</span></span>, lest, a promise being left us of entering +into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.”</span> +Heb. 4:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—God does +not change. If He was grieved at the unbelief +of the Israelites, and refused them admittance to Canaan in consequence, +He cannot permit us to enter the heavenly rest as long as we indulge in +unbelief. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What should all labor to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let us labor therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to enter into that rest</span></span>, lest any man +fall after the same example of unbelief.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Against what are we warned when rebuked of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 12:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Whom does the Lord chasten? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth</span></span>, and scourgeth every +son whom He receiveth.”</span> Verse 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. When God made a promise to Abraham that seemed impossible +of fulfilment, how did the patriarch receive it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; +but was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">strong in faith</span></span>, giving glory to God.”</span> Rom. 4:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. For what was Abraham's faith counted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it was counted unto him for righteousness</span></span>.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. When troubled with doubts, how should we pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Lord, I believe; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">help Thou mine unbelief</span></span>.”</span> Mark 9:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What is promised those who believe when they pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, +when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall have +them</span></span>.”</span> Mark 11:24. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page690">[pg 690]</span><a name="Pg690" id="Pg690" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc383" id="toc383"></a> +<a name="pdf384" id="pdf384"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Judging</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus690.png" alt="Illustration." title="Slaying The First-Born. "Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." Rom. 12:19." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Slaying The First-Born. +"Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, saith +the Lord." Rom. 12:19.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What warning does Christ give concerning judging? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Judge not, that ye be not judged.”</span> Matt. 7:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is Satan called in the Scriptures? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The accuser of our brethren</span></span> ... which accused them +before our God day and night.”</span> Rev. 12:10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Then when +we judge, accuse, and condemn one another, we +are doing the work of Satan. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. If we bite and devour one another, what may we expect? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But if ye bite and devour one another, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">take heed that ye be +not consumed one of another</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 5:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Before attempting to judge, criticize, or correct others, +what should we first do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's +eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or +how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote +out of thine eye: and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou +hypocrite, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">first cast out the beam out of thine own eye</span></span>; and then +shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's +eye.”</span> Matt. 7:3-5. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page691">[pg 691]</span><a name="Pg691" id="Pg691" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What did Christ say He did not come to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any man hear My words, and believe not, I judge him +not: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I came not to judge the world</span></span>, but to save the world.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For God sent not His Son into the world to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">condemn</span></span> the world; +but that the world through Him might be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">saved</span></span>.”</span> John 12:47; +3:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What question does Paul ask concerning judging? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Who art thou that judgest another man's servant?</span></span> to his own +master he standeth or falleth.”</span> Rom. 14:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. To whom are all to give account? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So then every one of us shall give account of himself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to +God</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What exhortation, therefore, does the apostle give? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let us not therefore judge one another any more</span></span>: but judge +this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion +to fall in his brother's way.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Instead of railing on His enemies, what did Christ do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He +suffered, He threatened not; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">committed Himself to Him that +judgeth righteously</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter 2:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Wherein do man's judging and God's judging differ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">man looketh on +the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart</span></span>.”</span> 1 Sam. +16:7. <span class="tei tei-q">“Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God knoweth your hearts</span></span>: +for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that which is highly esteemed among +men is abomination in the sight of God</span></span>.”</span> Luke 16:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How does Christ tell us to judge? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Judge <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">not according to +the appearance</span></span>, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judge righteous +judgment</span></span>.”</span> John 7:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How, by whom, and in what spirit should those having +committed faults be dealt with? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye which are +spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering +thyself, lest thou also be tempted</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 6:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Of what are those generally guilty who judge others? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou +art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page692">[pg 692]</span><a name="Pg692" id="Pg692" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +thyself; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for thou that judgest doest the same things</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 2:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Whom are we not likely to judge and condemn? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if we would judge <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ourselves</span></span>, we should not be judged.”</span> +1 Cor. 11:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What instruction does James give regarding judging? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Speak not evil one of another, brethren.</span></span> He that speaketh +evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the +law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art +not a doer of the law, but a judge.”</span> James 4:11. See Titus 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Why is it safer not to judge and condemn others? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye +shall not be condemned.”</span> Luke 6:37. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For with what judgment +ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it +shall be measured to you again.</span></span>”</span> Matt. 7:2. See Ps. 18:25, 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. To what time are we exhorted to defer judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore judge nothing before the time, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">until the Lord +come</span></span>, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, +and will make manifest the counsels of the heart.”</span> 1 Cor. 4:5. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Judge not;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> the workings of his brain</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And of his heart thou canst not see.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">What looks to thy dim eyes a stain,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">In God's pure sight may only be</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A scar, brought from some well-won field</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where thou wouldst only faint and yield.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The look, the air, that frets thy sight,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">May be a token that, below,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The soul has closed in deadly fight</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With some infernal, fiery foe</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Whose glance would scorch thy smiling grace,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And cast thee shuddering on thy face.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The fall thou darest to despise—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Perhaps the angel's slackened hand</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Has suffered it, that he may rise</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And take a firmer, surer stand;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Or, trusting less to earthly things,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">May henceforth learn to use his wings.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And judge none lost, but wait and see,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With hopeful pity, not disdain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The depth of that abyss may be</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The measure of the height of pain,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And love, and glory, that may raise</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The soul to God in after-days.</span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Adelaide A. Procter.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page693">[pg 693]</span><a name="Pg693" id="Pg693" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc385" id="toc385"></a> +<a name="pdf386" id="pdf386"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Gossiping And Backbiting</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus693.png" alt="Illustration." title="Sowing Tares. "While men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares." Matt. 13:25" /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Sowing Tares. +"While men slept, his enemy came and sowed +tares." Matt. 13:25</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What does the ninth commandment forbid? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt not bear <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">false witness</span></span> against thy neighbor.”</span> +Ex. 20:16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +evident object of this commandment is to guard the +rights, interests, and reputation of our neighbor, by guarding our conversation, +and confining our words to that which is strictly true. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What instruction did John the Baptist give the soldiers +who asked of him advice regarding the way of life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither +accuse any falsely</span></span>; and be content with your wages.”</span> Luke 3:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What is one test of a perfect man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">offend not +in word</span></span>, the same is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a perfect man</span></span>, +and able also to bridle the whole body.”</span> James 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How did Christ teach the importance of guarding our +speech? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But I say unto you, That <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every idle word</span></span> that men shall +speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. +For by thy <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">words</span></span> thou shalt +be justified, and by thy <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">words</span></span> thou +shalt be condemned.”</span> Matt. 12:36, 37. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page694">[pg 694]</span><a name="Pg694" id="Pg694" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. To whom are our words all known? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">O Lord, Thou +knowest it altogether</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 139:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Of what are one's words an index? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Out of the abundance of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the heart</span></span> the mouth speaketh.”</span> +Matt. 12:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What conduct is condemned by the Scriptures? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt not go up and down <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as a talebearer among thy +people</span></span>: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: +I am the Lord.”</span> Lev. 19:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. To what are the words of a talebearer compared? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The words of a talebearer are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as wounds</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 26:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is their effect? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that +repeateth a matter separateth very friends</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 17:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What would follow if there were no talebearers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">where there +is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 26:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Among other things, what did Paul fear he would find +in the Corinthian church? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as +I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would +not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">backbitings</span></span>, +whisperings, swellings, tumults.”</span> 2 Cor. 12:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What result follows backbiting and like evils? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou +shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if ye bite and devour +one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another</span></span>.”</span> +Gal. 5:14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How may a backbiting tongue be rebuked? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The north wind driveth away rain: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">so doth an angry countenance +a backbiting tongue</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 25:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. To whom is the promise made of abiding in the tabernacle +of the Lord, and dwelling in His holy hill? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, +and speaketh the truth in his heart. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that backbiteth not with +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page695">[pg 695]</span><a name="Pg695" id="Pg695" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach +against his neighbor</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 15:2, 3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Never +carry a sword in your tongue to wound the reputation +of any man,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> says Kirkle. Noah Webster laid down this rule: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">We +should say nothing of a person in his absence that we should be unwilling +to say if he were present.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> How few govern their conversation according +to this rule! See Prov. 31:10, 26. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What caution is given in regard to receiving an accusation +against an elder? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Against an elder receive not an accusation, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">but before two +or three witnesses</span></span>.”</span> 1 Tim. 5:19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">He that +lends an easy and credulous ear to calumny is +either a man of very mean morals, or has no more sense of understanding +than a child.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Menander.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Can man, unrenewed by grace, control his tongue? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, +and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of +deadly poison</span></span>.”</span> James 3:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. As a guard against the misuse of the power of speech, +therefore, for what should we pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Set a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">watch</span></span>, O Lord, before +my mouth; keep the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">door</span></span> of +my lips.”</span> Ps. 141:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What vow did David take against offenses of the tongue? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will take heed to my ways</span></span>, that I sin not with my +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tongue</span></span>: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will keep +my mouth with a bridle</span></span>, while the wicked is +before me.”</span> Ps. 39:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What is a sure cure for backbiting? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”</span> Matt. 22:39. +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even +so to them.”</span> Matt. 7:12. <span class="tei tei-q">“Speak evil of no man.”</span> Titus +3:2. See also James 4:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What are those words like which are fitly spoken? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A word fitly spoken is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">like +apples of gold in pictures of silver</span></span>.”</span> +Prov. 25:11. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Keep a watch on your words, my darlings,</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For words are wonderful things:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">They are sweet like bees' fresh honey;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Like the bees they have terrible stings;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">They can bless like the warm, glad sunshine,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And brighten a lonely life;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">They can cut in the strife of anger,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Like an open, two-edged knife.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page696">[pg 696]</span><a name="Pg696" id="Pg696" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus696.png" alt="Illustration." title="Joseph Sold Into Egypt. "Where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work." James 3:16." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Joseph Sold Into Egypt. +"Where envying and strife is, there is confusion +and every evil work." James 3:16.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page697">[pg 697]</span><a name="Pg697" id="Pg697" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc387" id="toc387"></a> +<a name="pdf388" id="pdf388"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Envy, Jealousy, And Hatred</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus697.png" alt="Illustration." title="Saul Seeks David's Life. "Who is able to stand before envy?" Prov. 27:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Saul Seeks David's Life. +"Who is able to stand before envy?" Prov. 27:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What does Solomon say of envy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who is able to +stand before envy</span></span>?”</span> Prov. 27:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is said of jealousy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jealousy is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cruel as the grave</span></span>.”</span> Song of Solomon 8:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What is said of one who hates his brother? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever hateth his brother <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">is a murderer</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 3:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What did envy lead the chief priests to do with Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For he [Pilate] knew that the chief priests had <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">delivered +Him [to be crucified] for envy</span></span>.”</span> Mark 15:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What did it lead the Jews to do in Paul's day? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled +with envy, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spake against those things which were spoken by +Paul, contradicting and blaspheming</span></span>.”</span> Acts 13:45. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What exists where envy and strife are? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For where envying and strife is, there is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">confusion and +every evil work</span></span>.”</span> James 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Why should the heart be closely watched? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">out of it are the issues +of life</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 4:23. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page698">[pg 698]</span><a name="Pg698" id="Pg698" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc389" id="toc389"></a> +<a name="pdf390" id="pdf390"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Hypocrisy</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus698.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jesus Betrayed By A Kiss. "Let love be without dissimulation." Rom. 12:9." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jesus Betrayed By A Kiss. +"Let love be without dissimulation." +Rom. 12:9.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Of what sin were the Pharisees guilty? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which +is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hypocrisy</span></span>.”</span> +Luke 12:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Hypocrisy is a +feigning to be what one is not; dissimulation; +a concealment of one's real character or motives; especially, the assuming +of a false appearance of virtue or religion. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How did the Pharisees show themselves to be hypocrites? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, +This people <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoreth +Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 15:7, +8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How did they make void one of God's commandments? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and +mother.... But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father +or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited +by me; and honor not his father or his mother, he shall be +free. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect +by your tradition.</span></span>”</span> Verses 4-6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How did Christ say hypocrites pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites +are: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the +corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men</span></span>. Verily I say +unto you, They have their reward.”</span> Matt. 6:5. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page699">[pg 699]</span><a name="Pg699" id="Pg699" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What does Christ call one who readily sees the faults of +others, but does not see nor correct his own? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Thou hypocrite</span></span>, first cast out the beam out of thine own +eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of +thy brother's eye.”</span> Matt. 7:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How does a hypocrite treat his neighbor? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“An hypocrite with his mouth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">destroyeth his neighbor</span></span>.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Eat and drink, saith +he to thee; but his heart is not with thee</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 11:9; 23:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Which of the apostles was once guilty of dissimulation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him [Peter]; +insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their +dissimulation.”</span> Gal. 2:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why did Paul say he opposed Peter in this matter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to +the face, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because he was to be blamed</span></span>.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What did David say he would not do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I have not sat with vain persons, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither will I go in with +dissemblers</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 26:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How pure should be our love? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let love be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without dissimulation</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 12:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What will become of the hypocrite's hope? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“So are the paths of all that forget God; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the hypocrite's +hope shall perish</span></span>.”</span> Job 8:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What is to be the fate of that servant who, while professing +to love the Lord, shows by his actions that he is worldly, +and is not looking nor longing for His coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh +not for Him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and +shall cut him asunder, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">appoint +him his portion with the hypocrites</span></span>: +there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”</span> Matt. +24:50, 51. <span class="tei tei-q">“The sinners in Zion are afraid; tearfulness hath +surprised the hypocrites.”</span> Isa. 33:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What is characteristic of heavenly wisdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, +gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good +fruits, without partiality, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without hypocrisy</span></span>.”</span> James 3:17. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page700">[pg 700]</span><a name="Pg700" id="Pg700" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc391" id="toc391"></a> +<a name="pdf392" id="pdf392"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Danger In Rejecting Light</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus700.png" alt="Illustration." title="John Reproving Herod. "Walk while ye have the light." John 12:35." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">John Reproving Herod. +"Walk while ye have the light." John 12:35.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How does God regard sins of ignorance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the times of this ignorance God winked at</span></span>; but now +commandeth all men everywhere to repent.”</span> Acts 17:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. To whom is sin imputed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not</span></span>, +to him it is sin.”</span> James 4:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In what words did Christ teach the same truth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no +sin: but now ye say, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">We see</span></span>; therefore your sin remaineth.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: +but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">now they have no cloak</span></span> [margin, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">excuse</span></span>] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for their sin</span></span>.”</span> John +9:41; 15:22. See John 3:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. In view of this, what instruction does He give? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.... +While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be +the children of light.”</span> John 12:35, 36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. Who courts the light? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Every one that doeth evil hateth the light.... But +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that doeth truth</span></span> cometh to the light, that his deeds may be +made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”</span> John 3:20, 21. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page701">[pg 701]</span><a name="Pg701" id="Pg701" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc393" id="toc393"></a> +<a name="pdf394" id="pdf394"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Just Recompense</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus701.png" alt="Illustration." title="Destruction Of Sennacherib's Army. "Who will render to every man according to his deeds." Rom. 2:6." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Destruction Of Sennacherib's Army. +"Who will render to every man according +to his deeds." Rom. 2:6.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How has God recompensed men in the past? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every +transgression and disobedience received <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a just +recompense of reward</span></span>; +how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?”</span> +Heb. 2:2, 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How are all to be rewarded in the judgment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; +that every one may receive the things done in his body, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">according +to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad</span></span>.”</span> 2 Cor. +5:10. <span class="tei tei-q">“Who will render to every man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">according to his deeds</span></span>: ... +for there is no respect of persons with God.”</span> Rom. +2:6-11. <span class="tei tei-q">“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whatsoever +a man soweth that shall he also reap</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 6:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What will be the reward of the wrong-doer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh +reap <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">corruption</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 8. <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Tribulation</span></span> and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">anguish</span></span>, upon every +soul of man that doeth evil.”</span> Rom. 2:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What will be the recompense of the righteous? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">life everlasting</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 6:8. +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">glory, honor, and peace</span></span>, to +every man that worketh good.”</span> Rom. 2:10. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page702">[pg 702]</span><a name="Pg702" id="Pg702" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What general rule of recompense is laid down in the Bible? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Judge not, that ye be not judged. For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with what judgment +ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it +shall be measured to you again</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 7:1, 2. <span class="tei tei-q">“With the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">merciful</span></span> Thou wilt show Thyself +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">merciful</span></span>; with an <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">upright</span></span> +man Thou wilt show Thyself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">upright</span></span>; +with the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pure</span></span> Thou wilt +show Thyself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pure</span></span>; and with +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">froward</span></span> Thou wilt show Thyself +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">froward</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 18:25, 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. In view of this, what are we warned not to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Recompense to no man <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evil for evil</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 12:17. <span class="tei tei-q">“Not +rendering <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evil for evil</span></span>, or +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">railing for railing</span></span>: but contrariwise +blessing.”</span> 1 Peter 3:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is said of those who render evil for good? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whoso rewardeth evil for good, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evil shall not depart from his +house</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 17:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What principle of justice should govern us in our dealings? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Withhold not good from them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to whom it is due</span></span>, when it is +in the power of thine hand to do it.”</span> Prov. 3:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Where are all to be recompensed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the earth</span></span>: +much more the wicked and the sinner.”</span> Prov. 11:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. In meting out the final awards, what may we be sure +God will do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Shall not the Judge of all the earth <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">do right</span></span>?”</span> Gen. 18:25. +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Justice</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judgment</span></span> +are the habitation of Thy throne: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mercy</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">truth</span></span> +shall go before Thy face.”</span> Ps. 89:14. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O that the Lord would guide my ways</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To keep His statutes still!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O that my God would grant me grace</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To know and do His will!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Order my footsteps by Thy word,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And make my heart sincere;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Let sin have no dominion, Lord,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">But keep my conscience clear.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Make me to walk in Thy commands,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis a delightful road;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Offend against my God.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 25.20em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Isaac Watts</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page703">[pg 703]</span><a name="Pg703" id="Pg703" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc395" id="toc395"></a> +<a name="pdf396" id="pdf396"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part XVI. The Home</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page704">[pg 704]</span><a name="Pg704" id="Pg704" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus704.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Marriage At Cana. "Home is the grandest of all institutions."—Spurgeon. See page 711." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Marriage At Cana. +"Home is the grandest of all institutions."—<span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style="font-style: italic">Spurgeon.</span></span> +See page 711.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page705">[pg 705]</span><a name="Pg705" id="Pg705" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc397" id="toc397"></a> +<a name="pdf398" id="pdf398"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Marriage Institution</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus705.png" alt="Illustration." title="Isaac And Rebekah. "Marriage is honorable in all." Heb. 13:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Isaac And Rebekah. +"Marriage is honorable in all." Heb. 13:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. After creating man, what did God say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord God said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is not good that the man should +be alone</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 2:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What, therefore, did God say He would make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will make him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an help</span></span> meet for him.”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Not a </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">helpmeet</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +nor a </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">helpmate</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, but—two words—a help +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">meet</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> for him; that is, </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">fit</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> or +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">suitable</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> for him. The word +</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">meet</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in the original +means a front, a part opposite, a counterpart, or mate. Man's companion, +or help, was to correspond to him. Each was to be suited to the +other's needs. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Could such a help be found among the creatures which +God had already made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the +air, and to every beast of the field; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">but for Adam there was not +found an help meet for him</span></span>.”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What, therefore, did God do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, +and he slept: and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the +flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken +from man, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">made he a woman, and brought her unto the man</span></span>.”</span> +Verses 21, 22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—How beautiful, +in its fulness of meaning, is this simple but +suggestive story, at which skeptics sneer. God did not make man after +the order of the lower animals, but </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">in His own image.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Neither did He +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page706">[pg 706]</span><a name="Pg706" id="Pg706" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +choose man's companion, or </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">help,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> from some other order of beings, but +made her from man—of the same substance. And He took this substance, +not from man's </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">feet</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, that +he might have an excuse to degrade, enslave, or +trample upon her; nor from man's </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">head</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +that woman might assume authority +over man; but from man's </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">side</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +from over his </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">heart</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, the </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">seat of affections</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, +that woman might stand at his side as </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">man's +equal</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and, </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">side by side with +him</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, together, under God, work out the purpose and destiny of the race,—man, +the strong, the noble, the dignified; woman, the weaker, the sympathetic, +the loving. How much more exalted and inspiring is this view than +the theory that man developed from the lower order of animals. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What did Adam say as he received his wife from God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Adam said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of +my flesh</span></span>: she shall be called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Woman</span></span>, because she was taken out +of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Man</span></span>.”</span> Verse 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What great truth was then stated? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, +and shall cleave unto his wife: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they shall be one flesh</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In what words does Christ recognize marriage as of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">What +therefore God hath joined together</span></span>, let not man put asunder.”</span> +Matt. 19:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Thus was +the marriage institution ordained of God in Eden, +before man sinned. Like the Sabbath, it has come down to us with the +Edenic dews of divine blessing still upon it. It was ordained not only for +the purpose of peopling the earth and perpetuating the race, but to promote +social order and human happiness; to prevent irregular affection; +and, through well-regulated families, to transmit truth, purity, and holiness +from age to age. Around it cluster all the purest and truest joys of home +and the race. When the divine origin of marriage is recognized, and the +divine principles controlling it are obeyed, marriage is indeed a blessing; +but when these are disregarded, untold evils are sure to follow. That +which, rightly used, is of greatest blessing, when abused becomes the +greatest curse. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. By what commands has God guarded the marriage relation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt not covet +thy neighbor's wife.”</span> Ex. 20:14, 17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What New Testament injunction is given respecting +marriage? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let marriage be had in honor among all</span></span>, and let the bed be +undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.”</span> Heb. +13:4, R. V. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By many, marriage +is lightly regarded—is often made even +a subject of jest. Its divine origin, its great object, and its possibilities +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page707">[pg 707]</span><a name="Pg707" id="Pg707" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +and influences for good or evil are little thought of, and hence it is often +entered into with little idea of its responsibilities or its sacred obligations. +The marriage relationship is frequently used in the Scriptures as a symbol +of the relationship existing between God and His people. See Rom. +7:1-4; 2 Cor. 11:2; Hosea 2:19, 20; Rev. 19:7. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. After the fall, what sort of marriages were introduced +by men, which were productive of great evil? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the +face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sons of God saw the daughters of men</span></span> that they were fair; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and they took them wives of all which they chose</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 6:1, 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Not +only was there plurality of wives, which in itself is an +evil, but the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">sons of God,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> descending from Seth, married the </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">daughters +of men,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> the descendants from the idolatrous line of Cain, and thus corrupted +the seed, or church, of God itself. All the barriers against evil +thus being broken down, the whole race was soon corrupted, violence filled +the earth, and the flood followed. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What restriction did God make respecting marriages +in Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let them marry to whom they think best; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">only to the family +of the tribe of their father shall they marry</span></span>.”</span> Num. 36:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What prohibition did God give His chosen people against +intermarrying with the heathen nations about them, and why? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Neither shalt thou make marriages with them</span></span>; thy daughter +thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou +take unto thy son. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For they will turn away thy son from following +Me, that they may serve other gods</span></span>: so will the anger of the +Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.”</span> +Deut. 7:3, 4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Intermarriage +with the ungodly was the mistake made by +the professed people of God before the flood, and God did not wish Israel +to repeat that folly. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What instruction is given in the New Testament regarding +marriage with unbelievers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers</span></span>: for what +fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what +communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath +Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an +infidel? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? +for ye are the temple of the living God.”</span> 2 Cor. 6:14-16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +instruction forbids all compromising partnerships. +Marriage of believers with unbelievers has ever been a snare by which +Satan has captured many earnest souls who thought they could win the +unbelieving, but in most cases have themselves drifted away from the +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page708">[pg 708]</span><a name="Pg708" id="Pg708" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-size: 90%"> +moorings of faith into doubt, backsliding, and loss of religion. It was one +of Israel's constant dangers, against which God warned them repeatedly. +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters +unto your sons, nor seek their peace [by such compromise] or their wealth +forever.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Ezra 9:12. See also Ex. 34:14-16; Judges 14:1-3; Ezra 9 +and 10; and Neh. 13:23-27. Even Solomon fell before the influence of +heathen wives. Concerning him the inspired Word has left this melancholy +record: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">His wives turned away his heart after other gods.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> 1 Kings +11:4. No Christian can marry an unbeliever without running serious risk, +and placing himself upon the enemy's ground. The Scriptures do not +advocate separation after the union has been formed (see 1 Cor. 7:2-16), +but good sense should teach us that faith can best be maintained, and +domestic happiness best insured, where both husband and wife are believers, +and of the same faith. Both ministers and parents, therefore, +should warn the young against all improper marriages. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What instruction did Abraham give his servant Eliezer +when sending him to select a wife for his son Isaac? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt take a wife for my son <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of my kindred, and of my +father's house</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 24:40. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +passage indicates that in early Bible times parents +generally had more to do in the selection of life companions for their children +than they commonly have now. Young people who are wise will +seek the advice and counsel of their parents, and above all, will seek to +know the will of God, before entering upon this important relationship, +with its grave responsibilities and its momentous consequences. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. For how long does marriage bind the contracting parties? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the +law to her husband <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">so long as he liveth</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 7:2. See 1 Cor. +7:39. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What only does Christ recognize as proper ground for +dissolving the marriage relationship? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whosoever shall put away his wife, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">except it be for fornication</span></span>, +and shall marry another, committeth adultery.”</span> Matt. +19:9. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Civil +laws recognize other reasons as justifiable causes for +separation, such as extreme cruelty, habitual drunkenness, or other like +gross offenses; but only one offense, according to Christ, warrants the +complete annulment of the marriage tie. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There is a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">When two that are linked in one heavenly tie,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">With heart never changing and brow never cold,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Love on through all ills, and love on till they die.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 43.20em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Moore.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page709">[pg 709]</span><a name="Pg709" id="Pg709" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc399" id="toc399"></a> +<a name="pdf400" id="pdf400"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">A Happy Home, And How To Make It</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus709.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Home Circle. "Happy the home when God is there, And love fills every breast."" /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Home Circle. +"Happy the home when God is there, And love fills every breast."</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Where and by whom were the foundations of home laid? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lord God</span></span> planted +a garden eastward <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in Eden</span></span>; and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">there</span></span> He put the man whom He had formed.”</span> Gen. 2:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. In making this home, what besides man was needed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should +be alone; I will make him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an help meet</span></span> +[one <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">adapted</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">suitable</span></span>] +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for him</span></span>.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. After creating Adam and Eve, what did God say to them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be fruitful, +and multiply, and replenish the earth</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 1:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. To what are the wife and children of the man who fears +the Lord likened? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy +wife shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as a fruitful vine</span></span> by the sides of thine house: thy +children <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">like olive-plants</span></span> round about thy table.”</span> Ps. 128:2, 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What are children declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Lo, children are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an heritage of the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 127:3. +<span class="tei tei-q">“Children's children are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the crown of old men</span></span>; and the glory of +children are their fathers.”</span> Prov. 17:6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How should the wife relate herself to her husband? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page710">[pg 710]</span><a name="Pg710" id="Pg710" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wives, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto +the Lord</span></span>. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as +Christ is the head of the church.”</span> Eph. 5:22, 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. And how should husbands regard their wives? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Husbands, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">love your wives, even as Christ also loved the +church</span></span>, and gave Himself for it.... So ought men to +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">love their wives as their own bodies</span></span>. He that loveth his wife +loveth himself.... Let every one of you in particular +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">so love his wife even as himself</span></span>; +and the wife see that she reverence +her husband.”</span> Verses 25-33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Against what are husbands cautioned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Husbands, love your wives, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be not bitter against them</span></span>.”</span> +Col. 3:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Why should wives be in subjection to their husbands? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be +won by the conversation</span></span> [<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">manner of +life</span></span>] <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of the wives</span></span>.”</span> 1 Peter +3:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Why should husbands be considerate of their wives? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to +knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, +and as being heirs together of the grace of life; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that your prayers +be not hindered</span></span>.”</span> Verse 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Why should children obey their parents? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for this is right</span></span>.”</span> +Eph. 6:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How should parents bring up their children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: +but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Why should fathers not provoke their children to anger? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lest they be +discouraged</span></span>.”</span> Col. 3:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. By what means may the mother bind the hearts of the +loved ones at home together? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“She openeth her mouth with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wisdom</span></span>; and in her tongue is +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the law of kindness</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 31:26. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">We want +to get into the hearts of our children if we hold +them, and help them, and bless them, and take +them to heaven with us.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Frances +Murphy.</span></span> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page711">[pg 711]</span><a name="Pg711" id="Pg711" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How will such a mother be regarded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Her children arise up, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">call her blessed</span></span>; her husband also, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he praiseth her</span></span>.”</span> Verse 28. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Show me +a loving husband, a worthy wife, and good children, +and no pair of horses that ever flew along the road could take me in a +year where I could see a more pleasing sight. Home is the grandest of all +institutions.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Spurgeon.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. How faithfully should parents teach the precepts and +commandments of God to their children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And thou shalt <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">teach them diligently</span></span> unto thy children, and +shalt talk of them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou +walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou +risest up</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 6:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +home should be made a school of instruction, rather +than a place of monotonous drudgery. The evenings should be cherished +as precious seasons, to be devoted to the instruction of the children in the +way of righteousness. But how many children are sadly neglected! They +are not educated in the home, that they may comprehend the truth of God, +and are not trained to love justice and to do judgment. They should be +patiently instructed, that they may understand the laws that govern +them, and that they may know the springs of their actions. They are +to be brought into harmony with the laws of heaven, to cherish the truth +as it is in Jesus. In this way they may be fitted to join the society of the +angels, and to stand in the presence of the adorable +Redeemer.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sabbath +School Worker, August, 1896.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">A church within a church, a republic within a republic, a world +within a world, is spelled by four letters—home! If things go right +there, they go right everywhere; if things go wrong there, they go wrong +everywhere. The door-sill of the dwelling-house is the foundation of +church and state.... In other words, domestic life overarches and +undergirds all other life.... First, last, and all the time, have Christ +in your home.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Talmage.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What is the great secret of a happy home? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Better is a dinner of herbs where <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">love</span></span> is, than a stalled ox +and hatred therewith.”</span> Prov. 15:17. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Happy the home when God is there,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And love fills every breast;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When one their wish, and one their prayer,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And one their heavenly rest.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Happy the home where Jesus' name</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is sweet to every ear;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where children early lisp His fame,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And parents hold Him dear.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Happy the home where prayer is heard,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And praise is wont to rise;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where parents love the Sacred Word,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And live but for the skies.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page712">[pg 712]</span><a name="Pg712" id="Pg712" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc401" id="toc401"></a> +<a name="pdf402" id="pdf402"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Religion In The Home</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus712.png" alt="Illustration." title="Worship In A Cavalier's Home. "First, last, and all the time, have Christ in your home."—Talmage." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Worship In A Cavalier's Home. +"First, last, and all the time, have Christ +in your home."—<span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style="font-style: italic">Talmage.</span></span></div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How well acquainted is God with each individual's life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising. Thou +understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my +path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. +For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, Thou +knowest it altogether.”</span> Ps. 139:2-4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is the beginning of wisdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The fear of the Lord</span></span> is the beginning of wisdom: a good +understanding have all they that do His commandments.”</span> +Ps. 111:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Upon whom is God's fury to be poured? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Pour out Thy fury upon <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the heathen that know Thee not, +and upon the families that call not on Thy name</span></span>.”</span> Jer. 10:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How are parents instructed to bring up their children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Eph. +6:4. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Religion +is love, and a religious home is one in which love +reigns. There must be love in action, love that flows out in all the home +intercourse, showing itself in a thousand little expressions of thoughtfulness, +kindness, unselfishness, and gentle courtesy.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Week-Day +Religion</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +by J. R. Miller, D. D., page 83. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page713">[pg 713]</span><a name="Pg713" id="Pg713" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How faithfully should parents teach their children the +Word of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be +in thine heart: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou shall teach them +diligently unto thy children</span></span>, +and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, +and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, +and when thou risest up.”</span> Deut. 6:6, 7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is the value of proper early instruction? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Train up a child in the way he should go: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when he is +old, he will not depart from it</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 22:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—No man ever +said that he began the service of God too young. +No parent ever regretted bringing up his children to love, fear, honor, and +obey God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How early were the Scriptures taught to Timothy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures</span></span>, +which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith +which is in Christ Jesus.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:15. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Timothy's father +was a Greek, and his mother a Jewess. +From a child he had been taught the Scriptures. The faith of his mother +and of his grandmother in the Word of God had early been implanted in +him through their faithful instruction. 2 Tim. 1:5. The piety which he +saw in his home life had a molding influence upon his own life. This, with +his knowledge of the Scriptures, qualified him to bear responsibilities and +to render faithful service later in the cause of Christ. His home instructors +had cooperated with God in preparing him for a life of usefulness. +Thus it should be in every home. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why did God confide in Abraham, and commit sacred +trusts to him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I know him, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that he will command his children and his +household after him</span></span>, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, +to do justice and judgment.”</span> Gen. 18:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Wherever Abraham went, what was his practise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called +upon the name of the Lord.”</span> Gen. 12:8. See also Gen. 13:4; 21:33. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +manner in which the family worship is conducted is +very important. It should be made so pleasant as to be looked forward +to with gladness even by the youngest children. Too often it is made +tedious, monotonous, or burdensome.... To make it dull and irksome +is treason to true religion.... A few minutes given every day +to preparation for family worship will serve to make it, as it should be, the +most pleasant and attractive incident of the +day.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Week-Day Religion,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +by J. R. Miller, D. D., pages 81-83. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page714">[pg 714]</span><a name="Pg714" id="Pg714" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What instruction suggests the giving of thanks for +daily food? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">In everything give thanks</span></span>: for this is the will of God in +Christ Jesus concerning you.”</span> 1 Thess. 5:18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As a rule, +children will reflect the life and principles manifested +in their parents. The reason why so many children are irreverent, +irreligious, and disobedient today is because their parents are so. +Like parent like child. If parents would see a different state of things, they +must themselves reform. They must bring God into their homes, and +make His Word their counselor and guide. They must teach their children +the fear of God, and that His Word is the voice of God addressed to them, +and that it is to be implicitly obeyed. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In too many households prayer +is neglected.... If ever there was a time when every house should +be a house of prayer, it is now. Fathers and mothers should often lift +up their hearts to God in humble supplication for themselves and their +children. Let the father, as priest of the household, lay upon the altar +of God the morning and evening sacrifice, while the wife and children unite +in prayer and praise. In such a household Jesus will love to +tarry.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Christian +Education,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page 221. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Are all the children in? The night is falling,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And storm-clouds gather in the threatening west;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The lowing cattle seek a friendly shelter;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The bird hies to her nest;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The thunder crashes; wilder grows the tempest,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And darkness settles o'er the fearful din;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Come, shut the door, and gather round the hearthstone:</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Are all the children in?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Are all the children in? The night is falling,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">When gilded sin doth walk about the streets.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O, </span><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">at the last it biteth like a serpent</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Poisoned are stolen sweets.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O mothers, guard the feet of inexperience,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Too prone to wander in the paths of sin!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O, shut the door of love against temptation!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Are all the children in?</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Are all the children in? The night is falling,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The night of death is hastening on apace;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The Lord is calling, </span><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Enter thou thy chamber,</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And tarry there a space.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And when He comes, the King in all His glory,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Who died the shameful death our hearts to win,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O, may the gates of heaven shut about us,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With all the children in!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 27.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Elizabeth Rosser.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page715">[pg 715]</span><a name="Pg715" id="Pg715" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc403" id="toc403"></a> +<a name="pdf404" id="pdf404"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Honor Due To Parents</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus715.png" alt="Illustration." title="Washington And His Mother. "Honor thy father and thy mother." Ex. 20:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Washington And His Mother. +"Honor thy father and thy mother." +Ex. 20:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. By what is every child known? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Even a child is known <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by his doings</span></span>, whether his work be +pure, and whether it be right.”</span> Prov. 20:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is the duty of every child? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“My son, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hear the instruction +of thy father</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forsake not +the law of thy mother</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 1:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What does the fifth commandment require of children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Honor thy father and thy mother</span></span>: that thy days may be long +upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”</span> Ex. 20:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—While this +precept refers directly to our earthly parents, +it also includes God, our Father in heaven; for in honoring them we honor +Him. To the child too young to know God, the earthly parent takes the +place of God. Learning to honor, respect, and obey his earthly parents +is the child's first and most important lesson in learning to honor, respect, +and obey God, his Heavenly Parent. Benjamin Franklin well said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Let a +child's first lesson be obedience, and the second may be what thou wilt.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. For how long a time should one honor his parents? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Harken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not +thy mother <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when she is old</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 23:22. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As long +as parents live, they should be honored and respected +by their children. The duty enjoined in the fifth commandment does not +cease at maturity, nor when the child leaves the parental roof. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page716">[pg 716]</span><a name="Pg716" id="Pg716" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus716.png" alt="Illustration." title="Jesus With The Doctors In The Temple. "And He went down with them [His parents], and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them." Luke 2:51." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Jesus With The Doctors In The Temple. +"And He went down with them [His parents], +and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto +them." Luke 2:51.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page717">[pg 717]</span><a name="Pg717" id="Pg717" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is the character of a child who will not listen to his +father's instruction? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fool</span></span> despiseth +his father's instruction: but he that regardeth +reproof is prudent.”</span> Prov. 15:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What course on the part of children is well-pleasing to +the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Children, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">obey your parents in +all things</span></span>: for this is well-pleasing +unto the Lord.”</span> Col. 3:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. In what spirit should children obey their parents? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Children, obey your parents <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the Lord</span></span>: for this is right.”</span> +Eph. 6:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What is one way in which a child may dishonor his +parents? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a companion of riotous men</span></span> shameth his father.”</span> +Prov. 28:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is said of one who robs his father or his mother? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is +no transgression; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the same is the companion of a destroyer</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How did Jesus honor His parents? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">was subject unto them</span></span>.”</span> Luke 2:51. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How did the Jewish leaders in the days of Christ, for the +sake of gain, make void the fifth commandment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is a gift</span></span>, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; and +honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have +ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.”</span> +Matt. 15:5, 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The word +translated </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">gift</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in this text means a thing dedicated +to God, and therefore not to be used for any other purpose. In this way +the Jewish teachers, by their traditional law, taught children that by saying +that their property was thus dedicated to the temple or to religious +purposes, they were free from the obligation to honor and support their +parents, thus making void one of the commandments of God. This Christ +condemned. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. In what other way do some dishonor their father and +mother? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There is a generation that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">curseth +their father</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doth not +bless their mother</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 30:11. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page718">[pg 718]</span><a name="Pg718" id="Pg718" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What will be the fate of the one who curseth his father +or his mother? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whoso curseth his father or his mother, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">his lamp shall be +put out in obscure darkness</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“The eye that mocketh at his +father, and despiseth to obey his mother, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the ravens of the valley +shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 20:20; +30:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What will be the reward of those who honor their +parents? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Honor thy father and thy mother: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that thy days may be +long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 20:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +fulness of this promise will be realized in the life to come, +when the earth, restored to its Edenic beauty, will become the eternal +home of all those who have truly honored their parents and kept all God's +commandments. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What comment has the apostle Paul made upon this +commandment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Honor thy father and mother; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which is the first commandment +with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest +live long on the earth</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 6:2, 3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. In what age of the world is disobedience to parents +to be especially manifest? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This know also, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the last days</span></span> perilous times shall +come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, +boasters, proud, blasphemers, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">disobedient to parents</span></span>, unthankful, +unholy.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:1, 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Disobedience +to parents is a marked characteristic of the +present generation. Never before was it so common or so wide-spread. +The root of the evil, however, lies not so much in the children as in the +parents. Many of the latter are disobedient to God, their Father in heaven, +and so have failed to bring up their children in the fear of God and in the +ways of righteousness. Bible instruction, lessons of faith, and prayer must +not be neglected in the home if we would see obedient, God-fearing children +growing up in the world. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Who loved thee so fondly as he?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And joined in thy innocent glee.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Be kind to thy mother, for lo! on her brow</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">May traces of sorrow be seen;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O well may'st thou cherish and comfort her now,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For loving and kind hath she been.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page719">[pg 719]</span><a name="Pg719" id="Pg719" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc405" id="toc405"></a> +<a name="pdf406" id="pdf406"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Child Training</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus719.png" alt="Illustration." title="His First Teacher. "Bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." Eph. 6:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">His First Teacher. +"Bring them up in the nurture and admonition +of the Lord." Eph. 6:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How should parents train their children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Train up a child <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the way he should go</span></span>: and when he is old +he will not depart from it.”</span> Prov. 22:6. <span class="tei tei-q">“And, ye fathers, +provoke not your children to wrath: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bring them up in the nurture +and admonition of the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 6:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How diligently should parents teach children God's Word? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in +thine heart: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou +shall teach them diligently unto thy children</span></span>.”</span> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye shall teach them your children, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">speaking of them +when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way +when thou liest down, and when thou risest up</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 6:6, 7. +11:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What high ideal should be placed before the young? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let no man despise thy youth; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">be thou an example of +the believers</span></span>, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in +faith, in purity.”</span> 1 Tim. 4:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What duty does God require of children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Honor thy father and thy mother.”</span> Ex. 20:12. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page720">[pg 720]</span><a name="Pg720" id="Pg720" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is to be one of the prominent sins of the last days? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, +boasters, proud, blasphemers, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">disobedient to parents</span></span>, unthankful, +unholy.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Why did God reprove Eli? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I +have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make +an end. For I have told him that I will judge his house forever +for the iniquity which he knoweth; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because his sons made themselves +vile, and he restrained them not</span></span>.”</span> 1 Sam. 3:12, 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How should the youth be taught to regard the aged? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rise up before the hoary +head</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">honor the face +of the old man</span></span>, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.”</span> Lev. 19:32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What are some good fruits of proper child training? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Correct thy son, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give +delight unto thy soul</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 29:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What will result if correction is withheld? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The rod and reproof give wisdom: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a child left to himself +bringeth his mother to shame</span></span>.”</span> Verse 15. See Prov. 22:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Is there danger of delaying correction too long? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Chasten thy son while there is hope</span></span>, and let not thy soul spare +for his crying.”</span> Prov. 19:18. See Prov. 23:13, 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Does proper correction evidence a want of parental love? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he that loveth +him chasteneth him betimes</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 13:24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—One +Christian mother writes thus concerning the importance +of child training: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Children who are allowed to come up to manhood or +womanhood with the will undisciplined and the passions uncontrolled, will +generally in after-life pursue a course which God condemns. The neglect +of parents to properly discipline their children has been a fruitful source +of evil in many families. The youth have not been restrained as they +should have been. Parents have neglected to follow the directions of the +Word of God in this matter, and the children have taken the reins of government +into their own hands. The consequence has been that they have +generally succeeded in ruling their parents, instead of being under their +authority. False ideas and a foolish, misdirected affection have nurtured +traits which have made the children unlovely and unhappy, have embittered +the lives of the parents, and have extended their baleful influence +from generation to generation. Any child that is permitted to have his +own way will dishonor God and bring his father and mother to shame.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Whom does the Lord chasten? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page721">[pg 721]</span><a name="Pg721" id="Pg721" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For whom the Lord <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">loveth</span></span> He chasteneth, and scourgeth +every son whom He receiveth.”</span> Heb. 12:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From +this we may learn that all child training should be done +in love, and that proper child training is an evidence of true love. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. Against what evil should fathers guard? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fathers, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">provoke not your children +to anger</span></span>, lest they be discouraged.”</span> +Col. 3:21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Correction +should never be given in anger, for anger in the +parent stirs up anger in the child. It is well to pray with a child before +correcting him, and frequently mild but faithful instruction, admonition, +and prayer are all the training necessary,—are, in fact, the best training +that can be given. But in any case of perverseness, stubbornness, or wilful +disobedience, the correction, whatever it may be, should be persisted +in until the child yields submissively to the will and wishes of the parent. +It is best, generally, that correction should be done in private, as this tends +to preserve the self-respect of the child, a very important element in character +building. No correction nor training should be violent or abusive, +or given for the purpose of breaking the will of the child, but rather to +direct the will, bring it into proper subjection, and the child to a realizing +sense of what is right and duty. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How are the present effects and future results of chastisement +contrasted? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, +but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">grievous</span></span>: nevertheless afterward +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">it yieldeth the peaceable +fruit of righteousness</span></span> unto them which are exercised thereby.”</span> +Heb. 12:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What question must every unfaithful parent meet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful +flock?”</span> Jer. 13:20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Happy +will those parents be who can say, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Behold, here am +I and the children Thou gavest me.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See Isa. 8:18. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The oldest university was not on India's strand,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor in the valley of the Nile, nor on Arabia's sand;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">From time's beginning it has taught and still it teaches free</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Its learning mild to every child—the school of Mother's Knee.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The oldest school to teach the law, and teach it deeply, too,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Dividing what should not be done from what each one should do,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Was not in Rome nor Ispahan nor by the Euxine Sea;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But it held its sway ere history's day—the school of Mother's Knee.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The oldest seminary, where theology was taught,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where love to God, and reverent prayer, and the Eternal Ought</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Were deep impressed on youthful hearts in pure sincerity,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Came to the earth with Abel's birth—the school of Mother's Knee.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The oldest, and the newest, too, it still maintains its place,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And from its classes, ever full, it graduates the race.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Without its teaching, where would all the best of living be?</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Twas planned by heaven this earth to leaven—the school of Mother's Knee.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page722">[pg 722]</span><a name="Pg722" id="Pg722" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus722.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ And His Mother. "Blessed art thou among women." Luke 1:28, 42." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ And His Mother. +"Blessed art thou among women." +Luke 1:28, 42.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page723">[pg 723]</span><a name="Pg723" id="Pg723" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc407" id="toc407"></a> +<a name="pdf408" id="pdf408"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Mother</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus723.png" alt="Illustration." title="Manoah's Sacrifice. "How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?" Judges 13:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Manoah's Sacrifice. +"How shall we order the child, and how shall we +do unto him?" Judges 13:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. WHY did Adam call his wife's name Eve? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Adam called his wife's name Eve: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">because she was the +mother of all living</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 3:20. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—It is +said that the three sweetest words in any language are +mother, home, and heaven. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did God say to Abraham concerning his wife, +Sarah? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, +I will bless her, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">she shall be a mother of nations</span></span>; kings of +people shall be of her.”</span> Gen. 17:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What commandment guards the honor of the mother? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Honor thy father and thy <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mother</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 20:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How early did Hannah dedicate her son Samuel to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou +wilt indeed ... give unto thine handmaid a man child, +then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life.”</span> +1 Sam. 1:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. To whom did God commit the care and early training of +His only begotten Son? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page724">[pg 724]</span><a name="Pg724" id="Pg724" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And when they were come into the house, they saw the +young child with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Mary His mother</span></span>, and fell down, and worshiped +Him.”</span> Matt. 2:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Under the influence of her tender care and faithful instruction, +what is said of the child life of Jesus? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with +wisdom: and the grace of God was upon Him.... And +Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God +and man.”</span> Luke 2:40-52. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The +hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the +world.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">A mother is a mother still,</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The holiest thing on earth.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +A Christian mother, above all others, can deeply implant and faithfully +cherish the seeds of truth in the young and tender heart. More even than +the father, the mother molds the life, character, and destiny of man. +Every stage and phase of life is touched and influenced by her. Infancy, +childhood, youth, manhood, and old age alike center in her. She is both +the morning and the evening star of life,—the angel spirit of the home. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What tender, filial regard did Christ manifest for His +mother in the hour of His death? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple +standing by, whom He loved [John], He saith unto His mother, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Woman, behold thy son!</span></span> Then +saith He to the disciple, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Behold +thy mother!</span></span> And from that hour that disciple took her +unto his own home.”</span> John 19:26, 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How early did Timothy know the Scriptures? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">from a child</span></span> thou hast known the Holy Scriptures.”</span> +2 Tim. 3:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is said of his mother and his grandmother? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When I call to remembrance <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the unfeigned faith</span></span> that is in +thee, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother +Eunice</span></span>.”</span> 2 Tim. 1:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—No +position in life is superior to that of the mother, no +influence more potent for good or evil. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">All that I am or hope to be, I +owe to my mother,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> said Abraham Lincoln. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">All that I have ever accomplished +in life, I owe to my mother,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> declared D. L. Moody. </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">A kiss +from my mother,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> said Benjamin West, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">made me a painter.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">My +mother was the making of me,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> declares the noted inventor, Thomas A. +Edison. And Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire, who gave his mother his +earnings when a boy, adds, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I am deeply touched by the remembrance +of one to whom I owe everything that a wise mother ever gave to a son +who adored her.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> It has been truly said that the home is the primeval +school, the best, the most hallowed, and the most potential of all academies, +and that the mother is the first, the most influential, and therefore the +most important of all teachers. See poem on page </span><a href="#Pg721" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">721</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page725">[pg 725]</span><a name="Pg725" id="Pg725" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc409" id="toc409"></a> +<a name="pdf410" id="pdf410"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Teaching The Children</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus725.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Child Timothy. "From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation." 2 Tim. 3:15." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Child Timothy. +"From a child thou hast known the Holy +Scriptures, which are able to make thee +wise unto salvation." 2 Tim. 3:15.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What should be the prayer of every parent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O my Lord, ... teach us what we shall do unto the +child that shall be born.”</span> Judges 13:8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This is +a part of the prayer of Manoah, the father of Samson. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How should our children be taught? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“All thy children shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">taught of the Lord</span></span>; and great shall +be the peace of thy children.”</span> Isa. 54:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What will happen if a child is not properly instructed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A child left to himself <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bringeth his mother to shame</span></span>.”</span> +Prov. 29:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How did Solomon's parents regard him as a child? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I was my father's <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">son, tender and only beloved</span></span> in the sight +of my mother.”</span> Prov. 4:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What does Solomon say his father did for him as a child? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">taught me also</span></span>, and +said unto me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let thine heart retain +my words; keep my commandments, and live</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 4:4. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page726">[pg 726]</span><a name="Pg726" id="Pg726" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. From what time does David say he himself was taught? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“O God, Thou hast taught me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">from my youth</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 71:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How should all Christian parents bring up their children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring +them up <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the nurture and admonition of the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 6:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. How was Moses taught during the days of his early +childhood? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">By faith</span></span>, under the instruction of a devoted mother. See +Heb. 11:23; Ex. 2:1-10. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The hiding +of Moses was at the time when Pharaoh, king of +Egypt, had issued a decree that every Hebrew male child should be killed +as soon as he was born, to prevent too rapid an increase of the Hebrews. +The second chapter of Exodus tells the story of the finding of Moses by the +king's daughter, and his being brought up by his own mother employed as +a nurse. She was a woman of faith, and her teaching of Moses was such +that after he had been at the Egyptian court till he </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">was come to years,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +he chose to suffer affliction with God's people rather than to enjoy the +honor of succeeding to the throne of Egypt as the adopted heir. He became +the leader of God's people when they escaped from the Egyptian +bondage, and after he died, he was raised to life and taken to heaven. See +Heb. 11:24-26; Jude 9; Matt. 17:1-3. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How was Joseph regarded by his father? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Israel <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">loved Joseph</span></span> more than all his children, because he +was the son of his old age.”</span> Gen. 37:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +wonderful record of Joseph's life, found in Genesis 37-50, +shows that he lived intimately with his father till he was seventeen years +of age. He must have been carefully taught of God also, for in all his +marvelous experience as slave, prisoner, and premier of Egypt, he remained +true to his heavenly Father, not a single sin being recorded of him +to the day of his death. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How was Esther brought up? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He [Mordecai the Jew] brought up Hadassah, that is, +Esther, his uncle's daughter, ... when her father and mother +were dead.”</span> Esther 2:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Mordecai +was a man who feared and served God, as is shown +by his wise and courageous counsel to Esther, and by his own Christian +conduct when the lives of both were at stake in their efforts to save the +people of God from destruction while in captivity in Medo-Persia. He +undoubtedly taught Esther from childhood to fear and serve God. Otherwise +she would not have met the crisis with such fearless courage and such +confidence in God. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. After she became queen of Persia, how did Esther show +her integrity to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +By risking her life to save her own people. +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page727">[pg 727]</span><a name="Pg727" id="Pg727" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Esther bade them [the messengers] return Mordecai +this answer: Go, gather together all the Jews that are present +in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three +days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; +and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the +law: and if I perish, I perish.”</span> Esther 4:15, 16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How early does Paul say Timothy was instructed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">From a child</span></span> thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which +are able to make thee wise unto salvation.”</span> 2 Tim. 3:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How earnestly should parents teach their children the +things of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou shalt teach them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">diligently</span></span> unto thy children.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“Ye +shall teach them your children, speaking of them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when thou sittest +in thine house</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when +thou walkest by the way</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when thou +liest down</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">when thou risest up</span></span>.”</span> Deut. 6:7; 11:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What reward in this life is promised the faithful +mother? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband +also, and he praiseth her.”</span> Prov. 31:28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What beautiful picture of home life is drawn by the +psalmist for the father who fears the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the side of thine +house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. +Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the +Lord.”</span> Ps. 128:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What motive will inspire all true parents to faithfulness +in teaching their children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; +that our daughters may be as corner-stones, polished after the +similitude of a palace.”</span> Ps. 144:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—We often +hear the saying, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The hand that rocks the cradle +rules the world.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> This is not out of keeping with the saying of the wise +man, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he +will not depart from it.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Prov. 22:6. No father or mother knows the +future of the little child prattling about the home circle. But God knows, +as He did in the cases of Moses and Esther and Timothy. Whether it is +His purpose for some of our children to rule the world, as did Joseph and +Daniel virtually, as prime ministers; or for some of them to </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">stand before +kings,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> as did Moses and Esther and Daniel; or for some of them to serve +and suffer for the name of Christ, as did Peter and John and Paul, it is +our sacred privilege to teach the children faithfully and diligently during +their tender years. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page728">[pg 728]</span><a name="Pg728" id="Pg728" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus728.png" alt="Illustration." title="Christ Blessing Little Children. "Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto Me." Matt. 19:14." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Christ Blessing Little Children. +"Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto Me." +Matt. 19:14.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page729">[pg 729]</span><a name="Pg729" id="Pg729" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc411" id="toc411"></a> +<a name="pdf412" id="pdf412"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Promises For The Children</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus729.png" alt="Illustration." title="Eli And Samuel. "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." Matt. 19:14." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Eli And Samuel. +"Of such is the kingdom of heaven." +Matt. 19:14.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What is said of the fifth commandment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Honor thy father and mother; which is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the first commandment +with promise</span></span>.”</span> Eph. 6:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is promised those who honor their father and their +mother? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Honor thy father and thy mother: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that thy days may be +long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee</span></span>.”</span> Ex. +20:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What does God desire to teach the children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Come, ye children, harken unto Me: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will teach you the +fear of the Lord</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 34:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What is the fear of the Lord declared to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The fear of the Lord is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the beginning of wisdom</span></span>: a good +understanding have all they that do His commandments.”</span> Ps. +111:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What is said of the poor but wise child? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Better</span></span> is a +poor and a wise child <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">than an old and foolish +king</span></span>, who will no more be admonished.”</span> Eccl. 4:13. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page730">[pg 730]</span><a name="Pg730" id="Pg730" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How did Christ show His tender regard for children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto Me</span></span>: +for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”</span> Matt. 19:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How did He show that He loved them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon +them, and blessed them.”</span> Mark 10:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. With what promise do the Old Testament Scriptures +close? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the +coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he shall +turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children +to their fathers</span></span>, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”</span> +Mal. 4:5, 6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From this +we learn that while disobedience to parents and the +breaking up of home ties will characterize the last days (2 Tim. 3:1-3; Matt. +24:37-39; Gen. 6:1, 2), God's message for the last days will strengthen the +cords of love and affection, and bind the hearts of parents and children +together. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What peaceful, happy conditions will prevail in the next +world as compared with those of this life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They shall not labor in vain, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">nor bring forth for trouble</span></span>; +for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">their offspring +with them</span></span>.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The sucking child shall play on the hole of +the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' +den.</span></span> They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain: +for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the +waters cover the sea.”</span> Isa. 65:23; 11:8, 9. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A pair of very chubby legs</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Incased in scarlet hose,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A pair of little stubby boots</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With rather doubtful toes,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A little kilt, a little coat,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Cut as a mother can—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And, lo! before us strides in state</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The future's </span><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">coming man.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Ah! blessings on those little hands,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Whose work is yet undone,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And blessings on those little feet,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Whose race is yet unrun.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And blessings on the little brain,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That has not learned to plan.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Whatever the future holds in store,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">God bless the </span><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">coming man.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page731">[pg 731]</span><a name="Pg731" id="Pg731" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc413" id="toc413"></a> +<a name="pdf414" id="pdf414"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Evils Of City Life</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus731.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Burning Of Sodom. "And Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain." Gen. 13:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Burning Of Sodom. +"And Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain." +Gen. 13:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. When Abraham told Lot to choose that part of the +country which he preferred, what choice did Lot make? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of +Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord +destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord.... +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan.</span></span>”</span> Gen. 13:10, +11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Where did Lot dwell? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lot dwelled in the +cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What was the character of the inhabitants of Sodom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the men of Sodom were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wicked and sinners before the +Lord exceedingly</span></span>.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What further description is given of this city? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pride</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fulness of bread</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">abundance of idleness</span></span> was in her and in her +daughters, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and +needy</span></span>. And they were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">haughty</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">committed abomination</span></span> +before Me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.”</span> Eze. +16:49, 50. See Gen. 19:1-9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How did their conduct affect Lot? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And delivered just Lot, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">vexed with the filthy conversation of +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page732">[pg 732]</span><a name="Pg732" id="Pg732" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +the wicked</span></span>: (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in +seeing and hearing, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">vexed his righteous soul from day to day with +their unlawful deeds</span></span>).”</span> 2 Peter 2:7, 8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Before destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, whom did the +Lord send to deliver Lot and his family? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there came <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">two angels</span></span> to Sodom at even.... +And the men [angels] said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? +son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever +thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: for we will +destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before +the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.”</span> +Gen. 19:1-13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What did Lot do, and how were his efforts rewarded? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Lot went out, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">spake unto his sons-in-law</span></span>, which +married his daughters, and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Up, get you out of this place</span></span>; +for the Lord will destroy this city. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">But he seemed as one that +mocked unto his sons-in-law.</span></span>”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What did the angels say to Lot the next morning? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here</span></span>; +lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.... +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Escape for thy life; look not behind thee</span></span>, neither stay thou in +all the plain; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">escape to the mountain</span></span>, lest thou be consumed.”</span> +Verses 15-17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What then took place? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah +brimstone and fire</span></span> from the Lord out of heaven; and He overthrew +those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the +cities, and that which grew upon the ground.”</span> Verses 24, 25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Because she disregarded the instruction given by the +angels, what became of Lot's wife? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But his wife looked back from behind him, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">she became +a pillar of salt</span></span>.”</span> Verse 26. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As a +result of choosing a city life, Lot lost nearly all his family. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Foretelling the condition of the world previous to His +second advent, to what did Christ liken it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Likewise also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as it was in the days of Lot</span></span>; they did eat, they +drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but +the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone +from heaven, and destroyed them all. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Even thus shall it +be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.</span></span>”</span> Luke 17:28-30. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page733">[pg 733]</span><a name="Pg733" id="Pg733" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The cities +of today are fast becoming like Sodom and Gomorrah—centers +and sink-holes of vice, pride, violence, confusion, and crime. +The cities of the United States, while containing only about one half the +population of the country, furnish ninety-seven per cent of the crime. Out +of 268 boys in the Kansas State Reform School a few years ago, all but +three came from cities. In New York City a murder is committed every +thirty-six hours. The numerous holidays, the whirl of excitement, pleasure, +and sports, theatergoing, horse-racing, gambling, liquor drinking, and reveling +in the cities, attract thousands from the sober duties of life, and stimulate +every evil passion to activity. What a poor place, therefore, are the +cities of today in which to rear a family! Too many, like Lot, have pitched +their tent toward Sodom. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Of what is the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah a +type? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes +condemned them with an overthrow, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">making them an ensample +unto those that after should live ungodly</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 2:6. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The destruction +of such cities as Sodom and Gomorrah, +Babylon and Jerusalem, is set forth as a type of the destruction awaiting +the world. Says one writer: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The time is near when the large cities will +be visited by the judgments of God. In a little while these cities will be +terribly shaken. No matter how large or strong their buildings, no matter +how many safeguards against fire may have been provided, let God touch +these buildings and in a few minutes or in a few hours they will be in ruins. +The ungodly cities of our world are to be swept away by the besom of +destruction. In the calamities that are now befalling immense buildings +and large portions of the cities, God is showing us what will come upon +the whole earth.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> The destruction of the great cities now almost wholly +given up to sinful pleasure, pride, mammon-worship, and idolatry, is impending. +It is time, therefore, that those who are really in earnest concerning +their children's salvation begin to think about leaving these cities. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What is to take place under the seventh plague? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; +... and there was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a great earthquake</span></span>, such as was not since +men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so +great.... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And the cities of the nations fell.</span></span>”</span> Rev. 16:17-19. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How prone are professors to rest on their lees,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To study their pleasure, their profit and ease!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Though God says: </span><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Arise, and escape for thy life,</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And look not behind thee; remember Lot's wife.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Awake from thy slumbers, the warning believe;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis Jesus that calls you, the message receive;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">While dangers are pending, escape for thy life!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And look not behind thee; remember Lot's wife.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The ways of religion true pleasure afford,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No pleasures can equal the joys of the Lord;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Forsake then the world, and escape for thy life,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And look not behind thee; remember Lot's wife.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page734">[pg 734]</span><a name="Pg734" id="Pg734" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc415" id="toc415"></a> +<a name="pdf416" id="pdf416"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Purity</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus734.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Pharisees Accusing The Woman. "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." John 8:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Pharisees Accusing The Woman. +"He that is without sin among you, let him +first cast a stone at her." John 8:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What did Christ say of the pure in heart? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”</span> +Matt. 5:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did He declare to be a violation of the seventh +commandment? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou +shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, That <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whosoever +looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with +her already in his heart</span></span>.”</span> Verses 27, 28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What exhortations did the apostle Paul give Timothy? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Flee also youthful lusts.”</span> 2 Tim. 2:22. <span class="tei tei-q">“Keep thyself +pure.”</span> 1 Tim. 5:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. To whom are all things pure? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Unto the pure all things are pure</span></span>: but unto them that are +defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and +conscience is defiled.”</span> Titus 1:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. When tempted to sin, what noble example did Joseph set? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page735">[pg 735]</span><a name="Pg735" id="Pg735" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against +God?”</span> Gen. 39:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Against what are the people of God warned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fornication</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all uncleanness</span></span>, or covetousness, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let +it not be once named among you</span></span>, as becometh saints; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">neither +filthiness</span></span>, nor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">foolish talking</span></span>, +nor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">jesting</span></span>, which are not convenient: +but rather giving of thanks.”</span> Eph. 5:3, 4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What are mentioned as works of the flesh? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Adultery</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fornication</span></span>, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">uncleanness</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lasciviousness</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 5:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What is said of those who do such things? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They which do such things <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall not inherit the kingdom of +God</span></span>.”</span> Verse 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Against keeping company with whom are we warned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But now I have written unto you not to keep company, +if any man that is called a brother be +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a fornicator</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 5:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Why are evil associations to be avoided? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be not deceived: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">evil communications corrupt good manners</span></span>.”</span> +1 Cor. 15:33. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What inexorable law is laid down in the Scriptures? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whatsoever a man +soweth, that shall he also reap</span></span>. For he that soweth to his flesh +shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the +Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”</span> Gal. 6:7, 8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Keep virtue's simple path before your eyes,</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor think from evil good can +ever rise.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Thomson.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Instead of sanctioning evil, what should we do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, +but rather <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">reprove them</span></span>. For it is a shame even to speak of +those things which are done of them in secret.”</span> Eph. 5:11, 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How should we guard our conversation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth</span></span>, +but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister +grace unto the hearers.”