Show sabbath SERVICES ILDER ELDER HERMAN t lately returned mimsi mikii nary from norway was the first to address the con in the Ti tabernacle bernacle sunday at af ernon lie ile expressed himself as aa be in ni it thankful for having been caled on his mission as he has done some good and had an experience which aill always be a blessing to him his missionary work has been mainly from house to hohag and he has not done much public spearing he has bas bp bap a number and blessed a great many children hj had also alao many of the beauties of the world but the greatest joy ha be experienced was wag when he could get a few to whom to preach the gospel the boagard bros H S pyne and IV D roberts roberta jr sang in the land of strangers etc dr DK E X G was the next speaker lie used as his text the lat and and aad verses of the ast 1st chapter of st john which reads in the beginning was the word and the word was wag with god and the word was god the same was in the beginning with god shortly after the gospel was taken from the earth the people tried to understand what this passage meant the infidels philosophers and all the tha wise men were ignorant of its ita meaning and we can understand it only by the spirit of god when christ was preaching the gospel he gave all the honor to go goi but after he was resurrected he ha spoke by his own power of authority and said he net only taught the resurrection and everlasting life but bat ile ha was the resurrection and avei lasting life the ward of god from the ba ginning therefore it is ia plain to be seen that the word of which john speaks is ig christ for they aro are the same christ was in the beginning and was with god all hue p principles inci ples come from christ and salvation comes only through him anyone who will be ba saved must have a jiving hung testimony of christ and know that he is and does exist and must bow the knee and serve erve him this little text includes all a 11 truth because christ is all truth the word of god but the world with all their teaming learning will never understand der stand it it can bo be understood toad only 0 n IY by bv haying having a living testimony of christ au and d keeping his commandments |