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[R5223 : page 121] CROSS-BEARING THE WAY OF GROWTH "Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple."— Luke 14:27 . A DISCIPLE is a pupil, one who follows a teacher or leader. The Lord has promised His disciples certain great blessi…
Read article[R3542 : page 118] WASHING ONE ANOTHER'S FEET. JOHN 13:1-14 .—APRIL 30.[1905] Golden Text:—"By love serve one another."— Gal. 5:13 . OUR lessons can only be properly understood by taking note of the surroundings. The feast at Bethany[John 12:1-8], followed by…
Read article[R244 : page 4] DO YOU LOVE GOD? "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and practice his commandments." 1 Jno. 5:2 . Diaglott. [1 John 5:2] This does not read as is generally supposed; it does not say we know that we love God becau…
Read article[R5585 : page 358] TEMPTATIONS PECULIAR TO THE NEW CREATION "We have not an High Priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin. Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the Throne of…
Read article[R5650 : page 83] PATIENT ENDURANCE THE FINAL TEST "Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."— James 1:4 . THE Scriptures everywhere represent patience as an important element of character. In every phase of human…
Read article[R1048 : page 7] FIGHT YOUR OWN BATTLES. This you must do, for there is no one else to do it for you. When your enemies compass you about like bees, when they are more than the hairs of your head, you will find few men who will stand as your defenders. When yo…
Read article[R1053 : page 2] ESTABLISHED, STRENGTHENED, SETTLED. "The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."— 1 Pet. 5:10 . The above words were…
Read article[R5403 : page 54] ENDURING HARDNESS AS GOOD SOLDIERS "Thou, therefore, endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."— 2 Tim. 2:3 . THERE are many illustrations used in the Bible, and all of them very forceful. The one which represents the Christian as a…
Read article[R645 : page 8] ENDURANCE. "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."— James 1:12 . For some years past we have been led to see by faith, with incr…
Read article[R5737: page 230] OUR CLEANSING—INWARD AND OUTWARD "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God."— 2 Corinthians 7:1 . AGAIN we call attention to…
Read article[R1859: page 200] SOBRIETY, VIGILANCE, STEADFASTNESS. — 1 Pet. 5:8,9 .— WHAT more appropriate watchwords than these could express the proper attitude of the Christian soldier? — "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walk…
Read article[R5481 : page 184] FASHIONING OURSELVES AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN "As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance; but as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation."— 1 Peter 1:14,…
Read article[R5670 : page 120] "LIGHT AFFLICTIONS" HERE—"GLORY TO FOLLOW" "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of th…
Read article[R153 : page 2] BEYOND THE VAIL [Or VEIL]. In his letter to the Hebrews, the Apostle [Paul] frequently refers to a vail [or rather veil]. [Heb.6:19; 9:3; 10:20] He is writing to those who were familiar with the earthly tabernacle, its arrangements and services…
Read article[R5959 : page 281] JUSTIFICATION—WHAT? WHEN? HOW? JUSTIFICATION really means only one thing, viz.: a making right, making just. [A]Justification may be either partial or complete. [B]In Abraham's case it was partial. [C]He was justified to fellowship with God…
Read article[R3655 : page 328] FROM GLORY TO GLORY. "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the spirit of the Lord."— 2 Cor. 3:18 . A FULL transformation into a likeness of…
Read article[R4278 : page 344] "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD" — PSALM 23 .—NOVEMBER 15 [1908].— Golden Text:—"The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want."— Psalm 23:1 . OF ALL the beautiful symbolic pictures which the Lord gave us through the Prophet David, none seems more forc…
Read article[R3268: page 411] "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD." - Psalm 23 .—Nov. 15 [1903]. JEHOVAH is my Shepherd, is the Prophet's sentiment, and our Lord's explanation of the matter further is that the great Shepherd's Son has been given full charge of the sheep. ( John 10:1…
