THE CROSS BY WHICH I AM CRUCIFIE D

THE GREAT FIGHT FOR THE TRUT H

THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST

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_ COMING CONVENTIONS

MONESSEN, PA ., General Russian Convention, May28-30. To he held in Kelly Hall, 3rd floor, 526 Done rAve. There will be special English meetings May 29that 11 A . M. and 1 P. M . For details, write to Mr . PeterHazy, P . O. Box 757, Perryopolis, Pa .

PATERSON, N. J ., May 29, 30, All sessions in Vet-erans ]fall, 169 -Van liouten Street. For info rmationaddress Sirs: . Sachtleber. 67 North 14th Street, Eas tOrange. N . d . Paterson is a very central conventioncenter for brethren of the North Atlantic Coast States ::und a goodly attendance is expected .

JACKSON, MICH ., June 5 . Information concernin gthis one-day gathering caan he obtained from the See -net ary, Mr. Arthur A . Lutz, 743 West Mon : ell Street ,Jackson . _Mich .

PIQUA, OHIO, June 19 . The Piqua h;eclesia ha sonly recently been organized, and they are very enthus-instic about this one-day convention . It is hoped tha tfriends will attend from many parts of Ohio and In-dinna, and possibly from other states . For informatio nas to the nnec tinge place, etc . . address the secretary .Mrs . E. C. I1ei,ati, 609 Blaine Ave ., Piqua, Ohio .

DETROIT, MICH ., July 2, 3, 4 . The Detroit, class i splanning' to have a convention on these dates and wis hto give advance notice . Details will be furnishe dlater .

LOS ANGELES, CALIF ., July 2-4 . All sessions o fthis general convention will he held in Foresters Build-ing, 1329 South Hope Street . For full informationccmcerninw rooms, etc ., address the Secretary, A . W ._)brahamsen, 13221, West 60th Street, Los Angeles .

WAUPACA, WIS ., General Convention, July 2-4 .This eonvention is largely under the suonsorship of th eChico o Bible Students ; and is bein g arranged withshe hope of assisting scattered brethren in the North -ern AViseonsin district . AVaupaea is reasonably com-ma-dent to the brethren in the states of Minnesota ,North and South Dakota, 'Iowa and Illinois . A goo dprogram is being arranged . For further informatio nwrite to E. Cr . Wvlam, Chairman of Class Extensio nConvention Committee, 4301 North Mason Avenue ,Chicago, I11 . (Announcements continued on page 33 )

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mow complete, and, barring unexpected delays, th ehook should he ready for release near the end of May .The Berean Questions will be hound in hack of th eLook, making them very convenient for use in clas sstudy. Price 25 cents . For the convenience of th efriends, Ave suggest that classes secure a supply o fthese 'l'anhernacle Shadow booklets for 'their literatur eable ; .

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arranged by the local ecclesia . A cordial welcom enne, Stevens Point, Wis .

is extended to all who believe in our Lord and Saviour .ORLANDO, FLA ., May 8. This one-din ;athcriug l o' pautuulnis white the secretary Alts . Hope Laster ,

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welcome will he given to all believers ill the ransom .

READING, PA ., May 8. This one-day gatheringhill be held in the City Hall Auditorium. Publi cmeeting at 3' P . Al . Convention opens at 10 :30 A . M .

SAGINAW, MICH., MAY 8 . This one-day conven-tion will he held at the Woman's Club, 311 N . ,Jeffer-son, opening at 10 :45 A . M . There will he two dis-courses in the morning, a question fleeting and publi ctalk in the afternoon . Noon lunch served in the hall .

LYNN, MASS ., May 14, 15 . This convention beginsSaturday afternoon . All sessions in Lee Hall Building, .10 City hall Squre. A public meeting will he hel dat 3 P . Al . on Sunday. For further information ad -dress) Mrs . R . P . Gifford, 25 Hawthorne Street, Eas tLynn, Muss .

SCRANTON, PA . . May 15. Morning and atternoo 'sessions to he held in Leonard Hall, 340 Adams Ave-nue. For information address Mrs . M - AV. May, 706River Street, Peckville, Pa .

PITTSBURGH, PA ., May 22. All sessions will heheld at the usual meeting place : O. of' I . A . Temple ,610 Arch Street, N . S. Pittsburgh . . A cor dial invita-tion extended to all .

AURORA, ILL ., General Convention, May 28-30 . Al lsessions of this convention will he held at the Youn g\Vonen's Christian Association, Building, 31 ])ownerPlace . The Aurora fiends anticipate a urge attend-ance and advise that the convention location is idea lFor rush :n gathering. Auro r a is 40 miles west „ fChicago . Further info r mation from the see-vets-try : \V .7 Sieknman, R . R . 1, Pox 75, Batavia, Ill .

BUFFALO, N . Y ., May 29, 30 . This two-day pither-iug- will be held in Fraternity Hall, 971 Jefferso nStreet . For info r mation, address Emmert Anderson .6] Lenwood Avenue, Kenmore, N Y .

CHICAGO, ILL ., The Chicago friends have de-cided to fo rego their usual Spring Convention in favo rof' the General Convention at Auro r a, Ill .

CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 29 and 30 . This gather-ing has been arranged by the newly organized class o fCincinnati : and a cordial invitation is extended to al lbrethren who can attend . Arrangements will be mad efor an immersion service, and the Secretary would ap-preciate being advised early of any who desire to sym-bolize their consecration . The . convention progra mwill include a public address on Sunday evening . Allsessions will be held in the Young' Women's Christia nAssociation, 9th and 'Walnut Streets . Cincinnati . ClassSecretary, Mrs . W. N. Poe . 2128 New Linden Road,Newport-, Kentucky .

KANSAS CITY, KAN ., May 29, 30 . A Fifth-Sun-day Convention, suppo r ted by the ecel,'sias of Kansa sCity and surrounding localities will he held May 29t hin the Y . M . C. A . Building from 9 :30 A. M . to 4 :30

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The Harvest—Another article in the series dealing wit hthe general subject of the second coming of Christ, an dbased largely on the Parable of the Wheat and th eTares .

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE :

The Gospel of Christ—A contributed article which pr esents the many ways in which the Gospel of Chris taffects the Christian life ; showing also the importanc eof understanding and using the complete gospel, rather

than merely certain phases of it .

The Cross by Which I am Crucified—The great spiri tual value of trials is stressed in this article ; and in i tthe Christian is also encouraged to bear patiently what -ever experiences divine wisdom permits to come .

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The Great Fight for the Truth—An interesting surve yof the manner in which Truth and Error have bee n

pitted against each other all down through the een-turies, and reminding ns of our great privilege toda y

to stand and fight on the side of Truth .

INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS :

Testing Discipleship by Service (May 12)

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Serving Through Christian Citizenship (May 221

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Maintaining Personal Efficiency (May 29)

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Serving by Personal Devotion (June 5)

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Facing the Supreme Test (June 12 )

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Adventures of the Israelites—Another children's stor y

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TALKING THINGS OVER .

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LOVE'S GOLDEN WAY

An old, old store, refreshingl ynew as it is told in this article ,and practical applications madeto the Christian life . The out -working of Love's power in the

lives of Jesus, Paul, and others,is cited to illustrate how it shouldoperate in our own lives .

TIIE VOICE OFTHE ARCHANGE L

A discussion of some of thebeautiful symbolisms pertainin g

to the Lord's second coming. An-

other article in the series dealing -with am' Lord's return .

APPROACHING MOUNT ZIO N

Promised for this month, bu tcrowded out . This article is afurther discussion of truths setforth in the hook of Hebrews .

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lleiv can a Christian, with animperfect body, be perfect as the .-Heavenly Father is perfect? isthe question dealt with at length

in this article . Tt is hoped that

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N THE Everlasting Gospel department o fthis issue of The Dawn is an article dealin gin a general way with the lesson of theWheat and Tares parable recorded in th e

I3th chapter of Matthew, and showing that at thi send of the age there was to be a "Harvest," (luringwhich there would be a separation between the tru epeople of God, symbolized by the wheat, and a merelyprofessing class, symbolized by the tares . Also, thatbefore the full establishment of the divine Kingdo mfor the blessing of the people, the "tares" were to b ebound into bundles and burned .

It has been long believed by many earnest Chris-tians that the work of harvest has been in progres sfor some years past ; which means that there shouldnow he much evidence of the declining influenc eof churchianity, and of the general overthrow o fwhat men have called "Christendom"--Christ's King-dom--the counterfeit of the true Kingdom of God .This is even so .

To discern this present condition of nominal Chris-tianity one has but to read the reports of the Sundaysermons in the most prominent churches, largelymade up of huntan reasoning, philosophy, worldlyideas ; and no apparent realization of the time i nwhich we live, the purpose and necessity of this tim eof distress upon the nations, and the reign of th e

Prince of Peace to follow :

The following excerpts from reports of sermon srecently delivered in New York City will serve toillustrate .

Says one prominent pastor according to the Ye wYork Times of April 11 :

"You can almost join the average church by tele-phone and send your photograph to be baptized, andthat's the end of it," he said .

"This is not what Christ expected of liis attire] ,and we might well net; if there is not a possibilit yof the church being eomhleteh taken away front Hi mby these methods . Are we not headed directly, toward san imitation church with an imitation faith !

"Tlnregenerated members dominate many churches ,having come into membership through loose method sand remain through false standards . They trampledown the outer courts of the temple of God, failing t owipe their feet before they come in, and worldlines sand godlessness is loosed, where prayer and devoutnes s

should reign .

"Men have permitted the unregenerat.ed and unspirit-ttal to crowd into the visible church organization . ButGod has said, `Except a man be born from above, h ecannot see the Kingdom of God .'

"Men have glorified in numbers, wealth and socialprestige, boasting apparent success through multiplie dmemberships, but God is still interested in the `littl eflock' who are genuine, devout and morally clean . "

Another is reported in the April 11, New YorkTimes as follows :

"Picturing the ultimate destiny of civilization inour world today as the prize in a race between Chris-tianity and catastrophe, the Rev . Dr . Norman VincentPeale said yesterday at the Dutch Protestant Reforme dMarble Collegiate Church, Fifth Avenue and Twenty -ninth Street, that it was the lay people of the churc hwho must have a spiritual revival if Christ and dem-ocracy were to he victorious over chaos and evil .

"If Jesus were riding along the streets of the worldtoday He would weep for us as Be did in the moment ,of His great triumph," Dr . Peale said . On linter de nLinden He mould find a new false prophet . There Hit-ler's men, speaking before Nazi youth, brazenly declare ,Who is greater. Jesus or Hitler? ,Tesus, who could no teven keep twelve disciples faithful, or hiller with hi s70,000,000 faithful followers .

"America, too needs a spiritual revival . You mus tbe willing lo sacrifice freely if Christ is to overcom ecatastrophe . Jesus has built on love, and love mustwin . The people themselves have the ant-over, not th ei,olitiei .in in A'1"ashington, they Hotel decide whom the yare for, whether Christ or chaos is to receive their vote .

Cif still another we read from The .Vex' Yor k7 itn's of .1pri1 7 :

"Chriclit;n ciii-ilization is facing a more crucial tes ttoday than in 1914 and the Christians of the worl doust unite to force the keepine of the peace in Eu-

rope," the Rev . Dr . Ralph W. Sockrnan, the pastor, de-clared yesterday morning in his sermon at Chris tChurch, Park Avenue and Sixtieth Street .

"The word 'crisis' has often been overworked, ,, hesaid . "'Pulpit and platform have interpreted many atrifling explosion as the crack of doom . Rut there i slittle danger of oinking our elies ridiculous if we callthe present hour a crisis . Christian civilization isfacing a more crucial test than in 191.4 because th edisintegrating forces are more deliberate and the tragi crontsegttentces more clearly seen . "

(if another in The New York Times, April 21 :Expressing hatred of methods employed by the Hit-

ler regime in Germany . particularly against Jews an dChristians, Mr . Lovell emphasized as an essential needtoday an evaluation of man's natural religious instinctas it foundation for the building of Christian attitudes .

"The type of German culture now rising, however, "he added, "employs a paganism that has gone to seed.To meet it Mr. Lovell declared the world must develop

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a "positive pagan note in the terms of justice, fai rplay and magnanimity' ." Such a note, he said, ha dg uided Abraham Lincoln, "probably our greatest Chri-tian," who, said the speaker, "was versed in countr yvirtues, a basic granite" which lifted him above th elevel of his persecutors .

Hitler was described as possibly being "in part agift from God to the twentieth century," if the worl dmeets the new challenge . Mr. Lovell saw as "the onlyway to deal with paganism in Germany," a new con-cept of Christianity, "based on the old fundamental ,homely note of honesty, courage and tolerance . "

Criticizing Christianity as having ''no underpinningbeneath our superidealism ." he said we had failed toachieve ;, ideals of peace, -mein] justice and economicright " because "dee have not yet enough common de -e ncs , hono r and honesty at home or abroad, to pro -vide a foundation for permanent peace and interna-tional ,lusliee .'' He argued for an attempt at a syn-thesis of ideals between nations .

"We have been trying to build a New' Testamen tworld and we have not yet got up to the Old Testamen tlevel," be said .

Religionists Plight in Germany and Austri a

The situation of Catholic interests in Germany ,Austria and Ita]V presents extremely difficult prob elend, for the Vatican, and is resulting in anythingbut a united front among its prominent spokesmen .Thus we read of criticism of Italy voiced some week sago for its failure to support Austrian independence .Later, when Germany had taken over Austria, thehighest Catholic bishop in Austria wrote a cordia lletter to Hitler offering cooperation and closing theletter with the salutation "Heil Hitler . " The Au strian bishops advised their parishorrers to vote fo runion with Germany ; later, the Vatican rebukedthem for so doing, saying it was done without knowl-edge or consent of the Pope A radio broadcas tfrom Vatican City confirmed this stand ; but thi sradio announcement was later declared by the Vati-can to he a "theoretical study—neither official, semi -official nor inspired . " Protestant Clergy are, like -wise, under heavy pressure in Germany, as indicatedin the following from Perlin under date of April 1 9to the Vim , Pori,' Times

Berlin, April l0 .—The German Government has final - .lr decided to strike a decisive blow at the independenc eof the l'roteslant (']lur ch . Germany' Protestant pas -tors henceforth u-iI] be forced to 1ad:e the civil ser-vant's oath of obedience to Chancellor Hitle ror surfer expulsion from their charges and dismissa lwithout pen-don . . . .Bishop Sasso of Thuringia, admin- -isterirru the oath to several hundred pastors at Weimer ,said

"AV c cannot tolerate the idea that we pastors ar cnot dominated by the same spirit that fills all othe rGerman civil servants . He who would know wha tloyalty means now and for all eternity in heaven an doil earth need not seek far . Look upon the Fuehrer,brother pastors, when you are weary and sore o fheart. . ' .

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'Meanwhile the Jews, also, continue to suffer at th ehands of European dictatorships, The following report seems almost beyond belief, but gives evidence -of what depths of hatred and cruelty the human heartis capable under the delusions of the great adversaryof God and man :

Prague, Czechoslovakia, April 19 .--After having bee nheld for six weeks as helpless prisoners of the Nazi sinside Austria, a group of Jews have been stripped o fall their possessions and thrust across the border b yStorm Troopers, only to be forced out el Czechoslo-valda and Hungary in turn, according 1 : reports re-ceived today from the frontier province

Burgenland ,

Early Sunda( morning inhabitants of 'hheben i nt'zeehosl(\ skis . Where the Austrian, ('zer}os]ovak, an dlirurgarian frontiers meet, heard faint cries for helpcoming from a n :n',•ow breakwater •,c ell out in the bar -nbc and entirely separated from the mainland . A groupof persons was discerned semi-darkness wavin ghandkerchief acid uttering feeble cries .

Czeclwsln rik frontier patrols set out in a motorboat and found crouched together on rough stone sbarer- emerging from the swollen river, fifty-one Jew sfrom the villatre Kits( , , , :111(1 Jnrendorf in Austrialtnrgenland .

They had Leon brought by }oat In' Austrian StormTroopers the preceding evening and turned out on thehreal :w-ater without food, looney, warm clothing o ridentification papers .

—.New- Fork Time s

Although their families had lived in these villages forgenerations, the Nazis had robbed them of all theirproperty . _A11mnd there were Kitsee's 82 veer-old Rab-bi Per]s and his sick wife and many other women an dchildren .

The frontier glurrds brought them ashore, wher eelitism's, headed by a German innkeeper named Biber,

alive then, food and tended the wounds of those wh o1,nd been maltreated by the Storm Troopers. HerrGiber found them shelter for the night .

Next morning, however, their sufferings began afreshwhen the Czeehosloval: authorities took then„ to Bra-tislava p•isou and then by uinht dro v e them over th eTungarian border, exeept the rabbi's ailing wife, wh owas allowed to stay in F>ratislava's ,Jewish hospital .

The Hungarian authorities . howevel', did not allow th edestituc refugees to enter Hungary and the _Nazis bar -red the Austrian frontier against them, refusing t olet them return to !heir hones, so their ldidht seemedhopeless .

Last ,ii ;Thl they were driV'('II }ark Cain across th eAustrian frontier . Thirty-five were arrested as soo nas they set fool on Austrian soil and flung into priso niu the dorm Troops ' barracks near Kitsee .

Fifteen are Indiag helpless and homeless in the so -called Pheasant Wood on the Hungarian side of a tri-angular strip of ground at the .juxtaposition of thefrontier of the three countries .

Of the persecution of the 1ews inn .Austria . the-Yew York Times says editorially, April 25 :

Once more the books are to burn . Once again Gen -men "Kuhn,'" will assure its continuity, this time by

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purging the Vienna National Library and disposin gof all that is of "non-Aryan'' origin or otherwis eproscribed . As the flames feed on these -volumes fro mthe nothing, they will cast queer, flickering shadow sagainst the background of a day's news—of elderl ymen and women, citizens of Vienna, forced to danc ebefore crowds of hoodlums and sing, "I am a dirtyJew'—of children, made orphans by so-called "sui -cides, " shipped for export to the closed border of aneighboring State—of a girl obliged to kneel and ris econtinuously while carrying' a placard urging boycottof the store in which she had earned 11 :r living' . Theblood-red flames rise high . The shadows are long an dblack .

Ti is not advisable to attempt definite interpreta-tions of certain symbols of Revelation, but it is inter-esting to note how present world conditions harmon-ize with suggestions made years ago by Pastor Rus-sel. One of the most striking developments which i sbecoming increasingly apparent as the Harvest o fthe age progresses to its conclusion in the great tim eof trouble, is the lack of harmony between the tw ogreat branches of nominal Christianity and the civi lpowers, in what has been known for centuries a sChristendom . Many of our readers will remembe rthat shortly before the close of our dear Brothe rRussell 's earthly ministry, he wrote new forewordsto the Scripture Studies . In the new forward t oVolume 4, he made special reference to the 16thchapter of Revelation, in the 14th verse of which i smentioned the "Battle of that Great Day of God Al -mighty ." Brother Russell there interprets the drag-on" as representing the civil powers, the "beast", th eCatholic system, the "False Prophet . " federatedProtestantism .

From the mouths of these three . the revelator sa wthree unclean spirits like frogs proceed, and the ex -planation is given in verse 1=1, that "they are th espirits of devils, working miracles, which go forthunto the kings of the earth and of the whole world .to gather them to the battle of that great day of Go dAlmighty . " Pastor Russell interpreted these evi lfrog-like spirits to he evil doctrines : declaring th edivine right of kings and clergy, that any chang ein the status of civil and religious authorit yin Christendom would result in dire consequencesto the present order of society . While the claimeddivine right of kings and clergy is pretty much of adead issue in the world today, yet the persistence o fclaims of this kind had no small part in bringing th enations to their present paganistic attitude of hatre dtoward all such pretentious viewpoints, and a deter-mination to destroy the order that was based upo nthem .

Commenting on verses 18 and 19 of Revelatio n16, the Watch Tower of July 1883, page 511, says :

An earthquake would symbolize a revolution, an dhere brings to our attention the greatest revolutionwhich ever has or ever will take place on earth . Thi sis the great revolution mentioned by the prophet inwhich every mountain and hill (the high ones )should he brought low, and the valleys (humbl eones) he exalted, bringing all humanity to a corn -

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mon level as a preparation for the righteous reign o fthe Lord 's Anointed . Each of the previous plagueshas tended toward this end, and this last results inthe utter overthrow of the triple alliance or associa-tion between the Beast (Papacy), the False Prophet(other religious systems teaching error), and theDragon (civil power), shown under the sixth plague .

`"The Great City here evidently represents theseunited three elements which attempted in union t orule over or control the world . This union and powerwill continue for awhile, but, as here shown, theynil] again separate—be divided into three parts . See-ing that their alliance and mutual support has failedto control and keep subject the restless and turbulen tmasses, each will attempt to adopt an individual pol-icy in their effort to adjust and settle society : buttheir efforts will be fruitless . and will only haste nthe crisis of the hour ; as a consequence, we read .`The city of the nations fell down ." '

Apropos of this suggestion, we have noted inthis column the rapid loss of power and prestige b ythe nominal Christian systems, and their subordina-tion to the civil powers . 11so, that paganism is mak-ing rapid progress in the world . Thus it appearsthat the alliance between the civil power (the drag -on) and the religious elements is being weakened .Further along this line, we cannot but be impressedwith the evidence in the news of the day of shar pdifferences of sentiment and policies developing' be-tween Catholic and Protestant spokesmen, and be-tween the respective interests and activities of thetwo systems . Following' are a fey items of thi scharacter .

