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HOOKS AND MOKAL STANDARDS Thc late Jimmy Wdker, playhov mayor I I ~New York dtiring tlie roaririg twcnties, imce deliverid himself of a quip that was widely quoted as lleilig the distilled E S S P I I C ~ of siirrietl~ii~g or iithw and w:is ni~f~irti~nntelv ;icccpted :IS g0spi.1 trntli 1~~ thosi, ivlio wiintiyl to Iiclii~vcit. 1 liavc> nevcr heard. said liltlulv, 11f ~ I I I ~ I I ~wlto I \vi~sruined by n book. Tliix%profiir~tid words \ \ e r r tossed d S , as near as wc cnn at the moinivt r e n i ~ ~ t n dnriiig h ~ ~ , a11 oficial inliterature hl~ quiry irlto tlic i+Frct of cirtaill q n ~ ~ s t i m ~ a upon the morals of thc reading public. Now, we can offrr 110 priiiif that hir. Wnlker had o w r heard of anyorir who had been riiined hy a book, bnt that could on])- mean that tlic gentlemans knou,I1:dgc on the suhjrct was vastly sinall or that his idea of wliat it ineaiis to be rttil~ed was not the s:nno as tliat of the more conscientious pi:rsiins within otlr piipiilation who still fcel Iiothi~rrdaliout thc 1,Kect of bad reading upiirr the collcctivr public mind. JVl1.1tever thc explanation, hir. Walkers implication that no one 11x1 ever been ruined by a bad Iioiik is one hundred per cent false. The facts are against it. History will show that had books have ruined not only individuals bnt w h l e nations as wrll. What the writings of Voltaire and I<OII. :IU did to France is too well known to need furt111~meiitiorr here. Again, it wiiuld not lie dilficnlt to cstahlish a Caitsc and eEect relationship b e t w i ~ ~tlie i r philosophy of Friedrich Nietzschc iind the bloody career of Adoiph IIitlc-r. Certainly tlic doctrines of Kietzsclic appear~xlagain in the mouthings of der Fuhrer and soon lwcatno the official party line for the Nazi ~iriipag,inclists. And it is hardly conceivahle tliat llnssim Conimunis~ncotild Iiiive come into being apart from tlie writinxs of Karl hlarx. Tlie truth is that thonglits arc things :ind words are seeds. The pririted word niay lie uniioticed like a seed tlirougli the long wintcr, only to hnrst out when a faviirable time comes and produce m al~uiidantcrop in lxlief and practice. Xlaiiy \vl111 iiri today useful mcmbcrs of the Church \vere Iironglit to Christ by tlie reading of a hook. Thousands 11;ivi: witnessed to the piiwcr of the lowly gospel tract to cnpture the mind ;1111l focus the atteiitioii on God ;iiid salvatioii. lust wliat part evil literatitre has playid i n tho present moral brcakdomti throughout iiiir I;itid \ d l never be known till m e n are c:illed lorth to :ins\vir tn a holy God
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for their unholy deeds; but it must I I very ~ grcat indeed. For thotisands of young people the first doubt about God and the Bible came with thr reading of some evil hook. Ue must respect the power of ideas. And printid ideas are as powerful as spoken ones; they may 11avc :I longer fuse hut their explosive power is jiist as great. !\hat all this adds up to is tliut uc Christians x i . Ii~nindin all conscience to disconragc the reading of snliversive literature and to promotr as frilly as possitile the circulation of good books and magazines. Our Christiaii faith teaches us to cxpect to answer for every idle uwril; how much morc severely shall we he hcld ti] accoiint for every evil word, wlretlier printed or spoken. \Ve must SEC to it that we are never fiiunil on the side of a bad book nor on the other sidc! from a good one. Tnlcrance of noxious literaturi. is not a mark of intellcctiial size; it may be ii mark iif :I sccret sympathy for evil. Every book should stand or fall on its meriti altogetlicr apart from tlie reputation of its author. Thc fact that a nasty and suggestive hook was written by an accepted writer does not make it the less harmful. If it is Ixid it is bad, regardless 11f its origin. Christians should judge a hook by its pnrily. r i o t hy tho rrpntation of its author. The desire to appear broad-minded i s m e not casy to overcome, for it is rooted i n imr 1.go and i s simply a none-too-subtle form of pride. 111 tlie Inme of broadmindedness inany a Christian home has been opened to literatnre that sprang not from a broad mind lint from a mind little a1111dirty and pollitted with evil. IVi: rciluirc 0111 childrm to wipe their feet Iieforc i:nti:ring the house. llare we delnmd less of the literaturc that comes into our home?