Read article[R4851 : page 207] "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD" [Psa. 23:1a] THE PROPHET DAVID wrote the 23d Psalm [Psa. 23] concerning himself; but in his words there is still deeper signification, namely, that Jehovah is the Shepherd of the antitypical David—The Christ, of whi…
Read article[R3116: page 365] "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD." THE LORD, in calling his people his sheep, chose a very significant emblem of the character he would have manifested in them. The most noticeable characteristics of the sheep are meekness, docility and obedience to…
Read article[R1745 : page 392] "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD." ————— "The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want."— Psa. 23:1 . IN comparing himself to a shepherd, the Lord made a very apt illustration of his care for his people—a care which is always solicitous for their welfa…
Read article[R4984 : page 81] THE SCRIPTURAL RULE FOR ADJUSTING MISUNDERSTANDINGS WE CANNOT IMAGINE a case in which a brother with average intelligence would need comfort and counsel in a misunderstanding other than that for which the Lord has provided in Matt. 18:15-17 .…
Read article[R5639 : page 63] "THE TONE OF VOICE" "It is not so much what you say As the manner in which you say it; It is not so much the language you use, As the tones in which you convey it. "'Come here!' I sharply said, And baby cowered and wept; 'Come here,' I cooed,…
Read article[R5538 : page 279] THE BLESSING OF THE "CUP OF SALVATION" "What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord now, in the presence of all His…
Read article[R3351 : page 117] "PRAY WITHOUT CEASING" [1 Thess. 5:17] — LUKE 11:1-13 .—MAY 1 [1904].— Golden Text:—"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find." [Luke 11:9] WE ARE NOT to suppose that the disciples had never prayed up to the time mentioned in…
Read article[R5124 : page 337] THE KINDNESS, HUMILITY AND PATIENCE OF LOVE "God is Love."— 1 John 4:8 . IN THE SCRIPTURES the word love is used to express the complete whole of the grand and glorious qualities which make up the perfection of Jehovah. God is the personific…
Read article[R2404 : page 363] GATHERING THE LORD'S JEWELS. "They shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels."— Mal. 3:17 . JEWELS have a value of their own, an intrinsic quality, and no doubt would be appreciated, if they were very plent…
Read article[R4917: page 421] A PRACTICAL SELF-EXAMINATION ON LOVE "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves." — 2 Cor. 13:5 . IT SEEMS impossible to describe Love, this wonderful quality without which nothing is acceptable in the sight of God…
Read article[R1906: page 288] THE LAW OF DEVELOPMENT. "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."— 1 Cor. 13:11 . SPIRITUAL law is as fixed in its principles and operations a…
Read article[R3430 : page 281] ACCORDING TO THY FAITH. — 2 KINGS 4:1-7 .—OCTOBER 9 [1904].— Golden Text:—"Trust in the Lord and do good: so shalt thou dwell in the land and verily thou shalt be fed."— Psa. 37:3 . ELISHA, recognized as Elijah's successor, and thus as a spe…
Read article[R1965 : page 85] THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS —APRIL 26 [1896].— Luke 16:16-31 .— THIS parable has long been used as the special support of the horrible doctrine of "eternal torment." If those who thus misuse it would but examine it afresh in the light of the bel…
Read article[R1000 : page 5] THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS. [A]This parable, recorded in Luke 16:19-31 , is generally regarded as being the utterance of our Lord (though nothing is said of his having uttered it), and we so regard it. The great difficulty with many is, that tho…
Read article[R271 : page 105] PART VI. ————— THE PLAN OF THE AGES - EXPLANATION OF THE CHART [FOOD FOR THINKING CHRISTIANS, 1881.] [Courtesy: Chicago Bible Students’ website, https://chicagobible.org/product/the-divine-plan-of-the-ages-chart/] KEY.— K, the plane of Glory;…
Read article[R4912 : page 411] THE VALUE OF PRAYER —NOVEMBER 26 TH [1911].— NEHEMIAH 1 .— "The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."— James 5:16 . THIRTEEN YEARS [Ezra 7:8; Neh. 2:1] after Ezra's company returned to Jerusalem, Nehemiah went thither…
