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Said Jesus to His disciples: "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My saying, they will keep yours also." John 15:19, 20. And on the other hand our Lord declared plainly: "Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets." Luke 6:26. The spirit of the world is no more in harmony with the spirit of Christ today than in earlier times, and those who preach the word of God in its purity will be received with no greater favor now than then. The forms of opposition to the truth may change, the enmity may be less open because it is more subtle; but the same antagonism still exists and will be manifested to the end of time. 101
8. Tried Before the Council A new emperor, Charles V, had ascended the throne of Germany, and the emissaries of Rome hastened to present their congratulations and induce the monarch to employ his power against the Reformation. On the other hand, the elector of Saxony, to whom Charles was in great degree indebted for his crown, entreated him to take no step against Luther until he should have granted him a hearing. The emperor was thus placed in a position of great perplexity and embarrassment. The papists would be satisfied with nothing short of an imperial edict sentencing Luther to death. The elector had declared firmly that "neither his imperial majesty nor any other person had shown that Luther's writings had been refuted;" therefore he requested "that Dr. Luther should be furnished with a safe-conduct, so that he might appear before a tribunal of learned, pious, and impartial judges."--D'Aubigne, b. 6, ch. 11. The attention of all parties was now directed to the assembly of the German states which convened at Worms soon after the accession of Charles to the empire. There were important political questions and interests to be considered by this national council; for the first time the princes of Germany were to meet their youthful monarch in deliberative assembly. From all parts of the fatherland had come the dignitaries of church and state. Secular lords, highborn, powerful, and jealous of their hereditary rights; princely ecclesiastics, flushed with their conscious superiority in rank and power; courtly knights and their armed retainers; and ambassadors from foreign and distant lands,--all gathered at Worms. Yet in that vast assembly the subject that excited the deepest interest was the cause of the Saxon Reformer. Charles had previously directed the elector to bring Luther with him to the Diet, assuring him of protection, and promising a free discussion, with competent persons, of the questions in dispute. Luther was anxious to appear before the emperor. His health was at this time much impaired; yet he wrote to the elector: "If I cannot go to Worms in good health, I will be carried there, sick as I am. For if the emperor calls me, I cannot doubt that it is the call of God Himself. If they desire to use violence against me, and that is very probable (for it is not for their instruction that they order me to appear), I place the matter in the Lord's hands. He still lives and reigns who preserved the three young men in the burning fiery furnace. If He will not save me, my life is of little consequence. Let us only prevent the gospel from being 102
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31. Evil Spirits ..................
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must fall the horror of great darkn
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and blessed of God would be ended.
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shall be greater than of the former
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the city walls, then the followers
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Uncontrolled passions made them tyr
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Terrible were the calamities that f
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adiant with gold, which shone dazzl
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tumults, conflicts, and revolutions
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2. Ignited Fires of Persecution Whe
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persecution: You may "kill us, tort
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themselves. The Spirit of truth rev
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The mysterious providence which per
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3. An Era of Darkness The apostle P
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The detector of error having been r
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ecome firmly established. Its seat
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The darkness seemed to grow moreden
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with the leaders of the papal hiera
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When the Saxons invaded Britain, he
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papacy were early compelled to hono
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their increase. Economy and severe
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and faithfully performed it. Conver
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held to be based upon falsehood. Re
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his bones were whitening on the spo
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5. Champion of Truth Before the Ref
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Wycliffe; but the papal leaders wer
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men were directed to the Source of
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name, may the more easily overcome
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his writings heretical, and, winnin
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the people to acknowledge. Instead
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6. Two Heroes The gospel had been p
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preachers, they proceeded to exerci
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that God speaking in the Bible, and
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In a letter addressed to his friend
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expecting my sentence of death tomo
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Huss was no more, but the truths fo
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spirit; but I cannot but express my
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ooty fell into the hands of the vic
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Steadfast to the gospel, the Bohemi
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trembling to the dark future and in
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Luther was ordained a priest and wa
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Saviour Himself declared: "I came n
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hearers that it was by looking away
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of the pope, before whom ... the ki
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Their union in the work added stren
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unreasonable, was without a single
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God's hands," answered Luther. "He
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exposed to the scorn of the wicked,
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immediate measures for the correcti
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As the Reformer proceeded on his jo
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Another said: "When ye shall be bro
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your majesty and your august highne
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The emperor, moved to admiration, e
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the Reformer as Sigismund had dealt
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my person and my life in the empero
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thoughts returned to himself, and h
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favor. This they endeavoured to sec
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"Do not imagine," he said, "that Go
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immediately set out to oppose him.
