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The Cross of Christ Mrs. E. G. White --,..11-1RISTE, is our example. He across the gulf. Justice moved from its II I placed Himself at the head of exalted throne, and with all the armies of I the human family to accom- heaven approached the cross. There it C I plish a work the importance of saw One equal with God bearing the penalty which men do not comprehend for all injustice and sin. With perfect satis- + because they do not realize faction Justice bowed in reverence at the the privileges and responsibilities before cross, saying, " It is enough." them as members of the human family of By the offering made in our behalf, we God. We may understand the object of are placed on vantage ground. The sinner, the work of Christ. His object was to rec- drawn by the power of Christ from the con- oncile the prerogatives of Justice and Mercy, federacy of sin, approaches the uplifted and to let each stand separate in its dignity, cross, and prostrates himself before it. yet united. His mercy was not weakness, Then there is a new creature in Christ but a terrible power to punish sin because Jesus. The sinner is cleansed and purified. it is sin yet a power to draw to it the love A new heart is given to him. Holiness of humanity. Through Christ, Justice is finds that it has nothing more to require. enabled to forgive without sacrificing one jot The work of redemption involved conse- of its exalted holiness. • quences of which it is difficult for man to Justice and Mercy stood apart, in opposi- have any conception. There was to be im- tion to each other, separated by a wide gulf. parted to the human being, striving for con- The Lord our Redeemer clothed His divin- formity to the divine image, an outlay of ity with humanity, and wrought out in be- heaven's treasures, an excellence of power, half of man a character that was without which would place him higher than the spot or blemish. He planted his cross mid- who had not fallen. The battle has way between heaven and earth, and made been fought, the victory won. The con- it the object of attraction which reached troversy between sin and righteousness both ways, drawing both Justice and Mercy exalted the Lord of heaven, and established 130 BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL before the saved human familk, before the an d Peter also labored with this church. unfallen worlds, before all the host of evil Some of the brethren at Corinth preferred workers, from the greatest to the least, Peter, others Paul, and some Apollos. 1 Cor. God's holiness, mercy, goodness, and wis- 1: 11, 12. To be partial to one individual dom. Christ's sacrifice exalted the law, above another is an evidence of carnality. N proving that it was from the beginning, 1 Cor. 3 : 3, 4. Ministers have different gifts and would be through all eternity, from that by them all classes of minds may see everlasting to everlasting. the truth and not that any should be partial towards the messenger; for no man should 4 glory in man. 1 Cor. 3 : 5-9, 20-23. This LESSONS FROM APOLLOS evidence of carnality was an element of LL the reliable information we have weakness in the church at Corinth. 1 Cor. A concerning Apollos is what is con- 4 : 6, 7. It opened the door for still greater tained in the Scriptures. His name is men- weaknesses, because the heart was blind to tioned ten times. His character and his re- the working of . lation to the cause of God is all that is worth It is evident that Paul and Apollos were remembering. From this we draw lessons more or less associated in their labors until for our own times. near the close of Paul's life ; and that the He was an eloquent man, and mighty in apostle Paul ever felt solicitous for Apollos. the Scriptures, and instructed in the way of :13. It may have been that because the Lord before he learned of present truth. of his eloquence he was a more attractive : 24. The present truth for that speaker than Paul, and received more ap- time was the resurrection of Christ and the plause in his labors, which is a snare to any out-pouring of the Spirit of God on the day speaker. of . This was the essential truth for that time, yet Apollos was a preacher and instructed in the way of the Lord, and The Term Christian a mighty man in the Scriptures, but did not even understand that Christ had died. THE word " Christian " is found but three Priscilla and Aquilla were tent makers, times in all the scriptures. The places self-supporting missionaries. They h a d where it occurs are :26 ; :28; been instructed by the apostle Paul who la- and 1 Pet. 4 : 16. These read as follows bored with them at Corinth. Acts 18 :1-3. " And the disciples were called Christians He took them to and left them there first at Antioch." " Then Agrippa said to work up an interest, while he went to at- unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to tend a feast at Jerusalem. Acts 18 : 18-22. be a Christian." " Yet if any man suffer In the synagogue Priscilla and Aquilla as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, heard Apollos teaching diligently the things but let him glorify God on this behalf." of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of The term Christian was given them be- John. They took him home with them and cause they talked about Christ constantly. expounded unto him the way of God more The chronology of some of the events re- perfectly ; and he was humble enough to corded in the Acts is not entirely certain, receive it from these Bible workers. Acts but it seems pretty clear that the followers 18 : 25, 26. of our Lord were not called Christians till The next we learn of Apollos is that he ten or twelve, years after our Saviour's as- was laboring in Corinth. :1. Paul cension to Heaven. BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL .rjr

