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Testament that lost its vision was a WORKING church, nevertheless, said Christ, “ I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thyKrst love.( Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and REPENT and do THY FIRST WORKS.” The first work of the church is to cleanse the in side of the cup, rather than to try to make white the outside of the cup. We must enter anew the power house of confession, repentance and prayer We must cease the toleration of unholy alliances, of undisciplined membership, of Sabbath breaking, of worldly pleasure seeking, of ecclesias tical wire-pulling, of secret society domination, of the unequal yoke with unbelievers, of the teaching of damnable heresies. Oh, that Jehovah might mightily move upon His people, stirring them to prayer for a true revival in the Body of Christ itself!—K. L. B.
devoted himself to the study, has pre pared his conclusions, which will shortly he published by the museum as the last word on the subject to date. He finds that the lachrymal bone, around the eye socket, persisting through the ages, con firms the descent of man from a fish.” The greatest sorrow is not to be ap preciated by men. The greatest mis fortune is not to appreciate Christ. THE BIBLE
T H E P O O R F I S H Friends, they are going to give the baboon a rest. Our forefathers were fishes— this is absolutely the “ last word” on the subject, so say the scientists. ‘ ‘New York. Oct. 28.-—Various theo ries advanced by scientists tracing the origin of man to a fish have been the subject of comparative analysis for several years in the Museum of Natural History. William K. Gregory, who has
Take up this Book, 0 friend. Do not read it with a hurried glance. Let thine eyes rest a while upon some single- word, and if thou art patient, it will hud and blossom and bloom and grow unto thee as a tree of life; and the leaves shall he as medicine for the healing of thy hurt. Take it into thy mouth and learn a lesson from the meadow kine who chew the tender grasses, and turn them ever, and chew them again, till they have extracted sweetness and life therefrom. Chew the words of this Book over and over again (it is impossible to do so with any other hook), meditate upon their meaning—upon their direct and cognate meanings; let the thoughts they suggest find full and free reaction in thy soul, and from some simple word or phrase thou shalt draw'the sweetness of divine love, and more and more the consciousness that th;ou hast received into thine innermost being very spirit and very life. 1 , Read it on bended knee. Take up the words and breathe on them with the warm breath of sincere desire to know their intent, and music, will come forth as from the fabled horn of old —music that shall have in it all the hallelujahs and hosannas of the heavenly host.—I. M. Haldeman.
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