one kingdom and one King in the earth, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. May God bring it to pass in His own time and way.

III. Our Lord Jesus Christ came down from heaven, not only to demonstrate the truthfulness and righteousness of God, and to confirm the promises made unto the fathers, but also "that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy." The Gentiles had no promises. If salvation was to come to them, it must come as a matter of pure mercy. I do not deny that salvation is always a matter of pure mercy, but after a promise is made, its fulfilment is primarily a matter of simple righteousness. Therefore, a righteous God who had made promises to Israel was required by His own righteousness to fulfil them. But, since no promises had been made to the Gentiles, there was no such righteous requirement for God to save them, or even to offer salvation to them. In offering salvation to Gentiles, therefore, He acted in mercy; and the Gentiles have special reason to "glorify God for His mercy."

Promises are now made even to Gentiles. And our righteous Father will surely fulfil every one of them. "Whosoever will may come." "Him that cometh I will in no wise cast out." In the gospel is "the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith . . . even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Christ Jesus unto all and upon all them that believe; for there is no difference: for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by His grace

through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time His righteousness: that He might be just, and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus" (Rom. 1:17; 3: 22-26).

"Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift!"

William H. Ridgway, of Coatesville, Pa., author of the "Busy Men's Corner" in the Sunday School Times; teacher of the "Iron Rose" Bible Classes, presided at the Wednesday morning session and said in part: "Mr. Huston and I come from the greatest steel place in the whole United States, a place upon which the eyes of the Government are now fixed, for we make plates for the ships. We make steel at Coatesville, and the quality of our steel depends upon what we put into it. If we put nickel in our steel we have a tremendously strong product; and if we put vanadium in our steel, we have a still stronger product. The premillennial view of the Lord Jesus Christ is the vanadium which, when put into the Christian life, will make it strong to endure."

Mr. Ridgway introduced Dr. Herbert W. Bieber, of Tyrone, Pa., who conducted the opening exercises.

Commenting on Paul's triumphant testimony in First Corinthians 15:50-58, Dr. Herbert W. Bie

ber of Tyrone, Pa., said: "I should like to say here that we are told in this passage that the premillennial doctrine does not paralyze, it energizes." Reading further in First Thess. 4:13-18, Dr. Bieber commented upon the passage "wherefore comfort one another with these words" as follows: "That word comfort does not mean the saying of nice words; it means strength. There is nothing in these tempestuous days that gives me so much strength as the knowledge that I may hear the shout of the Lord at any moment."

Dr. Bieber introduced Dr. D. M. Stearns, asking him to lead in prayer. "Just a word before I lead you in prayer," said Dr. D. M. Stearns; "a brief comment upon a remark my brother made, that the doctrine of the coming of our Lord does not paralyze but energizes. I have seen it for forty years; and unless any of you brethren have been talking the coming of Christ for forty years, you can hardly tell what an inspiration it is to see what is going on here at this Conference. For thirty-eight years a pastor of a church and for several years an evangelist, it has been my inspiration, my life, to tell of the coming of Him who alone can make the earth a fit place to live in; to tell of Him who alone can bring peace on earth. And He will; and while we submit cheerfully to the powers that be, and do what we are asked to do, we look higher than men-we cease from men and look to Him alone who can do these things. The premillennial coming of Christ to set up His kingdom on earth really does energize,

and never paralyzes. For example, I have been a pastor in Germantown for twenty-five and a half years, previously in Scranton and in Boston, and in a little church of 250 people this is what I have seen within the last year or two. For many years that little company has given over $10,000 a year for missions; current expenses about $3000 or $4000. Two years ago they gave $17,000 to missions; last year they gave $25,000 to missions, and this year they have already given over $12,000 to missions. From a company of 250 people with no missionary committee, and no missionary organization! God does it all. Now, these are facts, dear friends, and if any of your churches are lacking in missionary zeal, there is only one reason why; they do not understand the coming of Jesus Christ. We are not here to win the world to Christ, it is not in the plan. We are here to get a bride for God's Son. We are here to get an Eve for the last Adam, and when the last Adam shall receive His Eve and the marriage of the Lamb shall take place, then He will come in His glory to set up His kingdom."

After Dr. Stearns led in prayer, Mr. Ridgway said:

"I am very sorry to have to announce that, owing to serious illness, Dr. Scofield has not been able to be with us. We will now be addressed by Dr. John MacInnis upon the topic, 'Where is Christ Now, and What is He doing?'

WHERE IS JESUS NOW, AND WHAT IS

HE DOING?

REV. JOHN M. MACINNIS, B.D., PH.D.

Pastor of South Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, N. Y.

"The day is in the morning" and after a good night's rest our minds are fresh and we can get down to a quiet, earnest study of one of the most important subjects before the church of God.

The topic we are asked to consider is, "Where is Jesus Now, and What is He Doing?" What I conceive to be the answer to that question is one of the greatest challenges before the church at the present time; and if our gathering together in this conference does not strengthen us to meet this challenge, our coming together has been in vain, for we must constantly hold in mind that a conference like this is not only a privilege, but also a tremendous responsibility. If the things that we specially profess to accept be true, there rests upon us the greatest responsibility resting upon any people in the world at the present time. This responsibility is indicated in a comprehensive answer to our question-"Where is Christ Now, and What is He Doing?"

On the authority of His own word, Jesus is