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Number 12
Volume X IX
December, 1928
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EDITORIALS Who Is the Christinas Christ?................ ...............717 The Immaculate Conception........ .........................717 Illumination and Inspiration ...... .......................... 717 “Where There is No Vision, the People Perish” 718 Gold Tried in the Fire.......................................... 719 Riflers of the Sptil..... .......................... 720 Making God’s Word “of None Effect”............... 720 A Christless C h r i s tm a s . . . . . . : . . , . . . ........... 721 Editorial Flashlights-,L-'....::....’.’.:1-:--..:...... 722 * . * * ARTICLES Mr. Philip Mauro Throws Down the Gauntlet - -Editor-in-Chief :......................... ,....... ........... 724 The Great Bible Famine in Russia....................... 725 The Preexistence- of Jesus Christ ■>*—D r.'R . L. Stephens..... ,.... .............. ...... -.......726 Christmas Carols and Their Use —Prof . John Bissel Trowbridge....................... 727 Where “Love and Justice” Meet ■ffi—Late Rev. R. L. Lacey................ .................. 729 The Birth of the World’s Saviour ¡ ¡ |—Late A. C. Dixon, D.D............. ....... .............731 The “Why?” and “How Long?” of Affliction ■ - K . L. B..............................................................733 The Only Hope of the Future ML-W. Bell Dawson, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.C...... 735 Virgin Birth An Absolute Necessity —-J. A. A. in The Christian ..... ......................... 738 Magnificent Tributes to Dr. Morgan.......... .........738 Three Unanswerable Facts (contributed)..........--759 Prayer-—Answerable and Unanswerable | | | j —Rev. Cornelius D. Mayhew.................... .—...760 * * * DEPARTMENTS Passages That Perplex ..........................................740 The B. B. B. B. Page.................. 741 Heart to Heart With Our Young Readers....:...... 742 Striking Stories of God’s Workings..................... 743 Finest of the Wheat.................................. 746 The Junior King’s Business...,............................... 749 International Lesson Commentary........................751 Notes on Christian Endeavor............................... 761 Our Literature Table..............................-..............767 Illustrated Daily Text ........................................... 771
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