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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE What Is Of Great Value? ............................................. 3-5 The influence of a mother makes a big difference. The Advocate of Truth is the official organ of The Church of God (7th Day) with headquarters at Salem, West Virginia. It is published once a month on the fourth Monday of each month by The Church of God Publishing House, PO Box 328, Salem, West Virginia 26426. The magazine is mailed under the periodicals rate at the Post Office in Salem, West Virginia. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Your subscription is free. It is paid for by people who are concerned about the truth. Your contributions are sincerely appreciated. You may request this periodical by sending your mailing address to this address. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to: THE CHURCH OF GOD PUBLISHING HOUSE P.O. Box 328 Salem, WV 26426-0328 Telephone: 304-782-1411 Fax: 304-782-2248 E-Mail: cogsevday@aol.com Web site: www.churchofgod-7thday.org The Bread And The Wine ............................................ 5-7 An explanation of the significance of these emblems. "Watchman, What Of The Night?" ........................... 8-11 As servants of the Lord, may we be ever faithful. What Does God Require Of Us? ............................... 11-13 Obedience to the Lord is of utmost importance. The Signs Of The Times .......................................... 14-15 In the time of the end knowledge shall be increased. Questions And Answers ........................................... 16-17 How can Christians be sure that Christ ascended from the Mount of Olives? The Church Around The World ............................... 18-19 This month we look at Colombia. The Childrens's Pages ............................................. 20-23 Sabbath School Lessons A Story - "Do You Really Love Mother?" Games and Puzzles Del DeLong David DeLong Bond Tennant.....................Editorial Staff Gary Mills .................... Managing Editor Ludina Mills.......Children’s Page Editor Volume LX III Number 11 May 26, 2014 The Advocate of Truth USPS 542-940
What is of Great Value? Colombia A Mother’s Influence Numerous factors are involved in the shaping of a person’s life. I readily admit that my wife has had much to do with this, but I must also give another person credit. I had a godly mother--a mother who was a good example of putting God first in her life. Mother was always present in prayer meetings, Sabbath School and worship services. This example is of inestimable value and the pattern of the life of a child of God I must attribute to my mother. Having done this, I am ready to acknowledge my wife’s part and the influence of many other people as well. Of Ahaziah, that wicked king of Israel, it is said, "...his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly” (II Chronicles 22:3). Of another wicked king we read, “...he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD” (II Chronicles 21:6). In the lives of these two kings, we have the result of a mother’s influence and also a wife’s influence in shaping a man’s future. Men in the past who have exerted the greatest influence for good in the world had, as a rule, godly mothers. The mother of George Washington made a practice each morning of spending an hour in prayer, devotion and Bible reading before attempting to conduct morning worship with her family. The life of Abraham Lincoln was totally influenced by his mother. When he was nine years old, he stood over the bedside of his dying mother. She reached up her hands and embraced his face and whispered: “Abe, be somebody.” Then she instructed him to be always obedient and law-abiding. He promised his mother that he would never use alcohol or tobacco. She had observed the influence of these poisons upon other people. That promise was never broken. Had it not been for the life of Lincoln’s mother, probably nothing would have ever been heard of the man the world reveres today. Monuments to a Mother’s Influence The lives of John and Charles Wesley stand forth as monuments to a mother’s influence. Although the mother of eighteen children, Mrs. Wesley found time for daily prayer and Bible reading. She was the teacher of her children. The Encyclopedia Britannica, speaking of John Wesley, states “He was the fifteenth child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley …. His mother’s training laid the foundation of his character, and under her instruction the children made remarkable progress.” The great work accomplished by this man is well known that no further comment is necessary. His mother’s life was reproduced in the son. Charles, his brother, was the eighteenth child. He wrote, it is said, not less than 6,500 hymns. Many of them we still sing in church today. What a testimonial this is to the influence of a godly mother! The Apostle Paul gives the secret of the faith of the young man Timothy, the gospel minister; “When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also” (II Timothy 1:5). This unfeigned faith was transmitted from grandmother to mother and from mother to son. THE ADVOCATE OF TRUTH PAGE THREE
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