MEETING OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY A meeting of the m e m l i i ~rif tlw C:ener;ll Society is hereby called to take place on Friday, May 16, 1952. at 3:OO p. in., in the Wcsloy hlc!morial Church, Atlanta. Georgia, in connection with tlie ineeting of the General (~iiuncilof Tlie Christian and Missionary Alliance, for the purpose of electing delegates to Coitncil by adopting the report of the Council Committee on Credentials, and ti, conduct such other h~isinessas may properly come before this body.

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Men may tire tltemselves in a labyrinth of search, and talk of God: but ifwe know H i m indeed it must be from the impressions we receioe of Him; and the softer o w hearts are the deeper and livelier those u i l l he ~ r p o i i tw. I f He has made us sensible of His justice by H i s TIproof; of Hiv piilicncc, li!/ H i s forlmirruicc; uf I r i s iiiiruy, by Iris forgiveness; of His holiness, by tlie sanctification uf our Iicarts tlirotrgli His Spirit, i c e / I [ I I P n grouridixl knowledge of God. This is experience, that specdatioii; this enjoyment, that report. I n ,sliort, this i s undoiialde ccidcnce with tlie reolitics uf rcligion.~TvrLLra\r FKSS.
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SpiritHal jM etamrphusis
By REV. D. J. KENYON* T I I E American Associatioil for the Advancemeiit of Science recently honored a young biologist. Carroll Milliams, for his excellent research iti the field of insect metamorphosis. Siinie yeiirs ago this man set out, armrd onl\- with a theory, to discowr what niiraclc [if nature produced thc c11;ingi:s wliich transform a caterpillar into a Iintterfly. The results of his research Iia\.e shown 11s in thr physical realin smnetliiiig which the Holv Spirit taught inen iii the spiritnil realin over 2.000 yrars i i g ~ ~Ilo . not inisniiderstaiid thr intent of the analogy. The nse (if this data does not indicate that science has latrly apprchcnded illforinntion taiight 2,000 vcars ago by h the .&pcistlcPaul; only thnt r i spiritlid priticiple of metainorphnsis w a s taught scriptimlly Iiefore scirnce taught n s the physical canses for such a change. By dividing a number of silkworins iiito segments and observing which of these segments continued metamorphosis and which did not, two areas \\,?re located. Both of these areas, ciue in the brain and m e i n the thorax, produced hiirinoiies. The most signi6caiit disco\-cry was that ncitlicr of these centers could start metamorphosis without the other. They were intcr,dependciit. .4s they came tiigcther tlicy cansrd motaniorphusis. Tlie niost startling discovery was that the brain liormoiie w n s incnpahlr of causiiig any change whatevrr Init set off a reaction i n the thorax hormone c r i i t ( ~ . Tlie actioii of thr thorax in tiirii sent a fluid t h r o q l i tlie liody of the cati.rpillar which cansrd the changes to take place. Tlii: spiribial process of red~~i111tioil is disciissid i l l S F ~ O I IC~iriiiCI tliians ( ; 3 : l 8 ) . Paul tells u s that the Holy Spirit i s the diviiie a g m t \\h
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effects spiritual transform aiori t in causing us to be changed (metumorphorimetlia) into the image of Christ as w e look upon Him. This beholding as in a glass the glory of tlic I.ord is not a function of thc physical eyes. Paul explains in First Coriiitliiaiis (2:9, 10) that this is a spiritunl fniictioii-the operation of the IIoly Spirit who indwclls tlie spirihial inui. The absolute sunrce nf iliviiic rovelation is tlie Word of God, divine troth. Truth is nnderstood and apprehended by spiritnal ineii b i ~ c a i i s rthcy have, in a semi>, the miird of Christ (1 Cur. 2:16). 111 niaki~ig w e of the pi-inciple (if spiritnal transformation (drawing :in analogy with tlie aliovediscussed principle uncovered by scieiitific research), is not divine trntli as it is conilxehcndcd by the spiritnal iiiind tlie brain I i o r m m ~ whicli releases the spiritual power capable of inducing the changes which are constantly cansing the iiiward innu to metamorphosc , from glory to glory? Not forcing the point hut simply making further iisc of the a n a l o q , the thorax, which cornpares spiritually to tlie area of onr vital orgaus, the life and hreatli of the spiritiial man, necxls tlic injection of divinr truth. Thus truth and response (faith in tlie written \Vord) are mutnnlly capable of producing the actions, a transferring of divine graci, wliich cause 1 1 s to mature in Christ. In Koinaus (12:2) P a d says, 110 not let tlic world be the moulder of yonr condnct, bnt be transformed (metn-morphousthe) by the r e n e u ing uf your mind. The only possible sourc~e for thc renewing of the spiritiial triiiid is tlic Worcl of God.

