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ONE WAY t o l e a r n t h o =A. That i s t o 8 t U dy o a r e f u l l y , oautiously, p r a p r f i l l y , d t h m n open mind y i e l d s d t o ud guided by t h e Holy S p i r i t , A L L the t o o t b n y O i t h e mot.iPtWO8 t h a t beU on t b i m +e&ionW o m n o t d e t e d n o what t h o "NARK" e of t h e Beast may be, U n t i l p h a w l r r r t w d rhrt, or rho, t h e B W T i r !
t h e B l b l s DESCRIPTIOP B E A S T

err, uhioh had d i r e r a oolors, omns u n t o

a 4hp

Laburon, .nd took t h e highest b r s :' of the :. oedar.' U r h C IS Chi8 "aag!e?W What i s w Lebanon? What i r the "oedar? The 18th verse give. the BIBLE i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , t h o m.ny preaoherr and writer. have given t h e i r "hov n o t what thsa om intsrpr&mtiana. thing# wan? t e l l them, Behold, t h e of ud hath tap b y l o n i a 00-10 t o Je kan th8 -. ! ? th l! -+% +. Ii
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a d t h e ?lark o f t h e Beart a r e a l l deroribed p r h r i l y in the 18% ohaptor of Revel at. ion. Uotioe o*rofUllYthir DIBU dosoria-

rhilr

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u d "hendr" ud nhorns'' u . u "leopard" ud r t h e "bar" and tlie 'lion" aro ~ n l v ar ~ u

avmbols, y e k t h o y reprerent thing. t h a t are v e r y RWL. And trhalBIBL8 ITSELPt8lla u s

Aad I rtood upon t h e sand of t h e 10.. h a t th-el twpreoent. o f tho sea, h w rau L baast r i a 0 up I n t h e 7 t k o h a p t e r of Daniel, we f i n d &ng SEVEN H A 8 and TEN HORNS. and upon h i 6 e u o t l y thono IMIO ED mymbols dasaribsd. Here horn. t e n orown#, and upon hi. henda t h e again ore t h e qbaaatr", with t h e 'reven head name of bluphoay. t h e "ton hornr,r d here rls: i r t h e "lion, "And t h e bamt r h l o h I r m wms l , , t h e "bear,' ud Che "leopard. And here t h e unto a LDOPAIU), urd hie fed mre o r tHa Bible t o l l . uo what thorns rysbolm tepreaent. & sf r & ud h i s mouth a tho mouth m Ood had giron Daniol W e r a t u k l i n g i n a 5 LION: r*d the DRMON gar0 him hi. pow- d r a m a and r i d o n r (Dan, l r 1 7 ) . And Daniol e r , m d h i m bmat, m d g r o a t authority." had & dr.ma and a vision (Dan. 7 : l ) i n whioh ( w lW1,m. R . ho a m four g r e a t BEASTS (vormo a ) . And N o w l o m t of thore r h o are tsaohlnp notiao. ar t n ' : m a l a t i o n , t h o "boaatr' o m & praaohin6 t o 0th-rr on thoad mubjoots i out d $ .@%b h m o r l o o k e n t l r o l y thir W3CRI!"TIO~I.For Tho f i r a t *.a liko a "LION" (vorse 4). t l i m d e r o r l p t i o n rill IDRNTIFY r h o "Runre." t l w rooznd m a liko "BEAR" ( r . 6 ) . tho t h b

