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by concerted action on the part of all, and the plans of the enemy to
disrupt and destroy were thwarted.
“God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches
of the saints.”
1 Corinthians 14:33
. He requires that order and system
be observed in the conduct of church affairs today no less than in
the days of old. He desires His work to be carried forward with
thoroughness and exactness so that He may place upon it the seal of
His approval. Christian is to be united with Christian, church with
church, the human instrumentality co-operating with the divine, every
agency subordinate to the Holy Spirit, and all combined in giving to
the world the good tidings of the grace of God.
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