"The Lame's Bride,"

which is called upon to prepare herself for the approaching consummation—Rev. xvi. 15; xix. 7, 8. She must be "sanctified and cleansed in the laver of the water by the word,"—that she may be "holy and without blemish." Such a body must "edify itself in love "—Ephesians iv. 16—and meet every first day of the week to commemorate His death and resurrection; to show forth the praises of God, and make their united requests known to Him through Jesus the Christ, the High Priest of their profession; and must also proclaim to the children of men the word of the truth of the Gospel of the kingdom of God in the name of His Christ, for grace of salvation; and in doing this the duty and privilege of such an association is—

1.	To observe all things whatsoever Jesus hath commanded his Apostles to teach—Matt, xxviii. 20.
2.	To advance from the principles of the doctrine of the Christ, and go on unto perfection—Heb. vi. 1; pressing toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in the Christ Jesus—Phil. iii. 14; and so making itself ready for the festival of its union with the Lord—Rev. xix. 7, 8.
3.	To "earnestly contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints"—Jude 3; and to "make known" unto every man in every place "the manifold wisdom of God"—Ephes, iii. 10

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Such an Association "will be presented holy and unblamable and unreprovable in His sight if they abide in the faith grounded and settled; and be not moved away from the Hope of the Gospel which was preached (by the Apostles) to every creature under heaven"—Col. i. 22, 23; and "patiently continue in well doing" and so "seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility"—Rom. ii. 7.

For "Faith" is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things unseen. The just shall live by faith—Hab. ii. 4; Rom. i. 16, 17. Without faith it is impossible to please God—Heb. xi. 6.

Faith conies by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God—Rom. x. 17.

Faith works by love, and purifies the heart, Acts xv. 7; Gal. v. 6.

And "The Faith" is "the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus the Christ"—Acts viii. 12.