PRAY
fov tlie General Council Atlnnta, Geovgia firall 15-20, 1952

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Jesus prayed: Sanctify them throngh thy trtdli; thy word is truth. A man is iiicapahle of inatnring in Christ apart froin a spiritual comprehcnsiiin of Christ in thc Word of God. Slay it bc suggested again that brain li~irinonc alone cauiiot caiisr m~:tarnorpIiosis?hIenta1 giwins rnay priiiluce iritclligcnt ciinnnrnts on the \Vord of God, lint it can ncver prndncc saints of God. Mav it be fnrtlirr siiggrstrd that thoracic hori n m e alone canniit CRIISC metamorphosis? Unbridled cmotionalisin has evrr been tlie sonrcr of heresy and cultism. A proper balance of truth, with a cotnmcnsurat~ response in the hcart of man, has always hern tlic ciimhinatioii which issties in matnre saintlinod. The miist dramatic spiritual lesson to l i e derived frnm a n analogy with Williams rxpcrimrnt swms to b e the aiiswer to the problem of a sterile churcli. iVilli~iins scvrrcd thc tail from a silkworrn. He placcd brain tissue on tlie tail with no result. Nothing happrncd when he placed thoracic tissue on thr tail. But wlieir b o t h hormone producing tissues were iinplnnted in tlie tail, it matnreil. It siilxripently attracted a malc, w a s fertilizrd and laid eggs. Is it necessary to suggest tliat it has always required a proper halance nf truth as it is in Christ Jesiis with a full heart response to that truthwilliiigness to obey it-to make a pcrson productive, yea, reproductioc? h m i i n must confess the Lordship of C h i s t and bclieve wholly in IIis resnrrectioii to be saved ( R o m 10:9, 10). IIe must believe in the necessity of a yielded life he.fnre lie will ever be Spirit-filled. Hiinnst compreheiid the truth of a victorious commnnion wit11 the Lord before he fully enters into glorious spiritnal liberty. The IIoly Spirit transforms u s from glory to glorv as w e behold thc i m a q : (if Clirist i n tIw mirriir nf iIivini>~trittIi,
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Principalities and Powers, by Gordon Hupp. Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, Nashville, Tenn. 143 pages, $2.00. The author is tutor in Church History at Richmond College, Surrey, England. The subtitle of the book is, Studies in the Christian Conflict in History, m d it is further designated as a study of the age-old conflict of good and evil. The author says that the first Christians were exultingly confident in the presencc of evil. By principalities and powers the Hellenic world meant it vast hierarchy of angelic and demonic beings inhahiting the stars. From their thralldom men were delivered by tnnring from myth to history. MI. Rupp m:iintairrs that a p r t of our trouble, however, is that Wcstern man has lost faith in progress. To sec history as God sees it we should know that Christ on Calvary triumphed over principalities and powers. The Church needs to enter dark places with deeds of mercy, to establish Christian influence and sow good seed. Christians are to constantly contend with principalities and powers in their many guises. And, says the British author, this warfare includes the intricacies of responsible political and economic social action. Evangelical Arminianism is defined as the optimism of grace. Scveral pages are devoted to Christian and secular eschatology. The Iatter has been thc philosnphy of thc progress of civilization. Thc autlior maintains that Gods plan uf salvatioi~ is todrul, now, but eschatology has its place i n the total scheme, as the fulfilhnmt of the plan of salvation lies beyond history.-1. C . Muson. Principles of Personality Building for Chri.stiun Parents, by C. B. Eavey. Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Mich. 321 pages, $3.75. This is a Zondervan prize-winning hook by the former head of the department of education of Wheaton College.
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In its thirteen chapters the author presents the family as an institution and the matrix for the development of persnnality. Such matters as thc childs sense of secnrit)., development of a sciise of independence, the problems of authority, fear, anger, love. the feeling of inferiority, are considered. The author states that the childs Iiasic attitudes for life come ont of family environment and the Christian parent must be concerncd with three indispensables: the childs conversion, his Christian growth a d his consecration. The parent needs a philosophy of the meaning of childhood and respect fur the child as a person, also to see through the childs eyes. Parents need to be adjusted and poised. Fears, the problems of which have both values and hazards, anger, a sense of inferiority, and frustrations are discussed. The author gives as the criteria of riormality in personality: a sense of personal worth; a sense of security; ahility to face reality; understanding of self and others; objectivity; emotional maturity; emotional expression; adequate drive; adequate orientation and goals; good vocational relationships and attitudes; adaptability. The book closes with iin evangclistic application and appeal.-H. C . Mrrson. The A m n c e of Doorbells, by Eugene Dinsmore Dolloff. The Juclson Press, Philadelphia. 197 pages, $2.50. This book confirms everything mauy ministers find out for themselves-that persistent visitation pays big dividends. Those who are committed to this type of work will cnjoy it and will get new ideas on how to make their work more profitable. But those who should read it are those who are not convincctl as yet of its value. It will d o much to help them discover a realm with rich possibilities. The author was pastor for nineteen years of the Medford Baptist Church [if Boston and is now pastor of the First Baptist Chmch in New Berlfnrd. l l a s s . In each of these appointments Ire hils proven the reality of his prirgrnm. His approach to visitation is deepcr than jnst a social call. Prxtical ways uf helping the sick, instructing the children and reaching the onsaved arc part rrf its message. The closing chapter deals intelligently with such practical items as: How Can I Overcome the Hadio? and a passing remark about the advent of television that is far more of a problem than radio; Shall I call on People who are Unfriendly? What About Gossip? and What About Keeping Records? The hook would he a good investment as a gift from pew