w,

liko ( V . 6 ) . ud t h e fourth so draedful and t e r r i b l a it oould m t ba oom w t l d tllotahar. he d l 1 bo a p e o u l l v look- p a r o d , t o my d l d boaat broM'to'lnh.bib the iq individual indoad, for b v r l l l h a w earth. 6IIEADG, m d TEN MRN8. b v o you o v o r tluw thaw w r unly tho o w haad aororib m reoh a man with rsron h o d s . and ten hornq on t h o lion, Om f o r t h o b a t . o m f o r t h e growl& out of ano o f h i r huada? And d i d fourth beasb---but t.hJ t h i r d boaat, th. 10.you ovor roo a man who n r l i k e a LWPARD, pard, had FU!J'R BEADB---thlu nuking 8EVW d e m you bim6ine a ruper-ma oonirg Hn'M6 in all. And c u t o f this groat ud *o w i l l hatu t h a foot of m BRAR, uad tho d r a u i l l f o u r t h boast y r y TEN HORNS. mouth w' F l l O N 2 kd a 1 h a p p s u by . 'NOH notioo vorsr) 16, : a t t o r p a r t . Ibro o a i n g vy f r u w t h r 8EAT oombr t h o INTERPRiiATXOY OP TIE TMHOS! U r n bhwo. of oaurae, +re a1.l .tiYtAWlS. Tho quoaklon 11. dill *D r o o o p t thim BIBLE t h o ~ e t nard " h m t " i r 4 -01. y & our intororutrbioia or t h o rovop hordr, t h o t o n . I problem i r t o IwIGRpILGf t h e mymbolr, f o r b o w , tho l i o n , tho boar, and t h o leopard? they r t u d for real, l i b e r a l t h i n g . And Yhoro grant boprtr, r h i o h a r e four, when + kaar &at the head. )nd t h e horn. . E)UR K1Jls r h i o h aha11 a r i r u out ol tho UO, rhat t h e feat of t h o boar, t h o mouth o a r t h , f i a t h o i n t a r p r o t a t i o n o f m r r o 17. or t k r l i o n , ud I i k e M U l bo a leopard a l l And tho wrd "WIN[)* i r r y n m b u r with M, a n w am brov *hat. or Yho, t i e th XIVODO11, ud urud O h l V i n tho ronm t h a t tho * D B I ~ Tmaaiy ir! ~ kiw roprarontr the kilydem o v o r n h i o h ho m l o r , f o r i n m r r o 2S mad! "tho fourth boaat :hall bo t h o fourth KXyOMll upon tho r M 1 . o u t h . Hotho a1.o tho w d ' " unod to eaploin Qbo b m C r i n *oreor W.

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22. 24, ud 27. '!ow what do. t h o "IkWlS" ropruront? Ha* t i o o vovro 24: And 1:ho t o n horn.
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t h o t o k hornr" or t o n mueooodiry kiwdonr or eoo*ernulntr, oou) OUT OF a KIW DOH, nd; out o t a luh, o r a au or--, Thir algno -or p l a i n t h a t t h o "BtABT" 1. not BOW wmtorioua porronal rupor-wn vot tl o m . t h o t h a t thu U.mrt i r not t h o ROSM Catholio ohuroh, f o r no t o n k i w d o a r ovor

August, 1934

T h e

P L A I N

T R U T H

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S d s n t i f i c r t i o n a f t h e Kinadams
These same four world-ruling Gcntila

kingdoms a r e described i n the second chapt e r of D a n i e l . King Nebuchadnezzar o f tho Chaldean Empire, who had taken t h e Jews captive, had a dream, t h e meaning o f which God revealed t o Daniel. The dream is described i n verses 3135. Tho kin*aw a g r e a t image, I t s head was of gold, i t s b r c a s t and arms of' silver, i t s b e l l y and t h i g h s of' brass, i t s legs of i r o n , and i t s f e e t and t o e s p a r t i r o n and p a r t clay. F i n a l l y , a stone, not i n men' s hands (but s u p e r n a t u r a l l y ) , smote the image upon h i 3 f e e t and t o e s . I t was broken i n pieces, and wfis blown away l i k e chaff. Then t h e stone t h a t smashed it became a great nountain and f i l l e d t h e whola earth "This," Daniel says, beginning verso 36, "is t h e dream; and ws w i l l t e l l t h e INTERPRETATION t h e r e o f t o t h e king. Thou a r t t h i s head o f gold. And after t h e e s h a l l a r i s e another KINGDOM i n f e r i o r t o t h e e , and another t h i r d KINGDOM o f brass, which s h a l l bear rule over all t h e e a r t h . And t h e f o u r t h KINGDOM shall be s t r o n g as iron: fareasmuch as iron b r e a l e t h i n p i e c e s and subdueth a l l things; and as i r o n t h a t breaketh a l l

". . .

