Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 1948 Page: 2 of 8
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in the recent meeting. Dale H.
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In N. Y. Meetings
Attendance and interest reached
p. new high during the recent
elght-day meeting conducted by
the Flushing congregation in New
York City, according to reports.
Brother John P. Fogarty of Ban-
gor, Maine did the preaching
which resulted in two baptisms.
Both converts, one of them
coming for baptism the day after
the meeting dosed, are very sin-
cere arid able’men. One has been
a theological student in the .Epis-
copal faith, and a professional
social worker. The other is a New
York City policeman, and a form-
er Roman Catholic.
Several non-Christians, such as
the two who responded, attended
regularly and showed a genuine
interest throughout the meeting.
Rejwrts say that prospects for the
future seem brighter than at any
o^ier time during the three-year
history Of the congregation.
The Southside church in Ftort
Worth, Texas, which assisted In
Vermont Members
Spreading Cause
Into New Cities
By K.ni. MASTERS
295 Park St, Springfield, Vt.
A man and wife (a middle-
aged couple) from Waits River,
near Bradford, Vt., were baptised
here in our baptistry Sunday
October 17. There are now four
members, representing three fami-
lies. who have been baptized as a
result of our Bible class up there.
Prospects are bright for baptizing
two or three more in the very
near future. We drive the 140
miles each Sunday afternoon to
assist these good people in study
and worship. So far,- we have
managed to get back to Springfield
in time to preach at the evening
hour.
Brethren, leiWs the beginning
of what promises .to be a fine con-
tend ’ the second in
of New Testament
To Foreign Needy From Berkeley
By BVEtBTT W. EVANS
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2230 Prince Street
Berkeley 5, California ,
From the 9th to the 15th of
October, the Berkeley church of
Christ, Prince and Pulton Streets,
shipped 1,722 pounds of clothing.
The greater part of them went to
Germany and Jfpan. A few par-
cels were sent to China. These
materials were some of the best.
Many heavy woolens were includ-
ed. This is just one of several
shipments that' Berkeley church
has made in the past two ylars.
The'Church acted as a receiving
station for the China goods for
the L. B. Davis family. Since
December of 1946 approximately
12 thousand pounds of clothing
have been packaged and shipped.
The greater part of these have
gone to the three above named na-
tions. Some have been shipped, to
Holland. Finland, and Greece.
Each week the women of the
church meet and repair clothes
and make heavy, warm quilts.
Some of them have used their
washing machines and laundered
clothes.
The need is still great. This
good news may encourage others
to send once and again.I|>m- -A-J >• —
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By EARL WEST
He wlA gives much, all things being equal, loves
much. He who gives little, loves lltte.
There is nothing that indicates more the absence
of real Christianity than to see churches sponsor-
ing pid Suppers, bazaars, and things of that kind, —-■
to raise money to work for the Lord. Why should
God’s people present themselves to the world as
beggars,-saying that we don't have enough Christ-
ianity to work for the Lord ourselves, and so we’ll
beg the world to give us ‘a dollar to do something *
that we don’t care about anyway. He who knows the
Bible knows that nothing grieves God more than
this. His own people begging the people of the
world, of the devil, to do something for God. And
th^t merely because the people of God are not
thoroughly sold on God enough to do this giving
themselves. The Israelites did not beg the heathen
tribes for gold and silver with which to build the
‘tabernacle. Each man gave of his own free will.
We are confident that it is one of the character-
istics of a truly converted people, who worship the
Lord after the fashion of the New Testament
Christians, that they give freely and gladly to
the services of Jehovah. For this reason the
churches of Christ carry on their work of preach-
ing the, gospel, of being benevolent to the needy,
solely by the free-will offerings of its members. We
do not seek for, nor ask for, the funds from the
world, but insist that we, as God's people of our
own -tree wills, will give to the work of God, cheer-
lully and gladly.
In ihe Duilding of the tabernacle, Jehovah had a
specific design in mind. The tab'ernscle was to be
the place where He would meet, and hold com-
munion with his people. God is pictured to us in
the Bible as being omnipresent. David says, "If I
ascend into heaven, thou art there. If I take the
wings ot the morning, and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand .lead
me; and thy right hand shall hold me.” (Psa.
139:8, 9) Job exclaimed: "Oh, that I knew, where 7
I might find him, that I might come even to his '
seat.” .(Job 23:3) •
The human heart longs to dwell in the presence
of God. To gratify this desire was one of the '
objects in the building of the tabernacle. God’s
primary design was to build a house in which his
presence, his glory and his power might be seen.