</span> Eph. 4:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What scripture shows that social impurity was one of +the chief sins which brought on the deluge? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page736">[pg 736]</span><a name="Pg736" id="Pg736" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the +sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they took them wives of all which they chose</span></span>.... And God +saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every imagination of the thoughts +of his heart was only evil continually</span></span>.... +And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom +I have created from the face of the earth.... The earth +also was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">corrupt</span></span> before +God, and the earth was filled with violence.”</span> +Gen. 6:1-11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What was the character of the inhabitants of Sodom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the men of Sodom were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wicked and sinners</span></span> before the +Lord exceedingly.”</span> Gen. 13:13. <span class="tei tei-q">“And they were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">haughty</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">committed abomination</span></span> before Me: therefore I took them +away as I saw good.”</span> Eze. 16:50. See also verse 49. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Gen. +19:1-9 and 2 Peter 2:6-8 show that they were exceedingly +corrupt in morals. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What did Christ say would be the condition of the world +at His second advent? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">As it was in the days of Noe</span></span>, so shall it be also in the days +of the Son of man.... Likewise also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as it was in the days +of Lot</span></span>; ... even thus shall it be in the day when the Son +of man is revealed.”</span> Luke 17:26-30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What does the Lord call upon the wicked man to do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Let the wicked <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forsake his way</span></span>, and the unrighteous man +his <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thoughts</span></span>: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have +mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”</span> +Isa. 55:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. What are the proper things to engage one's mind? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">true</span></span>, whatsoever +things are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">honest</span></span>, whatsoever +things are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">just</span></span>, whatsoever things +are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pure</span></span>, whatsoever things +are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lovely</span></span>, whatsoever things are of +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">good report</span></span>; if there be any +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">virtue</span></span>, and if there be any <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">praise, +think on these things</span></span>.”</span> Phil. 4:8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +greatest foes to social purity are immoral associates, +impure literature, improper dress, idleness, intemperance, and theater-going, +including questionable picture shows, all of which are confined +almost exclusively to city life. For this reason parents should look well +to their children's home life; their companions; the books, papers, and +magazines they read; how their time is occupied; what they eat, drink, +and wear; where they spend their nights; and the character of their amusements. +</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> were contributing +causes to the gross immorality of Sodom, and its consequent +downfall. Eze. 16:49, 50. +</span></div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page737">[pg 737]</span><a name="Pg737" id="Pg737" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc417" id="toc417"></a> +<a name="pdf418" id="pdf418"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part XVII. Health and Temperance</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page738">[pg 738]</span><a name="Pg738" id="Pg738" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus738.png" alt="Illustration." title="Life In The Country. "I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health." 3 John 2." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Life In The Country. +"I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper +and be in health." 3 John 2.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page739">[pg 739]</span><a name="Pg739" id="Pg739" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc419" id="toc419"></a> +<a name="pdf420" id="pdf420"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Good Health</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus739.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Family Table. "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, ... do all to the glory of God." 1 Cor. 10:31." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Family Table. +"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, ... do +all to the glory of God." 1 Cor. 10:31.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What did the apostle John wish concerning Gaius? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Beloved, I wish above all things <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that thou mayest prosper +and be in health</span></span>, even as thy soul prospereth.”</span> 3 John 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did God promise His people anciently? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and He shall bless +thy bread, and thy water; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will take sickness away from the +midst of thee</span></span>.”</span> Ex. 23:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Upon what conditions was freedom from disease promised? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">If thou wilt diligently harken to the voice of the Lord thy God, +and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His +commandments, and keep all His statutes</span></span>, I will put none of these +diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: +for I am the Lord that healeth thee.”</span> Ex. 15:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What does the psalmist say the Lord does for His people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who +healeth all thy diseases</span></span>.”</span> +Ps. 103:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What constituted a large part of Christ's ministry? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who went about doing good, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">healing all that were oppressed +of the devil</span></span>.”</span> Acts 10:38. See Luke 13:16. <span class="tei tei-q">“And +Jesus went about all Galilee, ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">healing all manner of sickness +and all manner of disease among the people</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 4:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Why should the health of the body be preserved? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For ye are bought with a price: therefore <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">glorify God in +</span><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page740">[pg 740]</span><a name="Pg740" id="Pg740" class="tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic"> +your body</span></span>, and in your spirit, which are God's.”</span> 1 Cor. 6:20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What is the body of the believer said to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“What? know ye not that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">your body is the temple of the Holy +Ghost</span></span> which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your +own?”</span> Verse 19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What will God do to those who defile this temple? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If any man defile the temple of God, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">him shall God destroy</span></span>; +for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”</span> 1 Cor. +3:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What example did Daniel set in this matter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But Daniel purposed in his heart <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that he would not defile +himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which +he drank</span></span>.”</span> Dan. 1:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. With what food did he ask to be provided? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">let them +give us pulse to eat, and water to drink</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What was the original diet prescribed for man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God said, Behold, I have given you <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every herb bearing +seed</span></span>, which is upon the face of all the earth, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">every tree, in the +which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed</span></span>; to you it shall be for +meat.”</span> Gen. 1:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Why did the Lord restrict the Hebrews in their diet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the +Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto Himself</span></span>, above +all the nations that are upon the earth. Thou shalt not eat any +abominable thing.”</span> Deut. 14:2, 3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Both mind and body are affected by the food we eat. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What effect does cheerfulness have upon the health? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“A merry heart <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">doeth good</span></span> like a medicine.”</span> Prov. 17:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How did the Saviour provide rest for His disciples? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a +desert place, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rest awhile</span></span>.”</span> Mark 6:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How are we exhorted to present our bodies to God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I beseech you ... that ye <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">present your bodies a living +sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 12:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. What high purpose should control our habits of life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">do all to the glory of God</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 10:31. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page741">[pg 741]</span><a name="Pg741" id="Pg741" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc421" id="toc421"></a> +<a name="pdf422" id="pdf422"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Christian Temperance</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus741.png" alt="Illustration." title="Signing The Pledge. "Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself." Dan. 1:8." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Signing The Pledge. +"Daniel purposed in his heart that he would +not defile himself." Dan. 1:8.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Concerning what did Paul reason before Felix? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He reasoned of righteousness, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">temperance</span></span>, and judgment +to come.”</span> Acts 24:25. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Temperance means +habitual moderation and control in the +indulgence of the appetites and passions; in other words, self-control. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Of what is temperance a fruit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the fruit of the Spirit</span></span> is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, +gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">temperance</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 5:22, +23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Temperance +puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, +flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment +in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in +the body.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Benjamin +Franklin.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Where in Christian growth and experience is temperance +placed by the apostle Peter? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and +to knowledge <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">temperance</span></span>; and to temperance patience; and to +patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to +brotherly kindness charity.”</span> 2 Peter 1:5-7. See page <a href="#Pg542" class="tei tei-ref">542</a>. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Temperance is +rightly placed here as to order. Knowledge +is a prerequisite to temperance, and temperance to patience. It is very +difficult for an intemperate person to be patient. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What is said of those who strive for the mastery? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page742">[pg 742]</span><a name="Pg742" id="Pg742" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And every man that striveth for the mastery is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">temperate +in all things</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 9:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In running the Christian race, what did Paul say he did? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection</span></span>: lest +that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself +should be a castaway.”</span> Verse 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Why are kings and rulers admonished to be temperate? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“It is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong +drink: lest they drink, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forget the law, and pervert the judgment +of any of the afflicted</span></span>.”</span> Prov. 31:4, 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Why were priests forbidden to use intoxicating drink +while engaged in the sanctuary service? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, Do not drink wine +nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into +the tabernacle: ... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that ye may put difference between holy +and unholy, and between unclean and clean</span></span>.”</span> Lev. 10:8-10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why is indulgence in strong drink dangerous? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And be not drunk with wine, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wherein is excess</span></span>; but be +filled with the Spirit.”</span> Eph. 5:18. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +danger in the indulgence of stimulating foods and drinks +is that they create an unnatural appetite and thirst, thus leading to excess. +Both food and drink should be nourishing and non-stimulating. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. For what should men eat and drink? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, +and thy princes eat in due season, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for strength</span></span>, and not for +drunkenness!”</span> Eccl. 10:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Why did Daniel refuse the food and wine of the king? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But Daniel purposed in his heart <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that he would not defile +himself</span></span> with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine +which he drank.”</span> Dan. 1:8. See Judges 13:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. Instead of these, what did he request? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them +give us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pulse to eat</span></span>, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">water to drink</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. At the end of the ten days' test, how did he and his companions +appear? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the +portion of the king's meat</span></span>.”</span> Verse 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. At the end of their three years' course in the school of +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page743">[pg 743]</span><a name="Pg743" id="Pg743" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +Babylon, how did the wisdom of Daniel and his companions +compare with that of others? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now at the end of the days ... the king communed +with them; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and among them all was found none like Daniel, +Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah</span></span>: ... and in all matters +of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he found them ten times better</span></span> +than all the magicians and astrologers +that were in all his realm.”</span> Verses 18-20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. What warning is given against leading others into intemperance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest +thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken.”</span> Hab. 2:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What kind of professed Christians are not fellowshiped? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But now I have written unto you not to keep company, +if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, +or an idolater, or a railer, or a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">drunkard</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 5:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Can drunkards enter the kingdom of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, ... nor thieves, +nor covetous, nor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">drunkards</span></span>, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall +inherit the kingdom of God.”</span> 1 Cor. 6:9, 10. See Rev. 21:27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. For what perfection of character did the apostle pray? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray +God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless</span></span> +unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”</span> 1 Thess. 5:23. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—For +notable examples of total abstinence in the Bible, see the +wife of Manoah, the mother of Samson (Judges 13:4, 12-14); Hannah, +the mother of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:15); the Rechabites (Jer. 35:1-10); +and John the Baptist (Luke 1:13-15). +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Song Of The Rye +</span></p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I was made to be eaten,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And not to be drank;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To be threshed in the barn,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Not soaked in a tank.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I come as a blessing</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">When put through a mill;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">As a blight and a curse</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">When run through a still.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Make me up into loaves,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And your children are fed;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But if into drink,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">I'll starve them instead.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In bread I'm a servant,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The eater shall rule;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In drink I am master,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The drinker a fool.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page744">[pg 744]</span><a name="Pg744" id="Pg744" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus744.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Two Robbers. "Your money and your life."" /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Two Robbers. +"Your money and your life."</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page745">[pg 745]</span><a name="Pg745" id="Pg745" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc423" id="toc423"></a> +<a name="pdf424" id="pdf424"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Evils Of Intemperance</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus745.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Home Destroyer. "Who hath woe? who hath sorrow?... they that tarry long at the wine." Prov. 23:29, 30." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Home Destroyer. +"Who hath woe? who hath sorrow?... they +that tarry long at the wine." Prov. 23:29, 30.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What do the Scriptures say of wine? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wine is a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mocker</span></span>, strong drink +is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">raging</span></span>: and whosoever +is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">deceived</span></span> thereby is not wise.”</span> Prov. 20:1. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—All +intoxicating drinks are deceptive. They seem to give +strength, but in reality cause weakness; they seem to create heat, but in +fact lower the general temperature; they seem to impart vitality, but +really destroy life; they seem to promote happiness, but cause the greatest +unhappiness and misery. To intemperance may be attributed much of +the world's sorrow. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What is one of the evil results of intemperance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: +for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">poverty</span></span>.”</span> Prov. +23:20, 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What are other evil effects of intemperance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Whoredom and wine and new wine <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">take away the heart</span></span>.”</span> +Hosea 4:11. <span class="tei tei-q">“They also have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">erred</span></span> through wine, and through +strong drink are out of the way; ... they err in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">vision</span></span>, +they stumble in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judgment</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 28:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">One +of the subtlest effects of this many-sided drug is to +produce a craving for itself, while weakening the will that could resist +that craving.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Alcohol,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> by Dr. Williams, page 48.</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. With what sins is drunkenness classed? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page746">[pg 746]</span><a name="Pg746" id="Pg746" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, +witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, +heresies, envyings, murders, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">drunkenness</span></span>, revelings, and such +like.”</span> Gal. 5:19-21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What are common accompaniments of intemperance? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who hath <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">woe</span></span>? who hath +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sorrow</span></span>? who hath <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">contentions</span></span>? +who hath <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">babbling</span></span>? who hath +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wounds</span></span> without cause? who hath +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">redness of eyes</span></span>? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go +to seek mixed wine.”</span> Prov. 23:29, 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. How do intoxicants serve one in the end? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth +his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">At the last +it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.</span></span>”</span> Verses 31, 32. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The effects +of alcoholic liquors are thus described in the +American Prohibition Year Book for 1912, pages 26, 27:— +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">On the Individual.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Alcoholic liquors, whether fermented, brewed, +or distilled, are poisonous, increasing greatly the liability to fatal termination +of diseases, weakening and deranging the intellect, polluting the affections, +hardening the heart, and corrupting the morals, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">bequeathing to +posterity</span><span style="font-size: 90%">’</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> a degeneration of physical and moral character.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">On the Family.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +A disturber and destroyer of its peace, prosperity, +and happiness, and thus removing the sure foundation for good government, +national prosperity and welfare.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">On the +Community.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Producing demoralization, vice, and wickedness, +counteracting the efficacy of religious efforts and of all means for +the intellectual elevation, moral purity, social happiness, and eternal +good of mankind.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">On the State.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Promoting crime and pauperism, paralyzing thrift +and industry, corrupting politics, legislation, and the execution of laws.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Alcohol tends to destroy the higher forms of cells, those directly concerned +with the vital processes, particularly the delicate brain-cells, and +to replace them with useless and harmful connective tissue, or what is +commonly known as scar tissue. Reliable statistics demonstrate that the +total abstainer has an advantage of at least twenty-one per cent over the +moderate drinker. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The offspring of alcoholics show impaired vitality of the most +deep-seated character, such as deformities, neuroses, which may take +the severe forms of chorea, infantile convulsions, epilepsy, or +idiocy.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Alcohol,</span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> +page 44.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. To what extent is intemperance the cause of crime? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +A lord chief justice of England declared, <span class="tei tei-q">“If sifted, nine +tenths of the crime of England and Wales could be traced to +drink.”</span>—<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Alcohol.</span></span>”</span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What may be said of the use of tobacco? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Being a rank poison, its use is highly injurious. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Tobacco is +the most subtle poison known to chemists, +except the deadly prussic acid.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">M. +Orfila, president Medical Academy, +Paris.</span></span> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page747">[pg 747]</span><a name="Pg747" id="Pg747" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Tobacco is ruinous in our schools and colleges, dwarfing body and +mind.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. Willard Parker.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I shall not hesitate to pronounce tobacco in young men to be evil, +and only evil, physically, mentally, and +morally.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Edward Hitchcock, +of Amherst College.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The use of intoxicating liquor by men, and the use of cigarettes +by boys, is creating a race of feeble-minded, unhealthy, and valueless +citizens.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">John Wanamaker.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">We might as well go to the insane asylum for our men as to employ +cigarette smokers.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The +late E. H. Harriman, railroad magnate.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Cigarettes are ruining our children, endangering their lives, dwarfing +their intellects, and making them criminals, fast. The boys who use +them seem to lose all sense of right, decency, and +righteousness.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Judge +Crane, of New York City.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Cigarette smoking in the case of boys partly paralyzes the nerve +cells at the base of the brain, and this interferes with the breathing and +heart action. The end organs of the motor nerves lose their excitability, +next the trunks of the nerves, and then the spinal cord.... The +power of fine coordination is decidedly +lost.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Prof. Sims Woodhead, of +Cambridge University.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The use of cigarettes affects the nervous system, weakens the will-power, +and destroys the ability of the boy to resist temptation; and because +of this he easily falls a victim of those habits which not only destroy +the mind and soul, but irresistibly lead him into a violation of the laws +of the state.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">George Torrance, +superintendent Illinois State Reformatory.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Tobacco using is demoralizing in its general effects, and tends to +create an appetite for strong drink. It originated with the natives of +North America, the Indians. In November, 1492, when Columbus +discovered the island of Cuba, he sent two sailors to explore it, who, +when they returned, reported, among many other strange and curious +discoveries, that the natives carried with them lighted firebrands, and +puffed smoke from their mouths and noses, which they supposed to be +the way the savages had of perfuming themselves. They afterward +declared that they </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">saw the naked savages twist large leaves together, +and smoke like devils.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> Originating with the wild barbarians of America, +the smoking habit, after some years, was introduced into Europe, and +was rapidly adopted, not only by the lower classes, but by those in high +authority, even princes and nobles participating in the new intoxication. +It has since become well-nigh universal. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Where does intemperance often begin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Intemperance often begins in the home. Many who would +not think of placing on their tables wine or liquor of any kind +will load them with food that creates a thirst for strong drink,—with +strong tea and coffee, injurious condiments, rich pastry, +highly seasoned foods, and the like. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What will drunkards, with other workers of iniquity, +never inherit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +"Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, ... nor thieves, +nor covetous, nor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">drunkards</span></span>, ... shall +inherit <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the kingdom +of God</span></span>." 1 Cor. 6:9, 10. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page748">[pg 748]</span><a name="Pg748" id="Pg748" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc425" id="toc425"></a> +<a name="pdf426" id="pdf426"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The World's Curse</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus748.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Gin-Mill. "All its history is written in tears and blood."—Robert J. Burdette." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Gin-Mill. +"All its history is written in tears and blood."—<span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style="font-style: italic">Robert +J. Burdette.</span></span></div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What admonition against intemperance did Christ give +that is especially applicable at the present time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts +be overcharged with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">surfeiting</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">drunkenness</span></span>, and cares of +this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.”</span> Luke +21:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What did He say would be the condition of the world just +before His second coming? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“As the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the +Son of man be.... They were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">eating</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">drinking</span></span>, marrying +and giving in marriage.”</span> Matt. 24:37, 38. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. How has the consumption of liquor increased in gallons +in the United States since 1840:— +</p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><colgroup span="6"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell">Spirits</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Wines</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Liquors</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">Total</td><td class="tei tei-cell">Per Capita</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">1840</td><td class="tei tei-cell">43,060,884</td><td class="tei tei-cell">4,873,096</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">23,310,843</td><td class="tei tei-cell">71,244,823</td><td class="tei tei-cell">4.17</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">1850</td><td class="tei tei-cell">51,833,473</td><td class="tei tei-cell">6,316,393</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">36,563,009</td><td class="tei tei-cell">94,712,875</td><td class="tei tei-cell">4.08</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">1860</td><td class="tei tei-cell">89,968,651</td><td class="tei tei-cell">10,933,981</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">101,346,669</td><td class="tei tei-cell">202,249,301</td><td class="tei tei-cell">6.43</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">1870</td><td class="tei tei-cell">79,895,708</td><td class="tei tei-cell">12,225,067</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">204,756,156</td><td class="tei tei-cell">296,876,931</td><td class="tei tei-cell">7.70</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">1880</td><td class="tei tei-cell">63,526,694</td><td class="tei tei-cell">28,098,179</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">414,220,165</td><td class="tei tei-cell">505,845,038</td><td class="tei tei-cell">10.08</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">1890</td><td class="tei tei-cell">87,829,623</td><td class="tei tei-cell">28,945,993</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">855,929,559</td><td class="tei tei-cell">972,705,175</td><td class="tei tei-cell">15.53</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">1900</td><td class="tei tei-cell">97,356,864</td><td class="tei tei-cell">29,988,467</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">1,222,387,104</td><td class="tei tei-cell">1,349,732,435</td><td class="tei tei-cell">17.76</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">1910</td><td class="tei tei-cell">133,538,864</td><td class="tei tei-cell">60,548,078</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">1,851,340,256</td><td class="tei tei-cell">2,045,427,018</td><td class="tei tei-cell">21.86</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">1911</td><td class="tei tei-cell">138,585,989</td><td class="tei tei-cell">62,859,232</td> + <td class="tei tei-cell">1,966,911,744</td><td class="tei tei-cell">2,169,356,695</td><td class="tei tei-cell">22.79</td></tr></tbody></table> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page749">[pg 749]</span><a name="Pg749" id="Pg749" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The total consumption of alcoholic liquors in the United States for +forty-two years (1870-1911) was 43,611,000,564 gallons. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The drink bill of the United States for 1911 was estimated at $1,833,653,425, +or nearly twice the national debt. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The number of liquor dealers in the United States in 1910 was 255,765, +or over a quarter of a million. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The capital invested in the manufacture of liquor in the United +States in 1850 was less than $10,000,000. In 1910, sixty years later, +it had increased to over $770,000,000, or more than 7,700 per cent. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The total internal revenue received by the United States for liquor +for forty-nine years, or from 1863 to 1911, was $5,245,916,047.01. +</span></p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The use of whisky, beer, cigars, and cigarettes in the United States +increased enormously in 1912. During the three months of July, August, +and September of this year alone, 33,150,000 gallons of whisky were used, +an increase of 450,000 gallons over the corresponding period of the previous +year; 19,800,000 barrels of beer were drunk, an increase of 320,000 barrels +over the same months of 1911; 1,950,000,000 cigars were smoked, a record +consumption; and more than 3,800,000,000 cigarettes were consumed, an +increase of 1,000,000,000 over the same period of the previous year. +</span></p> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What can be said of intemperance in Great Britain? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Speaking of intemperance in Great Britain, the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">English +Watchword</span></span> says:— +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thanks to our brewers and publicans, and the cooperation of the +magistrates who license them, and the consent of the Christian church +which permits the liquor traffic to continue, we have:—</span></span> +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">1,000,000 paupers on the rates through drink,</span></span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">100,000 criminals in jail through drink,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">50,000 lunatics in asylums through drink,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">60,000 deaths annually through drink, and a standing army of—</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">60,000 confirmed drunkards.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. To what extent is beer manufactured in the world today? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The enormous extent of the beer industry in the world at +the present time is indicated by the following table prepared +in 1903 by Gambrinus, of Vienna:— +</p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><colgroup span="2"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Germany</td><td class="tei tei-cell">18,230</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">United Kingdom</td><td class="tei tei-cell">5,547</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">America and Australia</td><td class="tei tei-cell">2,210</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Austria-Hungary</td><td class="tei tei-cell">1,436</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Belgium</td><td class="tei tei-cell">3,319</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">France</td><td class="tei tei-cell">3,360</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Russia</td><td class="tei tei-cell">920</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Sweden</td><td class="tei tei-cell">250</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Denmark</td><td class="tei tei-cell">370</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Switzerland</td><td class="tei tei-cell">228</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Holland</td><td class="tei tei-cell">372</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Other countries</td><td class="tei tei-cell">260</td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell">Total</td><td class="tei tei-cell">36,502</td></tr></tbody></table> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The amount of beer produced by these 36,502 breweries is estimated +at considerably over 150,000,000 barrels annually. +</span></p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page750">[pg 750]</span><a name="Pg750" id="Pg750" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Gallons of Liquor Consumed Annually by the World Today +</span></p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><colgroup span="4"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Wine</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Beer</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Spirits</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Australia</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">7,925,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">47,976,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">3,297,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Austria-Hungary</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">192,800,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">545,674,043</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">120,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Belgium</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">8,948,200</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">395,285,258</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">9,895,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Bulgaria</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">29,100,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">946,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">770,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Denmark</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">63,213,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">4,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Dominion of Canada</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,386,235</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">39,896,636</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">6,054,790</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">France</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,710,900,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">289,103,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">97,177,968</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">German Empire</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">79,600,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,782,778,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">124,313,300</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Holland</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,980,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">9,328,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Italy</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">856,520,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">6,725,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">11,150,400</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">New Zealand</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">126,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">7,381,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">602,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Newfoundland</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">7,200</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">312,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">364,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Norway</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">8,756,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,672,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Portugal</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">108,320,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Roumania</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">52,840,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,320,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">6,996,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Russian Empire</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">76,620,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">151,633,892</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">232,813,382</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Servia</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">6,605,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Spain</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">428,000,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">20,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sweden</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">898,200</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">44,440,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">10,730,500</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Switzerland</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">22,190,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">45,452,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">United Kingdom</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">26,349,873</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,021,123,632</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">38,133,721</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">United States</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">62,000,000</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,851,342,256</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">133,538,684</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Total</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">3,673,115,708</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">6,323,357,717</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%"> 810,836,745</span></td></tr></tbody></table> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Grand total, 10,807,310,170 gallons.—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">American +Prohibition Year Book, +1912.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Comparative Annual Cost of Liquor and Other Things in the +United States +</span></p> + +<table summary="This is a table" cellspacing="0" class="tei tei-table" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><colgroup span="2"></colgroup><tbody><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Intoxicating liquor</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">$1,752,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Tobacco</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,200,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Iron and steel</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">1,035,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Jewelry and plate</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">800,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Printing and publishing</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">750,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lumber</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">700,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Cotton goods</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">675,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Automobiles</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">500,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Woolen and worsted goods</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">475,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Flour</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">455,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Boots and shoes</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">450,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Panama Canal</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">400,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Public education</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">371,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Sugar and molasses</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">310,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Furniture</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">245,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Silk goods</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">240,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Potatoes.</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">210,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Confectionery</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">200,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Church and home work</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">175,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Soft drinks</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">120,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Tea and coffee</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">100,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Brick</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">100,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Millinery</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">90,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Patent medicines</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">80,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Chewing-gum</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">13,000,000</span></td></tr><tr class="tei tei-row"><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">Foreign missions</span></td><td class="tei tei-cell"><span style="font-size: 90%">12,000,000</span></td></tr></tbody></table> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page751">[pg 751]</span><a name="Pg751" id="Pg751" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Notes.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Grape-Juice +has killed more people than grape-shot.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Spurgeon.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">O that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away +their brains!</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Shakespeare.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The liquor traffic is the most degrading and ruinous of all human +pursuits.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">William McKinley.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">All its history is written in tears and +blood.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Robert J. Burdette.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In every community three things always work together,—the +grog-shop, the jail, and the gallows,—an +infernal trinity.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Henry +Ward Beecher.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Give me a sober population, not wasting their earnings in strong +drink, and I will know where to get my +revenue.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">William E. Gladstone.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I have looked into a thousand homes of the working people of Europe; +I do not know how many in this country. In every case, as far as my +observation goes, drunkenness was at the bottom of the +misery.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Carroll +D. Wright, former Commissioner of Labor, U. S. A.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The liquor traffic is a hydra-headed monster, which, with ceaseless +and tireless energy, wastes the substance of the poor, manufactures +burdensome taxes for the public, monopolizes the time of courts, fills +the jails and penitentiaries and asylums, terrorizes helpless women and +children, and mocks the law.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Gen. Nelson A. Miles.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I have no sympathy with the statement, so often made, that the +manufacture and sale of liquor have contributed to the industrial development +of the nation. On the contrary, I believe that liquor has contributed +more to the moral, intellectual, and material deterioration of the +people, and has brought more misery to defenseless women and children, +than has any other agency in the history of +mankind.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">John Mitchell, +vice-president American Federation of Labor.</span></span> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"> +<span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The saloon is the mortal enemy of peace and order, the despoiler +of man and the terror of women, the cloud that shadows the face of children, +the demon that has dug more graves and sent more souls unshriven +to judgment than all the plagues that have wasted life since the plagues +of Egypt, or all the wars since Joshua stood +before Jericho.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Henry W. +Grady.</span></span> +</p> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +What A Barrel Of Whisky Contains +</span></p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of headaches, of heartaches, of woes;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of curses, a barrel of blows;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of sorrow for a loving, weary wife;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of care, a barrel of strife;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of unavailing regret;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of cares, a barrel of debt;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of hunger, of poison, of pain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of hopes all blasted and vain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of poverty, ruin, and blight;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of tears that run in the night;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of crime, a barrel of groans;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of orphans' most pitiful moans;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of serpents that hiss as they pass,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">That glow from the liquor in the bead of the glass;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A barrel of falsehoods; a barrel of cries</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">That fall from the maniac's lips as he dies!</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page752">[pg 752]</span><a name="Pg752" id="Pg752" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc427" id="toc427"></a> +<a name="pdf428" id="pdf428"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Scripture Admonitions (A Responsive Reading)</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus752.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Home Crusher. "The drunkard ... shall come to poverty." Prov. 23:21." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Home Crusher. +"The drunkard ... shall come to poverty." +Prov. 23:21.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they +may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame +them!</span></span>”</span> Isa. 5:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, +are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, +neither consider the operation of His hands.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, Do not drink wine +nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee.</span></span>”</span> Lev. 10:8, 9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall +be bitter to them that drink it.”</span> Isa. 24:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; +nor for princes strong drink.</span></span>”</span> Prov. 31:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, +whose glorious beauty is a fading flower.”</span> Isa. 28:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth +wine and oil shall not be rich.</span></span>”</span> Prov. 21:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: +and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.”</span> Prov. 23:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy +bottle to him, and makest him drunken also.</span></span>”</span> Hab. 2:15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men +of strength to mingle strong drink.”</span> Isa. 5:22. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page753">[pg 753]</span><a name="Pg753" id="Pg753" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with +the Spirit.</span></span>”</span> Eph. 5:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever +is deceived thereby is not wise.”</span> Prov. 20:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who +hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness +of eyes?</span></span>”</span> Prov. 23:29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek +mixed wine.”</span> Verse 30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his +color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.</span></span>”</span> Verse 31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an +adder.”</span> Verse 32. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be not deceived: neither +fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, ... nor +thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor +revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.</span></span>”</span> +1 Cor. 6:9, 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine +nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.”</span> Judges 13:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost +which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your +own?</span></span>”</span> 1 Cor. 6:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in +your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”</span> Verse 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all +to the glory of God.</span></span>”</span> 1 Cor. 10:31. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Look not upon the wine</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That sparkles in its flow,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For death is slumbering there,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Beneath its ruddy glow.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No happiness it bringeth,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">At last it only stingeth;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">It biteth, and it wringeth</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The heart with bitter woe.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Lift up the tempted soul</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Now fallen in despair,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Direct his thoughts above,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To God, who heareth prayer.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His arm in mighty power</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Can bid the demon cower,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And in temptation's hour</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Will an escape prepare.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 18.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">F. E. Belden.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page754">[pg 754]</span><a name="Pg754" id="Pg754" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus754.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Guardian Angel. "What maintains one vice would bring up two children."—Benjamin Franklin." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Guardian Angel. +"What maintains one vice would bring up two +children."—<span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style="font-style: italic">Benjamin Franklin.</span></span></div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page755">[pg 755]</span><a name="Pg755" id="Pg755" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc429" id="toc429"></a> +<a name="pdf430" id="pdf430"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">True Temperance Reform</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus755.png" alt="Illustration." title="Save The Boys. "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Prov. 22:6." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Save The Boys. +"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when +he is old, he will not depart from it." Prov. 22:6.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What was the original food provided for man? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God said, Behold, I have given you every <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">herb</span></span> bearing +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seed</span></span>, which is upon the face +of all the earth, and every <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tree</span></span>, in +the which is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the fruit of +a tree</span></span> yielding <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">seed</span></span>; to you it shall be for +meat.”</span> Gen. 1:29. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In other +words, vegetables, grains, fruits, and nuts. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. After the flood what other food was indicated as permissible? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Every moving thing that liveth</span></span> shall be meat for you; even as +the green herb have I given you all things.”</span> Gen. 9:3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From this +it is evident that flesh food was not included in the +original diet provided for man, but that on account of the changed conditions +resulting from the fall and the flood, its use was permitted. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. When God chose Israel for His people, what kinds of flesh +food were excluded from their diet? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Those called unclean. See Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy +14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What special food did God provide for the children of +Israel during their forty years' wandering in the wilderness? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page756">[pg 756]</span><a name="Pg756" id="Pg756" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bread +from heaven</span></span> for you.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“And the children of Israel did eat +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">manna</span></span> forty years, until they came to a land inhabited.”</span> Ex. +16:4, 35. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. At the same time what did God promise to do for them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I will take <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sickness</span></span> away from the midst of thee.”</span> Ex. +23:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What testimony does the psalmist bear regarding their +physical condition? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There was not one feeble person among their tribes.”</span> +Ps. 105:37. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—When +they complained at God's dealings with them, and +longed for the food of Egypt, God gave them their desires, but sent </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">leanness +into their soul.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> See Numbers 11; Ps. 106:13-15; 1 Cor. 10:6. +Like many today, they were not content with a simple but wholesome +and nourishing diet. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Where, above all, should true temperance reform begin? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In the home. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Unless +fathers and mothers practise temperance, they cannot +expect their children to do so. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What classes of men especially should be strictly temperate? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be thou an <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">example</span></span> of the believers.”</span> 1 Tim. 4:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Of all men +in the world, ministers and physicians should lead +strictly temperate lives. The welfare of society demands this of them, +for their influence is constantly telling for or against moral reform and +the improvement of society. By precept and example they can do much +toward bringing about the much-needed reform. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Can the fact that the liquor traffic brings in a large revenue +to the state justify men in licensing it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Woe to him that buildeth a town with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">blood</span></span>, and stablisheth +a city by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">iniquity</span></span>.”</span> Hab. 2:12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In +all the walks and relationships of life, whether in the +home, the medical profession, the pulpit, or the legislative assembly, +men should stand for temperance. To license the liquor traffic is to +legalize and foster it. It cannot exist nor thrive without the patronage +of each rising generation, a large number of whom it must necessarily +ruin, body, soul, and spirit. For the state to receive money from such +a source, therefore, must be highly reprehensible. The practise has fittingly +been likened to a father catching sharks, and baiting his hook with +his own children. +</span></div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page757">[pg 757]</span><a name="Pg757" id="Pg757" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc431" id="toc431"></a> +<a name="pdf432" id="pdf432"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Part XVIII. The Kingdom Restored</span></h1> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page758">[pg 758]</span><a name="Pg758" id="Pg758" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus758.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Transfiguration. "There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in His kingdom." Matt. 16:28." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Transfiguration. +"There be some standing here, which shall not taste +of death, till they see the Son of man coming in +His kingdom." Matt. 16:28.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page759">[pg 759]</span><a name="Pg759" id="Pg759" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc433" id="toc433"></a> +<a name="pdf434" id="pdf434"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Kingdom Of Glory</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus759.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Triumphal Entry. "Behold, thy King cometh." Zech. 9:9." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Triumphal Entry. +"Behold, thy King cometh." Zech. 9:9.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Who is to reign finally over God's kingdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Thou, O tower of the flock [Christ], ... unto +Thee shall it come, even the first dominion.”</span> Micah 4:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. When asked if He was a king, what did Christ say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the +world.”</span> John 18:37. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. In His transfiguration how did Christ appear? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“His face did <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shine as the sun</span></span>, +and His raiment was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">white +as the light</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 17:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Who else appeared on this occasion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“There appeared unto them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Moses</span></span> +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Elias</span></span>.”</span> Verse 3. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In +this miniature representation of Christ's kingdom, as in His +triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Matt. 21:1-9), Christ appeared as King; +Moses (Jude 9) represented the sleeping saints to be raised at Christ's +coming; and Elijah (2 Kings 2:11) the living saints to be translated then. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. For what purpose will Christ come again? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To be glorified in His saints.”</span> 2 Thess. 1:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Of what will the saints speak? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They shall speak <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of the glory of Thy kingdom</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 145:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How enduring is this kingdom to be? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thy kingdom is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an everlasting kingdom</span></span>.”</span> Verse 13. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page760">[pg 760]</span><a name="Pg760" id="Pg760" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc435" id="toc435"></a> +<a name="pdf436" id="pdf436"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Saints' Inheritance</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus760.png" alt="Illustration." title="Return Of The Spies. "The land ... floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it." Num. 13:27." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Return Of The Spies. +"The land ... floweth with milk and honey; +and this is the fruit of it." Num. 13:27.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. How great reward has God promised those that love Him? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, +neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which +God hath prepared for them that love Him.”</span> 1 Cor. 2:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. By what have these things been revealed to us? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But God hath revealed them unto us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">by His Spirit</span></span>: for +the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”</span> +Verse 10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What reward awaits the true child of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But now being made free from sin, and become servants +to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">everlasting +life</span></span>.”</span> Rom. 6:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What will he reap who sows to the Spirit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">life +everlasting</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 6:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. For what purpose did God give His Son to the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page762">[pg 762]</span><a name="Pg762" id="Pg762" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but +have <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">everlasting life</span></span>.”</span> John 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus761.png" alt="Illustration." title="Moses On Mt. Nebo Viewing The Promised Land. "And the Lord showed him all the land, ... unto the uttermost sea." Deut. 34:1, 2." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Moses On Mt. Nebo Viewing The Promised Land. +"And the Lord showed him all the land, ... +unto the uttermost sea." Deut. 34:1, 2.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What is to be the reward of those whose works are good? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who will render to every man according to his deeds: +... <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">glory</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">honor</span></span>, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">peace, to every man that worketh good</span></span>.”</span> +Rom. 2:6-10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What will he receive who endures temptation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he +is tried, he shall receive <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the crown of life</span></span>, which the Lord hath +promised to them that love Him.”</span> James 1:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What promise is made to them that walk uprightly? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give +grace and glory: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">no good thing will He withhold from them that +walk uprightly</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 84:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What are the meek to inherit? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the meek shall inherit <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the earth</span></span>; +and shall delight themselves +in the abundance of peace.”</span> Ps. 37:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. What is promised to the willing and obedient? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“If ye be willing and obedient, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ye shall eat the good of the +land</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 1:19. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What delights and pleasures await the child of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou wilt show me the path of life: in Thy presence is +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fulness of joy</span></span>; at Thy +right hand there are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pleasures forevermore</span></span>.”</span> +Ps. 16:11. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I will sing you a song of that beautiful land,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The far-away home of the soul,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">While the years of eternity roll.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O, that home of the soul! in my visions and dreams</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Its bright jasper walls I can see,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Till I fancy but thinly the veil intervenes</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Between the fair city and me.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">That unchangeable home is for you and for me,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where Jesus of Nazareth stands;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The King of all kingdoms forever is He,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And He holdeth our crowns in His hands.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O, how sweet it will be in that beautiful land,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">So free from all sorrow and pain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To meet one another again!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 27.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Mrs. Ellen H. Gates.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page763">[pg 763]</span><a name="Pg763" id="Pg763" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc437" id="toc437"></a> +<a name="pdf438" id="pdf438"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Promises To The Overcomer</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus763.png" alt="Illustration." title="Israel Crossing The Jordan. "He that overcometh shall inherit all things." Rev. 21:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Israel Crossing The Jordan. +"He that overcometh shall inherit all +things." Rev. 21:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What are we admonished to overcome? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Be not overcome of evil, but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">overcome evil</span></span> with good.”</span> +Rom. 12:21. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In John 5:4 +that which we are to overcome is called </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the +world;</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and in 1 John 2:15-17 the things of which </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the world</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> consists +are described as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eye, and the pride +of life.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What only can overcome the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">whatsoever is born of God</span></span> overcometh the world.”</span> +1 John 5:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What gives us the victory in our conflict with the world? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this is the victory that overcometh the world, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">even +our faith</span></span>.”</span> Same verse. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. What promises are made by Christ to the overcomer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +(<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a</span></span>) <span class="tei tei-q">“To him that overcometh +will I give <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to eat of the tree of +life</span></span>, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”</span> Rev. 2:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +(<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">b</span></span>) <span class="tei tei-q">“He that overcometh +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall not be hurt of the second +death</span></span>.”</span> Verse 11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +(<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">c</span></span>) <span class="tei tei-q">“To him that overcometh +will I give <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to eat of the hidden +manna</span></span>, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a +new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth +it.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page764">[pg 764]</span><a name="Pg764" id="Pg764" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +(<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">d</span></span>) <span class="tei tei-q">“He that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the +end, to him will I give <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">power over the nations</span></span>: and he shall rule +them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be +broken to shivers: even as I received of My Father. And I +will give him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the morning star</span></span>.”</span> Verses 26-28. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +(<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">e</span></span>) <span class="tei tei-q">“He that overcometh, the +same shall be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">clothed in white +raiment</span></span>; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I will not +blot out his name out of the book of life</span></span>, but +I will <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">confess his name +before My Father, and before His angels</span></span>.”</span> +Rev. 3:5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +(<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">f</span></span>) <span class="tei tei-q">“Him that overcometh will +I <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">make a pillar in the temple +of My God</span></span>, and he shall go no more out: and I <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">will write upon him +the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God</span></span>, which +is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from My +God: and I will write upon him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">My new name</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +(<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">g</span></span>) <span class="tei tei-q">“To him that +overcometh will I grant <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to sit with Me in +My throne</span></span>, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My +Father in His throne.”</span> Verse 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In what one promise are all these promises summed up? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that overcometh shall inherit all things</span></span>; and I will be his +God, and he shall be My son.”</span> Rev. 21:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Here are +the exceeding great and precious promises to the +overcomer, eight in number. They embrace everything,—eternal life, +health, happiness, and an everlasting home. What more could be asked? +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In heaven there will be no parting, no pain to bear;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No care-worn brow, no sigh, no silvery hair;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No death to snatch our loved ones from our side,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No angry waves, no sea, no treacherous tide.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In heaven there'll be no thirst, no cry for bread;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No soul who knows not where to lay his head;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No one to feel the winter's chilling blast,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For there the piercing storms will all be past.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In heaven there'll be no toil without repay;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No building for a brief, ephemeral day;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For all the joys that prophets old have told</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">'Twill take the endless ages to unfold.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In heaven there'll be no weary pilgrim band;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No seekers for a better, fairer land;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For all who reach that blissful, happy shore,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Will never cry nor sigh, nor wish for more.</span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page765">[pg 765]</span><a name="Pg765" id="Pg765" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc439" id="toc439"></a> +<a name="pdf440" id="pdf440"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Subjects Of The Kingdom</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus765.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Final Rewards. "And He shall separate them ... as a shepherd divideth his sheep from his goats." Matt. 25:32." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Final Rewards. +"And He shall separate them ... as +a shepherd divideth his sheep from his +goats." Matt. 25:32.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. Upon whom was the name Israel first bestowed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he said, Thy name shall be called no more <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Jacob</span></span>, but +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Israel</span></span>: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, +and hast prevailed.”</span> Gen. 32:28. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Israel means +a </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">prince,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> or </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">one who prevails with God.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> +</div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. Afterward who came to be called by this title? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now these are the names of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the children of Israel</span></span>, which +came into Egypt; ... Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, +Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, +and Asher.... Joseph.”</span> Ex. 1:1-5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In +other words, the descendants of Jacob, the grandson of +Abraham, were known as the twelve tribes of Israel. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. What special blessings were conferred on the Israelites? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">adoption</span></span>, and +the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">glory</span></span>, and the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">covenants</span></span>, +and the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">giving of the law</span></span>, and the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">service of God</span></span>, and the +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">promises</span></span>; whose are the fathers, and of +whom as concerning the flesh <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Christ came</span></span>, who is over all.”</span> +Rom. 9:4, 5. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Who constitute the true Israel, or seed of Abraham? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“They are not all Israel, which are of Israel: neither, because +they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page766">[pg 766]</span><a name="Pg766" id="Pg766" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +in Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the +children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +children of the promise are counted for the seed</span></span>.”</span> Verses 6-8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What did John the Baptist say to the Pharisees and Sadducees +who came to his baptism? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And think not to say within yourselves. We have Abraham +to our father: for I say unto you, that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God is able of these stones +to raise up children unto Abraham</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 3:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What determines whether one is a child of Abraham? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Know ye therefore that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they which are of faith, the same are +the children of Abraham</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 3:7. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Because of +unbelief many of the Israelites fell in the wilderness, +and were not permitted to enter the promised land. Num. 14:27-33; +Deut. 1:34-36. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. To whom must one belong in order to be Abraham's seed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And if ye be Christ's</span></span>, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs +according to the promise.”</span> Verse 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. In what scripture are Christians recognized as Israel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on +them, and mercy, and upon <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Israel of God</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 6:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. To whom is the epistle of James addressed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to +the twelve tribes</span></span> which are scattered abroad, greeting.”</span> James +1:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. To whom is the gospel the power of God unto salvation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the +power of God unto salvation <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to every one that believeth</span></span>; to the +Jew first, and also to the Greek.”</span> Rom. 1:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. To whom did Jesus first send the twelve disciples? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, +saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any +city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the lost +sheep of the house of Israel</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 10:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. When the woman of Canaan came to Christ, beseeching +Him to heal her daughter, what did He say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But He answered and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I am not sent but unto the lost +sheep of the house of Israel</span></span>.”</span> Matt. 15:24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. When she persisted in her request, and fell down to +worship Him, what did He say? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page767">[pg 767]</span><a name="Pg767" id="Pg767" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus767.png" alt="Illustration." title="Coming In Glory. "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." Matt. 5:5." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Coming In Glory. +"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit +the earth." Matt. 5:5.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page768">[pg 768]</span><a name="Pg768" id="Pg768" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But He answered and said, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is not meet to take the children's +bread, and to cast it to dogs</span></span>.”</span> Verse 26. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—By +her persistent faith, this woman, although a Canaanite, +showed that she was really a true child of Abraham. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. While dining with Zaccheus, what did Christ say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“This day is salvation come to this house, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forsomuch as he +also is a son of Abraham</span></span>.”</span> Luke 19:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. What did He say to the woman of Samaria as to the +source of salvation? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: +for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">salvation is of the Jews</span></span>.”</span> John 4:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. When the Jews rejected Paul's preaching of the gospel, +what did he and Barnabas say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was +necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken +to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy +of everlasting life, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">lo, we turn to the Gentiles</span></span>.”</span> Acts +13:46. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—From all +this it is plain that had not the Jews as a nation +rejected Christ, they would still have maintained the preeminence as +the children of God, and as God's light-bearers to the world. But on +account of this rejection, they were rejected as God's peculiar people, +and others took their place, and now bear +the name of </span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Israel</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> in common +with those who were first called by that name. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Under what figure are the Gentile believers represented +who have become a part of the true Israel of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, +being <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a wild olive-tree</span></span>, wert grafted in among them, and with +them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive-tree; boast +not against the branches.”</span> Rom. 11:17, 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Lest the Gentile grafts should boast, saying that the +Jews were broken off to let them come in, what warning is +given them? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou +standest by faith. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Be not high-minded, but fear</span></span>: for if God +spared not the natural branches, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">take heed lest He also spare +not thee</span></span>.”</span> Verses 20, 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What encouragement is held out concerning the branches +which have been broken off? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shall be +grafted in</span></span>: for God is able to graft them in again.”</span> Verse 23. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page769">[pg 769]</span><a name="Pg769" id="Pg769" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What will be the final result of the gospel? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And so <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all Israel shall be saved</span></span>.”</span> Verse 26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. Before Gentiles become Israelites, in what condition +are they? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles, +... at that time ye were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">without Christ, being aliens from +the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants +of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world</span></span>.”</span> Eph. +2:11, 12. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—If, in +order to be saved, Gentiles must become Israelites +as is everywhere asserted, then when converted from their Gentile ways +to the ways of Israel, they certainly must have faith in Christ, and their +lives must conform to the moral law which God gave to Israel, otherwise +it would not be the commonwealth of Israel, but of the Gentiles. The +writing of the law in the heart is one of the provisions of the new covenant +with true Israel. See Jer. 31:31-34; Heb. 8:8-12. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. How are God's remnant people described? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">keep +the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 14:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. Whose names are in the foundations of the holy city? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in +them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 21:14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. Whose names are on the twelve gates of the city? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And [the wall] had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve +angels, and names written thereon, which are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the names of the +twelve tribes of the children of Israel</span></span>.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. Who will walk in the light of the city? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the nations of them which are saved</span></span> shall walk in the +light of it: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the kings of the earth</span></span> do bring their glory and +honor into it.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +city, the New Jerusalem, will be for all the nations +of the saved; and yet all who enter therein will enter through gates on +which are written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, from which it +is evident that all who are saved will belong to Israel. The name Israel +will be perpetuated in the new earth state, and very appropriately so, +because of its meaning. All who share in that future home of the saved +will be overcomers—princes and prevailers with God. See Rev. 3:12; +21:7. Christ recognized this division of the saved into twelve nations, +in selecting His apostles. He chose twelve. He recognized it again +when to the twelve He said: </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Ye which have followed Me, in the regeneration +when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of His glory, ye also shall +sit upon </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> +Matt. 19:28. And the apostles, after Christ's resurrection and ascension, themselves +recognized it, when, to fill the place of Judas, who fell, they appointed +another, in order to preserve the proper number, twelve. +</span></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page770">[pg 770]</span><a name="Pg770" id="Pg770" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc441" id="toc441"></a> +<a name="pdf442" id="pdf442"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Eternal Life</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus770.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Morning Of Christ's Resurrection. "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life." John 3:36." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Morning Of Christ's Resurrection. +"He that believeth on the Son hath +everlasting life." John 3:36.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What precious promise has God made to His children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this is the promise that He hath promised us, even +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">eternal life</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 2:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How may we obtain eternal life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten +Son, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, +but have everlasting life</span></span>.”</span> John 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Who has everlasting life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that believeth on the Son</span></span> +hath everlasting life.”</span> Verse 36. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. Where is this everlasting or eternal life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal +life, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this life is in His Son</span></span>.”</span> 1 John 5:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What therefore follows? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He that hath the Son hath life</span></span>; and he that hath not the +Son of God hath not life.”</span> Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What does Christ give His followers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“I give unto them <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">eternal life</span></span>; and they shall never perish.”</span> +John 10:28. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page771">[pg 771]</span><a name="Pg771" id="Pg771" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Why, after the fall, was man shut away from the tree +of life? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Lest he put forth his hand, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">take also of the tree of life, +and eat, and live forever</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 3:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What has Christ promised the overcomer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“To him that overcometh will I give <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to eat of the tree of life</span></span>, +which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”</span> Rev. 2:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. To what is the life of the redeemed compared? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as the days of a tree</span></span> are the days of My people, and +Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.”</span> Isa. +65:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. When will immortality be conferred upon the saints? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a +moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the +trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, +and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, +and this mortal must put on immortality.”</span> 1 Cor. +15:51-53. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—In +accepting Christ the believer receives </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">that eternal life, +which was with the Father,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> and this eternal life he retains as long as Christ +dwells in the heart by faith. This wondrous gift may be lost by failure to +maintain the faith which holds Christ fast. At the resurrection, immortality +is conferred upon those who have fallen asleep in Christ, and thus the +possession of eternal life becomes a permanent experience. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Toil on a little longer here,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For thy reward awaits above,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor droop in sadness or in fear</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Beneath the rod that's sent in love;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The deeper wound our spirits feel,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The sweeter heaven's balm to heal.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Faith lifts the veil before our eyes,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And bids us view a happier clime,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where verdant fields in beauty rise,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Beyond the withering blasts of time;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And brings the blissful moment near,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When we in glory shall appear.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Then let us hope; 'tis not in vain;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Though moistened by our grief the soil,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The harvest brings us joy for pain,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The rest repays the weary toil;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For they shall reap, who sow in tears,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Rich gladness through eternal years.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 23.40em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Annie R. Smith.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page772">[pg 772]</span><a name="Pg772" id="Pg772" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc443" id="toc443"></a> +<a name="pdf444" id="pdf444"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Home Of The Saved</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus772.png" alt="Illustration." title="The New Earth. "The saints ... shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever." Dan. 7:18." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The New Earth. +"The saints ... shall take the kingdom, and +possess the kingdom forever." Dan. 7:18.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. For what purpose was the earth created? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God +Himself that formed the earth and made it; He hath established +it, He created it not in vain, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He formed it to be inhabited</span></span>.”</span> +Isa. 45:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. To whom has God given the earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the +earth hath He given to the children of men</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 115:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. For what purpose was man made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thou madest him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to have dominion over the works of Thy +hands</span></span>; Thou hast put all things under his feet.”</span> Ps. 8:6. +See Gen. 1:26; Heb. 2:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. How did man lose his dominion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Through sin. Rom. 5:12; 6:23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. When man lost his dominion, to whom did he yield it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought +in bondage.”</span> 2 Peter 2:19. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Man was overcome by Satan in the garden of Eden, and +there yielded himself and his possessions into the hands of his captor. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. In tempting Christ, what ownership did Satan claim? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page773">[pg 773]</span><a name="Pg773" id="Pg773" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the devil, taking Him up into an high mountain, +showed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment +of time. And the devil said unto Him, All this power will I +give Thee, and the glory of them: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for that is delivered unto me; +and to whomsoever I will I give it</span></span>.”</span> Luke 4:5, 6. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. Through whom is this first dominion to be restored? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And Thou, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">O tower of the flock</span></span>, the stronghold of the daughter +of Zion, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">unto Thee shall it +come, even the first dominion</span></span>; the kingdom +shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.”</span> Micah 4:8. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">tower of the flock</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> is Christ. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. Why did Christ say the meek are blessed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Blessed are the meek: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for they shall inherit the earth</span></span>.”</span> +Matt. 5:5. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—This +inheritance cannot be realized in this life; for here the +truly meek generally have little of earth's good things. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. Who does David say have most now? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For I was envious at <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the foolish</span></span>, when I saw the prosperity +of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the wicked</span></span>.... Their eyes stand out with fatness: +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">they have more than heart could wish</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 73:3-7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Where are the righteous to be recompensed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">in the earth</span></span>: +much more the wicked and the sinner.”</span> Prov. 11:31. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. What will be the difference between the portion of +the righteous and the wicked? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He shall exalt +thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt +see it</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 37:34. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. What promise was made to Abraham concerning the +land? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated +from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the +place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, +and westward: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">all the land which thou seest, to thee will I +give it, and to thy</span></span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">seed</span></span> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forever</span></span>.”</span> Gen. 13:14, 15. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. How much did this promise comprehend? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world</span></span>, was +not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through +the righteousness of faith.”</span> Rom. 4:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. How much of the land of Canaan did Abraham own +in his lifetime? +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page774">[pg 774]</span><a name="Pg774" id="Pg774" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And He gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much +as to set his foot on</span></span>: yet He promised that He would give it to +him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he +had no child.”</span> Acts 7:5. See Heb. 11:13. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. How much of the promised possession did Abraham +expect during his lifetime? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into +a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; +and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country</span></span>, +dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with +him of the same promise: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for he looked for a city which hath +foundations, whose builder and maker is God</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 11:8-10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Who is the seed to whom this promise was made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. +He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And to +thy seed, which is Christ</span></span>.”</span> Gal. 3:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. Who are heirs of the promise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs +according to the promise</span></span>.”</span> Verse 29. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Why did not these ancient worthies receive the promise? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And these all, having obtained a good report through +faith, received not the promise: God having provided some +better thing for us, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that +they without us should not be made perfect</span></span>.”</span> +Heb. 11:39, 40. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. What is to become of our earth in the day of the Lord? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; +in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and +the works that are therein shall be burned up</span></span>.”</span> 2 Peter 3:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What will follow this great conflagration? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Nevertheless we, according to His promise, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">look for new +heavens and a new earth</span></span>, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”</span> +Verse 13. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—As +shown in the reading on </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The Millennium,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> page </span><a href="#Pg355" class="tei tei-ref"><span style="font-size: 90%">355</span></a><span style="font-size: 90%">, +at the coming of Christ, the living wicked will die, and the saints will be +taken to heaven to dwell with Christ a thousand years, or until the wicked +of all ages are judged, and the time comes for their destruction and the +purification of the earth by the fires of the last day. Following this, the +earth will be formed anew, and man, redeemed from sin, will be restored +to his original dominion. +</span></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page775">[pg 775]</span><a name="Pg775" id="Pg775" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. To what Old Testament promise did Peter evidently +refer? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and +the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.”</span> +Isa. 65:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What was shown the apostle John in vision? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And I saw <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a new heaven and a new earth</span></span>: for the first +heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was +no more sea.”</span> Rev. 21:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +23. What will the saints do in the new earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they +shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall +not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another +eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of My people, +and Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They +shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are +the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with +them.”</span> Isa. 65:21-23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +24. How readily will their wants be supplied? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will +answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”</span> Verse 24. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +25. What peaceful condition will reign throughout the +earth then? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion +shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's +meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, +saith the Lord.”</span> Verse 25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +26. What seasons of worship will be observed in the new +earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I shall +make, shall remain before Me, saith the Lord, so shall your +seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another</span></span>, +shall all flesh come to worship before Me, saith the Lord.”</span> +Isa. 66:22, 23. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +27. What will the ransomed of the Lord then do? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to +Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads</span></span>: they shall +obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee +away.”</span> Isa. 35:10. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page776">[pg 776]</span><a name="Pg776" id="Pg776" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus776.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Land Of Peace. "A little child shall lead them.... They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain." Isa. 11:6-9." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Land Of Peace. +"A little child shall lead them.... They shall not hurt nor destroy +in all My holy mountain." Isa. 11:6-9.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page777">[pg 777]</span><a name="Pg777" id="Pg777" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +28. How extensive will be the reign of Christ? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“He shall have dominion also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">from sea to sea, and from +the river unto the ends of the earth</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 72:8. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +29. What does Daniel say of this kingdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the +kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of +the saints of the Most High</span></span>, whose kingdom is an everlasting +kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him.”</span> Dan. +7:27. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—Let +imagination picture the home of the saved fair and +beautiful as it may, yet remember that it will be more glorious than our +brightest imagination can conceive. See 1 Cor. 2:9. +</span></div> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O, sweetly through the gloomy years</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That roll their dimming veil between,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The promised goodly land appears,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Arrayed in never-fading green!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And from that peaceful, happy clime,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Transporting bursts of song arise,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And, rolling through the mists of time,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Tell us of joy that never dies.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">As voyagers on the stormy deep</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Look for some bright and sunny bay</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where winds and waves are hushed in sleep,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And joy lights up the happy day,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">So o'er the tossing sea of years</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We glance the eye and stretch the hand</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where, robed in fadeless light, appears</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The border of the shining land.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There angel hosts of glorious ones,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With sinless hearts and stainless hands,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Call us in glad and loving tones,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And bid us welcome to their bands.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Hark! how their harps and voices tell</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The glories of that radiant strand,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And bid us breast the waves that swell</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Between us and the shining land.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Ear hath not heard, eye hath not seen,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The glories of that home of song;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Though stormy billows roll between,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">I go to join the angel throng.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But of the joys beyond the tide,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The welcomes on that golden strand,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The best shall be from Him who died</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To bring us to the shining land.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 27.00em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">H. L. Hastings.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page778">[pg 778]</span><a name="Pg778" id="Pg778" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc445" id="toc445"></a> +<a name="pdf446" id="pdf446"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The New Jerusalem</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus778.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Holy City. "He looked for a city which hath foundations." Heb. 11:10." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Holy City. +"He looked for a city which hath foundations." +Heb. 11:10.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What was one of Christ's parting promises to His disciples? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In My Father's house are many mansions: if it were not +so, I would have told you. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I go to prepare a place for you.</span></span>”</span> +John 14:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. What does Paul say God has prepared for His people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: +wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He +hath prepared for them a city</span></span>.”</span> Heb. 11:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Where is this city, and what is it called? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Jerusalem which is above</span></span> is free, which is the mother +of us all.”</span> Gal. 4:26. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. For what did Abraham look? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he looked for a city</span></span> which hath foundations, whose +builder and maker is God.”</span> Heb. 11:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. What assurance has God given to believers? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath +prepared for them a city.”</span> Heb. 11:16. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What did John see concerning this city? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming +down from God out of heaven</span></span>, prepared as a bride adorned for +her husband.”</span> Rev. 21:2. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page779">[pg 779]</span><a name="Pg779" id="Pg779" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus779.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Descent Of The New Jerusalem. "And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven." Rev. 21:2." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Descent Of The New Jerusalem. +"And I John saw the holy city, New +Jerusalem, coming down from God +out of heaven." Rev. 21:2.</div></div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page780">[pg 780]</span><a name="Pg780" id="Pg780" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How many foundations has this city? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the wall of the city had <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">twelve foundations</span></span>, and in +them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.”</span> Verse 14. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What is the measurement of the city? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large +as the breadth: and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he measured the city with the reed, twelve +thousand furlongs</span></span>.”</span> Verse 16. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The +measure around it, as the words length and breadth, +imply, and as was the early custom of measuring cities, is 12,000 furlongs. +This is equal to 1,500 miles, 375 miles on each side, making a perfect +square. The area of this city is therefore 140,625 square miles, or 90,000,000 +acres, or 3,920,400,000,000 square feet. Allowing 100 square feet +to each person, or a space ten feet square, the city would hold 39,204,000,000 +persons, or twenty-six times the present population of the globe. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. What is the height of the wall? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he measured the wall thereof, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an hundred and forty +and four cubits</span></span>.”</span> Verse 17. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—One +hundred and forty-four cubits are equal to 216 feet. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. Of what material is the wall constructed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the building of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the wall of it was of jasper</span></span>: and the city +was pure gold, like unto clear glass.”</span> Verse 18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. With what are the twelve foundations adorned? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished +with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">jasper</span></span>; the second, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sapphire</span></span>; +the third, a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">chalcedony</span></span>; the fourth, +an <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">emerald</span></span>; the fifth, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sardonyx</span></span>; the sixth, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sardius</span></span>; the seventh, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">chrysolite</span></span>; the eighth, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">beryl</span></span>; +the ninth, a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">topaz</span></span>; the tenth, a +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">chrysoprasus</span></span>; the eleventh, a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">jacinth</span></span>; +the twelfth, an <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">amethyst</span></span>.”</span> +Verses 19, 20. See Ex. 28:15-21; Isa. 54:11, 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. Of what are the twelve gates composed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the twelve gates were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">twelve pearls</span></span>: every several +gate was of one pearl.”</span> Rev. 21:21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +13. What is written on these gates? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.”</span> +Verse 12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +14. Of what are the streets of the city composed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the street of the city was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pure gold</span></span>, as it were transparent +glass.”</span> Verse 21. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +15. Why will this city have no need of the sun or moon? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page781">[pg 781]</span><a name="Pg781" id="Pg781" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> +to shine in it: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb +is the light thereof</span></span>. And the nations of them which are saved +shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring +their glory and honor into it.”</span> Verses 23, 24. See Rev. +22:5; Isa. 60:19, 20. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +16. Why are its gates not to be closed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">for +there shall be no night there</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 21:25. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +17. What will be excluded from this city? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And there shall in no wise enter into it <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">anything that defileth, +neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie</span></span>.”</span> +Verse 27. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +18. Who will be permitted to enter it? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessed are they that do His commandments</span></span>, that they may +have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates +into the city.”</span> Rev. 22:14. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The late +English and American revisions render this, </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Blessed +are they that wash their robes,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> etc. The result is the same, for those who +wash their robes cease to sin, and hence do God's commandments. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +19. When this city becomes the metropolis of the new earth, +what will be the condition of God's people? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and +there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither +shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed +away.”</span> Rev. 21:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +20. What will flow through the city? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And he showed me <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a pure river of water of life</span></span>, clear as +crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.”</span> +Rev. 22:1. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +21. What stands on either side of the river? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the +river, was there <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the tree of Life</span></span>, which bare twelve manner of +fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of +the tree were for the healing of the nations.”</span> Verse 2. +</p> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Note.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—The tree +of life which Adam lost through transgression is to +be restored by Christ. Access to this is one of the promises to the overcomer. +Rev. 2:7. Its bearing twelve kinds of fruit, a new kind each +month, suggests a reason why in the new earth </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">from one </span><em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">new moon</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%"> to +another,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> as well as </span><span class="tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">from one Sabbath to another,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%"> all flesh is to come +before God to worship, as stated in Isa. 66:22, 23. +</span></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +22. What will be the privilege of those who enter there? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">And they shall see His face.</span></span>”</span> Rev. 22:3, 4. See Matt. +5:8; Heb. 12:14; 1 Cor. 13:12. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page782">[pg 782]</span><a name="Pg782" id="Pg782" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc447" id="toc447"></a> +<a name="pdf448" id="pdf448"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Conflict Ended</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus782.