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THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

process of rapid fulfilment. Elijah the prophet has been sent to earth and he has committed to the Church that power and authority by which the vicarious service in behalf of the dead was inaugurated. Through his ministration the hearts of the fathers are turning toward the children, and the hearts of the children toward the fathers, and this in preparation for the approaching advent of our Lord, the Christ.[1]

  1. See Malachi 4:5, 6; also pages 82-86, and 122, this book.