,1TLANTI(' ('tTV, Feb . 27—Both right and left -iin r'dneator- in ,ni unusual line-n :) went on recor d

here today as opposing the section of the report o fPresident Roosevelt's Advisory Committee on Educa -lion that recommends allocation of Federal funds t oparochial and other non-public schools . . . . At a crowd -ed meeting this afternoon raider the auspices of Th eSocial ?' 'ender, left-wing educational magazine, a nIludieuee of Silt) persons adopted with only nine dis -senting votes a resolution introduced by ProfessorIlarold nand of Stanford 1lniversity . r'onden,nmer therinaeal fur Federal aid to non-public schools as a

]ear violation of the pi meinle of separation of(hureh and State, therefore vicious and un-American . "

--New York Time s

i>ARt'ET,ON A, Spain . llarcl, 12—The l'rote.stan t(hnreh in Loyalist Spain . which has suffered so muc hpersecution ill its history, now finds itself in the par-ndoxical situation of having complete liberty of wor-shin while the Catholic Church still awaits permissio nto worship publicly . The reasons are partly historica land partly political . Protestantism always has bee nlocal to the republic, which restored religious freedo mand emancipated education, and it was always identi-lied with the liberal niol'ements which led to the re -public . Consequently, with few exceptions, Protes-land churches and pastors were spared the mob ex-cesses from which Catholic churches and clergy suf-fered . . . . _any one who works in Spain as a newspaper

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eorrespondent and must daily keep in touch with th epeople who go to make up the Popular arm canno thelp being struck with the bitterness still existing'against the clergy . Loyalist Spain certainly is no tanti-God, hut it is eertainly anti-clergy . "

—New York Time s

The reason for anti-Catholic sentiment in Spain ,as explained by Loyalists, and reported in the :VexYork- Times of March 17, are :

"As to the disagreeable situation into which th echu r ch fell in the earlier months of the civil war, i ttined be remembered that the government was confront-ed with a situation that had been provoked . If th eCatholic church had not persisted in eneogine. in th epolities of the h•011111 V the uJlhap ;» v plight in uhic'h i t

finds itself today would have been averted . , ,

'till another scene for the conflict of interests he-tvycen Catholic and Protestant systems is in Mexico ,

as indicated in the following from the reported ad -dress of a Protestant missionary ; as published i n

the .Votn' York Times :

The youth of Mexico today is heart-sick and disillu-sioned . torn from an old faith, seeking a new one andfinding none, the Rev . Bancroft heifsnvder, a ntission .

sufy in Villa Ohreaot, D . F., Mexico, declared yesterda yin his morning sermon at the Fourth Presbyteria n('hm . ;li, AV'e't End Avenue and Ninety-first Street .

"111 its filet with the Roman Catholic Church, th eGovernment of Mexico has adopted extremist method sto wean the youth of the land from the influence o fthat church, " he said . "Their professor, tell ther mthat aft religion is the wOrli of priests and capitalists ,rod t1.!ev wonder ii there is It God . It is a challenge t ous of the Protealont Cn'eh to bring these ,Damspeople Intel ; to God.' .

The average Ahneriean knews nothing of cnndition sin Mexico . Mr. Reifanyder said . adding :

"Mexico is not the scene of one revolution afte rr+.mother, its so bully think . There has heen only on erevolution there and that is still iroine nn . The'Alexi-cans are Its proud of that resolution as we are of on eAmerican Revolution .

"Wheho the rev"olltiOtl broke opt ill 10111, Sfi per sen tof the people wore illiterate. The Roman Catholi ,( ' in,reh, a ,,.real landowner, had helped entail ever yprog'ressiye tnoveitent atld lied headed ahm(1s1 evo' Vreactionaly one . Ik'catse of its belief that it andit alone had the right of edneating the masses, ther ewas eoutlict from the start . When, iu 1120, the gov-ernment introduced its policy of tlhi-s-education, th eeo111iet hee .mle acute .

''A very great pereentaoe of the laid of the countr ywits in the 111ulds of the church and the 'aristocrats . '

"The Mexican Government felt that it was not dea ling to take the land away from then, people. Theehod exploited the masses for centuries, and now it wa stheir turn . So they took millions of acres away fro mthe 'at'istoerats ' and distributed them among th epeople . In rennin, they g'rn-e to the former Owners ,bond .

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"AIfe~witlg for the natural mal-administration of in -experienced hands, the government in Mexico is doinga good job. There have been rather foolish moves mad eat times, especially by the State authorities, such asthe banning of free speech . And then they are, be -cause of the quarrel with the Roman Catholic Church ,attempting to stamp out all respect for religion in th ecountry .

The Protestant faiths must take up the most ar-gent task of today and help these people . They seekknowledge and need help . , ,

if, as scents i'Os ible, We are now witnessing th e

dissolution of the "triple _alliance of civil and nomin-al C:hristion systems, or, " the great city divided int othree parts, " it Would indicate that the great revolu-tion of prophecy is in progress : and than the Harvestof the earth is approaching its close . How inspiringto faith t o watch for these fulfillments of prophec ywhich our dear Brother Russell saw at a distance ,but did not live to witness fully in the flesh . Inconclusion, via' quote again from his pen in the Sep-tember 1, 1916 Watch Tumor (W . T. R . 5951) :

''Our present attitude, dear brethren, should be on eof great gratitude toward God, increasing appreciatio nof' the beautiful truth which Ile has granted us th eprivilege of seeing and being identified with, and in-erc'nsine zeal in helping to brine, that truth to th eknowledge of others . In the meantime, our eyes ofunderstanding should discern clearly the Battle of th eGreat I)av of God Almighty now in progress : and ourfaith, guiding our eyes of understanding through th e\V-ord, should enable ua to see the glorious outcome---Messiah's T'sing'dou1 . Furthermore, we caul be full yronlent not to know- how long the harvest work wil llu ;st--content that the great Captain, who by divin eappointment has the entire matter in charge, is to owiser to err, and has promised us that all of our ex-perience :, shall work together for our good if we lov e}link- and are of 'the called ones according to Ill spurpose,' seeking to make our eallina and Meet io n5117 : .

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' IE HARVES T

"The harvest is the end of theworld; and the reapers are. the angels—Matthew 13 :39

THE word "world" in our textis a translation of the Greek wordaion, the proper meaning of which i s"age." The use of "world" as atranslation of aion is evidently butan attempt of the translators of ourCommon Version to give color to th ethought that at some unknown tim ein the future the planet earth, orthe "world,'' would "`come to anend," being destroyed by literal fire ,and that the saints . the ''wheat" ofthe pa rable front which our text i squoted, would be rescued from th eburning and taken to heaven .

But this passage takes on quite adifferent meaning once we recogniz ethat Jesus is not here alluding to atraditional burning up of the earth ,but is discussing' things that were t otake plaice at the end of an age—an age that began at the first advent ,and would continue until events as-sociated with His second presenc ebrought it to nn end and ushered i nanother age—that great Messiani cperiod during which the divine wil lis to be reestablished throughout th ewhole earth .

Jesus' statement eoncernin gharvest being' the end of' the ag eforms a part of His explanation ofthe Parable of the Wheat and Tares.The gathering of the wheat referre dto ill the parable is interpreted b ymany of the nominal church, to meanthe gathering "home" of each in-dividual Christian at the moment h edies : and of course, also the genera lgathering of the remaining' ones a tthe traditional "end of the world . "BBut .Jesus preclude ; the possibility

of such an interpretation being cor-rect. by distinctly saying that th e"harvest" is something which wasto take place at the end of the age ,not all down through the age .

Full Scope of Parabl e

To ace clearly what- is implied i nthe Wheat and Tares parable, it i snecessary to take into account th elesson of the entire parable ; and thi scan been seen only in the light of' di-vine-plan truths revealed during th eharvest. The key to a correct under -standing of the whole parable is i n.loses ' identification of the Wheat .which, fie tells us, are the "ehildre nof the Kingdom . "

And then . as the concludil a fea-ture of the parable, Jesus says tha tthe wheat "shine forth as the su nin the Kingdom of their lather, "this being the barn'' condition int owhich they are finally gathered .Through the divine plat, it is Scrip-turally seen that this " -Kingdom oftheir father" is that _Messianic ar-rangement through and by which th echnreh, as joint-heirs with Christ ,shall share ill the enlightenment an dblessing of "all the families of th eearth . , '

1Tcnee, the entire parable illus-trate :: the development and also th euse of the Kingdom ()lass, whichembraces two ages, the Gospel ag eand the Millennial age . The "har• -te .st ` • of the parable is said to be a tthe ''end of the age" ; and, as th eWheat "shine forth as the sun inthe Kingdom of their father," afte rthe burning of the tares, it is clearl yevident that it is at the end of theGospel age that the harvest take splace . indeed . the parable itsel fshow : vthy there has Its he a harvest

both of the wheat and the tares, be -fore the wheat can "shine forth a sthe sun . "

The sowing of the Wheat, that is ,the planting of the Kingdom clas sas the embryo Kingdom of th eFather, took place at the beginningof the age, under the direct super -vision of the Son of Alan, just as th eparable indicates . The divine Ising-dom was not 'set up" back ther ein the sense that it began to reign ;nevertheless, the , ehildren of theKingllou " have ever been recog-nized by the -Father as the Kingdo min comae of preparation, being pre -pared to nitinlately "shine forth asthe sun .

ilnt the parable introduces anoth-e1' element, a e011111el'feit Kingdo m(•lass, 'alli d Tares . These are sai dto be voice by the devil : and this isust vwhat We Should expect from th e

arch-enemy ot the Father . Ile ha stil l er sought to i'orstall the divine ar-rangenlellts by instituting counter-feits . Ile knew ghat Jesus; was des -lined ultimately to become a King,the ruler of the whole earth : so h esuggested to the .blaster that lie en -ter at once upon His royal carder b yforming a partnership with him .Satan failed in this, but has had ameasure of success in deceiving th eprofessed followers of the Master o nthis point . That is, knowing of th edivine In•onlise to establish a King-don) through a ''seed," and recog-nizing that the Wheat, the "childre nof the Kingdom," were having' th edivine blessing. Satan began to so wTares, counterfeit wheat, in th e\\heat held . The tare's are the im-itation of the Wheat, and the- Wheatare the "children of the Kingdom . "in other 'words, the Son of man. inreeving the Wheat, commenced thedevelopment of the divine Kingdom ;and the devil, in sowing the Tares ,commenced the development of th ecounterfeit of that Kingdom .

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The fulfilment of ibis part of th eparable is clearly discernable i nhistory, and the success of Satan' smasterful counterfeit of the divin eKingdom is seen in the fact that th eentire nominal church world is no wreferred to in so-called orthodox cir-cles as ' 'Christendom"—Christ ' sKingdom . Yes, while it has bee nclaimed that these tares have bee nthe "children of the Kingdom, "in reality they have been the chil-dren of the wicked one . While the yhave occupied a position in thewheat field, they have had no righ tthere, and, its the parable shows ,nntst be gathered out "first, " or be -fore the wheat occupies its undisput-ed position in the final picture., a slight-bearer, to and blesser :s of th epeople during the thousand-year per-iod of the exalted Kingdom of Go d—for which the Gospel age was se taside as a time of preparation .

This, tlien, is the general lesson o fthe parable . In a word, it was th edevelopment of the future rulershipof the divine Kingdom, that Satanattempted, through it counterfeit ar-rangement, to forstall . However, inthe ''harvest" at the end of theage his Tares are destroyed . whilethe Wheat class are gathered andmade triumphant in the thousand -year Mess-in-Me Kingdom .

Begotten by Kingdom Truths\oiv let us note the details of th e

parable . Pit's(, let as enquire hoethese "children of the Kingdom "become "children . .' The Scripturesindicate that it is tln'ongh a "beget-ting" by the ''Word of tr'nth "the kingdom

truth, ot

eonrse .(James I :18 ; 1 Yet . 1 :3 . 23 . )Thus, while the sowing- of this par-ticular parable is seen to be theplanting, or establishing of theKinhdom Al, the embryo King-doms, yet this (vas at,contplished b ,the proetatnation o1' Kingdom truth sand the receiving of those truths in -to the hearts and live, of those wh ohad "ears to hear . "

By the same process, the "tares . .were so(cn in the wheal field . Tha tis, these became "children of th ewicked one . " by accepting and act-ing iu harmony with "doctrines o fdevils . " (1 Tim . 4 :1 .) These decep-tive doctrines of the devil, while ac-tually at vat-tance with, yet frequent-ly are a very close counterfeit of, th eKingdom doctrines . Indeed, thoughin many respects appearing similar ,their aettntl (lifferenee produced th etares, or counterfeit Wheat . Thuswe have a picture of Wheat andTares growing together, and th eMaster said that they were to corr-

tunae in this condition until the hat seat .

An interesting item of the parableis that the Wheat is said to bringforth fruit, even amidst the tares,the tares having no power to chok eoff the fruit-bearing quality of theWheat . Thus it is seen that th eWheat serves a useful purpose eve nbefore the time when it shines fort has the sun in the Kingdom. Thelesson evidently is that the faithful-ness of the Wheat class all dow nthroagla the age in farthing an dbearing- witness to the Kingdommessage, has brought forth other"children of the kingdom, " so tha twhile the Tares have predominated,yet, nevertheless, there has alwaysbeen some Wheat in the field .

Until the Harvest

The Wheat and the Tares were t ogrow together until the harvest . Tha tis, there was to be no clear distinc-tion between the true children of th eKingdom, and the counterfeit . Chris-tendom, with its claims of bein gt']mist 's Kingdom, was to stan dpractically unchallenged. The (worl ddid not desire to challenge the ex-istence of this counterfeit aggrega-tion of tares, and the individua lgrains of true Wheat, holding to th eKingdom truths of the divine Word ,were not in a position to effeetitel yehalleng-e it . Not until the end ofage, as the tithe neared tot' th e\Chet to "shine forth as the sun "n the true Kingdom 1 'or which i t

teas being prepared . wtr there to b ea separation .

.Aceording to .lesus, much vvas t ohe accomplished its the tune of th eharvest at the end oi l the age ; andit is this with which we are partic-ularlV concerned at the present time .II Ne are in the end of the age ,there should be evidence that thi sharvest work has . at least, contniene-ed . If there is no evidence of this ,then we would have a valid reasonto doubt that Christ's second pres-ence is a reality : but if we can se cthe htrve~sl nork iii progress it fnr-nishes one ut' the strongest link, i ngray• chain ot evidence pertaining t othe parousia (preaence) of out' Lord .

And of what does this harves twork

consist .'

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accordingto the Master, the Tares were to b egathered Mitt bundles and burned :turd the Wheat were to be gathere dinto the Lord 's ban . This, it wouldappear, represents in it general way ,the destruction of the counterfei tclass—as Tares . not necessarily a sndividuals---iti order that the way

rninht he cleared for the Wheat to

7take its destined place in the trueKingdom, and there to shine forthas the sun .

While the Wheat harvest is thatin which we are particularly inter-ested, we should not lose sight of th efact that the gathering and burningof the tares is also an importan tpart of the harvest work ; hence, i fwe leave this phase of the work ou tof our reckoning, we will fail to real-ize how fully and marvelously th eharvest of the parable has been pro-greasing during the last half centuryand more .

"The Reapers Are the Angels "To properly visualize all phases of

the harvest work let us, at this point ,identify the ''reapers ." First, inthis connection, it should be notedthat the Son of man takes the re-spomsibility for the work ; Be is theone who says to the "angels," wh oain the reapers, Do this and do that .in Revelation 14 :14, Jesus is showntwit} a sharp sickle in His hand, go-ing forth to reap ; hence He is th eChief Reaper .

Ilto who are those over tt'hom th eChief Reaper assumes command, the"angels" who perform His biddin gin this great harvest work'? Befor eattempting to decide this point, letIts not() again what- is said to be doneby these reapers . First, there is thecathering and burning of the tare stvlti,h is explained by the Master t ohe the gathering' out of the King-domi all things that offend and whichdo iniquity . Then, there is the gath-ering of the Wheat into the " barn, "scotch Jesus says is the placing o fthe – children of the Kingdom" ina position where they may ''shin e1'orih as the stmt . ,

Note the several phases of workhere outlined seem to call for it wid evariety of "angels," or messengers ,to perform it . The use of the word". angel" need not he taken to mea nthat angelic beings are the reapers .The tern) angel is frequently used inthe Bible to denote a messenger . Therltesseng'er may, or may not he it spir-it being .

Many "angels" are referred to i nthe book of Revelation who evidentlyare not spirit beings . In 2 Corin -thians 12 :7 . the Greek word angelos,translated ''angel" throughout th eVenv Testament, is applied to an in -animate thin'. Here Paul refers toIris partial blindness as a "messen -ger," (Greek angelos, angel) o fSatan to buffet him . Thus we seethat so far as the Scriptural term

concerned, it can be ap-

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plied to any messenger or agencythat may be used to accomplis hthings .

The work of the parable which issaid to be acomplished by the "an-gels" at the command of the Son o fman is, itself, the best guide in de-termining who the angels may be .What are the agencies used for th ebinding and burning of the tares ;and what are the agencies used fo rthe gathering and exaltation of th eWheat? Has either phase of thi swork progressed sufficiently to en -able us to identify the forces bein gemployed ?

Surely, if the harvest work hasprogressed to the point where it he -comes one of the unmistakable sign sof the Master's presence as theChief Reaper, we should be able t osee what agencies are at work inconnection therewith . We hold thatthis is possible today. Briefly, w ewish to state here, that to our un-derstanding, the "angels'' of theparable include all the agencieswhich the Son of man rises to accom-plish the complete wo rk of harvest ,including' the burning of the Tares ,and the exaltation of the -Wheat toKingdom glory ; and that the princi-pal part of this work is accomplish-ed through the proclamation of thetruth by God's consecrated peoplethis side of the van. While this lat-ter phase of the harvest work is th eone with which we are the most eon-e.erned and the beet acquainted, yetwe should not ignore the other phas-es, nor lose sight of the fact thatother agencies are used to carry outthe complete work outlined in th eparable .

The Typical Harvest

There was a harvest at the end o fthe Jewish age . Back there it wasnot a separation of' wheat from im-itation wheat, as in the gospel ag oharvest. The whole Jewish nationwas a Kingdom nation, and so recog-nized by God . There was no eoun-terf.'eit about this claim. But whe nthe Kinng came to them, only a fe wwere in the proper heart attitude t oaccept Him . Be came to His own ,but His own received Him not . Buta. few individuals did receive Him ,and these became the "children" inthe new Kingdom arrangement start-ed at Pentecost_—John 1 :11, 12 .

In Matthew 9 :37 ; Luke 10 :2 ; andJohn 4 :35-38, this gathering of theremnant of fleshly Israel to be thenucleus of the new Kingdom, is de -scribed as a harvest work—a separ-ating of the wheat from the chaff .The chaff constituted a part of th ewheat while developing, but a value -

less part when the time came for th eharvest, hence it was fit only for th eburning, which, eventually, too kplace .

Now the harvest at the end of th eJewish age was accomplished largel yby the proclamation of Kingdo mtruth by the wheat class of tha ttime, the very ones who, later, be-came the "children of the King-dom" in the Gospel age arrange-ment . We wish to emphasize thi spoint for the reason that some hav eclaimed that the reapers in th ewheat and tares parable couldn't b ethe "children of the Kingdom" be -cause tha' ' would mean that th ewheat was reaping itself . Yet, thatis exactly what did take place in th eJewish age harvest . The apostle sand others whom Jesus sent out a sthe harvest messengers at that time ,were, themselves, the wheat class .True, literal wheat could not rea pliteral wheat ; but this is symbolicwheat, and the wheat symbolize speople, people who are faithful t oGod, and these can reap others byproclaiming the Kingdom message .

But there was another phase o fthat typical harvest that was not ac-complished by the symbolic wheat ,and that was the burning of th echaff . And Jesus, the Chief Reape rof that time, was responsible foreven that phase of the work, al -though He used other agencies . InMatthew 3 :12 this matter is outlin-ed, and there John the Baptist ex -plains that Jesus world be the on eto do the entire work of gatherin gthe wheat into His garner, and burn-ing the chaff with unquenchable fire .

But, while Jesus sent out IIis dis-ciples, who, themselves, were th ewheat class, to gather the wheat int othe Lord's garner, these were no tused to burn the chaff . No, if wewere to undertake an identificatio nof any of the messengers used bythe Lor d for this part of that typi-cal harvest wo r k, we would have tosay that Titus and the Roman armydid a large share of it, as they wer ethe ones that made a final end o fthat arrangement which, in the past ,had been God's typical Kingdom .Tares First Gathered and Burne dIn the Gospel age harvest, th e

tares are said to be gathered an dburned first . This, the Master ex-plains, represents the gathering outfrom the Kingdom all things whic hdo offend and which work iniquity .Let us remember that the field i nwhich the tares were planted was awheat field . Although the tares hav ebeen permitted to grow there for atime, yet they have been usurpers :

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and the separation of the two isshown to be a gathering out fromthe wheat field—God's Kingdom ar-rangement---those things, the tares ,which are not in harmony therewith ,hence hindering the development o fthe wheat .

The Power of TruthNow, how is this work done, an d

is there any evidence that it is bein gaccomplished? If we can dependupon the object lesson furnished i nthe Jewish harvest, we must con-clude that the separation of taresfrom the wheat in this end of th eage is accomplished largely by th eproclamation of the Kingdom truth ,the announcement that the King i spresent . This is the sharp sicklethat cuts asunder and makes mani-fest the counterfeit from the real .