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Rest Remaining. "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." Rev. 21:4." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Rest Remaining. +"And God shall wipe away all tears from +their eyes." Rev. 21:4.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. In narrating the work of creation, what statement is +made concerning its completion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus the heavens and the earth were <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">finished</span></span>, and all +the host of them. And on the seventh day God <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ended</span></span> His work +which He had made.”</span> Gen. 2:1, 2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. When expiring on the cross, what did Christ say? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is finished</span></span>: and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost.”</span> +John 19:30. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. At the pouring out of the seventh plague, what announcement +will be made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; +and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, +from the throne, saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is done</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 16:17. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. And when the new heavens and the new earth have appeared, +and the holy city, New Jerusalem, has descended +from God and become the metropolis of the new creation, +what announcement will then be made? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make +all things new. And He said unto me, Write: for these words +are true and faithful. And He said unto me, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">It is done</span></span>. I +am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.”</span> Rev. +21:5, 6. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page783">[pg 783]</span><a name="Pg783" id="Pg783" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. In the new earth, what will be no more? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God shall wipe away all <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tears</span></span> from their eyes; and +there shall be no more <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>, neither +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sorrow</span></span>, nor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">crying</span></span>, neither +shall there be any more <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pain</span></span>: for the former things are passed +away.”</span> Verse 4. <span class="tei tei-q">“And there shall be no more <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">curse</span></span>.”</span> Rev. +22:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. What will then be the condition of all the earth? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard +shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion +and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. +And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall +lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And +the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the +weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They +shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain: for the +earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters +cover the sea.”</span> Isa. 11:6-9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. How does the prophet again speak of this time? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The whole earth is at <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rest</span></span>, and +is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">quiet</span></span>: they break forth +into <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">singing</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 14:7. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What universal chorus of praise will then be heard? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, +and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that +are in them, heard I saying, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Blessing, and honor, and glory, +and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto +the Lamb forever and ever</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 5:13. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O what a mighty change</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shall Jesus' followers know,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">When o'er the happy plains they range,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Incapable of woe!</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There all our griefs are past;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">There all our sorrows end;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We gain a peaceful rest at last,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With Jesus Christ our Friend.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">No slightest touch of pain,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Nor sorrow's least alloy,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Can violate our rest, or stain</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Our purity of joy.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In that eternal day,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">No clouds nor tempest rise;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There gushing tears are wiped away</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Forever from our eyes.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 16.20em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Charles Wesley.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page784">[pg 784]</span><a name="Pg784" id="Pg784" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus784.png" alt="Illustration." title="Paradise Lost To Paradise Restored. "And Thou, O tower of the flock, ... unto Thee shall it come, even the first dominion." Micah 4:8. The Way Of Life." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">Paradise Lost To Paradise Restored. +"And Thou, O tower of the flock, ... unto Thee shall it come, even the +first dominion." Micah 4:8. +The Way Of Life.</div></div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page785">[pg 785]</span><a name="Pg785" id="Pg785" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc449" id="toc449"></a> +<a name="pdf450" id="pdf450"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">Pleasures Forevermore</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus785.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Eternal Home. "They shall build houses, and inhabit them.... Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands." Isa. 65:21, 22." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Eternal Home. +"They shall build houses, and inhabit them.... +Mine elect shall long enjoy the +work of their hands." Isa. 65:21, 22.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +1. What will finally be the privilege of God's children? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">see His face</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 22:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +2. How perfect will be their knowledge of God? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face +to face: now I know in part; but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">then shall I know even as also +I am known</span></span>.”</span> 1 Cor. 13:12. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +3. Whom will they be like? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not +yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall +appear, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">we shall be like Him</span></span>; for we shall see Him as He is.”</span> +1 John 3:2. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +4. From what ills will the saints be forever delivered? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And God shall wipe away all <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tears</span></span> from their eyes; and +there shall be no more <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">death</span></span>, neither +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">sorrow</span></span>, nor <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">crying</span></span>, neither +shall there be any more <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pain</span></span>: for the former things are passed +away.”</span> Rev. 21:4. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +5. How completely will the pains and sorrows of the former +world pass away? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and +the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind</span></span>.”</span> Isa. +65:17. Margin, <span class="tei tei-q">“Come upon the heart;”</span> i.e. to be desired. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page786">[pg 786]</span><a name="Pg786" id="Pg786" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +6. Who will dwell with the redeemed? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He</span></span> will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, +and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">God Himself shall be with them</span></span>, and be their God.”</span> Rev. +21:3. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +7. What will it mean to dwell in God's presence? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“In Thy presence is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">fulness of joy</span></span>; at Thy right hand there +are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pleasures forevermore</span></span>.”</span> Ps. 16:11. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +8. What peaceful condition will prevail in the earth made +new? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain</span></span>: +for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the +waters cover the sea.”</span> Isa. 11:9. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +9. How will the ransomed of the Lord return to Zion? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come +to Zion <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads</span></span>: they +shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall +flee away.”</span> Isa. 35:10. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +10. How enduring will be their pleasures? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“For as the days of a tree are the days of My people, and +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their +hands</span></span>.”</span> Isa. 65:22. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +11. How long will they possess the future kingdom? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, +and possess the kingdom <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forever</span></span>, even +<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forever and ever</span></span>.”</span> Dan. +7:18. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +12. How long will they reign? +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“And they shall reign <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">forever and ever</span></span>.”</span> Rev. 22:5. +</p> + +<div class="tei tei-tb"><hr style="width: 50%" /></div> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I am longing for the home land,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And its rest from sin and strife;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I am yearning for the welcome,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With its warmth of light and life;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the days seem long and weary,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Mid earth scenes so dark and dreary,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">While I wait for my Redeemer</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">To come in clouds for me.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">O the home land, blessed home land,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With its bliss beyond compare!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">How our ardent souls are yearning</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">For the joys that wait us there!</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And we haste to barge our treasure</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">On the river of Thy pleasure,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">In the home where life eternal</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Awaits the ransomed throng.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 10.80em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Worthie Harris Holden.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page787">[pg 787]</span><a name="Pg787" id="Pg787" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc451" id="toc451"></a> +<a name="pdf452" id="pdf452"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Game Of Life In Progress</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus787.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Struggle. "We wrestle ... against the rulers of the darkness of this world." Eph. 6:12." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Struggle. +"We wrestle ... against the rulers of the +darkness of this world." Eph. 6:12.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In these three beautiful pictures illustrating the game of +life, Satan, the prince of darkness, is represented as playing +with man for his soul. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The scene chosen is a wide vault, whose arch is embellished +with lizard-shaped monsters, which adhere closely to the two +pillars, down which they seem to creep. On the left-hand side +of the picture, near Satan, is an open-mouthed lion ready to +devour his victim at the first opportunity. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The upper surface of a sarcophagus is transformed into a +chess-board, beside which man sits, his head resting on his +hand, and his countenance full of careful thought as to what +moves he should make next. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Opposite him is Satan, seated, his chin resting on his hand, +his hair and beard bristling wildly, and every feature expressive +of cunning intent, and a determination to watch every move, +take advantage of every mistake, and win if possible. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Beneath the arch, in the background, stands a lovely angel +form unnoticed by either of the players, but watching intently +the progress of the game. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page788">[pg 788]</span><a name="Pg788" id="Pg788" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc453" id="toc453"></a> +<a name="pdf454" id="pdf454"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Game Of Life Lost</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus788.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Defeat. "What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Defeat. +"What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole +world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Here we see the results of the game lost. Satan has been +victorious. With a wild and horrid leer and a deathlike grip +he has seized his victim, and in triumph points to the sure but +gruesome signs of death,—the skulls and cross-bones. Amidst +smoke and flame, the hand of Death rises to strike man with +his poisoned dart. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In sadness and despair man sits, with covered face, and +weeps over his defeat. His hope is gone; he knows no peace; +he feels the icy clasp of his conquering foe. With keen regret, +he now ponders over his loss of faith, his neglect of prayer, and +his failure to study and follow his Guide-book. Life, with its +opportunities for gaining the life to come, has been wasted; and +now, when too late to make amends, he sees his fatal moves and +his great mistakes. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The figures on the wall have changed their visage, and seem +ready to pounce upon the doomed and helpless man. The +lion also has become more fierce, and thirsts for his blood, while +the angel turns in sadness from the scene and weeps. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The entire view is one of inexpressible sorrow and regret. +</p> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page789">[pg 789]</span><a name="Pg789" id="Pg789" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> +<a name="toc455" id="toc455"></a> +<a name="pdf456" id="pdf456"></a> +<h2 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"><span style="font-size: 144%">The Game Of Life Won</span></h2> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + </p><div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"><img src="images/illus789.png" alt="Illustration." title="The Victory. "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." 2 Tim. 4:7." /><div class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em">The Victory. +"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I +have kept the faith." 2 Tim. 4:7.</div></div> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In the closing scene of this allegorical representation of man's +conflict with the powers of darkness, we have pictured the +happy issue of a faithful Christian life. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Satan has been defeated, and has departed. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +The sleeping lion, the open Word, the cross and crown, all +speak of victory. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Instead of sitting in sorrow and mourning over defeat, the +man, with cheerful looks and thankful heart, lifts his eyes toward +heaven, and rejoices that he has met and vanquished his +deadly foe. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +In the place of the ugly monsters on the wall, cherubs are +seen, with laurel wreaths ready to place upon the victor's brow, +while the angel, with joyful satisfaction, points the victor to his +exceeding great reward. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +This is the game which all, whether conscious of the fact +or not, are playing. What its outcome will be in each case +depends upon how each one meets and fights life's battle day +by day. All may be victors if they will. +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the +issues of life.”</span> Prov. 4:23. +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page790">[pg 790]</span><a name="Pg790" id="Pg790" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<div class="block tei tei-quote" style="margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style="font-size: 90%"> +The Goodly Land +</span></p> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We have heard from the bright, the holy land,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We have heard, and our hearts are glad;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For we were a lonely pilgrim band,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And weary, and worn, and sad.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">They tell us the saints have a dwelling there,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">No longer are homeless ones;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And we know that the goodly land is fair,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Where life's pure river runs.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">They say green fields are waving there,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">That never a blight shall know;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the deserts wild are blooming fair,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the roses of Sharon grow.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">There are lovely birds in the bowers green,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Their songs are blithe and sweet;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And their warblings, gushing ever new,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">The angels' harpings greet.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We have heard of the palms, the robes, the crowns,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the silvery band in white;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of the city fair, with pearly gates,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">All radiant with light;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We have heard of the angels there, and saints,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">With their harps of gold, how they sing;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of the mount, with the fruitful tree of life,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">Of the leaves that healing bring.</span></div> +</div> + +<div class="tei tei-lg" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The King of that country, He is fair,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">He's the joy and light of the place;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In His beauty we shall behold Him there,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And bask in His smiling face.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We'll be there, we'll be there in a little while,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">We'll join the pure and the blest;</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">We'll have the palm, the robe, the crown,</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"><span style="font-size: 90%">And forever be at rest.</span></div> +<div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 30.60em"><span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">W. H. Hyde.</span></span></div> +</div> +</div> + +</div> + +</div> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page791">[pg 791]</span><a name="Pg791" id="Pg791" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<hr class="page" /><div class="tei tei-div" style="margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> +<a name="toc457" id="toc457"></a> +<a name="pdf458" id="pdf458"></a> +<h1 class="tei tei-head" style="text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"><span style="font-size: 173%">Index Of Subjects</span></h1> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Abolished by Christ, what was, <a href="#Pg405" class="tei tei-ref">405</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Acceptance with God, <a href="#Pg106" class="tei tei-ref">106</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Accountability, individual, <a href="#Pg482" class="tei tei-ref">482</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Admonitions and warnings, <a href="#Pg667" class="tei tei-ref">667</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Admonitions, Scripture, <a href="#Pg752" class="tei tei-ref">752</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Affliction, comfort in, <a href="#Pg562" class="tei tei-ref">562</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Angels, dark ministries of bad, <a href="#Pg530" class="tei tei-ref">530</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Angels, the ministration of good, <a href="#Pg523" class="tei tei-ref">523</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Answers to prayer, <a href="#Pg611" class="tei tei-ref">611</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Antichrist, kingdom and work of, <a href="#Pg218" class="tei tei-ref">218</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Apostasy, the mark of, <a href="#Pg446" class="tei tei-ref">446</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Armies of the world, <a href="#Pg350" class="tei tei-ref">350</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Armor, the Christian, <a href="#Pg543" class="tei tei-ref">543</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Atonement in type and antitype, <a href="#Pg238" class="tei tei-ref">238</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Attributes of God, character and, <a href="#Pg061" class="tei tei-ref">61</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Author of liberty, the, <a href="#Pg471" class="tei tei-ref">471</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Babylon, the fall of modern, <a href="#Pg254" class="tei tei-ref">254</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Backbiting, gossiping and, <a href="#Pg693" class="tei tei-ref">693</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Backsliding, <a href="#Pg684" class="tei tei-ref">684</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Baptism, <a href="#Pg100" class="tei tei-ref">100</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Beast, making an image to the, <a href="#Pg271" class="tei tei-ref">271</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Beast of Revelation 13, <a href="#Pg268" class="tei tei-ref">268</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Beast, the mark of the, <a href="#Pg277" class="tei tei-ref">277</a>, <a href="#Pg279" class="tei tei-ref">279</a>, <a href="#Pg446" class="tei tei-ref">446</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Beasts, four great monarchies, <a href="#Pg213" class="tei tei-ref">213</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Believers, unity of, <a href="#Pg582" class="tei tei-ref">582</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible, Christ in all the, <a href="#Pg040" class="tei tei-ref">40</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible election, <a href="#Pg121" class="tei tei-ref">121</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible, <span class="tei tei-q">“How Readest Thou?”</span> <a href="#Pg032" class="tei tei-ref">32</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible, printing and the, <a href="#Pg014" class="tei tei-ref">14</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible readings, value and use, <a href="#Pg021" class="tei tei-ref">21</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible sanctification, <a href="#Pg124" class="tei tei-ref">124</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible study, the value of, <a href="#Pg020" class="tei tei-ref">20</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible, the; how to study, <a href="#Pg023" class="tei tei-ref">23</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible, the; how written, <a href="#Pg013" class="tei tei-ref">13</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible, the, in native tongues, <a href="#Pg015" class="tei tei-ref">15</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible, the; original writings, <a href="#Pg013" class="tei tei-ref">13</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bible, the, to all the world, <a href="#Pg018" class="tei tei-ref">18</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Bibles, burning of, <a href="#Pg017" class="tei tei-ref">17</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Birth, childhood, of Christ, <a href="#Pg143" class="tei tei-ref">143</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Burning of Bibles, <a href="#Pg017" class="tei tei-ref">17</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Capital and labor, <a href="#Pg329" class="tei tei-ref">329</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Ceremonial law, abolished, <a href="#Pg405" class="tei tei-ref">405</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Ceremonial laws, the moral and, <a href="#Pg393" class="tei tei-ref">393</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Change of the Sabbath, the, <a href="#Pg439" class="tei tei-ref">439</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Change the law, think to, <a href="#Pg221" class="tei tei-ref">221</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Character and attributes of God, <a href="#Pg061" class="tei tei-ref">61</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Character, perfection of, <a href="#Pg597" class="tei tei-ref">597</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Cheerfulness, <a href="#Pg573" class="tei tei-ref">573</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Children, promises for the, <a href="#Pg729" class="tei tei-ref">729</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Children, teaching the, <a href="#Pg725" class="tei tei-ref">725</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Child training, <a href="#Pg719" class="tei tei-ref">719</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ a Sabbath-keeper, <a href="#Pg454" class="tei tei-ref">454</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ and the Sabbath, <a href="#Pg430" class="tei tei-ref">430</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, birth, childhood of, <a href="#Pg143" class="tei tei-ref">143</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ in all the Bible, <a href="#Pg040" class="tei tei-ref">40</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, life only in, <a href="#Pg497" class="tei tei-ref">497</a>, <a href="#Pg509" class="tei tei-ref">509</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, life of, <a href="#Pg141" class="tei tei-ref">141</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, miracles of, <a href="#Pg157" class="tei tei-ref">157</a>, <a href="#Pg162" class="tei tei-ref">162</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, parables of, <a href="#Pg154" class="tei tei-ref">154</a>, <a href="#Pg156" class="tei tei-ref">156</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, prophecies relating to, <a href="#Pg070" class="tei tei-ref">70</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, salvation only through, <a href="#Pg079" class="tei tei-ref">79</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, suffering of, <a href="#Pg163" class="tei tei-ref">163</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, the deity of, <a href="#Pg067" class="tei tei-ref">67</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ the Great Teacher, <a href="#Pg151" class="tei tei-ref">151</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, the resurrection of, <a href="#Pg169" class="tei tei-ref">169</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, the vicar of, <a href="#Pg224" class="tei tei-ref">224</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ the way of life, <a href="#Pg075" class="tei tei-ref">75</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, the way to, <a href="#Pg081" class="tei tei-ref">81</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ, titles of, <a href="#Pg044" class="tei tei-ref">44</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ's coming, manner of, <a href="#Pg337" class="tei tei-ref">337</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ's coming, object of, <a href="#Pg340" class="tei tei-ref">340</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ's coming, signs of, <a href="#Pg315" class="tei tei-ref">315</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ's ministry, <a href="#Pg148" class="tei tei-ref">148</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christ's second coming, <a href="#Pg332" class="tei tei-ref">332</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christian armor, the, <a href="#Pg543" class="tei tei-ref">543</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christian communion, <a href="#Pg621" class="tei tei-ref">621</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christian courtesy, <a href="#Pg576" class="tei tei-ref">576</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christian growth and experience, <a href="#Pg539" class="tei tei-ref">539</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christian help work, <a href="#Pg644" class="tei tei-ref">644</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christian liberty, <a href="#Pg469" class="tei tei-ref">469</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christian service, <a href="#Pg627" class="tei tei-ref">627</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Christian temperance, <a href="#Pg741" class="tei tei-ref">741</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Church and state, union of, <a href="#Pg484" class="tei tei-ref">484</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Church, persecution of the, <a href="#Pg266" class="tei tei-ref">266</a>, <a href="#Pg267" class="tei tei-ref">267</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Church, Satan's warfare against, <a href="#Pg264" class="tei tei-ref">264</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Churches, the seven, <a href="#Pg280" class="tei tei-ref">280</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +City life, evils of, <a href="#Pg731" class="tei tei-ref">731</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Closing gospel message, the, <a href="#Pg259" class="tei tei-ref">259</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Comfort in affliction, <a href="#Pg562" class="tei tei-ref">562</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Coming, Christ's second, <a href="#Pg332" class="tei tei-ref">332</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Coming events and signs of times, <a href="#Pg309" class="tei tei-ref">309</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Commandments, the ten, <a href="#Pg367" class="tei tei-ref">367</a>, <a href="#Pg368" class="tei tei-ref">368</a>, <a href="#Pg369" class="tei tei-ref">369</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Communion, Christian, <a href="#Pg621" class="tei tei-ref">621</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Confessing faults, and forgiving, <a href="#Pg577" class="tei tei-ref">577</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Confession and forgiveness, <a href="#Pg092" class="tei tei-ref">92</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Conflict, capital and labor, <a href="#Pg329" class="tei tei-ref">329</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Conflict ended, the, <a href="#Pg782" class="tei tei-ref">782</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Consecration, <a href="#Pg118" class="tei tei-ref">118</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Contentment, <a href="#Pg571" class="tei tei-ref">571</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Conversion, or the new birth, <a href="#Pg096" class="tei tei-ref">96</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Conversion, the world's, <a href="#Pg347" class="tei tei-ref">347</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Courtesy, Christian, <a href="#Pg576" class="tei tei-ref">576</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Covenants, the two, <a href="#Pg397" class="tei tei-ref">397</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Covenants, the two compared, <a href="#Pg404" class="tei tei-ref">404</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Covetousness, <a href="#Pg672" class="tei tei-ref">672</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Creation and redemption, <a href="#Pg057" class="tei tei-ref">57</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Creation and the Creator, <a href="#Pg047" class="tei tei-ref">47</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Creator, creation and the, <a href="#Pg047" class="tei tei-ref">47</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Curse, the world's, <a href="#Pg748" class="tei tei-ref">748</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Danger in rejecting light, <a href="#Pg700" class="tei tei-ref">700</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Daniel 2, the great image of, <a href="#Pg204" class="tei tei-ref">204</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Daniel 7, four great monarchies, <a href="#Pg213" class="tei tei-ref">213</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Daniel 8, the prophetic days of, <a href="#Pg230" class="tei tei-ref">230</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Dark day, <a href="#Pg315" class="tei tei-ref">315</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Day of the Lord, length of the, <a href="#Pg360" class="tei tei-ref">360</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Day, the Lord's, <a href="#Pg451" class="tei tei-ref">451</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Days of persecution shortened, <a href="#Pg314" class="tei tei-ref">314</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Days, the 1335, <a href="#Pg237" class="tei tei-ref">237</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Days, the 1290, <a href="#Pg229" class="tei tei-ref">229</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Days, the 2300, <a href="#Pg228" class="tei tei-ref">228</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Dead, sleep of the, <a href="#Pg511" class="tei tei-ref">511</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Debts, <a href="#Pg678" class="tei tei-ref">678</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Deity of Christ, the, <a href="#Pg067" class="tei tei-ref">67</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Destiny of the wicked, <a href="#Pg519" class="tei tei-ref">519</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Diligence, <a href="#Pg594" class="tei tei-ref">594</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Distress of nations, <a href="#Pg322" class="tei tei-ref">322</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Doctrine, importance of sound, <a href="#Pg127" class="tei tei-ref">127</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Dragon, a great red, <a href="#Pg265" class="tei tei-ref">265</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Dream, Nebuchadnezzar's, <a href="#Pg204" class="tei tei-ref">204</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Duty of encouragement, the, <a href="#Pg580" class="tei tei-ref">580</a> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page792">[pg 792]</span><a name="Pg792" id="Pg792" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Eastern question, the, <a href="#Pg296" class="tei tei-ref">296</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Election, Bible, <a href="#Pg121" class="tei tei-ref">121</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Elijah the prophet, <a href="#Pg362" class="tei tei-ref">362</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Eminent men, testimony of, <a href="#Pg455" class="tei tei-ref">455</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Encouragement, the duty of, <a href="#Pg580" class="tei tei-ref">580</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Ended, the conflict, <a href="#Pg782" class="tei tei-ref">782</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +End of the wicked, the, <a href="#Pg519" class="tei tei-ref">519</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +End, the time of the, <a href="#Pg324" class="tei tei-ref">324</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Envy, jealousy, and hatred, <a href="#Pg697" class="tei tei-ref">697</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Eternal life, <a href="#Pg770" class="tei tei-ref">770</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Evil, the origin of, <a href="#Pg050" class="tei tei-ref">50</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Evils of city life, <a href="#Pg731" class="tei tei-ref">731</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Evils of intemperance, <a href="#Pg745" class="tei tei-ref">745</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Experience, Christian growth and, <a href="#Pg539" class="tei tei-ref">539</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Faith, <a href="#Pg083" class="tei tei-ref">83</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Faith, justification by, <a href="#Pg110" class="tei tei-ref">110</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Faith, saving, <a href="#Pg551" class="tei tei-ref">551</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Faith, the obedience of, <a href="#Pg136" class="tei tei-ref">136</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Fall and redemption of man, the, <a href="#Pg053" class="tei tei-ref">53</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Fall of modern Babylon, the, <a href="#Pg254" class="tei tei-ref">254</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +False worship, warning against, <a href="#Pg259" class="tei tei-ref">259</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Fate of the transgressor, <a href="#Pg519" class="tei tei-ref">519</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Faults, confessing, and forgiving, <a href="#Pg577" class="tei tei-ref">577</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Feet washing, <a href="#Pg664" class="tei tei-ref">664</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +First angel's message, the, <a href="#Pg251" class="tei tei-ref">251</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Foreordination, <a href="#Pg121" class="tei tei-ref">121</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Forgiveness, confession and, <a href="#Pg092" class="tei tei-ref">92</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Forgiving, <a href="#Pg577" class="tei tei-ref">577</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Forgiving one another, <a href="#Pg577" class="tei tei-ref">577</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Four beasts, four monarchies, <a href="#Pg213" class="tei tei-ref">213</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Free-will offerings, <a href="#Pg661" class="tei tei-ref">661</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Friend, our helper and, <a href="#Pg177" class="tei tei-ref">177</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Fruit of the Spirit, <a href="#Pg184" class="tei tei-ref">184</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Game of life, the, <a href="#Pg787" class="tei tei-ref">787</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gathering of Israel, the, <a href="#Pg352" class="tei tei-ref">352</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gift of giving, the, <a href="#Pg629" class="tei tei-ref">629</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gift of prophecy, the, <a href="#Pg189" class="tei tei-ref">189</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gifts of the Spirit, <a href="#Pg187" class="tei tei-ref">187</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Giving, the gift of, <a href="#Pg629" class="tei tei-ref">629</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Glory, the kingdom of, <a href="#Pg759" class="tei tei-ref">759</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God, acceptance with, <a href="#Pg106" class="tei tei-ref">106</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God, character and attributes of, <a href="#Pg061" class="tei tei-ref">61</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God, reconciled to, <a href="#Pg104" class="tei tei-ref">104</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God, reverence for the house of, <a href="#Pg617" class="tei tei-ref">617</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God, the law of, <a href="#Pg367" class="tei tei-ref">367</a>, <a href="#Pg368" class="tei tei-ref">368</a>, <a href="#Pg369" class="tei tei-ref">369</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God, the law of, in the N. T., <a href="#Pg389" class="tei tei-ref">389</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God, the law of, in patriarchal age, <a href="#Pg386" class="tei tei-ref">386</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God, the love of, <a href="#Pg063" class="tei tei-ref">63</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God, the seal of, <a href="#Pg446" class="tei tei-ref">446</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +God's memorial, <a href="#Pg418" class="tei tei-ref">418</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Good health, <a href="#Pg739" class="tei tei-ref">739</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gospel message, the closing, <a href="#Pg259" class="tei tei-ref">259</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gospel ministry, support of the, <a href="#Pg657" class="tei tei-ref">657</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gospel of the kingdom, the, <a href="#Pg209" class="tei tei-ref">209</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gospel preached in all the world, <a href="#Pg313" class="tei tei-ref">313</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gospel, preaching the, <a href="#Pg631" class="tei tei-ref">631</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gospel, the law and the, <a href="#Pg409" class="tei tei-ref">409</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Gossiping and backbiting, <a href="#Pg693" class="tei tei-ref">693</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Grace, growth in, <a href="#Pg541" class="tei tei-ref">541</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Great image of Daniel 2, the, <a href="#Pg204" class="tei tei-ref">204</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Great monarchies, four, <a href="#Pg213" class="tei tei-ref">213</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Great persecuting power, a, <a href="#Pg268" class="tei tei-ref">268</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Great prophetic period, a, <a href="#Pg230" class="tei tei-ref">230</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Great red dragon, a, <a href="#Pg265" class="tei tei-ref">265</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Great Teacher, Christ the, <a href="#Pg151" class="tei tei-ref">151</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Great tribulation, <a href="#Pg314" class="tei tei-ref">314</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Growth in grace, <a href="#Pg541" class="tei tei-ref">541</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Happy home, and how to make it, <a href="#Pg709" class="tei tei-ref">709</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Hatred, envy, and jealousy, <a href="#Pg697" class="tei tei-ref">697</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Healing the sick, <a href="#Pg648" class="tei tei-ref">648</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Health and temperance, <a href="#Pg737" class="tei tei-ref">737</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Health, good, <a href="#Pg739" class="tei tei-ref">739</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Helper and friend, our, <a href="#Pg177" class="tei tei-ref">177</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +History, the Sabbath in, <a href="#Pg457" class="tei tei-ref">457</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Holy Spirit and His work, the, <a href="#Pg181" class="tei tei-ref">181</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Holy Spirit, the, <a href="#Pg179" class="tei tei-ref">179</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Home, a happy, how to make it, <a href="#Pg709" class="tei tei-ref">709</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Home of the saved, the, <a href="#Pg772" class="tei tei-ref">772</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Home, religion in the, <a href="#Pg712" class="tei tei-ref">712</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Home, the, <a href="#Pg703" class="tei tei-ref">703</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Honor due to parents, <a href="#Pg715" class="tei tei-ref">715</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Hope, <a href="#Pg086" class="tei tei-ref">86</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Horn, the little, <a href="#Pg218" class="tei tei-ref">218</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Hospitality, <a href="#Pg663" class="tei tei-ref">663</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +House of God, reverence for the, <a href="#Pg617" class="tei tei-ref">617</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“How Readest Thou?”