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4961 The Present Truth, vol. 14 July 28, 1898, page 470 paragraph 1
… own bodies. The Word which is preached unto us, and which we are to proclaim to others, is “that which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen …
4962 The Present Truth, vol. 14 August 11, 1898, page 512 paragraph 6
… Church of Christ. That is not to say, however, that many of the members of such a State-controlled church may not be members of the Church of Christ. His body is …
4963 The Present Truth, vol. 14 September 8, 1898, page 576 paragraph 10
… the Church of Rome, and the bodies that pattern after it. We are told, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another that ye may be healed.” James v …
4964 The Present Truth, vol. 14 October 20, 1898, page 672 paragraph 3
… church, “which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all,” has not revealed it. To the world Christ has been largely an empty name. When the church abides …
4965 The Present Truth, vol. 14 November 17, 1898, page 725 paragraph 1
… the church, which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all.”
4966 The Present Truth, vol. 14 December 8, 1898, page 772 paragraph 2
… the church of the living God (1 Tim. iii. 15), but only because each individual member is the dwelling-place of God. To each person the word comes: “What? know ye not …
4967 The Present Truth, vol. 14 December 8, 1898, page 774 paragraph 1
… a body of people “called out,”—the congregation, the church,-that constitutes God’s house. Before the end comes, and at the time of the coming of Christ, there must …
4968 The Present Truth, vol. 14 December 22, 1898, page 803 paragraph 12
… the body, the church; who is the Beginning the Firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the pre-eminence. For it was the good pleasure of the Father …
4969 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.”
4970 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.
4971 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 …
4972 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 …
4973 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 …
4974 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 …
4975 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 …
4976 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 …
4977 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 …
4978 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 …
4979 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 …
4980 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 …