THE GREAT,

THE MIGHTY GOD,

IS HIS NAME,

GREAT IN COUNSEL ,

MIGHTY IN WORK."

--Jeremiah 3118,1 9

March 1960

HIGHLIGHTS OF DAW N

Days of Creatio n

SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE—Science and Miracle s

BIBLE STUDY—Including International Lesson s

God's Protecting ProvidenceBefore Governors and King sPaul 's Voyage to Rom eA Witness in Chains .

.A Miracle Chil d

The "Seed"—Article I I

CHRISTIAN LIFE AND DOCTRIN E

The Memorial Service

.Weekly Prayer Meeting Texts

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ITEMS OF INTERESTTHE MEMORIAL DAT E

The proper date this year for commem-orating the death of Jesus by partaking o fthe "bread" and the "cup," is Sunday even-ing, April 10 .

THE GENERAL CONVENTION

The General Convention will be held i nBloomington, Indiana . It. will begin Satur-clay morning, August 13, and close o nThursday evening, August 18, It is not to oearly to commence making plans to attend .

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HIGHLIGHTS OFD A N

Days of Creation

THE first page of the Bible is avery interesting one. It is a

very important page, containingmany basic truths . It is a pagethat has been the subject of agreat deal of controversy . Becausethis first page in the Bible ha sbeen greatly misunderstood, somehave even thrown aside the wholeBible . They claim that it is incred-ible that the earth, even the uni-verse, could have been created insix days .

Actually there are many undis-covered truths on this page of th eBible, truths concerning the nar-rative of creation, truths concern-ing the days of creation, truth sthat have been there all the time ,and yet have been overlooke dfrom generation to generation .Does it seem incredible thattruths could be plainly stated o nthe first page of the Bible and ye tnot be recognized? It shouldn't beso deemed, because truths o nmany other pages of the Biblehave been very specifically an dclearly stated and yet largely mis-understood, or not understood a tall .

Probably one of the most out -standing difficulties presented o nthis page of the Bible concernsthe precise meaning of the daysof creation. How long were th ecreative days of Genesis? What -ever view we take, it is evidentthat God did something in six"days," and that after those si xdays there was a seventh da ycalled a day of rest . Upon thatpoint everyone who accepts theWord of God agrees. But werethese twenty-four hour days?Were they symbolic days? Wha tare the scriptural facts?

Many people reject the ideathat the earth could have bee ncreated in six twenty-four hou rdays . They simply say that such athing is impossible . Why considerit? Many of these have rejectednot only Genesis but the whol eBible as being uninspired and un-reliable. It is also true that th ethought of the earth's being cre-ated in six twenty-four hour daysis ridiculed by science, and so th eBible is brought into disrepute .

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us should have an inquiring faithif we would grow in our knowl-edge and understanding of theWord of God, for without an in-quiring faith we will find our-selves bound by tradition . Thisfirst page of the Bible presents agood opportunity to show us wha tthe rewards of an inquiring faithcan really be .

The battle between belief andunbelief starts right on that firstpage of the Bible . We don't evenhave to turn the page. The greatbattle between belief and unbe-lief commences right at the be -ginning. This account of creation ,then, is not a matter of secondaryconsideration . It is one of pri-mary importance . Was God, o rwas God not, the Creator of th euniverse? That is the question .Some say that it is of little conse-quence whether the Bible's ac-count of creation is a revelationof God, or of men. But it is im-portant to us, for it answers thequestion as to whether or not theBible is the Word of God .

We will not endeavor to har-monize the Bible with what somepeople call modern science, norwill we endeavor to bring thestory of creation into harmonywith some of the things that arenow being taught in our universi-ties . In reply to those differenceswe quote Isaiah 55 :8, 9, whereGod says, through the prophet ,"For my thoughts are not yourthoughts, neither are your ways

my ways, saith the Lord . For asthe heavens are higher than theearth, so are my ways higher tha nyour ways, and my thoughts thanyour thoughts. "

Nothing goes out-of-date faste rthan the up-to-date ideas of manymodern scientists . Every one ofus knows that most text books onscience which are ten years oldare already somewhat out-of-date.The Bible was written a long tim eago, but the Bible is not out-of-date. In fact, it is still the world' sbest seller . When rightly under-stood both true science and theBible can take care of themselve svery nicely.

The facts of science will yetprove that the Bible message i strue, and the Bible account ofcreation will bury the false phil-osophic theories that have beengiven to us . But it is always weI Ito remember that there is a dif-ference between scientific theo-ries and the ascertained facts o fscience .

Astronomers have uncoveredmany facts . So have geologist sand biologists and archaeologists .They should be praised for thescientific facts that they have un-covered, because these help usto an appreciation of the lengthsand the breadths and the heightsand the depths of the majesty ofour Creator and our God .

However, some who are calledscientists have developed theo-

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ries which they thought woul ddeal a death blow to the Genesi saccount of creation; but beforethe ax could fall, some other sci-entist uncovers a truth whic hsupports the Bible, and the axfalls instead on the so-called scien-tific theory .

In a discussion of this kind ,then, we must have some basi caxioms as the foundation for ou rconviction . We will present twosuch axioms. One is, there is aGod; and the second one is, Go dis the Creator of heaven andearth. These are self-evidenttruths, and are attested by th eWord of God.

On page 1, verse 1, the Bibl esays, "In the beginning God cre-ated the heaven and the earth . "Now notice this verse does nottell us the method that God used .It does not tell us the amount oftime involved . Let us keep tha tfact in mind as we continue inour study .

The majority of persons, in-cluding many Christians, taketheir opinions on difficult ques-tions from men whom they deemto be authorities. The reason forthis, in many cases, is fear, ac-tual fear of doing any originalthinking of their own . Once theyhave concluded that an opinionis right or fashionable or popular ,they seldom change their min dor attempt an unbiased reconsid-eration of any subject . So tradi-tional interpretation of the Bible

has beclouded this study of th esix creative days of Genesis, jus tas it has beclouded many othe rsubjects .

So let us learn a lesson . Let usnot make idols of our theories .If we do, we will never grow i ngrace or in understanding or i nthe knowledge of the truth. Letus always keep a forward look, a nopen mind in our study of th eBible .

Notice on the first page of th eBible the expression, so manytimes repeated, "and God said . "This expression occurs in nine o fthe verses. To whom did Godspeak? Surely, it must have bee nto man, and in order that mancould hear it at some time o rother, else we would not knowhow creation was accomplished .

Study and reflection and re-search are all good, but the ycould never clearly define cre-ation. This is why God had t o"say" it, because God was there .That is why creation, and theworks of creation, appeal to u sas an inspiration to worship.

Think of the beauty of the heav-ens, and the beauties of the earth ,and one is filled with desire topraise God . "The heavens declarethe glory of God; and the firma-ment showeth his handiwork. Dayunto day uttereth speech, andnight unto night showeth knowl-edge. There is no speech, nor lan-guage, their voice is not heard .But their melody extends throug h

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all the earth, and to the end ofthe world their words ."—Ps. 19 :1-3, A. V. and Leeser .

Tim e

THE controversy relating t othe time required in the creationcould never have occurred if th euse of the word "day" had beenproperly understood . There are anumber of reasons whereby wemay know that the creative day swere not twenty-four hours i nlength . First, we will all agreethat the sun determines a twenty -four hour day . And the sun coul dnot even be seen from the eart huntil the fourth day of creatio naccording to Genesis 1 :14-19,which reads,

"And God said, Let there b elights in the firmament of th eheaven to divide the day from th enight ; and let them be for signs,and for seasons, and for days,and years : And let them be fo rlights in the firmament of theheaven to give light upon theearth : and it was so. And Godmade two great lights ; the greaterlight to rule the day, and the les-ser light to rule the night : hemade the stars also . . . . And theevening and the morning werethe fourth day . "

Thus it was away along in thefourth day before the sun or themoon or the stars could be seenfrom the earth . Certainly the ycould not have controlled thelength of the preceding three

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days . Then again, Genesis 2 :4,"These are the generations of th eheavens and of the earth whenthey were created, in the day that.the Lord God made the earth an dthe heavens ." Now how long di dit take to create the earth and th eheavens? This text says, "In th eday that God created the heavensand the earth ." Was it one dayor was it six days?

If we try to read twenty-fourhours into the translation of thi sword day—which, by the way, i sthe same Hebrew word in bot htexts—we find ourselves in rea ltrouble as Bible students . But ifthese days are not twenty-fou rhours, if "day" means a periodof time or an epoch or an age ,immediately everything become sclear and easily understood .

The Bible often uses the wordday with no thought of its beingtwenty-four hours . In fact, in vie wof the wide scriptural use of theword day, it really is strange tha tanyone claiming to be a studentof the Bible could possibly con-clude that the days of creationwere only twenty-four hours long .

For instance, the Bible speak sof the "day of temptation in th ewilderness."(Ps . 95 :8-11 ; Heb. 3 :8, 9) Everyone knows that tha tday was forty years long. TheBible speaks of the "day of th eLord's wrath," and that is not atwenty-four hour day . We knowit refers to a period of time—to

a time of trouble .—Zeph. 1 :18 ; 3 :8, 9 ; Dan. 12 :1 ; Matt. 24:21, 22

But let us go further . In II Cor-inthians 6 :2, we find these words ,"Behold, now is the accepte dtime; behold, now is the day o fsalvation ." Is salvation confinedto a twenty-four hour day? N oone believes that. The "day" ofsalvation we know started atPentecost, and it hasn't yet com eto an end .

The day of salvation was mad epossible by the redemptive workof Jesus Christ . Jesus opene dthe way of salvation . It is morethan nineteen hundred year ssince the apostles first receivedsalvation, and we are still receiv-ing it . Therefore the "day" of sal-vation referred to by the Apostl ePaul in this text represent sthe entire Gospel age . It is the"age" of salvation, during whichthe true church is chosen andprepared to live and reign withChrist a thousand years.—Reve-lation 20 . 6

The Day of Judgmen t

AND here is another question :How long is the "day" of judg-ment? Many people think the da yof judgment is another day thatis twenty-four hours long, butnote II Peter 3:7,8. Peter tells u sexactly how long the day of judg-ment is . It says, "But the heavensand the earth, which are now, b ythe same word are kept in store,

reserved unto fire against the dayof judgment . . . . But, beloved ,be not ignorant of this one thing ,that one day is with the Lord as athousand years, and a thousandyears as one day." So here w ehave it again. Here is a day, th e"day of judgment," which, ac -cording to God's Word, is a thou -sand years long .

What will be accomplished inthat thousand-year day of judg-ment? Acts 17 :31 reads : "He [God]hath appointed a day in which hewill "judge the world in right-eousness by that man whom h ebath ordained; whereof he hathgiven assurance unto all men, inthat he hath raised him from th edead." In that glorious day, th eworld is to be "judged in right-eousness. "

After hearing so much abou tthe creedal twenty-four hour dayof judgment, with its hell-fireand brimstone, and with its' ex-tremely hurried judgment of ev-eryone in twenty-four hours wh ohas ever lived on the earth, howrefreshing is it to learn that theBible says it is a thousand year slong, a day in which all the fam-ilies of the earth will be blessed,a day in which the people will b ejudged in righteousness by ourLord Jesus Christ . The Bible say sthat "when thy [God's] judgmentsare in the earth, the inhabitant sof the world will learn righteous-ness ."—Isa . 26 : 9

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"Days" of Creatio n

THE "days" of creation are als olong periods of time . Psalm 90 :1-4 reads, "Lord, thou hast beenour dwelling place in all gener-ations . Before the mountains werebrought forth, or ever thou hadstformed the earth and the world ,even from everlasting to ever-lasting, thou art God . Thou turn-est man to destruction ; and say-est, Return, ye children of men .For a thousand years in thy sigh tare but as yesterday when it i spast, and as a watch in the night . "

This text gives the impression ,not of haste but of time, of orde rof succession . Here there is n othought of crowding into a fewtwenty-four hour days the grea twork of creation . And in this con-nection we suggest reading Psalm104 for a verification of thi struth .

Milton, in his "Paradise Lost, "held to the view of instantaneouscreation, for he saw animals be-ing belched from the very groundat the time of creation. He wrote ,

"When God said, `Let the earthbring forth, soul, living in herkind, cattle and creeping thin gand beast of the earth, each intheir kind,' the earth obeyed! an dstraight opening her fertile womb ,teemed at a birth of innumerabl eliving creatures, perfect forms ,limbed and full-grown. Out of theground up rose, as from his lair ,the wild beast ; now half appeare d

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the tawny lion, pawing to ge tfree his hinder parts . The ounce ,the libbard, and the tiger, as th emole ; rising, the crumbled eart habove them thrown in hillocks ;the swift stag from undergroun dbore up his branching head ;scarce from his mould, behemoth ,biggest born of earth, upheavedthe earth . "

Do you think that the Bibleteaches nonsense of that kind ?There is nothing whatsoever inthe Scriptures to warrant thi sdescription of animals comin gout of the ground, limbed an dfull grown, and pulling their hin dparts free from the ground .

But a pendulum swings fro mone extreme to the other, and s ohave the theories concerning cre-ation, from Milton's idea of in-stantaneous, or spontaneous cre-ation to the other extreme ofg radual evolution consuming hun-dreds of millions of years . Ofcourse, the real scientist is care-ful to explain that millions o fyears is only a speculation, onl ya guess .

If a man who has a degree inhigher education makes a state-ment, the general public are ofteninclined to accept as fact what i sset forth as a theoretical guess .Some might be inclined to say,"Why he has a Ph .D . after hisname, of course he knows, and Idon't know . "

Many people whose reason can-

not accept the twenty-four hourday theory, go to the other ex-treme of the pendulum, to thehundreds of millions of years the-ory . Strangely enough it neve rseems to occur to them that thesolution is in accepting the scrip-tural view that the days of cre-ation are long periods of time ,ages, or epochs .

The divergence of thought be-tween those who hold the twenty -four hour day theory and thosewho hold the hundreds of millionsof years theory is almost entirelyconcerned with the problem oftime. It is "time," and not anyquestion of "order" in whic hthings appear that has createdthe main conflict . The order pre-sented in Genesis is remarkablyparallel to the order decided uponby scientists .

