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4601 The Present Truth, vol. 14 December 22, 1898, page 803 paragraph 19
Eph. i. 22, 23: The church “is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all.”
4602 The Present Truth, vol. 14 December 22, 1898, page 813 paragraph 10
-It is said that the tolling of church bells on the occasion of a burial is based on the old Pagan custom of banging gongs when a body was to be interred, in order to scare away the bad spirits.
4603 The Present Truth, vol. 15 January 26, 1899, page 86 paragraph 4
… . The church is God's kingdom. All may come into it, who are willing to have Christ reign over and in them. And God's people, instead of being exclusive, must mingle …
4604 The Present Truth, vol. 15 February 16, 1899, page 100 paragraph 7
… professed, church of Christ seeks its own glory, Satan can do much to further his own plans through its unconscious instrumentality, but when its members …
4605 The Present Truth, vol. 15 April 6, 1899, page 213 paragraph 5
… the church. The church is His body, and so must be filled with His life. What a blessed gift is this which He has provided for all His followers, that they may know …
4606 The Present Truth, vol. 15 April 20, 1899, page 256 paragraph 3
… His body, and His body is the church; so that the lowest part of the church of Christ is set far above the power and might of the adversary. We read concerning Satan …
4607 The Present Truth, vol. 15 April 20, 1899, page 256 paragraph 13
… the church is the body of Christ, and when man are members of that body in name only, it is well that they should expose their true condition, lest others get the …
4608 The Present Truth, vol. 15 May 4, 1899, page 288 paragraph 28
… His church composed of to-day. Not that this or that one shall be disfellowshipped, but that the church shall so speak and so live that no man who is not really …
4609 The Present Truth, vol. 15 May 11, 1899, page 304 paragraph 29
… the church. A church whose members are actively engaged in ministering to the necessities of others, constantly watching for opportunities to do good, keeps …
4610 The Present Truth, vol. 15 July 6, 1899, page 423 paragraph 5
… the church, and to outward appearance pass as God's children, while at the same time sin reigns within the heart. Then when God looks upon such an individual …
4611 The Present Truth, vol. 15 July 20, 1899, page 453 paragraph 1
… or body. Christ will have “a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.” Ephesians 5:27. But we are warranted in believing that a restoration …
4612 The Present Truth, vol. 15 August 10, 1899, page 503 paragraph 4
… the church were for the perfecting of the saints that they might become perfect men, (physically as well as spiritually) and grow up unto the measure of the …
4613 The Present Truth, vol. 15 August 17, 1899, page 514 paragraph 1
… ? “The church is His body.” “For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.” Ephesians 5:30. It is impossible for it to be any nearer than God has made it. He …
4614 The Present Truth, vol. 15 September 21, 1899, page 598 paragraph 14
… our bodies as instruments of righteousness unto God, we have in our bodies the power of the living God. Against that power nothing can stand. If all the people …
4615 The Present Truth, vol. 15 November 30, 1899, page 768 paragraph 13
… the churches as the ‘Seventy’ and the Latin Vulgate have been; and I certainly have no very particular wish that it should be.”
4616 Prophetic Lights, p. 95.4 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… the churches. Baptism, which apostles required water only to dispense, could not be celebrated without white robes and chrism, milk, honey, and salt. Then came …
4617 Prophetic Lights, p. 150.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… the church in all ages. In the midst of his deep affliction, the patriarch Job found comfort in the knowledge that his Redeemer lived and should stand in the …
4618 The Signs of the Times, vol. 8 November 23, 1882, page 523 paragraph 7
… great body of so-called Christians, comprising the Catholic, Greek, and Protestant churches, unite in the observance of Sunday in honor, as they say, of Christ’s …
4619 The Signs of the Times, vol. 9 May 10, 1883, page 209 paragraph 4
… dead bodies in our churches requiring burial.- Spirit of Prophecy .
4620 The Signs of the Times, vol. 9 June 7, 1883, page 257 paragraph 5
… the body of the church, as shown in chapter 5. And in this they simply acted in accordance with their own teaching, especially that of Peter himself, to take the …