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Lessons of the Sanctuary: Chapter 5. The Remnant, or the Rest

By J.B. Stoney


      "But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof", Isaiah 6: 13.

      My object in reading this verse is to show that God's right is secured. The tenth is His right. The tithe was the victor's right, and Abraham gave it to Melchisedec the priest of the most high God.

      But what I desire, before I enter on the subject of the remnant, is to occupy your attention with the sections of the truth, which are learned from the Lord in the midst of His own. I will enumerate those which I have brought forward, and I think you will see that they are incidental or concurrent. The first evening I spoke of the actuality of His presence. If you do not believe in the actuality of His presence, you allow that there was a greater thing in Israel than there is now; because then, there was a tabernacle with an apostle and a high priest, and a cloud of glory resting upon it, in the midst of the people. The presence of the Lord of glory is not known except by those gathered to His name. Secondly, We had the character of the company who enjoyed His presence; they command or obtain His presence: "Where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them". The youngest believer may enjoy it. Thirdly, The effect His company has on the individual, in his path here; so that after knowing the dignity of being a priest in the sanctuary, he would not tamper with the unholy things of the world. Though he would be in contact with them, he would be morally separate from them. The better he understood his dignity inside with the Lord, the more separate would he be in character and position here among men. That is plain enough. The fourth was, That God always had a chief interest on the earth, and that no one could be near the Lord - certainly no one could be associated with Him, enjoying Him in the midst of His own - without acquiring some sense, though he might not be very intelligent about it, that Christ loved the assembly; and not only that, but he knows that the Holy Spirit is here to testify of Christ, and that the assembly is the vessel through which the testimony is given. Nothing can cheer the heart more than the simple fact, that in this world where we are, there Christ's treasure is. If I look at "the field", the world, I see His treasure is hid in the field. I see that in the midst of all the confusion, misrule, and every kind of extravagance of thought and action, Christ has His treasure on the earth. It is not in heaven, it is on the earth - a wonderful fact. Now I come to a subject of peculiar interest. I am sensible how little I can present it, though I trust I understand it. It is, that seeing His interest is here, there will always be those who "call on the Lord out of a pure heart"; that is commonly called a remnant, though I do not like the word, because it generally gives an incorrect idea.

      The word in Scripture translated "the rest" in some places, is translated "remnant" in other places. In the Acts of the Apostles, and in the address to Thyatira, it is translated "the rest", and this gives me more the idea of what I understand by "the remnant". If you bear in mind that the Lord has a chief interest here, and if you look around and see what a state of confusion everything is in, how broken up everything is, how failing the testimony is, what have you to do? Plainly the answer is, To be faithful to His interest. Be of the "rest", or remnant. There are three great marks always of the remnant.

      The first is, That while the Lord's chief interest is your chief interest, you are sensible that the church has fallen; therefore there is no effort at being conspicuous, no effort to set up anything, as if we had not lost our first estate. Now, if you look around you and follow the history of the church, you will find that there is no true apprehension of Christ's interest. What is the Reformed Church but an effort to reconstruct? God never restores a thing that is fallen; He continues a remnant to set forth and maintain His own interest. Therefore, the first thing is, that you maintain His interest, while you own the failure in testimony. You do not assume to be anything, which is the second mark; a poor and afflicted people that trust in the Lord. You are very sensible of the reproach that is on the church. When a man is sensible of the reproach that is on his family, he knows he cannot reverse it by assuming that it does not exist. One should say, I am not insensible to the reproach that is on my family, but I am determined not to add to that reproach; on the contrary, my great purpose is to show that my life is an unvarying contradiction of the reproach that is on my family. We have lost our title to be credited by the world, we present no appearance to men; "as a teil tree, or an oak, when they cast their leaves", but "whose substance is in them". The Lord is with us.

      And the third mark is I am more devoted in serving than ever. Devotedness to God is demonstrated by the zeal with which I serve His people. Next, we have two classes of enemies to contend with: one which works for reconstruction; and the other, who say, Oh, it is no use; a fox will break it all down; the corporate thing is over.

