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T H E EXTENSION WORK . Mr. G eorge W . H u n te r has closed hi$ series of classes in th e N o rth a n d is plan-4 n in g fo r a new series in o th e r tow ns. His, w o rk w as g raciously blessed an d a larg e n um b er of th e p eo p le have ta k e n u p th e Scofield C o rresp o n d en ce C o u rse a n d a re e arn estly studying th e Bible. T h e follow in g testim onial speaks fo r itself: "W e, th e undersigned, p a sto rs of th e ch u rch es of S a n ta R osa, a re glad to give testim o n y to th e gen eral helpfulness an d sp iritu a l value of th e C o u rse of Bible L es sons given h e re before th e C ity U nion of Y oung P e o p le's Societies b y Rev. Mr. H u n ter, th e rep resen tativ e of th e Los A n geles Bible Institute, a n d to comm end him to o th e r comm unities a n d ch u rch es w hich m ay desire a sim ilar serv ice." W . C. D ay, P a sto r C o n g reg atio n al C hurch. J. P. P hilips, P a sto r B aptist C hurch. W illis G. W hite, P a sto r P re sb y te ria n C h u rch . W . H . Nelson, P a sto r M. E. C hurch, South. FUNDS FO R TH E BUILDING. Mr. W . L. S tan to n , fo rm erly w ith W . L. B radshaw & Co., h as a ccep ted a call from o u r b o ard of d irec to rs to a c t as financial a g en t in se c u rin g of funds fo r th e new building. Mr. S tan to n h as h ad m any y e ars a re d iam etrically opposed, a n d th a t they affect, n o t only th e a ttitu d e of th e C h u rc h in relatio n to th e com ing— th e o n e settin g aside th a t com ing as a n im m inent factor, th e o th e r ex alting it as such— -but it a f fects th e w hole exegesis of th e W o rd of God. Indeed, it is no t too m uch to say th a t th e results of in te rp re ta tio n flow ing ou t of each of these distinct lines of th o u g h t a re so radically antag o n istic, so u tte rly diverse, so absolutely irreconcilable, th a t one o r th e o th e r m ust be w holly right, exact, scientifically c o rrect, a n d th e o th er as absolutely false, ig n o ran t o r b lu n d er ingly perverse. If th e Bible, u p o n an y fa ir a n d u n p re ju diced exam ination,, p erm its w ith eq u al fa cility th e d ed uction of e ith e r of these views, th en th e im pression u p o n th e o u t side ob serv er m ust so o n er o r la te r b e th a t this Book, instead of b ein g a c lear a n d in fallible guide to th e e arn e st se e k er a fte r tru th , is, a t th e best, b u t a c o n tra d ic to ry a n d confusing tra n sc rip t.
of e x p erien ce as a trav elin g salesm an a n d has b een actively engaged in C h ristian w o rk as a Bible te a c h e r a n d p e rso n al w o rk er. H e is a m em ber of th e G ideons an d h a s a larg e a c q u a in ta n c e th ro u g h o u t th e co u n try . W e b espeak fo r Mr. S ta n to n th e p ra y e rs of o u r friends. If y o u know of a n y p eople w ho a re in sym p ath y w ith o u r sta tem en t of d o ctrin e a n d w ho a re able to m ake a p a y in g in v estm en t fo r th e L ord, please send us th e ir nam es a n d Mr. S ta n to n will seek to b rin g th e n eed of o u r w o rk before them . W e will re q u ire a larg e sum of m oney fo r th e com pletion of o u r building a n d desire to in te re st a s m any p eople as possible. W ORK IN T H E O IL FIELDS. E vangelist Sloan re p o rts Ja n u a ry as a h a rd m onth, u n p lea sa n t w e a th e r p re v ail in g fo r th e larg e p a r t of th e m o n th . S erv ices w ere held in th re e cam ps. T h e re w ere m any h ard sh ip s b u t also real fellow ship w ith som e of th e saints. T hirty-five m eet ings w ere held in d o o rs a n d 500 visits m ade. P erso n al interview s w ere h ad w ith tw e n ty m en a n d th re e u n ite d w ith th e churches. A COMMENDATION Rev. Jo h n R eid of th e F irst P re sb y te ria n C h u rc h of E verson, W ashington, w rites: T h e K ing's Business* is becom ing an indispensable in m y stu d y a n d I am glad to see its p ro g ress a n d dev elo pm en t." In th e face of th is u ltim ate, o r th e a lte r n a te im pression; in view of th e c o n tra dicto ry m oral a ttitu d e b ro u g h t a b o u t by one o r th e o th e r of th e d o ctrin es; because of th e a n tag o n istic in te rp re ta tio n , a n d con seq u en t pub licatio n to th e C h u rc h a n d the w o rld w hich such in te rp re ta tio n dem ands, is it a t all to lerab le to say th a t th e issue betw een Pre-M illennialism a n d Post-M il- lennialism is u n im p o rta n t? I tro w n o t! N ay! A bove ev ery th in g else, th e sim ple fact th a t th e Son of God has a n n o u n ced to H is C h u rc h th a t H e is com ing back, m akes it a b o u n d en du ty th a t I should k now w h e th er th a t com ing is possible in m y day, o r n o t till te n c en tu rie s have b ro k e n in to dust b e n ea th th e tre a d of tim e. It is highly im p o rta n t th a t I should know it. A y e! A n d I m ust m ak e ev ery e ffo rt to know it if it c an be k n qw n j
“TH E COM ING O F CHR IST , BOTH PRE-M ILLEN IAL AND IMMINENT.’ (Continued from page 144)
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