THE SNOW RAVE winter and I shall ever agree, he urchins gaze with eloquent eye, B Though a stern and frowning gaffer is he. T To see the flakes go dancing by. I like to hear him, with hail and rain, In the thick of the storm how happy are they Come tapping against the window-pane ; To welcome the first, deep snowy day. I like to see him come marching forth, Shouting and pelting, what bliss to fall, Begirt with the icicle gems of the north, Half-smothered beneath a well-aimed ball I But I like him best when he comes bedight Men cf fourscore, did ye ever know In his velvet robes of stainless white. Such sport as ye had in the drifting snow ? A cheer for the snow—the drifting snow, 'm true to my theme, for I love it well. " Smoother and purer than beauty's brow; 1 When the gossiping nurse would sit and tell The creature of thought scarce likes to tread The tale of the geese, though hardly believed, On the delicate carpet so richly spread. I doubted and questioned the words that deceived. With feathery wreaths the forest is bound, I rejoice in it still, and love to see And the hills are with glittering diamonds crowned; The ermine mantle on tower and tree ; 'T is the fairest scene we can have below. 'Tis the fairest scene we can have below. Sing welcome, then, to the drifting snow. Hurrah 1 then, hurrah ! for the drifting snow! —Eliza Cook. BATTLES OF THE BIBLE The Two Hosts S. N. HASKELL HE hosts of heaven include the angels 3 : '22. He is the father of lies and liars, T of God, " that excel in strength, that and of all wicked people who serve the do His commandments, harkening unto the devil. John 8 : 44. Consequently, Satan voice of His word ; " and " ye ministers of• is the chief prince of the wicked ; he is His that do His pleasure." Psa. 103 : 20, 21. king over all children of pride. 41: 34. Christ is the Prince of the Lord's hosts Jesus himself recognizes Satan as the prince (Joshua 5 : 14); while Satan is the prince of this earth, and declares that " the prince of the powers of darkness. Eph. '2 : '2 ; 6 :12. of this world shall be cast out." John " And it came to pass when Joshua was 12 : 31. He had nothing to do with Christ, by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and for Christ never yielded to his power. looked, and behold, there stood a man over John 14 : 30. against him with his sword drawn in his At the death of Christ the prince of this hand: and Joshua went unto him and said world was judged. John 12 : 31-33 ; 16 : 11. unto him, Art thou for us, or for our ad- He was now cast out of the councils held versaries ? And he said, Nay ; but as cap- at the gates of heaven. 2 Chron. 18 :18-22,; tain of the host of the Lord am I now come." Rev. 12 : 9, 10. It was then demonstrated Joshua 5 :13, 14. that Satan is the author of all sin and This captain of the Lord's hosts is " Mes- wickedness, of all suffering and sorrrow ; siah, the Prince." Dan. 9 : '25. He is while Christ is the author of all peace, , the great Prince that standeth for joy, and happiness. the children of thy people. (Dan. 12: 1). These two princes have at times met in He is the " Prince of life." : 15. personal combat, once at the time that The " Prince of the kings of the earth." Christ descended from heaven to resurrect Rev. 1 : 5. He is the Prince of princes. . Jude 9. And especially did they On the other hand, Satan, or Beelzebub, is meet on the battle-field when Christ took the prince of devils. Matt. 12 : 24 ; Mark upon himself humanity to work out salvation 132 BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL for His people. Matt. 4 : 1-11. This battle Example Better than Precept began in heaven when "Michael and his AT a temperance meeting in Philadelphia angels fought against the dragon, and the some years ago, a learned clergyman spoke dragon fought and his angels ; and prevailed in favor of wine as a drink, demonstrating not ; neither was their place found any it quite to his own satisfaction to be scrip- more in heaven." Rev. 12 : 7-10. The tural, gentlemanly, and healthful. When war that began in heaven was transferred the clergyman sat down, a plain, elderly to this earth. Each captain, or prince, has man arose, and asked the liberty of saying his officers. Christ's officers are called a few words. " A young friend of mine," apostles, prophets, teachers, and workers he said, " who had long been intemperate, of miracles. 1 Cor. 12 : 28. was at length prevailed upon to take the Satan h a s " false apostles, deceitful pledge of entire abstinence from all that workers, transforming themselves into the could intoxicate. He kept the pledge faith- apostles of Christ ; and no marvel, for Satan fully for some time, though the struggle with himself is transformed into an of his babit was fearful, till one evening, in a light." 2 Cor. 11 : 13,14. social party, glasses of wine were handed These unseen agencies, the angels of around. They came to a clergyman present, God, and the evil angels, are the invisible who took a glass, saying a few, words in vin- commanders of the two armies on earth,— dication of the practice. Well,' thought the servants of God, and the servants of the young man, if a clergyman can take sin. They are in open conflict, " a spectacle wine, and justify it so, why not I ?' So he unto the world, and to angels, and to men." also took a glass. It instantly rekindled 1 Cor. 4: 9. The visible officers of Satan his fiery and slumbering appetite ; and are the kings and potentates of earth who after a rapid and downward course, he died yield themselves to sin, strife, and blood- of delirium tremens—a raving madman." shed. The literal battles recorded in the The old man paused for utterance, and was were but object lessons of just able to add : " That young man was the battles between sin and righteousness, my only son, and the clergyman was the and are the experience of the people of God reverend doctor who has just addressed in their Christian lives. this assembly."