ple who would like to see iiiore of their pastor in their homes.-T. E. Thompson.

Signs of t7ie Times, by lf. R. DeHaan. Zonderviin Publishing House, G r m d Hapids, hlich. 182 pages. $2.00. The authur conducts a d i n pmgrarn with wide coverage in the, IJnited States and Canada. This borih brings twcntyfour of those messages into print. 1 1 1 the main, they follow tlie Suofield Bible analysis of prophetic trends with applications to present-day conditions. Those who have listened to Dr. DeHaan will value them. Others will find much the same material as has appeared in the writings of A. C. Gaebclein, A. I. Brown, etc.-T. E. Tlzompson.

Books in Brief How to Make Chalk Talk, by Stella 0.

Barnett. Fleming H. Revell Company, Westwood, N. J. 95 pages, $1.73. Twenty-one simple stories by different authors with an advanced type pencil or crayon drawing to illustrate each. It is not a book of instruction. Material is helpful for those knowing the prirrciples of rapid freehand drawing.

52 Workable Youth Object Lessons, by

Clyde Foushee. Zonderran Publishing l h i s e . Grand R;ipids. hfich. 120 pages, $1.50. A series o f simple bnt effective object talks snitiilile for vacation Bible school, Junior seimniis or Junior youth grnnps.
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IT was John Milton who first made me acquainted with Samson. I had read the biography of this enigmatical judge many times; I had even dared preach about Samsonall before I read Milton and to my joyons amazement discovered that he was neither a mythical superman, like Beowulf, nor a mystical creature, like a seraph, but a man of like passions with myself. As I read Sanlson Agonistes I became aware of what I should have seen all the time: there was no temptation overtook Samsorr but such as is common to man; and God was faithful and did not allow him to be tempted above his strength; but when the temptation came, God provided the way of escape, so that Samson was able to bear it. I learued, too, from John Milton that Gods way out for Samson was the same as He provides for every man of God in every age: it was the way out for Jesus-through the Garden. The record (if Samson had been of keen intcrest to the poet from his youth; and toward the close of his life, like the Hebrew blind and defeated by political enemies on every hand yet still aspiring and undaunted, Milton set about to portray in dramatic poetry his interpretation of this Biblical account. To his task he brought all the powers of his entire lifetime of study, his reverence and respect for the inspiration of Gods Word, and a systematic understanding which had grown out of Sliltons lifelong coiiviction that he and Samson, completely opposite in many respects as they appear, were essentially men of like passions after all.
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Modeling his dramatic poem upon the lines of Greek tragedy, Milton begins his delineation of Samson with the Philistine feast of their god Dagon, a day of riotous celebration with slaves and royalty alike joining in. A mere lad, as Scripture shows with keen irony, has been sent to releasc Samson from his prison at Gaza in order that his enemies may make sport of his defeat. H e i s a spectacle of tragic woe, a man of God in the ruthless hands of his blasphemous enemies. At this lowest ebb of his life the memory of his calling arid utter failnre haunts his thoughts until his physical suffering is forgotten. In characteristic satanic disgnise, two equally fatal reactions come to further plague Samsons mind. As he thinks of what has passed he becomes convinced that in some strange manner throughout the whole experience he has been led of God. His actions, hc considers, were not capricious schoolboy tricks, but his sincere attempt to deliver his people and fulfill his divine commission. H e feels afresh how inexcusably wicked Israels governors have been in their policy towards Philistia, of peace at any price. Their peace oaths, however dishonorable for Gods people, were none the less legally binding and sacred. His first marriage, the episode of the foxes tails, the Halloween-like gate taking at Gaza, even the beginning of the fatal affair with Delilali-each one had been prompted by a divine urging to stir up the Philistines to break the wicked peace. But the fearful politicians of Israel kept reprimanding their God-sent deliverer and patching u p