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The victories gained by the Reforma
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10. Reform in Germany Luther's myst
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The opposition of the pope and the
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lood. But what would have been the
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Satan is constantly seeking to dece
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Persons of all ranks were to be see
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11. Princely Protest One of the nob
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If this edict were enforced, "the R
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In the presence of the Diet the kin
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to confess energetically, freely, a
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"The Lutherans, according to you, a
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12. The French Reformation The Prot
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"Salvation is of grace." "The Innoc
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Berquin was repeatedly warned of th
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During the persecution of Meaux, th
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however, at last won his consent. "
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found favor. Persons of all classes
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character. The cruelties that were
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good evil, till they had fallen vic
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abble and beaten almost to death. Y
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of all the champions of popery. Cut
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13. The Netherlands and Scandinavia
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greater, and persecuting edicts fol
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papists to overthrow the work resul
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language of England among us? . . .
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The grand principle maintained by t
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Knox, vol. 2, pp. 281, 284. Such we
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subdue the evils of the natural hea
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atoning blood of Christ, and the re
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The Methodists of those early days-
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is good and acceptable in the sight
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avowed adherents numbered more than
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The periods here mentioned--"forty
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It had been Rome's policy, under a
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The "Church in the Desert," the few
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ought forward in full procession, t
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excesses are to be charged upon the
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The gospel would have brought to Fr
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they had so long paid homage, they
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All this was as Satan would have it
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will cause them to know, this once
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16. The Pilgrim Fathers The English
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His ways made known or to be made k
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and councils in the Roman Church; s
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home, in the school, and in the chu
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17. Heralds of the Morning One of t
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ighteousness and praise to spring f
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These signs were witnessed before t
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carpenter left his tools, the black
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planting, building, marrying, and g
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the day dawn, and the daystar arise
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Oh, what a lesson is this wonderful
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18. An American Reformer An Upright
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Miller publicly professed his faith
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Thessalonians, after describing the
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point could be found for the 2300 d
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THE PROPHECY OF 2,300 DAYS One Prop
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offered upon Calvary, ended that sy
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his way to turn from it; if he do n
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phenomenon has ever occurred in thi
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sayings and doctrines of men, to th
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Scoffers pointed to the things of n
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of the Sacred Word--and that the pa
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19. Light Through Darkness The work
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They performed their duty in presen
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The event that had filled them with
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His grace, with the "crown of right
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The disappointment also, though the
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papacy, which, as foretold in proph
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them to His first coming in humilia
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in my hand."-W.H.D. Adams, In Peril
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Bengel's writings have been spread
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The movement was chiefly among the
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Many sought the Lord with repentanc
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day should overtake you as a thief.