—Selected. The final result of this controversy has been determined in the courts of heaven from the beginning. When a conflict is in EVERY man needs a friend. No man can progress on the earth, and the servants of live alone. He must have companionship, God plead with their Prince; who is now at or life would be a dreary solitude. But it the right hand of God the Father in heaven, must be a true friend ; a false friend is for aid, a council is held in heaven, and, worse than none. The true friend is one through the gift of prophecy in the church who sees things as they are, who perceives on earth, the decisions of that council are the weaknesses of his most intimate com- made known to the people of God. panion, but who bears with his infirmities To the king, whom Satan controlled, so for the sake of all in him that is good. that he rejected the heavenly counsel, the The divine Friend may be ours if we but prophet said : " I know that God hath return His affection. We can obtain His counselled to destroy thee because thou friendship by giving Him our own ; and hast done this, and hast not harkened unto this we are to prove by simple trust and my counsel. 2 Chron. 25 :16 [margin.] obedience.—Henry M. Field. BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL 133

ANIMAL, LIFE OF THE BIBLE Flies MRS. S. N. HASKELL HE first mention of flies in the Bible and suffering. This lesson has been written T is in Ex. 8 : 21-24. The fourth out in the Bible over three thousand years, plague of Egypt was swarms of flies. This but unheeded. was the first plague that did not effect the When scientists discovered the fact • that Israelites. The Lord said, " I will sever in the common house fly was simply a peddler that day the land of Goshen, in which my of common diseases, and that the mosquito people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall carried the germs of malaria, yellow fever, be there." etc., the world looked on in wonder, never Scientific research has made great dis- realizing the fact that the good old Book coveries in recent years in regard to the in- had taught the same lesson for thousands jurious effect of the fly, mosquito, etc., of years. God never designed the flies to showing that they are the cause of many swarm in, and about, the habitations of His diseases prevalent among people. mankind. But God taught It is quite evident that the these lessons when the swarms of flies that com- first swarms of flies were posed the fourth plague of created. Egypt were not simply the When the plague of lice house fly, but consisted of was sent into Egypt, it other members of the same tame upon the Israelites as family; as the mosquito, etc. well as upon the Egyptians. The Psalmist speaks of them They were a disagreeable as " divers sorts of flies." pest, but not as dangerous Psa. 78 : 45 ; 105 : 31, as the fly because they As we draw nearer and were more limited in their nearer the time when the movements. But when the Spirit of God will be with- swarm of flies came, the fly could light one drawn from the earth, we may expect to see moment upon the foulest and most diseased these "divers sorts of flies " multiply, and of the Egyptians, and the next moment could they will help to bring destruction on the be on the sweet face of the innocent babe animal and plant life on the earth. God no in the arms of an Israelitish mother. God doubt sent many reproofs to His own people wished to teach His people that there was and the world that are not recorded ; but great danger in this ; so when He sent the those are recorded that contain object les- first swarm of flies, He Himself protected the sons of what will come upon the earth as the Israelites from all danger by miraculously result of sin. As an illustration of this: when controlling the flies and not allowing one of the Lord reproved Ahaz, king of Judah, He them to enter the land of Goshen where said, " It shall come to pass in that day His people dwelt. He said the land of that the Lord shall hiss for the fly [cause Egypt was "corrupted by reason of the flies." to come quickly, Isa. 5 : 26], that is in the In this God gave an object lesson to His uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and people ; and if the lesson had been heeded, for the bee that is in the land of Assyria ; they would have been spared much pain and they shall come, and shall rest all of 134 BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL them in the desolate valleys, and in the cause it contained the ten commandments, holes of the rocks, and upon all the thorns the testimony which the Lord spake with a and upon all commendable trees. And it " loud voice " on Mt. Sinai, in the audience shall come to pass in that day, that every of all Israel. " And he gave unto Moses, place shall be, where there were a thousand when He bad made an end of communing vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even with him upon Mt. Sinai, two tables of be for briars and thorns." Isa. 7 : 18, 19, 23 stone, written with the finger of God." [margin]. Ex. 31 :18. " And he [the Lord] wrote on In other words, destructive insects in- the tables, according to the first writing, crease as sin increases on the earth. the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly ; and MEASURE THE TEMPLE the Lord gave them unto me. And I turned J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH myself and came down from the mount, N the first verse of the eleventh chapter and put the tables in the ark which I had I of Revelation, we learn something of the made ; and there they be, as the Lord com- nature of the work in which the Lord's manded me." Deut. 10 : 4, 5. people are engaged after the close of the The sanctuary, with its furniture, is said twenty-three hundred days : " And there uy sue aposuc .'e a " pattern," was given me a reed like unto a rod : and " shadow," and " figure " of the sanctuary the angel stood, saying, Rise and measure in heaven, where Christ, our High Priest, the temple