The disagreement between th efallacious interpretation of twen-ty-four hour days in connectio nwith the creation, and the mil-lions of years theory, is recon-ciled by the proper understand-ing of the "days" of creation a sbeing simply "periods of time . "The faith of many in the inspir-ation of the Bible can be re-claimed through a proper under-standing of the first page of th eBible, which tells what God saidand how he created the heavensand the earth .

We do not doubt that God ha sthe power to create the universe

in six twenty-four hour days, bu tthe question is, did he so act? Re-gardless of what some might say ,in spite of what Milton might say ,the simple question again is :"What saith the Scriptures? Wha tis the testimony of the Word ofGod?"

If accurate scientific researchsays the earth was not createdinstantaneously, and if accurat eBible study proves the days ofcreation to be long periods o ftime, then we have establishedharmony between the Word o fGod and the works of God . Actu-ally the clash is between theology ,creeds, and the speculative the-ories of pseudo scientists, not be-tween Genesis and true science .

Take, for instance, Genesis 1 :9 : "And God said, Let the watersunder the heaven be gathered to-gether unto one place, and let th edry land appear : and it was so . "Some people think that happenedin one twenty-four hour day. Oneday the earth was covered withwater, and the next day it wa sdry land, with no time for thedrying process .

The Genesis account reads,"And God said, Let the earthbring forth grass, the herb yield-ing seed, and the fruit tree yield-ing fruit after his kind, whoseseed is in itself, upon the earth :and it was so ." (Gen. 1:11) Thetree grew! The tree blossomed!The tree produced small gree nfruit that ripened into edibl e

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fruit! Did all this happen in onetwenty-four hour day? Think ofit, a tree with fruit, with no timetaken to grow, according to thetwenty-four hour day theory.

It was the same with fish andfowl . Genesis 1 :22, 23 reads, "AndGod blessed them, saying, B efruitful and multiply and fill th ewaters in the seas, and let fowlmultiply in the earth. And theevening and the morning wer ethe fifth day ." Was this a twenty-four hour day? The fish lay eggs ,the eggs hatch, and the secon dgeneration of fish lay eggs, an dthey hatch, and so, until the se ais filled with fish .

It is not merely that Godcreated one pair of each of thes evarious species of fish. The recordsays that they brought fort habundantly" during that "day. "The same was true with respectto the fowl. Surely a close read-ing of this first page of the Bibledoes not indicate that the crea-tive days were twenty-four hour slong .

Trees Gro w

IN GENESIS 2 :9 we read, "Andthe Lord God planted a gardeneastward in Eden . . . . And ou tof the ground made the Lord Go dto grow every tree that is pleas -ant to the sight, and good fo rfood." Here is a definite Scrip-ture text to show that creationwas not instantaneous, but rathe rthat it involved growth and mul -

tiplication . Texts like this do notdescribe the work of twenty-fourhours . This does not limit God' spower, but it emphasizes that hi spower was exerted in harmonywith the laws which he himsel fmade, and which we see operat-ing all around us every day ofour lives .

Another item which should no tbe overlooked in our study of thisfirst page of the Bible is thestatement, "The evening and th emorning were the first day." Thisis repeated with respect to eachof the six creative days . FerrarFenton's translation of thesestatements uses the word "age "instead of day.

The Seventh Day

BUT there is something missingin this account, in that there isno statement that the eveningand the morning were the "sev-enth day." It says this concerningthe other six days, or ages, butit does not say it concerning theseventh. All it says is that Go drested on the seventh day.

There must be a reason . Whatis that reason? The reason is thatthe seventh day is not yet com-pleted . More than six thousandyears have passed since man' screation . Those six thousandyears and more have seen innu-merable things happen . They haveseen man, who was created per-fect at the end of the sixth day ,transgress God's law and fall un -

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der divine condemnation. Theyhave seen the loss of man's do -minion . They have seen the lossof man's dearest possession—per-fect life and communion wit hGod. They have seen the firs tadvent of Jesus Christ . They haveseen him come and taste deathfor every man in order to openthe way that leads back to God ...—I-Ieb . 2 : 9

And they have seen, since Pen-tecost, the selection of the Gospelchurch in what is called thisgreat day of salvation . We areassured that when the church i sat last complete its members shalllive and reign with Christ a thou -sand years . (Rev. 20:6) What aglorious reign that will be !

The Bible says that then Sata nwill be bound . (Rev. 20:1-3) Itsays that then nothing shall b epermitted to "hurt nor destroy "in all God's holy mountain [orkingdom] . (Isa . 11 :9) If. says tha ttears shall be wiped away fro moff all faces . (Isa . 25 :8) It says thatthere shall be no more death be -cause of Adam's transgression, n omore sorrow, no more sickness ,no more pain of heart or pain o fbody. because during that thou-sand years the resurrection workof Jesus Christ will be completed .--Rev. 22 : 4

The psalmist says, "Then shal lall the trees of the wood rejoicebefore the Lord : . . . for he corn-cth to judge the earth : he shall

judge the world in righteous ,ness ." (Ps. 96 : 12, 13) Christ shal lreign till he puts all enemies un-der his feet, destroying even thelast enemy, Death, and when thatis accomplished, then, and not un-til then, the "evening and themorning" will be the "sevent hday ."—I Cor . 15:25, 2 6

God rested on the seventh day .We are not to suppose that Go dwas worn out after working sixtwenty-four hour days in creatingthe universe, and needed to rest .The word translated "rested" inGenesis 2 :2,3 simply means tha the ceased, that he "desisted, "that he stopped from what he hadbeen doing, but not from exhaus-tion, not from necessity . Isaiah 40 :28 says that God "fainteth not ,neither is weary ." We could no tconceive of our God being in astate of exhaustion .

But he has rested throughou tthis long "seventh day" in orderto give to his Son, our Lord Jesus ,the honor of finishing the workof creation in the establishmen tof the kingdom for which w epray, "Thy kingdom come . Thywill be done in earth, as it is inheaven." (Matt . 6:10) And whenthe kingdom is established and al lthings have been made new, a spromised, the work of creationwill then be complete.—Rev . 21 : 5

The creative week will havethen come to an end, and the"evening and the morning" will

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be the seventh day . Then, accord-ing to the record, Christ shall de -liver up the kingdom to God, eve nthe Father, and thus every ma nshall be returned to that originalpossession of perfect life andperfect communion with God .(I Cor . 15 :27, 28) That surely willbe a time of jubilation !

The Bible says that then Go dwill be "all in all." And we

are assured that when that is so ,our Heavenly Father, the Onewho said all the things that wer ewritten on the first page of th eBible, will again consider the hu-man race, the work of his hands,the product of his grace, as full yreconciled to him and in his ow nimage and likeness, and then h ewill recognize, as he has sai dconcerning the other days of cre-ation, that it is "very good . "

' rte rz at a State arrt

"Last summer we had a booth at the State Fair, held in Fayett eCounty, Pennsylvania . For a start we ordered 10,000 tracts from TheDawn, and also a good supply of the booklets. We also had a fe wvolumes of Studies in the Scriptures on hand, as well as back issuesof The Dawn .

"We had a very good location, being opposite the booth for theblind in which good music was played to attract the people. As wepassed out the literature, the people would put it in paper bags whic hthey had received from other exhibits . As a result we did not fin dany truth literature on the grounds . During the week the SalvationArmy asked us for literature, which they planned to distribute i njails .

One of the most surprising events took place toward the end ofthe week. Even though the fair was to continue through Saturday, b yThursday night we had run out of literature . There was no on eavailable that night to take away our table and chairs, so we decidedto get them in the morning . That evening when we arrived home w efound that The Dawn had sent us another carton of tracts, so wedidn't need to dismantle the booth . The additional tracts enabled u sto keep the booth open until the end of the fair ."—Mrs . E. S .

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&ience and .Atiraclei

THE miracles recorded in theBible have been stumbling blocksto many scientists, and others . Amiracle is usually defined as a su-pernatural occurrence, an act orevent in the material or physicalrealm that aparently deviates fromthe commonly accepted laws of na-ture, or goes beyond what is know nconcerning those laws . In the rootof the word itself there is impliedsomething of wonderment beyon dhuman understanding.

The miracles of the Bible weredepartures from the common physi-cal, chemical, and biological process -es of their day. Man, today, in amuch more tedious and awkwar dway, can divide the waters of th eJordan, bring rain from the sky ,ascend into or above the clouds ,synthesize nourishing food from in -edible elements, transmute the ele-ments forward and backward, andheal the sick. Man does thes ethings, however, with much noiseand sometimes with great conster-nation, but always with gross in-efficiency as compared with theeffectiveness and simplicity wit hwhich Christ Jesus controlled andoperated his physico-chemical andbiological processes . In due tim eman may learn to perform in th ewell-equipped laboratory the proc-esses of the simple plant in itsphoto-synthesis of food energy from

carbon dioxide, sunshine and water .Science accepts a great host of

things which cannot be fully ex-plained, and some of which wereunknown to man a half century ago .In fact, many of the daily and com-mon occurrences now would hav ebeen denounced as utterly impos-sible by physical scientists at th ebeginning of the century . And, iron•ically enough, physics, which is oneof the basic sciences, has under-gone one of the greatest of change sin its fundamental concepts of mat-ter and transformation of matte rinto energy.

Science is merely the classifiedand accumulated knowledge of man .It is still being born in some in -stances, and "growing up" in others ,There are sciences to come whic hare yet unborn. At the very best,science is man made, and as limite din its scope as man himself . It i sincomplete, sometimes inexact, an dalways subject to change . In someinstances it is man's search fortruth in the law and order of God' shandiwork . Scientific effort at mos tcan accomplish an understanding ,or possibly a partial understanding ,of only a small fragment of th ewhole truth. This fact in itsel fshows that much can be expectedto lie beyond the confines of man' slimited knowledge and reason .

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The Word of God is final . It i seternal. It is complete in Itself an dnot subject to change. As mansearches for truth in the smallrealm of all things embodied inscience he but approaches a glimps eof the great Master Plan . The aimof man should be to understand th eWord of God that encompasses al lthings—both man and his destiny .As man approaches this goal therewill become fewer instances i nwhich the truth will appear to b edivided against itself .

The miracles of the Old and Ne wTestaments are not stumblin gblocks for want of explanation whe nwe see the purpose and power be -hind them . A common error of mostagnostics and atheists, whetherscientists or not, is their failure t oview objectively the purpose of th emiracles. The biblical miracles didnot come to pass in their numberand kind without a purpose. Theywere not random, spurious event suntimed and misplaced, and with-out objectivity, as one would findin a godless, aimless, chaotic uni-verse . Each had a time and purposein the sequence of events to revea la plan—the Creator's plan of th eages .—Eph. 3 :11, Emphatic Diagiot t

When, at a wedding supper, Jesusturned water into wine, the expla -

nation is given, "This beginning o fmiracles did Jesus in Cana of Gali-lee, and manifested forth his glory ."(John 2 :11) Jesus had come in fulfil-ment of messianic prophecies of theOld Testament . In "due time" hewas to establish a powerful worldgovernment ; and he was to healthe sick and raise the dead. Themiracle at Cana revealed some ofthe glory and power that would b erequired to bring this divine pur-pose to fruition . The many othermiracles performed by Jesus wer ea further revelation of his glor yand power . And for the furtherpurpose as disclosed in the tex tcited—"and his disciples believed o nhim, "

For one to appreciate a science ,he must know the vocabulary andthe principles of that science . Th esame is true with respect to th eBible which, even as a given science ,has its own "language," some o fwhich is plain phrase, and muchthat is figurative . But the earnestsearcher after truth finds no grea tdifficulty in learning the Bible'slanguage, and the effort is mos trewarding - Actually, the truth ofthe Bible is a most wonderfu lscience, a science of which thegreat Creator himself is the Au-thor .

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LESSON FOR MARCH 6

(3od'B protecting providenc eGOLDEN TEXT : "God is our refuge and strength, a very present

help in trouble."—Psalm 46 : 1

ACTS 23 :6 . 11, 16 . 2 4

AUL could not have been sur-prised at the bitterness tha t

was manifested against him b yhis Jewish brethren in Jerusalem ,for he had been informed by thethe testimony of the Holy Spiritthat "bonds and afflictions" await-ed him. (Acts 20 :23) However, itmust have been difficult to sub-mit to the indignities to which hewas subjected, such as being smit-ten in the mouth at the behes tof the high priest . (Acts 23 :1, 2)It is not surprising that hepromptly called the high priest a"whited wall," meaning, evident-ly, a hypocrite .—vs . 3

But upon learning that it wa sthe high priest to whom he ha dmade this remark, Paul acknowl-edged that he had acted contraryto the law which stated, "Tho ushalt not speak evil of the rule rof thy people ." (vs . 5) Noting tha tsome of his accusers were Phar-isees and some Sadducees, Paulraised the question of the resur-

rection, saying, "Of the hope andresurrection of the dead I a mcalled in question." (vs. 6) Heknew that the Sadducees did no tbelieve in the "resurrection ofthe dead," and that the meremention of the subject might wel lraise a controversy among the mwhich would turn out to his ad -vantage .

Paul's strategy was successful,the Pharisees on the council con-cluding that Paul was not an evilman. The Pharisees also believe din angels, and reasoned that if a"spirit or an angel" had spokento Paul they would be fightin gagainst God to harm Paul . The ac -count states that following this"there arose a great dissension "among those on the council . Thisseems like an understatement ,for the "chief captain, fearinglest Paul should have been pulledto pieces of them, commandedthe soldiers to go down and t otake him by force from amon gthem, and to bring him into th ecastle ."—vs. 10

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On his way to Jerusalem Paulhad said that he was ready to diethere, but the Lord had otherplans for him . (Acts 20:24) Weread that the "night following theLord stood by him, and said, Be ofgood cheer, Paul : for as thou has ttestified of me in Jerusalem, somust thou bear witness also atRome ."—vs. 11

Probably this assurance fromthe Lord that he must bear wit-ness to the truth in Rome helpedto influence Paul later in appeal-ing his case to Caesar in Rome .Being a Roman citizen, Paul knewthat this appeal could not be re-fused. In this we see the Lord' sprotecting providence manifeste din a marvelous manner. Paul' sfaithfulness in declaring the Gos-pel of Christ had stirred up theenmity of the Jewish peopleagainst him in much of the ter-ritory he would pass through onhis way to Rome, and in all prob-ability somewhere along the lin ehis enemies would have ambushe dand killed him. But, as we know ,the providences of the Lord mad eit possible for him to be taken toRome under the protective careof the Roman authorities .