      Well, in a sense, I respect those who try to reconstruct, though I know they will find the attempt a failure. But to the others, all I say is, Your despondence as to the Lord's chief interest is only a reflection of your own state. There never was a disordered mind yet that did not think everyone was as disordered as himself. All over! It is all over with those who say so. How could it be over? The same power is here that ever was here; the same love for the assembly exists as ever: what you want is faithfulness in the vessel. "In it shall be a tenth". Be you a true remnant. You are not to try to reform the church; you are not to begin anew, though you are to start from the beginning. You cannot disconnect yourself from the old family, the church; you must bear all the reproaches on that family, you are not honest if you do not; but the Lord's chief interest is here. No dispensation closes without a manifestation of God's power as setting forth His heart in connection with His chief interest at the time, though there is little to indicate it outwardly.

      You can be according to His pleasure; not a faded fraction; but the divine quality at the beginning comes out in great distinctness. It is like the lighting up before death, it comes out more intensely in contrast to the surrounding declension. There are the two things which you must bear in mind in connection with the remnant; one, that you are a living contradiction of the reproach on the church; the other, that you most earnestly set forth the mind of God as expressed at the beginning. I may give you one example here, though out of place, which will explain what I mean. The widow, who gave her two mites for the restoration of the temple, was nothing pretentious in the sight of men, but she was most pleasing in the sight of the Lord. She gave all she had. She even surpassed Solomon!

      That is the right trait of the remnant. I believe it was a beautiful sight to our Lord as He went out of the temple. The rich men were casting in of their abundance, but this poor widow cast in all that she had. For what? For God's chief interest, though we know the hopeless state of the temple then. I say she surpassed Solomon; Solomon out of his great riches built the house, but here is a poor widow who gave all the living that she had, for maintaining it. Thus the end is morally greater than the beginning. There will be some to stand forth and maintain what is due to God on the earth, at the sacrifice of everything. God grant that every heart here may be in true fidelity to His interest. The first scripture I turn to is Genesis 48: 1-7.

      "And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. "And Jacob said unto Joseph, God almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

      "And now thy two sons Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

      "And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem".

      Now here, beloved friends, there is a sample of one at the close. This was the end of the Abrahamic period, and the great feature of the testimony at that time was to be a stranger in the land, with no possession.

      If I look at Jacob, in another day, as at the end of chapter 33, I get his failure; many fall into it now. There Jacob had an altar; he called it El-elohe Israel, but he gave up the testimony. The testimony was that he should be a stranger and a pilgrim in the land, but he bought a parcel of a field. He did not give up the true ground - as you will find many say in this day - but he gave up the testimony, which was no possession save a burying place. Now in chapter 48 we come to the close of the Abrahamic period, and we find Jacob, as recorded in Hebrews, "leaning upon the top of his staff": nothing imposing to look at; feebleness itself; dying. All his pristine vigour, all that marked him as a man of great activity, gone; but he is worshipping God, and he is blessing the sons of Joseph - a beautiful combination! He is interested about the Lord's concerns on the earth, but as for himself, he has no link to it; a veritable pilgrim. He says, Rachel died, and I buried her at Ephrath. I have not a single link to this scene. Never was a man so thoroughly dissociated in heart and spirit from the earth, as he was at that moment. Thus he portrays the three marks of those who stand for the Lord in a day of ruin. He is in Egypt, the place of reproach. There is no effort to conceal his own feebleness; he is worshipping God, a thorough pilgrim; and blessing the sons of Joseph; devoted to God and His people. Another example is in 1 Samuel 7. I turn to these in the hope that you may study for yourselves, and others may occur to you.

      This is a particularly interesting one, because it is at the close of the period of the Judges, which is, in a way, the type of our present period. In the times of the judges there was no king, and God personally was the One to rule; in that way typical of the place of the Holy Spirit at this present time. They were in a peculiar embarrassment from the Philistines; very like the way the true are hindered by the professing in the church now. They were in the land; they were in the right place; but the Philistines had so overwhelmed them that they were actually prisoners in their own houses. They had even to go to the Philistines to sharpen their tools. In the land, but not allowed to enjoy it. The Philistines were a people who had come up from Egypt; you get their origin in Genesis 10. The condition is lamentable. What does Samuel propose? Samuel closes this period; and it is remarkable that he came in by prayer, he was given in answer to prayer. Read verse 3, "And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines". There was no disguising the state they were in still they were to be delivered out of it. He does not tell them to make any demonstration; but he says,

      "I will pray for you". Then as we read in verse 6, "And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. "And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it. they were afraid of the Philistines.