of God, and the altar, and them " ministers for us." Heb. 8 :5 ; 9 : 9, 23, 24. that worship therein." The measurement So when the twenty-three hundred days is not a literal measurement of stature, for ended, and the seventh trumpet began to " God is no respecter of persons." The sound, the time had come for the opening measurement of the worshipers must be of that department of the heavenly sanctu- for the purpose of discovering to them their ary which contained the ark, as the time true standing before the Lord,—of discover- had come for the cleansing of the sanctuary. ing the defects in he , characters, that they The believers then began to see, by faith, may be put away, cancelled by the blood the ark of the testament. They saw in of Christ our Saviour. The " rod " by that ark the original of the law, of which only which the people of God al e measured, must a duplicate was placed in the ark constructed be none other than the moral law of God ; by Moses. Here then, they obtained the for, as st ted by the apostle Paul, " By the " reed ike unto a rod "—the rule of life by law is the knowledge of sin." Rom. 3 : 20. which men's hearts or motives are to be Again, " I had not known sin but by the measured. Here also, they began to re- law, for I had not known lust, except the ceive the light on the third angel's message, law had said, Thou shalt not covet." which says, " Here is the patience of the Rom. 7 : 7. ; here are they that keep the com- This people, came to the time of the mandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." sounding of the seventh trumpet, when Rev. 14 : 12. " the temple of God was opened in heaven, The measurement of the temple is not a and there was seen in the temple the ark iteral measurement in cubits as before of His testament." Rev. 11: 19. The ark stated ; for there is no report of the dimen- of His testament in the typical sanctuary sions. It is unlike the measurement of the was called the ark of His testament, be- New Jerusalem, mentioned in Revelation B 1B LE TRAINING SCHOOL 135 chapter twenty-one ; for in that measure- the end of the twenty-three hundred days. ment there is a definite report of the size Just this light made the past all plain, and of the city in furlongs, and of the height of demonstrated to the Advent believers the the wall in cubits. This, then, • is a literal accuracy of the proclamation, " The hour measurement of a literal city. But this of his judgment is come." And " then measurement of the worshipers in Revela- shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Christ tion is figurative, meaning the measuring of had entered upon the work of cleansing the character ; so also is the measuring of the sanctuary, and the judgment of the righteous temple (sanctuary), and the cleansing, at dead had begun.

An Hour With Thee

My heart is tired, so tired to-night— How endless seems the strife! Day after day the restlessness Of all this weary life ; I come to lay the burden down That so oppresseth me, And shutting all the world without, To spend an hour with Thee, Dear Lord, to spend an hour with Thee. I would forget a little while The bitterness of fears, The anxious thoughts that crowd my life, The buried hopes of years ; Forget that mortal's weary toil My patient care must be. A tired child, I come to-night To spend an hour with Thee, Dear Lord, to spend an hour with Thee. A foolish, wayward child, I know — So often wandering ; A weak, complaining child — but 0, Forgive my murmuring, And fold me to Thy breast, Thou who hast died for me, And let me feel tis peace to rest A little hour with Thee, Dear Lord, one little hour with Thee. 136 BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL STUDIES ON THE MINOR PROPHETS Am os F I ER had delivered his mes- God would continue the same teaching A sage o the six heathen nations, he through His prophets. When Israel came reproved Judah for departing form the com- where they could even offer the Nazarites mandments o God ; but the principal bur- wine to drink they "commanded the proph- den throughout the entire book of Amos is ets, saying, Prophesy not." against the sins of the kingdom of Israel. The principles of healthful diet and the Amos 2 : 6-12 contains the first of a testimony of the prophet of the Lord are series of testimonies against Israel. The always closely related ; and when an indi- key-note of the whole message is found in vidual rejects the placing of restriction the following words : " I raised up of your upon his appetite, he will invariably reject sons for prophets and of your young men the testimony of the prophet of the Lord for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, 0 ye today just as readily as in the days of the children of Israel ? saith the Lord. But ye prophet Amos. gave the Nazarites wine to drink ; and com- Covetousness was one of the prevailing manded t'-e prophets saying, Prophesy not. sins in Israel, and it increased to such a Verses 11, 12. degree that they sold the righteous for sil- Goc raised up Nazarites, eachers who ver, and the poor for a pair of shoes " ; and live abstemiously, controlled their appe- they even panted " after the dust of the tites, and taught Israel to be masters over earth on the head of the poor." Amos 2: their appetites ; but the Israelites rejected 6, any teaching that did not allow them to eat The prophet reminded them of how God an drink what they desired. The popular had brought them out of Egypt nd had sentiment was so strong against any teach- subdued the Amorites before them, and he ing 'that would effect their diet, that they revealed to them that God would remove His even offered wine to the Nazarites. protecting care from them, and that they The result of their utter disregard for the would be destroyed, if they continued in sin. principles of health reform is shown in In the first seven verses of the third their giving way to licentiousness and vice chapter, the