t h i r d world kingdom W I 8 Greece, o r Msoedoni a udsr Alexander t h e Great, who conquered t h e g r e a t P e r s i a n Ehpire 333-330 B.C. But Alexander lived only a shor t year after hi6 swift conquest, and h i s v a s t new empire w18 d i v i d e d among his four generals: Macedonia and Greece; Thrace and Western Asia; Syria and t a r r i t o r r y e a s t t o t h e Indus; and Egypt. So .them were t h e "four heads" of the t h i r d beast of Daniel 7. And t h e FOURTH KINGDOM, whioh, developing from Rome, spread out and gradually absarbed one after another of theee four divi s i g h s , ---"dreadful and t e r r i b l e , and strong exceedingly," was t h s ROMAN EMPIRE (31 B.C .-A.D. 476). It had absorbed a l l t h e others, occupied all t h e i r t e r r i t o r r y , wa8 g r e a t e r and stronger t h a t a l l . It included a l l t h e royal splendor o f ancient Babylon, thus having t h e head---the s t r o n g e s t part--of t h e "lion." I t had all t h e massiveness and numerically-powerful army o f t h e Pers i a n Rnpire---symbolized by t h e LEGS, t h e most powerful p a r t , of t h e BEAR. It was tho g r e a t e s t war-making machine t h e world had ever seen, and it also possessed t h e swifiness, t h e cunning, t h e c r u e l t y o f Alexander's army, symbolized by t h e LEOPARD. And thus, t h i s f o u r t h beast was unlike any wild b e a s t of t h e e a r t h . lt wns

aity, 625-538 8.C.

