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VOL. XXXIII SEPTEMBER 1 No. 17
A.D. 1912—A.M. 6040

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CONTENTS

The New Creature's Responsibility to
Divine Law..................................271
Condition of Heart Tested Continuously........271
The Two-Fold Trial of the New Creature........271
Purpose of Our Lord's Suffering...............273
Feet Washing as a Lesson in Humility..............273
Selfishness Even in Love......................274
The Act, Not the Institution of a
Ceremony....................................274
"Cast Not Away Your Confidence"...................275
Positive Character Necessary..................275
Increasing Severity of Trials.................276
"Another Voice From Heaven".......................277
Babylon—Mother and Daughters.................277
Who May Fall From Grace...........................278
Characteristics of a Sound Mind...................279
"It Is I, Be Not Afraid"..........................281
The Three Fault-Finders.......................282
God's Word, Not Man's.............................282
"Cup of Cold Water"...............................283

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r5088 THE NEW CREATURE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DIVINE LAW
r5090 FEET-WASHING AS A LESSON IN HUMILITY
r5095 "CAST NOT AWAY YOUR CONFIDENCE"
r5092 "ANOTHER VOICE FROM HEAVEN"
r5093 WHO MAY FALL FROM GRACE
r5093 CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOUND MIND
r5095 "IT IS I, BE NOT AFRAID"
r5096 GOD'S WORD NOT MAN'S

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VOL. XXXIII SEPTEMBER 15 No. 18
A.D. 1912—A.M. 6040

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CONTENTS

Brother Russell's Itinerary.......................286
Responsibilities of Christian Citizenship.........287
Arise and Shine in Light Eternal..............288
Worldly Wisdom Not Light......................290
Selfishness Leads to Darkness.................290
New Creature's Responsibility to Divine
Law—Part 2.................................291
Three Blessings Resulting from Faithful
Obedience...................................291
Stages in the Development of Wilful Sin.......292
The Two Words (Poem)..............................293
To the Jew First..................................294
The Syro-Phenician Woman's Faith..............294
"He Doeth All Things Well"........................295
Holy Scriptures the Source of True
Wisdom......................................296
Thousands Falling Into Infidelity.............297
Interesting Questions.............................297
Interesting Letters...............................299
Berean Questions in Scripture Studies.............299

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r5097 RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP
r5101 THE NEW CREATURE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DIVINE LAW
r5100 TO THE JEW FIRST
r5103 "HE DOETH ALL THINGS WELL"
r5104 THE HOLY SCRIPTURES THE SOURCE OF TRUE WISDOM
r5105 INTERESTING QUESTIONS

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INTERESTING LETTERS

DEAR PASTOR AND BROTHER BELOVED IN THE LORD:—

Greetings! Since I cannot see my way to join in personal fellowship with you and the dear friends in Aberdeen, I must give vent to my sentiments by writing a few words to congratulate you, the Lord's honored servant, on this welcome visit to the "Granite City."

How could I let such an opportunity pass without telling you that my heart still warms toward you because of the soul-cheering message, which flows from your lips and pen, setting atune the melodious heartstrings of so many of the Lord's holy harpers!

I know you will respond, "Let the praise be His," but as the Master said, "Whom my Father honors I will also honor"; therefore, I thank you, as the servant whom He uses in dispensing His favors so free, and my sincere prayer, in which Sister Blaikie joins, is that the good Lord shall continue to bless and prosper you in your earnest labors of love on behalf of His precious, consecrated flock.

Humbly yours, in the Morning Light,

R. W. BLAIKIE.—Scotland.

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MY DEAR PASTOR RUSSELL:—

We are now paying our 15th annual visit as evangelists to our native county of Worcestershire, and being supplied from your London depot with two large parcels of your publications, we are entering upon a new phase of the Mission. We have already distributed large quantities in Sydenham and London. I regard them as direct and powerful weapons of destruction against (1) Darwin's doctrine of Evolution; (2) Roman Catholicism; (3) John Calvinism; (4) The natural immortality of the soul; (5) The ferocious doctrine of Eternal Torment in hell; (6) The monkish teaching of an eternal Devil:—and reconstruction in favor of (1) A Scriptural mode of exegesis of the Bible; (2) The true science of geology and the creation of the earth, involving its perpetuity; (3) The divinity of Christ on which doctrine the Ransom-price is paid; (4) God's "plan" of destroying evil and establishing everlasting righteousness as one Jehovah; (5) Making future life depend on resurrection; (6) The doctrine of Restitution "of all things spoken by the mouth of the Holy Prophets since the world began."