the incidents, and Samson was kept at his wits end to discover new occasions to incite the enemy to break faith. Milton realized, of course, that Samsons methods in combating this threat to Israelite possession of Canaan were not nicc; but the situation was desperate, and Samson was forced to fight alone both against the Philistines and the worldlyminded leaders of Gods people. There was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own cyes; the future of the nation was at stake. And now, as the hero is being led a slave to the temple of Dagon, the temptation arises to allow the sincerity of his motives to cover lip the heinousness of the personal sin in which he had become involved in the pnrsuit of his justifiable aims. Furthermore, Samsons father, Manoah, appoars at this time and wakes another grief in Samsons heart. Like many would-be comforters, he casts donbt on the justice of Gods dealings: perhaps the Lord of Glory had erred in apparently rejecting the champion He had formerly called, or perhaps Samson was mistaken in his zeal. But through all these temptations God is aceomplishing the way of escape made just for Samson, and the sentimental tears of Manoah became prisins through which the hero begins to see clearly his true position before his God. A cry of contrition overflows from Samsons hcart and his Gethsemane is attained. Confessing unreservedly that he has brought, however innocently, all his woes upon himself, as well as having brought obloquy
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and dishonor to Cod in the face of Gods cncmies, he exprcsses an agony of soul horn of true repentance. Surpassing completely his physical siiffering, godly sorrow arises unstititcd from his frank contemplation of his sins. And where sin abounded, grace did more abound. Evcry hrro of faith has his Gethseinanc cxpcriencc, and the book of Hebrews calls Samson such a hero. It is the place where sinful self is seen, where death comes because of sin, where life hegins. After the Gethsemane of Jesus mperiential realization of what it must mean for His holy nature to hecome defiled by the cesspool of oiir sin and sickriess, Jesus said to his sleepy disciples, Rise up; let us go. There was work that must he done. Just so God spoke to Samson at Gaza, and Samson went. Henceforth we have recovery. Samson is now spiritually prepared to emerge victorious through Gods way of escape. His hair has begun to grow out. But Milton realized from his stndy of Samson that every inch of gromid given over to the enemy mnst be painfully retaken by faith. There is bleeding at Gethscmane, and the footprints away from the Garden are stained with blood. The first step in this repossession is provided by a visit from Delilah. She who is responsible for his present plight is now a heroine in all Philistia, the deliverer of her people. But she is also a wicked woman. The popular regard which she enjoys at his-expense has been delightful, but it has failed to satisfy a deeper, subtler longing in her breast. She must continue to demonstrate the fatal power of her charms; she must renew the sweet assurance of her still complete control. Confidently she approaches -but it is no longer her old lover whom she meets. This new Samson is unmoved by her specious speeches of sclf-justification, and, disarmed and astonished, she shows herself i n her true light as an utterly frivolous coquette. In desperation she evon offers to sue the Philistine lords for his release, and oue feels that she might accomplish even that, as long as Samson could continue in her cnstody and control. Samson, too, is surpriscd hy her visit, but surprised hv the unfeigncd anger which now natnrally arises in
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his mind. His spiritual eyes are at last open: he has finally achieved through Gods way of escape at the Gcthscmane of Gaza the divine piiwcr to rcsist all Delilahs attractions. Renouncing her as thc ntterly evil thing which she is, hc ruthlessly seiids hcr away, a maiiifcst serpent hy her stitis. His hair lias grown longer. Realizing that another enemy to he overcome by Samson is the fear aiid discouragement .which has been horn of his trials, Slilton invents the character of Harapha. This Philistine giant has iicver dared appear before a free Samson, but now h e comes hoastfrilly to tanntthe hlind captive. He regrets that he was not around in former days that he might have proved his snperiority over him.