The second kingdom, which f a l l w e d ,

T h e Toes and the Horns

A CHART, SHOWING PROPHECIES OF TIMES OF THE GEHTTLES' REIGN

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by John i n Revelation 13 also included 7 h e a d s , but t h e o n l y haad existing a t t h e time of t h i s non-descrjipt beaet which inof government continuing out o f t h e Roman aludsd t h e most powe&&ar.cteristiCS Of Empire a f t e r i t e fall, 476 A. D. "The a l l ths b e a s t s symbolizin6 its prodsoOsSO+S t e n horns out of this kinpdom" ( t h e f o u r t h was t h e fourth b e a s t , containing t h e SEvENTH HEAD, and a l s o the TEN HORNS. So t h e ---the Roman Emmire. 31 B.C. t o 476 A.D.) "ARE TEN KINGS C h a t - s h a l l a r i s e and s p e c i f i c "one o f its heads" that was woundt h e KINGDOM and t h s dominion, and t h e ed t o death was t h e seventh head o f t h e Roman Empire---the head o u t of which TEN greaknsss of t h e KJNGDOM under the whole heaven" ( n o t heaven) "shall be given HORNS grow. The t e n horns, than, a8 Daniel i n t e r p r e t s , represent t e n successive govt o t h e people of' the s a i n t s o f t h e most ernments OUT OF t h e Roman Empire, which were High." (Dan. 7:24,27). The t e n horns, then, are t e n KINGDOMS t o continue u n t i l t h e s e t t i n g up o f t h e t o a r i s e out of the Fourth Kingdom, t h e KINGDOM OF GOD a t t h e second coming o f Christ. Roman Empire. These kings, also o a l l e d The DEADLY WOUND, then, was t h e one KINGDOMS, continue f r o m 476 A.D. u n t i l the time when the S t a n e , C h r i s t and H i s administered t o t h e Roman Empire when, i n Kingdom, smashes t h e image on i t s t o e s , i t 3 l a s t decaying stages, t h e barbarians and t h e KINGDOM is given t o t h e SAINTS. overran it, ending i t s government i n 476 Therefore, s i n c e i n a c t u a l h i s t o r y t h e r e AmD. havo never been t e n contemporRneous kingNotice t h e DRAGON gave h i s power t0 doms t h a t have continued out o f t h e Roman t h e Beast. Who is t h e DRAGON? Some say "pagan Rome." But w i l l we be guided solely Enpire, s i d e by side, down t o t h e present ---and s i n c e t h e r e IIAVE been NINE succes- by t h e BIBLE INTERPRETATION o f i t s own give kingdoms r u l i n g t h a t t e r r i t o r r y f r o m symbols? Then, i f we will, t h e Dragon is a symbol wKch means SATAN, THE DEVIL. 476 t o t h e present, with t h e t e n t h one Notice Rev. 12. "The g r e a t DRAGON now being formed by Mussolini---therefore t h a t old s e r p e n t , c a l l e d the DEVIL and SAwe know t h a t t h e kingdoms represented by +he toes and tho horns are SUCCESSIVE, not TAN." ( v e T 9 ) . "He w a s c a s t out i n t o t h e earth t h e DEVIL i s come d a m unto contemporaneous. you, having g r e a t wrath &TJ Deadly * and when t h e DRAGON Wound saw t h a t he was c a s t unto HOW TO STUDY THE CHART the earth." (v.9,12,13) Now l e t u s re"And he l a i d hold on the Only by t a k i n g ALL t h e DRAGON, t h a t o l d serpent, turn to our descripSoriptures describing the world Lion o f t h e "Deaatl' WHICH IS THZ DEVIL, and r e i g n o f the Gentiles (Dan, 2, in Revelation 13. SATAN." (Rev. 20: 2 ) 7 , 8 , Rev. 13, 17), and p u t t i n g "And I saw one They worshipped t h e them a l l properly t o g e t h e r in of h i s heads as it Beast (Rev. 13:4) Therea CHART, can a right underskanb. were WOUNDED TO D E m ; fore some conclude, from ing be &fled. and h i s deadly wound t h i s one statement alone, was HEALED; and a l l It i b because Bible s t u t h a t t h e "Beast1' muat be d e n t s have t r i e d t o solve t h e s e the world wondered t h e Papacy, not knowing d i f f e r e n t chapters SEPARATELY, after t h e b e a s t t h a t t h o people worshipped "And t h e y wort h a t so many erroneous and cont h e Roman Empire and its f u s i n g t h e o r i e s have come. shipped t h e dragon emperors! Notioe HOW I n t h i s c h a r t , read acwhich gave power u n b t h e worshipped t h e Beast c r o s a ) and read down. A l l symt h e beast: and they wo Is ABLE TO ---'saying b o l s l i s t e d in a h o r i z o n t a l worshipped t h e b e a s t MAKE WITH HIM?" The column represent t h e same thing. snvine, Who is l i k e Roman Empire was t h e g r e d The golden head o f t h e image unto t h e beast? who e s t WAR MAKING POWER t h e i a able to make WAR represents t h e same t h i n g as world had ever known, but w i t h him? the f i r s t beast, t h e lion, o r the Catholic church never "And t h e r e was t h e Chaldean Ehpirc. had an army* This beast given unto him a k i l l e d WITH THE SWORD ( v , mouth speaking g r e a t 10) but +he Catholic churd things k d blasphemies; and Power was giv- never did. History is-fill of accounts of t h e en unto him t o CONTINUE FORTY AND TWO worship o f t h e Roman emperors, f o r paganism IK)NTHSm" (Rev. 1 3 : 3 - 5 ) . was a STATE RELIGION. The following i s l , f r o m The "Beast" here symbolized i s t h e Robinson's "Medieval and Modern T i m e s , a one which included t h e royal splendor and c o l l e e text book, page 7, chapter 1: kingly power symbolized by the MOUTH o f 'The worship o f t,he emperor: I n a word, t h e lion (Babylon); t h e Ponderous s t r e n g t h t h e R o G government was not only wonderfulsymbolized by t h e F E ~ Tof t h e bear (Medo- l y o r q n i t e d everyona w a s required t o Persia), and t h e speed, cunning, and cru- j o i n i n t h e worship of the emperor because clty o f t h e leopard (Greece). And s i n c e he stood for t h e majesty and glory of the the INTERPRETATION o f t h e s e symbols i s dominion. a l l were obliged, as coed c i t found i n Daniel 7 , and s i n c e t h e fourth izens, t o j o i n i n the o f f i c i a l s a c r i f i o e r t o beast alone INCLUDED a l l these character- t h e head of t h e s t a t e , as if he were a god." i s t i c s , and s i n c e t h e fourth b e a s t alone But, when t h e seventh HEAD 04 t h i s included all SEVEN of the heads, and had great boast received its DEADLY WOUND i n the TEN HORNS, tho B i b l e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of 476 A.D., w a s t h a t the end? No, the prophthe BEAST of Ravelation 13 is t h e F0L))RTH ecy eays "HIS DEADLY WOUlJD WAS HEALED BEAST of Daniel 7, ---the Roman Empire, AND POWER WAS GXVEN UNTO H I M TO CONTINUE of 31 B.C. to 476 A.0, The Beast described FORTY Ad0 TWO MONTHS," The TEN HORNS rep(Continued from p e p 3)
Ths t a n t o e s and t h e tan horns b a t h aynbolize t h e same t h i n c - - - t h e t o n s t a g e s