In laying plans for the tabernacle God said: "And
let them make me a sanctuary, that'I may dwell
among them.” (Ex. 25:8) The glory of God was in
the tabernacle. We read: ‘VThen the cloud covered
the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah
filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to
enter Into the tent of meeting, because the cloud
abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the
tabernacle.” (Ex. 40:34, 35). „
It will not be necessary for us to dwell further
upon the tabernacle. We have seen that the pur-
pose of its building was to show forth the presence
and the glory of Jehovah; it was to be the house
for the dwelling place of God. Here the Jews were
to meet their God. We have seen that Gdd intend-
ed for it to be constructed out of the free-will
of! erings oi his people. We have furthermore seen t~
that Gdd gave a pattern for the building of this
tabernacle unto Moses while he was in the top
of Mt. Sinai, and God strictly charged Moses to
build after the pattern. Now, there are certain
lessons in all ,of th’s for thfe church. We read:
"For whatsoever things were written aforetime
were written for our learning that through pati-
ence and through comfort of the scriptures we / .
might have hope.” (Rom. 15:4)
The tabernacle is a type of the church. To be
more specific, the holy place of the tabernacle is
a type of the church whereas the holy of holies
is a type of heaven. James refers to the .tabernacle
of David as fallen, but says it will be rebuilt again,
rebuttding of tt he understood to hove refer-
ence to the church. (Acts 15:16, 17) Here, the
church and the tabernacle are spoken of as type
and anti-type.
It follows^ therefore, that just as it was neces-
sary for the tabernacle to be built after the pat-
tern which God gave, it is also necessary for the
church to be built after this pattern. That is,
after the pattern which, Gqp gave for the building
* of it. But, In accordance with the predictions of •
the scriptures, this church was soon to be cor-
rupted. Men would not always preach sound doc-
trine.
Human opinions would be exalted to the parallel -
of divine legislation. Human creeds and con-
fessions of faith soon became of more importance
than holy writ, and the traditions of men soon ,
came to be jaw-among those professions. Despite
—tfce fact that Jesus said: "For in vain Uu yuu wor---------
ship me, teaching for doctrines the command-
ments < traditions) of men,” yet there came v
xr be church** who placed the tracTltions of men on
the par with the teachings of the scriptures. Those
who read their Bibles are not surprised, for this
‘ is exactly what the rcrintures predicted would
happen, and the fact that it has- happened, serves,
to strengthen our faith in the Bible.
Yet, Pvlng as we are, two thousand years this
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Numerous Kansas
Churches Laying
Plans For Future
Brethren in the vicinity of
Kingman, Kan. have purchased
well located lots in Kingman at
the cost of $5,500.00. More than
$3,000 has been raised for the
beginning of a building in King-
man. The lota are paid for and
they hope to see several thousand
dollars raised on the building fund
ip Kingman within the next few
months.
Abilene, Kansas, has a small
group of Christians meeting and
they would like to arrange for the
erection of a building. Abilene is
» nice little city which needs a
good- bplldlng in which New Testa-
ment Christiana can meet.
Leavenworth (25,000 pop.)
soon to be blessed with a basement
In which the New Testament
church can meet. Therp are 22
members of trie church in Leaven-
worth. An effort is being made to
place a full time preacher there.
For more information about the
work in Leavenworth, write L.
Galligan, 1014 10th St., Leaven-
worth, -Kansa.
About twenty-five members are
now meeting in the court house
in Hugoton. The brethren there
would like to have a permanent
meeting place of their own.
Salina congregation has grown
to thiry members, and Bro. Neil
C. Dulaney is the regular preach-
er. The city has grown to 25,000
population.
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’. OLAN L. HICKS and Fubltahek
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Christians. Much interest is being
manifested. We need a good man
for this work NOW! They are
just babes, and they need much
help and guidance. We are happy
to jprk with them and help them
all we can, but it will be impossi-
ble to render much personal as-
sistance once the heavy snows set
in. THEY MUST NOT BE NEG-
LECTED THROUGH THE LONG
WDFHR -------------------
A zealous minister and wife
could do a wonderful work in that
httie city and surrounding com-
munity. Won’t some good church
get behind a worthy man and
send him to this needy field—
NOW?