Read article[R5955 : page 275] DANGER IN SPIRITUAL PRIDE PRIDE in any form and in anybody is a dangerous thing. In a worldly way the proverb is well attested, "Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall" [Prov. 16:18]; and surely very, very few peop…
Read article[R2893: page 327] JOSEPH THE MERCIFUL. — GEN. 45:1-15 .— "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."— Rom. 12:21 . DIVINE PROVIDENCE in the affairs of men is the essence of this lesson. Joseph was now thirty-nine years of age, having been next to P…
Read article[R5000 : page 110] BEWARE OF PRIDE IN THE HEART "Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord."— Prov. 16:5 . PRIDE IS VERY DECEITFUL and frequently cloaks or covers itself with humility. Because of our own imperfections it is well for us not…
Read article[R5148 : page 389] WHAT CONSTITUTES PURITY OF HEART "Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God."— Matt. 5:8 . THE WORD pure is a comprehensive term, meaning without adulteration, sincere, unsullied. Purity of heart is purity of motive, of intention…
Read article[R4741 : page 14] A KING SOLD HIMSELF — I KINGS 21 .—FEBRUARY 26 [1911].— "Take heed and beware of covetousness—which is idolatry."— Luke 12:15 ; Col. 3:5 . TO King Ahab Elijah said, "Thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord." [1 Kings 21:2…
Read article[R4741 : page 13] A DISCOURAGED PROPHET'S FLIGHT — I KINGS 19 .—FEBRUARY 19 [1911].— "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength."— Isaiah 40:31 . SO signal a victory of Truth over error, of God over Baal, doubtless greatly encouraged Elijah, the…
Read article[R4030 : page 219] OFFERERS OF STRANGE FIRE — LEVITICUS 10:1-11 .—AUGUST 11 [1907].— Golden Text:—"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."— Prov. 20:1 ABOUT a year had passed since the Israelites had left Egypt…
Read article[R1836 : page 158] THE OFFERING OF STRANGE FIRE. —JULY 21 [1895].— LEV. 10:1-11 .— Golden Text —"Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee."— Verse 9 . [Lev. 10:9] THE text of this lesson introduces to us the typical religious service of…
Read article[R5842: page 35] WHAT IS EMBODIED IN TRUE HUMILITY "Doing nothing from party-spirit or vain-glory, but in humility esteeming others as excelling yourselves." — Philippians 2:3 , Diaglott. LOWLINESS of mind, humility, is a mental quality which enables its posse…
Read article[R4796 : page 107] GOD WORKS—WE WORK "Beloved,...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure."— Phil. 2:12,13 . THE GOSPEL CHURCH has been called with a "high calling." [Ph…
Read article[R5951 : page 265] GREATER SUFFERINGS—GREATER REWARD —SEPTEMBER 24 [1916].— 2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18 .— FAINT NOT IN TRIBULATION—THE NATURAL MAN PERISHES—THE NEW CREATURE GROWS—WHAT ARE LIGHT AFFLICTIONS?—WHAT IS THEIR DURATION?—WHAT IS THEIR OBJECT?—HOW SHALL WE…
Read article[R4592 : page 118] [A] SECRET FAULTS AND PRESUMPTUOUS SINS "Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me; then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression…
Read article[R3148: page 52] NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR GOD'S SERVICE. "If there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame or blind, or have any ill-blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God." — Deut. 15:21 .— SUCH an injunction to the house of servants under Mo…
Read article[R5344 : page 332] MAMMON THE PRINCIPLE OF SELFISHNESS "No man can serve two masters."— Matt. 6:24 . A MAN may endeavor to serve two [conflicting] masters, or more, but no one can be a satisfactory [or faithful] servant to more than one master. No two interest…
Read article[R765 : page 6] GOD'S ORDER. But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 1 Cor. 11:3 . The Apostle Paul here uses the human body as an illustration of God's order and arra…
Read article[R3768 : page 135] NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE IN CHRIST JESUS. — GALATIANS 3:28 — THE APOSTLE'S words above are often quoted to prove something that was far from his intention. We do not blame those who misuse the quotation, nor charge that they are endeavoring t…