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EXACTLY 1260

YKARS A t t h a t time, eight of t h e "hortsl' having appeared and eon., t h e "Beasf itself went i n t a t h a non-existont condition symbolized. i n Rev, 17:8 as the "bot-

tomless p i t . "
heads and t h e t e n horns. John sees the Beast living i n t h e days O f its seventh

But in t h e year 1870, Gsr-

i b a l d i u n i t e d t h e many l i t t l e divisionr i n t h e p e n i n s u l a of I t a l y i n t o one m t i o n ,

and tha kingdam thus e s t a b l i s h e d ( t h e 9 t h horn), continues today. King h a n u e l . i r i t s titular head, tho ha is a, "rubber stamp" with Mussolini. i n actual powrr and control a

head, the Roman Empire. And when t h a t H E ~ Dof the beast had i t s deadly wound, HfS---the Beast s---deadly wound WBS hcaledb The HEAD was dead. But t h e BEAST aontinued. The horns now reign, one b y a s , I n 476 t h e Empire was over-run by barbarians, under Gdoaccr.. His goverment, s e t up a t Rome, c a l l e d t h e HERULI, was t h e first horn. But it d i d not h e a l t h e deadly wound, f o r t h i s was a government f)r Rome, but not a ROMAN government, but anc of f o r e i g n barbarians. Then followed t h e Vandals, o f Northern Africa, who sacked Rome i n 455 and ruled it for a b r i e f space. Then was the kingdom of t h e Ostrogoths, 493-564, another outside foreign people who r u l e i n t h e t e r r i t o r r y . B u t t h e y were driven out a f Xtaly and disappeared. These t h r e e kingdoms, sweeping i n t o the Roman t e r r i t o r r y , f i l l e d t h e period known i n h i s t o r y as t h e " t r a n s i t i o n age," (See Myers Ancient History, page 571) That is, a TRANSITION between t h e wound and t h e healing, NOW Daniel saw a " l i t t l e horn'' coming up AMDNG t h e s e t e n , before whom t h e s e f i r s t t h r e e were "plucked up by t h e roots!' This " l i t t l e horn'' i s i d e n t i f i e d as the Roman Catholic church, o r ths papacy, and it was a t t h e behest o f the pope t h a t all three of t h e s e were "plucked up by t h e foots." That leaves 7 horns t o comb And of the l i t t l e horn, Daniel 7 says "hi; look was more s t o u t t h a n h i s fellows. The papacy dominated completely a l l t h e "horns" t o follow!