This does not mean that individ-ual Christians this side the wail hav ebeen commissioned to determine wh othe tares, or workers of iniquity ,are, and to forcibly eject diem fromthe church, as sonic seem mistakenlyto suppose. No . all that the childrenof the Kingdom have to do with thi swork is the proclaiming of the truth ,and it is by each individual's reac-tion to that message when he hear sit, that he places himself either withthe tares or with the wheat—withthose who are looking for the realKingdom, or with those who prefe rto cast their lot with the devil' scounterfeit arrangement which i sdestined soon to be completely de-stroyed, or "burned . „

It is in keeping with God's meth-ods of doing things all dow nthrough the ages that we concludethat, in large measure, the harvestwo rk of both tares and wheat is ac-complished through the power oftruth—mostly, of course, by theKingdom truth proclaimed by the"children of the Kingdom ;" andalso, to some extent, by the generalenlightenment due in the harvesttime resulting' from the bright shin-ing of the Master's presence . 'Whilethe acceptance of the Kingdom truthmay help to determine who arewheat and who are tares, yet th ediffusion of knowledge along- otherlines seems necessary as a prepara-tion for the final burning of th etares . Thus other "angels" or mes-sengers may properly be include damong those whom the Lord uses toaccomplish the full scope of thiswork .

We can hardly overestimate th epower of truth operating in the livesof human beings . The Creator em-ploys various powerful laws by

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which He controls the inanimate

things He has created ; but when it

conies to intelligent creatures—thosewhom He has created in His own

image—I-ie guides them through th e

operation of truth . Being intelligen tc-reatures, they are controlledthrough their intelligence ; the mea-

sure of control depending, largely ,upon the degree to which an individ-ual is willing to yield himself to th einfluence of what he recognizes to b e

truth .

And Salon has also exercised con-trol over the people through thei r

minds ; not with truth, hut with er-

ror—the dOetrines of devils . From

Eden on down through the ages th e

spirit of error has been dominant i nthe world, while the spirit of trut hhis been ]incited in its influence t o

those few wlunn the Lord has been

specially using in connection Wit hthe development of Nis plate . l e nde r

1 he intlnenee of the spirit of error ,

both individuals and nations hav eImam swayed hack and forth in thei r

shuttle-like pnrauit of a happiness

which they have never found .

But, with the approach of the tim eof the end, influences are set to work

loch gradually result in a turnin g

eo of a light, so to speak, challeng-ing the prince of darkness to hi s

right] to forever hold the people un-der his control iy sheer force of

ivnorance . Ina previous article, w e

noted how this "increase of Icnowl-

edge " during. the last days is doing.

numb to ". turn the world upsid edouyn " as it were ; that it is even

bringing shout the destruction of

the great anti-Christ sy tee of pa-

pacy .

Effects of Bright Shinin g

And now, let its note the pant thi sbright shitting of the Lord's pres-ence ploys in connection with th ehan'vest work, both ma it affects th etou'es, and also the wheat . We hav ealready noted that the tare's posi-

tion the wheat field is character-i-r,ed chiefly in Hominid churchian-ity's false claim of being Christ' sKingdom—Chri .stendmn. The whea t

are the true Children of the King-

dom, and in line for exaltation an dreigning in the 'true Kingdom o fGod hut the tore; are the usurpers ,

which are removed and burned .

is there any evidence, then, tha tnominal churchiunity is losing he rposition as the formerly nnehalleng-

cd favorites of heaven, whose on-tltority over the consciemees of me nand women nnist ice held as invio-late and supreme :' Certainly, thereis much evidence along this line . As

a result of the increase of knowledg ealong all lines, practically ever yfoundation principle upon which th e

nominal church is built is now beingchallenged ; yea, not only challenged ,but as one after another of her dog-mas are weighed in the balances ofenlightened public opinion, they ar efound wanting. As i result, the

whole tare element of society th eworld over is losing' its position, it sstanding .

No longer is the claim accepted ic yau enlightened work] that ehnrch-

state lotion eon-dilutes the Kingdo moi God. About the last "swellingword:" to be heard with atn commi ealong this line, was when importan tturd representative elergyiten haile d

the nouy defunct Leagne of Nation s

as the "political expression of God' sKingdom on earth." This . perhaps ,was one of the major bundling pro-

jects, preparatory to the burning .Formerly, the tare element hel d

]rower over the people by playin g

upon their superstition . The eterna ltorture superstition was used to hol d

the people iu religions restraint, i t

iteing' claimed that those who doubt-ed the church 's claims of authorit ywould be consigned to that a wful

hell of fire and brimstone . Prac•ti-cally every claim of the tare elenrcr h

was based upon superstition . ratherthan fact . and promoted throug hfear, rather than love . Ilence it i s

easy to nnderst.and hour the iucreas-itie light of the new day, has gradu-ally undermined the faith of th epeople in chnrehiattitr, and made it -destruction in the suhsegneut tim eof trouble a logical, yen . a eommend-able thing.

Meanwhile truth ' s tomes are a twork on every hand, exposing the

evils and injustices of all the variou sgovernmental forces that have s olong' held undisputed ridership ove rthe people . The first effect of thi s

exposure of' error and evil is to c•aus can uprising against the evils . Insome eountries, such as Maly an d

Clermooty, dictators foresee the im-possibility of holding an arousedpublic in cheek, so they c•iantp dow non the circulation of any informa-

tion that is detrimental to their dic -tatorial regimes . But -melt c•ensot-slhip methods can only temporaril yhold hack the destructive iutlnence s

set in motion by the disseminatio nof knowledge .

In a general way, there can he n o

mistake but that the bright shinin gof the Lord 's presence is graduall ybringing about the full destructionof what: then have talled "civiliza -tion ." but which, 1 ' rom the Lord's

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standpoint of justice and love, i smost uncivilized and cruel, fit onl yfor destruction in the great "fire ofGod's jealousy " which even now isbeing kindled, and which will de-vour the whole symbolic earth .—Zeph . 3 :S, 9 .

And it is in this lire that the tare s

are also to be burned : their tare, orcounterfeit nature, having first beendemonstrated by the disseminatio nof truth during the harvest period .

Thus it will lie 1ruc, that the got-her-inn and hurtling oi ' the tones is ac-complished "first "—that is, before

the wheat '' shine forth as the sun i nthe 'Kingdom of their Father ." No tlint in the sense that there is n ogolheriug of vyheat until after th eburning o1' the tares, lint first i ntlt ;it this is the first phase of th eIar'yert vdnt'l ; io ho enmplcicd, ns th e;hiuitlg of the wheat as the stn ,

ll not lie until the full establish -meld of the ly itgdoni .

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\V ' e have pressed particnlarly th etore feature of the harvest, inclid -iti the burning of the tares . he-canse our present position in th einvest period semis to call for more;Mention on this point . 1>ut theuyhe :u harvest has been in grog*res salso, lily definitely su, and in this .as (7nistinn : . WV find our chief eon _ecru. While the pyoclanmlion o f

Niad a ' truth has had an indireet,']feet upon the tart class, and whiletheir position has also been tf1'ect.e dby the general inerense of knowl-edge g lob' all linos, net the King-dom truth particularly has worke dniizlity chnoges among the wheat .

The position o1' the wheat is wel ldescribed by the Psalnnst when h esaid . '• .A Ilnmsand shall fall at th yside, and ten thousand at thy righ thmu] : but it shall not come nighthee." 1Psa . 91 :7 .1 Why" Becaus ethe l<iuc'dnni truth has been givena- a shield and buckler, an armo rto protect theta in this evil dory .The falling flWay of the maresthrough the exposure of their falserelit'intts cl;cinis could have theWheat in a sorry plight indeed, i fthe Lord did not, at the saute time ,provide fits sustaining grace of pres-ent truth to reveal to the minds o fthe wheat class the fact that whilethe t' ;dse quirts of Christendom can -not stand up against the challengesof nn enlightened world, net ; thereis o truth that eon . Alan, that whileibc counterfeit Kingdom of God i stottering to its fall, there is a truel y ind.donl soon to he established .This, then . has been the harvest mes ssoon entrusted to those messengers

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whose special privilege it has bee nto minister to the "children of th eKingdom .' *

And has there been such a procla-mation of Kingdom truth during th elast half century? Most decidedly ,there has . And in the Lord's provi-dence that message was caused toreach every nook and corner o fChristendom . So pronounced was it ,and so well recognized by the leader sof religione thought the world over ,that the mere mention of the ter m"Millennial Dawn," was enough t ocall forth heated expressions of bit-terness in practically any church i nChristendom. No, the harvest mes-sage of the Kingdom and the pees-enee of the !Ring was not lu'oclaiue din a corner. The whole professe dChristian world knew about it, an dthe nrlim•ity tool: a stand against it ,and still maintain that stand .

lint the wheat class were reache dand refreshed by the message ; andas each one heard and with the hear tbelieved, he added his voice to th eglad refrain . While there had bee nindividual believers iii the Millen-nial Kingdom during all parts of theone, not since the apostles fell aslee pin death, until the beginning of th eharvest in the early seventies, di d(lad permit the Kingdom messag eto go out in such volume and wit hsuch effectiveness as le cause th e" children of the 7iingdonm" to stan dout as a separate aggregation fro mthe great may. of those who believedthat the chnreh-.,tale systems of th eworld eon-diluted the true Kineido mof Christ .

Harvest Still Progressin g

Since the death of the one whomthe. Lord used so large] in connectio nwith the proclamation of the truth ,there has heen a temporary scatter-ing of the "children of the King-dom ." insofar as a cooperative min-istry of the truth is concerned, hut

this in no way nullifies the reality o fthe harvest work which had thus farbeen aceonrplished, but is merely afurther testing and refining of th eLord's people preparatory to theirshining forth as the sun in the King-dom of their Father. Some havesaid that what we claim to hav ebeen the harvest work, was not real-ly so, else it would have endured .It has endured . We venture to saythat not one in a thousand, who ae-eepted the harve t message, has eve rreae.cepte-1 the theory that nomina lchnrchianity represents Christ' sKingdom on earth .

As well may we say that the her -vest the Jewish age which wa seaeried on by deems and the apostles ,was a feilure, an abortion, simplybecause, when the apostles died ,the outward clinch arrangement sfounded by them, disintegrated .The point we should never lose sigh tof is that it is not God's intentio nto organize TIis people into a world -wide and unshakable unit this sid eof the Fail . The harvest work wa snot intended to accomplish this fo rthem .

The kingdom truths promulgate dby Jesus and the apostles have live din the keens of a few individuals i nall parrs of the age . These truth ; ,were revived and sent broadcast t oall the world during the Gospel ageharvest, with the additional informa-lion that the King is again present .As the truth heel ; there. planted inthe hearts of God's peo ple, laid thefoundation for the Go_,pe1 age work ;so the truth in this harvest is layingthe foundation for the Millennia lage work . The culmination of th ewheat harvest is that ol the halmcondition ; and that 's not this sid eof the rail, lint a shilling forth ir.the Kingdom .

Those who may- have had the ide athat the harvest work of this age

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was intended to gather together ag r oup of people who, in the flesh ,would continue to carry on Kingdo mwork, have not seen the real impor tof the harvest work, the full scop eof that which is taught in the par-able of the wheat and the tares .!While there is much evidence no wthat many of the "children of th eKingdom" may again labor togetherin giving a final witness for thetruth before the dark night of trou-ble settles down upon the world ; yetidoubtless the lime will emne, wheel ,as a final test of faith in and loyaltyto God and to His truth, each on eof these may be required to stan dprectically alone .

We have seen then, as illustrate din the parable, that there was asowing of ;+-heat at the beginning ofthe age, this wheat being, accordin gto Jesus, the "ehildren of the King-dom . " We have seen, furthermore ,that there was another sowing short-ly thereafter, a sowing of tares, o rcounterfeit wheat . We Kaye see nthat the result of this sowing oftare), has been the development o fthe counterfeit Kingdom arrange-ment called '`Christendom ." Wehart -men the bundling of thes etares, and now the bu r ning is begin-ning to take place . We have notedthe feet of the world-wide proela-nuUion of the Kingdom truth, and o fhoc the tare class took a definit estand

against it, tons separatin gthemselves from the wheat . And110Ai we are surrounded With cvi-denees that the time is near whe nthe last grains of v,heet tail! he ex-alted to shine forth as the sun i nthe Kingdom . So, shall we not lif tup our heads with thanlagiving an drejoicing in this further cvidenee ofthe presence of the Chief Reaper—Ile 1vlho soon will becorrie King ofthe whole earth .

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C~he flLtrbfttau 91t1(The Gospel of ChristThe Power of God Unto Salvatio n

"So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach th eGospel to you that are at Rome also . For I am no tashamed cf the Gospel of Christ : for it is the powerof God unto salvation to every one that believeth ; t othe Jew first, and also to the Greek . For therein i sthe righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith :as it is written, The just shall live by faith ."--Rom .1 :16-17 .

I-j I Gospel of Christ is the Messianic Gospel ,that divine arrangement by which God ,through the Christ, Ilead and body . propose sto effect a reconciliation between Himsel f

and the fallen race . Paul makes it very plain tha tthis Gospel is an extremely important factor in th elife of the Christian and it, therefore, behooves it swho have named the name of Christ to examin eclosely what the \Vord of God has to say about i tin order that we may not overlook any essentia lpoints included in its full meaning . If left to ou rown desires in the matter, doubtless each of us woul dselect those features which appealed to him mos tstrongly and stress these in his mind and conversa-tion to the gradual elimination of those leas ap-pealing to his imperfect thought processes .

in fact, religious history shows that this tendenc ywas a very strong factor in bringing about the in -numerable creeds and sectarian beliefs of the pas t

and present . It is the logical outcome of a conditionunder which earnest and sincere, as well as othersorts of men play up certain portions of the Gospelmessage to the partial or incomplete exclusion ofother portions found in God's A\'ord . There is ,as we know, a zeal not according to knowledge . Butis it reasonable to suppose that God gave His ap-proval to such a "carving into segments" , of Hi sglorious Gospel, either in the Dark _Ages or now

God is no respecter of persons and so to eac h

of us who has "made a covenant . . . by sacrifice "

lle has given the charge to "fully " preach the Gospel .

(Psa. 50 : S : cont . 15 :19 .) It is a balanced and s

complete Gospel . Paul also says that he was care-ful lest he might hinder the Gospel . Any alteration

in or oulission from the whole Gospel of God mos t

certainly hinders, to some extent, the full blessin gwhich may he received through it .

Sfronp 's Exhaustive Concordance defines the

Greek verb cuaycteli._o by the terms : "To annonn egoad news ("evangeliz e " ) especially the gospel : .

. declare, bring (declare, show) glad(good) tidings ,

preach (the gospel ; the noun, enagpelion, a hoot !

message, i . c . the (fospcl ." The Gospel is spoken o f

112 times in the New Testament and 7 times i n

the Old. On a very few other occasions the Hebrew

word refers to a nx esseager bringing to his kin gnews of a victory by his armies . AV~henever it i sused with respect to the Christian's faith and hopeit is rendered 'FIIP GOSPEL, Tile GI,AI) TID -\( ; :S .

.Autong :1 yao-ious renderings found ut the Corn -n ;on \ ersiott . 'u-c

The Gospel of the Kingdo mif

God

and

of

Christ,

etc .) 2 9The Gospel of the Grace of God 1The Gospel of your Salvation 1The Gospel of Peace 4The Ifverlasting Gospel 1The Truth of the Gospel 4Th rThu

Faith of the Gospe lMystery of the Gospel e

1)hedience and Loyalty t o

Def e pee of the Gospel)

1 0Another Gospel (than the only tr ue Gospel )

condenmed by Paul

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L poi examining these 119 appearances of theterm, the Gospel, the glad tidings, etc ., in the Scrip-tures this conclusion stood out : To elaborate on th ehill meaning of the Gospel would require a serie sof discourses or articles on all features of God' sPlan and of His character and on the intimate re-lationship of the true Christian to them all . Inother words . The Gospel is the whole Word of Godfully and rightly divided in accordance with 2 Tim -othy 2 :1

Needless to say, none of its feels himsel fqualified to perform this heel : . And yet, neithe rdo we find favor with our Heavenly bather if wethrow up our hands, sit down and do nothing in th ematter .

That is, in effect-, ignoring Ills graciou spromises of help to those who truly love Hint .

\V T hen our text citation is examined closely eigh tline: of helpful thought develop out of it and wil lserve to give its at least a hint of the Power an dheathy contained in this Gospel of our Salvation .

(1) Paul was Prepared to Us eHis Whole Being Preaching the Truth

The lengths to which Paul went in this matte rof preaching the Gospel is beautifully shown in theIi ' ci'ntooth rendering of 1 "Thessalonians 2 :6-9 ;"We might have stood on our dignity as Christ ' sapostles . On the contrary, in our relations to youwe showed ourselves as gentle as a mother is when

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she tenderly nurses her own children . Seeing thatwe were thus drawn affectionately towards you, i twould have been a joy to us to have imparted toyou not only God ' s Good News. but to have give nour very lives also, because you had become verydear to us. For you remember, brethren . ourlabor and toil : how, working night and day so a snot to become a burden to any one of you, we cam eand proclaimed among you God's Good News "

This is only one of many examples that we se ethroughout Paul 's ministry, which ministry we ar eurged to copy even as his ministry was a copy o fChrist's. A\ hen we, in silent meditation, hold on eof those necessary periods of self-e .Natnination le tus he entirel honest with ourselves and see justhon far our lives and words are devoted to preach-ing the whole Gospel, or whether we are lapsin ginto a condition in which we are satisfied to showforth some selected portions of it with the idea i nmind that others may witness to those parts whic hare less attractive to us . AV'ith such an idea, no mat -ter how sweet it may he to us, goes the insidiou spoison of "spiritual pride" in the idea that we aremore favored of the Lord than those who preac hother phases of the Gospel . Doubtless the one whos etastes run more to those phases of the Gospel whichare measurably shelved or shunned liv us, is equall ycertain that his course is purchasing for hint a posi -tion of superior favor . The desire for the chiefseats of favor did not die with the scribes or Phari-sees, nor with the sons of Zebedee and their mother .

However, the advice. "humble yourselves, " to-gether with that of the .\faster given in \latthew 20 :25-28, has not, in any way, reduced in power o reffect . we quote in part : 'Tut it shall not be soamong you ; but whosoever will be great amon gyou, let him lie your minister : and whosoever wil lbe chief among von, let him be your servant ; evenas the Son of mall came not to he ministered unto ,but ,to minister ." Our eventual position in th eKingdom is to lie determined liy how closely an dwith vvhat effort we have performed the whole will o fGod within the limitations of our earthly tabernacle .

(2) It was First to the Jews ,

. . Then to the Gentiles

".And the Scripture, fin-seeing that God wouldjustify the heathen through faith, preached befor ethe gospel unto .Abraham, saying, 'ln thee shal lall nations be blessed . '" (Gal . 3 :5.) This is thefirst preaching of the Gospel of which we find Scrip-tural record . Enoch 's message as recorded in Jud e1 - 1 , 1

merely pointed to the judgment of evil-doers .

To the first Gentile convert Peter said : "Of atruth 1 perceive that God is no respecter of persons :but in every nation he that fcarcth reverencetl wflint, and cyoi'keth rightc~nusness, is accepted Wit h1lim . "—.Acts 10 :34, 35 ,

1 low widely (god intends the Gospel to he preache dshown iu Matthew '4 :14 :

And this Gospel of theKingdom shall he preached in all the n'orld for u

witness unto all nations : and then shall the end of

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the age conc ." Since this Gospel is the ''powerof God unto salvation to everyone that believeth,"we see how necessary this witness is in order to ful-fill the Scriptures which show that true Christian swill he from among all nations and kindreds o fthe earth. by way of self-examination, let eachof its ask ourselves the question : "if I were theonly witness whom God has chosen from my lo-cality would the Gospel be fully preached in it" ?

Of course that does not mean that we have t oforce the Gospel upon everyone any more than i tmeans that all must become believers during thi sGospel age . If, however, we let our first love o fGod 's truth become cold or lukewarm it may mea nthat God will need to find another messenger fo rthat particular service which othervyise could hav ebeen ours to perform . brethren, let us all takeltonie to ourselves the lesson of Jeremiah 's state-ment, 'lint His word was in mine heart as a burninglire shut up iii my hones, and 1 was weary with for -bearing, and I could not stay . "—)cr . 20 :0 .

(3) The Righteousness of God is Reveale dTherein According to Our Faith in GodAnd Christ as our Lord and Saviour .

The first chapter of dark opens with the words ,"The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, theSon of God . " And Paul, in Romans i, reminds usthat if we fulfill the conditions laid down in His wor dthen we, also, arc 1-1is sons and hence, "heirs o fGod . and joint-heirs with Christ . " As, always, whe nGod gives us something valuable or entrusts it t oour care, Ile does it for a purpose—an unselfis hpurpose . A\ ' eytnouth 's New Testament in Moder nSpeech puts our responsibility and relationship t oGod into very clear language . " For this f God ' shousehold] is what the Church of the eves-livin gGod is, and it is the pillar and foundation stone o fthe truth . And, beyond controversy, great is th emystery of our religion . " (1 Tim . 3 :15, 16 .) Sinc ePaul has just laid down the qualifications for ser-vants in the ecclesia and since the words followin gthose just Tinted are a warning to the churc hthat false teachers will arise, etc ., this statementmust apply to the church in the flesh . to all who ar ebrethren in the narrow way .

.As we make this Gospel our ovyn—and let us li every sure that we do this (1 "l'hes . 5 :21 2 Cur. 13 :5)--and increase our faith with its glorious prom-ises, it takes root in our hearts, a living-, growinggift from our lleavenly Father and our Lord. Do\\e view it from this standpoint in daily practic enr is it something n e only occasionally take dow nfront the shelf and dust

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l,rcthren, the Gospe l15 and trust lie an ever gro ring trasure in ourhearts or the time will come when it will seek an -other and more appreciative habitation .