While the chief captain rescue dPaul from those who would havetorn him to pieces, his enemie swere not satisfied to let the cas edrop. More than forty of Paul' senemies took a vow that theywould eat nothing until they hadkilled him. This information was

given to the "chief priests an dthe elders" and a plot was laid tohave Paul brought before themagain for further questioning ,thinking that this would give the"more than forty" an opportunit yto fulfil their vow to kill him .

But again the Lord's provi-dences overruled . Paul's nephe woverheard this plotting, and too kthe information to him in th ecastle . Paul, in turn, arranged t ohave his nephew inform the"chief captain," who arranged fora powerful armed guard to spiri tPaul out of the city by night an dtake him to Caesarea, where h ecould be given a trial beforeFelix, the governor .

Our Golden Text is a blesse dassurance of God's care for hi speople . He is indeed a refuge t owhom we can flee in every tim eof distress . He is also the Chris-tian's source of strength . Paulraised the question, "If God b efor us, who can be against us? "

QUESTION SExplain the manner in which Pau l

caused the council of Jews whoquestioned him to enter into acontroversy among themselves .

How did the providences of theLord overrule to assure Pau la safe journey to Rome?

Explain the plot to kill Paul, andhow the Lord delivered him,

Can you testify of the Lord's sus-taining grace in your life, as afollower of the Master?

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LESSON FOR MARCH 1 3

Before (3oDeenors and Zing s

GOLOEN TEXT : "God hath not given us the spirit of fear ; bu tof power, and of love, and of a sound mind ."--tl Timothy 1 : 7

ACTS 26 :1, 19.3 2

3 N THIS lesson we are again re-minded that following in the

footsteps of Jesus does not lea dto worldly popularity and fleshlyease . At the beginning of his lifeas a Christian Paul was informe dby the Lord (as stated to Ananias )what "great things" he would becalled upon to suffer . (Acts 9 :18 )He had been chosen by the Lor dto bear his name before "theGentiles, and kings, and the chil-dren of Israel," and now we findhim bearing faithful witness be -fore King Agrippa .—Acts 9 :1 5

Paul said to this king, "I thinkmyself happy, King Agrippa, be -cause I shall answer for myselfthis day before thee touching allthe things whereof I am accusedof the Jews ." (Acts 26:2) Agripp awas the great grandson of Herodthe Great, and this family had em-braced the Jewish faith . Agrippa' sfather is believed to have been astrict observer of the Law. This,probably, is why Paul said to him ,"Believest thou the prophets? Iknow that thou believest ."—vs . 27

Paul was always happy for anopportunity to bear witness tothe truth. But his special joy inthe privilege of appearing beforeAgrippa was perhaps his feelin gthat here was a man who has abackground knowledge whic hwould help him to understand ,and perhaps to appreciate whatwould be said to him . Paul's joyover this opportunity, however,was not in the fact that he migh tobtain his freedom, for he hadvoluntarily appealed to Caesar,and he knew this meant he wouldbe held as a prisoner until hereached Rome and was heard b ythe emperor .--Acts 26 :3 2

We can therefore think o fPaul's testimony before Agrippaas a designed witness for thetruth. It was essential that Pau lmention the circumstances lead-ing up to his arrest . However, inspeaking to this king, who pro-fessed to believe in the Law an dthe prophets, he made sure to em-phasize that he was being "judgedfor the hope of the promise mad eof God unto" the fathers of Israel .—vs . 6

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lie related his own experienc ein being convinced that Jesus wasthe Messiah foretold by theprophets, who had testified tha t"Christ should suffer, and tha the should be the first that shoul drise from the dead," and that he"should show light unto the peo-ple, and to the Gentiles ." (vss . 22 ,23) Festus, who was also present ,accused Paul of being "mad ." ButPaul replied, "I am not mad, mos tnoble Festus ; but speak forth th ewords of truth and soberness . "—vss . 24, 25

Then Paul spoke directly t oAgrippa, who replied, "Almos tthou persuadest me to be a Chris-tian." (vs . 28) Paul was pleased ,and replied, "I would to God, tha tnot only thou, but also all tha thear me this day, were both al -most, and altogether such as Iam, except these bonds." How -ever, Agrippa did not become aChristian, although he realize dthat Paul had done no wrong, an dsaid to Festus, "This man migh thave been set at Iiberty, if he hadnot appealed unto Caesar ."—vs 3 2

In witnessing to Agrippa, Paulstressed the testimony of theprophets concerning the resurrec-tion of the dead. He asked th eking, "Why should it be thoughta thing incredible with you, tha tGod should raise the dead?" (v s8) Since the prophets had foretol dthe resurrection, it seemed to

Paul that it should not be though t"incredible" to believe that Jesushad been raised from the dead;yet it was this teaching that di dmuch to anger the unbelievingreligious leaders in Israel . Thei rfalse charge that Jesus' disciple shad stolen his body from thetomb to make it appear as thoug hhe had been raised from the dead ,had not been as effective as theyhad hoped it would be .

Our Golden is an expression ofPaul's courage in the face of dan-ger. Impelled by love, and guide dinto a life of sacrifice by the"spirit of a sound mind," he ha dbeen given strength to suffer an dto die . This text was written whilePaul was a prisoner in Rome an dfacing the possibility of execu-tion. He rejoiced in the privileg eof being planted together in th elikeness of Jesus' death.—Acts27 :30 ; Rom. 6 :15

QUESTION SWhy was Paul happy over the priv-

ilege of appearing before Kin gAgrippa?

Was Paul's testimony before Agrip-pa designed to gain him hi sfreedom ?

What great truth of the divine pla ndid Paul stress in his witnes sto Agrippa ?

Explain the circumstances unde rwhich our Golden Text wa swritten, and the significance o fthe statement that God had giv -en the "spirit of power ."

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LESSON FOR MARCH 20

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o a e tO Rome

GOLDEN TEXT : "I can do all things through Christ whic hstrengtheneth me."—Philippians 4 :1 3

ACTS 27 :1,21-28; 28:1,2, 11-1 4

PAUL'S testimony, "I can do al lthings through Christ which

strengtheneth me," was writtenfrom his prison "home" in Rome .In following his Master he hadendured many severe trials ,among them the hardships of th elong journey to Rome as a pris-oner . However, his hardships o nthis journey were not due to th eopposition of his traveling com-panions, but to the customary rig -ors of travel by sea in that an-cient time .

Paul and other prisoners wer eput in charge of Julius, "a cen-turion of Augustus' band . The sec-ond day of the journey the ship"touched at Sidon. And Juliuscourteously entreated Paul, andgave him liberty to go unto hi sfriends to refresh himself." (vss .1-3) This was very considerat etreatment for a prisoner to re-ceive, and we may be sure that itwas greatly appreciated by Paul .And what a surprise it must hav ebeen to the brethren in Sido nwhen Paul called on them !

The chief difficulty of the jour -

ney was due to unfavorabl eweather . It was late autumn, an dwith difficulty the ship on whichPaul was traveling reached aplace called "The fair havens . "(vs . 8) Paul advised that no at-tempt be made to go farther ; thatit would be dangerous . But the"master and owner" of the shipdisagreed, so they set sail again,only to run into a destructiv estorm which wrecked the ship,and might well have cost the live sof all on board . —vss . 11, 1 4

When the situation looke dhopeless, "Paul stood forth in th emidst of them, and said, "Sirs y eshould have hearkened unto me . "(vs . 21) But Paul was not inter-ested primarily in saying to hi straveling companions, "I told youso." He merely wanted them t ohave confidence in what he said,so they would be calm becaus eof the assurance he gave themthat they would not be lost .

"I exhort you," Paul said, "tobe of good cheer : for there shallbe no loss of any man's lifeamong you, but of the ship . Forthere stood by me this night theangel of God, whose I am, and

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whom I serve, saying, rear not,Paul ; thou must be brought be-fore Caesar : and, lo, God hathgiven thee all them that sail withthee. Wherefore, sirs, be of goo dcheer : for I believe God, that i tshall be even as it was told me . "—vss . 21-2 5

"I believe God," Paul testified .This was the secret of his indom-itable determination to follow th eMaster regardless of the cost .Jesus spoke of mountain-movin gfaith, and Paul had such a faith .(Matt. 17:20) No "mountain" o fdifficulty hindered him from go-ing forward in the Lord's service ,for he believed that God woul deither remove it, or give him th estrength to scale it .

Paul was well acquainted wit hthe Old Testament Scriptures, an dwas aware of the many time sGod sent an angel, or angels, t oinstruct and encourage his people ,so it was not difficult to acceptthe fact that God had sent anangel to him . And he had faithto believe that through the angels,or otherwise, God would keep th ethe "lives of all on board .

But Paul's faith went beyon dthis. Paul knew that the Lor dwanted him to bear witness t othe truth in Rome, and he knewthat nothing could interfere wit hthis purpose.—Acts 23 :1 1

Just as the angel had testified,Paul and all on board were save dfrom the wrecked ship. Theywent ashore on the Island of

Melita, now known as Malta, andthere they spent the winter. Theislanders were kind to Paul an dthe others. Paul, in turn, minis-tered to the needs of the people ,even healing some of them, in-cluding the father of Publius, th e"chief man" of the island.—Acts28 :7-1 0

Three months later, apparentlyin the early spring, they boarde danother ship, and in due cours ereached Italy. They went ashoreat Puteoli . Here Paul, and Luke--probably the only other brotheron the ship—found brethren inthe Lord, with whom they wer epermitted to visit for a time . (vss .13, 14) Then they traveled on to -ward Rome. Reaching "The thre etaverns," they found other breth-ren, these having come fromRome to meet them. When Paulmet these "he thanked God, an dtook courage ." (vs. 15) How muchthis sweet "fellowship of kin-dred minds" must have meant t oPaul!

QUESTION SUnder what circumstances was our

Golden Text written ?What was the cause of the chief

difficulties encountered on th ejourney to Rome ?

What was one of the secrets o fPaul's courage in the face ofdanger ?

Did Paul think it strange that anangel should speak to him ?

How did the Lord encourage Pau lwhen he reached Italy ?

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LESSON FOR MARCH 2 7

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GOLDEN TEXT: "Nay, in all these things we are more tha nconquerors through him that loved us."—Romans 8 :3 7

ACTS 28:16-24,30,3 1

AUL finally reached Rome .He had long desired to preach

the Gospel of the kingdom i nRome. Even before his arrest inJerusalem he had indicated hisplan to go to Rome . (Rom . 15 :24)But at that time he probably didnot realize that he would go t oRome as a prisoner, and that hiswitnessing would be done whil echained to a Roman soldier . Butthis was one of the "all things"in which the Lord gave Paul theneeded strength to overcome andto continue faithfully to bearwitness to the kingdom message ,as he affirms in our Golden Text .—Roan . 8 :2 8

Although a prisoner, Paul wa sgiven the privilege, for two years ,of living in his own hired house .(vs . 30) He was not able to go t othe people, but many came t ohim. Three days after arriving inRome, Paul "called the chief o fthe Jews together," and whenthey arrived in his presence heexplained to them the circum-

stances of his arrest, and why hehad been brought to Rome as aprisoner. He wanted to see them ,he explained, because "for th ehope of Israel I am bound withthis chain ."—vs. 20

Paul knew that this would ope nthe way for him to explain to hi sJewish brethren what constitutedthe real hope of Israel . First theysaid to him, "We neither receiv-ed letters out of Judea concernin gthee, neither any of the brethre nthat came showed or spake anyharm of thee . But we desire t ohear of thee what thou thinkest :for as concerning this sect, w eknow that every where it is spokeen against ."—vss . 21, 2 2

This first visit served merelyas an occasion for Paul and hi sJewish brethren to get acquaint-ed, and to arrange a day whenthey could cone again and hearwhat he had to say concernin ghis beliefs. "We desire to hearthee," they said, "what thouthinkest ." When they came thesecond time, Paul "expounde dand testified the kingdom of God ,

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persuading them concerning Je-sus, both out of the Law of Moses ,and out of the prophets ." Thistestimony continued "from morn-ing till evening . "

"Some believed the thingswhich were spoken, and some be-lieved not ." (vs 24) Nothing ismore clear in connection with th eministry of the apostles and oth-ers in the Early Church than th efact that it was not designed b yGod to convince and convert al lwho heard .

This has not been the age i nthe plan of God for the conver-sion of the world . The preachingof the Gospel has had as itsprincipal purpose the reaching o fthose who, when called by God ,would be willing to follow in th efootsteps of Jesus, suffering anddying with him, to prove thei rworthiness of living and reigningwith him . Incidentally, of course ,a witness has been given to th eworld in general .

Dwelling in his own hired housefor two years, even though a pris-oner, Paul was able to receiv e"all that came in unto him ." Tothese he preached "the kingdomof God," and taught "those thingswhich concern the Lord JesusChrist, with all confidence, n oman forbidding him . "

Paul did not preach that th ekingdom of God was already es-tablished, for this he knew woul dnot be accomplished until Christ

returned . But he did hold out tohis hearers the hope of the futurekingdom, and the blessings i twould vouchsafe to the people ofall nations. He also, no doubt ,pointed out to those who showedinterest, the opportunity of be -coming joint-heirs with Jesus inthe kingdom on condition that-they suffer and die with him .Rom . 8 :17 ; 1I Tim. 2 :11, 1 2

In teaching the things concern-ing Jesus, Paul doubtless af-firmed, on every suitable occa-sion, the fact that he died as th eworld's Redeemer, and that hehad been raised from the deadby the power of the Heavenly Fa-ther . In an epistle written whil ea prisoner at Rome, Paul said thathe had gladly suffered the loss o fall things, that he might kno wChrist and the power of his res-urrection, and "the fellowship o fhis sufferings, being made con-formable unto his death; if byany means I might attain the res-urrection of the dead ." Paul nodoubt had in mind the "first res-urrection ."—Phil . 3 :8-11 ; Rev . 20 : G

QUESTIONS

Who were the first to whom Pau lwitnessed after reaching Rome ?

Has the proclamation of the Gospe lbeen designed to convert thewhole world during the presentage ?

What did Paul preach concernin gthe kingdom of God ?

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THE "SEED"

Article 11—Genesis, chapters 12—2 2

l .tr3rie Child

Y SON, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offer -ing." (Gen. 22:18) Thus did Abraham assure his son Isaa c

of his full confidence that the God of heaven would provide away of escape from the heartbreaking ordeal which confronte dhim, the details of which Abraham did not himself at this tim eknow. It was clear to Isaac from the circumstances that his fathe rwas on his way to offer sacrifice, yet they were taking no lam bfor this purpose, and Abraham had not yet told his son that h ewas to be offered in sacrifice . It had now been three days sinceGod spoke to Abraham, saying ,

' "Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and ge tthee into the Land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offerin gupon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of ."

The record is that "God did tempt Abraham ." The word "test "would be a more correct translation of the ancient Hebrew text ,and surely it must have been a test upon Abraham's faith in an dloyalty to God thus to be called upon to offer his own son i nsacrifice, especially his beloved son Isaac . He had waited manylong years for this son, and now the thought of parting with hi mmust have been a great shock to this aged father.

The Promise

ABRAHAM, or Abram, as he was originally called, was livingin Ur of the Chaldees when God first spoke to him concerninga special "seed," saying:

"Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thyfather's house, unto a land that I will show thee : and I will make ofthee a great nation, and I will bless thee, . . . and thou shalt be ablessing : and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them tha tcurseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."

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Abraham believed this promise which God had made to him,and without delay proceeded to comply with the condition at-tached to it, which was that he was to leave his own people an dhis father's house and go into a strange land which the Lor dwould show him. In leaving Ur he first went to Haran, which wason the border of the land which God had promised, and he re-mained there until Terah, his father, died . Then he crossed theborder into Canaan, the Promised Land .

Abraham's faith in God's promise must have been very stron gto induce him to leave his home and friends in Ur, and, whenhis father died, to move on into the strange land of Canaan . Thisbecomes even more apparent when we recall, as the Scripture sreveal, that Sarah, his wife, was barren, and from the standpoin tof human ability could never have a child . Evidently Abrahambelieved that God would intervene in connection with this weak-ness and give Sarah the ability to conceive .

There is good reason to believe that at the time Abrahamhad in his possession a series of baked clay or stone tablets o nwhich were inscribed the early chapters of Genesis which revea lEve's belief that she had "gotten a man from the Lord" in ful-filment of God's reference to a "seed." (Gen . 4 :1) Now the Lordhad again mentioned a "seed ." First it was the "seed of the wom-an," now it was Abraham's "seed," and certainly this ancien tservant of God must have pondered over the similarity of thes etwo promises .

However, as the promise was stated to Abraham, it seeme dmuch less vague. Instead of a "seed" that would `"bruise" th e"serpent's" head, Abraham's "seed" was to bless all the familiesof the earth . True, the full significance of the promise could no tbe grasped by Abraham, but he did know that it meant somethin gfar too wonderful to ignore, something that was worth home an dfriends, something for which he would gladly spend the rest o fhis life in tents in order to secure .

The Long Wai t

TIME went on. A. famine swept over Canaan, and Abraham ,with Sarah his wife, went south into Egypt . Returning from there ,difficulties arose among the servants of Abraham and the serv -

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ants of Lot, his nephew, concerning grazing land for their respec-tive flocks . This was settled amicably upon the suggestion ofAbraham that Lot make the first choice of land .

Still later than this, Lot, together with his family and goods ,was captured by an alliance of heathen kings ; and Abraham, withthe help of an army he raised from among his own servants, res-cued his nephew and his possessions . In this operation much spoilwas seized, but Abraham refused to keep any of it for himself .Shortly after this the Lord spoke to him again, saying :

"Fear not, . . . I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward ."—Gen . 15 : 1

Abraham was puzzled by this. True, the Lord had been his"shield," or protection. This had been demonstrated in his battleagainst the kings who had captured his nephew, Lot . The Lordhad also been his "exceeding great reward," for he had becom eextremely wealthy. However, the one thing which he desire dabove all else, the fulfilment of the promise concerning the"seed" that was to bless all the families of the earth, had not ye tbeen realized . So he replied to the Lord, "What wilt thou give me ,seeing that I go childless, and the steward of my house is thi sEliezer of Damascus? . . . Behold to me thou hast given no seed :and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir ."—Gen . 15:2, 3

Thus Abraham suggested to the Lord that as there had bee nno fulfilment of his promise concerning the "seed," his truste dservant, Eliezer, as one born in his house, could be his heir . Evi-dently Abraham expected the Lord to accept and approve thi sarrangement in lieu of what seemed to the patriarch as a failur eon God's part to fulfil his promise concerning the "seed ." Butthe Lord did not do this . Instead he replied to Abraham :

"This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out o fthine own bowels shall be thine heir ."—Gen. 15 : 4

Another Effort

BY NOW many years had passed since God first made th epromise to Abraham concerning the "seed ." In addition to herbarrenness, Sarah was much older, and as each year passed i tseemed less likely that she would ever bear a child . DoubtlessAbraham and Sarah discussed the problem more than once . Fi-

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nally Sarah thought she had found a solution, which she pre-sented to Abraham, saying, "Behold, now, the Lord hath re-strained me from bearing : I pray thee, go in unto my maid ; itmay be that I may obtain children by her ."—Gen . 16 : 2

According to the customs of that time this would not be con-sidered improper, and it appealed to Abraham as being a goo dsolution to their difficulty. When the Lord refused to accept hi sadopted servant, he explained that Abraham must be the actualfather of the promised "seed ." Nothing was then said as to whothe mother must be, so Abraham agreed with his wife's sugges-tion, with the result that Ishmael was born to Hagar, Sarah' smaid. But there was a further lesson for Abraham to learn . Thir-teen years later, when he was ninety-nine years old, the Lor dappeared to him again, and after reaffirming his original promise ,said, concerning Sarah ,

"I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her : yea, I will bles sher, and she shall be a mother of nations ; kings of people shall b eof her."—Gen. 17:1, 16

This was almost too much for Abraham to believe, and we rea dthat he "fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart ,Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? an dshall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? And Abraham saidunto God, 0 that Ishmael might live before thee!" (Gen . 17 :17, 18 )It just seemed to this faithful patriarch that if the Lord woul donly accept Ishmael to be the "seed" the whole issue would b esettled. After all, Ishmael was Abraham's own son, and this metthe requirement which the Lord previously had stipulated .

But truth is progressive, and now the Lord revealed not onlythat Abraham must be the father of the promised "seed," bu tthat Sarah must be the mother, and this despite the fact that shewas now ninety years old . So God said to him :

"Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed ; and thou shalt cal lhis name Isaac : and I will establish [Hebrew, 'accomplish'] my cove-nant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed afte rhim." Gen. 17 :1 9

The Angel's Visi t

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appeared to him in human form . At first he was not aware thatthey were messengers from the Lord, and that they had com eto reassure him, and Sarah also, that she was to have a son . Ameal was prepared for these distinguished visitors, and duringthe course of the visit one of them said to Abraham, "I will cer-tainly return unto thee according to the time of life ; and, lo ,Sarah thy wife shall have a son."--Gen 18 :1-10

Sarah overheard this remark, and she "laughed within herself ,saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my Lor dbeing also old?" (Gen 18 :12) Her question was soon answered .Within the year, apparently, Sarah gave birth to a son . The boywas named Isaac, which means "son of my laughter." After Isaa cwas born, Sarah said, "God bath made me to laugh, so that al l

that hear will laugh with me ."—Gen . 21 : 6God had performed a miracle which brought great joy to Sarah .

By selecting the barren Sarah, and then waiting until she andAbraham were well past the age when ordinarily they would hav echildren, God emphasized that the fulfilment of his promise con-cerning the "seed" was not something to be accomplished b yhuman wisdom and ability, but by divine power .

Thus today, four thousand years later, we can have confidenc ethat "all the families of the earth" will yet be blessed, eventhough, as the Scriptures reveal, the fulfilment of the promis ewill require the resurrection of the dead . When Sarah questionedthe possibility that she could, or would, bear a son in her old age ,she was asked, "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" (Gen . 18:14 )The obvious answer is no, and this is true with respect to th eblessing of all the families of the earth by means of a resurrec-tion. Surely he who created life in the first place is abundantlyable to restore life .

In the New Testament the Apostle Paul makes a revealing ob-servation on Sarah's great faith, a faith which, of course, Abra-ham also possessed . We read, "Through faith also Sara herselfreceived strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a chil dwhen she was past age, because she judged him faithful who ha dpromised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as goo das dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as th esand which is by the sea shore innumerable ." (Heb 11:11, 12 )

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Yes, the mighty company—"all the families of the earth"—springs from one "as good as dead ." So the promise of blessin gthrough the "seed" will actually be fulfilled on behalf of all th ecountless milions of earth who are now dead . Nothing is too har dfor the Lord .

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TIME went on, and when Isaac had grown to manhood's estat ethe Lord appeared to Abraham again . Under the circumstances ,Abraham would be justified in believing that now he was aboutto receive an outline of procedure for the work of blessing al lthe families of the earth through his son Isaac . After all, therewere two aspects to the promise which God had made to him .Not only was he to have a "seed," but this promised "seed" wa sto be a channel of blessing to all mankind .

As Abraham understood it, the first part of the promise ha dbeen fulfilled, and now that Isaac was a man it was logical t oexpect the fulfilment of the second part . But such was not God'spurpose in again speaking to his friend Abraham. The patriarch'sfaith was to be tested again, and much more severely than it hadbeen by any of his previous experiences, including his long wai tfor the birth of Isaac . The Lord said to him :

"Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, an dget thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burntoffering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of ."—Gen. 22 : 2

What a strange, even frightening, turn of events this com-mand of the Lord indicated! Realizing that God had performe da miracle to give him his son, Abraham might well have wondere dwhether or not the instruction to offer him as a sacrifice reallycame from the Lord . He could have wondered if this might notbe a cruel deception that was being perpetrated by the greatadversary of God, the Devil .

Apparently, however, no such question arose in Abraham'smind. Through the many years that God had been dealing wit hhim, he had learned to know his "voice ." (Gen. 26:5) No, therewas no mistaking the voice of the Lord, but how strange that h eshould be asked to slay the miracle child whom he so greatly

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loved! However, Abraham was willing to trust the Lord eventhough he did not comprehend the significance of what he wa snow asked to do .

Turning again to the New Testament, we find a very enlight-ening comment on Abraham's attitude in this experience . TheApostle Paul observes that Abraham believed that God was abl eto raise Isaac from the dead, "from whence also he received hi min a figure ." (Heb. 11 :17-19) This was a great faith, a faith, never-theless, which we must be able to exercise if the promises of Godare to have the same vital meaning, and produce in our heart sthe same confidence and joy experienced by Abraham and Sarah .

However, despite Abraham's great faith, the carrying out o fGod's command to offer Isaac in sacrifice must have been aharrowing experience for him. But he did not delay. He aroseearly the next morning "and saddled his ass, and took two of hisyoung men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood fo rthe burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of whic hGod had told him . Then on the third day Abraham lifted up hi seyes, and saw the place afar off ."—Gen. 22:2-4

Three days is a long time for one to carry a heartbreakin gburden of suspense and sorrow, yet this was Abraham's exper-ience. And, so far as human consolation was concerned, he car-ried this burden alone . For three days he traveled together wit hIsaac, and with the two young men, knowing all the while thathe was taking his boy into the land of Moriah to slay hint .

After sighting the place to which the Lord was directing him ,Abraham said to the young men, "Abide ye here with the ass ;and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again t oyou. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and lai dit upon Isaac his son ; and he took the fire in his hand, and aknife; and they went both of them together ."—Gen. 22 :5, 6

While Abraham referred to Isaac as a "lad," actually he wa sa young man, at least in his twenties . One evidence of this wa sthat Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering upon Isaa cfor him to carry up the mountain to the place where the altar fo rthe burnt offering was to be built . A mere child could hardlycarry a burden of this kind .

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As Abraham and his son "went both of them together" towar dthe place where the sacrifice was to be offered, Isaac becamepuzzled. He spoke to Abraham, saying, "My father," to whichAbraham replied, "Here am I, my son ." This interchange seem sto indicate that Abraham, burdened with sorrow, was also los tin thought until his son spoke to him. How strange it must havebeen to both of them as they walked on together !

But Isaac continued the conversation, saying to his father ,"Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for theburnt offering?" (vss . 6, 7) How this question must have painedAbraham's heart! Could he now avoid telling Isaac the full truthof what was to be done? Yes, he could, and did ; for he did notwant his beloved, miracle child to suffer any longer than wasnecessary. His reply to Isaac was, "My son, God will provide him -self a lamb for the burnt offering ."—vs . 8

At the moment, Abraham did not know just what God woul ddo. Perhaps he would provide a Iamb. Or, even if he did not, an dIsaac was actually sacrificed, Abraham knew that he had bee nprovided by the Lord, so he knew that in any case his reply t oIsaac would be true .

With the altar prepared, the time had come when Isaac mus tbe told what the Lord had commanded, although the record doe snot reveal this detail . We are informed that Abraham boundIsaac on the altar, and this is significant . (vs . 9) Isaac was a strongyoung man, while Abraham by now was well over a hundredyears old, and would not have had the strength to bind his so non the altar had he resisted . Thus the evidence indicates thatIsaac, when informed of the Lord's request, voluntarily gav ehimself up for sacrifice .

The Lamb of God

HOW illuminating this experience turns out to be! In the Ne wTestament we are informed that when God made promise t oAbraham concerning a "seed" that would bless all the familie sof the earth, he was referring to his own Son, Jesus Christ . (Gal .3 :8, 16) But Abraham did not know this . The limitations of hisfinite mind prevented him from seeing into the future and real -

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izing the grand scale upon which the promises of God were ac-tually to be fulfilled .

But now it is different, for throughout the centuries one afte ranother of the prophets of God, and later Jesus and his twelv eapostles, all contributed to the unfolding of God's larger plan o fblessing through a "seed," which primarily is Jesus . The Wor dof God also reveals that before all the families of the earth coul dbe blessed by the promised "seed," a loving Father must give u pin sacrifice his beloved Son. The Father who actually did thiswas none other than our loving Heavenly Father, who gave hi sSon Christ Jesus to die for the sins of the whole world of man -kind, thus making possible the future blessing of the peopl ethrough a resurrection of the dead .

So in the experience of Abraham and Isaac we have this glor-ious truth beautifully illustrated . We see God's loving gift of hi sSon to die, illustrated by Abraham's willingness to give up hi sson in death, while Isaac's voluntary offering is a beautiful re -minder of Jesus' willingness to die that the world might live .For all practical purposes this picture of the coming sacrific eof Jesus was made complete ; for Abraham, after binding Isaac o nthe altar, raised his knife to slay the young man when "the ange lof the Lord called to him out of heaven, and said, Abraham ,Abraham : . . . Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do tho uanything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeingthat thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me . "—vs . 12

Shall we say that Abraham was surprised? Doubtless he ex-pected that the Lord would manifest himself in some way, al -though he did not know exactly how. He told Isaac that the Lor dwould provide a lamb, and now, as he looked around in responseto the voice of the angel he saw a ram (a male lamb) "caught in athicket by his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, andoffered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son ."—vs. 13

Yes, God had provided a lamb, just as Abraham had said, an dthus we are reminded that the Heavenly Father's beloved Son ,\olio died that the world might live, is referred to as a "Lamb, "the Lamb which God provided . John the Baptist said concernin g

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Jesus, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin o fthe world."—John 1 :29

The Oathbound Covenan t

ABRAHAM'S faith in God and in his promises had conquered .Many long years had passed since God first spoke to him whil ehe lived in Ur of the Chaldees and promised him a "seed ." Now,so far as he was concerned, the "seed" had come, yet there wa sno other indication that the promised work of blessing throug hthe "seed" was about to begin . But God did reassure Abrahamthat the promise would be fulfilled. Concerning this we read :

"The angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven th esecond time, and said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, fo rbecause thou halt done this thing, and Nast not withheld thy son ,thine only son : that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplyin gI will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand whic his upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of hi senemies ; because thou halt obeyed my voice ."—Gen . 22:151 8

This must have been a wonderful assurance to Abraham thatGod surely would fulfil his promise concerning the "seed," an dthe blessing of all the families of the earth through the "seed . "However, the patriarch lived many years after this, yet did notsee the fulfilment of the promse . In the 11th chapter of Hebrews,commenting on the faith of Abraham and other servants of th eLord in that ancient past, the Apostle Paul observed that "theseall, having obtained a good report through faith, received not[the fulflment of] the promise .—Heb. 11:13, 39

The Apostle Paul also explained that the Ancient Worthies, ofwhom Abraham was one, endured their trials of faith that the y"might obtain a better resurrection ." (Heb. 11:35) It is becausethe Creator intends to restore the dead to life that his promise sto Abraham and to all his faithful servants are so meaningful .It will be when Abraham is restored to life in the resurrectionthat he will understand the full scope of the promises made tohim concerning his "seed . "

The Apostle Paul explains that the "Seed" of Abraham whic h

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will bless all the families of the earth is Jesus. (Gal . 3:16) Buteven Jesus could not be a channel of blessing to all mankin dexcept for the fact that he was raised from the dead . Paul wrote ,"If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faithis also vain ."—I Cor . 15:14

The footstep followers of Jesus, because of their faith and de-votion, will be associated with Jesus as the "Seed" of Abraham .(Gal . 3:27-29) But this aspect of the plan of God also can come tofruition only through a resurrection of the dead . These footstepfollowers of Jesus are referred to in the Scriptures as being "in"Christ, and Paul wrote that if there be no resurrectionof the dead ,then those who have fallen asleep "in" Christ have "perished . "To this he adds, "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, w eare of all men most miserable ."—I Cor. 15 :18, 19

Thank God for his promises to restore the dead to life! It i sthe assurance of these promises that makes the Bible such a rea lsource of hope and comfort . As we have seen, it was the hope o fthe resurrection that sustained Abraham and all the ancient serv -ants of God . It was the assurance of the resurrection that enable dJesus to endure the cross and despise the shame which was heape dupon him. It is the hope of the resurrection that today fills thehearts of God's people with joy as they face the uncertainties o fa chaotic world . And it will be the fact of the resurrection thatwill translate into reality the promises of God to bless all th efamilies of the earth .

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The Memorial ServiceExodus 12 :1-12 ; Matthew 26:17-45; E Corinthians 11 :23. 2 9

THE service in which followers of the Master commemorate hi s

death is a hallowed and blessed occasion. The night in whichwe partake of the Memorial emblems is different from any othe rnight in the year . It is a night of deep reverence, a night in whichwe renew our consecration vows to our Heavenly Father with asense of humility and solemn devotion . The date this year isSunday, April 10 .

On Memorial night we meet with those of like precious faithin holy bonds of Christian fellowship . We separate ourselves fro mevery worldly contact, and together with those who have chosento walk this narrow way of sacrifice with us, we keep the Mem-orial of the Savior's death .

Especially at this time we remember that Christ died for ou rsins according to the Scriptures . It is especially a time when werenew our determination to be faithful in our devotion to ou rHeavenly Father because of his great gift—and faithful too, t othe principles of truth and righteousness .

We all are more or less acquainted with the historical firs tPassover of the firstborn of the children of Israel, and how theywere saved alive while the destroying angel took away in deat hthe firstborn of the Egyptians, as the record has it, "from thefirstborn of Pharaoh that sat upon the throne unto the firstbornof the captive that was in the dungeon ." (Exod. 12:30) We knowalso, tlfat as a result of this great event, Pharaoh hearkened tothe plea of Moses, "Let my people go," and Israel was permitte dto go—delivered from Egyptian bondage . (Exod. 10:3) But whywas the Passover Lamb slain? Why was its blood sprinkled onthe door posts and the lintels of their houses? What is the lesso nbehind the divine command ?

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Typica l

THIS account would be to us merely a historical event, butfor the New Testament . But the light of the New Testament ,through the Spirit of God, has vitalized this narration of thePassover and has made of it to us the greatest of all Bible types .In the light of this explanation, Pharaoh ceases to be merely aking of Egypt and becomes a type of Satan, that great opposerof God, and also the enemy of the people of God .

Also the firstborn of Israel to us becomes "the church of th efirstborn which are written in heaven ." "A kind of firstfruits untoGod of his creatures ."—Heb. 12:23; James 1 :18

The lamb was also a type, and blessed are those whose eye shave been anointed so that they see Jesus as the "Lamb of God ,which taketh away the sin of the world" ; and see that we, hi schildren, are to feed on Christ, as the Jewish people fed uponthe literal passover lamb .—John 1 :29

The unleavened bread ceases to be unleavened bread only, an dbecomes a type of the pure sincerity and truth of God's Wordupon which we, as his children, must feast if we are to be "stron gin the Lord, and in the power of his might ."—I Cor . 5 :8 ; Eph . 6 :10

The bitter herbs aided and whetted the Jewish appetite . Andthe bitter trials of our Christian experience help to wean ou raffections from earthly things and whet our appetite for spiritua lthings. They help us to realize "how vain is all beneath the skies ,how transient every earthly bliss, how slender all the tender tie sthat bind us to a world like this ." Yes, the bitter experiences o flife whet our spiritual appetite for the Lamb of God, and for hi sunleavened bread of sincerity and truth .

Moses said to the Israelites, "And thus shall ye eat it with yourloins girded." (Exod . 12:11) The girdle in the Bible is a symbolof service, and at once service becomes to us a personal thing ,for service is an obligation as well as a privilege in our Christianwalk—service to the Lord, service to the truth, and its proclama-tion. The fact is that in spite of all that we have said and thatthe Lord has done, most of the world knows neither him nor th eglories of his coming kingdom . There is also the service to ourbrothers and sisters in the truth, as we endeavor to help the mbear their burdens in the spirit of love and sympathy and under -standing .

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Moses said : "Thus shall ye eat it, with . . . your shoes on yourfeet ." Feet become to us a symbol, for we have the privilege of"walking in newness of life" with Christ, walking in the narro wway which leads to life eternal . Our feet are shod with the "prep-aration of the Gospel of peace," the Gospel that tells of reconcilia-tion with God .—Rom. 6:4; Eph. 6:15

The staff that the Israelite held in his hand helped him in hiswalk toward the promised land . And as pilgrims and strangerswe also have a staff upon which we depend. It is the Word o fGod, our source of comfort, of strength, and sustaining grace . I tis our ever present help in time of need as we journey toward ou rspiritual Canaan .

The Memoria l

ON MEMORIAL night we, as Christians, do not keep the Pass-over . That is a Jewish celebration. Nor do we, as Christians, keepany antitype of the Passover . Christ, our Passover Lamb, is slain ,and we keep the Memorial of his death. For he said to us, "Asoft as ye do this," do it in remembrance of me .—I Cor . 11 :24-26

Only the firstborn of the Israelitish families were in danger o ftheir life that night in Egypt. And only the church of the first-born are now in danger of their eternal life, for only they ar enow on trial for life.

The firstborn of Israel remained in the house, remained behindthe blood of the lamb that had been sprinkled upon the door pos tand lintels of his home . To him this was a matter of life or death .And to the spiritual Israelite it is now a matter of eternal lif eor eternal death as to whether he remains in the household o ffaith, behind the protection of the blood of the Lamb of God .

We are a privileged people . We are living in a grand and awfu ltime. Soon the night of sin and death will have passed . Just thinkof what that means! Soon the glorious morning of deliveranc efrom Satan's domination will have come . Soon The Christ, theantitypical Moses, will be the world's Deliverer from sin and im-perfection and death .

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shall live. All who disobey under those favorable conditions wil lbe cut off . This is pictured in the deliverance of the Israeliteswho passed through the Red Sea, while Pharaoh and the Egyp-tians were destroyed in the sea as a symbol of the second death . —Acts 3 :23; Exod. 14 :27, 2 8

Eventually Israel entered Canaan, and in so doing they com-pleted the picture of "all the families of the earth" being de -livered from the slavery to sin and death under Satan, and giventhe blessing promised through the establishment of the righteou skingdom of Jesus Christ . Each part of this Passover type magni-fies the goodness of our God and the greatness of his plan fo rthe deliverance and blessing of all mankind .

The Memorial Feas t

THE Memorial of our Master's death is a simple feast . It con-sists of a small piece of bread—unleavened bread—and a sip o fthe fruit of the vine . But simple as it is, what meaning it has fo rus! No one has ever partaken of a more important feast .

The events of the first Memorial are clear in our minds . TheLord blessed the bread . He blessed the cup . He told his disciple sthat the bread represented his broken body and he told the mthat the cup represented his shed blood . He then invited all hi sdisciples to partake, to participate, not only in feeding upon him ,but also in being broken with him; not only in partaking of themerit of his ransom, but also in laying down their lives in hi sservice . And then he said that those who would do this woul dshare his kingdom and that he would, in his kingdom, drink ane wwith the faithful .

Are we his disciples? Then these thoughts must thrill us! Wha ta wonderful propsect to all who are in attune with the Lord an dwith his truth .

"Take eat, this is my body," Jesus said, and he gave them pureunleavened bread . (Matt . 26:26) How well this represented hi sbody—his pure and sinless flesh, the flesh which he gave for thelife of the world . In John 6 :48-51 Jesus' words are recorded, "Iam that bread of life, this is the bread which cometh down fro mheaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die . I am the livin gbread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this

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bread, he shall live forever : and the bread that I will give i smy flesh, which I will give for the life of the world . "

When we partake of the unleavened bread in the Memoria lservice, it reminds us that we, through faith, have appropriate dto ourselves the value of the ransom sacrifice of Jesus Christ, forour salvation is bought for us through our Lord's death on Cal -vary .

Likewise the fruit of the vine symbolizes our Savior's lif epoured out for us : his soul poured out in death as our ransom .Blood represents life—not life retained, but life yielded, surren-dered, laid down in sacrifice . There is no other way to gain eter-nal life except through the Lord's shed blood. `°There is non eother name under heaven given or amongst men, whereby w emust be saved ." He took the sinner's place .—Acts 4 :12

The Date

THE Memorial supper is held on the anniversary of our Lord' sdeath . The afternoon of that day is the anniversary of the da yin which our Lord dispatched Peter and John to make ready thi slast feast . (Luke 22:8) The Memorial supper, then, is the yearlyobservance of the "Last Supper" instituted by our Lord after hehad eaten the Passover . Later that same night he went into Geth-semane's garden, there to gain the victory at the throne of grace ,being able to say, "Not as I will, but as thou wilt ." "Thy will bedone . "

Later on this same night Jesus was betrayed by a kiss . Hewas then brought before Herod, and Pilate also who washed hi shands of the whole affair, and said to the Jews who were demand-ing his death, "Behold the man"—you have no Jew his equal ;would you crucify him? But the aroused rabble cried: "Crucif yhim, crucify him, and turn unto us Barabbas ." (John 19 :5, 6 )Under pressure from their leaders the Israelites clamoured fo rthe life of the One who had come to save them . Nothing is moreheart-hardening than religious prejudice . Think of that mob ,ruled by fanaticism !

And on that same night, the flogging, the smiting, the crow nof thorns. But he was not defeated, for in sorrow he loved thos ewho hated him. He was mild, but he was not weak. His inner

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strength of spirit sustained him to the end . At nine o'clock thefollowing morning he was nailed to the tree of crucifixion, andat three o'clock in the afternoon, as the Lamb of God, he died .He died for you; yes, he died a ransom for all .

The story of Jesus' death, as the Lamb of God that taketh awa ythe sin of the world, has a special significance to us at the Me-morial season. To some this great event is merely a page in his-tory, an example of courage under trial, of inner strength inthe face of extremely trying circumstances, of kindness in th emidst of hate . It is all this, of course ; but what is even more im-portant is that as the Lamb of God Jesus "tasted death for ever yman." He died for our sins, according to the Scriptures .—I Cor .13 : 3

The goal of Jesus' earthly life was to die—not for himself, bu tfor others . Without his death the world could not have been re -deemed. It was his death as a ransom that has provided redemp-tion from the curse . And in his faithfulness and obedience unde rtrial he also became an example to us who are endeavoring t ofollow in his steps, an example of the full measure of devotion .

The bread, then, represents Jesus' broken body. The fruit ofthe vine represents his shed blood . Our eternal life is assuredby these great truths, if our lives are governed by them . Let usnever lose our appreciation of them . They are not shallow truths ,but deep, yes, as deep as the love of God .

The supreme example of thanksgiving in the light of sufferin geven unto death is that which is supplied us by our Master . Onthe night he instituted this Memorial, he took the bread and too kthe cup, realizing full well what they meant to him in sufferin gand death, and yet the record is that he was able to offer thank sto God for them both .

Primary Lesso n

THE primary lesson to have impressed upon our minds an dhearts in this Memorial is that of our Lord Jesus : of his sacrificeas our ransom. It is written, "Jesus answered them, saying, Thehour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily ,verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the groundand die, it abideth alone : but if it die, it bringeth forth muchfruit ."—John 12 :23, 24

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There is also a secondary truth in all this, and it is very im-portant that we understand it . I Corinthians 10:11, 16, 17 reads :"Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples, andthey are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of theworld [ages] have come . . . . The cup of blessing which we bless ,is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread whic hwe break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For w ebeing many are one bread, and one body, for we are all partaker sof that one bread . "

Communion! What does it mean? It means common union ,mutual participation, partnership, brotherhood—a brotherhoo dbased upon the significance of the bread and the cup .

One loaf, but many grains of wheat are broken in order tomake that one loaf . Our Lord was broken first, and we must b ebroken with him . Not one of us has merit of his own . We havespiritual life only as we become a part of that one loaf .

The breaking of our body represents the sacrificing of ou rjustified humanity, with its privileges and its life rights. It meansthe fulfilment of our consecration vow to be "dead with him, "that we might "live with him" ; to "suffer with him" that wemight "reign with him."—II Tim. 2 :11, 12

The Cup

THE cup which our Father pours, shall we not drink it? It issometimes a cup of blessing and sometimes a cup of sorrow . He"knoweth what things ye have need of ." (Matt . 6:8) It is for us t osay from our hearts, "Thy will be done"—"Not as I will, but a sthou wilt ."

Jesus took the following steps : (1) consecration;(2) sacrifice, suffering for righteousness 'sake . And for his faith-fulness he was rewarded. And then he asks each one of us, "Areye able to drink of my cup"—of consecration, of sacrifice and suf-fering forrighteousness' sake? And if we are faithful we alsoshall receive a reward—"Heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Jesu sChrist ."—Rom. 8:17

We believe that it is proper for every consecrated child of Go dto partake of the Memorial supper . We also believe that the heartcondition of those who partake is more important than the tim e

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we partake of it, or the place . "Purge out therefore the old leav-en, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened . For evenChrist our Passover is sacrificed for us . Therefore let us keep th efeast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice an dwickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity andtruth ." (I Cor. 5 :7, 8) May we partake of this Memorial with apure heart., fervently.

As we meditate upon this Memorial of our Lord's death, maywe search our hearts to rid them of all leaven . May we renew ou rdetermination to triumph through faith.

And after we have partaken of the "bread" and the "fruit ofthe vine" let us go forward with a song of praise in our hearts ,thankful that we have been called out of the darkness of thi sworld into the light of truth, called to partnership with Christ ,to brotherhood in the body of Christ . And may the hope of par-taking anew with our Lord in his kingdom lift our affections andcenter them on him . And then in the days to come may we keepthem there until we hear his words, "Well done thou good andfaithful servant, enter thou into the joys of thy Lord . "

During the last year we have all been more or less negligentof many things . Possibly some have neglected prayer, or th estudy of his Word. Some may have neglected fellowship withthose of like precious faith that is so necessary to keep us spirit-ually strong . May we determine to be faithful to our privileges ,and not forsake the opportunity of assembling together for mu-tual strength and encouragement . May we remember, "BIesse dare the pure in heart, for they shall see God."—Matt . 5 : 8

Before we partake of these emblems, then, let us renew ou rconsecration to God . Let us thank him for his great Gift . Let usthank him for the light of his truth . Let us thank him for the,high calling through Jesus Christ our Lord . (Phil . 3:14) May wedetermine to be worthy of the light which he as given us, foronly then will we be given greater light . And finally, may we b efaithful to our obligations this coming year, even more diligentand energetic in the service of the truth and the brethren thanwe have ever been before . And may the Lord bless our ever yeffort in this direction to the praise of his glory!

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IHE exhortation to "buy thetruth" is a clear intimation

that it costs something to secure .For instance, to get rid of th efalse doctrines of the worldlynominal church of our day re-quires time for study that mighthave been given to other things .Further, the sincerity of the sac-rifice of self will be tested to thefull, and will prove each one tobe either worthy or unworthy o fmembership in the overcomin gchurch, which will receive th ehonors of the kingdom .

Just as the truth set the faith-ful remnant of Israelites of ol dfree from the bondage of the LawCovenant, with its hopeless prop-osition of winning God's favor b ythe perfection of one's own ef-forts, so the truth opened up i nour day has set the faithful fol-lowers of Jesus free from thebondage of human creeds . It has

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also set us free from the multi-tudinous activities of the nominalchurch, which have proved such ahindrance to the true servants o fGod and to progress in the thing sof the Spirit .

If received into good and hon-est hearts, we soon find that thetruth does cost us something . Itcosts misunderstandings—th estraining, if not the breaking ofsome earthly ties . Faithfully let-ting our light shine among Chris-tians with whom we have beenformerly associated sometime smeans experiences such as theMaster foretold : "They shall sep-arate you from their company ,and shall reproach you, and cas tout your name as evil, for the Sonof Man's sake ." (Luke 6:22) What -ever the cost, may we be able tosay with the Psalmist David: "Thyloving-kindness is before min eeyes : and I have walked in thytruth."—Ps. 26 : 3

The more we come fully to ap-preciate the Father's loving-kind-ness in giving his only begottenSon, and the willingness of Jesu sto come to earth and lay down allthat he had that we might live ,the more we would desire to giv esomething in return. Whateverthe cost, it is surely our reason -

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able service to walk in the narro wway marked out by the Word oftruth, seeking to be faithful wit-nesses for the truth, that againwe may be able to say with thePsalmist David, who, when speak-ing prophetically of Jesus, said ,"I have not hid thy righteousnes swithin my heart ; I have declaredthy faithfulness and thy salvation :I have not concealed thy loving -kindness and thy truth from th egreat congregation ."—Ps . 40 :1 0

Not only are we to "buy " thetruth, (make it our own, whateverthe cost), but we are also ex-horted to "sell it not." Unless w eare watchful it is surprisinglyeasy to "sell" the truth and de-prive ourselves of its blessings .We can do this by failing to liv eup to it ; by hiding our light undera bushel ; by neglecting it and it sinterests for some slight earthlyadvantage .

It will be remembered ho wEsau (the firstborn son) sold hi sbirthright for a mess of pottag e—picturing how it is possible forthe antitypical firstborns to sellthe truth for some trifling earthlyadvantage or satisfaction ; ex-changing opportunities for serv-ing the Lord in order to servesome earthly interest .

The Apostle Paul's experienceswere surely those of the Maste rhimself when he said : "W h a tthings were gain to me, thesehave I counted loss for Christ ."

(Phil . 3:7, R. V.) Nevertheless,Paul had the sad experience o fseeing many who had run wellfor a time, later allowing it t otake second place in their hearts .Doubtless with deep regret, hehad on one occasion to report :"All they which are in Asia, b eturned away from me."—II Tim-othy 1 ;15

And then there was an individ-ual case Paul felt it his duty tomention : "Demas hath forsake nme, having loved this presen tworld ." (II Tim. 4 :10) Demas, ap-parently, for a time had servedfaithfully . But he had become at-tracted by some of the advan-tages of the world, which he con-sidered of more value than th eprivileges of service and associ-ation with Paul .

Instead of selling, exchanging ,or compromising the truth in an yway, may we be able to say : "Ihave chosen the way of truth : thyjudgments have I laid before me . "(Ps . 113:30) Thus we may becom emore and more "established inthe present truth ." (II Peter 1 :12 )And we will also be able to giveto the Lord our humble testi-mony: "Remember now, 0 Lord ,I beseech thee, how I have walkedbefore thee in truth, and with aperfect heart, and have done thatwhich is good in thy sight ." (IIKings 20 :3, R. V.) To all who cangive such testimony the Masterwill surely say: "Well done, goo d

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and faithful servant : . . . enterthou into the joy of thy Lord . "—Matt . 25 :2 1

Jesus testified before Pilate :"To this end was I born, and forthis cause came I into the world ,that I should bear witness to thetruth." (John 18:37) It was ourLord's faithfulness to the trut hthat brought upon him the op -position of those who were blind-ed by the Adversary . It was hi switness to the truth that cost himhis life, and it was the giving o fhis life in defense of the truththat constituted the redemptionprice .

Similarly all of the Lord's fol-lowers are to bear witness to th etruth—the truth in respect t oGod's character and plan. It issuch witness to the truth that isto cost all the true followers o fJesus their lives in presentin gthemselves living sacrifices, hol yand acceptable to God throughChrist Jesus . "Let each one wh ohopes to be a joint-heir with thePrince of Life in the kingdo mwitness to the truth—a good con-fession respecting the kingdom ,its foundation and ultimate super -structure in glory."—Daily Heav-enly Manna, July 2 1

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The Lord Our Helpe r"With us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles ."

II Chronicles 32 : 8

TI-IE reassuring words of our text were addressed to the peopl eof Judah by the good king Hezekiah . It was at the time whe n

the king of Assyria had "entered into Judah, and encampe dagainst the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself . "(II Chron . 32:1) The Lord's people were insufficient in numbersand too inadequately armed to protect themselves against theinvader in their own strength, but Hezekiah believed that th eLord would fight for them, and he did .

Hezekiah said to the people of Judah, "Be strong and coura-geous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, no rfor all the multitude that is with him : for there be more withus than with him: with him is an arm of flesh ; but with us is theLord our God to help us, and to fight our battles ." (vss . 7, 8) Theremainder of verse 8 says [marginal translation] that "the peopl eleaned themselves upon the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah ."

In other words, the people believed what the king told them ,and knew that in the Lord's own way he would deliver them fromtheir enemy. In this they were an example for our encourage-ment, for we also, as new creatures in Christ Jesus, are surround-ed by powerful enemies which would overwhelm and destroy usbut for the, fact that we too have the Lord our God, our lovin gHeavenly Father, to fight our battles for us . With the Lord onour side we know that victory is sure .

Our Warfar e

THERE are many facets to the life of a Christian, and the Bibl elikens one of them to being a soldier . Paul admonished Timothy

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to "endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ ." (II Tim.2:3) Paul explained, "No man that warreth entangleth himsel fwith the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hathchosen him to be a soldier ."—vs . 4

To be a "good soldier of Jesus Christ" means separation fromall entangling alliances with the world, and resolute oppositionto the desires of the flesh which might be contrary to the willof God as expressed through Christ Jesus, who is the "captain "of our salvation . (Heb. 2 :10) In addition to being out of harmon ywith the world and our own fallen flesh, and in opposition t othem, Satan the great antitypical "King of Assyria" has pittedhis strength against us, and to a large extent directs all the force sof unrighteousness which would destroy us as new creatures.

In view of this array of enemies which constantly war agains tus, how quickly we would be overcome were it not for the fac tthat the Lord fights for us! This being true, we have the assur-ance that there are more on our side than on the side of ou renemies, even as Hezekiah assured the people of God in his day .It has been truly said that one with the Lord is a majority. —

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The Christian's Armo r

THROUGH his Word the Lord has revealed some of the waysin which he helps to fight our battles. One of these is in thefact that he has provided us with an armor . Imagine a soldier ofancient times endeavoring to meet the enemy without his armor !The Lord uses the armor of the ancient Greek or Roman soldie rto illustrate the provision he has made for our protection . Ourarmor is not made of metal, for we are not fighting a carnal war -fare . (II Cor . 10 :4) Our battle, the Christian's warfare, is largelyin the mind and in the heart . It is a battle between opposing ideasand thoughts .

On the one hand are the thoughts of God, his will for us . Theyare thoughts of righteousness, of love, of faith, of hope, of obe-dience, of self-denial, of sacrifice, and of all those precious andholy things which we have espoused and love . On the enemy'sside are all those unholy thoughts of hate, of selfishness, of dis-obedience to God, which war against us as new creatures .

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To protect us against these unholy thoughts which would lea daway from the Lord and from the doing of his will, an "armor "is described in detail in Ephesians 6 :10-17 . Paul admonishes usto "be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might," an dindicates that this is possible by putting on "the whole armor ofGod," that we "may be able to stand against the wiles of th eDevil."—vss. 10, 1 1

It is not against swords and spears and shot and shell that wehave to "stand," but against "the wiles of the Devil," the grea tdeceiver, who, in order to defeat the Lord's people, often ap-pears "as an angel of light." (II Cor . 11:14, 15) There is only oneadequate defense against attacks of this sort, and that is to re -sort to the truth . This is why Paul likens the truth to an armor .

Our struggle is not against "flesh and blood ." It is not a carna lwarfare. It is "against principalities, against powers, against th erulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickednes s[margin, "wicked spirits"] in high [margin, "heavenly"] places . "(vs . 12) Here we are reminded of the array of wicked spirits, th efallen angels, who are associated with the Devil in his battle t odeceive, discourage, and to control our minds . Frightening, in -deed, would be the outlook, but for the assurance that "with u sis the Lord our God to help . "

However, we can have full assurance and continue in th ebattle with confidence if we follow the Lord's instructions, andone of these is that we put on "the whole armor of God," an dstand our ground before our enemies, even though marshaled asthey are under the leadership of the great Adversary, Satan th eDevil . We do not need to fear, for we know that through th eLord and the provisions he has made we can be conquerors ; yea .more than conquerors .—Rom. 8:33-37

The Girdle of Trut h

THE first piece of armor mentioned by Paul is the girdle —"having your loins girt about with truth ." The girdle is a symbolof service, and since the reference here is to the girdle of truth ,this part of the armor emphasizes that there is a real source o fprotection through being active in the service of the truth . In-deed, since the girdle helped to hold the other parts of the armor

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together and on the body, even the keeping on of the whole ar-mor of God is shown to depend upon our service of the truth .

And how logical this is! It is not so much the service that i simportant, but the fact that through service we manifest thespirit of love as against selfishness ; and only if we have receive dthe truth in the true spirit of love, and lovingly sacrifice time an dmeans and strength in giving it to others, will we be able to kee pit . Satan, working through our fallen flesh, is constantly endeav-oring to inject the spirit of selfishness into our minds and hearts ,hence the need to have our "loins girt about with truth . "

The Breastplat e

WE ARE also to have on "the breastplate of righteousness . "(vs . 14) The breastplate protected the heart . "With the heart manbelieveth unto righteousness ." (Rom. 10:10) Here, then, is sug-gested a heart belief, manifested in full devotion to the Lord ,which leads, through Christ, to righteousness, or justification .And how vital is this truth if we are to be protected against al lthe fiery darts of the Adversary .

Paul amplifies this in Romans 8 :31-34, which we quote : "Whatshall we say to these things? If God be for us, who can be agains tus? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for u sall, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Whoshall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God tha tjustifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died ,yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand o fGod, who also maketh intercession for us . "

One of Satan's methods of attack is to discourage us by empha-sizing the imperfections of our flesh. He insists that we are soimperfect that God surely cannot continue to love us and dealwith us . If he succeeds in getting us to believe this, and we be -come discouraged, then we are vulnerable to attack along otherlines . But if we continue to wear the breastplate of righteousnes shis fiery darts cannot get through to our hearts . Our answer willalways be, "It is God that justifieth" through Christ, and it i sthe Devil who condemneth .

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eousness," but as Paul further explains, Jesus is ever at "theright hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us ." (Isa .61 :10 ; Rom. 8:34) What a marvelous source of comfort this shouldbe when the vicious accuser, Satan, hurls his venomous arrow sof discouragement against us !

Sandal s"AND your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel o f

peace," Paul continues . This suggests that our walk in life shouldbe consistent with the "Gospel of peace," the Gospel throug hwhich we have been reconciled to God and have peace with him .Having received this truth, this Gospel, and through its termsbeen reconciled to God, we should remember that we are com-missioned to be its ambassadors, that to us has been given "th eministry of reconciliation."—II Cor . 5 :18

Besides, if our walk in life is consistent with the Gospel o fpeace, we will radiate peace and good will . We will not be trouble -makers, either among the brethren, or in the world . Having th epeace of God in our own hearts, we will be able to look upon th eimperfections of others as he does, which is with patience an dlove, knowing that in his own due time and way he will deal withall the situations which are beyond our control .

And how wonderfully this will help to protect us against th eassaults of the Adversary! What an opening we would be givin gthe Devil if, while neglecting to use the Gospel of peace fo rthe purpose for which it was given to us, we should become en -tangled in a strife of words with our brethren, or others . If wecontinue to keep our feet "shod with the preparation of the Gos-pel of peace," this cannot happen .

The Shield"ABOVE ALL," Paul continues, "taking the shield of faith ,

wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of th ewicked one [Diaglott] ." (vs. 16) The word "faith" is used in theScriptures iti two closely related ways . It means a heart beliefin God and in his Word, a living belief which expresses itself i nfull and loving devotion to him . And it is also applied to thetruth which we believe, such as in the expression, "most holyfaith," and also in the admonition to "earnestly contend for th efaith which was once delivered unto the saints ."—Jude 3, 2 0

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We suggest that the "shield of faith" is an illustration of bot hthese uses of the word faith ; that it represents our faith in the"faith which was once delivered unto the saints," our faith i nthe truth . And this must be indeed a vital and living faith in thetruth if it is to serve to protect us against "all" the fiery dartsof the Adversary .

It will have to be a faith in the truth, not only as the outlin eof God's plan, but in the character of our Heavenly Father wh omade the plan, and through it revealed himself to us . Many trial scome into our lives which we do not understand, and we mus thave faith to believe that God is permitting them for our good .If we doubt this for a moment, Satan will take advantage of ou rdoubt, and we will be pierced by one of his fiery darts .

We will need the faith that was exemplified by the three He -brews who refused to bow down and worship the image set upby Nebuchadnezzar, for which they were cast into a burning fier yfurnace . They said to the king, "Our God whom we serve is abl eto deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will delive rus out of thine hand, 0 king . But if not, be it known unto thee ,0 king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golde nimage which thou hast set up ."—Dan. 3 :17, 18

"But if not"—what an expression of confidence in the Lordthis was! They believed that their God, the living God of Israel ,was all-powerful, and abundantly able to deliver them from thehands of the king of Babylon . They believed that he would de-liver them. But if perchance they had concluded wrongly inthis, it would not shake their confidence in the rightness of hi swill . They would still be loyal to him and refuse to worship othergods .

Do we have the sort of faith that is expressed by those words ,"but if not"? Do we have faith to believe that God's ways ar ealways best, even though they run counter to our preferences ,and, indeed, sometimes lead to severe trials and suffering? D owe have a faith that will not shrink in the face of opposition, re-gardless of how fiercely the battle may be raging around us an dagainst us? Has the "most holy faith" revealed the character o four God in a way to give us full assurance that whatever h epermits is what we want? Can we look up to him and say, Than k

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you, Father, for these experiences which thy wisdom sees to b ebest for us, for "Great is thy faithfulness" in supplying all ou rneeds!—Lam . 3:22, 23 ; Matt . 6 :31-33 ; Phil. 4:19

This is what it means to wear the "shield of faith." Only thuscan we be assured that the Adversary's fiery darts of doubt an ddiscouragement will not pierce our hearts and turn us aside fromcontinuing the good fight of faith .

The Helmet

WE ARE also to "take the helmet of salvation ." In I Thessa-lonians 5:8 Paul speaks of the "helmet" as being "the hope o fsalvation ." We cannot hope for that of which we have no knowl-edge, so the helmet, being worn on the head, would seem to rep -resent a knowledge of the truth, the truth through which we aregiven the hope of salvation . But let us not suppose that the "hel-met" symbolizes merely what is sometimes referred to as a "hea dknowledge" of the truth, in contrast to a heart understanding . I tsuggests much more than this .

A knowledge of the divine plan of the ages is fundamentallyimportant, because it is through the divine plan that we knowGod, whom to know aright is life eternal . (John 17:3) But it i sonly if this knowledge has made us acquainted with God, an dtaught us to put our trust in him, and to love his will, that wecan be said to have on "the helmet of salvation . "

Having on this "helmet" implies vital knowledge with respec tto our association with the Lord and with his people . Do weknow that we have passed from death unto life because we lov ethe brethren? Do we know that those who do not love the breth-ren abide in death, and have no present hope of salvation? (I Joh n3 :14) Do we love the brethren, and upon this basis are we wear-ing "the helmet of salvation"?

Another important element of knowledge represented by th ehelmet, is Mentioned by Paul in Romans 8 :28. Here he writes ,"We know that all things work together for good to them thatlove God, to them who are the called according to his purpose . "Do we really know this, and believe it so confidently that no mat -ter what happens as we battle against the world, the flesh, an dthe Devil, we will not be surprised, discouraged, nor made weak ?

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Do we know that we love God, and do we know that we hav ebeen called according to his purpose? To have this knowledgeimplies that first we must know that God has a purpose, andthen believe that he has called us to participate in that purpose .Do we know that he who has called us is able to keep and pro-tect us? Paul knew this, and wrote, "I know whom I have be-lieved, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which Ihave committed unto him against that day ."—II Tim. 1:12

The Sword

THE last piece of the Christian's armor mentioned by Paul i swhat he described as "the sword of the Spirit, which is the Wordof God.". (vs . 17) The sword is used for offensive warfare, an dnot merely defensive. But the Christian soldier does not use hi ssword against people, for people, as such, are not his enemies .The Christian's enemies, as we have seen, are the world, theflesh, and the Devil, and it is against these that he uses his sword ,especially against the desires of his own fallen flesh .

"The sword of the Spirit" is the Word of God, and this Wor dis "quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword ,piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and o fthe joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts an dintents of the heart ." (Heb. 4:12) Paul also wrote, "The weaponsof our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to th epulling down of strongholds ." (II Cor . 10:4) These are the strong-holds of sin and opposition to God within ourselves, and withwhich Satan and the world are in alliance .

It is against these that the sword of the Spirit is to be used, an dif used faithfully it will cast "down imaginations [margin, "rea-sonings"], and every high thing that exalteth itself against th eknowledge of God," and bring "into captivity every thought t othe obedience of Christ ." (II Cor . 10:5) What a wonderful provi-sion the Lord has made to help us keep the body under and brin git into subjection . (I Cor. 9 :27) May we continue faithfully to useit, ever thankful for the assurance that the Lord will give us vic-tory through our Lord Jesus Chist .

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mighty Assyrian army, the Lord sent an angel to give the neededhelp . (II Chron. 32:21) This is also true with us . We read that"the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fearhim, and delivereth them." (Ps. 34:7) Paul wrote that the angel sare "ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them wh oshall be heirs of salvation ."—Heb. 1:14

The knowledge that the holy angels are assisting in our war -fare, and protecting us from our enemies, should give a wonder-ful assurance of closeness to our Heavenly Father, and a dee psense of his loving interest . Jesus said concerning the angels whothus serve that "in heaven" they do "always behold the face o fmy Father ." (Matt . 18:10) This means that they always knowexactly what the Heavenly Father's will is for each one of hispeople, and can overshadow them with his providences in exactl ythe right way to accomplish his purposes .

Is the sunshine of the Father's love beaming tenderly and lov-ingly upon you today, causing you to rejoice and to sing aloudhis praises? Perhaps tomorrow a cloud will intervene, but remem-ber that behind the cloud the sun is still shining, and the angelswhich are watching over you know exactly when to remove th ecloud, and when to bring it back. They are able to temper thewind to your needs, and will not permit you to be tested abovethat which you are able to bear .—I Cor . 10:13

Just as an angel closed the mouths of the lions and prevente dthem from harming Daniel, and centuries later delivered Peterfrom prison, causing the iron gate to open of its own accord, s othey are able to control the circumstances that otherwise wouldoverwhelm us as we fight the good fight of faith . Truly we shouldbe "strong and courageous," "for there be more with us" tha nwith our enemies, for we have "the Lord our God to help us ,and to fight our battles."—II Chron. 32 : 7

Like the \people of Judah, may we "lean" on the many assur-ances of the Lord that he will give us strength and protectio nno matter how fierce the battle may rage . In this assurance, ma ywe continue on in his service, inspired by the knowledge of hi slove to tell the whole world the good tidings of the kingdom .Truly, ours is a great God, and worthy to be praised !

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Magazine Advertisin g

AS ANNOUNCED in previous issues of The Dawn, we have inserte dan advertisement offering free copies of the booklet, "When a Ma nDies," in the weekly magazine Grit, and in the Canadian magazine ,The Family Herald . The requests for the booklet received from theGrit advertisement now total 800, while the requests from The Famil yHerald at the time we go to press have reached 375. The circulationof The Family Herald is less than half that of Grit .

To us these results are very encouraging, and we will continue t ouse this means of proclaiming the truth as the Lord indicates it t obe his will . The brethren throughout the country are also well-pleased ,and many of them are considering using this means of promoting th etruth locally, which is good . Because of this we think it advisable t omention a few points which we have learned by experience .

First, there is no guarantee that because one advertisement bring sa good response, another one will . The wording in the advertisemen twe have used in the two papers had previously proved successful i na radio circular . This particular radio circular brought. a most en-couraging mail response, so we used the same presentation in th emagazine advertisements ; and as we have reported, the response hasbeen most heartening .

The magazine advertisements were one column wide and six inche sdeep . Sufficient space was used at the bottom of the advertisemen tto display a return coupon to make replying simple and convenient .No attempt was made in the advertisement to accomplish anythingother than to have the reader send for the booklet .

The selection of a proper magazine for this purpose is important .It should be a weekly or monthly magazine, rather than a daily news -paper . A daily newspaper is seldom looked at after the day it is pub-lished, and in this busy world does not get a very careful reading .As a rule, a weekly magazine remains in the home for at least aweek, and is picked up and read from time to time (luring that wee kby various members of the family . Hence an advertisement offerin ga religious booklet has a much greater chance of being seen . Indeed ,

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weekly magazines often remain in the home long after the wee kthey are issued . The value of this was revealed by the fact that approx-imately 300 requests for the booklet were received from the advertise-ment in Grit subsequent to the week it was dated . This does not hap-pen with daily newspapers.

The two magazines thus far used have their largest circulation i nthe small towns and rural areas . In due time we expect to run th esame advertisement in a magazine that circulates in the larger townsand cities . Eventually, if the Lord's providences so direct, we wil ltry advertising one of the other booklets. We would like to stressthat this is a new field of endeavor for us, which we consider to b estill experimental . We are seeking to learn by experience, and willreport . from time to time how we are getting along .

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Help Appreciated

Dear Brethren of The Dawn :Christian greetings! Your littlemagazine is much awaited eachmonth, and greatly appreciated.Recently I had a deep desire toknow more about the belove dApostle Paul. I looked throughthe back issues of The Dawn an dfound a complete series of article sdealing with the life of Paul . Howcan I express how I felt as thesetruths were unfolded to me sobeautifully. With the Bible andThe Dawn, followed the story o fthis "chosen vessel" to bear theLord's name before Gentiles andkings . It was wonderful how Go dguided his life so that this pur-pose could be fulfilled. Withoutthese Bible helps I could never

see the beauty of these things,and I thank God for them. I alsothank you for sending the pil-grims to visit us . They are sucha blessing to us in so many ways .Each Sunday morning I eagerlyawait the "Frank and Ernest "program, and always somethingis revealed. The fifteen minutespass far too quickly. I rememberThe Dawn each day at the thron eof heavenly grace .—Colorado

Enjoyed TV Discussion

Gentlemen : Please send me th ebook, "Hope Beyond the Grave, "which was offered on your pro-gram this noon over our AB Ctelevision station . Your discus-sion was most enjoyable, and en-lightening .—Minn .

