than forty-four years minister of the Philadelphia Church; there are six other members on the Committee, all practically life-long members of the Church. Our aim has been to set forth the facts, rather than to furnish a successful literary production; and with that object in view, we submit what follows, with the sincere hope and faith that the first one hundred years' existence of The Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church has not been in vain, but has added and will continue to add to the material and spiritual welfare of humanity. Edwin F. Metcalfe, Chairman; Naomi Clubb, Secretary; Rev. Henry S. Clubb, Amy H. Cariss, Edmund B. Lord, George M. Wright, Esther H. King. THE COMMITTEE BIBLICAL TESTIMONY AND INSTRUCTION "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." -GEN. 1 CHAP. 29 vs. "But the flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof shall ye not eat."-GEN. 9 CHAP. 4 vs. "Be not among winebibbers, and riotous eaters of flesh."-PROV. 23 CHAP. 20 vs. “He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man.' 99 ISAIAH 66 CHAP. 3 vs. "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine." -ROMANS 14 CHAP. 21 vs. "And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, it is manna: for they wist not what it And Moses said unto them-This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat."-Exodus 16 CHAP. 15 vs. was. (6 Thou shalt not kill."-EXODUS 22 CHAP. 13 vs. DEUTERONOMY 5 CHAP. 17 vs. "And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague."-NUMBERS 11 CHAP. 33 vs. vi BIBLICAL TESTIMONY AND INSTRUCTION "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth."-PSALM 104, 14 vs. "And the cow and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox."-ISAIAH 11 CHAP. 7 vs. "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea."-ISAIAH 11 CHAP. 9 VS. "Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?"-1 COR. 9 CHAP. 7 vs. "Wherefore, if meat maketh my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend."-1 COR. 8 CHAP. 13 vs. |