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earnest desire to do so. And that effort will not be unfruitful. Ifno fruit appears, we may be sure that little or no effort is made atcultivation, pruning, etc. The fruit will not only appear in thedevelopment of the Christian graces of character, but also inincreasing activities. We must not wait for our spiritual andimmortal bodies, promised us in our resurrection, before ouractivity in God's service begins. If we possess the spirit [thewill, the disposition] of that new nature our mortal bodies willbe active in the service of God's truth now. Our feet will be swiftto run his errands, our hands prompt to do his bidding, ourtongues ready to bear testimony to the truth, our minds active indevising ways and means to do so more and more abundantlyand effectively. And thus we shall be living epistles known andread of all about us.====================R1115 : page 5A RELIGIOUS TEACHERMEASURED BY A "TWO FOOT RULE."THE LIVING CHURCH, a Protestant Episcopal <strong>org</strong>anpublished weekly in Chicago, is supposed to voice the ideas of"the Church," and to furnish instruction on the religious subjectsof the day. It is a 16-page journal, having 4 columns of 13inches each per page. Deducting 50-1/2 inches for the Headings,Calendar and prospectus we have left 65 feet 1-1/2 inches ofsolid reading matter, or 3126 quarter inches in length and thewidth of a usual column of printed matter. These 3126 quarterinches are divided as follows:--I. Advertisements of 50 Schools 175 qr. ins.17 Church Bell Foundries, Church Supply Stores 115"17 Books and Papers 226"22 Patent Medicines, Soaps and Baking Powder 302"22 Miscellaneous--Agents Wanted, Insurance, etc. 154 "128 Different Advertisements (20 feet 3 inches) 972"II. Religious, etc. 14 Clippings and Household Recipes 304"4 Obituaries 46"20 Diocesan and other Church News 752"6 Church Ritual, Policy and Instructions 577"4 Bishop's Personals 61"10 Letters and Notes Complimentary and Controversial(4 feet 9-3/4 inches) 231"10 Miscellaneous Personals 78"8 Church Finances 46"2 Spiritual Instructions 60"---- 206 Items measuring 2154 qr. ins.128 as above 972 "---- Total 3126 qr. ins.
Of all this mass of "Stuff," but two items measuring 1 foot 3inches--or just a little more than one column (or about 2/3 of acolumn in ZION'S WATCH TOWER) were devoted to religiousor spiritual instruction. These taught of the Divine Nature ofChrist, and the necessity for self-examination. Some issues arebetter and they have fully twice as much spiritual teaching orperhaps 2 to 3 columns-- out of 64. But even they are of a kindbetter left unwritten. Nowhere does this paper teach us toconsecrate our poor selves to Christ expecting the reward of thedivine nature. Nowhere does it present hopes of our being calledChrist's brethren. It nowhere points to the glorious hopes whichhave become our ambition to attain.This paper, "The Living Church," is recommended highly, andsubscriptions are taken for it by the "Clergy," as they stylethemselves, of the professed "Church of the living God, thepillar and ground of the truth." But as we, the consecrated, nowknow by actual measurement what this would-be teacher reallyis, we take notice and govern ourselves accordingly. Leavingbehind all the worldly vanities this blind leader of a blind churchadvertises, and uses its sacred character to recommend, let thetrue Church, the Stone rejected, press forward to the grand prize.W. M. W.[The above is by the Brother who a little more than a year agowas a staunch "Churchman"--Episcopalian--whose defence ofthat system we published and answered in the issue of Nov.1887. He is now more of a churchman than ever, but he servesand acknowledges not a human system, but the divine one--the"Church of the Firstborn whose names are written in heaven." Abusy man, the special agent of a leading Fire Insurance Co., henevertheless is constantly preaching the good tidings among allclasses. He orders the Missionary Envelopes and Arp Tracts bythe thousand, and seldom a week passes that we do not receivefrom or through him fresh orders for ten or more DAWNS VOL.I.The zeal of all who really receive the good tidings with allreadiness of heart must surprise former friends, as Paul's coursedid his friends. Yet with Paul they can say, "I am not mad--butspeak forth the words of truth and soberness." --EDITOR.]====================R1116 : page 5THE SAINTS AS LAW STUDENTS."Let your speech be always with grace seasoned with salt."--Col. 4:6.The whole world is full of suffering; and the more we partakeof the spirit of our Lord, the more will our sympathies be drawn
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eight and ten times, with increasin
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fulfillment of God's plans, but the
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A meeting was held in the Baptist c
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Jordan in the far West, there came
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ignorance and squalor, to comfort a
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of Christ and joint-heir with him o
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yet sit with him in his throne. But
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as Papacy, her ambition, sustained
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hiding and protection of Elector Fr
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Mark the oppression, and injustice,
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ejoicing in tribulations, and that
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POLITICS OF THE SAINTS.A Brother wh
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significant!], when the Son of man
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evening's diversion, a picnic, etc.