Lord through Amos addresses until even the virtue of the members of the " whole family," which God brought up their own families were not respected. out of Egypt. In these verses in the form Verse 7. In all of this God says they pro- of seven questions, He gives some very faned His holy name. strong reasons why the Lord places living When they rejected all the teaching that prophets among His people. would control the appetite, naturally the 1. " Can two walk together except they next step would be to reject the message be agreed ? " In other words, How can of the living prophet. While the testimony one walk with God when he rejects the re- of the dead prophet may be applied to any proofs and counsels of God ? individual, and reproves sin in all, yet it is 2. " Will a lion roar in the forest when only the living prophet that can come di- he hath no prey ? " rectly to the individual and say, " Thou art 3. " Will a young lion cry out of his den, the man " 2 Sam. 12 : 7. if he have taken nothing ? " In other The first test of character that God ever words, Will the Lord give reproof unless gave to man was on the control of appetite, there is reason for giVing it ? and it is only reasonable to conclude that 4. " Can a bird fall in a snare upon the

BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL 37 earth, where no gin is set for him ? " 5. " Shall one take up a snare from

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en Co CO -61 THE SOURCE OF JOY AND PEACE CD OME think the Bible a sad book. They think they see the true effect of read- g the Bible in the lives of those who go ourning with sad faces and solemn step 1 their days. It is a very great mistake think so. There would have been a eat deal less singing and a great deal O ore sorrow in this world than there is now, it had not been for the blessed old Book at some are afraid to read for fear it will ake them sad. Its whole message to co an, from beginning to end, is a message joy,—glad tidings of great joy to all peo- eo e unto the ends of the earth. When the Bible counts up the blessed nits of its divine Spirit dwelling in the

arts of men, joy is named next to love,

noo t sorrow is not named at all. in the co sole body of Bible doctrine there is not AiN

o e principle the full acceptance of which J

8 11 give us pain, not one duty the per- 11 15 -mance of which will cause regret. The 43 1. c•• st Christians became known to all the in- N bitants of Jerusalem by the joy that 'O z*. one upon their faces and thrilled in their .`4 ices as they met in the streets and houses. tey were not named as the mournful and melancholy, not even as the solemn and serious, but as the cheerful and rejoicing co ople. They were known as receivers of O O id tidings, whose hearts were so full of 138 BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL great joy that they must tell it to all who Dan. 10 : 21. Christ is Michael, the Prince would hear. of princes ; He is the . Jude 9. For three hundred years after the as- He is the " great Prince which standeth for cension of Christ the one unanswerable ar- the children of thy people." Dan. 12 : 1. gument which commended the to He is King of kings, and Lord of lords. the hopeless and unhappy heathen world, Rev. 19 : 16. is Christ's angel, was the joy of those who believed in Christ. sent to bear messages to His prophets. It was a great and marvelous discovery Rev. 1 :1 ; 22 : 6,16. that a religion had been found which could When the prophet Daniel could not un- make men happy i n the hardest lot. derstand the vision, he heard " a man's Wherever the disciples went, they carried voice between the banks of the Ulai, which a look which made men ask, " What good called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to news have ye heard ? How can you be so understand the vision." Dan. 8 : 16. After full of joy when the world is so dark to one of the most earnest, penitent prayers everybody else ? " The learned, the rich, on record in the Bible for the understand- the mighty, were constrained to say, " I ing of this vision, Daniel says, " Yea, whiles would gladly give up all my wisdom, wealth, I was speaking in prayer, even the man and power, if I could only be as hopeful, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at contented, and happy, as these despised the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, and persecuted Christians." touched me about the time of the evening —March. oblation. And he informed me and talked with me, and said, 0 Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and under- THE ANGEL GABRIEL AND HIS MISSION standing." He then announced to the S. N. HASKELL prophet the time of Christ's or the Mes- LL of the angels of God are " minis- siah's first advent, and the time of the cru- A tering spirits sent forth to minister cifixion. Dan. 9 : 21-26. to them who shall be heirs of salvation." It was when Zacharias was praying for Heb. 1 : 14. But all the angels have not the first advent of Christ that this same the same work ; some have "power over angel appeared to him and announced the fire," Rev. 14 :18 ; others have power over birth of the fore-runner of Christ. Luke waters, Rev. 16 : 5 ; and others have power 1: 1-10. The same angel also appeared to over beasts, Dan. 6 : 22. Every child of Mary and said, " Hail, thou art highly fa- God has an angel to protect him. Psa. 34:7. vored, the Lord is with thee ; blessed art Some angels have charge over nations• thou among women." Luke 2 : 28. Dan. 4 : 23-30. From the above scriptures we learn : There are also different orders of angels; first, that the angel Gabriel stands in the there are the seraphim and the cherubim ; presence of God, next to Christ ; second, but the angel Gabriel stands next to Christ. he is Christ's messenger to bring messages And the angel answering said unto him, to His people ; third, this same angel is in I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of