May thatnever happen to any of us . for there is nn substitut eto till the void its loss would creat

e Ig ut a ; (Ye Inure and more completely set apart 011 '

hearts and minds to l his message in its fulness an drichness then 11is righteousness, not our own whic his as filthy rags . becomes revealed in its through th e, ;osPel as Paul reminds us . And so we, too, become

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living epistles of the Gospel, known and read ofall men . If it is in us as He would have it, the nwe cannot begin to contain it all . Then it will notbecome diminished in value and importance throug hthe earthen vessels of ours, but it will overflow t othe blessing and profit of other hearts and heads .Gander the divine arrangement, as blessings thusreach others around as from our overflowing hearts ,it tends to increase instead of diminish our ow nstore of divine refreshment and benefit . " It is moreblessed to give than to receive" has even more signi-ficance to the Christian in the spiritual than in thematerial things .--:Acts 20 :3 :: .

(4) It is the Power of God unto Salvation

The apostle also tells us something of the condi-tions attached to the operation of this wonderfu lpunka- of (loch "I declare unto you the Gospe lwhich I preached unto you, which also we hav ereceived . and tyhcrcin ye slant] : 1_ty which also v care sated, if ye keep margin, hold last in memor ywhat 1 preached unto von . ' ( 1 Cola I3 2 .) And i nEghesians 1 :13, we read "In whom ' Christ ' ye alsotrusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, theGospel of your salvation : in whom also ain't that ye

ye were sealed with that holy spirit of prom-ise." Then to receive of this potter of salvation i nthe full sense, we nntst hear and receive (or believe )the word of truth, the Gospel, be sealed with theholy spirit, and retain it in memory . not just as s o

many words to be repeated from time to time In vembedded in our hearts, until it Leconte :, a ver ypart of us, yea, an ever increasing part of ns .

It may sound Very simple and easy of attainmentto sonic, lint it is a lifetime task. a precious privi-lege, ours through grace . It may sound hard o rimpossible to others . htn all necessary assistance i spromised us i i se't' 010 rt lruf so,' clan,' and, therefore ."if God he for us, who f or what can he against us '(iZom. 3 :31 .) The answer is . no one, nor anything .Ina Dur .cek'CS . Only our own carelessness or sel-fishness will he responsible for our failure if it finallyshould conic to that . So let us he awake at all time sto both our responsibilities and privileges .

'through this power of the I/ely spirit comin gto us through our belief of the Gospel . we hecontemore godlike and come into a condition of true hol-iness, and gradually we grow into the likeness o fHis character and hecome more completely set apartfrom worldly and sinful trays to the full commitmen tof His wags . And, truly, His ways lead to lif eeverlasting 1

(5) It is Limited to Them that Believ e

The importance of believing the Gospel is mos tplainly shown in a few words in Helhrews 4 :2, 3 .Speaking, to his brethren of the household of faith .

Paul says, "i'or unto us vvas the Gospel preached .as well as onto them : hut the word preached di dslot profit them, not being mixed with faith in mar -gin, because they were not united Lu faith to ! them

that heard it . "

And Jesus said unto the blind ,

\ccording to your faith by it unto you . " (matt .

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9 :2 0.) They were blind physically and then the ysaw . n,l ..iorc becoming enlightened, we were al lblind spiritually . Will we all continue to see theGospel of our calling more and more clearly as w ej ourney onward to the end of our Christian pathwa yOur faith and faithfulness will supply the answer ."Tis is the victory that ovcrcometh the world,even our faith ." "Be thou faithful unto death, an dI will give thee a crown of life ." (1 John 5 :4 ; Rev .2 :10.) "With the heart man believeth unto righteous-ness ; and with the mouth confession is made untosalvation,

(Rom . 10 :l0 . )

Yes, the head. the heart, the tongue, the whol ebeing. will be cooperating toward a common goal- -that of righteousness and holiness . True faith lead sin just one direction. As the poet puts it, "M yfaith looks up to Thee, " and where w e look, in tha tdirection inevitably we will go. To the extent tha twe find ourselves drifting . hesitating or going inany other direction, we may know that lip service ,blind, unthinking emotion, credulity, etc ., are beingsubstituted in our lives for the genuine holy im -pulses, deliberations and o ats that betoken the realChristian, the up-and-doing child of a great an dglorious heavenly Father .

From another angle . it may be said that we hav eeither a growing or a dying faith. It does not re -main stationery . This does not mean that we jumpfrom one conclusion to another with such rapidit yas to lose run- sense of proportion, nor that we limi tair faith exclusively to our own personal satisfactio n

and give it no room inn which to develop and grov einto a thing of beauty and desirability to behold .

Neither extreme is associated with spiritua lgrowth . A growing organism constantly partake sof food, discarding what is found to be harmful o rof no benefit to itself, and assimilating only tha twhich has been definitely proven by test to b estrengthening and invigorating .

Having proved to the best of our ability every -thing which goes into our faith structure, We hav ea further definite responsibility to our Father and t oour Lord Jesus to keep and defend it until the en dof our course is reached, or, until He has fulfille dthe promise that "if in anything ye he otherwise mind -minded, God shall reveal when this unto you . " --'Phil .3 :15 .

For the Christian . decisions based on the wor dof God and pertaining to the Gospel in all its phases ,are necessary . It is plainly shown that to he "tosse dto and fro . and carried about with every wind o fdoctrine, " whetiher of doctrine pertaining to God ' sPlan or of Tdis character, and to he "ever learning ,and never able to come to the knowledge of thetruth, " etc ., are not pleasing to God . (TEph. 4 :14 ;2 Tim . 3 :7 .) Character is not built by the constan tdodging of an issue. or by avoiding opportunitie sto defend and show forth that which God has com-mitted to our care . Jude 3, 1 1i'ofof translation reads .

"Beloved, my whole concern was to write you on th esuhject of our common salvation, but I am force dto write von an appeal to defend the faith which

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has once for all been committed to the saints." Thehabit of evading doctrinal features of the truth hav-ing a prominent position in the Word of God an dof consistently ignoring them on the plea of expedi-ence, personal distaste, etc ., is a form of indifferenceto that which He considers important enough to in -corporate in His Word, and must eventually classif yus as Laodiceans, fit only to be spewed out . How -ever, it is obvious that there are circumstances tha tcall for reticence and it would not be productiv eof good were we to speak our minds. Under suchconditions lack of restraint would not merit God ' sapproval. The spirit of a sound mind—Christia nsanctified common sense and Christlike love—mus tdetermine our course .

Character is built by meeting these matters firml yand in the spirit of true Christian love the divin eway . The double-minded man is unstable in al lhis ways . He is building an unstable character ,certain to fall when crucially and severely tried .And, when each decision is made in sincerity o fheart and in accordance with the understanding per-mitted to us at the time, it becomes our responsibilit yto God to stand fast upon it until He, in His infinit ewisdom, enables us, by whatever means or metho dHe may choose, to see that our position is inhar-monious with some portion of His \\'ord . Any othercourse of procedure which causes us to reverse o rabandon our position, can have none other than adisastrous effect upon our faith and character struc-ture .

It might be said that the steps leading to Christiancharacter development are :

I To study God ' s \\ c ord with the thought in mind ,"Thy will, not mine, he done . "

2 To meditate upon and pray over what we hav estudied .

3 To come to decisions based upon the previou ssteps .

4 To abide by those decisions and to take positiv eaction in harmony with His Word when and if nec-essary, regardless of what it may cost us in the favo rof the world or even among our brethren .

5 To he ready at all times to be shown from th eScriptures wherein we have erred : and, when slimy n ,to pttt His Word above self(ish) interest or de-sire . even as We put it above the favor of other swhen it is necessary for us to do so .

We know of Paul 's strength of character . Crasssections of it are placed before us in the passage stelling how he defended these things committed t ohis charge, how he withstood Peter to the face fo rhis dissembling, and in his epistles to the Corinthia nchurch . He might easily have evaded the issues b yexplaining that these things were causing contro-versy and division so he would not touch upon them ,or that he was merely an apostle to the Gentiles .while Peter ministered more especially to the lews ,and have let it go that way . Many of his hardship s:amid have been avoided by using human logic (an dPaul was no mean logician) but he had other an dhigher standards and he stood lty them. He fought

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the good fight even unto the end . He was also lov-ing and gentle . However, the various sides of hi scharacter were not in opposition—they worked to-gether .

It takes more than mere determination to buildChristian character . The most ruthless character sof history had great determination and the will tosucceed . In standing by. and defending our faith ,our Scripturally proved standards, do we grant ou rbrother the same rights and privileges? Or do werequire him to live up to what we have proved fo rourselves instead of what he has established in hi sown . mind ? Our brother is responsible to our Fathe rfor his faith and conduct according to what he under-stands, not for our conduct, etc . We may not, withScriptural approval, support our brother and hi sactivities in important things contrary to what w eunderstand, for that would be pleasing men rathe rthan God, putting policy . expedience or "respep tof persons ' , above principle no matter how much itmight he glossed over with fair words and pleasan tphrases . Nevertheless, he is a brother and, as such ,is entitled to our love, patience, and consideration .Therein is the love of God above that of mankind .Which kind fills our hearts ?

(6) Rest—the Peace of God that Passet hAll Understanding—h with ThemThat have True Faith in the Gospel .

"Great peace have they which love Thy law : andnothing shall offend them . " " Thou wilt keep him i nperfect peace, whose mind is staved on '[ltee : he--cause he trusted' in Thee."—Psa . 119 :16 ; Isa . 26 :3 .

The thought of rest in the Gospel is not so directlystated in the passage in Romans as the other point sarc ; it comes from the text in Hebrew's quoted i nthe discussion of faith . Nevertheless. it is such anall-important point to the Christian that it woul dhe a serious omission if its contemplation were ne-glected . In these trying clays of severe shaking i nconnection with both earthly and spiritual thing sthere is no substitute for "the peace of God . whichpasseth all human s understanding . " Without I twhat have we-:' How could we hope to stand inthis "evil day" :—Eph . 6 :13 .

It is called to our attention by die lord in Mat-11iews Gospel and by sonic of the apostles that ther ewill he some who think that they have l ]is assurance sand promises hut who will be disillusioned whe nit will he too late to retrieve their great loss. H erepeatedly cautions I lis followers against being foun dn this condition . Ile was in no sense of the wor d

trying to "scare I lis followers into line „ as do sonicnowadays . No, IIe recognized that no one can he.frightened into a condition of peace . Let its get thi sstraight, brethren! It is highly important . Fear ,whether self-inflicted or inflicted upon others, ca nnever give one the Peace of God, nor will acts base dupon terror be acceptable to Him .

This peace of God does not come to us throug hdistorted thinking nor through conclusions forme dupon an incorrect basis nor through blind credulity .It comes only when we have a Scriptural basis for

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our faith, when that faith becomes so real and vita lto us that it becomes conviction and when that con-viction brings our every thought, word and actinto harmony with it . To do that, often requiresmuch suppression of self ; it may cost us much intime, money, influence, external peace : it may costus temporary or permanent loss of friendship an dfriendly feeling among the world, among our closefrjends and relatives or even among some who ,like ourselves, also name the name of Christ bu twho haven't fully submerged their personalities andnatural bent into His . But whatever may be itscost to us, it is well worth the price . ".l'hat kind o f

peace the peace of God—enabled our Lord Jesu sto walk in the path of suffering from Jordan t o

Calvary, and that same hind of peace will bring us .also, through this veil of tears to a well clone, tho ugood and faithful servant . " To sum it up : Faithfu lobedience and loyalty to all of Nis revealed word .to His Gospel, is the price of that "peace of Go dwhich passeth all 'human understanding . "

(7) The ChristianIs Not Ashamed of the Gospe l

Of Jesus it is written : He "made 'Himself of noreputation, and took upon Ilim the form ot a ser-vant, and was made in the likeness of men : andbeing found in fashion as a man, He humbled Him -self, and became obedient unto death, even the deathof the cross . " (Phil . 2 :7 .5 .) And why did Ile d othis? We find two very plain answers in the Gospe laccording to St . John . "I do always those thing sthat please Him the Father -J ." (8 :29.) When facin gdeath before Pilate Ile was more specific . "To thi send was I born, and for this cause carte I into th eworld, that I should bear witness unto the truth .Everyone that is of the truth heareth \1t voice . "(18 :37 .) Pilate asked, "What is truth?" but did no twait for the answer . Jesus said, "Thy Word i sTruth . " (17 :17.) Four times Paul speaks of th etruth of the Gospel . (Gal. 2 :5,14 ; Fph . 1 :13 ; Col .1 :5 .) We quote from Ephesians 1 :13 : "In whomJesus ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word

of truth, the Gospel of your salvation ." It ratherlooked as if Pilate, like many another, would lik eto know the truth lint wasn ' t very anxious to shar ethe shame and humiliation which he felt were a tCached to that witness . Jesus bore the humiliatio nhat was in no wise ashamed . "Then said Jesus unt oIIis disciples, If any man will come after 'Ale, le thint deny himself, and take up his cross . and follow\ l e ." —Matt . 16 :24 .

The Scriptures tell us that there is 'a time t okeep silence, and a time to speak . ' and there are man ytunes when silence is the proper course for us t o

pursue . (Eccl . 3 :7 .) The truth should never b eforced upon anyone, and of Jesus it is said that ."Ile shall not strive, nor cry ; neither shall an yman hear His voice in the streets . " (Matt . 12 :1() . )There will lie many other times when we shoul dnot only be prepared to speak hut should speak . Atsuch times if we do not speak He will have caus e

to he ashamed of us . In all these things we should

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he slow to judge or condemn others, hut shoul dnever be hesitant or sloe- about analyzing and cri-ticizing ourselves . Luke 9 :26 reminds us of the im-portance of this matter : "For whosoever shall b eashamed of Me and of My words of him shall th eSon of man he ashamed, when He shall conic in Hi sown glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy an -gels ." Let us keep the heart clean and pure, an dthe mouth (and our lives, too) an ever alert -wit-ness for the truth which has heel] committed to ou rcharge . (1 Tiles, . 1 :4 .) On the witness stand, a per -son is charged to tell the truth, the whole truth an dnothing hint the truth . Sometimes we wonder i fthat would not make a fine motto for the walls o fottr hearts .

Paul tells us how important both the heart andthe mouth are if we are to he among those no tashamed . "For with the heart man helieveth untorighteousness : and with the month confession is madeunto salvation . For the Scripture saith, "'Whosoeve rbelieveth on llho shall not he ashamed . " (Rolm . 10 :10 . 11 .1 Can we. from thy heart, say . " 1 am notashamed of the Gospel, nny lips and daily life sho wthat I am not ashamed of any portion of God ' s'Word ; and my every act . word, and thought is suc hthat the laird will not he ashamed of me in that day" ?

Our immediate answer would probably he an em-phatic No, lint yet some twill he able to say at th eend of the course, "Yes," not because they did no tslip and fall many times, as do we all, but becaus ethey learned the importance of being ever quick t ogo to the throne of heavenly grace and to confes sthose failures, seeking forgiveness . These have keptand are keeping the robe of Christ's righteousnesswwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing. Let us .he sure to do this and He will not number us withthose who were ashamed of His message, and of '

an Fie will be ashamed .

(8) Faith is Necessary, But Not Faith Alone-

"\V'hat cloth it profit, my brethren, though a ma nsayeth he hath faith, and have not works? can fait hsate him' Even so faith, if it bath not wo r ks, i s(lead, being alone . ' (ea . a man may say, Thou has tfaith, and I have works : spew me thy faith withou ttht works. and 1 will show thee my faith by m yworks . Seest thou how faith wrought with hi sworks, and bw works was trade perfect?" (Jas . 214, 17 . 18, 22.) ''The words that I speak unto youI speak not of Myself : hut the Father that dwelletl tin Me, ]le death the works. Verily, verily, I sayunto you, Ile that believeth on Me has faith), th eworks that 1 do shall he do also ; and greater worksthan these shall he do ; because I go unto My Fath-er "--John 14 :10. 12 .

The works we do here on earth, if acceptable t oGod, will he so because His strength enabled us to •perform them and because Ile is a very patient, toy-ing Father . "For it is God who in His good wil lenables von to will this and to achieve it . " (Phil .2 :13, Moffat rendering .) Acceptable works are those -which are to the glo•v- of God and of our Lord ; those

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arils toward our brethren, members of the househol dof faith, hut also to all men . Jesus died for all an dthis fact constitutes the central, vital truth of th eGospel .

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The Cross by Which I am Crucified"Far he it from me to glory, save in the cross o f

dui. Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world ha sbeen crucified unto me, and I unto the world ."--ttal ,6 :14 . ` .1 roeriean Revised Version ]

HE way of the Christian is a strange way :=1l In everything it is so different from the way

of the world that those of the world canno tunderstand it . He lives differently from

those of the world, and he dies differently . He doesnot find his daily pleasure in the things that pleas ehis flesh, but in the things he feels will please God .He does not seek death in the easiest way, but i swilling to die in the most painful way, if that be th edivine will for him .

It is impossible for a man of the world to thin kof any person desiring to be crucified ; and yet inour text we find the Apostle Paul expressing thi sdesire, and counting it above everything else a ssomething to glory in (literally, boast about) . Whyshould Paul have expressed himself thus' It is no tgenerally recognized by the nominal Christian tha teveryone who is to be with Christ in glory must becrucified with Him, here on this earth . He mus tbear this crucifixion not of compulsion as thoughit were something he is obliged to do, but voluntaril yand as a thing to be desired . Crucifixion is a slow ,lingering death : some having been known to linge ron as long as three or four days after having bee nnailed to the cross, thus suffering untold agonies .And the crucifixion of the true Christian is, like -wise, a long and lingering death, lasting throughou this Christian life . It is not something that is ove rwithin a moment . but something that will be com-pleted only when his earthly life is fully sacrificed .

All the experiences God permits to come to aChristian are what constitute the cross which cruci-fies him : and so every experience that he may havethat will in any way put to death his natural ten-dencies, is an occasion for thankfulness . With this

in mind, Paul could say : "We glory in tribulation salso, knowing that tribulation worketh patience "` cheerful endurance or constancy] . (Rom . 5 :3 . )

Again . James says : "Blessed [happy] is the ma nthat endured] temptation : for when he is tried, h eshall receive the crown of life, which the Lord bathpromised to them that love Him . " (Jas . 1 :12 .) I twas because of this that James urged the follower sof Christ to "Count it all joy when ye fall into diver stemptations . " (Jas . 1 :2 .) Let us seek to grasp thesethings more -fully . To count it all joy when we fal linto- divers temptations surely is contrary to ourhuman nature .

Again Paul says : "Most gladly will I rather glor ymy infirmities ." (2 Cor. 12 :9 .) Why? Practicall y

everyone admits that lie has infirmities, and will doalmost anything to rectify them . But here is a manwho says : I rejoice in them, because I know the yare for my good . Brethren, if we can learn the les-sons God intends for us to learn in these trying ex-periences, we . too, will come to rejoice in them andthank God for them . All these experiences makethe cross that crucifies our natural desires, and w eshould say from the heart : "Rather than bewail thes eexperiences, I will make theta a cause for boasting ,for they are crucifying my flesh . "

We look back over the years of our Christianway and now we can see how valuable the experi-ences of these later years have been in developin g'love .' the character-likeness to our Lord . Some ofus may have thought we were ready for the Kingdo mback in 1914, and that we were ready then to re-ceive the crown that God has promised to the faith-ful . ttl. Ihit the experiences of these recent years hav erevealed certain thing; of which we were trot aware i nlust years . What brought these unrealized things toour attention' Was it not the experiences throug hwhich we gassed : Perhaps we may have somethin gthat we value . something very precious and whic hw e think is pile ( ' gold. Supposing we put that pre -()mu- metal in the crucible and apply fire and dis-cover that it C an alloy, that other minerals and inn -purities as( mixed with it .

We would feel veryunfelt ,listppoin ;ed . We thought it the finest gold ,and yet it vyas an alloy ; it wasn ' t pure gold after all .What revealed this impurity ? It was the fire thatwas applied to it . Sc it is with nnr Christian life ;the fire brings to the surface these impure things an dother foreign elements of which we were unaware ;and 1_a ;n~~ nos we have them affords its the opportun-ity of overcoming them .

We bray to Grad to help its to become Clu istlihe .Surely this will not he accomplished by lying o n"flowery beds „f easy .” hut by being purified fro mthese unchristian tendencies in tts . We need the try-ing experiences . and as we see the changes that theseare making in its, we rejoice with thanksgiving, say-ing : "I trill rejoice in mine infirmities, " knowingthat tlhe way to the crown is by way of the cross .Otte desire to he a Christian implies that we are will-ing to go through the same experiences that Chris twent through . It means that we intend to hear across c yen as I le bore a cross . What is the purpos eof the cross? The purpose of the cross is to crucif your humanity . Our desire to he a Christian includesour willingness to hear the cross of Christ .