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We shall deal later more specifically with t h e 17th chapter o f Revelation i n t h i s connection, Then we s h a l l prove beyond doubt t h a t t h e " h a r l o t woman," BABYLON THE GREAT, i s t h e Roman Catholic church. B u ~ let us n o t e i n passing t h a t t h e "wonltLn, t h e Catholic church, w i t h t h e papacy, never "rodell on any p a r t of t h i s Beast exc6pting i t s l a s t seven "horns!" She is t h e " l i t t l e horn'' o f Daniel 7, whose " l o o k wa8 more s t o u t t h a n h i s fellows," and who oaused t h e f i r s t t h r e e t o be plucked u p by t h e roots. J u s t i n i a n was t h e f i r s t r u l e r who ever acknowledged t h e supremacy o f t h e pope, and b a m d t o h i s d i c t a t e s ! And s h o e i n t h o 17th chapter, t h a "woman" rode on all seven o f t h e heads o f t h e "beast" there pictured, and since she rode none of the "heads," but o n l y t h e l a s t seven o f t h e l'horns" o f t h e 13th chapter "beast," it follows th at t h e seven "horns" o f t h e "healed b e a s t " o f t h e 1 9 t h chapter FORM t h e seven HEADS o f t h e Beast of t h e 17th chapter Notice, at. t h e present time, f i v e a r e fallen, one is, and one i s y e t t o come (Rev. 17:10), The f i v e t h a t a r e f a l l e n a r e t h o 5 d u r i n g t h e 1260 years i n which power WAS GIVEN, by t h e Papacy, f o r t h e "heal04 beast" t o CONTTWE, The one t h a t is, i s The Deadly Wound HEALED! the present kingdom from G a r i b a l d i t o t h e p r e s e n t , Yet it i s not i n any sense t h e It was t h e f o u r t h kingdom (horn, o r o l d Roman Empire, so d u r i n t h e s t a g e of t o e ) , succeodin&he fall n f t h e Empire i n this 9 t h horn o r 6 t h head ?Rev. 17) John 476, which really HEALED t h e deadly wound, speaks of it as the Beast t h a t was, and is and restored t h e EMPIRE. In 554 A.D., Jus- not, and yak IS, and shall a r i s e once agoin tinian, emperor o f t h e East, from Constan- OUT OF THE BOTTOMLRSS PIT, tinaple, moved t o Rome and brought abaut The 10th "horn1', symbolized by *ha what i s known in h i s t o r y as t h e "IMPERIAL 7th head w i t h i t s t e n horns i n the 1 7 t h RESTORATION" of t h e Empire, c h a p t e r , y e t t o come, will.be, as t h e 17thl Now nottoe varse S D l l o f R a y l a t i o n 13. ohaptcr explains, t h e r o ~ i v a l t h o BEAST, of w Power & given t o t h i s Beast , once the-Roman Empire, "out a$ the battomlei# healed, t o "CONTINUE FORTY A N D TWO MONTHS." by a "United States of Europe," o r federaIn the prophecies p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e Times tion of ten European nations within t h e o f Israel's punishment, each day represents bounds of the o l d Roman Empire. (Rev. 17: a year in actual f u l f i l m e n t (Ezak. 4:4-0, 12-16) This, Muecolini $3 bringing abed Num, 14:34).. Thus, t h e ''healed'' beast is today: Five of those nations already I f 8 in t o oontinue 1260 YEARS! h i s control! Following the healing, in 554, came When Jesus C O I W ~ , i n the near fi*UrO, the h-ankish Kingdom (French), t h e "Moly the Raman armies ( t h e BEAST) will be marRoman Empire" (german) P *ha hpsburg 4ys h a l l e d before Jerusalem for the BATTLS c)F n r s t x (Austrian), and Napoleon's kingdom ARMAGEDOON. (Rev, 16:16; 19:19) Theme who (French). But, when Napoleon met his "Wat- have the MARK of t h e "BUST" w i l l suffer, erloo" i n 1814, the healed b e a s t c o n t i n the horrible tortures of t h e dev*n lest ued no longer, "SO CLOSED," 3.y~ West's PLAGUES! dm WHAT IS THE IMAGEP W A I8 HT Madarn History, p a p 377, "A GOVERNkWNT THE MARK? These t h i n g s w i l l be revealed THAT DRTED PROM AUGUSTUS CAESAR." (Frw 31 beginning u i t h t h e September-number!

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earned a d o l l a r and gave a dime t o the Lord cause# He earned two d o l l a r s and gave twenty cents. Soon he g& a j o b in a soap foctory and h e continued t o t i t h e and t o prosper. Ha r o s e from common l a b o r e r t o foreman, L a t e r t o manager, and