      "And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt-offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him.

      "And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came unto Beth-car.

      "Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us".

      There you get a great manifestation of His favour. You might say, What are we to do in our present confusion? - the Philistines actually swamping and hindering everything even in the place of blessing - what are we to do?

      Two things must be insisted on and maintained: namely, separation, and dependence on God. Those were the two things here - separation and dependence - and God wrought a great victory. "The Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel; and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel". Samuel was the last of the judges. We see, then, that at the close of that period, there was a company who had really turned to the Lord; sensible indeed of their condition, because Ichabod was written on the nation. There was no denying their low estate, the family reproach. What could more give you the idea of humility than praying? The very attitude expresses need. They poured out water, the water is the line of separation; and they fasted. There was an entire abnegation of human resources, and they turned to God in absolute dependence on Him. Then God comes forth in His own power: He thundered. Thunder is a thing outside the compass of man. The wonder is that we do not pray more. You cannot pray without acceptance, and that is what the burnt-offering set forth. We are in acceptance: "Now is the accepted time". Here they are in very different circumstances from the days of Joshua; but still it was the same power. There is no passage fraught with more instruction for us than this. It is typical of the church period. And Samuel at the close of that period can record by a stone, typically Christ: "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us". One more example from the Old Testament: it will explain a good deal. I turn to Haggai.

      I am sure that every obstruction will be thrown in your way as you endeavour to stand for the Lord. The enemy begins to plot against you the moment you try to be released from indifference. That is always so. You see it in the case which we have just been looking at. "When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel". The moment you seek to progress, you may be sure the power of the enemy is at work to baffle you. Now this is very interesting in connection with the captives who had come up from Babylon in Ezra's time, and had gone through a great deal of suffering. They were sensible that everything was in a broken condition, yet they returned to Jerusalem. The walls were broken down, and the temple in ruins. Still they were so assured of the Lord's favour that they kept the feast of tabernacles before even they had a harvest. And this is an immense encouragement for us, and has encouraged many; for if they could overcome all obstruction, and could again be occupied with God's chief interest here, how much more should we who have the Holy Spirit! But hindrances were thrown in their way, and so successfully, that for fourteen years they ceased building. They were baffled; though they could say, We are come back to the right place. Now this is our danger. On the one hand, there is a danger lest, like Jacob, although you have returned to the right ground, and though you retain the truth, you disregard the testimony. I mean by that, the distinct special line of divine interest. In Haggai His interest was the house: "Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little, and when ye brought it home. I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house". It was not worldliness. They were seeking their own blessing, and not God's interest. Israel was entitled to earthly blessing, but they were not making God's chief interest their first interest. Those who have suffered a great deal in order to stand for the Lord, are in peculiar danger of being turned aside. There is not only the danger I have alluded to in Jacob; but that you will be so baffled and hindered by the opposers that you cease to be engrossed with God's chief interest. Then it happens to us, as to Israel: "I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste". God's interest is overlooked. The only true revival is in zeal for God's chief interest. "Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord. And they came and did the work in the house of the Lord, of hosts, their God". And further on, we read in chapter 2: 15:

      "And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord: since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. "I smote you with blasting, and with mildew, and with hail, in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.

      "Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider it. Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you".

      The great thing to maintain is that God's chief interest is ours. The danger is that one may have suffered a great deal to arrive at the true ground, and then fail to maintain what is God's chief interest on that ground; to be stranded there. How beautifully this course is pursued by our Lord! In John 2, when He comes into the temple - and that was not the temple built by Ezra, this had been thrown down; it was rebuilt by Herod, and took forty-six years to rebuild - He cleared it.