In these books issued by your Society there is a grace and power of expression which, accompanied by high intelligence, makes them most suitable to place in the hands of all classes, the religious and the irreligious alike, and therefore the uncompromising spirit of toleration and the absence of offensive dogma breathed through every page of these writings reflects great credit upon both the publishers and the author. They are well adapted to accomplish the work for which they are intended. I am pleased, even delighted, at having discovered such labor and laborers in the Master's vineyard and I hope heartily to co-operate in such labors until "the laborer's task is o'er" and we are called to higher services.

The teachings are not new to me as you will have observed from my publications, but although David and Solomon were closely related, and deeply interested in God's purposes, what David was not called upon nor permitted to do, Solomon in due time accomplished.

"God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform."

He is the Great Supreme. Praise His Holy Name!

Yours in the hope of Christ, (REV.) J. MARTIN.

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DEAR PASTOR RUSSELL:—

I have been enjoying the light of Present Truth for two and a half years. The Vow did not appeal to me when first I read it, but as time passed I realized the narrowness of the way and in November last I decided to take the Vow, and have been greatly blessed by so doing. In times of trial it has been a great help to know that others of like precious faith are praying for me. The part that helps me most is scrutinizing my thoughts and words.

Before coming into Present Truth I was a member of the M. E. Church. When my husband received Present Truth I felt very much worried about him and asked my Pastor if he had ever heard of MILLENNIAL DAWN books. He told me that the books were worse than poison; if they were branded poison, no one would touch them. As my husband attended the church with me I asked the minister to call and have a talk with him, but he never came and I thought he did not do his duty; so I left the church and went to a mission. My friends and I prayed earnestly for my husband and at last I pleaded with our Heavenly Father to show me if I was wrong and my husband was right.

In a short time I got the "hell" theory cleared up; having a dear brother burned to death who did not profess to be a Christian, and, having asked fully one dozen ministers where he was and gotten ten different answers, it almost made me an unbeliever in the Bible!

May the dear Father continue to bless you! Grace be to you, and peace from our Lord Jesus Christ!

Brother Moody and I send our names, as we have taken the Vow.

With Christian love,

MR. AND MRS. EDWIN R. MOODY.—Can.

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BEREAN QUESTIONS IN SCRIPTURE STUDIES

Series VI., Study X.—The Baptism of the New Creation.

OCTOBER 6

THE PROPER SYMBOL OF BAPTISM.

(46) What conditions of the real baptism would exclude infants from receiving symbolical baptism? and could symbolical baptism properly precede the real baptism? P. 450, par. 2, 3.

(47) Supposing the subject of water-baptism were so confused that the method practised by the early Church could not be positively determined, what form of symbolical baptism would reasonably suggest itself to the mind instructed as to the real baptism? P. 451, par. 1.

(48) What advantages will accrue from obedience in performing symbolical immersion? P. 452, par. 1, 2.

(49) Inasmuch as there is but one proper baptism, it follows there can be but one proper symbol of it. In illustration of the general agreement among Christians as to immersion, read "Some Testimonies to the Point." Pp. 453, 454.

WHO MAY ADMINISTER BAPTISM.

(50) What authority is given in Matthew 28:19 respecting who may perform the ceremony of water-baptism in the Church? P. 454, par. 1.

OCTOBER 13

FORM OF WORDS.

(51) Suggest a simple form of appropriate words for this service? P. 455, par. 1.

REPETITION OF THE SYMBOL.

(52) How may any who have been immersed in water decide regarding a repetition of the symbol? P. 455, par. 2.

(53) Explain 1 Cor. 15:29. Pp. 455, 456.

Series VI., Study XI.—The Passover of the New Creation.

(1) What was the origin of the Feast of the Passover? How long did it last, and what did it commemorate? P. 457, first 17 lines.

(2) Why is the New Creation especially interested in Natural Israel's Passover? P. 457, 17th line to end of par.

OCTOBER 20

(3) Explain the antitypical significance of the Passover in Egypt as related to mankind in general? P. 458.

(4) Describe the peculiar position of the "first-born" in the type. P. 459, par. 1.

(5) Show how the antitype is found in the "Church of the First-born.? P. 459, par. 2, P. 460, par. 1.

(6) What was the importance and significance of the Passover Lamb in the type? P. 460, par. 2.

OUR LORD'S MEMORIAL.

(7) Show by means of the type why "Christ our Passover" could not have ended His sacrifice at any other moment of His life? P. 461, par. 1.

OCTOBER 27

(8) What was the antitype of the selection of the lamb on the tenth day? P. 461, par. 2.

(9) How was it possible for our Lord and His Apostles to eat the typical supper in the same day that the Lord was crucified? P. 462, par. 1.

(10) Why was it obligatory for Jesus and His Apostles to celebrate the type, and what did our Lord institute in its place? P. 462, par. 2.

(11) Explain the significance of accepting the true Passover Lamb? P. 463, par. 1.

(12) Was the "Lord's Supper," which took the place of the "Passover Supper," a higher type, or a memorial of the antitype? P. 463, par. 2.

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