zeal, and the tlionght occnrs as a strange forrhoding that through all these rrcent trials his hair lias grown lollg. The final scene is set. Samsois complete restoration \ u s not possible until he had known the agony of Getlisemaiio aiid had proved hiniself through the Spirit master of y former weakness. All this has r r r i w Iit.en iloilr. hlaiionli limrs tht, screams of dying nim as Dagons temple crurnbles; a ntessenger reports that his son is deadWith God not parting from him, as was feared, But fatmiring and assisting to the end.
L rt s m w three thousand yrars pass by: you are Samson at Gaza; I am Samson. There was no folly in Samson that is not comnion to man. His failures are our failures, and they shall he until we cry out froin the blindness of our Caza prisons:

Prayer of a Christian Ruler

I haoe been honored and obeyed, I have met scorn and slight; And my heart lolies earths sober shade More than her laughing light.
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i,y rule hut a sad zceight Of dut!/ and a snare? What nieunws,~, bet with hoppier fate

0Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, 1 pray thee, only this once, 0 God, that I may be at once avenged of

The Saciours cross to share? This my hid choice, though not from hcncan, Moves m the heacentunrd line; Cleanye it, good Lor& from sinful leaccn, And make it sirnpl!/ Thine.
-L.YRA APOSTOLICA.

the Philistines for m y two eyes.

We are never told where h e was in all those days. But having vanqnished lust by his triumph over Delilah, the hero finds in Harapha an easier conquest. He informs the Philistine that all his trust is in the living God who has given him both his calling and his strength, and who is faithful. He meets the giants boast with the challenge that he can still defeat him, blinded though he is. Like Delilah, Harapha is nonplnsscd; he: can cxplain this working of the Spirit in Samson only in terms of enchantment. As Harapha retreats bewildsred, there comes an officer delegated to lcad Samson to Dagons temple, the very center of the feast. .4t first Samson, fresh from his two snccessful encounters, refuses lest hy his going he should violate the holy law of God. But he considers wisely that hc must guard against overscrupnlons

And the enemies overcome by such a death are many more than all the enemies overcome by any life; for God is faithful, and H e will never allow us to be tempted above that we are able, hut will with the teniptation provide the way of escape that we may hear it-through the Garden. Had Samson had the prophets in his mind as he died, I think he might have cried out with Micah: Rejoice not against me, 0 mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise: when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall he a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I hace sinned against him, until he plenrl m y cuuse, and execute iudgmeut for me: he will bring me forth to the Tight, and I shall behold his righteousness. . . . W h o is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth hy the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retainetlz not his finger for ecer, because hc dclightetli in mercy. He will turn agaln, he will have coinus; he will subdue our passion ii?~oii iniquitics; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea"7:s-19.
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and outside regular scliool hours. The National Catholic Committee in Toyko is said to have been largely responsible for the new ruling.

AT HOME
Court settles Church of God issue: Twenty-three years agu there was a split in the Church of God ranks and oiie group, headed by the late Bishop .4. J. Tomlitison, set np headquarters 011 East Central Avenue in Cleveland, Tonn., a short distance from old headrparters on Montgomery A ~ ~ I I u Both ~ . groups continued to call themselves the Chnrch of God. Now the Tcnnessee Supreme Court Iias sottled the mattar, ruling that the group with world 1ieadquarti:rs on East Central Avenue has no right to the name, and can he exprctcd to pay back anything which it gaincd by nnlawful nse of the name.

