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various systems would be to confess
folly aud To be led of unreason.
"Coms Out of Her, My People"

various systems would be to confess
folly and to be led Of unreason.
"Coms Out of Her, Ny People"
In such matter We need the wisdom
which comes from above aud the faith
and courage TO follow H. Tie lords
prayer must bc our guido respecting
His will concerning us-lls who have
by faith and conservation and bcScttinc
Of the Holy Spirit been adopted into
the One True Church "rh0se names are
sCritten in hcduen" He prayed for US
and not for the nominal mass. who are
really parts of the world and thorough
ly deceiving themselves in surnosing
that they have either part or lot OF In
heritance with the Church. Thank
God that we now see that this dues not
mean that all except The sanity will
be eternally tormented. but merely that
none except the sanity. copies of
Gods dear Son" can be members of
the glorious little flock" which God
predestinated He would gather from ev-
cry nation. people. kindred and tongue.
or this faithful Church the Lord de-
clares. MY sheep know My Voice aud
they follow Me" We hear His Voice
assuring us that It is Ills will that we
who belong to His chaste. espoused
virgin class should al! be one-should
no longer be separated into sccts and
parties 10y creedal fences The Lord
declares that He gave Babylon time
for repentance and she repented not.
He declares that His sentence against
the Babylonian system has already
gone forth-that. from the Divine
standpoint. already Baby Ion Is fallen!
is fallen" from Divine favor. What
would he the wish Of our Beloved. TO
whom We are betro!hcd? What is His
message to us? 1t is written. Come
out of her. my people. that We be not
partakers of her sins and that We re-
ceive not of her plaques trou-
bles Revelation xviii. n.
Since the nominal systems are not
in that consecrated condition of heart.
hungering and thirsting for the Truth
and for righteousness and dead to self
will therefore it is hopeless to think
of thci. surrender of their interests.
theories. etc. The very most they
could think Of doing would be to fed
erate-to agree not to war with each
other. Far better would it be TO have
some theological battles and air their
Inconsistencies before the wiser public
Of today But whatever Babylon may
do. mother and daughters. the course
Of the sanity few. the real Church.
which is shortly to come from the
wilderness leaning upon the arm Of
her Beloved Bridegroom. is clearly set
forth The sanity should unite IN
heart OH the principles and doctrines
Of Gods Word. and should stand free
in the liberty wherewith Christ has
made them free from all human
bondage and sectarianism.
Why should the Lord permit the for.
nation Of these great wards and divi.
siOns iu mystic Babylon: lie has per.
mitted only such things as He is able
to make work out blessings for His
very elect. His little flock" who soon
shall be joint-heirs with Christ in His
Kingdom. Rabylons strong sectarian
walls. styled Orthodoxy" and the
great brazen gates of wor6iiness will
afford the sanity few the rer- test
they need to demonstrate themselves
''overcomerS"- more than cnnTticrors."
for such Overcomery only will consti-
tute the members of the Bride class.
All the promises are made To the
"overcomers'' aud there must needs be
permitted subtle evils for their testing.
Union of the One True Church.
In n word. our Lords prayer will he
realized by the ''nvercomers.' They
will be one with Himself and with The
Father; there will be "One Lord. one
Faith, one Baptism. one God. The
Father" But as for the nominal sys-
tens their future will be destruction
as systems. though many of Gods dear
people in them. failing TO overcome.
will be saved SO as by fire" in great
time of trouble with whicb this Age
will terminate and the New Age will
be ushered in q Corinthians il. l5l.
You have my plea. Christian breth-
rem. for the fulfillment Of the Masters
prayer in the union of the Church
,chich is the Body Of Christ" ''the
Church of the First-Born. whose names
are written in heaven" This union
will not necessItate any reorganizatio
as new sect or new Church. 1t is
the true Church. the Ouly one which
God has ever recognized. Babylon.
without it. would not be in any sense
of the word recognized of God. and.
as soon as the "overcomers" shall have
escaped from Babylon. Babylon will
come i'm remembrance before God that
He may give to her the cup of the
wine of His wrath. and suddenly. in
one hopr. her fall will occur tRevela-
ton xvi. 10; xviii. 1O. To the true
Church the Lord all along intimated
that their oneness is as members OF
Christ, aud not in earthly Organiza-
tions. We do not read. Gather tOgeth-
err unto Calvin. Luther. Wesley, Paul.
Apollos or Peter, but. "Gat Their together
my saints unto Me. saith the Lord. those
who have made Covenant with Me
by sacrifice" 'They shall be Mine.
saith the Lord. in that day when |
come to make up My jewels" psalm
|. 3: Malachi iii. III.
When all Of the sanctified shall have