charge of the fulfillment of these prophe- God : and am sent to speak unto thee, and cies, and, when individuals have a burden to show thee these glad tidings." Luke 1 : for their fulfillment, he is interested in them 19. In speaking to the prophet Daniel, he and their interests. This is further shown said, " There is none that holdeth with me in Rev. 22 : 9, where he declares that he is. n these things, but Michael, your Prince." "thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL 139 prophets, and of them which keep the say- A Prayer ings of this book." Rev. 22 : 6-9. The GIVE us thy peace. Amid the wastes and shallows book is that of Revelation. Our frail ships fear the lure of treacherous tides. We have an illustration of what it means Thy word alone life's restless ocean hallows— for the angel Gabriel to be a servant of Only thy love abides. those who are trying to carry out the say- Give us thy peace. The waves that have no pity ings of the Lord, in the case of , Rise mountain-high across the untravelled way; when he sent his servant to obtain a wife for his And storm-clouds loom between us and that city, And that eternal day. son , God had announced to Abraham that he should have a son, and that in his Give us thy peace, Lord, not as passing strangtrs, seed the nations of the earth would be But as our Father's children on these deeps; Our prayers arise, while, sharing all our dangers, blessed. He therefore was instructed not The Pilot never sleeps. to take a wife for Isaac from among the —Frank Walcott Butt. idolatrous Canaanites, but to send to get a wife for his son from among his own kin- dred. And when his servant was fearful THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH that he might not be successful, Abraham MRS. S. N. HASKELL assured him by these words : God " shall T the close of the sixth day of crea- send His angel before thee, and thou shalt A tion week, God finished His work, take a wife unto my son from th,nce. ' and He rested upon the seventh day. That Gen. 24 :7. It was this angel who went was a wonderful Sabbath day : God, Christ, before Abraham's servant and was in- and and Eve, in a sinless condition structed to answer his prayer when he rested and worshiped. After that first Sab- prayed that he might be directed aright. bath was passed, God blessed and sancti- The same angel influenced Rebecca to ap- fied the seventh day, "because that in it He pear before him at the appointed time to had rested." Gen. 2: 2, 3. The Sabbath let down her pitcher upon her hand and was set apart to be kept as a memorial of give him drink ; and also to say, " I will draw the great work of creation. Ex. 20 :11. water for thy camels also, until they have The beautiful creation of God became done drinking." Gen. 24 : 12-24. marred by sin, and Christ came to this sin- We therefore conclude that the angel cursed earth to live a sinless life that all Gabriel not only brings revelations to the who chose to follow in His footsteps might prophets, but watches the fulfillment of the be redeemed,—re-created, made new crea- same prophecies. And when men give tures in Christ Jesus. 2 Cor. 5: 17. Christ their lives for their fulfillment and trust in finished His earthly work upon the sixth God, Gabriel goes before them and pre- day of the week, and, as the westering sun pares the way. He therefore becomes in announced that the Sabbath was soon to the fullest sense the angel of the prophecy, come, Christ proclaimed from the cross on and the angel who watches over and aids Calvary. " It is finished." John 19 : 30. in the fulfillment of the prophecy. The work of redemption was complete : the great sacrifice had been made, and the way opened by which fallen man could gain "GOD'S ways seem dark, but soon or late, eternal life. They touch the shining hills of day ; It was not by chance that Christ com- The evil can not brook delay ; pleted His earthly work on Friday, the The good can well afford to wait." sixth day of the week, but according to the 140 _BIBLE TRAINING 3CH00 L great plan of God ; and as God rested from A Study on 1 Cor. 1:1.8 the work of creation upon the seventh day, 1. To WHOM did the apostle address this ? so Jesus rested on the seventh day from the "Unto the church of God which is at Corinth.' work of redemption. Verse 2. 2. Was it addressed to anyone else? 4 " At last Jesus was at rest. The long To those " that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, day of shame and torture was ended. As called to be saints, and with all that in every place the last rays of the setting sun ushered call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord ; both in the Sabbath day, the Son of God lay in theirs and ours." Verse 2. What class of Christians came especially be- ( quietude in 's tomb. His work corn- 3. fore Paul's mind? pleied, His hands folded in peace, He Those " waiting for the coming of our Lord Je- rested through the sacred hours of the Sab- sus Christ." Verse 7. bath day." Since that memorable day the 4. What was his desire? seventh-day Sabbath is doubly blest. It not "That ye may be blameless in the day of our only commemorates the mighty power of Lord Jesus Christ." Verse 8. 5. What was necessary to accomplish this? God in creation, but also the wonderful love "That ye come behind in no gift." Verse 7. of God and Christ in redeeming a sinful race 6. What is necessary in order to reach this con- of beings. The seventh-day Sabbath, the dition ? day upon which God rested from the work " That the testimony of Christ be confirmed in of creation, and upon which, four thousand you." Verse 6. 7. What is the testimony of Jesus Christ? years later, Christ rested from the work of " The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of proph- redemption, is the Christian Sabbath. ecy." Rev. 19 : 10. NoTE.