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ments, diversities of tongues. ' ' How different this teach- 

 ing of Paul from some of our modem denominational 

 papers. God hath set in the church, apostles, prophets, 

 teachers, preachers, evangelists, wonderworkers, mission 

 hospitals, leper asylums, schools and colleges. These 

 belong in the church, are part of its God appointed 

 equipment to carry out the greatest task in the world. 



I am frequently asked if I believe the church will 

 support such a work as I am trying to do in India, if it 

 will not have to be separated from the church in order 

 to grow and develop properly? I answer that all I 

 have done has been done at the express command of duly 

 constituted church authority, that the church at large 

 will support such a work for it believes that God hath 

 set in the church such things as we are trying to do for 

 His glory. 



I am told that the church should be inspirational, not 

 institutional, that it should inspire its members to go 

 and do outside the church what its present limitations 

 make inconvenient to be done inside. I believe the 

 church should be both inspirational and institutional, 

 should have to-day as wide a program as Jesus stated 

 and carried out and as the Apostle Paul laid down. 



There are a few fundamental facts that it is well to 

 keep in mind in a consideration of such matters as have 

 been treated of in this book. 



I. The first command God gave to man regarding the 

 earth is ''Replenish the earth, and subdue it." It is in 

 following out this command of God to subdue the earth, 

 to master it and make it serve mankind that man has 

 his opportunity to develop intellect, mind and will. 

 If man did not have this for his task, if he were like 

 the ravens, what would he be now? It is to him that 