moo< af t h e time s i n c e snd c o l l e c t i o n s have room enough t o r e c e i v e it.'' Are you behind f i n a n c i a l l y ? I n debt? improved marvelously, When Gad g e t s HIS p o r t i o n o f all your Your u n f a i t h f u l n e s s i n t i t h i n g and o f f e r income, God becomes your p a r t n e r , sharing i n ings may be t h e reason! your p r o f i t s , He C O U S ~ L HIS p a r t n e r s t o prosConcrete Expcrienaes par, and i f you r r a rn debt take God inta 5 p a r t n e r s h i p FIRST, and watch Him p r o s p e r you John D. R o c k e f e l l e r , it is s a i d , ac- u n t i l finally you are out of debt! Remmbar cepted t h e Lord's challenge t o prosper t h e debt you owe God comes FIRST. t h e t i t h e r a t t i k t y e a r s o f age, when he began t i t h i n g , Has h e prospered? T i t h i n g While i n Debt M. Colgate, t h e g r e a t soap manufacr t u r e r , l e f t home when a v e r y small boy. Yet so many gay: "I d e n ' t think it would He met an old sea c a p t a i n who was a Chris-be right for m e - t o i i t h e w h i l e I'm in debt." tian. He asked t h e boy w h a t ha could do, Yes, brother, it IS right, and the other wry and t h e boy r e p l i e d he knew only how t o is WRONG, "There is a way that.seemeth r i g h t make soap and candles. t o a man, but the end thereof a r a the ways of "Give your h e a r t t o God," advised t h c d e a t h . " God'a Word tells u s what is RICYT, o l d se a c a p t a i n , ''and t i t h e p u r income. and God tells us to g i v e to His work t h e F E Some day there i s going to be a man a t t h e f r u i t s of all our income. Regarding our mahead a t t h e great s o a p i n d u s t r i e s i n New t a r i a l and f i n a n c i a l naedr, wen dcbtr, God York, and theta i s no raason why you says "Seek ye FIRST the XinE;dom o f 004 and

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811 these th in gs s h a l l be added unto you.'' (Hat. 6 : 4 3 ) . r f ? b the debt that you & This debt 16 FXRST i n time and principle. Pay your debts t o God, make Him jour PARTNER i n your finances, and receive H b blessing i n temporal a f f a i r s . This w i l l tnabl. you t o pay your debts, o r t o pt a jab, o r t o have your needs supplied 'bore quicxly than i f you evade His debt, Remember your ALL belongs t o HIM, not & y o u . (Psalm 24:l; I Corr 10:26,20; Deut. %14; Haggai Z:8). You are i n the position of steward handling that which b e l o w t o anothar. H i s your s i l e n t p a r t n e r , and e the first t e n t h , i n addition t o o f f e r i n g s , i s His share. The r c s t l - l e gives f r e e l y t o you. But i f you appropriate f o r yourself H I S share, you a r e s t e a l i n g , and ROBRING GOD (Mar. 3;8 ) . Would you pay your debts wjth money another man had lert i n your trust? Ti a man working i n a bank does that, we c a l l it embezzlement.

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The man who receives I S R l P r y OT Wad ges should dive t o thr Lord's c a w 8 t h e first tenth of h i 6 e n t i r e salary o r wage, and offerings i n a d d i t i o n , Thie represents

