Category: bible
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Easter Light
EASTER LIGHT This glad morning, when the world is so bright and beautiful, I want to talk to you about Easter Light. One of the most interesting men in our city is a man who goes about our streets with two long sticks. He is the lamplighter. Here he comes down the street! See how…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: April
APRIL I have in my hand a small branch from a big tree. This branch is from an apple tree. Here are seen the tiny buds, the promise of the blossom, and after that the fruit. Have you ever seen an apple orchard in blossom? People rave about the cherry blossoms of Japan, and the…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Watch Lessons
WATCH LESSONS My grandfather was a foreman in a tannery for a great many years. Finally, as he was approaching seventy years of age, he left the tannery to retire to a quieter life. The men who worked in his department had a real affection for him. As an expression of that esteem they presented…
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Witness of the Stars: Appendix. Note on the Sign LIBRA
Appendix. Note on the Sign LIBRA. In Chapter II. The Sign LIBRA, we called attention to the point that in all probability the Sign Libra was a very ancient corruption. The ancient Akkadian name for the seventh month, which was the month when the sun was in the Sign now called Libra, was Tul-ku, which means the sacred mound, or altar. The Akkadian name…
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Witness of the Stars: “For Signs and For Seasons”
“For Signs and For Seasons” We have seen the great truths which are taught from the position, and forms, and names of the heavenly bodies. There are also truths to be learnt from their motions. When God created them and set them in the firmament of heaven, He said, in Gen. i. 14— “Let them…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: Two R’s and an A
TWO R’S AND AN A Do you know what week this is? We have all sorts of weeks, don’t we! There is Sunday School week, Go to Church week, Boy Scout week, Red Cross week, Social Welfare week, Hospital week, Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. week. Sometimes we wish we could have one week all to ourselves.…
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Witness of the Stars: Summary
Summary Man has ever sought to rob Christ of His glory. He has long since done his best to obliterate His name and His work from the Revelation which had been written in the stars of light. When He humbled Himself, and came as the promised Seed of the woman, men “saw no beauty in…
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Witness of the Stars: Hydra (the Serpent), Crater (the cup), & CORVUS (The Raven)
The time has at length come for the fulfilment of the many prophecies pictured in the heavens: and in its three final constellations we see the consummation of them all in the complete destruction of the Old Serpent, and all his seed, and all his works. It is the special work of the Messiah, as…
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Witness of the Stars: Chapter IV. The Sign Leo (the Lion) Messiah’s Consummated Triumph
Chapter IV. The Sign LEO (The Lion)Messiah’s Consummated Triumph Here we come to the end of the circle. We began with Virgo, and we end with Leo. No one who has followed our interpretation can doubt that we have here the solving of the Riddle of the Sphinx. For its Head is Virgo and its…
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Witness of the Stars: ARGO (The Ship)The Pilgrims safe at Home
This is the celebrated ship of the Argonauts, which Homer sung nearly ten centuries before Christ. Sir Isaac Newton puts the expedition of the Argonauts shortly after the death of Solomon (about 975 b.c.). While Dr. Blair’s chronology puts it 1236 b.c. Whatever fables have gathered round the story there can be no doubt as…