COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO.
THE HOPE OF THE RACE.
Joy to the world, the Lord is come, let earth receive her King.
Let every heart prepare him room, and Heaven and Nature sing.
THE ROCK OF AGES.
Some great man of old once declared that words were the only things that live forever. If this is true of the words of men, how much more so is it of the Word of God, the affirmation, the promise, the pledge, of the great I am. Its foundations of adamant are anchored in eternal truth, against its base the angry assaults of bigotry and unbelief will be driven in vain. Its walls will stand four square when the ancient landmarks of dogma, formalism and ecclesiasticism lapse into ruin and decay. Though the earth and starry worlds wax old like a garment, the Word of God which represents his faithfulness and the Cross of Christ which represents his Love, will stand impregnable amid the wreck of worlds.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the Word of our God shall stand forever. Isaiah 40:8.