Read article[R3826 : page 237] WOMAN'S RIGHTS AND WRONGS. THERE are two sides to nearly every question, and the woman question is no exception to the rule. Women have their rights, men have their rights; every creature in proportion to its intelligence has certain rights…
Read article[R5664 : page 106] A FRIEND IN NEED—A FRIEND INDEED —MAY 9 [1915].— 1 SAMUEL 20 .— JONATHAN'S LOVE FOR DAVID—A MODEL OF FRIENDSHIP—ITS TEST—ITS ENDURANCE—ITS BASIS—FRIENDSHIP BEING LOST—SELFISHNESS AN IMPENDING DANGER—"EVERY MAN'S HAND AGAINST HIS NEIGHBOR" [S…
Read article[R4223 : page 246] A FRIEND IN NEED A FRIEND INDEED — I SAMUEL 20:30-42 .—AUGUST 23. [1908]— Golden Text:—"A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." [Prov. 17:17] HISTORY does not record a more touching story of [friendly] love than t…
Read article[R5740: page 234] FAITHFULNESS IN LITTLE THINGS "He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much."— Luke 16:10 . WE HAVE in our text [Luke 16:10] the statement of a great principle, one which could almost universally be acknowledged. Life's…
Read article[R3544 : page 121] THE TRUE VINE AND ITS FRUIT. JOHN 15:1-12 .—MAY 7 [1905]. Golden Text:—"Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit."— v. 8 . [John 15:8a] FOLLOWING the institution of the Memorial Supper, the Lord and his disciples, excepting Jud…
Read article[R5701 : page 171] DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE WORD TEMPTATION "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted of evil, neither tempteth He any man. But every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust (desire), and ent…
Read article[R4281: page 348] EVIL SPEAKING—BUSY-BODYING—TRUTH-HIDING "Speak evil of no man." ( Titus 3:2 .) [A] "Let none of you suffer as a busy-body in other men's matters." ( 1 Pet. 3:16 .) [1 Pet. 4:15] "Speaking the truth in love."— Eph. 4:15 . ALL Christians who ha…
Read article[R5605 : page 9] GIDEON—THE MAN OF COURAGE —JANUARY 17.— JUDGES 6:11-40 .— A LOGICAL MAN—A STRONG CHARACTER—TOO HUMBLE FOR SELF-CONFIDENCE—FAITH AFTER PROOF—HOSPITALITY REWARDED—DARING AND DOING FOR GOD—FAITH GROWING SEEKS FRESH PROOFS. "Blessed is the man who…
Read article[R5603 : page 5] RIGHTEOUS AND UNRIGHTEOUS ANGER "Love is not easily provoked."-- 1 Corinthians 13:5 . IN THE chapter from which our text [1 Cor. 13:5] is taken, St. Paul sets forth the prime necessity for the cultivation and development of Love, without which…
Read article[R5459: page 149] TRIALS ESSENTIAL TO CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations."— James 1:2 [In Tamil Jas. 1:2-3] ALL those who have been called of the Lord during this Gospel Age are called with what the Apostl…
Read article[R1548 : page 200] MAN AND WOMAN IN GOD'S ORDER. (We devote considerable space in this issue to the consideration of woman's sphere, as viewed from the Bible standpoint; especially in the light of the Apostle Paul's teachings. A very general misunderstanding o…
Read article[R5670: page 120] "LIGHT AFFLICTIONS" HERE—"GLORY TO FOLLOW" [2 Cor. 4:17; 1 Pet. 1:11] "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about i…
Read article[R3265 : page 405] "YE KNOW YOUR CALLING, BRETHREN." [1 Cor. 1:26] "But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light."— 1 P…
Read article[R5840: page 29] THE VALUE OF MODERATION "Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand."— Philippians 4:5 . QUESTION . — The Apostle Paul says, "Let your moderation be known unto all men." What is the particular thought here in the word "mode…
Read article[R2642: page 169] FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." — PSALM 23:6 . SAINT PAUL speaks of the full assurance of hope and of full assurance of faith, a…
Read article[R4968: page 49] WHAT CONSTITUTES SPIRITUAL-MINDEDNESS? "To be spiritually-minded is life and peace."— Rom. 8:6 . ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND the Scriptures, to talk fluently upon them and to expound them clearly is a qualification which we think should follow in th…
Read article[R5064: page 228] "THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH" [John 1:14] OUR FINITE MINDS have difficulty in understanding some of the deep things of Scripture because of our insufficiency of knowledge and of experience. All that we know of our Lord's pre-human existence is re…
