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And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith He that is holy, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth and no man shutteth; and shutteth and no man openeth; I know thy works; behold, I have set before thee an open door; and no man can shut it: for thou hast little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Rev. 3:7, 8 To each of the seven churches in Asia, John, in the name of Christ, sends a message addressed directly to the pastor. The message to...

The Missionary Monthly (continuing De Heidenwereld) for this month contains a notice (taken from The Banner) that reads: “As soon as Labor Day is past the ministers of Holland begin their family visiting. . . . “Dr. Danhof is following a different arrangement. He tries to visit his entire congregation each year; two-thirds of these are personal calls, and one-third are carried on in the presence of the elder. He finds that this method is successful, since it gives him a closer contact with his people than the regular way.” So far the notice. Does not this “different arrangement” have...

A distinction must be drawn between the tabernacle as such and the furniture contained in it and the service with which it was inseparably associated and which was performed within its sacred precincts. In this article I purpose to set forth the typical significance not of this furniture and service (this has already been done), but of the tabernacle proper, by which is to be understood the “tent of meeting” as such, thus this tent as disassociated from the sacred things which were found in it and from the various kinds of offerings that formed its service. The tabernacle is...

Arise, shine; for thy light is coins, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall rise upon thee, and his glory shall be upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy coming. Isa. 60:1-3 It is night. Darkness covers the earth,—a darkness not of a night with stars shining in its heavens, but the darkness of a night with skies overcast with a thick, impenetrable cloud—the cloud of the wrath of God...

This is also a great evil upon the earth. Then our enemy is not after our body so much as he sets himself to tear our soul in pieces. And the damage is done. And there is almost no remedy against its devilish poison. You can cry against it and give testimony of the truth of the matter: it is of no avail. At least as long as the Judgment Day is far away. There is nothing the devil invented that is as efficient as slander. It is gladly believed by all of us. We are inclined rather to believe...

*Address delivered by the undersigned on the meeting of the friends of Christian instruction at Byron Center. This address, as the reader will surmise, was amplified here and there with a view to its publication in The Standard Bearer. We should, as Christian people, definitely know that it is God’s will that we have and maintain our own schools for the instruction of our children. Without such knowledge there can be on our part no strong conviction that, in maintaining our own schools we are doing what the Lord requires. And I take it that you do know and that...

The brother, whose communication appeared in the previous issue of this magazine, sent me the following reply—a reply which contains a new request. Dear Brother: I thank you for the kind favor of answering my questions in The Standard Bearer for Dec. 1, 1939. I am convinced that your answers are correct, that they represent the true biblical view as set forth by the apostle in his first epistle to the Corinthians (chap. 3). They are answers to which no serious-minded layman can have any objections. I was not actually objecting to them in my first communication. I intentionally wrote...

The Saviour was thus to appear, according to the prophecies of the Old Testament, during the time of the continuance of the kingdom of Judah, previous to the destruction of the temple, and immediately subsequent to the next prophet. But the time is rendered yet more definite. In the prophecies of Daniel the kingdom of the Messiah is not only foretold as commencing in the time of the fourth monarchy, or Roman empire; but the express number of years, that were to precede His coming, are plainly intimated: Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon the holy city,...

The Beatitudes can be divided in the first four and the last three. The first two speak of the citizen of the heavenly kingdom as being poor in spirit and therefore he mourns. In the next two he is described as being meek and also that he hungers and thirsts. Together they express something negative. Pointing to the inward condition of the citizen of the heavenly kingdom from the spiritual point of view. There is a divine simplicity and at the same time a deep thought expressed in these words of our Lord Jesus. No, not like the man of...

This is life eternal, that they may know thee, the only and true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. John 17:3 Eternal life. It is a boon unspeakably good. But just what is it? How is it to be described or defined? Is it heavenly felicity? Is it to be identified with holiness, with purity of heart? Ghrist says that to know God is eternal life. Mark you, not to know about Him but to know Him is life eternal. It is a knowing that springs from experiencing His power to save from sin, to deliver from the...