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Never speak slightingly of one to a
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Work, dear Christian mothers, with
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more truth, for she saw and deplore
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But they did not exclude me until I
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of interest among the readers upon
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SIN AND SICKNESS, "FAITH CURES," "P
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page 1DO NOT send us Foreign or Can
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indifferent to whatever testimony o
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the lunar time exactly, as the earl
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The bread used by the Lord was unle
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Those who may arrive on Sunday morn
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There is a very general misundersta
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called churches are not so recogniz
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Page 95 and 96: E. C. LEIGH.Indianapolis, Ind., May
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world admitted into any system of p
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you; but that ye be perfectly joine
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It follows that conceit springs fro
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in order that he may thereby indire
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VIEW FROM THE TOWER.Old readers wil
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This conclusion, which we consider
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SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN--FORBID THEM
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e sure that we give no occasion for
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with none to molest and make us afr
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R1138 : page 3Yours in Christ, Dr.
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The underlying principle of the Gre
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applied to themselves all the title
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to the "clergy" by divine arrangeme
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synods, as final settlements of the
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may perform the service. [With some
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While glad to acknowledge that Bapt
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Dishonorable, ignoble, hypocritical
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y vergers, followed by their 'tail
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correction. They were proud, and bo
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general footing with all men and al
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of the great reward, the grandest f
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of God's dear Son, in meekness and
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shall come forth with strong hearts
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page 1When ordering MILLENNIAL DAWN
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doubt; the struggle would be shorte
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educe none to starvation wages, or
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description. Men and women fought l
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making a "willing sacrifice" of all
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My health is too poor to permit me
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***R620 : page 3A little while, our
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INTERNAL EVIDENCES.Those who will m
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however, in the Greek, in the Sinai
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and a few others seem to have been
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eceive them with thankfulness as th
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writings. Origen, who wrote in the
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As for his historical writings, Mos
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notable--whose claims, if conceded,
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have been taken out, and "The Chris
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disavowal; content with employing i
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things new and old--meat in due sea
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WE SHOULD SAVE OURSELVES."Save your
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We thus rest in Him in the present
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R1152 : page 1VIEW FROM THE TOWER.K
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during the "dark ages," the majorit
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submit to it. Increase of knowledge
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well as the time and object of the
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I wish you could be. It quickens me
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Though dim as yet in tint and line,
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communication can reach the whole e
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seen by every living creature of ea
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locates it right here, saying, "At
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No; no, Brother Talmage, it is the
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and perfected men as the rulers, ex
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oldly, and if it is not true, why n
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Scriptures is while they yet hold o
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privations, persecutions and ignomi
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secure all that our hearts desire,
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each servant who desires to stand a
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R1151 : page 7CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE.T
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them, Verily, verily, I say unto yo
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there the opportunity of furnishing
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ut the plowing and seed sowing for
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R1431 : page 1DAWNS IN CLOTH BINDIN
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Hence muscle must and should be ser
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The superiority of mind over muscle
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Christ Jesus, and whose members are
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Presbytery is one of the more notab
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interpreted." This agrees well with
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"Meantime, in the Presbyterian Chur
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Reporter.--"What are the special pa
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and chief divine agent in the work
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y a reporter of the Tribune, expres
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the Confession. Indeed, I find my s
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landlord, and the cultivators tenan
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with the public good. The species a
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"Looking now at the sphere of moral
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DRIVING SHARP BARGAINS.Selfishness
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means I might attain unto THE resur
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Missouri.TOWER TRACT SOCIETY:--I am
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J. H. DONNELON.Kansas.DEAR FRIENDS:
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I enclose an order to the TOWER CO.
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The terms to Colporteurs are as fol
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ought to have the aid which the Dia
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