SECTION D: THE KINGDOM

Hymn No. 55

The Church of God

Origin: DSDA Kenya Division

Rod Quotation: TN5: 50.4

Tune: SDAH 348

♦-1-♦
The church of God gives present truth, meat in season due,
Without her energy, life on earth would fade away,
As quickly as it would, if the sun and moon withdrew,
Thus only for her sake does the world still stand today.

♦-2-♦
The object upon which God bestows supreme regard,
Must first be saved from her Laodicean lethargy,
He often chastens her when the law she fails to guard,
To maintain the high standard with divine energy.

♦-3-♦
The church’s name expresses the truths she advocates:
Second advent of Jesus and keeping of the law,
Restoration of the Kingdom that she vindicates,
A name befitting her present work on earth below.

♦-4-♦
The house of David is the only true church of God,
Bearing permanent healing, and life that springs with youth,
Endowed with pow’r from God’s throne, such message in the Rod,
No taste of death to all those who accept present Truth.

TN5: 50.4; Series page: SRS: 235
Having affected the stars, the moon, and the sun, a symbolization of an entire solar system, upon which life depends for its existence, the action disclosed in these verses shows that these heavenly objects represent something without which all earthly life would cease to exist. Without dispute, they must therefore, in this setting, depict the church of God — the light and life of the world. Thus, transparently clear is the twofold lesson that only for the sake of the church does the world today stand, and that without its light and vitalizing energy, life upon earth would become extinct as quickly as it would if the sun and the moon should withdraw their influence from the earth.

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