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But Jesus and all the heavenly host
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About this time a marked change was
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condition of worldliness and backsl
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eauty, and playedst the harlot beca
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significant question: "Did they com
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Says Howard Crosby: "It is a matter
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angel did not reach its complete fu
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22. Prophecies Fulfilled When the t
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The coming of Christ, as announced
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ideas and opinions above the testim
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Testament types also pointed to the
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Him whom they had pierced, there wa
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now. The time had passed, the Lord
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and rely with implicit confidence i
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23. What is the Sanctuary? The scri
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The sanctuary to which Paul here re
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adoration, could find, in the most
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The question, What is the sanctuary
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The whole ceremony was designed to
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whom the sins of the truly penitent
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one like the Son of man came with t
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Says the prophet: "Who may abide th
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In the parable it was those that ha
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It is those who by faith follow Jes
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25. God's Law The temple of God was
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of this chapter constitute a threef
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In contrast to those who keep the c
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conquest, . . . they have borne the
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It was apostasy that led the early
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Sabbath. But papists urge, as a rea
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would themselves form an image to t
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26. A Work of Reform The work of Sa
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These truths, as presented in Revel
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The majority of Adventists rejected
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this, those who would be loyal to t
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27. Revival Wherever the word of Go
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its name are ignorant of its princi
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James 2:8; 1:25. And the revelator,
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Scriptures teach upon this point. T
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time they deny the authority of the
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Notwithstanding these inspired decl
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knowledge." But the prayer of the a
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28. Facing Life's Record "I beheld,
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hearts." I Corinthians 4:5. "Behold
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has dishonoured their Redeemer, to
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As the features of the countenance
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make haste to confess their sins an
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29. Why So Much Suffering? To many
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plan, awakened forebodings of evil
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was strong. God's government includ
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With one accord, Satan and his host
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made the greatest sacrifice which l
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30. Infernal Enmity "I will put enm
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the exceeding evil and malignity of
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Christian imitates the divine Patte
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Angels are sent on missions of merc
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of their loss upon Jesus, he arouse
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32. Deadly Tricks and Snares Expose
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division which exist among the chur
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Those who are unwilling to accept t
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army of doubters, and he works to t
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ordeal of temptation, not because H
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33. First Great Deception With the
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so credulous concerning the words o
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abounding in compassion, is darkene
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abodes of bliss, there to be purifi
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love Him because they are drawn tow
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But a distinction is made between t
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The martyr Tyndale, referring to th
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classed it with the "monstrous fabl
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prove to be correct. Then, as confi
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ecomes assimilated to that which it
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It is true that spiritualism is now
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The prophet Isaiah brings to view t
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35. Liberty of Conscience Threatene
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A religion of externals is attracti
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Such was the fate of Rome's opponen
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intellectual, moral, and religious,
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fine for freemen and stripes in the
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not ignorant of the character of th
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which she herself employed in bygon
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36. The Impending Conflict From the
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Wherever the divine precepts are re
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spiritualism, and to contempt for G
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desolation. Even now he is at work.
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The dignitaries of church and state
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But multitudes have no more underst
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for themselves, they are becoming h
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truth depends not so much on the po
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psalmist: "Thy testimonies are my m
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Fearful is the issue to which the w
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As the people go to their former te
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tempted and tried. The Lord gives a
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spring up and bear fruit. The publi
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came upon Jerusalem of old. A singl
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enemy is seeking his life, and with
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They afflict their souls before God
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to pray. If we allow our minds to b
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y refusing to listen to his angels
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abundant in goodness and truth, . .
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arrow that flieth by day; nor for t
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mountaintops. Soon there will be a
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40. Great Deliverance When the prot
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Thick clouds still cover the sky; y
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The voice of God is heard from heav
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speechless now. There is the haught
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Before entering the City of God, th
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This reunion is witnessed by the an
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depth and the height, of redeeming
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The people see that they have been
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heart, I will ascend into heaven, I
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42. Controversy Ended At the close
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multitudes follow in vast companies
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The awful spectacle appears just as
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Again and again, in the progress of
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"Every battle of the warrior is wit
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which God hath prepared for them th
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All the treasures of the universe w
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"Infallibility," by Patrick J. Tone
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appointed thee each day for a year.
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An early edition is given in Migne
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Page 65. The Sabbath Among the Wald
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Chronicle of the Council of Constan
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entirely wiped out."--Concil. Tolos
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Page 284. The Atrocities of the Rei
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of the Moslem Saracens, during the
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1844, made some important admission
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pp. 226-229; S. Giacomo Baratti, La
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