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Peter spoke o f Jesus “ made Lord and Christ/’ and he preached “ forgiveness o f sins.” Stephen’s testimony was “ the Son o f Man standing at the right hand of God,” and he preached “ judgment.” Philip preached Jesus the Christ, and the things con cerning “ the Kingdom o f God.” Paul spoke o f Jesus as the Son o f God, and his great theme was “ justification.” C hrist S een in E very D etail And as this curtain was the entrance to the brazen altar and laver in the court, so.in these four testimonies we have the sinner, who receives Christ as the Way, brought into the place o f full salvation, connected with the finished work o f Christ (the brazen altar), and His pres ent care over His people (the laver). ' In the second curtain, hanging on five pillars, we have Christ as the Truth for the saint. The five pillars tell us of the five writers of the Epistles o f the New Testament .-‘ Paul, James, Peter, John and Jude. By these Epistles we enter into the Holy place, which gives us the standing, the object and the worship o f the saint in “ the Table,” “ the Candlestick,” and “ the Golden Altar.” “ The Table” represents Christ our Security. “ The Candlestick,” Christ our Object. “ The Golden Altar,” Christ our High Priest: In the Tabernacle itself we have a picture of the Church, each board covered with gold, standing on sil ver, representing the individual saint covered with God’s righteousness'(gold), standing on the Redemption work o f Christ (silver), and all united together by the Holy Spirit (the center band). See 1 Cor. 12. In the third curtain we have what is now “ the Rent Veil,” hanging upon four pillars, being the entrance into “ the Holy of Holies,” where the clouds o f incense en veloped “ the Ark o f the Covenant,” and “ the Mercy Seat.” In this Ark we have clearly a picture o f Christ, the gold and the shittim wood telling of His divinity and human ity, and the three things contained in it speaking o f His work. The tables o f stone, telling o f His obedience to death. Aaron’s rod that budded— of His heavenly priesthood in resurrection. The golden pot of manna— of His glory to be mani fested to His people in a coming day. But “ the Mercy Seat” and “ the Cherubim," all o f one beaten piece o f pure gold, and this, measured by the Ark, tell us God is Light (the Cherubim), and God is Love (the Mercy Seat), and this manifested in Christ by His death, resurrection, and glory. So in the Holy o f Holies we have God manifested in Christ. And in the four pillars have we not a picture of these four writers, each giving us the rent veil, Christ in His death, and the four leading the worshiper into the presence o f God mani fested, and so glorified ? I f we had but eyes to see, we would behold in these four evangels, not merely great truths, but pen-and-ink sketches of the Christ, the Manifester o f God; and the cleansed sinner o f the court, the saint of the Holy place, becomes thus the worshiper of “the Holy of Holies.” “ Thou art the Everlasting Word, The Father’s only Son; God manifest, God seen and heard, The Heaven’s Beloved One.
“ The higher mysteries o f Thy fame, The creature’s powers transcend; The Father only, Thy blest Name O f Son can comprehend. “ Yet loving Thee on whom His love Eternally doth rest; The worshipers, O Lord above, . As one with Thee are blest. “ Worthy, O Lamb o f God, art Thou, That every knee to Thee should bow.”
Perils By Land and Sea Latest news from the pioneer party on the field gives fresh reason for thankfulness to God for His care over the missionaries of the Unevangelized Africa Mission, of which Dr. Charles E. Hurlburt o f our Institute is now director. They have met perils by land and sea, and from disease. Mr. Williams had suffered an attack o f bronchial pneumonia from which he was recovering. God used the two trained nurses in the party to overcome this danger. One o f the missionaries on a motorcycle plunged from a bit o f .rough road, over the edge o f a canyon, before the eyes of the other who was trotting behind. A tree broke the fall and no injuries resulted to either man or machine, though it took four hours o f “ perspiring labor” to get the machine back on the road. A furious storm on Lake Kivu threatened to capsize the rough canoe in which two o f the party were making a thirty-mile trip for supplies. The two missionaries were forced to hang over the side in order to balance the queer- ly shaped craft. A paddler gave up, saying, “ W e are going to die!” The native sorcerer tried all his arts and failed—-but God answered, prayer and brought them safely on their way. Dr. Hurlburt asks our readers interested in this work to pray f or: 1. The spiritual and physical needs o f the fourteen workers on the field, and God’s message to the natives through their consecrated lives. 2. Guidance in selecting and establishing stations. Many needy places to be considered later have, been passed and the region west o f Lake Edward was being ap proached. The results o f this trip will be reported in later letters. 3. The going forth o f new workers; and that doctors may volunteer for this service. 4. The Lord’s stewards who are able to supply the material needs of the mission. 5. Our prayer helpers; and that their number may increase. 6. An outpouring of. the Holy Spirit upon everyone connected with the mission, that the fruit o f the Spirit may be so manifested in our lives that the unsaved at home as well as in Africa may be drawn to Christ and be re deemed by faith in Him.
jMfe. v\IA m m Lying to God in Prayer
Charles Finney tells us o f an elder in a Presbyterian church in America, who was filled with the Spirit. And when someone asked him, “ When did you get filled with the Spirit o f God ?” he replied, “ When I gave over lying to God in prayer.”
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