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seeking light.; he went,to God for light, his prayer was heard (Acts 10:4)., as the prayer of every sincere seeker will be heard, and God sent Peter to 'him and he was saved, and so God will send some mes senger to declare the Gospel to every one who iS in Cornelius’ position. The trouble with men out of Christ is that they are not seeking the light. Indeed, as a -rule they are doing their best to avoid the light. Studies in the Gospel According to John. . Concluded from Page 378 'goest thou ?’ ‘I am,’ saith he, ‘going to Jerusalern to pray.’ To whom the Samaritan,.‘Were it not better for thee to pray, in this holy mountain than in that cursed house ?’ ” In the Greek text in the first clause the words, “in this mountain” are very emphatic both because of the or der of the words and because of the eitact words used, there being both a “the” and a “this” in the clause; literally translated it would be,. “In the mountain this." In the second clause the “ye” is very emphatic, emphasizing the contrast, and difference of opinion between Samaritan and Jew. The significance of the “ought,to worship” would perhaps.come out more clearly if the words were translated “must worship,” which is their exact force' (cf. v. 24, where the same Greek wprds are used). The thought is that the Jew admitted but one place of acceptable worship, namely Jerusalem. It is .an interesting, fact that worship is still maintained, so far as any Samaritans ar,e left, op .Mt. Gerizim. Stanley says, “On ' no spot on earth has worship'been sus tained so many thousands of years as on Gerizim.” ' -«f t _______ ________
The Fundamental Principles of Christianity in the Light of Modern Thinking. Concluded from P ag e 374 6>f the'*world we must put the erosi hack again at the heart- of our preaching and recognize it as“the gateway into the glory. | t ;:is nbf à disaster but the power of Gód rinto1Sàlvatidn to all who believe. “In th e cross of C h rist I glory, "T o w e rin g o’er th è w reck s of tim e: " I Ali th e lig h t of sacred sto ry A■ ■ .G ath ers round its head sublim e.’’ Keeping the Bible' From the People. Concluded from P ag e 369 tio n w ill give fu ll co n sid eratio n to such need s arid p o ssibilities. But above all else, whether the courses ■for the Sunday school are to be many or few,' complex or simple, l e t ’us safeguard in prayerful' resoluteness the way of the •faith delivered to' us by the revelation of God through the gospel; let us give the Bible-as the unique Word of God the un- ‘disputed right of Way as the text-book of •Ithe' church; let us hold up the superna tural work of God’s grace as the sole hope of men throughout the ages. Questions and Answers. C oncluded from P ag e 402 that Peter would speak to him words “‘whereby. thou and thy. house shall be ‘saved” (Acts 11:13, 14). Cornelius was a ’sincere seeker after truth and as such was ■“acceptable to God” .as one Jto whom the way of life should be revealed. It is ut terly futile to (ask what wpuld ha.ve be come of him if Peter had not gone to him; fpr Peter did go to hipi. . Cornelius was
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