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THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

The Bible is the word of God, the everlasting Truth. It contains the account of creation, man's disobedience to God, and the agony which came upon man because of sin. It also tells us of God's love for man in making a plan to redeem him. It tells of a Saviour who was born, who died for man's sin, and was raised from death for his justification.Whosoever believes its message may have forgiveness of sins, peace of mind,love for all men, power over sin, and a living hope of eternal life. SALVATION IS GOD'S FREE GIFT TO MAN. GOD'S WONDERFUL CREATION Long, long ago there was no world at all. But God has always been. God, the creator, is everywhere, is almighty, and all wise. By His spoken word all things were created in perfection. God said,"Let the dry land appear," and it was so.He created the hills and valleys covered with grass, beautiful flowers, and trees of every kind. He created the fowl, and the birds which sing so many different songs. God crea

OPEN-AIR PREACHING Charles Spurgeon

THERE ARE some customs for which nothing can be pleaded, except that they are very old. In such cases antiquity is of no more value than the rust upon a counterfeit coin. It is, however, a happy circumstance when the usage of ages can be pleaded for a really good and Scriptural practice, for it invests it with a halo of reverence. Now, it can be argued, with small fear of refutation, that openair preaching is as old as preaching itself. We are at full liberty to believe that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, when he prophesied, asked for no better pulpit than the hillside, and that Noah, as a preacher of righteousness, was willing to reason with his contemporaries in the shipyard wherein his marvelous ark was builded. Certainly, Moses and Joshua found their most convenient place for addressing vast assemblies beneath the unpillared arch of heaven. Samuel closed a sermon in the field of Gilgal amid thunder and rain, by which the Lord rebuked the people and drove them to their knees. Elijah