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What is this cross? When Paul wrote these word s(lid he refer to the cross of calvary? Was he think-ing of that wooden cross upon which Christ die dNo, indeed, that cross would not crucify Paul, no rwill it crucify us . The cross of Calvary has becom ea fetish with many . They have made it a thing to headored. But that cross upon which Jesus was cru-cified was no more holy than any other wooden cros sand so, Paul was not speaking of that cross whenhe said : "God forbid that I should glory, save in th ecross of our Lord Jesus Christ ." (Gal . 6 :14 .) Thecross that he referred to was the cross that (-7n'is thad laid on him . You will recall that when Chris tspoke to Ananias on that day when He sent him toSaul, Ile said . "I spew him how great thing she must suffer for ;Mlv name's sake ." (Acts 9 :10-16 . )There the cross vvas laid on Paul . And through al lthe Years that followed, all his experiences were hal-lowed by the cross that was laid on him . Thus he

could say : "God forbid that I should glory, save i n

the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom th eworld is crucified unto me . "

Faith rejoices not only in the glory that is to b erevealed when eye shall be with Christ, but in th etrials, difficulties . sorrows and sufferings incidenta lto the preparation for that glory . There are som ewho just merely think of going to heaven, of bein gan angel standing before the throne playing on a harpof gold, and singing praises to God ; but faith real-izes that the way to heaven is the way that Jesuswent . We read : "Who for the joy that was se tbefore Him endured the cross . despising the shame . "Mel) . 12 :2 .) The cress is not only the entrance t othe narrow way, but it is also the exit from that nar-row way . We enlist accept the cross before wetake the first step in the narrow way : and it will bethe hearing of that cross all along the way in the foot -prints of the Master that will win for us this gloriou ssalvation .

Continued Faithfulnes s

We must not only take up our cross, but we mosthear- it . That is . the cross is to be borne continuous-ly : and . as we have seen, it is not the cross of Cal-ary that we are to glory in, but the cross of Christ.

- -the real, t r ue cross-bearing . The cross of Calvarywas the one on which Jesus finished His earthl ylife : bin ) esns 'was hearing a cross for three and one -hall Years before He was nailed to the one on Cal -Yarv 's hill . \s a matter of fact, He had alread yYielded op the major portion of His life before H ereached Calvary. That cross of Calvary was merel ythe ending of that life. and was especially for thepurpose of redeeming Israel from the curse of th elaw . lesu- did not need to die on a wooden cross topay the ransom price . 1Ic could have redeemed th eworld in just Yielding np His human life in an yother way. Put since the nation of Israel was underthe curse of a broken law, there was need for som eone to bear that curse before there could be any hop eof saltation for that nation . Ili,- death on tile crossof Calvary provided the :Weans by which that curs e

could be met, even as we read, "Cursed is every

one that hangeth on a t r ee." (Gal . 3 :13 .) So it must

be with those who follow in His footsteps. Thecross that He was bearing for three and one-halfyears has been laid on His disciples and will meantheir crucifixion. That was the real cross of ou rLord Jesus Christ . And as we see our need of thatcross . we will rejoice in it and not complain .

Trials are Valuable

We are apt to complain about our trials and thinkthat we are enduring many hardships, wishing ghatwe might be relieved of them ; but after we reachthe point where we can look upon our trials as bless-ings, we will not feel like complaining about them .lyery painful experience that comes to its becaus eof our efforts for the cause of God and Flis truthis an occasion for rejoicing . We ;rust not expec tthe fle sh to rejoice in the cross : it never will, be -cause it is not natural for it to do so. Rather, i tis the new creature that rejoices . Paul did not sa ythe words of our text frorn the standpoint of hi shumanity . In fact, his humanity had to lie brough tinto subjection to the new mind before he could sa ythat. That was the expression of the new creature—a desire that the flesh be crucified . So we see thatthe value of these trying experiences in our life i ssomething really for which to be thankful .

We want to be like Christ. We want to be withIIm 1 . And the only way we can he like Him is tohave the same experiences that He had. So ourFather when lie chose the church said, paraphras-ing : "I am going to have every one of them conform-ed to the image of My Son." (Rom . 8 :29.) Thiscan only be (lone by permitting the same experiencesthat Christ underwent . ""Though He were a Son ,vet learned He obedience by the things which H esuffered ." (Id eh. 5 :8 .) We can find some little les-sons in nature that bring this truth to our minds ina very forceful way. The facts about the gorsebush, or furze as it is also called, are very interest-ing. It is a native of southern Europe and grows i nwaste places . It is a rather oddly formed hush withleaves, that are very sharp pointed . Some call theseleaves, thorns . The fall conies and those thorns d onot drop off : they just stay on that bush all throughthe winter, becoming, sharper and sharper, so thatwhen spring comes they are almost like needles . It'snakes a most forbidding hush to look at ; but as th espring advances and one looks closely, he will se etwo little fluffy balls growing from these little spikes .As the warm weather comes on, those little ball s

burst out into the most beautiful yellow flowers .That forbidding looking thing has become a thing o fglory. And so the apostle says : `'No ' no chasteningfor the present seemed] to he joycnts . but grievous :nevertheless afterward it yielded) like the two littl ehalls of the furze] the peaccal,lc fruits of righteou sncss unto then] which are exercised thereby.. Heh:12 :11 .

Now take the very hardest thing in your life—the thing that is the driest trying to von . that whichcauses the most angttish to the soul, the thing tha tyour flesh so desires to be rid of, that would be s opleased if- it were no . longer hampered with that im -pediment—and accepting this as a cross, you may ex-

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pect to use it for the purpose of making it a gloriou >triumph to you, a thing of beauty, a thing much t ohe desired . In this experience, like the gorse bush ,Cod can bring to fruition and bloom these product sof His spirit and that beauty of true holiness tha twill endure to all eternity to His glory and praise .This is the real value of the cross—these trying ex-periences that will bring forth fruit to His glory .There is in our life a springtime . There must b esuch a condition if we ever expect to grow into thefulness of Christ . Out of this hard, callous thin gthere must be some indication of another life that,s in us, and which this springtime experience wil lexpand until it passes into the shadow of the cross ,until it enables you to appreciate the value of tha tcross .

The Blessing of Giving

Many of us think that our Christian life is a lif eif receiving from God those things that we call bless-ings, but the blessedness of receiving is not the onl y'thing that God has for us A new world lies beyon dthis and this is the world of giving . "It is moreblessed to give than to receive ." (Acts 20 :35.) Andso this life that is hallowed by the cross finds itsel fgiving to God in surrender, and giving to our breth-ren in sacrifice . That is the truly Christian life .Some blessings arc gained by struggling for them .Some of the blessings that come to us require us t ostruggle for them, and they are gained as we wait i nprayer for them. These prayers are not for thing sthat please the flesh, but for things that will glorif yGod. The means by which we enjoy the richness o fGod's favor is that of lying submissive in His hands ,and saying, "Thy will be done ." This is bearing thecross .

Enduring our trials with patience is not enoug hto merit the "well done, good and faithful servant . "You will never receive that commendation by jus tenduring trials with ordinary patience, complacency ,but by enduring them with Biblical patience whic hcarries with it the meaning of cheerfulness and thank -fulness, and being able to say with St . Paul, "There -fore will I rather glory in my infirmities" becaus eI realize that these are the cross that is putting t odeath this human nature . You see then, beloved,that if we realize that our sacrifice must he by way o fthe cross, we will rejoice in the cross . that if werealize that the crucifixtion is going on in our life ,we will rejoice in that crucifixtion .

We have the same lesson pictured in the Burn tOffering . When Paul wrote in Romans 12 :1, " Ibeseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies ofGod, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice .holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonabl eService, " he saw in his mind the burnt offering. "tonknow that the burnt offering was a continuous sac-rifice ; one lamb in the morning to last until th eevening, and another lamb in the evening to last unti lthe morning. So on that altar there was always aBurnt Offering. So your burnt offering is a livingsacrifice. That is, you are living your sacrifice .Now what consumed that sacrifice placed on tha taltar? Why, it was the fire . The priest did not put

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that sacrifice on the altar that it might stay there a sa monument, hut he put it there that it might be con-sumed . So you gave your life in sacrifice that youmight be consumed . Hoy are you being consumed ?Dv the fire . That is why Peter says : "Think it notstrange concerning the fiery trial which is to tr yyou . " (1 Pet. 4 :12 .) Why, you gave your life as aLiurnt Of erin . Are you going to lift your hand sand say . "Must this all be burned up?" No, if youare a Christian, you will say . "Praise God fro mwhom all blessings flow. I am glad to see the sacri-fice being consumed . "

Now this fire on the brazen altar was burnin gcontinuously . The priest in all his sacrifices use dthe fire from this :Alin- . It will he recalled bow o nthe Day of Atonement, the priest tool : a censer ofcoals—they came from the brazen altar—and too kthem to burn the incense . It was the fire that mad ethe sweet odor . There was no other fire that coul dbe used . Some of the dear ones today are usin gstrange fife This means death . What would h estrange fire today? If this sacrifice is being con-sumed in any way not ordered by Him, it is bein gconsumed by strange fire . You may he using you renergies in some movement that you feel will be o fgreat advantage to others . It is costing you tim eand money- and strength and health . But if thiswork is not directed by God, it is not fire from th ebrazen altar ; it is strange fire that will not he ac-ceptable to God . God says it must he offered byfire from this brazen altar . By fire fie shall choose .

The Value of the Cross

There arc many other Scriptures that bring thissame thought to our attention . In Psalms 40 :15 weread . 'lake us g?ad according to the days wherei nthou bast afflicted ms, and the years wherein we hav eseen evil . " We might naturally ask, Why woul dthe Psalmist write thus? And the answer would be ,Because he was the mouthpiece of God, and, speak-ing under inspiration, sets forth the value of the cros sby which we are crttcilie :1 . Are we learning this lesso nof the value of the cross? Arc we rejoicing' in thes eexperiences that harass us? These vexations ma yhe in the home, among the friends, in ot' busines slife . Learn to rejoice in them. Sometimes we ma yask, 'Now hmg must these trying experiences cort-tinue They will continue until the flesh is cru-cified, until the entire sacrifice is consumed . If youhave sonic particular tendency that is un-Christlike ,then God is going to bring about such experiences a swill eliminate this front your life, that will crucifyit, so that the time will come vyheu yott will say .''Father, I thank Thee for these experiences thatyou are permitting me to have, that are putting m yflesh to death ." "If ye endure chastening, God deal-eth with yon as with sons ; for what son is he whomthe Father chasteneth not ?" (Neb . 12 :7 .) Don't yo usee that this cross is an evidence of God's love fo ryou? Again in the l 1 th verse of this chapter : "Nowno chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous ,but grievous : nevertheless afterward it yieldeth th epeaceable fruits of righteousness unto them which ar eexercised thereby . "

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And so, if we have learned this lesson, if we wan tto have our flesh eliminated, then we must realiz ethe need of the cross, and we will say as Paul did :"God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross o four Lord Jesus Christ ." Save in this cross that i slaid on me, that is crucifying me to the world and th eworld to me. Don't you see the value of it? Whata wonderful experience this is! This is practica lChristianity . This is what it means to walk inChrist's footsteps. Therefore with these things inmind, we can understand Jesus' words : "Blessed areye, When men shall revile you, and persecute you ,and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely ,

for My sake . Rejoice, and be exceeding glad : forgreat is your reward in heaven ." (Matt . 5 :11, 12 . )The Crown is then assured . The greatest blessing ,the greatest cause for thankfulness, is the cross b ywhich we are crucified .—Contributed

THE CHANGED CROSS

"It was a time of sadness, and my heart,Although it knew and loved the better part ,Felt wearied with the conflict and the strife ,And all the needful discipline of life .

"And while I thought on these as given to me—My trial tests of faith and love to be-lt seemed as if I never could be sur eThat faithful to the end I should endure .

"And thus no longer trusting to His might ,Who saith we 'walk by faith and not by sight, 'Doubting, and almost yielding to despair ,The thought arose—My cross I cannot bear .

"Far heavier its weight must surely beThan those of others which I daily see ;Oh ! if I might another burden choose,Methinks I should not fear my crown to lose .

"A solemn silence reigned on all around —E 'en Nature's voices uttered not a sound ;The evening shadows seemed of peace to tell ,And sleep upon my weary spirit fell .

"A moment's pause, and then a heavenly lightBeamed full upon my wondering, raptured sight ;Angels on silvery wings seemed everywhere ,And angels' music thrilled the balmy air .

"Then One, more fair than all the rest to see—One to whom all others bowed the knee —Came gently to me as I trembling lay ,And, 'Follow Me,' He said, 'I am the Way. '

"Then speaking, thus . He led me far above ;And there beneath a canopy of love .Crosses of divers shape and size were seen ,Larger and smaller than mine own had been .

":And one there was most beauteous to behold—A little one, with jewels set in gold ;Ah ! this, methought, I can with comfort wear ,For it will be an easy one to bear .

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"And so the little cross I quickly took ,But all at once my frame beneath it shook ;The sparkling jewels, fair were they to .cce ,But far too heavy was their weight for me .

'This may not be, I cried, and looked again ,To see if any here could ease my pain ;But one by one I passed them slowly by ,Till on a lovely one I cast mine eye ;

"Fair flowers around its sculptured for : a ent :, ined ,And grace and beauty seemed in it comhined ;Wondering, I gazed, and still I wondered mor eTo think so many 'should have passed it o . r .

'But, Oh ! that form sO beautiful to se eSoon made its hidden sorrows known to ?n_ :Thorns lay beneath those flowers and ce1orrs fair :Sorrowing, I said, 'This cross I may not ear . '

"And so it was with each and all aroun '--Not one to suit my need could there be foun dWeeping, I laid each heavy burden down ,As my Guide gently said, 'No cross, no it—own !

"At length to Him 1 raised my saddened ] in ;He knew its sorrows, bid its doubt depart .`Be not afraid,' He said, `hut trust in Me--My perfect love shall now be shown to thee . '

"And then, with lightened eyes and willing feet ,Again I turned, mine earthly cross to meet ,With forward footsteps, turning not aside .For fear some hidden evil might betide .

" And there, in the prepared, appointed v, ay —Listening to hear and ready to obey—A cross I quickly found of plainest form .With only words of love inscribed thereon .

"With thankfulness I raised it from the red .And joyfully acknowledged it the best—The only one of all the many thereThat I could feel was good for me to bear .

'And while I thus nn), chosen one confessed .I saw a heavenly brightness on it rest ;And as I bent . my burden to sustain,I recognized mine . .own . old cross again !

'But, Oh! how different did it seem to be ,Now I had learned its preciousness to see !No longer could I Unbelieving say ,Perhaps another is -a better way .

"1h, no! henceforth mine own desire shall h eThat He who knows me best should choose for me ;And whatsoe'er His l ;crve sees good to send ,I'll trust it's best, because He knows the end . "

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oldest fight on earth has deem the great,fight oaf falsehood and erro> versus truth .Indeed, it has actually been the titanic strug-gle of the powers of utn-ighteousness agains t

God Himself . It was Lucifer, we know. who madethe first assault against a divine statement of fact .Tow well he succeeded is revealed in God 's Wordas well as in the conditions of the world today . Er-ror gained the victory and, for the time, truth yield-ed the ground to the ener gy . It seems to some tha tGod 's plan for humanity must have nnicarried awa yhack there in the beginning, even hex ire it had achance to get a proper start ; but such a thought re-veals a complete misunderstanding of what thatmajestic plats actually is . Because darkness has cov-ered the earth for so long a time according to huma nreasoning, is no proof that (Tod will not finally direc tthe human family into the glorious havers of life an dhappiness .

It was not long in the history of the world til lstrong and valorous champions of truth made thei rappearance. Such men as Enoch, Noah, Ahrahaut ,Daniel, Isaiah and Elijah, were noble exponents o fthe cause of righteousness and t r uth . Some of therewere. Jews and were tinder the law conversant, an dto this covenant they tried to hold the allegianc eof the Jewish people . Yet, despite all they coul ddo, idolatry crept in . In the time of king -Allah, thereligious condition o f0 the Jews was very had . Itverily seemed to the prophet Elijah that truth ha d

been crushed to the earth . Hear Elijah's plaint :

"I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts :

for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy cov-enant, thrown down '], p ine altars, and slain Thy pro-

phets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left :and they seek my life, to take it away . "--1 Kings19 :10 .

however, has not had everything lei sown way . The fire that came upon the sacrifice o nMount Carmel showed that God would reveal Hi spower when necessary . A few other notable mani-festations of His power were the overthrow of Phar-aoh at the Red Sea, the fall of the walls of Jericho ,the destruction of Sennachcrih's army and David' striumph over the giant Goliath .

Thus has God checked the great adversary ' s poweron various occasions . And 1-Ic has ever held up abeacon light of truth for the guidance of these whohave had love, humility and loyalty in their heart stoward Him. "head me in Thy truth., and teach

me : for Thou art the God of nit' salvation " ex

,]aimed the prophet David. (Psa . 25 :5 .) And Godhas always been willing to hearken to such prayers .

When Jesus began His public ministry, Ile foundJohn the Baptist standing for the greatest truth du eto be revealed at that time ; namely, the fact of theiVlessiahship of the Master ITimself . Satan assailedthis truth just as he had assailed other truths . `'Thi s;Mow cloth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the

prince of the devils, " said Christ's enemies . (Matt .12 :24 .) The religious leaders declared Him to be a nimposter, in league with the devil . What a master-stroke it was on the part of Satan to instill such athought into their hearts .

For had not Satan attempted to draw Jesus intosuch a league with him and failed at the time whe nIle came to the Master in the wilderness and offeredIlim_ all the kingdoms of earth and the glory o fthem if He would consent to wield to his . Satan ' s .authority ?

Jesus because earth 's greatest champion of trut hfor all time . Ile said, "I am the way, the truth, an dthe life ." lie left this mighty statement of fact a sa gem of priceless value to His people . His deathwas to be the means whereby God in due time woul droll away the curse of sin and death from off th eearth, and establish a regime of truth and righteous-ness and love . His followers were called to follow'Him in the pathway- of self-denial and persecution ,so that, in due time, they might reign with flint andaccomplish the divine purpose of giving the truth 't oall the world . The terms of their discipleship weredears' stated and were made known to them throughthe enlightenment of the holy spirit . Surely noth-ing could becloud the simple yet mighty veritie senunciated by the Master .

In one of His parables, Jesus said that after cer-tain mien (the apostles) slept (in death) an enem ywould come in and SOW tares among the wheat . Andsuch a state of affairs did materialize . There was a neti'ort nladc to blend error with truth . For a per-iod, however, the church had to hold its own agains tthe might of Rome, which seemed determined t owipe the very name of Christ off the earth for ever .To stand for the truth at that time meant impris-onment and death for nearly all who espoused itscause . Through the hills outside the city of Romegreat tunnels extending for miles had been made .Isere the Christians buried their dead, and here i twas that they often found a place of refuge whe nthe fires of persecution raged most fiercely agains tthem . It was a dark and terrible time ; it was acase of the gods of Ronk versus the one and onl ytrue God .

A Religion of Outward Form

A remarkable change took place in the early par tof 'the fourth century when the Roman empero rConstantine became nominally a Christian . Thenconic church councils and the formulating of creeds .Religion ceased to operate in the spirit of truth an dbecame a matter of form and ceremonies . Churche s, .ml shrines were erected and ecclesiastical officescreated. The Pope of Nome came to be acclaimed a sthe successor to the apostles, and he was given th eright to exercise power even over kings . Rigorou sreligions exactions were imposed on the people .Image worship came into vogue and increased wit hthe passing or the centuries . Before these images .

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candles were burned and prayers were offered. Su-perstition tool ; the place of faith, and fear the plac eof love . The long dense night of the Middle Ageshad settled down .

During this period of darkness the simple truth sof the Bible were either perverted or ruthlesly brush-ed aside as heresies . Justification through !faith i nChrist gave way to confession to priests and the do-ing of penance. The worship of God yielded to tha tof the Virgin Mary and the patron saints . TheLord 's supper vas supplanted by the mass . "hhroughthe doctrine of transuhstantiaiion, the natural ele-ments of bread and wine were b lieved to be con-verted into the actual body and blood of Christ . The1postle Peter ' s authority to open the floors to the

divine -kingdom were claimed to have been trans-ferred to the Roman Pontiff as his successor . Chris-tians were called upon to submit to these fallacieseven on pain of torture and death .

1n the thirteenth century came the 11 ol' ( In-ciuisition, perhaps the most horrible thing the eart hhas ever known or experienced in the name of Go dand religion . Persons suspected to harbor view scontrav to the Papacy were examined by means o fthe horrible torture devices . Fire, water, the rack ,the dungeon, the sword, and many other means o fpain and destruction were placed upon those wh oheld the truth and the love of it above their ownlives . "Destitute, afflicted . tormented," even as God' sprophets of a former age, "they wandered in deserts ,and in mountains, and in dens and caves of th eearth . " They "endured a great fight of afflictions . "They "had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, "'of whom the world vas not worthy . " Het) . 11 :36 -38 : 10 :32 .

while Cod 's people were suffering because o ftheir allegiance to their Lord, the nominal churc hsystem mounted higher and higher to a pinnacle ofearthly glory and fame. The Roman and GreekCatholic clergy hated the light, and the Nob- Scrip-tures were placed under ban so that it became acrime for any one to have them in his possession .\among the ecclesiastics vice, fraud, profligacy be -came rampant . Under guise of religion . the mostdetestable crimes were committed . The whole ofEurope was held in the death grip of this monstrou ssystem and there ryas no progress in literature, arts .or science or civilization . It was the Golden Age o fpapacy, although in reality it was the cla_rkest er a

the ear th had ever known .

The Waldensian s

The cause of Cod ryas not dead however . i nFrance, the Waldensians obtained a translation o f

the Scriptures . This enabled therm them to under -stand that the Roman Catholic Church was the apos-tate system described in the Apocalypse under th ename of 1 tabylon . .-\-though the time was not ripefor it general disclosure of this heinous system . thesefaithful one, could see through the obscurity u t

thus . times and accurdin'slly . they rejected Imag eworship and \tariolatrv . They repudiated the powe r

prelate im l imolie . They were sustante<1 l,y a

ple, unswerving faith in Christ and in the power ofGod. Their Pastors were humble-minded men, who ..fed the flock committed to their charge, without ex- ,pectatiun of worldly emolument or honor : and, likethe Apostle Paul . each learned some trade soas t oprovide for his own maintenance and for the suppor tof any one dependant upon him . These pastorspro-claimed the right of Christians to enjoy freedom ofconscience . They held up Christ as the living wa yto salvation . They were clad in the panoply whichthe Lord provides for Ilis people, and they wer eproficient in wielding that wonderful sword of th espirit, which is the Word of God .