      I know nothing more affecting than that the Lord makes a scourge of small cords and drives them all out, saying to them that sold doves, "Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up". Nothing more touching. There were two classes in those days, as now - the Pharisees and publicans. The Pharisees tried to keep up appearances; the publicans trafficked on the ruin of the dispensation, they were the tax-gatherers. The Pharisee studies appearance in works and ways; the publican says, It is all ruin, but I may turn it to my account. Now turn to Luke 2 for an example of the remnant in our Lord's time - Simeon and Anna, who met the Lord when, for the first time, He was taken, an infant, into the temple.

      Simeon was waiting for the consolation of Israel. There was nothing pretentious about him; he was an old man, but his heart was set for the Lord. The man and the woman together make a full type; the man denotes the energy, the woman the condition. Simeon is looking for the salvation of Israel, and he, with the Saviour in his arms, can say to the Lord: "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation". As I have seen You, I can let everything else go. Anna, on the other hand, did not depart "from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day: and she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem". Look at their beautiful fidelity to God. Nothing in the eyes of men: an old man and an old woman. Anna was over eighty years of age; see her activity. She is not imposing or conspicuous, but the Lord's chief interest was her chief interest, and she sedulously sought the welfare of His people. Now let us look at our responsibility. The word Isaiah 17: 6, may give you an idea of it.

      "Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord GOD of Israel". They were only four or five, but they were all good fruit. Again, Psalm 72: 16; "There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth". One more, to which I have alluded, Zephaniah 3: 12, "I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord". The responsibility of the remnant of our day is indicated by the scriptures which I have read. I turn to 2 Timothy 4: 16-18:

      "At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. "Notwithstanding, the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

      "And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen".

      I have read this, because Paul who had been the chief servant of God connected with the assembly, is made to feel and be a true remnant; to be only a unit - actually reduced to one. And it is after he was forsaken by all the saints, that he writes this epistle. How blessed his experience: "The Lord stood by me and strengthened me!" He would not give in. The saints all forsook him. It was different with Stephen, he was the remnant of the people and the Jews forsook him; here, the saints forsook Paul: it is beautiful to see how he prays for them. After this it is, he writes to Timothy, Do not you give in. All in Asia have turned away from me; we are in a poor state, but you are not to give in. God is faithful; and He has not given us the spirit of fear - cowardice - but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Go on. Do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner. And what you have heard of me, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose; let there be no dilution whatever. "Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned". 2 Timothy divides itself into two parts: the one relating to the ordinary state of things, the other, the last two chapters, to the extraordinary. We are in the extraordinary - the difficult times of the last days.

      The gross enormities of heathendom, described in Romans 1, are not found here; but there is worse - subtle wickedness. Is he discouraged? Not at all. As someone has remarked, he never showed more courage. Instead of saying, it is all over, as some now say, he says, on the contrary, "Continue". "Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned". Would you not like to stand for your Lord, although you were alone? The master builder of the church stood alone, but he could say, The Lord delivered me, and

      "That by me the preaching" [or the proclamation] "might be fully known". In Romans 16: 25 you get the same word:

      "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ". Does not the heart delight in a man like that? That man does not say, It is all over. He says, "The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me". Nothing in Paul for the human eye; a poor prisoner standing before the Roman tribunal. But the Lord stood with him and strengthened him, that all the Gentiles should hear. Thus he was a fit vessel to encourage and charge Timothy: "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine". "Watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry". It is a beautiful close. He was devoted to God, and he served others, though reduced to a unit in a prison at Rome. There is one example more that I will turn to, John 21, 22:

      "Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me". It went abroad from this that John should not die; and it was held, I think, as far as the first century, that he was still alive. There is something specially interesting in this passage. It has been accepted generally, that when the Book of Revelation was given to John, everything was ready for the Lord to come; there was no more what we call development to take place. And it is a significant fact that John, so attached to the Lord - the beloved disciple - should be the one who should "tarry till I come". He does not say that John would tarry, but of the servant to whom He had made known the state of things which would be at His coming, of him He could say, "If I will that he tarry till I come". Beloved friends, He will have a John when He comes. He will have a Bethany - a spot where His worth is known. You say, John is dead. Yes; but the love John had for the Lord is not dead; and I say, the love of a John will be here to receive Him when He comes back. Does that love characterise you? What illustration shall I give you? I have heard of an officer in the army who carried the colours - generally it is a junior officer who does this; as long as the colours are preserved, the honour of the corps is preserved - finding himself surrounded by enemies, he tore the colours from the standard and thrusting them into his breast, said, You must take me before you take the colours. That is the man for this day - a man who will not give up the colours. The colours are God's chief interest at the present time. Look at the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3. John tells you the history of things on the earth, and shows there is no hope but for those in Philadelphia, to whom the Lord, as it were, says, If you have My character, you shall have My power.