In the ninth verse of the 25th chapter of Exodus,
we read: “According to all that I show thee, the
pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all
the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it.”
In the 40th verse of the same chapter, God says
to Moses: “And see that you make them after
their pattern, which hath been showed thee in ,
the mount.” r
This instruction was given by Jehovah to Moses
after the Law had been given on Sinai, and before
the construction of th^ Tabernacle began. The
Lord was careful to show Moses how he wanted
the tabernacle to be built, and so. God warns him
to “see that thou make them after their pattern,
which hath been showed thee in the mount.”
Thut Moses carried out God’s instruction and
that pleased God in doing so is evident. In
Num. 8:4 we learn that even to the making of the
candlestick, Moses followed the pattern of God.
When building the altar for the sacrifices, Moses
followed the pattern of God. At the time when
Joshua became the leader of Israel's hosts, there
was a temptation on the part of some Israelites
to offer burnt-offerings to God on other altars
than the one& which Moses had made. Listen to
,the language of the scripture: "Therefore said
we, It shall be, when they say so to us or to our
generations in time to come, that we shall say,
Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which
our fathers made, not for burnt-offerings, nor for
sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.
Far be it from us that we should rebel against
Jehovah, and turn away this day from following .
Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering;, for
meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar
of Jehovah our God that is before this taber-
nacle.” (Josh. 22:28,29)
The language here is very significant.
Moses had built an altar ccordlng to the
pattern which God gave to him. On this altar the
sacrifices were to be offered. The children of
Israel knew that to offer sacrifice on any other
altar besides this one would be open rebellion
agaihst GoJ. So they said: “Far be It from ,us
that we should rebel against- Jehovah, and turn
away from following Jehovah ... to build an altar
. . . besides the altar . .r, that is.before this taber-
nacle.” If Israel's hqjsts had-among them people
like those we have among us in the religious
world. Undoubtedly much quibbling went on
What difference does it make which altar we
sacrifice upon, just so we sacrifice? This is the
question many people of today would have
raised. Nevertheless the Jews thought of it as
an open rebellion against Go tq offer sacrifices
an open rebellion against God to offer sacrifices
on any other altar than this particular one. This
certainly teaches us that- God, when he gives a
pattern, intends for it to be kept strictly. Whbn \
it is not kept, it amounts to rebellion against *'
Him. He who objects to people not following the
pattern they should in religion is not quibbling
over a little thing, but over something which, in
substance, ameuntf to rebellion aganst Jehovah.
The Hebrews were encamped at Mt. Sinai for
about a year. Here the Law was given; here the
poeple worshipped the golden calf, here the Israe-
lites were numbered, and here the tabernacle was
constructed. In the construction of this tabernacle,
God’s rule was for them to "build according to the
pattern.” A failure to do so, as we have secn, would
amount to rebellion against God. To fully appreci-
te the Insructlon of God and its meaning for us
ate the instruction of God and Its meaning for us
demands an, understanding of the tabernacle'.
The word for tabernacle, in the OljJ. Testament,
is the Hebrew word ohel. This word is used three
hundred and twenty-six Jimes in the Old Testa-
ment. It- means a “tent,” or a "moveable object."
The tabernacle'and the temple were related objects
among - the Hebrews. While the Israelites were a
moving, ncmadic people, the Tabernacle was con-
structed so that it could be easily dismantled and
carried about. When these people settled in thelf
own land, the land of Palestine, a permanent
structure was made in the city of Jerusalem, and
this became known as the temple. In the building
of the temple, Jehovah had stipulated that the
material which would go into the making of it
should be th£ free-will offerings of the people.
We read: "And Jehovah spake unto Moses, say-
ing: Speak unto the children of Israel that they
take for me an offering of every man whose heart
maketh him willing, ye shall take my offering.”
(Ex. 25:2) Scholars have estimated that the
amounts given by the people for.the purpose of
constructing the tabernacle totaled over one million
tkilluia. ' ■, .
It is a matter of great significance that Jehovah
chose to do his work by the free-will offerings of
his people. This is a principle that carries on over
to the New Testament church. Paul Instructs the
church at Corinth to “lay by in store every first
day of the week as the Lord had prospered them
that there be no gatherings when I come." (I Cor.
18:2) God intends that the Lord’s work be done
by the Lord’s people. They are taught to do this
yt being giad of the opportunity. In
kl prosperity to the work of the Lord.
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