Read article[R4377 : page 120] "YOU HATH HE QUICKENED" [Eph. 2:1] — JAMES 2:14-26 .—MAY 30 [1909].— Golden Text:—"Faith without works is dead."— V. 20 . [Jas. 2:20] MANY have supposed doctrinal conflict between St. Paul and St. James, the former holding faith as the impor…
Read article[R2719 : page 325] DEAD BODIES AND QUICKENED BODIES. ————— "O wretched man that I am: who shall deliver me from this dead body? I thank God (for deliverance) through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with my mind I serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law…
Read article[R4808: page 134] SPIRITUAL GROWTH "If ye do these things, ye shall never fall."— 2 Peter 1:10 . THERE is a philosophy in the growth and development of Christian character, just as truly as in the growth and development of vegetation; and the more thoroughly w…
Read article[R5652 : page 87] THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CONTROL "He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city which is broken down and without walls."— Proverbs 25:28 . THE word "spirit" is used in a variety of ways. We speak of a horse as having a fiery spirit or…
Read article[R5840: page 29] THE VALUE OF MODERATION "Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand."— Philippians 4:5 . QUESTION . — The Apostle Paul says, "Let your moderation be known unto all men." [Phil. 4:5] What is the particular thought here in th…
Read article[R4854 : page 218] PROVIDING FOR ONE'S NATURAL HOUSEHOLD "If any provide not for his own, and especially those of his own house (margin, kindred), he hath denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."— 1 Tim. 5:8 . THIS PASSAGE may be properly paraphrased…
Read article[R4188 : page 182] "WALK AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT" — EPHESIANS 5:6-21 .—JUNE 28 [1908].— Golden Text:—"Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be ye filled with the Spirit."— v. 18 . [Eph. 5:18] AS implied by the selection of the Golden Text [Eph. 5:18], th…
Read article[R5396 : page 44] "WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS" —MARCH 1 [1914].— LUKE 12:13-34 .— "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." — V.34 . [Luke 12:34] JESUS was surrounded by a multitude of Jews, one of whom, recognizing Him as influential, requested tha…
Read article[R5802 : page 344] THE MINISTRY OF SORROW "Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord!" "When He giveth quietness, who then can make trouble?"— Psalm 130:1 ; Job 34:29 [In Tamil Job 34:30b] . THE life of every human being has its lights and shadows, its…
Read article[R2877 : page 294] "FINALLY, BE ALL OF ONE MIND." ————— "Finally, be all of one mind (harmonious—in accord), having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous; not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise ble…
Read article[R4994 : page 98] LOVE OF THE BRETHREN A CRUCIAL TEST "Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity."— Psa. 133:1 . PSALM 133 is evidently prophetic and seems to refer to the brethren in "the Church, which is the Body of Christ."…
Read article[R1656: page 155] THE TEST OF ENDURANCE. "Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off."— 1 Kings 20:11 . THE test of endurance is certainly one of the severest tests of faithfulness to which the elect Church, the body of Chr…
Read article[R5394 : page 39] GODLINESS ATTRACTS PERSECUTION "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."— 2 Tim. 3:12 . GODLINESS represents in general the condition of righteousness, opposition to sin, as God is opposed to sin—a conditio…
Read article[R2612 : page 110] FORGIVABLE AND UNPARDONABLE SINS. ————— [A]IN THE preceding pages we briefly show the extreme penalty for wilful sin. Adam's penalty, which involved his entire race, was of this sort; and only as the result of Christ's death as our ransom fr…
Read article[R2540 : page 265] "GOD LOVETH A CHEERFUL GIVER."— 2 COR. 9:7 . —DEC. 10 [1899].— MAL. 1:6-11 ; 3:8-12 .— MALACHI uttered the words of his prophecy during the period of Nehemiah's absence from Jerusalem at the court of Persia, and the return of Nehemiah may at…