But the Tope determined to exterminate the A\ al-,densians and issued a hull to the effect that they must:1,c hunted out and destroyed . _Aiany rewards wer eoffered to those who would engage in this work .For centuries the persecution of these innocent- peoplewent on . While living in the fastnesses of the umoun-rains they sent can missionaries to scatter the seed sof truth . They recognized no spiritual master lin t(inc . and they were faithful to Him . Thus theyplanted the seeds of the Reformation which were t obring forth so large an increase of fruit in the da y_to come .

The Work of Wycli f

In due time the Bible was translated into English ,This tool: place in the fourteenth century . )ohrnWyclif, called by sonic "the morning star of the Re -formation," believed that the work of translating th eentire Word of God into English devolved upon him .This gigantic task had to be performed by hand ,for printing had not yet. been invented . Many personswere soon engaged in .transcribing the Bible, yet th einterest was such that the demand could he suppliedonly with great labor and difficulty . In some cases ,each one of several families would contribute a su mof money and together they would purchase a Bibl efor their common use . The spirit of liberty wa sabroad, and ere long papacy received its death blo win the minds of thousands of these liberated persons ,

Wyclif was brought to trial again and again . Il epositively refused to retract, hurling back upon hi spersecutors all the accusations they had made againsthim. l l c said to them, "With whom, think you, ar eyott contending' With an old man on the brimk o fthe grave : No! with truth—truth that is stronge rthan you and will overcome you . " And because theycould not refute his words, they allowed him t owithdraw from the assembly .

The fact that the -tilde contains the reyelatiun o fthe divine will, and that its teachings cannot be su-perseded by any earthly authority, was the mightytruth proclaimed by Wyclif . Not only dial he preachthis himself, haft :la organized a hand of men wh o

carried die message far and near. These men trav-

eled to other lands, . proclaiming the good tiding s

o! saying grace tint Ett~1n Christ, and that every on e

has a right to learn for himself what is truth . Mul-titudes flocked to lime them, and members both o f

the peasantry anti of the nobility became converts .home fact that their ;leader had been removed b'

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death made no difference to these fearless defendersof the faith of the apostles . They underwent greathardships, and nobly faced persecution and deathin the fight for that which was more precious tothem than all earthly things .

With the mere mention of those heroic champion sof the faith, Jerome and Huss, and the great fightin Bohemia, we pass on to Luther . This man wa sa priest of the Roman Catholic Church when his eyeswere opened to the fact of Christ as the Redeemer an dthe Church of Rome, the antichrist that was to com eaccording to Scriptu r e . "Philosophers, doctors, an dwriters," he said, "have endeavored to teach men th eway to everlasting life, but they have not succeeded .I will now tell it to you . God has raised one Ma nfrom the dead, the Lord Jesus Christ, that Ile mightdestroy death . . . This is the work of salvation .Christ has vanquished! This is the joyful news, andwe are saved by His work, and not by our own . "Luther Assails the Enem y

\When Luther was summoned before the counci lat Worms, he shrank not from this ordeal . Whenhis friends told him of the dangers that threatene dhim, he said, "Though there should be as many devil sat Worms as there are tiles on the roofs, I would en -ter . " Some persons suggested to him that he cont-prouaise, and others that he make use of friends tosecure a settlement of all difficulties. But his facewas resolutely set to give the witness that he be-lieved hi Lord wanted him to give .

Standing before the emperor and the y nobles of therealm, Lufh,er stated his faith in God as above th epower of) then . When asked to retract from his posi-tion of alleged heresy, he refused to do so, claimingthat the pope and the church councils had fallen int omost grievous error. He said, "If, them, I am notconvinced in proof from Holy Scripture, or by co -gent reasons . . . .I neither can nor will retract any -thing, for it cannot be right for a Christian to spea kagainst his conscience . Here I take my stand ; Icannot dig otherwise . "

Tracts . front the pen of Luther flooded Germany .He translated the Bible into the German tongue . Henever spared himself, and his pen was never idle .In his solicitude he said, "Alas, there is no one in thi slatter day to stand like a wall befo . e the Lord andsave Israel ." And yet- there 'was one, and that on ewas Luther himself .

The Truth TodayThe truth that Luther was permitted of the Lor d

to understand and appreciate was very limited, in -deed, when compared with what we are given to en -1(y today. Luther 's main doctrine was faith i nChrist as the means of sal v ation, known as the doc-trine of justification by faith ; but his views on man ymatters of Scripture were very hazy, indeed. Thetruth that God has given us in this harvest perio dof the Gospel Dispensation is fully rounded out . I tbegins with creation and ends with re-creation . Itsstage setting is the world, and its characters are menand women . The villian of the plot is Satan, and th ehero is Christ . The scope and span of its enactments

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reaches from pristine Eden to a glorified earth . Themeaning of the soul is no longer a moot question.iviortality and immortality are clearly and definitel yunderstood—no longer are they an unknown equa-tion . The truth has identified for us the great Seedof promise. It has disclosed the fallacy of the Trin-ity . It has set forth the true meaning of baptism .It has given to us the real philosophy of the Ransom .It has presented the Resurrection in all its glory . Ithas expounded the parables and dark sayings of Je-sus. It has shown that God's kingdom is of twoharts—earthy- and heavenly . It has enabled us t orejoice in the 'good tidings of great joy-, which shal lbe to all people: (Luke 2 :10.) It has opened upthe book of Revelation and made its symbolism,clear and lucid . Rut of all its :which cnlcnts th egreatest thing that it has done is to reveal God a sa God of love, (hie whom we can trust, in who mwe refoice to know that The live and uhve and haveour being . " Verily, the truth has given us "beaut yfor ashes, the oil of jot for nunnnning, the garmentd praise for the spirit of hcayiucss . " —Isaiah 61 :3 .

Could Pastor Russell he with us today, we kno wthat he would be rejoicin itt the truth just as h edid when he was here. Ilad he been actuated b yselfish motives . God could not have used him s owonderfully and extensively . llis outlook upon hu-man life and upon the destiny of the human famil ywas broad, comprehensive—the outlook of " love di -vine all love excelling . " The fight of one ma nagainst an opposing world could have but one out -come apart from the exercise of divine power on hi Sbehalf. That so nlany ttevyspapers printed his ser-mons shows that Gud had a hand in the matter .

.An)l today . the great conflict between truth an derror, right and wrong continues unabated ; butabove the clash of creed and class, the truth shine sforth in all its effulgence. No longer is the Bibl ea chained and forbidden hook—all can have acces sto it, if they will . Ali the powers of opposition an dpersecution could not quench a light that was li tby God Himself . During the past ail the efforts o fthe Papacy to destroy the Word of Cod proved fu-tile and merely served to shoe- that God is stronge rthan all the enemies (if His truth . The bible hasbeen called the "torch of civilization ; the watch -word of liberty . " Its power is the power of the spiri tof God . Its truth is in advance of all the scienceand philosophy (if our clay . It calls every Christianto In' true to the ideals which it inculcates . It holdsup Christ as the n e' great Head of the chur ch ,depreciating every attempt to overlord His heritage .Those who put its sacred truth first itt their live sand interests will continue to he misunderstood an dto sutler persecution ; for the adversary still hatesthe light . He was foiled by the keen weapon of thedivine 'Word wielded by the hand of Testis over -nineteen centuries ago . l le still is the great opposern` the right, the truth, and places error in the fore -ground . The great fight for the truth and all i tmeans to us as "truth people " still calls for unflinch-ing fidelity in the ranks of the .'\lntighty . Let a scontinue faithful to the end .

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and went away grieved : forgreat possessions .

23 And Jesus loaked round about ,and saith auto llis disciples, Howhardy- shall they that have riche senter into the kingdom of God !

24 And the disciples were aston-ished at His words. But Jesus an-swereth again, and saith unto them ,Children, how hard is it for themtint trust in riches to enter into th ekingdom of God !

2 .; it is easier i 'or a camel to 'othrouall the eye of a needle, thanfor a rich ratan to ente r into the'kingdom of God .

20 And they were astonished ou tof measure, saying among tllenl -

es, Who then can he save d27 :1m1 Jesus loohiug upon the m

saith, With men it is intpossihle, bu tnot with God : for with God al lthings are possible .

2S Then Petea' hewn to say unt odint, Lo, we have left all . and hav efollov;ed Thee .

2$1 And Jesus answered and said .-'erily i say nuto you . There is n oratan that bath left house, or breth-ren, or sisters . or fathe r, or mother ,or wife, or children . or lands, for M ysake, and the gospel's sake ,

30 But he shall receive a hun-dred fold now iu this time, houses,

and brethren, and sisters, and moth-ers, and children, and lands, withpersecutions : and in the world t oc once eternal life .

31 But many that are first shal lbe last ; and the last first .

GOLDEN TEXT : Come—follow Me .—Mark 10 :21 .

TIE caption of this lesson .` 'Testing Discipleship byService," was not chosenby us. We might rather

have named the lesson, "A Testof Consecration ." Evidently th eyoung man thought that he wa sconsecrated, and according to hislight and knowledge probably hehad been. But a test was placedupon him that he little anticipated .I-I e wanted to gain eternal life, buthe wanted to hold on to his richesat the same time . He was not will-ing to become poor in this world ' sgoods in order to attain the king-dom .

Probably there have been man ylike the rich young man from tha tday to this . Jesus counselled Hisfollowers . saying, "Lay not up foryourselves treasu r es upon earth ,where thieves break through an dsteal : hut lay up for yourselvestreasures in heaven where neithe rmoth nor rust (loth corrupt, an dwhere thie~ es do not hi-calk throug hnor steal : for where your treasur eis, there will your heart be also . "(Hatt . 6 :19-21 .)

Earthly riche sare frequently quite transitory :they may be here today and gonetotuorroty : but the heavenly trea-sure is something that remains .

The only way of life that the ric hyoung man had known anythingabout was the way of the Mosai cLaw . Ile had heard this from hi syouth up. Evidently the preceptsof the Law- had appealed to him asbeing right and good in every re-spect . He had tried to put Go dfirst, and sedulously had avoide devery form of idolatry . Ile hadbeen a Sabbath keeper . He hadnot defrauded his neighbor no rcoveted his neighbor 's goods. Hemust have been an exemplary char-acter according to the standards o fthe Law . But Jesus could read theheart . He knew that there was a

form of idolatry in the young manthat had not been openly revealed ,Love of money was strongly in -trenched in the mind of this nobleyouth before Him . This applican tfor eternal life must be made to se ehimself exactly as he was . SoJesus applied the test ; and theyoung man went away sorrowful ,for he had great possessions .

Some think that this rich youn gman may have been Lazarus . thebrother of Mary and Martha ,whom, at a later time, Jesus raisedfrom the sleep of death . The nar-rative says that Jesus loved him ,and we are told in the Scripture sthat Jesus loved Lazarus ; and ther eis reason for believing that Lazaruswas rich in this world's good sHowever, while the identity of th eperson makes little difference, th etruth which the Master so snec.int-lv emphasized is of great signifi -

c ance .

The Needle ' s Eye was a smal lgate in the wall of the city, and inorder to get through such a gatea camel had to kneel down andhave its load taken off . Likewise ,a rich man has to unburden himsel fof his riches before he can pas sthrough the "strait" and narrowgate to the kingdom. Actually, hehas to make over his possessions t othe Lord, giving up his own righ tto them . Then the Lord may nottake them away from him, but maypermit him to act as a steward o fthem. The Christian does notreally own anything in this world .hut recognizes that all he has be -longs to God and is therefore to heused in the divine service .

And the Master said that thosewho make sacrifices for- Him andthe gospel shall have cornnensa -'ions in the present time, and in theworld to come eternal life .QUESTIONS :

Compare heavenly with earthlytreasure .

Was the test Jesus applied to th et'o'h young man fair`? if so, why ?

What things are possible withGod? The Bible saes there are som ethings He cannot do—what are they ?

Explain consecration as God re -quires it today . Will IIe demand i t

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MAY 15—Mark 10 :17-31

17 And when He was gone forthinto the way, there came one running ,and kneeled to Him, and asked Him ,Good Master . what shall I do that Imay inherit eternal life ?

IS And Jesus said unto him, Whyeallest thou Me good? there is non erood bat one, that is, God .

19 Thou knowest the command-ments, Do not commit adultery, D onot kill, Do not steal, Do not bea rfalse witness, Defraud not, Honou rthy fathe r and mother .

20 And he answe r ed and said untoHim. AJester . all these have I ob-served from my youth .

21 Then Jesus beholding him lov-ed him . and said unto him, One thingthou laehest : go thy way, sell what-soe\'er thou hast, and give to thepoor, and thou shalt have treasurein heaven : and come, take up thecross, and follow Me .

22 And he was sari at that saying ,he had

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May 22—Mark 12 :1347, 28-3 4

13 And they send unto Him cer-tain of the Pharisees and of the Her-odians, to catch Him in His words .

14 And when they were come, the ysay unto Him, Master, we know tha tThou art true, and Barest for n oman : for Thou regardest not theperson of men, but teachest the wayof God in truth : Is it lawful to givetribute to Caesar, or not ?

15 Shall we give, or shall we notgive? But He, knowing their hypoc-

risy, said unto them,Why tempt ye1\1e :1 Bring Me a penny, that I ma ysee it .

16 And they brought it . And IIesaint unto them, Whose is this imag eand superscription? And they sai dunto Hint, Caesar's .

17 And Jesus answering said unt othem, Render to Caesar the thingsthat are Caesar's, and to God th ethings that are God's . And theymarvelled at Him .

28 And one of the scribes came ,and having heard them reasoning to-gether, and perceiving that He ha danswered them well, asked Him ,Which is the first commandment o fall

29 And Jesus answered him Th efirst of all the commandments is ,

Hear, 0 Israel ; the Lord our God i sone Lord .

30 And thou shalt love the Lordthy God with all thy heart, and withall thy soul, and with all thy nand,and with all thy strength : this is th efirst commandment .

31 And the second is like, namel ythis, Thou shalt love thy neighbor a sthyself . There is none other cutn-mandment greater than these .

32 And the scribe said unto Him ,Well, Master, Thou halt said th etruth : for there is one God ; an dthere is none other but He .

33 And to love Him with all theheart, and with all the understand-ing, and with all the soul, and withall the strength, and to love hi sneighbor as himself, is more than al lwhole burnt offerings and sacrifices .

34 And when Jesus saw that Ileanswered discreetly, He said unt ohint, Thou art not far from the king-dont of God . And no man afterthat durst ask Him any question .

GOLDEN TEXT : Thou shalt lovethy neighbor as thyself . —

Mark 12 :31 .

HE scribes and Phariseestried to entrap Jesus byasking Him questions cal-culated to get Him into

trouble either with the Jews orRomans . If He had said it woul dbe all right to pay tribute to Caesar ,

the Jews ,,would have accused Himof treason, and hence He woul dlose His influence with the people .if He had said it was wrong to paythe tribute money, He could havebeen accused of sedition and ge tinto trouble with the power o f

Rome. So the question was a \er ysubtle one. Jesus, however, sawright through it . He knew that th escribes were not asking for infor-mation, but were merely trying totrap flint . So He answered themwith wonderful wisdom, and i nsuch a manner that no fault coul dpossibly be found with His reply .The enemies of Jesus could no ttake Him until the proper tim edivinely forecast had arrived .

There are those who, likewise ,try to entrap the Lord 's people th-day . But Jesus said that I le woul dgive IIis followers tvisduiu to repl ydiscreetly . There is, indeed, aforce and a logic in the truth tha tmakes it invulnerable to attack .Mien we adhere closely to th eBible and its teachings, we are (d i

safe ground, and no amount o fwordlv wisdom or sophistry candislodge us . The principles of th etruth are quite simple, yet its ver ysimplicity confounds the worldl ywise. Jesus Himself said, " 1thank Thee, 0 Father, Lord o fheaven and earth, because Tho upast . . .revealed them unto babes . "Batt . 11 :25 .

The scribe Who asked Jesu sabout the commandments seem sfrom jesus ' statement, to hav e

evinced considerable interest in th eMaster and to have been sincere ii imalting his inquiry . Furthermore ,he evidently was much impresse dby our Lord ' s answer . Perhaps h ewas one of the few who could se esomething of the fallacy of theJewish traditions and to some ex -tent was disgusted with the hollow-ness of their religions practices . I twas a good thing that the questio nwas asked, for it brought forth amost remarkable reply . Jesus sum-med up Gal's law to Israel as n hone had ever summed it up before .His definition of the law three 1

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new light on it . It became 'northan a matter of "Thou shalt no tdo thus and so, for the Master presented it in the positive terms o"Thou shalt . " He. shows in Hireply to the question that the spiriof the law was love, just as it haalways been the spirit of the divin glaw . It could not be anything elsebecause "God is love ."—1 John 48, 16 .

Christian citizenship means thagod 's people are citizens of th tkingdom of heaven . The fai _hfuof the past are said to have con-fessed that they were strangers an tpilgrims on the earth . f i l ch . 11 :13 1I 1 ow much more these can he con-sidered such . Their standing hefortLaid should not drake them poo rcitizens of the world, however . bu tthe very hest of citizens. Thusthey should not he law-breakers .but lacy-keepers . 'I'hey shouldshore to others an example in goo dmorals . in deportment, in kindness ,

t mercy, 111 iorgiwenes . . and alway sin R1_;ticc . Only in case some hu-man conlnmandtnent interferes wit hot :r devotion to God should We re -111ss' to render obedience to theIottrr late . A\ e remember thecase of the three ilehrews whodeclined to yield to the edict of th eh:uighty monarch of Ilahylon, an d:also that of Daniel With stood b yhis rights iii the matter of prayingto God . God mast come first i nthe life of the Christian . for he ha scovenanted to put God first, an dGod will surely hold him to hi sagreement . Also, after Pentecost ,there were those who placed God ' sWard and instructions before thentei diction of the human authori-

ties and late-makers . Sec Acts 4 :I -` . 13-20 ; 5 :24-20 .QUESTIONS :

I'ninl ant the subtlety oi' the firs trpustilni ;(sled by the Pharisee s:and II()rodinns '

110t1 i• ;in We best deal With retel lgneshiuns lnda y

what new light was thrown on tin e.lets is)] l .ntt' ht- the Master ' S defini-tion !

I1Butte (`in isl inn oil izen,shin, T s

there anything in the law of Chris t

ealeui ;lleII to leak() one a poor citize noi' Ito- world from the log-host poin tu1 vie w

point out some ex1nnple ., when,(lo,l's !mope rci 'nsetl to obey the lawof tus .

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MAINTAINING PERSONALEFFICIENCY

May 29-Dan, 1 :8-16, 19, 20 ;1 Cor. 9 :24-2 7

8 But Daniel purposed in hi sheart that he would not defile him-self with the portion of the king' smeat, nor with the wine which h edrank : therefore he requested of th eprince of the eunuchs that he migh tnot defile himself .

9 Now God had brought Danie linto favor and tender love with th eprince of the eunuchs .

10 And the prince of' the eunuch ssaid unto Daniel, I fear my Lordthe king, who bath appointed yourmeat and your drink : for why shoul dhe see your faces worse liking [mar-gin, sadder] than the childre nwhich are of your sort? then shal lye make me endanger my head to theking .

11 Then said Daniel to Melzar,whom the prince of the eunuchs ha dset over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael,and Azariah ,

1.2 Prove thy servants, I beseechthee, ten days ; and let them give u spulse to eat, and water to drink .

13 Then let our countenances belooked upon before thee, and th ecountenance of the children that eatof the portion of the king's meat :and as thou seest, deal with thy ser-vants .

14 So he consented to them in thi smatter, and proved them ten days .

15 And at the end of ten day stheir eountenances appeared faire rand fatter in flesh than all the chil-dren which did eat the portion ofthe king's meat.

16 Thus Melzar took away theportion of their meat, and the winethat they should drink ; and gavethem pulse .

19 And the king communed withthem : and among them all was foundnone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael ,and Azariah : therefore stood the ybefore the king .

20 And in all matters of wisdo mand understanding, that the kin genquired of them, he found them te ntimes better than all the magiciansand astrologers that were in all hisrealm .

1 Cor. 9 :24. Know ye not tha tthey ivhie.h run in a race run all ,hut one reeeiveth the prize? So run ,that ye may obtain .

25 And every man that strivethfor the mastery is temperate in allthings . Now they do it to obtain acorruptible crown ; but. we an incor-ruptible .

26 I therefore so run, not as un-certainly ; so fight I , not as one thatbeatet.h the air :

27 Burt I keep under my body, andbring it into subjection : lest that byany means, when I have preache dto others, I myself should be acastaway .

GOLDEN TEXT : Every man thatstriveth for the mastery is temperat e

in all things .-1 Cor, 9 :25.

1 ELF-CONTROL is profit-ih rls

able for all, and especiall y~a =

so for the Christianl. "Hethat is slow to anger is bet -

ter than the mighty : and he thatruleth his spirit than he that taketha city ." (Prow . 16 :32.) There isno better training for the youngthan to teach them to develop th epower of self-control . The age inwhich we live is characterized bymuch disregard for this principle .Young people are permitted tohave their own way to a large ex -tent ; and, frequently, the parent sbecome veritable slaves to thei rchildren. The result of this condi-tion is that the young form habit sof selfishness . because they hav ebecome accustomed to have thei rown way in everything. This i svery deplorable, for habits formedin the early years of a child 's lifebecome so entrenched in the min dthat they become very difficult t oovercome .

'The four Hebrews of our lesso nwere very noble young men . Nodoubt intemperance abounded i nthe king's palace. These youngmen; knew that over-indulgencewas enfeebling to both body andmind. They were convinced tha tsimple fare was the best . They de-sired to develop their highest ca-pacities, and to be thoroughly effi-cient in every way . They, therefore ,took a stand which was most con -mendable . and which affords a fin eexample for us today .

The result of the experiment wa sthat the four Hebrews were foun dto be finer in appearance than th eothers of their race. and vastlysuperior in wisdom and knowledg eto all the wise men of the kingdom .The Lord, approving of their con -duct, blessed them in the cours epursued . They were not living forself-gratification but to honor theGod of their fathers and thus give

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a faithful testimony to the tru ereligion .

The Apostle Paul compares th eChristian's course to a race . Nodoubt, he had the Olympic game sin mind. These contests were en-tered into by the best athletes in allthe land. In order that one mighthave a chance for success he hadto train most carefully . Both spee dand endurance had to be develope dto a large degree. He could not in-dulge in the luxuries of life tha tother people might enjoy . As astimulus to his fidelity in rigid ad-herence to the rigors of his trainingperiod, the prize of victory w aever held before his mental vision .It might indeed be only a chaplet ofoak or laurel leaves, but it made hi sname known far and wide. Il ewas striving for a name and a dis-tinction that was greatly coveted ;the reward was thought to be wel lworth while, though temporary inthat the contests were repeated insucceeding Olympics (every 4years . )

The Apostle says that the prizeheld out for the Christian is muchgreater and grander- than the Olym-pic prize of his day . It is indeedan "incorruptible" one, a "crownof life" eternal in the heavens . "(James 1 :12 ; Rev . 2 :10 ; 2 Cor .5 :1 .) It is worthy of our best en-deavors . Its possession will mak ethe trials of this present life seeminsignificant indeed . We havesome real enemies to fight, for th eworld, the flesh and the devil mak ethe battle very hard and trying a ttimes, but thanks be to God, whichgiveth 'us the victory through ou rLord Jesus Christ."--1 Cor. 1.5 :57 .

QUESTIONS :

What is temperance? Is th epresent age characterized by temper-ance or its opposite ?

What was the purpose of the fou rllelnrews in taking the course whic hthey did ?

Why is the Christian's course,eompared to a race ?

I3on' eau we, best qualify to sue-cessfully combat the enemies of theNew Creature ?

Why is the Christian's prize called_"a crown of life?"

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SERVING BY PERSONA L

DEVOTION TO CHRISTJune 5—Mark 14 :341 ; 27-3 1

3 And being in Bethany in th ehouse of Simon the leper, as Re sa tat meat, there came a woman havingan alabaster box of ointntent ofspikenard very precious ; and shebrake the box, and poured it on Hishead .

4 And there were some that ha dindignation within themselves, an dsaid, Why was this waste of th eointment made ?

5 For it might have been sold tothe poor. And they murmure dagainst her .

6 And Jesus said, let her alone ;why trouble ye heel She p athwrought a good work on Me .

7 For ye ha'.e the poor with yo ualways, and whensoever ye will y emay do them good : hut Me ye hav enot always .

8 She hat.h done what she. could :she is come beforehand to anoin tlily body to the burying .

9 Verily I say unto you, Where-soever this gospel shall be preache dthroughout 'the whole world, thisalso that she hat].) done shall b espoken of for a memorial of her .

10 Aud Judas Iscariot, one of th etwelve, went unto the chief priests ,to betray l itho unto them .

11 And when they heard it, theywere glad, and promised to give hi mmoney . And he sought how he migh tmight conveniently betray Him .

27 And Jesus saitb unto them, Al lye shall be offended because of Methis night. : for it is written, I wil lsmite the shepherd, and the sheepshall be scattered .

28 But after that I am risen, I wil lgo before you into Galilee .

29 But Peter said unto Hun, Al -though all shall be offended, yet wil lnot I .

30 And Jesus saith unto him, Ver-ily 7 say unto thee . That this day,even this night, before the cock cro wtwice, thou shalt deny Me thrice .

31 lint he spake the more vehem-ently, If I should die with Thee, Iwill not deny Thee in ally wise .Likewise also said they al l

GOLDEN TEXT : She path donewhat she could .—Mark 14 :8 .

iv St . Luke's Gospel, the 7t hchapter, is an account tha tparallels the one given i nour lesson for today, in that

it records a similar anointing t othe one recorded here and in th eother two Gospels, only that the

one mentioned) in our lesson oc-curred at the close of our Lord ' sministry and the one mentioned i nthe 7 Chapter of Luke occurred atan earlier period in our Lord's min-istry. Then, too, the incident re-corded in Luke 7 was at the hom eof Simon the Pharisee . Therewere many Simons in that day, an dmost of the commentators considerthis Simon to be different fromSimon the leper, at whose home th eincident occurred which is given i nour lesson . There are other point sof difference, too, which seem t omake the account given ill Luke 7not to be the same as that of ourlesson. In I,uke 7, the womanwho anointed Jesus was a sinner .That statement may mean merel ythat she was not living up to th estrict requirements of the Law .However, Simon the Pharisee wa snot pleased with the woman ' s act .and Jesus, turning to him, said ."Simon, Seest thou this womanI entered into thine house, thougayest Ile no water for My feet :but she bath vhashed My feet withtears, and wiped them with th ehairs of her head . Thou gayest M eno kiss : but this woman since th etime I came in bath not ceased tokiss My feet. 1\rly head with oi lthou didst not anoint : but this wt., -mail hat] anointed My feet wit hointment . A\T herefore I say unt otime, Fier sins . which are many ,are forgiven ; for she loved mulch :but to whom little is forgiven, thesame loyeth little . "-- Luke 7 :4-47 .

John informs us that the woma nreferred to in the narrative! wasMary, the sister of Martha an dLazarus. We are elsewhere toldthat Jesus loved these three per -sons. Their home was open to th eMaster, and no doubt He enjoyedcalling upon them . Jesus hadraised Lazarus front the sleep o fdeath, and Mary 's gratitude wa sboundless . She felt that nothingwas too good for such a benefactor .It is believed that the perfume wa sworth at least $50 .00 in our money .

As some thought that the pre-cious ointment was being wasted, s otoday there are those who thinkthat money spent in the dissemina-tion of truth is wasted . In theireyes, it does not accomplish an ypractical results . If it were given

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to the poor, put into slum work ,or something of that kind, it woul ddo a work of which they could ap-prove. 'We once heard a man say ,"What a shame to waste so muc hmoney in printing tracts !" Yet theworld always has its poor, and ca ndo them good whensoever it will,but the witnessing service of th eGospel age will soon be a thing ofthe past, and the opportunity fordoing it therefore, should be em-hraced while it is here . It is atv'orl : to which the Lord 's peoplealone are called .

Sonic unknown writer has said ."lb not keep the alabaster boxes o fyour love and tenderness sealed upuntil your friends are dead, but fil ltheir lives with sweetness . Speakapproving and cheering wordswhile their cars can hear them andwhile their hearts can be thrilledand made happier by them. Thekind things you mean to say whenthey are gone, say them before the ygo. The flowers you mean to sendfor their coffins, send to brightenand sweeten their homes befor ethey leave them . "

\iary did much to show her lov ein a short time ; and so, also, it maybe with us . It is not likely thatwe shall have a long period inwhich to manifest our devotion t othe Lord, for the fulfilment of pro-phecy in the signs of the times in-dicates that the end of the Gospelage is closing in now very rapidly .But let us faithfully do what wecan, even iii this short time to breakour alabaster boxes of loge an dpour out Heir sweet perfume . Inso doing, we shall comply with theinjunction . "Arise shine, for thylight is conic, and the glory of theLord is risen upon thee . "---Isaiahfi0 :1 .

QUESTIONS :What significance has the inciden t

vhich occurred at the home of Simo nthe Pharisee ?

What alabaster boxes of ointmentcan we break for the Master today ?

Is it wise to spend money in send-ing out the truth? Could it be pu tto a better use ?

Was Peter over-confident? or didhe merely fail to understand thingsthat Jesus had said ?

l s there a danger that some maybetray the truth today? What i sour safegnard against this?

34 And saith unto them, My soul enough ; but why the ignominy an d

is exceeding sorrowful unto death ; the torture? And no doubt thi s

tarry ye here and watch .

vvas the "cup" referred to by th e35 And lie went forward a little, Master, when Ile said, "Father, i f

and fell on the ground, and prayed it be possible, let this cup pass fromthat, if it were possible, the hour Me . "might pass from Him .

36 And He said, Abba, Father, all Itis hard to understand the at

things are possible unto Thee ; take titude of a man like Judas . Some

away this cup from Me : nevertheless suppose that he believed Jesu s

not what I will, but what Thou wilt . would vindicate Himself at the last37 And He eometh, and findeth moment, and that all would he well .

them sleeping, and saith unto peter, But the evidence seems to point t oSimon, deepest thou? C'ouldest not the fact that avarice had destroye dthou watch one hour?

the finer impulse in this professe d3S Watch ye and pray, lest ye follower of the Master . And, i f

enter mto temptation . The spirit given free course of action, gree dtruly is ready, but the flesh is weak . will do this in the mind and heart

39 And again He went away, and of anyone . Judas must have beenbrayed, and spake the same words . all right at first, or Testis would not

40 And when He returned, He have called him . Our Lord knewfound them asleep again, (for their that this disciple possessed the ca -eyes were heavy) neither wist they parity to make good . But little bywhat to answer Him .

little the desire for gain overmas -41 And He eonleth the third time, tered, turning a good man into a

and saith unto them: Sleep on now, had one . And we must not thinkand take your , est : it is enough, the that Judas was com

pelled by divin ehorn' rs

bcome ; behold, the So of foreknowledge to commit his act o f

in<in is etraed into the handn

s of treachery . To be sure. God fore -.

sinners .42 Rise up, let us go ; 10, he that knew it, and foreknowing

Hebetrayeth Me is at hand .

foretold it but this foreknowledg e43 And immediately, while He yet had nothing to do with controllin g

spike, eometh Judas, one of the the act of Judas, who was a free-twelve . and with him a great multi- willed agent just as we all are .rude with swords and staves, from

Tlie other disciples were a]1 wea kthe chief priests and the scribe an dthe elders

human beings, but they were loya l44 And he that betrayed had given at heart . They fell asleep in th e

them a token, saying, Whomsoever I Garden of Gethsemane . They di dshall kiss, that same is Tie; take not understand the course ' thatHim, and had Him ai+ay safely .

events were taking . Thew woul d45 And a"oon as IF was come, know all about the matter a littl e

he goeth straightway to Him, an dsaitli, _luster, Master ,

: and kissed later when the hilly spirit came up -

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on the church. But at the time of46 And they laid their hands on the arrest of Jesus they must hav e

]-lint, and took Him . been completely mystified. TheyGOLDEN TEXT : Not what I will, had been looking for Jesus to man -but what Thou wilt—Mark 14 :36, ifest His power in a kingly way .

OTH in His public ministry They had expected to see Hi mand in His death Jesus was crowned. And now He was bein gperforming the service re- taken by a mob . They knew ho wduired of Him by His the scribes and Pharisees had hate d

Heavenly Father . This service, in- Him . And now Tie was at thedeed, was entirely optional . Tt was mercy of His enemies .

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Today God ' s people have no ex-cuse that they do not understandthe great verities of the Bible for t othem the plan of salvation has beenmade very clear. It is now a mat -ter of applying the things that weknow. In the pages of Holy Wri tthe life and death of Jesus ar espread out before us . Shall we betrue to these things? Or shall wehe untrue to them? Shall we b eloyal at heart . or shall we becomefalse like Judas? is there a chanc ethat any of us shall betray Him ?We betray Him if we betray th etruth ; and we betray the truth ifwe barter it for money, position,popularity, earthly fame, or an yother thing whatsoever. The worl dcannot betray the truth because th eworld does not possess the truth .The world is not in a position of in-dividual trial . But the members ofthe church are being tried for lifeor death . Which shall it be for us ?The decision is in our own hands .God will not determine this matterfor us. The says to us, Mose ssaid to the children of Israel, "Ihave set before you life and death ,blessing and cursing, thereforechoose life that both thou and thy,

seed may live."--Dent . 30 :19 .

QUESTIONS :

Whet Scriptures i-0retold the enf-

iei'nis of Jesu sWhat was the `'cup'' that our

Lord asked to he spared from ?

I;aplain by what process .ludarevidently became disloyal.

Is thee any excuse for ns todayon the plea of lack of knowledge ?

Just how could one betray the-Lord at the present time ?

H owcan we best nia.ke our posi-

tion of loyalty permanently secure ?

met et. tan _am tan_

Vl('TOlil "

if a e A . ould only rise aboveThe petty cares of life ,And see beyond, the victoryThat. crowns the heat and strife .

if we could only catch for onc eThe glimpse of glowing height ,Our voice would rise triumphantlyTo "sing songs in the night . "

`Pima we'd forger the toilsome wayThe hindering care that's rife ,And gladly walk the way of death ,Totiral it leads to life .

B . B . G .

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FACING THE SUPREME

not demanded of Him . Neverthe -

TEST OF SERVICE

less it was God's will that it be

June 12—Mark 24 :32-46

done, for the sake of the issues to

32 And they came to a place which come out of it .

was named Gethsemane ; and He

Evidently Jesus knew before -saith to His disciples, Sit ye here hand just what would take place .while I shall pray .

It must have been hard for Him t o33 And He taketh with Him Peter see just why so much shame an d

and James and John and began to suffering should be connected withbe sore amazed, and to be veryHis death . Death itself was badheave .

Adventures of the Israelites1 \VAS not long till the children of Israe ldreg near to the laud of Canaan," said UncleEll, as the wintry wind roared 'round ou rdwelling, and we rejoiced in the glow of th e

great fire that flamed in the hearth . "Nosy Godwanted the Israelites to go up and take possessio nof the land of promise, but they were afraid of th epeople who dwelt in that country . So they consid-ered what would be best to do, and they decided t osend twelve men before them to spy out the landand come back and tell them just what it was like .So the twelve men went into the land of Canaan .and they cut down a cluster of grapes and two car-ried it on a pole between them, thus proving tha tthe land was very fruitful . But they told the peoplethat they had seen great giants in the land, and tha tthey had felt like grasshoppers before such might ytrrxrr ; therefore, it was useless for them to attemp tto go there. -However, two of the twelve spies ad-vised them to go and take the land, because God wa swith Them and would give then] the victory . Butthe people gave no heed to the two brave ones, Ca-leb and Joshua, for they were afraid of the giants .And so God permitted them to continue wanderin gin the wilderness .

"Now there were three men who rose up in rebel -lion against Moses and Aaron, and the rebels werejoined by two hundred and fifty men of power . Al lthese thought that Moses had no right to be th eleader of the people and they refused to obey him .Well, this caused God to he very angry with them .And while the three men and their families werestanding in the doors of their tents, the earth opene dright before them and swallowed them up . and thenfire came from the Lord and consumed the other tw ohundred and fifty men . Of course the people wer eterrified and fled from the place lest they also h edestroyed . The next day a plague broke out amongthe people and thousands lost their lives becaus ethey were dissatisfied with the way the Lord wa sdirecting them .

" Forty years is a Iong time to wander in a wilder-iie s , but that is the period during which the childre nof Israel wandered in the wilderness of Arabia . Andall that time Moses was their faithful leader andcounsellor . Then one day Moses climbed up into amountain, and the Lord gave him a sight of th epromised land . which lay beyond the river Jordan .But Moses was not permitted to enter into the land

of Canaan, because he had disobeyed God on on eoccasion when the Lord had told him to speak to th erock so that water might flow out, and instead o fspeaking to the rock, he had smitten it with his ro dtwice. So Moses died in Mount Nebo, at the ageof a hundred and twenty, and was buried in the landof Moab, and no one has ever found the place of hi sset euchre .

"After the death of Moses, a new leader was chos-en for the people, and his name was Joshua . Godtold this man to he strong and very courageous an dthat he would be victorious over all his enemies .And Joshua sent two men to spy out the land o f

Canaan, and the men went forth and lodged in thehouse of a woman by the name of Rahab. But someone had discovered that the spies were there, an dwent and told the king So the king sent soldiers toPahab's house to get the spies, hut she had hidde nthem under sonic flax on the roof . Then she said tothe soldiers, `Yes . two men did come to my house,but I did not hull \ I who thev- were ; but if you pursu ethem at once you will surely overtake them, fo rthey cannot have gone far.' Then after the soldiersleft, she took a rope, and by means of this she low-ered the two amen down from the roof, and they prom-ised her that as a reward for this kind act, when thecity was captured, they would save her and all he rrelatives for her sake . Then they escaped into themountains where they remained until the search forthem was over .

"Now the Israelites had to cross over the rive rIordan, and there was no bridge. 1iut the Lordtold them to go right ahead and follow, the priestswho were bearing the ark of the covenant And the na wonderful thing happened ; for as soon as the sole sof the feet of the priests who carried the ark of theLord touched the water, a dry place was forme dright across to the other shore, and the people wer eall able to walk across in perfect safety' . It is be-lieved that about eight miles above this place, a par tof the mountain had fallen into the river, formin ga dam, which blocked the water for a time, givin gall the Israelites a chance to pass over . However ,this was certainly a miracle that God performed .

"T guess you have never seen a walled city . Yousee we don't have cities like that in this country ,today . It is a city that has a great wall of ston ehilt all around it . There were many such towns andcities in ancient times. The wall was built for the

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purpose of keeping out enemies, Now the Israeliteshad to capture a city of this kind. It was calle dJericho. Its wall was very high, and on top of thewall were soldiers who could shoot arrows a longdistance and could hurl down stones and other mis-siles on the besiegers . Now, how could the Israelite sever capture such a place as that? Well, they couldnot have done so without the help of God . But Godis always ready and willing to help His people whenHe wants them to do something . And one day whenJoshua was looking at the city of Jericho, he saw aman with a drawn sword in his hand . And Joshuasaid, 'Are you for us or for our enemies?' And hewarner replied, `I am the captain of the hosts of h eLord .' Then Joshua fell on the earth and yc',r-shipped, for he knew that this soldier before him ha dbeen sent by the Lord .

"The Lord, through His servant, told Joshua tha tthe people must march all around the city . Th epriests should go before the rest, and should blo wthe trumpets . They were to march around the cit yonce a day for six days . and on the seventh day, theywere to march around it seven times . We can im-agine that we see this nighty host t ramping, tramp-ing, tramping every day . and doing nothing else. ex-cept the priests blowing their trumpets . No suc hthing had ever taken place before. Truly, God ha sstrange ways of doing things And we have ahvmnwhich says .

'God moves in a mvstenohts way .

His wonders to perform . '

"Nosy, if the Israelites marched around the city ofJericho once a day for six days, and seven times o nthe seventh day, him many times did they marchaltogether ? "

"Thu-teen tines . " replied Peter .

"Yes, thirteen times is right ." agreed Uncle Eb .

" just why it had to be thirteen, I don ' t know, excep tthat God had given this command . y S t ell, they sure-ty had to do a great deal of marching . I fancy tha tsome of the people thought it was just a silly, stupi dthing they were doing . And it looked like that, in -deed . We can imagine what the King of Jerich othought about it . Up there from the top of his palacehe was looking down upon this scene . On the firstday, no doubt he thought the Israelites would attackthe city . but they did not do so . Well, perhaps hethought they were looking for a weak place in th ewalls ; but, apparently there was no weak place. Thesecond day they march, and again the king and hi scourtiers wonder what on earth they are doing al lthis tramping for . Every day for six days the sam ething goes on, until no doubt it would appear to hea huge joke . It might have given the impression ,though. that Israel had a huge army . Perhaps too ,the king might have got the thought that the Israel-ites could not capture the place ; so they might a swell pack up their tents and go back to the land fro mwhich they came . Seven times on the seventh day 'How utterly ridiculous! And now the mighty hos tstands still . There is not a sound . And the greatwall of Jericho stands there as strong as ever . Butnow, something very unusual is about to take place .

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"Just keep your eyes on the Israelites . Watch thepriests . There, they are raising the trumpets to theirlips . And now they blow them, and the sound reach -es to the king's palace and to the monarch's ears .And now Joshua raises his hand, and cries aloud ,'Shout, for the Lord hath given you the city !' An dthen with a crash like thunder the walls of the cit yfall down, while a great cloud of dust rises towardheaven. I wonder what the king of Jericho mus thave thought then? All, lie knew then that his citywas doomed, and that his end was near .

"Now there were other places to captu r e beside sJericho, and one of these was a town called Ai . Sof calma sent about three thousand men to take Ai ,hat these men were defeated and fled before the sol e(hers of Ai . When Joshua realized what had take nplace, he felt: quite disheartened ; for he had believe dthat the Israelites would overthrow, all their enemies .So he told the Lord about it and how discourage dhe was. And the Lord replied to him and told hi msomeone in the camp of Israel had committed sin,and that was why the people were defeated . AndJoshua soon discovered -that one of the mcn—Acha nby name—had taken a fine Babylonian garment an da wedge of gold and some silver, which he had hadno right to touch at a11, and had hidden them in theearth under his tent .. And this ryas considered sucha great crime that the people took the man and hi sfamily and put them to death because he had actedwickedly and had caused the Israelites to be defeated .

