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The One True Zion

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 8, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 26.

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The One True Zion

By Editor

THE clerk of a Baptist Church in this State closes as follows the report of the ordination of a young man who is to be a missionary: "It is a source of joy to this Zion that from our ranks go forth this noble young man and his devoted wife as missionaries," etc. This leads us to inquire how many Zions there are, and where they are located. The Bible recognizes but one. The psalmist, in describing the coming of Christ to Judgment, says: "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined." Ps. 50:2. But we take it that our friend had no reference to this one, true Zion. The use of the terms "this Zion," and "our Zion," with reference to a local church or a sect, is an illustration of the frequency with which religious people use words without any idea of their meaning.