Read article[R3050: page 230] WHO IS HE THAT CONDEMNETH? "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me,…
Read article[R2890: page 323] FINISHING TOUCHES OF CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good rep…
Read article[R4895 : page 382] SOME INTERESTING LETTERS FURTHER WORD FROM INDIA MY DEAR BROTHER RUSSELL:— I praise the Lord for granting me another opportunity to inform you, our Pastor and beloved Brother in the Lord, of the glorious harvest work that is going on in Trav…
Read article[R4814 : page 142] "GOOD TIDINGS" IN INDIA MY DEAR BROTHER RUSSELL:— Yours dated February 11 [1911] reached me too late last week, so I was not able to send a reply then. I am very glad to hear from you; the contents of your letter give me much strength. In Tr…
Read article[R4594 : page 121] TRUTH SPREADING IN INDIA WE are much gratified with the reports reaching us from India. Apparently the Lord has a great harvest field there. A large proportion of the natives in the cities understand the English language, which is taught in…
Read article[R4983 : page 77] THE PRAYERS OF THE NEW CREATION PRAYER TO GOD, communion with Him, is a great privilege and an evidence of His favor. God does not grant us this privilege, however, in order that He might be informed of our desires, for since we are imperfect…
Read article[R5001 : page 111] THE MORTAL BODY THE SERVANT OF THE NEW MIND [OR WILL] "I keep my body under, and bring it into subjection, lest that by any means...I myself should be a castaway."— 1 Cor. 9:27 . ST. PAUL was a most successful soldier of the cross; and from…
Read article[R5958 : page 279] GOD FIRST—SELF LAST ALL of the Lord's true people, begotten of His Holy Spirit, are beautiful characters as New Creatures: As the Apostle expresses it, "Holy Brethren, partakers of the Heavenly calling." ( Hebrews 3:1 .) "Every one that love…
Read article[R4767: page 58] CAN EVIL BEFALL THE NEW CREATURE? "There shall no evil befall thee." ( Psa. 91:10 .) "Pilate took Jesus and scourged him....They crucified him and two others with him; on either side one, and Jesus in the midst."— John 19:1,18 . SUCH combinati…
Read article[R5246: page 163] THE TRANSFORMING INFLUENCE OF THOUGHT "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he." ( Proverbs 23:7 .) "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life."— Proverbs 4:23 . THE HEART is one of the most important organs of our…
Read article[R5688: page 151] DEVELOPMENT AS NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST "Strong meat belongeth to them who are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."— Hebrews 5:14 . [In Tamil JW better] THE Apostle here seems…
Read article[R5001 : page 111] THE MORTAL BODY THE SERVANT OF THE NEW MIND [OR WILL] "I keep my body under, and bring it into subjection, lest that by any means...I myself should be a castaway."— 1 Cor. 9:27 . ST. PAUL was a most successful soldier of the cross; and from…
Read article[R3000 : page 131] YEARLY RECKONINGS—SPIRITUAL ACCOUNTS. [varudhandhira kanakidudhalgal – aavikkuriya kanakugal] "Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to usward: they can not be reckoned up in order unto…
Read article[R5973: page 312] "SUFFER THE WORD OF EXHORTATION" [Heb. 13:22] "Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice, and be ye kind one to another."— Ephesians 4:31,32 . THE same Apostle who uses these wor…
Read article[R5966 : page 298] THE POWER OF THE WILL—SELF-CONTROL —NOVEMBER 12 [1916].— ROMANS 14:13-15:3 .— THE EVILS OF INTEMPERANCE—RESTRAINT OF LIBERTY FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS—A WORD OF WARNING IN REGARD TO PROPER INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE—SELF-DENIAL FOR CHRIST'S SA…
Read article[R5385: page 23] FAITHFULNESS IN OUR STEWARDSHIP "It is required in stewards that a man be found faithful."—1 COR. 4:2 . EVERY great business enterprise employs various classes of workers. This does not imply that the firm approves of all the moral qualities o…
Read article[R5736 : page 228] IS MY HEART "GOOD GROUND"? "That on the good ground are they which in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience."— Luke 8:15 . WE RECOGNIZE these words as a portion of our Lord's parable of…
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