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information write local friends.(Continued on last page.)==========BETHEL HYMNS FOR MAYAfter the close of the hymn the Bethel Family listens to thereading of "My Vow Unto the Lord," then joins in prayer. Atthe breakfast table the MANNA text is considered. Hymns forMay follow: (1) 333; (2) 299; (3) 8; (4) 91; (5) 196; (6) 273;(7) 60; (8) 222; (9) 74; (10) 229; (11) 279; (12) 7; (13) 50;(14) 145; (15) 67; (16) 47; (17) 119; (18) 4; (19) 313; (20)167; (21) 46; (22) 54; (23) 259; (24) 249; (25) 105; (26) 27;(27) 176; (28) 307; (29) 113; (30) 112; (31) vow.==========1912--VOLUNTEER MATTER--1912"The Handwriting on the Wall" is the leading article inPEOPLES PULPIT, Vol. IV., No. 1, which is being used as thisyear's regular Volunteer literature.Only two million copies have been requested by the friendsthus far, and these have been sent out. Those who have notyet ordered their supply, and others who require more, willassist us by advising at once how many are required.====================R4998 : page 107"YE WERE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE"(I CORINTHIANS 6:20.)IT WILL BE noticed that the Apostle refers,not to the world, but to the Church in thestatement, "Ye were bought with a price,even the precious blood of Christ." OtherScriptures tell us that "Jesus Christ, by thegrace of God, tasted death for every man"--that He redeemed the world. We are toremember, however, that this work of redemptioncovers centuries. Promises respectingit were made long centuries beforeJesus came. He accomplished a certain portion of thework--the all-important part of giving Himself a Ransomprice for all--laying down His life.But while His life was thus laid down, to be the priceof the sins of the whole world, it has not yet been appliedfor the world's sins. If it were, then the world would nolonger be under Divine condemnation, "children ofwrath," but would in some sense of the word be back infellowship with God. The price laid down by the Redeemer