--From the above we learn, first, that the church at Corinth was a sample church; and that Only Thee the words addressed to this church are applicable SAVIOUR, when the day is dark, to otter churches, especially to those who would O'er the sun there rests a cloud,— be waiting for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Teach me then to look to thee, Second, in order that the church be enriched in See Thee through the misty shroud. "all utterance and knowledge," it must depend When the night with shadows comes, upon the confirming of the spirit of prophecy in it. And my heart is filled with fear, The apostle states, " Concerning spiritual gifts, Teach me, Lord, to rest in Thee, brethren, I would not have you ignorant." f Cor. And to know that Thou art near•. 12:1. 8. What was the condition of this church, and When another near me sinks, how did the apostle learn of it ? When I see another fall, " It hath been declared unto me of you, my Give me strength to help them rise, brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, Help me answer each faint call. that there are contentions among you." 1 Cor. And Lord, when for friends of earth 1 :11. I would leave Thee one short hour; 9. What was the nature of these contentions? Give me strength to turn to Thee ; One said, " I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; Keep me ever by Thy power. and I of Cephas ; and I of Christ." Verse 12. Though it seems my heart would break, 10. Why were they reproved for this favoritism ? Help me, Lord, these words to say, " T hat your (their) faith should not be in the " Let my Saviour always be wisdom of men, but in the power of God." 1 Cor. First of all, the live long day 1 " 2 : 5 [margin]. When earth's pleasures lure me off " nits life is progress, for the better still Far from Thee, my Lord, away, We hope and strive; and oft adversity Gently lead me back to Thee. Is Truth's best teacher—stimulates to life Thy protection, Lord, I pray. Else dormant faculties ; invokes our faith, —Birdie M. Carruthers. Submission, and endurance." BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL 141

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BIBLE READERS' CLASS Matt. 19:16, 17. The keeping of the law is the condition of eternal life. HE Law of God is the constitution of 1 John 5 : 2, 3. The love of God is the keeping of T God's government. The first four His commandments. commandments express distinctly our duty From the above it will be seen, first, that to God, and the last six our duty to our there are no people under heaven, or ever neighbor. They are as immutable as God's can be, that have a conscientiousness of sin throne. In the earthly sanctuary they were but have a knowledge to a greater or less placed in the ark, and in the heavenly sanc- extent of the Law of God. The relation- tuary they are also in the ark. The Ten ship of man to his fellow-men is shown by Commandments are the foundation of God's the Law of God. Hence, it is a complete government. Rev. 11 : 19. rule of life for individuals, peoples, and nations. The Law of God and the Ten Commandments II Ex. 24:12. The Law of God is called the ten commandments, and was written on tables of The Righteousness of the Law stone. Isa. 61:7, 8. None are righteous except those Matt. 22 :34-40. It teaches that you should love who have the law written in their hearts. the Lord with all your heart, and your neigh- Rom. 3:21. The righteousness of God is wit- bor as yourself. nessed by the law and the prophets. Prov. 6:23. The commandment is a moral lamp, Psa. 119 : 172. All the commandments of God and the law is light. are righteousness. Rom. 7: 12. The law is holy, just, and good. Luke 10 :25-28. They embrace the principles of Deut. 4:6-13. The keeping of the law is wisdom love to God and man. and understanding to people and nations. Isa. 46:12, 13. God calls upon all to behold His Rom. 2 :15. The conscience that is in man, both righteousness. Jew and Gentile, shows " the work of the law Matt. 22 :36-40. The teachings of the prophets written in their hearts." None are totally de- hang upon the principles of love to God and praved. man embraced in the law. Eccl. 12 : 13, 14. It will be the rule in the judg- Psa. 97 : 6 ; 98 : 2. The righteousness of God will ment. one day be hung out in the heavens in the Rom. 4:16. Where there is no law, there is sight of all. no transgression. Rom. 8: 3, 4. It is by the help of Christ only that 1 John 3 :4. Sin is the transgression of the law. the righteousness of the law can be fulfilled in us. 112 BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL'

Jer. 23 : 6. Christ was always the righteousness 1 Pet. 2 :24. He bore our sins in His own body of God's people. on the tree. Rom. 10 : 6; Deut. 30:11-14. Christ, the com- Isa. 24 :5. The earth is defiled because the law is mandments, and the law, are used inter- transgressed. changeably. 2 Pet. 3: 13. In the new earth will dwell right- Christ in this world was the law clothed eousness, for the Law of God will be kept. in humanity. In His life was seen the full- Isa. 66: 22.23. The saints will meet for worship every Sabbath, and once a month. est exemplification of the Law of God. It Rev. 22 :3. There will be no more sin nor curse. is His righteousness alone which makes us Rev. 21 :4. God will wipe away all tears from all acceptable in God's sight. eyes. 1 John 3: 8. All traces of sin and the works of III the devil will be forever 'removed. Magnifying the Law of God From the above it will b seen that To magnify anything is to increase its Christ came to save the world from sin. apparent dimensions. This is done in our At His second advent He will establish the lives and in our death. Law of God ; at His first advent He suf- Phil. 1 :29. Christ is magnified in our bodies by life and death. fered for our sins and paid the penalty. Matt. 5 :17,18. Christ declares that heaven and When He comes the second time He will earth will pass away before one jot or tittle of wipe out sin, sinners, and the