1. Upon one occasion in what do we find Jacob engaged? “And Jacob was left alone; And there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day,” Genesis 32:24. 2. In what way did Jacob prevail upon this man (or angel)? “And he [the angel] said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. [...]
John Wycliffe Among the forerunners of the Reformation, John Wycliffe deserves especially to be mentioned. He was born in the year 1324. He became a member of the University of Oxford, where he afterward was employed as teacher. In the last years of his life he became pastor of the church in Lutterworth. He was [...]
1. What are we admonished to overcome? “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good,” Romans 12:21. 2. What makes it possible for one to overcome the world? “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world,” [...]
1. Is the destruction of the two Japanese cities, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, the first record we have of big cities being destroyed by fire and brimstone? “Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; and He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all [...]
1. What did Jesus say of the conditions that would prevail on the earth after His ascension? “And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet,” Matthew 24:6. 2. What did He say further [...]
1. What did John see in vision? “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy,” Revelation 13:1. 2. What was the descriptive characteristic of [...]
1. What did Jesus say concerning the divine power that He was going to send for His followers, and how long was it to remain with them? “And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever,” John 14:16. 2. Who would send this Comforter, [...]
1. What is the special message of the gospel that goes to the whole world just before the coming of the Lord? “And the Third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, if any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same [...]
1. What two great events mark the beginning of the one thousand years of restitution? “And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you; Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world [...]
The truth of the resurrection has been forcibly illustrated by the following incident: In the city of Hanover, Germany, is a grave known as “the open grave.” It is that of a woman, an infidel German princess, who died over one hundred years ago, and who, on her death-bed, gave orders that her grave should [...]