The threefold repetition of earth is a summons addressed to the entire earth to hear the word of the Lord. It is not a casual listening but a hearing marked by solemnity, order, and edification. This is especially required in sacred worship, for there is order in heaven.
The word to be heard is given in language meant to be understood, simple and easy to grasp. It forms a rich volume suited to both old and young, running through different dispensations. It is therefore to be taken up as Bible students take it up, searched prayerfully and critically and taken just as it reads, with inexhaustible light to reward such research. Heard in this way it leaves no room for mistake about truth, above all that six days are given to man for labor but the seventh day God has set apart for Himself as the true Sabbath of Jehovah, so that the question pressing upon all is, What is truth.
The threefold repetition of earth is a summons addressed to the entire earth to hear the word of the Lord. It is not a casual listening but a hearing marked by solemnity, order, and edification. This is especially required in sacred worship, for there is order in heaven.
The word to be heard is given in language meant to be understood, simple and easy to grasp. It forms a rich volume suited to both old and young, running through different dispensations. It is therefore to be taken up as Bible students take it up, searched prayerfully and critically and taken just as it reads, with inexhaustible light to reward such research. Heard in this way it leaves no room for mistake about truth, above all that six days are given to man for labor but the seventh day God has set apart for Himself as the true Sabbath of Jehovah, so that the question pressing upon all is, What is truth.