King's Business - 1922-07

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To Thee our prayers arise, Whose, Word we always prize, On which we stand. Our hearts are turned toi Thee To Thee we bend the knee, From error keep us free, God save our land.”

Author of liberty, To Thee we sing. Long may our land be bright With freedom’s holy light; Protect us by Thy might, Great God, our King.”,

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as If this be our song or prayer, we must stand where our fathers stood, and' contend for the faith. “ For the Word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Heb. 4:12) “ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) “ And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness; God was mani­ fest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.” (1 Tim. 3:16) “ Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and with­ out spot; 1 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but vyas manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.” (1 Pet. 1:18-21) “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffer­ ing of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” (Heb. 2 :9 ). “ Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shalll see him as he is.” (1 John 8:2) ]&r jal THE SEAL OF THE SON OF GOD We have just been reading three little leaflets,—one by Henry C. Vedder, Professor of Church History in Crozier Theological Seminary, en­ titled: “ What I Teach About the Bible;” one by Clarence A. Barbour, President of Rochester Theological Seminary, entitled: “ The Lordship of Jesus Christ,” and one by Shailer Matthews, Dean of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, entitled: “ Why I Believe in Jesus Christ.” Bach of these'pamphlets afforded a splendid opportunity for each one of these three cultured men to say in plain, definite English just what he believed. The titles themselves demand that. But what do we find? Professor Yedder says:

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