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second chance -- through the death of the Son of God. Those who availed

themselves of the "grace," came into the Christian church henceforth to

remain free, and were to sin no more save through mistake, mishap, or

through short-sightedness, sins of which we are forgiven if we do not

continue therein. "My little children," says Inspiration, "these things write

I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with

the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and He is the propitiation for our
sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And

hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.

He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar,

and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth His Word, in him verily is

the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him." 1 John

2:1-5.

"The Christian church, though, did not long continue in "grace," but it,

too, in time fell even lower than the Jewish church. Necessarily something

had to be done for her also if any of her members were to be made free,

and if God was still to have a church on

earth. Unquestionably, this "something"

was none other than the Protestant

Reformation. But since we all know that
the Reformation has not yet accomplished

its Divinely appointed purpose, has not

reached the accord and faith which the

Church enjoyed on the day of Pentecost,

it is obvious that another attempt of revival

and reformation is an absolute necessity."

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