Colomhia Presbyterian church stoned: On March 20 a letter, snpposcdly writtcn by BogotB (C(iloinhia) professional m r n and demanding that thc government halt all furthw Protestant propaganda, was rcad over thc official Colombian government radio station. The samo day, according to a report hy the Boarcl (if Foreign M i s sions of the Presliytc~ian Chnrch in tllc U. s. A, a Presbyterian church at Ibagne wiis stoncd by a crowd of chilc h i led by three Homan Catholic priests, who urged, Yon must smash this serpent in the head! Thc United States Ambnssador t r i Colomhia has hrcn notifird of tlie Ihagiie incident.

MISSIONS
CIM adopts new name: China Inland Mission which now finds it necessary to uprrate in fields entirely cxterior to continerital China has modified its name by the addition of the words Overseas Missionary Fellowship. Its monthly magazine formerly known as China,s Millions is now called The Millions. Today this missionary nrganization, founded by Hudson Taylor, operates elsewhere in East Asia, among the millions of Japan, Hong Kong and Formosa, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaya, and Indonesia.

Newspaper gets Bible: Gideons in Vancouver, B. C., presented a Bible to the Vancouver Sun, local daily, aftcr reading in the Charleston ( W . Va.) Gazette that one of the hardest things to find in a newspaper office is the Bible. A Gazette editorial urged Gideons to remember newspapers, as well as jails, hospitals, hotels, auto courts, planes of all scheduled airlines, school children and nurses. Scriptures published in 1,049 languages: The American Bible Society reports that 1951 saw Scriptiire portions published in 15 new languages, bringing the total to 1,049. The whole Bible is available in 195 languages, a complete Testament in 252, and at least ii Gospel or other whole b o o k in 602. National Family Week, May 4-11, sponsored by the National Sunday School Association, will havc as its theme A Family Altar in Every Home. The home and the Sunday school must br linked togcther for the building of stnrdy Christian lives, declared Russell T. Hitt, general secretary of NSSA. National Family Week stresses thr iniportancc: of this cardinal fact. Information and lirlps fov the observance may be obtained from NSS:\, 542 Smith Dearborn, Chicago 5, 111.

PEOPLE SAY
Dr. James L. Fowle, pastor of First Presbyterian Church,

Chattanooga, Tenn: All men are not hrothers. To say that all men are brothers includes Communists and those who would destroy the American way of life. To say that all men are brotlicrs places under the cloak of piety a deceptive philosophy that can tend to weaken our will to resist aggression. Hc was lashing out at the Brotherhood Week program sponsored hy the Conference on Christians and Jews. Naturally, he became the target of criticism-but a lot of other good people agreed.

* To spotlight family altar need:

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Charges Rome controls radio and press: Hadio and press have fallen prey to her (the Roman Catholic Churchs) control . , , ( a n d ) Rome is waitiog for the day whrri she ngain may burn Iirretics-this time even in Amcrica, the land of freedom, chargrs W. \I. hlontaiio in an cditorial in TIM Conue??ed C,ntliolic Muguzi?w. The writer i s widely known as the subjcct of the book, The Monk W h o Litied Again. As an example of existing conditions, he cites the rcfnsal of a radio station in n large Eastern city to allow him to describe how a Peruvian Indian turned to Christ from Catholicism. The editorial also pointod to the withdrawal hy NBC ( T V) of an historical film of the Reformation, Firc lpori the Earth, as too crintroversial. Catholics had branded it as an antiCatholic television show and that was that. MontaIio ended his editorial: Where does religious freedom of thc air begin and end for Protestants?
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ABROAD
Japan okays private school religious teaching: A riiling by the Japanese goveriimcnt makes possible the teaching of roligion as a credit conrse in private schoiils beginning with the new school year in April. Previously, religion could be taught on a voluntary basis only
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Edited by REV. E. W. RICHARDS

