OUR
FAITH
AND
HOPE.
Sermon
One.
INTRODUCTORY.
Texr:
But
sanctify
the
Lord
God
in
your
hearts,
and
be
ready
always
to
give
an
answer
to
every
man
that
asketh
you
a
reason
of
the
hope
that
is
in
you
with
meekness
and
fear.
1
Pet.
3:15.
..
OUR
name,
Seventh-day
Adventists,
is
express-
ive
of
two
prominent
features
of
our
faith
and
hope.
As
Adventists,
we
are
looking
for
the
per-
sonal
appearing
and
reign
of
Jesus
Christ.
And
in
seeking
for
that
readiness
necessary
to
meet
our
soon-coming
Lord
with
joy,
we
have
been
led
to
the
observance
of
the
seventh
day
of
the
week
as
the
hallowed
rest-day
of
the
Creator.
These
distinguishing
features
of
our
religious
faith
are
unpopular.
“We
are
fully
aware
that
much
prejudice
exists
in
the
religious
world
against
many
of
our
opinions
of
Bible
truth.
This,
however,
exists
mainly
for
want
of
information
as
to
our
real
positions,
and,
probably,
in
some
degree
from
the
want
of
intelligence
and
piety
on
the
part
of
some
who
have
represented
our
views.
May
God
help
us
to
overcome
this
prejudice
by
a
clear
and
intelligent
defense
of
the
truth,
in
the
spirit
of
humility
and
love,
that
shall
melt
its
way
into
the
hearts
of
the
people.
The
text
suggests—
1.
A
preparation
of
heart
before
engaging
in
the
work
of
teaching
our
fellows.
“But
sanc.
tify
the
Lord
God
in
your
hearts.”
In
our
hearts
\