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we expect to remain nine or ten months. While there I desiregreatly to take up the systematic study of the Bible. Couldyou recommend to me some school (or person) there underwhich I could place myself as a Bible student?May God bless abundantly your great work is my prayer.Faithfully yours, MRS. J. DUCKWORTH-FORD.--Philippines.----------DEAR BROTHER RUSSELL:--You will be interested to know a little circumstance whichillustrates how the HEAVENLY MANNA can be used of theLord to draw attention to the Truth.A brother and sister staying at a strange house left theirMANNA on the dresser during the day, so that it might beseen. The help looked at it and liked it very much. Thisled to the sale of several first volumes and the arousing ofconsiderable interest in the Truth.Lovingly your brother, WALTER H. BUNDY.----------DEAR BROTHER:--If you will pardon me for taking a little of your valuabletime I would be pleased if you will answer the followingquestion:--In DAWN, Vol. 1, page 232, par. 1, we read as follows: "Oursins He consented to have imputed to Him, that He might bearour penalty for us, and He died on our behalf, as though Hewere the sinner." In Vol. 5, page 109, line 23, we also read:"Not imputed to them, but imputed to Him, who bore oursins in His body on the tree." In Vol. 5, page 444, par. 2, we alsoread: "That God was in Christ reconciling the world untoHimself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, but imputingthem unto Him."Please be kind enough to inform me at your earliest convenienceif you have changed your mind as to these teachings,or do you still hold the same views? With earnest prayersthat God will be with you and keep you unto the end, I am,Yours in His dear name, P. L. DERRING.--Va.IN REPLYYour favor of March 25 is before me. I am pleased toanswer its question as follows:The work of Christ is presented from a variety of standpoints,some showing modifications of one kind and some ofanother; some stating the matter from the human standpointand some from the Divine. What we need in all Scripturalmatters is to get at the real import.From God's standpoint human sin is imputed to Jesus;that is to say, He was provided to be the sinner's Representative--to pay the price for the release of man from the deathsentence; thus God pictures Christ as the serpent raised uponthe pole. Thus the Apostle says He was made sin for us,although He knew no sin--He was a sin-offering.