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of God, is preceded by Phil. 2:, which emphasizes a "like mindedness, having the same
love, being of one accord, of one mind". In Rom. 15: 5, 6 also we read:--
"Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward
another, according to Christ Jesus: that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify
God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
While, therefore, we must rightly oppose any attempt on the part of man to mould us
to his liking, or to make us all faulty repetitions of equally faulty patterns, let us not be
misled by our zeal and turn aside from the great and glorious goal that God has placed
before Him, that we shall one day be conformed to the image of His Son. May the whole
Word of God, the great and glorious image of Christ, the lesser reflections of that image
in the lives of those, such as Paul, who followed the Lord, the experiences of daily life
through which we pass, may they all be blessed by God to us in fashioning and moulding
us after "the image of the heavenly".
#11.
A Testimony to a Simple Faith.
pp. 189, 190
It was an agreeable surprise to receive the following simple testimony from one who
is, we believe, officially connected with one of our great national museums, and we pass
it on that others may take heart both from the lesson itself and from the fact that in spite
of the apostasy of these days, even in high places the Lord has His own who have not
bowed the knee to the modern Baal of higher criticism.
The conversation had turned to the subject of Governments and Kings, the chaotic
state of Europe, and the position of the child of God. This led to the following comment
on the book of Daniel.
You remember that in the prophecy of Daniel there is recorded the two parallel
incidents, the casting of the three Hebrews into the burning furnace, and the
casting of Daniel into the den of lions. The first act was that of a despot.
Nebuchadnezzar was an absolute monarch. Of him Daniel said:--
"Whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he
would he set up; and whom he would he put down."
The second act was that of a limited monarch Presidents of the kingdom,
governors, princes, counselors, and captains are seen consulting together and
advising King Darius to establish the decree that they had formulated. This
decree, once signed and sealed, could not be altered, even by the King himself.
Now observe this fact for your help and encouragement. The most autocratic
Sovereign that has ruled over the Gentiles could not put to death Shadrach,
Meshach and Abed-nego, and the other King, even though he wished to do so,