"And now we have been talking quite a lot abou tthe Israelites ." said Uncle Eh," and I should like t oknow which part of the,tiory you have liked the best .What was your favorite! part, Paul .' "

"1 liked the part about the plagues, where you tol dus about the frogs " replied ' Paul . "I thought aboutthose green hoppers getting on the tables and tinderthe rugs in the parlors and in people's pockets an dit, their coatsleeves . 1\!Mv, hut that was a great story .It suited me fine . "

"I liked it where the people came out of Egypt " ,said Ruth . "T-here was such a crowd of them, an dthey had their donkeys and their camels and theircows, and they were ' singing and shouting becaus ethey were so happy . "

"I liked the part about Jericho, " said John. "Thatold king thought he was . .so safe just because he hadbuilt a high wall around his city . But God didn' tcare much for his wall, but knocked it down as easilyas if it had been made of sand . That was a good one .all right . 1 heard a mail say one day that it was th eshout of the people thaw' caused the air to tremble andsomehow the hibrations, knocked the wall down, but .it wasn't so, was it, Uncle Eb?"

"No . it wasn't," replied Uncle Eb . "The word youused should have been vibrations, not hibrations . Vi-brations, indeed, are just waves in the air . But theBible gives us to understand that God or His angeloverthrew the walls of . Jericho. And now that wehave the Israelitessafely deposited in the land o fCanaan, we'll leave them there for the present, and .so I'll bid you all good-night ."

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TAKE COURAGE

ISCOW AGLMLNT is one of the deadlies tenemies of the Christian. It not only re-

s,aj7 tardy progress in the narrow way, but wil lrob us of the prize entirely if we do no t

avail ourselves of every means of divine grace to for-tify us against its chilling' assaults . Frequently theunexpected hardships of the Christian life result i ndiscouragement . If it were possible to know in ad-vance just what will happen from day to day wecould be better prepared to meet even the trying e xperiences, with a greater degree of complacency an dfortitude. But this is not the Lord's way of dealin gwith His people . He wants its to exercise faith i nI-Iim, and to be assured that. His divine wisdom wil lnot permit anything to come to us but what wil lultimately work out for our highest good as ne wcreatures in Christ Jesus .

During April, friends throughout the world cele-brated the memorial of our Lord's death . In con-nection with this memorial doubtless all recalle dbow the disciples deserted the Master during thos etrying last hours of His earthly ministry . They hadnot expected their Lord to Ire taken from them an dcrucified, hence they were bewildered and discourag-ed—at a loss to understand the full significance o fwhat it meant . They had accepted Him as the Mes-siah, and why should the Messiah he crucified ?Tame, the disciples were not at that time spirit-begot-ten ; nevertheless, in their experience we have anillustration of how trials often come to all of theLord's people because of unexpected developments .

These unexpected thingsmay be merely inciden-tal experiences of every-day life, or they may be o fa more general character, affecting the whole churchof God in the same way . In this latter respec tmany of "the children of the Kingdom" have ha dtheir faith most severely tested during the last twent yor more years in connection with the apparentlylong wait for the full establishment of the divin ekingdom . To many the "vision" has seemed t o"tarry," yet it has not actually tarried . It wouldseem that the Lord has tested all of His people alongthis same line, Think how Long' Abraham had t owait for the birth of Isaac after God promised himthat he was to have a seed . This was an unexpectedtrial to Abraham, yet he "staggered not" at the prom-ises of God . Later he was unexpectedly asked t ooffer up Isaac as a sacrifice, but his faith triumphe dagain. Finally Abraham, as well as all of the An-cient Worthies, "died in faith, not having' receive dthe promise . "

While the brethren generally at one time looke dforward to the possible consummation of their hope sin 1914, there is no valid reason why we should b ediscouraged because the divine plan has seemed t otarry . God's nays are so much higher than ou rways that frequently it requires years of waiting o nHutt, and observing the manner in which Ile works ,in order to comprehend more fully the marvelou sway in which His plan develops. Thus today w ecan look back over twenty or more years of transi-tional changes and see accomplished what in ou rminds we thought should have been completed in afew short months .

God could have informed the disciples in advancethat their Messiah was to be taken away from themand crucified, but it was better for them to experi-ence disappointment, and later learn how much high-er God's ways were than their own . Likewise theLord could have informed His people in advancethat the gradual overthrow of Satan's empire woul dcover a period of many years, instead of merely afew short months ; hut it was better for them to hav etheir faith tested by unexpected experiences, and ou tof those experiences to have their vision enlarge dand their joy in the Lord increased . And surelythere is joy in the thought that God is dealing withus in a similar manner to which He has dealt wit hall of His people down through the centuries .

Moreover, now that we. can look hack over theyears of waiting and note how wonderfully the pro-phecies have been fulfilled, what courage it shoul dgive us! Think of it : hardly an old-world power ,either great or small hut what has gone through th ethroes of revolution—just as we expected would fol-low the World \\ gar . Practically all of the formerruling houses of Europe are now scat aside, anddictators are established in their places . Interna-tional law is no longer respected by the nations . re-sulting in a condition recently described by th eAmerican Secretary of State and others as "anarch yamong the nations ." And to protect themselvesamidst this anarchistic condition, every nation i sfeverishly preparing for vvar on a colossal scale un-precedented in the annals of history . Daily the news -papers are scanned 1n• countless millions of worrie d

souls the world over to see if the match has bee n

struck that yvill set the world on fire .Meanwhile, also, during these past years of partial

disoppointment, nominal Christianity has received adeath Mow, and as result has almost completely

lost its former potent influence among the nations .

And with this waning of religious restraint, the way

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to rush in and complete the work of "melting" theearth. Ah yes, surely we have every reason t o"look up, and "lift up " our heads, knowing fromthese many assurances, that our deliverance drawethnigh .

Shall we not then, more than ever, take couragein the blessed thought that God is still leading Hi speople ; that He has not permitted them to he de-ceived, but has merely been teaching them to wai tmore patiently upon Him . And now that we aresurrounded on every side by the unmistakable evi-dence that the King is here and His Kingdom atthe door, shall we not only take courage for our-selves but may our courage and renewed confidenceand zeal impel us the more energetically to blow thetrumpet of truth in Zion ; yea, not only in Zion ,but, to "tell the whole world these blessed tidings . "and "speak of the time of rest that nears" ; also, to"tell the oppressed of every nation, jubilee lasts athousand years . "

UNIVERSITY STAF F

APPRECIATES MESSAGEMany will remember the controversy that raged

in Tennessee several years ago over the theory o fhuman evolution . The late William Jennings Brya ntook a very active part in that controversy, and sinc ehis death a university has been erected to his mem-ory in the little town of Dayton . About two yearsago copies of "Evolutionists at the Crossroads" wer esent to some of the faculty members of the Univer-sity . Recently we received the following interestingletter from the University's president :

"Gentlemen : A year or two ago the author of a bookentitled "Evolutionists at the Crossroads" sent u stwo or three eomplimentary copies, and several of ou rstaff read them with profit . These copies have beenmisplaced and since I did not get to read the hook, Iwould like to purchase a copy .

"Also please quote me prices on your books or book -lets entitled 'The Divine Plan of the Ages' and `Godand Reason .' Both of these books have been recommended to me . I would like to know more about yourwork, and what you stand for . . . . Thanking you inadvance. I remain, very truly yours, J adson A . Rndd,President . William Jennings Bryan University . "

THE BIBLE STUDENTS NEWSTHE spring edition of Bible Students News is al -

ready neat-1v exhausted ; although we still are able t ofill a limited number of requests for single copies .We regret . however, that due to an unexpected de-mand we have been obliged in some instances to cu tdown on the usual number of extra copies sent toecclesias . We aim to send the News to all Bibl eStudents on our list . Individuals failing to receiv ea copy may write for one, and we will fill orders a slong as the supply lasts . There is no charge for th eBible Students News .

KINGDOM CARDS ARE FREEFROM time to time we receive inquiries as to th e

price of Kingdom Cards, hence we take this opportun-ity to remind all the friends that they are supplied free ,the same as tracts, and in any quantity desired. The

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Lord continues to richly bless this method of bearingwitness to the truth. The Kingdom Cards not onlyare effective in arousing the interest of those who ar enot acquainted with the truth, but in many cases theywere instrumental in the way of encouraging thosewho do know something of the truth to take a mor eresolute stand therefor . Reports along this line havebeen very encouraging . The following letter is asample :

"Dear Brethren : I have just returned from calling o npersons who returned 'Kingdom Cards' to me. Two. ofthem want The Dawn for three months . The last cal lw°as on a man and his wife who had read all of the So-riety ' s Inter books, and attended some meetings, butare not satisfied. Upon reading "God and Reason, "however, they showed a real interest and a desire to at -tend some of our meetings . They are both deep students ,and have read and studied a. great deal along religiou slines . They have recently had financial troubles, an dcan't buy books just now, but I can loan them a Firs tVolume, and can notify them of public talks . and con-ventions . I feel quite encouraged over my talk withthem. With Christian love and prayers for the Lord' scontinued blessing upon yon,—V. R. A. Calif . "

Kingdom Cards are now furnished in three styles .One of these is exclusively for mailing to friend sand relatives of the deceased . The other two aresuitable either for mailing, or for general house-to-house distribution, like tracts . The former, knownas the "Consolation Card,' offers a free copy of th ebooklet, "Hope Beyond the Grave ." Except in case swhere individuals or classes use their own addres sto which requests for the booklet should be sent ,The Dawn address is given, and the booklets maileddirect from this office, and charged to the Free Boo kFund .

The two cards for general distribution offer afree copy of the booklet, "God and Reason ." Theseare supplied in the same way as noted above.

As a great many hundreds of booklets have al -ready been sent out as a result of the distribution ofKingdom Cards, we are now preparing a follow-upcard suitable for mailing to these addresses . Thiscard will offer to lend The Divine Plan of the Ages .As we hope to have this card ready shortly, samplesmay now be ordered .

We repeat : Order the Kingdom Cards freely, andscatter them widely—"He that reapeth receiveth,wages, and gathereth fruit unto eternal life . "

OUR HERIT_AAGE OF PEACE

Phil . 4 : 7

There is a peace that comes from faith serene ,Faith in a changeless God who, the unseen,Still speaks, and manifests himself to beThe flawless moulder of our destiny :By faith we quiet hold in fire of trial ,And stifle oft the outcry or denial ,Till like a mantle or a covering fleec eWe are enfolded in His priceless peace .

B. H . G .

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SPEAKERS' APPOINTMENTSIT IS desired to make the listing of speaker's ap-

pointments a greater service to the friends generally ,.and for this reason we are undertaking to list the ad -dresses where the lectures are to he given, as well a sthe hour of the meetings . It is not possible, of course,to furnish this information in every instance . We wil lbe glad however, if the classes being served by visitin gs peakers will, if they so desire, forward the necessaryinformation to us so that in future issues we can giv ea fuller listing of the time and place of meeting .

BROTHER H.E ANDERSON

Paterson, N. J., 169 Van Houten ; St ., 3 P . M . .May 15

BROTHER T. E. BARKER

Boston, Mass .

May 8

Lynn, Mass. (Convention*) 1 5Worcester, Mass 22

BROTHER J . A. BELL

Brooklyn, N. Y., 109 Remsen St ., 3 P . M May 22Paterson, N. J., 169 Van Houten St ., 3 P. M., May 8

BROTHER C. P. BRIDGES

Paterson, N. J. (Convention*)

May 29, 3 0

BROTHER FRED BRIGHT

Allentown, Pa May 1Hartford, Conn 22

BROTHER N . CONSTAN T

Paterson, N . J . (Convention*) May 29, 3 0

BROTHER SHIRLEY DeGROO T

Kalamazoo, Mich ., Civic Auditorium, 3 P. M . . . May 8

BROTHER H. E. DIETRICH

Cincinnati, O . (Convention") May 29, 3 0

BROTHER DAVID DINWOODI E

Paterson, N . J . (Convention*) May 29, 30

BROTHER EDWARD FAY

Brooklyn, N . Y., Harvest Trixth Ecclesia, . . . . May 1Brooklyn, N . Y., 109 Remsen St ., 3 P. M 8Scranton,

Pa. (Convention*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Buffalo, N. Y . (Convention* )

BROTHER E .

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Al FOWLER

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Fresno, Calif May 15

BROTHER ' A. C. FREY

Brooklyn, N . Y., 109 Remsen St ., 3 P . M May 15Baltimore, Md., 4 West Eager ,Street, 3 P . M 22Paterson, N. J . (Convention") 29, 3 0

BROTHER C, F . GEORGE

Duquesne, Pa . May 8

BROTHER WILLIAM, HOLLISTER

Paterson, N . J . 169 Van Houten St ., 3 P. M . . . . May 1Philadelphia, Pa ., Arch and .18th Sts ., 3 P . M 8Paterson, N. J. (Convention*) 29, 3 0

BROTHER J. T. JOHNSO N

Cincinnati, O . (Convention*) May 29, 30

BROTHER GEORGE S . KENDALL

Pittsburgh, Pa. (Convention*) May 22Cincinnati, O . (Convention*) 29, 3 0

BROTHER PETER KOLLIMAN

Reading, Pa . (Convention*) May 8Cincinnati, O . (Convention")

May 30

BROTHER EDWARD MAURE R

Duquesne, Pa May 1East Liverpool, 0 8

BROTHER O . MAGNUSO N

Baltimore, Md., 4 West Eager St ., 3 P . M May 8Lynn, Mass . (Convention*`) 1 5Philadelphia, Pa ., Arch and 18th Sts ., 3 P . M 2 2Paterson, N. J . (Convention*) 29, 30

BROTHER. MARTIN MITCHELL

Paterson, N. J . (Convention*) May 29, 3 0

BROTHER, . L. MUIR

Orlando, Fla . (Convention') May 8

BROTHER R . E. NASH

Hawthorne, Calif May 15

BROTHER, C . C. PEOPLESColumbus, O May 1Richmond, O 8Byesville, 0 1 5Pittsburgh, Pa .

(Convention*) 2 2Cincinnati, O .

('Convention") 2 9

BROTHER G. R. POLLOCK

Phoenix. Ariz . (Convention') May 2 9

BROTHER EDWIN PROCTO R

Paterson, N. J . (Convention') May 29, 3 0

BROTHER P . L. READ

Aurora, I11 . (Convention') May 28-30

BROTHER A . I . RITCHIE

San Bernardino, Calif May 8

BROTHER WALTER SARGEANT

Ithaca, N. Y .

May 1 .Syracuse, N . Y 2Rochester, N . Y 3Tonawanda, N. Y 4Niagara, Falls, N . Y .

5Cleveland, 0 8Lorain, 0 9Mansfield, O 10Newark, O 1 1Zanesville., O 1 2Columbus, 0 1 3Cincinnati 3 O 1 5Dayton, 0 1 6Piqua, 0 1 7Richmond, Ind 1 8Muncie, Ind 1 9Indianapolis, Ind .

2 0New Albany, Ind 2 2St . Louis, Mo 25Aurora, Ill . (Convention') 28-3 0Jackson, Mich June 5

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BROTHER W. J . SIEKMA N

Stevens Point, Wise May 1Chicago Heights, Ill 1 2

BROTHER ST AMULA S

Paterson, N. J . (Convention*) May 29, 3 0

BROTHER C. A. SUN1)B0A1Cincinnati, O . (Convention") May 29, 30,

BROTHER J . H. L. TRALTFELTER

Paterson, N. J . (Convention') May 29, 3 0

BROTHER H . V. WARRE N

Santa Ana, Calif May 1 5

BROTHER GEORGE M . WILSONBuffalo, N. Y May 1Lynn, Mass . (Convention") May 14, 1 5Cincinnati, 0 . (Convention") May 29, 3 0

BROTHER W. N. WOODWORTH

Brooklyn, N . Y May 1Clermont and Lafayette Aves ., 3 P . M .

Richmond, Va 4Chattanoga., Tenn 5

Orlando, Fla . (Convention*) 8Zephyrhills, Fla 9Si . Petersburg, Fla : 1 0Jaeksonvil]e, Fla 11Lynn, Mass . (Convention")

15Paterson, N . J ., 169 Van Houten St ., 3 P . M 22Cincinnati, O . (Convention') 2 9Aurora ., Ill . (Convention")

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BROTHER C . W. ?AHNOW

Pittsburgh, Pa., 610 Arch St .

May 1.Reading, Pa. (Convention") 8York, Pa 1 5Lancaster, Pa 22Harrisburg, Pa 23Lebanon, Pa 24Rheems, Pa 25Wilmington, Del ., 404 IV 31st St ., 8 P . M 26Cineinati, O . (Convention")

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CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENT S

(Continued from inside page of front cover )

LONDON CONVENTION in August . The followin gannouncement has been received from England :

A convention of the British friends is being ar-ranged at the Memorial Hall, Farrington Street, Lon -don, during August Bank Holiday week-end, and awarm invitation is extended to as many as can mak eit possible to attend . The responsibility for thi sgathering is in the hands of several London brethrenand it will be supported entirely by s iontaneous offer-ings from friends who are interested and sympathetic .The overseas brethren who are in England at that time,

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will minister, together with a number of our ownbrethren from various parts of the country . The ar-rangements have been undertaken with the sincer edesire that our Master's Name may be glorified an dthat the friends may be encouraged and built up in th efaith, and it is believed that the prayers of many wil lascend that this may be indeed the ease . Please writ eearly for accommodation; programmes and all particu-lars to the Convention Secretary, Brother A . O. Hud-son, 24 Darwin Road, Welling, Kent . "

BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept . 3, 4, 5 . The usual Labo rDay Convention will be held at 109 Remsen Street .Secretary, Mr . W. Josiah, 117-34 123rd St ., S. Ozon ePark, L . I .

DETROIT, MICH., Junior Bible Class, Sept . 3, 4, 5 .Details later . Mt . Frank Niemerak, 5807 N. Lawn -dale Avenue, Detroit, Mieh .

SAGINAW, MICH ., Sept . 3, 4, 5 . Details later . See-retary, Mr. C. A. Sundbom, R. F. D. No. 1, Saginaw ,Mieh .

ST. LOUIS, MO., October 8,9 . Details later . Secre-tary, Mr. J . B. Bernoudy, 7033 Lindell Blvd ., St . Louis ,Mo .

VEST-POCKET BOOKLET S

THE vest-pocket size booklets are proving to be verysatisfactory for general distribution ; and their use ha sresulted in a greatly increased circulation of the truth .These little booklets have been found to be very con-venient for use at public meetings. The following ar enow obtainable :

"The Day of Jehovah"—A reprint from The Divin ePlan of the Ages, chapter 15 .

'What Is Man?"—A reprint from The AtonementBetween God and Man, chapter 12 .

"God and Reason"---A brief outline of God's planas it relates to present world conditions, showing th eremarkable fulfilment of prophecy since the expiratio nof the Gentile Times in 1914. This little booklet ha sbeen very effective in stimulating interest in the truth .

"Hope Beyond the Grave"—A comprehensive trea-tise of the entire subiect of life, death and the here -after . The soul, immortality, hell, heaven, paradise ,spiritism, and related points, are discussed . So far a swe are aware, there is no other single piece of truth lit-erature which deals with all these various phases of th esib eet of hope beyond the grave .

"The Truth About Hell"—A slightly condensed edi-tion of Brother Russell's original hell booklet . Thisnew edition is very attractive .

Any of the above are obtainable at 5 cents a copy ;

VEST-POCKET MANNAS

These convenient little Heavenly Manna Books, pub-

lished in Australia by the Berean Bible Institute, arepriced at 40 cents each, postpaid. Cloth bound onlynow in stock,

Co 2CIo the %criptures Clearip Cc act )That the Church is "the Temple of the Living God "

—peculiarly "His workmanship" ; that its construc-tion has been in progress throughout the Gospel age—ever since Christ became the world's Redeemer an dthe chief corner stone of this Temple, through which ,when finished, God's blessings shall come "to all peo-ple," and they find access to Rim.—1 Cor. 3 :16, 17 ;Eph. 2 :20-22 ; Gen. 28 :14 ; Gal . 3 :29 .

That meantime the chiseling, shaping and polishing ,of consecrated believers in Christ's atonement for sin ,progresses ; and when the last of these "living stones, ""elect and precious," shall have been made ready, th egreat Master 'Workman will bring all together in th eFirst Resurrection ; and the Temple shall be filled wit hHis glory, and be the meeting place between God an dmen throughout the Millennium .—Rev. 15 :5-8 .

That the Basis of Hope for the Church and th eWorld, lies in the fact that "Jesus Christ, by the grac eof God, tasted death for every man," "a ransom fo rall," and will be "the true light which lighteth everyman . that cometh into the world," "in due time."—Heb 2 :9 ; John 1 :9 ; 1 Tim. 2 :5, 6 .

That the Hope of the Church is that she may he likeher Lord, "see Him as He is," be a "partaker of th edivine nature," and share His glory as His joint-heir .-1 John 3 :2 ; John 17 :24 ; Rom . 8 :17 : 2 Pet . 1 :4 .

That the present mission of the Church is the per-fecting of the saints for the future work of service ; todevelop in herself every grace ; to be God's witness tothe world ; and to prepare to be the kings and priest sof the next age .—Eph. 4 :12 ; Matt . 24 :14 ; Rev . 1 :6 ;20 :6 .

That the hope for the 'World lies in the blessings ofknowledge and opportunity to be brought to all b yChrist's Millennial Kingdom—the restitution of allthat was lost in Adam, to all the willing and obedient ,at the hands of their Redeemer and His glorifiedChurch—when all the wilfully wicked will be destroyed .—Acts 3 :19-23 ; Isaiah 35 .