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A REVIEW OF OUR LORD’S MINISTRY, ETC.

—JUNE 30—

Golden Text—”Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”—Heb. 12:2

In view of all the precious lessons of this quarter gathered from the life and death and resurrection of our Lord, we have only to repeat to those who are endeavoring to follow in his footsteps, the exhortation of the Apostle: “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so

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easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

He who by his example and teaching has inspired our faith will, if we continue to follow his leading, finish, perfect it. He will establish, strengthen, settle us so that we cannot be moved; and finally present us to himself “a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.” He will also perfect us by present experiences for our office as the “royal priesthood” as he was “made perfect through suffering” for his office as Chief Priest.

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— June 15, 1895 —