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I rebuke and chasten— " ‘My son, despise notthou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint whenthou art rebuked of Him; for whom the Lordloveth He chasteneth.'-Prov. 3:11, 12; Heb. 12:5-8."— Z.'96-44; Job 5:17; Jas. 1:12.Be zealous, therefore, and repent.— "Thelawyer who makes legality his test instead ofJustice; the merchant who is satisfied simply toconform to the code of his trade, whose excusefor any dishonesty is, ‘They all do it'; the‘gentleman' or ‘lady' who puts good form andmanners in the place of sincerity and kindlinessof heart, and politeness in place of courtesy— allare alike animated by the ecclesiasticalconscience. It was this ecclesiastical mind andthis ecclesiastical conscience which crucifiedJesus Christ. (Rt. Rev. Chas. D. Williams,Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Michigan.)"—Z.'15-339.Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door.— Some of theScriptures, which, when understood in theirconnections and significance, prove that theLord's Second Advent occurred in the tall of1874 are as follows: "Speak ye comfortablyFM69to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare isaccomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; forshe hath received of the Lord's hand double forall her sins." (Isa. 40:2; B227.) "And first I willrecompense their iniquity and their sin double."(Jer. 16:18; B218.) "Turn you to the strong hold,ye prisoners of hope: even today do I declarethat I will render double unto thee." (Zech. 9:12;B224.) "The fourteenth day of the secondmonth, at even, they shall keep it." (Num. 9:11;Z.'98-68.) "And when her days to be deliveredwere fulfilled, behold, there were twins." (Gen.25:24; Z.'94-63.) "And when he was full fortyyears old, it came into his heart to visit hisbrethren. And when forty years were expired,there appeared to him in the wilderness of MountSinai an angel of the Lord." "Wonders and signsin the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in