cross, despising
shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

--_Hebrews 12:1, 2_.

With freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not
entangled again in a yoke of bondage. Ye were running well; who did
hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? This persuasion came not
of him that calleth you. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

--_Galatians 5:1, 7-9_.

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THE CHRISTIAN TEMPLE

According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise
masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But
let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon. For other foundation
can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. But if
any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood,
hay, stubble; each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day
shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself
shall prove each man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work
shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward. If any
man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall
be saved; yet so as through fire.
--_I Corinthians 3:10-15_.

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are
fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, being
built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus
himself being the chief corner stone; in whom each several building,
fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom
ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

--_Ephesians 2:19-22_.

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[Illustration]
A GENERAL VIEW OF THE ACROPOLIS, ATHENS.

From a picture belonging to Smith College and used by the kind
permission of the Department of Greek Literature.

This hill, covered with a fortress and temple, was the most
pronounced object in ancient as in modern Athens. This is one of the
beautiful temples which Paul saw, from which he drew many
illustrations.
[End illustration]

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For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building.
--_I Corinthians 3:9_.

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelle