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but are now preparing for baptism and union with the Pierce Arrow church. I feel somewhat as the poet must have felt when he wrote: 'If our faith were but more simple, We would take Him a t His word; And our lives would be all sunshine In the sweetness of our Lord.' "I now want t o say conducted, including praise meetings, and partial fulfillment of read :
that I believe that the program being the Friday evening discussion and the many small prayer groups, is a the text of Scripture that I wish t o
'Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: and he shall turn the heart of the fathers t o the children, and the heart of the children t o their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse' (Malachi 4:5, 6)."
In Depth Meditations Question 1 : What does God command us t o remember? The Answer: "Thou shalt remember all the way the Lord thy God led thee." Deut. 8:2. Question 2: What does God want t o impress on our minds that we are t o be in our relation t o Him?
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The Answer: "Ye are my witnesses, 43:lO. 1 2 .
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that I am God." Isaiah
Question 3: The Lord commanded His people anciently: "When thy son asketh thee in time t o come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?" what story were they t o tell? The Answer: Is found in Deuteronomy 6:20 t o 25. Question 4: After Israel had crossed the Jordan, the priests were t o carry twelve stones o u t of the Jordan river and pile them up. God said, "When your children shall ask their fathers in time t o come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?" what story were the parents t o relate t o them? The Answer: Is found in Joshua 4:15 t o 24. Question 5: Again we find God commanding His people t o pass on another story t o their children-this, with reference t o the redemption of the first born. Can you tell what the story was? The Answer: Is found in Exodus 13:11 t o 16.