effect of sin the law shall fail. A jot is the smallest letter in the earth : and will establish righteous- in the Hebrew alphabet, and a tittle is a mark, ness forever more. Then the Law of God or part of a letter. Therefore, no part of the Law of God can ever be abolished. will be eternally established ; God will be Psa. 111 7,8. The commandments of God stand justified and sin condemned. fast forever and ever, and are done in truth and righteousness. Matt. 5 : 19. Whosoever transgresses the least of " Until John " these commandments will never enter heaven. THE law and the prophets (were) until Rom. 7 :7. It is by the Law of God alone that we John : since that time the kingdom of God have a knowledge of sin. is preached, and every man presseth into 1 John 3:15. Hatred in the heart is murder, and he who possesses it has broken the sixth com- it." Luke 16 : 16. mandment. It will be noticed that the word were in Matt. 5 : 27,28. Even an impure desire breaks the the foregoing verse is a supplied word, and seventh commandment. not in the original; and yet it is plain that James 1 : 23-25. The Law of God is a mirror in which we may see our own characters. some word is needed tp complete the sense. Matt. 5:33-37. All by-words that are so com- Other translations render the verse as fol- monly used, are profanity, and are a violation lows :— of the third commandment. " You had the law and the prophets till Thus, the Law 'of God is magnified by the coming of John, since whose time, the Christ's teachings. kingdom of God is announced, and every IV occupant enters it by force."—Campbell, It Is Magnified by the Death of Christ Macknight, and Doddridge's Trans. 1 John 3:5. Christ was manifested to take away " The law and the prophets sufficed until our sins. the time of John. Since then the good Isa. 53 : 4. He bore our griefs and carried our news of the kingdom of God has been told, sorrows. Rom. 3 : 31. Faith in Christ's death established and everybody has been forcing his way the law. into it."—Twentieth Century New Testa- Isa. 53 : 5. It is by His stripes that we are healed. ment. BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL 143

The parallel text in Matthew reads much 2 Pet. 3: 13. When the earth is made new, the the same :— righteous will dwell in it. Matt. 13 : 43. " Then shall the righteous shine " For all prophets and the law proph- forth as the sun in the kingdom of their esied until John." Matt. 11 : 13. Father." " For till John appeared, all the prophets Isa. 66 :22, 23. There will be regular seasons of and the law were your instructors."—Camp- worship in the redeemed state, when the earth is made new. bell, Macknight, and Doddridge's Trans. Dan. 7:27. " The kingdom and dominion, and " For all the prophets as well as the law the greatness of the kingdom under the whole foretold as far as John."—Fenton's Trans. heaven, shall be given to the people of the COMMENTS saints of the Most High; whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall " All the prophets, and Moses in the law, serve and obey Him." both by types and express predictions, fore- told the coming of the Messiah as a future WORK AND WAIT event : but John declared him to be at hand, MRS. E. M. HARRIS and even pointed him out as already come." • Y gentle neighbor across the way Scott on Matt. II :13. 1 came out into the sunshine, looked We may paraphrase : " For all the proph- at, and stirred the soil along the walks and ets, and other sacred writers of the law (i e. and in the nooks of the garden, hovering Revelation) of God, and its expounders over them awhile in her work ; then she re- up to the time of John, did but foreshow turned to the house. and treat of as far of the dispensation, That was all I saw. Later in the season which should hereafter be promulgated : I sat by the same window, and lo! beautiful whereas John announced it as at hand."— flowers were everywhere sprung up where Bloomfield's note on Matt. II :13. her footsteps had been,—flowers to gladden ARTHUR L. MANOUS. the heart of the passer-by, flowers she had willed should be there ; and there they Will Christ Come Again to this Earth ? were. She had willed, and worked, and Luke 4:6. Satan is the prince of this world. Heb. 2 :14 Christ came and suffered death, that waited, and her reward came in due time. " He might destroy him that had the power of Christ has willed and worked in the death, that is, the devil." hearts and lives of men and women ; He 4: 8. This world with all that is in it will has waited, and soon His reward will be finally be given to Christ. evident to all, for " He shall see of the Luke 19:12-15. Christ went to heaven to receive a kingdom, and when He has received the travail of His soul and be satisfied." Isa. kingdom, He will return to take possession. 53 :11. Dan. 7:13, 14. Daniel in vision saw Christ come " For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, in before the Father and receive a kingdom. and as the garden causeth the things that Rev. 11 :15. John heard " great voices in heaven, are sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord saying, The kingdoms of this world are be- God will cause righteousness and praise to come the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ ; and He shall reign forever and ever." spring forth before all the nations." Isa. Matt. 13:41, 42 " The Son of man shall send 61 : 11. forth His angels, and they shall gather out of Through His grace may we also, will and His kingdom all things that offend and them work and wait; and He says, " Behold, I which do iniquity, and shall cast them into a come quickly ; and my reward is with me, furnace of fire." 2 Pet. 3: 7-13. The same fire that destroys the to give to every man according as his work wicked will purify the earth and make it new. shall be." Rev. 22 : 12. 144 .BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL

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