      "He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath the key of David". Character and power always go together. You may be sure you never have power without character. I do not mean what the world calls character, but I mean separation to God, "holy" and "true". Then we are like a beautiful streak of light passing through all the dark shadows, and coming out at the close in readiness for the Lord. Read Revelation 22: 17: "The Spirit and the bride say, Come". There is John again. His love is there. "The Spirit and the bride say, Come". Characteristically true of every believer; what characterises all the saints, their calling; you cannot leave out any. The bride is looking for Him, and attentive to all that concerns Him. All that concerns Him is of deepest interest to her. Love delights in the pleasure of its Object. If you love Me, feed My sheep; shepherd My sheep; feed My lambs. She is suited to Him, not scrambling to get ready; but she earnestly labours that everything may be according to His pleasure when He does come. She knows what will suit Him. If I were not in circumstances fitted for His coming, I could not say, Come. I would not ask an ordinary friend to come if I were not ready to receive him, how much less the Lord. The greater the friend, the more I would like to have everything in order to receive him. May we be "like unto men that wait for their Lord"; not merely talking about it. You say you will be prepared in a moment. No doubt, but if you are saying Come, you are ready for Him now. Well, there is immense encouragement for us. If we are thoroughly devoted to the Lord, we shall have wonderful power to rally others.

      We are privileged beyond all the servants of God, in any previous dispensation: we are members one of another; so that if one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. We have power to help one other, beyond what was ever known before Pentecost. If I am in concert with my Lord, I am a blessing to others. I see the ruin, but I am not a solitaire; I do all I can to serve my fellows. I maintain the truth to the end, and "with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart". The thing I am longing for is the knowledge of His present mind. I want to know Him as He is this minute. If a wife is away from her husband, will a letter from him six months ago content her? No; she wants to hear from him today. The Lord gathers us around Him in the sanctuary that we may learn Himself, His present mind. Can you say, beloved friends, I had an interview with the Lord this day? He brought me to His banqueting house, and I sat down under His shadow with great delight? Or can you only say, He bore me through a great sorrow this day? That is manna - sustaining me in my circumstances; and we cannot do without this. The other is the old corn of the land; the knowledge of association with Himself where He is. "In spirit there already" He succours me in my circumstances, bears me over the trials and difficulties and sorrow, in order that I may keep company with Him in His circumstances. But what I press is, as Paul said, "That I may know him", Philippians 3, that is, as He now is. My heart longs to be beside Him, that I may be in His confidence. In Ephesians nothing is said about His coming, because you are there in His company - in the heavenly places.

      Philippians is the experience down here of the heavenly people, and consequently they look for Him to come from that place, where in spirit they already are. One word more. To Philadelphia He says,

      "I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown". A crown is supreme, it completes. It is the top. The top shoot always goes first in a frost; and if the top shoot goes, the tree cannot grow. Satan always aims at the top shoot, the best; he knows very well that you cannot grow if you give up that. If your top shoot is gone, your advance is checked; there is no progress. It is a beautiful word to Philadelphia. Mark the language. "I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown". As much as to say, When I come, I will have those who have their crown safe. That is the true remnant. The Lord give us grace, beloved friends, really to be found here - instead of seeking our own advantage in this poor world - faithful to His interest, maintaining it at all cost, as true to His heart as in the brightest day.

      As it is for the Lord, for His chief interest, we have the satisfaction, the encouragement, the delight of heart that He Himself will be with us.

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See Also:
   Chapter 1. The Lord's Presence and Its Characteristics
   Chapter 2. The Holy Priesthood
   Chapter 3. The Levite or the Man of God
   Chapter 4. Christ's Chief Interest
   Chapter 5. The Remnant, or the Rest
   Chapter 6. The Truth as a Whole
   Chapter 7. Service

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