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THE ENSIGN MESSAGE

BIBLE LAW, ORDINANCES AND FEAST DAYS

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Canada Editor’s Note: Some time ago, we received this note from a very dedicated student from Calgary. He wrote, “I have a few questions, first, if the sacrifices were just an ordinance to be done away with after the first coming of Christ, why does the Bible go into so much detail regarding them? Second,…

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ST. PATRICK OF IRELAND

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According to the Rev. Lionel Smithett Lewis M.A. Vicar of Glastonbury, St. Patrick’ s real name Patrick or Patricius , as late as the ith century, simply meant “gentleman” or “nobleman” His father Calpumius was a deacon and a decurio or magistrate. The same word was used of St. Joseph of Arimathea the honourable counsellor…

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CULTURE AND SKILLS OF ANCIENT BRITONS

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England Strange as it may seem, it was the enemies of ancient Britain who wrote at length with candour the most faithful description of the early Britons, showing that they possessed an admirable culture, a religion, and an epochal history that extended far beyond that of Rome. Modern writers also confirm their testimony E.O. Gordon,…

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SPIRITUALISM NOT ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE

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‘To the law and to the testimony, if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.’   Isaiah 8:20. THE scripture sets forth in a plain way how to seek the Lord, and to increase in knowledge of things eternal. The Holy Spirit takes of the things of…

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SOME IMPORTANT PRONOUNCEMENTS

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{Extracted from the National Message – November 1937}     England BISHOP BUTLER:-” … nor is it at all incredible that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths as yet undiscovered.” ABRAHAM LINCOLN:- “The man who will not investigate both sides of a question is dishonest.” TYNDALE:-“The…

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