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Rejoicin g

Dear Brethren : Christian lov eand greetings to you all in theblessed name of our Redeemer !I wish to thank you for the radiobroadcasts . I am so glad the pro -grams are back on the air in thi sdistrict . I am still able to hea rthem . My heart rejoices, and isfull of thanksgiving to my lovin gHeavenly Father to be blessed i nthis way. The Dawn is filled withgood things, and I would like tothank you again for the wonder-ful blessings it brings me . I ampast eighty-eight years of agebut rejoicing daily . I pray foryou rich blessings from above .Your sister by God's grace .—N. J .

Appreciates Recording s

Dear Friends of The Dawn : Iwish to thank you for the man ywonderful recordings you hav esent me in the past months . Ihave taken some to the isolatedfriends, and I too get so verymuch help from them. May ourHeavenly Father, who makes al lthese blessings possible, bless an dkeep all of you.—California

A Pastor Write s

Dear Friends: The tracts werereceived today . I shall see thatnone of them are wasted . It wasa splendid assortment . You ar eso good in sending them, and Ithank you with my whole heart .I am so grateful to our. Lord and

The Dawn for my knowledge ofthe Bible . I feel that now I ca nanswer most questions asked . Iam still learning the truththrough The Dawn. It is a dee psatisfaction and joy to share thi struth that others may know God' soverall plan . Please remembe rme in your prayers, as I do you .

No More Fear s

Gentlement: The "Grace ofJehovah" booklets you sent mehave been given to those whomI trust will be helped by them .I have only one left, and I rea dit many times. The more I rea dit the more I get out of it, Itcertainly has helped me to seehow wrong I was . Thank God forremoving me from bondage . Myfears are all rolled away, and Ifeel like a different person . I be-lieve that it was God himself whocame to my rescue and gave methe strength to take the righ tstep.—North Dakota

Comforte d

Sirs : We received a little book -let called, "Hope." It was verysweet, and I am sending for you rbook, "God and Reason," whichis mentioned in the little booklet .We are glad to receive any word sof sympathy and scriptural hel pduring these dark days resultin gfrom the death of our dear moth-er . God bless you .—Kentucky

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LAKELAND, FLORIDA, March 5 . 7—FloridaStudents Annual Convention will be hel din the Civic Theatre, Lake Mirror Drive .Reservations should be addressed to Mr .George O . Jeuck, 5212 Lake Howel lRoad, 'hinter Park, Florida . Speakers :Brothers H . E . Anderson ; Samuel Baker;Walter Blicharz; Pantel Hatgis ; EdwardG . Lorenz; D . J . Morehouse; Everett Mur-ray ; Roy E . Poland; William Roach ;Stephen Roskiewicz ; J . H . L . Trautfelter ;

F . S . Wassmann ; C . R . Weida ; and W .N . Woodworth .

MIAMI, FLORIDA, March 12, 13—Simp-son Memorial Garden Club, 55 S . W .17th Rood . Reservations should be ad -dressed to Mrs . Norman McElvany, 178 5N . W . 4th Street, Miami . Secretary : Mrs :Adolph Obenland, 4784 S . W. 6t hStreet, Miami . Speakers : Brothers Henry

E . Anderson; Samuel Baker ; Pantel Hat-gis ; George O . Jeuck; Stanley W . Jeuck ;Edward G . Lorenz ; Everett Muray ; Roy E .

Poland ; W. E . Roach ; Stephen Roskie-wicz and George M . Wilson .

ALBANY, NEW YORK, March 13—YWC ABuilding, 5 Lodge Street . Mrs . Lucy

Smith, 87

Lansing Place, Rensselae r

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, March 13 —I . O. G. T . Hall, 2933 Cedar Avenue .Mrs . C . R . Newham, 678 40th Avenue ,N . E ., Minneapolis 21 .

SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, March 13—Th eWoman's Club, 311 North Jefferson St .Mrs. C. A. Sundbom, 207 Alice Street .

Speaker : Brother Charles M. Chupa .

WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, March 13 —Crosby High School Auditorium, Eas tMain Street . (Across 242 E . Main Street .)

Miss Anna Tsimonis, 227 Willow Street .Speakers : Brothers Eugene Burns; Georg e

M . Jeuck; N . Kasper; R. J . Krupa ; K .W. Rawson ; C . R . Weida ; and W . NWoodworth .

ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA, March 19, 20--I . D . E . S . Hall on Tenth Street . Mr sBessie Lynn, 206 San Joaquin, Antioch .Speakers : Brothers Edward E . Fay ; E . F .Lankford ; Kenneth Nail ; H . W. Ostran-der ; and T . A . Smith .

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, March 27—Centra lMasonic Temple, 912 North LaSalle St .Mr . D. J . Morehouse, 2617 N . Spring -field Avenue, Chicago 47. Speaker :Brother Raymond Rawson .

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, March 27—Moms-bees Building, Woodward Avenue a t

Putnam . Mr . Louis Zbik, 9171 Manor .

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, March 2 7-610 Arch Street, North Side . Mr . Joh nBaracos, 736 Dunsier Street, Pittsburg h26 . Speakers : Brothers Alonzo Jarmon ;Owen Kindig ; and Louis Zbik .

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, April 2, 3—Od d

Fellows Hall, Broadway and MercedStreet . Reservations should be addresse dto Mrs . H . W . Ostrander, 5326 E . Whit e

Avenue, Fresno 2 .

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, April 2, 3 —Pre-Memorial Convention to be held i nthe Blue Rock Community Club, 31 4

Brandywine Boulevard, Bellefont . Mr sPeter Kolliman, 404 West 31st Street .Speakers : Brothers Eugene Burns ; S . C .DeGroot ; Theodore Hack ; R. J . Krupa ;R.. Luke ; R . M. Mitchell ; A. Miskawitz ;

and R . Rawson .

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Ministering the Glorious Gospel of Christ

The services of the lecturers here scheduled are furnished upon request,and free of charge . If you would like to have one serve in your community,simply address a request to the Dawn Bible Students Association, Pilgri mDepartment, East Rutherford, N . J, A visit will be arranged when possible.

HENRY E. ANDERSO N

Charlotte, N . C . March 2 9Roanoke, Va .

3 0

SAMUEL BAKE R

Louisville, Ala . March 1, 2Texasville, Ala .

1, 2Tallahassee, Fla .

3Lakeland, Fla .

5-7Miami, Ha .

12, 1 3St . Petersburg

17-2 0Dunedin, Fla .

2 1Zephyr Hills, Fla .

2 2Orlando, Flo .

23, 2 4Jacksonville, Fla.

2 7Tallahassee, Fla .

28, 2 9Fairhope, Ala .

30, 3 1

GEORGE BALK O

Monessen, Pa .

March 6Pittsburgh, Pa .

1 3

MIKE BALKO

Steubenville, Ohio March 6Connellsville, Pa . (P . M .) 6

NICK BARACOSDuquesne, Pa . March 6

JULIUS BEDNARZ

Gary, Ind .

March 2 0

W . C . BERTSCH E

Columbus, Ohio March 1 6Steubenville, Ohio

1B

Pittsburgh, Pa .

20Alliance, Ohio

22Warren, Ohio

23Akron, Ohio

24Cleveland, Ohio

27Piqua, Ohio

2 8Muncie, Ind .

2 9

FRED A . BRIGH TReading, Pa .

March 2 0

J . BURTON BROW NYuma, Ariz.

March 1 3

DAVID A . BRUC E

Phoenix, Ariz .

March 2 7

TRACY S. BUNDYAlbany, N . Y.

March 1 3

HARRY CASLE RSteubenville, Ohio Mar . 2 7

BERTRAM COOPER

Whittier, Calif . March 20

ORLANDO D . DEIFE RWilkes Barre, Pa . Mar . 2 0

THOMAS C . FA Y

Bakersfield, Calif . March 6,San Luis Obispo, Calif . 20Whittier, Calif .

27

PANTEL HATGI SPottstown, Pa . Mar . 19, 20

THOMAS HICK SPaterson, N . J . March 2 7

EDMUND M . JEZUI T

Aurora, III .

March 1 3

RUSSELL JUR D

Ventura, Calif . March 1 3

DANIEL KAZIA K

Akron, Ohio

March 2 0

ARTHUR H . KRUMPOLTSayville, L . I ., N . Y . Mar . 6New Brunswick, N . J . 20

C. STUART LIVERMOR EAllentown, Pa . March 27

LUDLOW P . LOOMI S

York, Pa .

March 1 3Lancaster, Pa .

1 3Baltimore, Md .

2 0Philadelphia, Pa .

20

JOHN Y. MAC AULAY

Lamesa, Texas

March 6Gustine, Texas

1 0Lampasas, Texas

1 1Austin, Texas

1 3San Antonio, Texas

1 5Donna, Texas

2 0Brownsville, Texas

21,2 2EARL L . FOWLER

Whittier, Calif . March 1 3

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Taft, Texas

24, 2 5Houston, Texas

2 7Livingston, Texas

30, 3 1

MARTIN C . MITCHELL

Groton, Conn . Mar. 19, 2 0New London, Conn . 19, 2 0

N . MOLENAA RSanta Ana, Calif . Mar . 2 7

DANIEL J . MOREHOUS EDetroit, Mich .

March 2 0Buffalo, N . Y .

2 1Rutherford, N. J .

2 3Columbus, Ohio

2 7

EVERETT MURRA YBirmingham, Ala . Mar. 1 4Louisville, Ky .

1 5

HARRY PASSIO S

Washington, Pa . March 20

WILBUR N . PO E

New York, N . Y . March 20Rutherford, N . J . 8 p .m . 20Scarsdale, N . Y .

2 1Paterson, N . J .

22Washington, D . C .

27

G. R . POLLOC K

Whittier, Calif . March 6

RAYMOND RAWSO N

Adrian, Mich .

March 20

GILBERT RIC E

San Bernardino, Calif .

6

NORMAN F . RIC E

Riverside, Calif . March 20Ontario, Calif .

2 0

BERT ROS E

Flint, Mich .

March 6

ALBERT SHEPPELBAU M

Milwaukee, Wis . March 1 3

W. W . STROMBERG

LaSalle, III .

March 6

RICHARD SURAC I

Boston, Mass.

March 2 0

J . H . L . TRAUTFELTE RWilmington, Del . March 2 0

J . I . VAN HORN ESteubenville, Ohio Mar . 1 3

IRWIN WYSOCK IConnellsville, Pa . March 1 3

HOWARD YOUN G

East Liverpool, Ohio

1 3

CHRISTIAN W . ZAHNOW

Tehachapi, Calif . Mar . 20

WEEKLY PRAYER MEETING TEXTS

MARCH 3—"Whatsoever things ar ejust, . . . think on these things ."—Philippians 4 :8 (Z . '03-9 Hymn 306)

MARCH 10—"Exhort one anothe rdaily, while it is called Today; les tany of you be hardened throughthe deceitfulness of sin."—Hebrews3 :13 (Z . '03-54 Hymn 23 )

MARCH 17—"Take therefore th etalent from him, and give it unt ohim which hath ten talents . Furunto every one that bath shall b egiven, and he shall have abun-

dance; but from him that hath not,shall be taken away even thatwhich he hath."—Matthew 25 :28,29 (Z . '01-59 Hymn 34 )

MARCH 24—"I will never leavethee, nor forsake thee ."—Hebrew s13 :5 (Z . '03.41 Hymn 110 )

MARCH 31—"Fight the good fightof faith, lay hold on eternal life,whereunto thou art also called, andhast professed a good professionbefore many witnesses."—I Timo-thy 6 :12 (Z . '03-91 Hymn 44)

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WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA, Apri l15-17—Convention jointly sponsored b ythe Winnipeg and Kirkness Ecclesias . Res-ervations should be sent to Mrs . MayHnatovich, 858 Manitoba Avenue, Winni-peg 4, Manitoba, Canada .

GARY, INDIANA, April 16, 17—Indian aUniversity Auditorium, Gary Center, 340 1Jefferson Street. Mr Theodore Trzeciak ,2444 West 10th Place, Gary .

CLEVELAND, OHIO, April 17—YMC ABuilding, Prospect Avenue and East 22n dStreet . Mrs . A . F . Jarmon, 1229 Eas t114th Street, Cleveland 8 .

FORT WORTH, TEXAS, April 22-24—YWCA Building, West 4th and Burne tStreets . Mrs . George B . Wilmott, 240 6Prairie, Ft . Worth 6 .

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, April 23, 24 .

PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, April 23, 24 .

PIQUA, OHIO, May 1 .

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, May 1 .

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That the church is "the temple of the living God"—peculiarl y"his workmanship"; that its construction has been in progres sthroughout the Gospel age—ever since Christ became the world' sRedeemer and the chief corner stone of this temple, throug hwhich, when finished, God's blessings shall come "to all people, "and they find access to him .—1 Cor . 3 :16, 17; Eph . 2 :20-22 ; Gen .28 :14 ; Gal, 3 :2 9

That meantime the chiseling, shaping, and polishing of consecrate dbelievers in Christ's atonement for• sin progresses, and whe nthe last of these "living stones," "elect and precious," shall hav ebeen made ready, the great Master Workman will bring al ltogether in the first resurrection ; and the temple shall be filled wit hhis glory, and be the meeting plate between God and me nthroughout the Millennium .--Rev . 15 :5- 8

That the basis of hope for the church and the world lies in th efact that "Jesus Christ, by the grace of God tasted death fo revery man," "a ransom for all," and will be "the true light whic hlighteth every man that cometh into the world," "in due time . "—Hob . 2 :9 ; John 1 :9 ; I Tim. 2 :5, 6

That the hope of the church is that she may be like her Lord ,"see him as he is," be a "partaker of the divine nature," an dshare his glory as his joint-heir .—I John 3 :2 ; John 17 :24 ; Rom ,8 :17 ; II Pet . 1 : 4

That the present mission of the church is the perfecting of th esaints for the future work of service ; to develop in herself ev-ery grace ; to be God ' s witness to the world ; and to prepare to b ethe kings and priests in the next age .—Eph . 4 :12 ; Matt . 24 :14 ;Rev . 1 :6 ; 20 : 6

That the hope for the world lies in the blessings of knowledg eand opportunity to be brought to all by Christ's millennial king-dom—the restitution of all that was lost in Adam, to all the will-ing and obedient, at the hands of their Redeemer and his glori-fied church—when all the wilfully wicked will be destroyed .—Act s

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