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Such a servant came at that very time, as weshall see.— 2. Thess, 2:8; Heb. 4:12. 2:17He that hath an ear, let him hear what theSpirit saith unto the churches.— Not manyhave had the "hearing ear." "There's just onehere, one there."To him that overcometh will I give [to eat] ofthe hidden manna.— "Manna was the breadwhich came down from heaven as a life-sustainerfor Israel. It represented the living bread, ChristHimself. One peculiarity of the golden pot ofmanna ‘hidden' in the Tabernacle, marking it asthe same and yet different from that supplied tothe Israelites in general, was that it wasincorruptible; bence it well illustrates theimmortal, incorruptible condition promised tothe Church."— T.122; Ex. 16:33, 34; Heb. 9:4;John 6:49. 50.And [will give him] a white stone.— "Inancient times the Greeks and the Romans had acustom of noting and perpetuating friendship bymeans of a white stone. This stone was dividedinto halves, and each person inscribed his nameon the flat surface, after which the parts of thestone were exchange. The production of eitherhalf was sufficient to insure friendly aid. Thusthe divided stone became a mark ofidentification. There is an individual andpersonal relationship between the Lord and theovercomers, who may be said to receive themark of identification— the antitypical whitestone— now, in this life. This mark is the sealingof the Holy spirit"— Z.'12-315.FM37And in the stone a new name written, whichno man knoweth saving he that receiveth It.—The new name signifies a new relationship toJehovah.— Gen. 17:5. 15; 32:28. 2:18And [unto] BY the angel.— The messenger tothe fourth epoch of the Church was Peter Waldo."Peter, an opulent merchant of Lyons, surnamedValdensis, or Valdisius, from Vaux, or Waldum,a town in the marquisate of Lyons, beingextremely zealous for the advancement of true