</span> (poem), <a href="#Pg032" class="tei tei-ref">32</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Humility, meekness and, <a href="#Pg585" class="tei tei-ref">585</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Humility, the ordinance of, <a href="#Pg664" class="tei tei-ref">664</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Hypocrisy, <a href="#Pg698" class="tei tei-ref">698</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Image of Daniel 2, the great, <a href="#Pg204" class="tei tei-ref">204</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Image to the beast, making an, <a href="#Pg271" class="tei tei-ref">271</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Importance of prayer, <a href="#Pg603" class="tei tei-ref">603</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Importance of sound doctrine, <a href="#Pg127" class="tei tei-ref">127</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Increase of knowledge, <a href="#Pg326" class="tei tei-ref">326</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Individual accountability, <a href="#Pg482" class="tei tei-ref">482</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Inheritance, the saints', <a href="#Pg760" class="tei tei-ref">760</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Institution of the Sabbath, <a href="#Pg415" class="tei tei-ref">415</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Institution, the marriage, <a href="#Pg705" class="tei tei-ref">705</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Intemperance, evils of, <a href="#Pg745" class="tei tei-ref">745</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Intermediate state, the, <a href="#Pg511" class="tei tei-ref">511</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Inventions, modern, <a href="#Pg327" class="tei tei-ref">327</a>, <a href="#Pg328" class="tei tei-ref">328</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Israel, the gathering of, <a href="#Pg352" class="tei tei-ref">352</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Jealousy, envy, and hatred, <a href="#Pg697" class="tei tei-ref">697</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Jerusalem, destruction of, <a href="#Pg313" class="tei tei-ref">313</a>, <a href="#Pg314" class="tei tei-ref">314</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Jerusalem, the New, <a href="#Pg778" class="tei tei-ref">778</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Jesus, trusting in, <a href="#Pg567" class="tei tei-ref">567</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Judging, <a href="#Pg690" class="tei tei-ref">690</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Judgment-hour message, the, <a href="#Pg251" class="tei tei-ref">251</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Judgment, the, <a href="#Pg245" class="tei tei-ref">245</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Judgment, time of restoration, <a href="#Pg230" class="tei tei-ref">230</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Just recompense, the, <a href="#Pg701" class="tei tei-ref">701</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Just, the resurrection of the, <a href="#Pg343" class="tei tei-ref">343</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Justification by faith, <a href="#Pg110" class="tei tei-ref">110</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +King of the north, <a href="#Pg296" class="tei tei-ref">296</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Kingdom and work of Antichrist, <a href="#Pg218" class="tei tei-ref">218</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Kingdom of glory, the, <a href="#Pg759" class="tei tei-ref">759</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Kingdom of God, the kingdoms of the world and the, <a href="#Pg204" class="tei tei-ref">204</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Kingdom restored, the, <a href="#Pg757" class="tei tei-ref">757</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Kingdom, the gospel of the, <a href="#Pg209" class="tei tei-ref">209</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Kingdom, the subjects of the, <a href="#Pg765" class="tei tei-ref">765</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Knowledge, increase of, <a href="#Pg326" class="tei tei-ref">326</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Labor and capital conflict, <a href="#Pg329" class="tei tei-ref">329</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Law and the gospel, the, <a href="#Pg409" class="tei tei-ref">409</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Law, love the fulfilling of the, <a href="#Pg392" class="tei tei-ref">392</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Law of God as changed by man, <a href="#Pg438" class="tei tei-ref">438</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Law of God in the N. T., the, <a href="#Pg389" class="tei tei-ref">389</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Law of God in patriarchal age, <a href="#Pg386" class="tei tei-ref">386</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Law of God, the, <a href="#Pg367" class="tei tei-ref">367</a>, <a href="#Pg368" class="tei tei-ref">368</a>, <a href="#Pg369" class="tei tei-ref">369</a>, <a href="#Pg438" class="tei tei-ref">438</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Law, perpetuity of the, <a href="#Pg374" class="tei tei-ref">374</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Law, the ceremonial, abolished, <a href="#Pg405" class="tei tei-ref">405</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Law, think to change the, <a href="#Pg221" class="tei tei-ref">221</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Law, why given at Sinai, <a href="#Pg379" class="tei tei-ref">379</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Laws, the moral and ceremonial, <a href="#Pg393" class="tei tei-ref">393</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Legislation, Sabbath, <a href="#Pg488" class="tei tei-ref">488</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Length of the day of the Lord, <a href="#Pg360" class="tei tei-ref">360</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Liberty, Christian, <a href="#Pg469" class="tei tei-ref">469</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Liberty, the author of, <a href="#Pg471" class="tei tei-ref">471</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Life, a sinless, <a href="#Pg173" class="tei tei-ref">173</a> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page793">[pg 793]</span><a name="Pg793" id="Pg793" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Life, Christ the way of, <a href="#Pg075" class="tei tei-ref">75</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Life, eternal, <a href="#Pg770" class="tei tei-ref">770</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Life, evils of city, <a href="#Pg731" class="tei tei-ref">731</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Life-giving word, the, <a href="#Pg037" class="tei tei-ref">37</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Life only in Christ, <a href="#Pg497" class="tei tei-ref">497</a>, <a href="#Pg509" class="tei tei-ref">509</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Life, parables, miracles of Christ, <a href="#Pg141" class="tei tei-ref">141</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Life, righteousness and, <a href="#Pg115" class="tei tei-ref">115</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Life, the game of, <a href="#Pg787" class="tei tei-ref">787</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Light, danger in rejecting, <a href="#Pg700" class="tei tei-ref">700</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Light, walking in the, <a href="#Pg547" class="tei tei-ref">547</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Liquor statistics, <a href="#Pg748" class="tei tei-ref">748</a>, <a href="#Pg749" class="tei tei-ref">749</a>, <a href="#Pg750" class="tei tei-ref">750</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Little horn, the, <a href="#Pg218" class="tei tei-ref">218</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Lord, length of the day of the, <a href="#Pg360" class="tei tei-ref">360</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Lord's day, the, <a href="#Pg451" class="tei tei-ref">451</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Lord's Supper, the, <a href="#Pg621" class="tei tei-ref">621</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Love of God, the, <a href="#Pg063" class="tei tei-ref">63</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Love the fulfilling of the law, <a href="#Pg392" class="tei tei-ref">392</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Making an image to the beast, <a href="#Pg271" class="tei tei-ref">271</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Man child, birth of, <a href="#Pg265" class="tei tei-ref">265</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Man, nature of, <a href="#Pg497" class="tei tei-ref">497</a>, <a href="#Pg505" class="tei tei-ref">505</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Man, the fall and redemption of, <a href="#Pg053" class="tei tei-ref">53</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Manner of Christ's coming, <a href="#Pg337" class="tei tei-ref">337</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Manner of observing Sabbath, <a href="#Pg425" class="tei tei-ref">425</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Mark of apostasy, <a href="#Pg446" class="tei tei-ref">446</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Mark of the beast, <a href="#Pg277" class="tei tei-ref">277</a>, <a href="#Pg278" class="tei tei-ref">278</a>, <a href="#Pg279" class="tei tei-ref">279</a>, <a href="#Pg446" class="tei tei-ref">446</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Marriage institution, the, <a href="#Pg703" class="tei tei-ref">703</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Matthew 24, <a href="#Pg311" class="tei tei-ref">311</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Meditation and prayer, <a href="#Pg607" class="tei tei-ref">607</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Meekness and humility, <a href="#Pg585" class="tei tei-ref">585</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Memorial, God's, <a href="#Pg418" class="tei tei-ref">418</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Message, the closing gospel, <a href="#Pg259" class="tei tei-ref">259</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Message, the judgment-hour, <a href="#Pg251" class="tei tei-ref">251</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Millennium, the, <a href="#Pg355" class="tei tei-ref">355</a>, <a href="#Pg356" class="tei tei-ref">356</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Ministration of good angels, the, <a href="#Pg523" class="tei tei-ref">523</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Ministry, Christ's, <a href="#Pg148" class="tei tei-ref">148</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Ministry of sorrow, the, <a href="#Pg560" class="tei tei-ref">560</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Ministry, support of the, <a href="#Pg657" class="tei tei-ref">657</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Miracles of Christ, <a href="#Pg157" class="tei tei-ref">157</a>, <a href="#Pg162" class="tei tei-ref">162</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Missionary work, <a href="#Pg638" class="tei tei-ref">638</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Modern Babylon, the fall of, <a href="#Pg254" class="tei tei-ref">254</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Modern inventions, <a href="#Pg327" class="tei tei-ref">327</a>, <a href="#Pg328" class="tei tei-ref">328</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Monarchies; four great, <a href="#Pg213" class="tei tei-ref">213</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Moral and ceremonial laws, the, <a href="#Pg393" class="tei tei-ref">393</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Mother, the, <a href="#Pg723" class="tei tei-ref">723</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Mystery of God finished, the, <a href="#Pg306" class="tei tei-ref">306</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Nature of man, <a href="#Pg497" class="tei tei-ref">497</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Naval expenditures, <a href="#Pg350" class="tei tei-ref">350</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Nebuchadnezzar's dream, <a href="#Pg204" class="tei tei-ref">204</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +New birth, conversion or the, <a href="#Pg096" class="tei tei-ref">96</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +New covenant, the, <a href="#Pg397" class="tei tei-ref">397</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +New Jerusalem, the, <a href="#Pg778" class="tei tei-ref">778</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +New Testament, law of God in, <a href="#Pg389" class="tei tei-ref">389</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +New Testament, Sabbath in the, <a href="#Pg435" class="tei tei-ref">435</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Obedience of faith, the, <a href="#Pg136" class="tei tei-ref">136</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Object of Christ's coming, <a href="#Pg340" class="tei tei-ref">340</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Observing the Sabbath, manner of, <a href="#Pg425" class="tei tei-ref">425</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Offerings, free-will, <a href="#Pg661" class="tei tei-ref">661</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Old covenant, <a href="#Pg397" class="tei tei-ref">397</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +One thousand three hundred and thirty-five days, <a href="#Pg237" class="tei tei-ref">237</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +One thousand two hundred and ninety days, <a href="#Pg229" class="tei tei-ref">229</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Order and organization, <a href="#Pg654" class="tei tei-ref">654</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Ordinance of humility, the, <a href="#Pg664" class="tei tei-ref">664</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Organization, order and, <a href="#Pg654" class="tei tei-ref">654</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Origin, history, and destiny of Satan, <a href="#Pg499" class="tei tei-ref">499</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Origin of evil, the, <a href="#Pg050" class="tei tei-ref">50</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Our helper and friend, <a href="#Pg177" class="tei tei-ref">177</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Our Lord's great prophecy, <a href="#Pg311" class="tei tei-ref">311</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Our pattern, <a href="#Pg175" class="tei tei-ref">175</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Outpouring of the Spirit, the, <a href="#Pg195" class="tei tei-ref">195</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Overcomer, promises to the, <a href="#Pg763" class="tei tei-ref">763</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Overcoming, <a href="#Pg557" class="tei tei-ref">557</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Papacy, the, <a href="#Pg218" class="tei tei-ref">218</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Papal persecution, <a href="#Pg220" class="tei tei-ref">220</a>, <a href="#Pg221" class="tei tei-ref">221</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Parables of Christ, <a href="#Pg154" class="tei tei-ref">154</a>, <a href="#Pg156" class="tei tei-ref">156</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Parents, honor due to, <a href="#Pg715" class="tei tei-ref">715</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Patience, <a href="#Pg569" class="tei tei-ref">569</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Pattern, our, <a href="#Pg175" class="tei tei-ref">175</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Penalty for transgression, <a href="#Pg383" class="tei tei-ref">383</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Perfection of character, <a href="#Pg597" class="tei tei-ref">597</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Perpetuity of the law, <a href="#Pg374" class="tei tei-ref">374</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Persecute, who and why, <a href="#Pg491" class="tei tei-ref">491</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Persecuting power, a great, <a href="#Pg268" class="tei tei-ref">268</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Persecution, days of, shortened, <a href="#Pg314" class="tei tei-ref">314</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Persecution of the church, <a href="#Pg266" class="tei tei-ref">266</a>, <a href="#Pg267" class="tei tei-ref">267</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Persecution, papal, <a href="#Pg220" class="tei tei-ref">220</a>, <a href="#Pg221" class="tei tei-ref">221</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Persons, respect of, <a href="#Pg681" class="tei tei-ref">681</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Plagues, the seven last, <a href="#Pg301" class="tei tei-ref">301</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Pleasures forevermore, <a href="#Pg785" class="tei tei-ref">785</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Poor, and our duty toward them, <a href="#Pg641" class="tei tei-ref">641</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Pope, the vicar of Christ, <a href="#Pg224" class="tei tei-ref">224</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Power, a great persecuting, <a href="#Pg268" class="tei tei-ref">268</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Power in the word, <a href="#Pg033" class="tei tei-ref">33</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Powers that be, the, <a href="#Pg475" class="tei tei-ref">475</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Praise and thanksgiving, <a href="#Pg623" class="tei tei-ref">623</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prayer and public worship, <a href="#Pg601" class="tei tei-ref">601</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prayer, answers to, <a href="#Pg611" class="tei tei-ref">611</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prayer, importance of, <a href="#Pg603" class="tei tei-ref">603</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prayer, meditation and, <a href="#Pg607" class="tei tei-ref">607</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prayer, watching unto, <a href="#Pg609" class="tei tei-ref">609</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Preaching the gospel, <a href="#Pg631" class="tei tei-ref">631</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Predestination, <a href="#Pg121" class="tei tei-ref">121</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Present truth, <a href="#Pg131" class="tei tei-ref">131</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Pride, <a href="#Pg669" class="tei tei-ref">669</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Printing and the Bible, <a href="#Pg014" class="tei tei-ref">14</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prison work, <a href="#Pg652" class="tei tei-ref">652</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Promises for the children, <a href="#Pg729" class="tei tei-ref">729</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Promises to the overcomer, <a href="#Pg763" class="tei tei-ref">763</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prophecies relating to Christ, <a href="#Pg070" class="tei tei-ref">70</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prophecy, our Lord's great, <a href="#Pg311" class="tei tei-ref">311</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prophecy, the gift of, <a href="#Pg189" class="tei tei-ref">189</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prophecy, the sure word of, <a href="#Pg199" class="tei tei-ref">199</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prophecy, the United States in, <a href="#Pg271" class="tei tei-ref">271</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prophecy, why given, <a href="#Pg201" class="tei tei-ref">201</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prophet, Elijah the, <a href="#Pg362" class="tei tei-ref">362</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Prophetic period, a great, <a href="#Pg230" class="tei tei-ref">230</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Public worship, <a href="#Pg614" class="tei tei-ref">614</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Public worship, prayer and, <a href="#Pg601" class="tei tei-ref">601</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Purity, <a href="#Pg734" class="tei tei-ref">734</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Reaping, sowing and, <a href="#Pg599" class="tei tei-ref">599</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Reasons for Sabbath-keeping, <a href="#Pg042" class="tei tei-ref">42</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Recompense, the just, <a href="#Pg701" class="tei tei-ref">701</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Reconciled to God, <a href="#Pg104" class="tei tei-ref">104</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Redemption, creation and, <a href="#Pg057" class="tei tei-ref">57</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Redemption of man, the fall and, <a href="#Pg053" class="tei tei-ref">53</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Reform, Sabbath, <a href="#Pg463" class="tei tei-ref">463</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Reform, true temperance, <a href="#Pg755" class="tei tei-ref">755</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Rejecting light, danger in, <a href="#Pg700" class="tei tei-ref">700</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Religion in the home, <a href="#Pg712" class="tei tei-ref">712</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Religions of the world, <a href="#Pg348" class="tei tei-ref">348</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Repentance, <a href="#Pg089" class="tei tei-ref">89</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Respect of persons, <a href="#Pg681" class="tei tei-ref">681</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Restored, the kingdom, <a href="#Pg757" class="tei tei-ref">757</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Resurrection of Christ, the, <a href="#Pg169" class="tei tei-ref">169</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Resurrection of the just, the, <a href="#Pg343" class="tei tei-ref">343</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Resurrections, the two, <a href="#Pg514" class="tei tei-ref">514</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Revelation 13, the beast of, <a href="#Pg268" class="tei tei-ref">268</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Revelation 13, the United States in prophecy, <a href="#Pg271" class="tei tei-ref">271</a> +</p> + +<span class="tei tei-pb" id="page794">[pg 794]</span><a name="Pg794" id="Pg794" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Reverence for the house of God, <a href="#Pg617" class="tei tei-ref">617</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Righteousness and life, <a href="#Pg115" class="tei tei-ref">115</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sabbath, Christ and the, <a href="#Pg430" class="tei tei-ref">430</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sabbath, Christ's observance of, <a href="#Pg454" class="tei tei-ref">454</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sabbath in history, the, <a href="#Pg457" class="tei tei-ref">457</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sabbath, institution of the, <a href="#Pg415" class="tei tei-ref">415</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sabbath in the New Testament, <a href="#Pg435" class="tei tei-ref">435</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sabbath-keeping, reasons for, <a href="#Pg421" class="tei tei-ref">421</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sabbath legislation, <a href="#Pg488" class="tei tei-ref">488</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sabbath, manner of observing, <a href="#Pg425" class="tei tei-ref">425</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sabbath reform, <a href="#Pg463" class="tei tei-ref">463</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sabbath, the, <a href="#Pg413" class="tei tei-ref">413</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sabbath, the change of the, <a href="#Pg439" class="tei tei-ref">439</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Saints' inheritance, the, <a href="#Pg760" class="tei tei-ref">760</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Salvation only through Christ, <a href="#Pg079" class="tei tei-ref">79</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sanctification, Bible, <a href="#Pg124" class="tei tei-ref">124</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sanctuary, the, <a href="#Pg238" class="tei tei-ref">238</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Satan, origin, history, destiny, <a href="#Pg499" class="tei tei-ref">499</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Satan's warfare against church, <a href="#Pg264" class="tei tei-ref">264</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Saved, the home of the, <a href="#Pg772" class="tei tei-ref">772</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Saving faith, <a href="#Pg551" class="tei tei-ref">551</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Scripture admonitions, <a href="#Pg752" class="tei tei-ref">752</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Scriptures, the, <a href="#Pg025" class="tei tei-ref">25</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Scriptures, the study of the, <a href="#Pg028" class="tei tei-ref">28</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Seal of God, the, <a href="#Pg446" class="tei tei-ref">446</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Seals, the seven, <a href="#Pg284" class="tei tei-ref">284</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Second angel's message, the, <a href="#Pg254" class="tei tei-ref">254</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Second coming, Christ's, <a href="#Pg332" class="tei tei-ref">332</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Selfishness, <a href="#Pg671" class="tei tei-ref">671</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Service, Christian, <a href="#Pg627" class="tei tei-ref">627</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Seven churches, the, <a href="#Pg280" class="tei tei-ref">280</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Seven last plagues, the, <a href="#Pg301" class="tei tei-ref">301</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Seven seals, the, <a href="#Pg284" class="tei tei-ref">284</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Seven trumpets, the, <a href="#Pg289" class="tei tei-ref">289</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Seventy weeks, <a href="#Pg232" class="tei tei-ref">232</a>, <a href="#Pg233" class="tei tei-ref">233</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Shepherd and his work, the, <a href="#Pg635" class="tei tei-ref">635</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sick, healing the, <a href="#Pg648" class="tei tei-ref">648</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sick, visiting the, <a href="#Pg647" class="tei tei-ref">647</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Signs of Christ's coming, <a href="#Pg315" class="tei tei-ref">315</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Signs of the times, <a href="#Pg309" class="tei tei-ref">309</a>, <a href="#Pg319" class="tei tei-ref">319</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sin, confession of, <a href="#Pg092" class="tei tei-ref">92</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sin, origin, results, and remedy, <a href="#Pg045" class="tei tei-ref">45</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sinai, why the law was given at, <a href="#Pg379" class="tei tei-ref">379</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sinless life, a, <a href="#Pg173" class="tei tei-ref">173</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sleep of the dead, the, <a href="#Pg511" class="tei tei-ref">511</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sobriety, <a href="#Pg589" class="tei tei-ref">589</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Song, the value of, <a href="#Pg625" class="tei tei-ref">625</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sorrow, the ministry of, <a href="#Pg560" class="tei tei-ref">560</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sound doctrine, importance of, <a href="#Pg127" class="tei tei-ref">127</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sowing and reaping, <a href="#Pg599" class="tei tei-ref">599</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Spirit and His work, the Holy, <a href="#Pg181" class="tei tei-ref">181</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Spirit, fruit of the, <a href="#Pg184" class="tei tei-ref">184</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Spirit, gifts of the, <a href="#Pg187" class="tei tei-ref">187</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Spirit, the Holy, <a href="#Pg179" class="tei tei-ref">179</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Spirit, the outpouring of the, <a href="#Pg195" class="tei tei-ref">195</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Spiritualism, <a href="#Pg533" class="tei tei-ref">533</a>, <a href="#Pg534" class="tei tei-ref">534</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Stars fall, <a href="#Pg317" class="tei tei-ref">317</a>, <a href="#Pg321" class="tei tei-ref">321</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +State, union of church and, <a href="#Pg484" class="tei tei-ref">484</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Study of the Scriptures, the, <a href="#Pg028" class="tei tei-ref">28</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Subjects of the kingdom, the, <a href="#Pg765" class="tei tei-ref">765</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sufferings of Christ, <a href="#Pg163" class="tei tei-ref">163</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sure word of prophecy, the, <a href="#Pg199" class="tei tei-ref">199</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Supper, the Lord's, <a href="#Pg621" class="tei tei-ref">621</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Support of the ministry, <a href="#Pg657" class="tei tei-ref">657</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sun and moon darkened, <a href="#Pg315" class="tei tei-ref">315</a>, <a href="#Pg320" class="tei tei-ref">320</a>, <a href="#Pg321" class="tei tei-ref">321</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Sure word of prophecy, the, <a href="#Pg199" class="tei tei-ref">199</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Teacher, Christ, the great, <a href="#Pg151" class="tei tei-ref">151</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Teaching the children, <a href="#Pg725" class="tei tei-ref">725</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Temperance, Christian, <a href="#Pg741" class="tei tei-ref">741</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Temperance, health and, <a href="#Pg737" class="tei tei-ref">737</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Temperance reform, true, <a href="#Pg755" class="tei tei-ref">755</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Temperance, Scripture admonitions, <a href="#Pg752" class="tei tei-ref">752</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Ten commandments, <a href="#Pg367" class="tei tei-ref">367</a>, <a href="#Pg368" class="tei tei-ref">368</a>, <a href="#Pg369" class="tei tei-ref">369</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Ten-horned beast, Revelation 13, <a href="#Pg268" class="tei tei-ref">268</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Testimony of eminent men, <a href="#Pg455" class="tei tei-ref">455</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Thanksgiving, praise and, <a href="#Pg623" class="tei tei-ref">623</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +<span class="tei tei-q">“The Goodly Land”</span> (poem), <a href="#Pg700" class="tei tei-ref">700</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Third angel's message, the, <a href="#Pg259" class="tei tei-ref">259</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Time of judgment, the, <a href="#Pg230" class="tei tei-ref">230</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Time of the end, <a href="#Pg324" class="tei tei-ref">324</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Times, signs of the, <a href="#Pg319" class="tei tei-ref">319</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Tithes, <a href="#Pg657" class="tei tei-ref">657</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Titles of Christ, <a href="#Pg044" class="tei tei-ref">44</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Training, child, <a href="#Pg719" class="tei tei-ref">719</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Transgression, penalty for, <a href="#Pg383" class="tei tei-ref">383</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Transgressor, fate of the, <a href="#Pg519" class="tei tei-ref">519</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Trials and their object, <a href="#Pg554" class="tei tei-ref">554</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Tribulation, great, <a href="#Pg314" class="tei tei-ref">314</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +True temperance reform, <a href="#Pg755" class="tei tei-ref">755</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Trumpets, the seven, <a href="#Pg289" class="tei tei-ref">289</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Trusting in Jesus, <a href="#Pg567" class="tei tei-ref">567</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Truth, present, <a href="#Pg131" class="tei tei-ref">131</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Twelve hundred sixty days, <a href="#Pg222" class="tei tei-ref">222</a>, <a href="#Pg223" class="tei tei-ref">223</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Twenty-three hundred days, <a href="#Pg228" class="tei tei-ref">228</a>, <a href="#Pg230" class="tei tei-ref">230</a>, <a href="#Pg232" class="tei tei-ref">232</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Two covenants compared, the, <a href="#Pg404" class="tei tei-ref">404</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Two covenants, the, <a href="#Pg397" class="tei tei-ref">397</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Two resurrections, the, <a href="#Pg514" class="tei tei-ref">514</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Type and antitype, atonement in, <a href="#Pg238" class="tei tei-ref">238</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Unbelief, <a href="#Pg687" class="tei tei-ref">687</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Union of church and state, <a href="#Pg484" class="tei tei-ref">484</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Unity of believers, <a href="#Pg582" class="tei tei-ref">582</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Value of Bible study, the, <a href="#Pg020" class="tei tei-ref">20</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Value of song, the, <a href="#Pg625" class="tei tei-ref">625</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Vicar of Christ, the, <a href="#Pg224" class="tei tei-ref">224</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Visiting the sick, <a href="#Pg647" class="tei tei-ref">647</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Walking as He walked, <a href="#Pg454" class="tei tei-ref">454</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Walking in the light, <a href="#Pg547" class="tei tei-ref">547</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Warning against false worship, <a href="#Pg259" class="tei tei-ref">259</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Warnings, admonitions and, <a href="#Pg667" class="tei tei-ref">667</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Watching unto prayer, <a href="#Pg609" class="tei tei-ref">609</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Way of life, Christ the, <a href="#Pg075" class="tei tei-ref">75</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Way to Christ, the, <a href="#Pg081" class="tei tei-ref">81</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +What is man? <a href="#Pg505" class="tei tei-ref">505</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +What was abolished by Christ? <a href="#Pg405" class="tei tei-ref">405</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Who is the greatest? <a href="#Pg664" class="tei tei-ref">664</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Who persecute and why, <a href="#Pg491" class="tei tei-ref">491</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Why the law was given at Sinai, <a href="#Pg379" class="tei tei-ref">379</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Wicked, the end of the, <a href="#Pg519" class="tei tei-ref">519</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Wisdom, <a href="#Pg591" class="tei tei-ref">591</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Woman clothed with the sun, <a href="#Pg264" class="tei tei-ref">264</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Word of prophecy, the sure, <a href="#Pg199" class="tei tei-ref">199</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Word, power in the, <a href="#Pg033" class="tei tei-ref">33</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Word, the life-giving, <a href="#Pg037" class="tei tei-ref">37</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Word, the, not bound, <a href="#Pg018" class="tei tei-ref">18</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Work, Christian help, <a href="#Pg644" class="tei tei-ref">644</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Work, missionary, <a href="#Pg638" class="tei tei-ref">638</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Work of Antichrist, kingdom and, <a href="#Pg218" class="tei tei-ref">218</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Work, prison, <a href="#Pg652" class="tei tei-ref">652</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Work, the Holy Spirit and His, <a href="#Pg181" class="tei tei-ref">181</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Work, the shepherd and his, <a href="#Pg635" class="tei tei-ref">635</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +World's conversion, the, <a href="#Pg347" class="tei tei-ref">347</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +World's curse, the, <a href="#Pg748" class="tei tei-ref">748</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Worship, a warning against false, <a href="#Pg259" class="tei tei-ref">259</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Worship, prayer and public, <a href="#Pg601" class="tei tei-ref">601</a> +</p> + +<p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"> +Worship, public, <a href="#Pg614" class="tei tei-ref">614</a> +</p> +</div> +</div> +<hr class="doublepage" /><div class="tei tei-back" style="margin-bottom: 2.00em; margin-top: 6.00em"> + <hr 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