h i s personal income o r i n c r e a s e r If we receive money from inwetmonte, stocks, bonds, & c r , o r from a pension, Or insurance, or by i n h e r i t a n c e , this is a l l personal income o r increase, and t h o WHOLE o f it should be honestly t i t h e d , f o r t h e f i r s t t e n t h o f ell of it belongs t o God, The man who owns a business u s u a l l y draws a isalary, and whatever n e t p r o f i t s remain a t t h o end o f t h e yoar, or dividends declared, The f i r s * t e n t h o f a l l t h i s he should t i t h e . But t h e expenses o f conduoti n g t h a buCiness, ( s r l a r i o s , wages paid o t h e r s , purchase o f supplies, stock, and m a t e r i a l s , rent, l i g h t , h e a t , i n t e r e s t , insurance, advertising, ctc.) arc no p a r t o f h i s personal increase. So t h a business man cannot give a t e n t h o f all t h e s a l e s o r gross income o f t h e business---but t h e f i r s t t e n t h o f all h i s PERSONAL s a l a r y , How t o Figure t h e T i t h e p r o f i t s , dividends, o r incomt. The farmer conduets a businers, and Some say t h e y do not understand how should f i g u r e h i s t i t h e accordingly, Money t o f i r e the t i t h e . received t h a t goes f o r t h e purchase o f E n d a l l t h e t i t h e o f t h e land, stock, f e e d , seed, implements, rent, wages, thcr of the seed o f the l a n d , or t h e f r u i t etc., a r e not his personal INCREASE, but of t h e t r e e , i s t h o Lord's: it i s HOLY un- expenses o f t h e business, and should be t o the Lord. And concerning t h e t i t h e s u b t r a c t e d befora f i g u r i n g t h e t i t h e , But of t h e herd, o r o f t h e flo o k , even o f ha should give honestly a f u l l t e n t h o f a l l whatsoever passeth under t h e rod, t h e t h r t is personal INCREASE, which i s f o r tenth s h a l l be HOLY unto t h e Lord. He shall personal use o r needs, such as food, clonot search whether it be good o r bad, t h i n g , s h e l t e r , o r investments, whether neither shall he change it." (Lev. 27;30, of money, or o f "the seed o f t h e land, or 32-33). And s i n c e , i n t h e New Testament, t h e f r u i t o f t h e t r e e , o r t h e herd, o r the Paul points t o t h e Old Testament teaching6 flock. " respecting t i t h i n g and says "EVEN SO hath Reverse t h e order, and we would a l l the Lord ordained t h a f t h e y which preach know r s a d i l y enough how t o f i g u r e our t i t h r . the gospel should l i v e o f t h e Gospel," Let Congress pass a new Aot authorizing that (I C o t . 9:14), t h i s smne METWD o f f i g u r - f o r one year every c i t i z e n who will make ing the tit1.e i s i n f o r c e under t h e New a p p l i c a t i o n be,$ven a sum equal t o lo$ of Testament. T h e farmer, t h e r e f o r e , should his personal income or increase. Everyono t i t h e not money alone, but o f his stock, would t h e n know how t o f i g u r e t h i s t i t h e , his grain, h i s fruit. and would be down a t t h e p o s t o f f i c e o r bank "Thou s h a l t t r u l y t i t h e a l l t h e inb r i g h t and e a r l y i n t h e morning t o r e c e i v e crease o f thy seed, t h a t t h Q field bringit! L e t us be as honest w i t h God as we eth forth year by year. and i f t h e would be w i t h ourselves! place be t o o far from t h e e then shalt thau t u r n it i n t o Roney, and bind up Y cur Glorious Opportunitv t h e money i n t h i n e hand, and shalt go unt o the place which t h e Lord t h y Gad s h a l l Some w i l l say, "I never t i t h e d , and I choose .I' ( Deut , 14 :22,24,25) know God never frowned on me, f o r I havr,lthe Jacob said, l o n g before t h e Old Cov- witness i n my h e a r t t h a t I am H i s child. enant o r t h e Law o f Moses, "of n l l that God has blessed you acoordinp as you thou shalt Rive me I will s u r e l y g i v e t h e have YIELDED t o Him according t o t h e l i g h t tenth unto t h e e . e G e n . 2 8 : 2 2 ) . He has revealed to you, from His Word! While We t i t h e , t h e n , our INCREASE---our you have t h e l i g h t , WALK it i n , les4 dar%= IHCOME---whether it b e money, stock, veg- ness come upon y4u! (John 12:35,36). GR:W atables, fruit, or grain, And it is t h e in grace and t h e KNOWLEDGE o f our Lord. FIRST tenth, not t h e second o r tho l a s t , (I1 Pet. 3 : l f l ) . See also #om, 11:22, and t h a t is God's. If we s t a r t spending, A c t s 17:30, and John 14:15. erpeating t o pay God's t e n t h l a t e r , we If every professing C h r i s t i a n would w i l l o f t e n be unabla t o meet t h e tithe, c e p t this p l a i n instruction from t h e Lord, Give Cod tha FIRSTfuu*, or the FIRST honoring HIM instead of themselves w i t h their tenth, and we can regulate our needs aosubstance, t h e work of t h e Lord would go cording to whet is ours to .pond on Cham. forth w i t h such maghty power that t h e World This plan o f God is a wholesome check upon would be shaken t o its foundationr! axtravegance and oorelcssnass. And t h a t Seek ye FIRST the Kingdom, and m a t e r i a l i n itself i s one reason the tither suoneeds shall be ADDED, Try i t . Take God st cccds b e t t e r . The oondition t o having our His Word! PROVE HIM! (Mal. 3:lO). See how " k r n s f i l l e d with plenty" i a to "Honor Y O U begin t o prosper! Be a f a i t h f u l stewerd, the Lord with t h e F I R S T f r u i t s of a l l make God your PARTNER! Reaeivc His 8LESSIN(3! t h i n e i n c r e a s e . " (Ptov. 3:9,t0) C o d ' s work is w a i t i n n uOon YOU:

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