National Youth Secretary

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I Was Taken for a Ride

By William J. Newel1
Youth Secretary Eastern and Central Canada

While driving slowly and quietly through the Skid Row of a large Canadian city in a squad car, and looking into the faces of young men arid women, the following words repented themselves in my mind, They, too, were teen-agers one day. We received a call: Procecd immediately to John lloes Rcstauranminor riot now raging. The restaurant was crowdcd, not with old drunks but with young drunlrs fast becoming old, and young girls fast hccoming moral delinquents. Proceeding along another street, w e were amazed as young people thickly lined up outside :m establishment known as one of the countrys filthiest. An escort allowed us entrancr. Thcre we saw a cross section of modcrn delinquent yimth running thc ~ v l d c gamut of sin. At the prison our hearts ached-on the iron cell doors, written in chalk, were the ch,arges made against the prisoners, moral perverts, robbers, bootleggers, dope fiends, and so on. Plumhing fixturcs i n one cell were sm:tshed to bits hy the bare hands of a m:ur crazed with drink; a mitn had recently taken his life by hanging. Agxin I heard, These, too, were teen-agers one day. The majority had never anticipated ending up this way. One night it W R the wrong gang, one night neglect of Gods House, one night neglect of prayer ;and Bible reading, the next night falling into temptation hy personal lusts and desires. Before they knew it, the first drink led to the sccond, finally producing alcoholics. The first cigarette led to desire for adventure-producing dupe smokers. Thc first longing to
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paint the town red resulted in robberies, gambling, and debauchery. Fellows! Girls! Put your complete trust in God. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee (Isa. 28: 3 ) . May your mind be stayed OIL the Word; abide in Christ; rest in the blessed Holy Spirit for daily strength; continue in this most holy faith and the promises of God will he fulfilled in your life. Behold, Ear peace I had great hitterness: but thon hast in love to mv xml delivered it from thc pit of corru1j.tion ( h a . 38:17).

A Dull Student Succeeds

Forty years ago a young man entered a theological seminary to prepare for the ministry. He had received inadeqnate preparation, and was :in unusually dull student, besides. The dates of church history mixed themselves in his mind, and the Greek verbs drove him into helpless failure. Before the year was out, the professors had agreed that his case was hopeless; yet they let him sklv on tn its end, because they disliked to dismiss a man who was so evidently in earnest. The stiidents scattered for the summer, engaging for the most p u t in religious work wherever opportunity afforded. No church could be found that would take Fisher, and for 3 time he was lost to sight. The summer drew to a close, and the professors were planning for the fd term. It would he uselcss, they agreed, to let Fisher come back. His last year, they hoped, had demonstrated, even to him, the hopelessness of his attempt to gain an education. Still, lest he should return, and incur expense i n coming, the professor of homiletics w a s instructed to write to him that the faculty could not advise his continnirrg a cnurse in theological study. The professor of homiletics went home, little liking his task, hut prepared to do his duty; but at home he found a letter from Fisher announcing that he was ahout to return. It contained this acc~mntof his summer: I came to this place where the fam-

ilies are poor, scattered, and without God, and began preaching in the schoolhouse where, for a long time, there had been no worship. I have lived around among the people, and they have made me welcome in their homes. I organized a Sunday school, and helped settle a11 old quarrel-then the people began to come out. The interest grew, the number of hearers increased, and now thirty men and women have repented of their past lives, have accepted Christ as their Saviour, and are going to organize a little church. They want me to come hack every Sunday, and I have promised to do so. I shall return to the seminary next week, and shall plod along as best I can. I am afraid I shall never make much of a minister, hut I want my life to count the most it can for God. Gentlemen, asked the professor of homiletics the next day, as he addressed the faculty, who of us this summer has been honored of God in leading thirty souls to Christ and founding a church? We must take this man back. It worild be folly to pretend that he ever hccame a hrilliant student. It was only by the most constant patience that he wits permitted to stay two years more, passing certain studies which he could nevcr complete. But they let him stay through. He went out to his chosen toil, in needy fields and small churches that could pay no high salaries, and devoted nearly thirty-eight years to ministerial service. Always poor, never great rxcept in kindness, hc did his work-and when his obituary was read at the seminarys last reuniwa, he was spokcn of i t s m c of the most conspicnrmsly useful of the alumni.St,lccterl.

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Activity Briefs
St. P m l , Minn. The Twin City Area W:~shingtons Birthday Rally was held at Simpsm Memorial Church in St. Piiril with a total attendance of about 1.500 i n the three services. Thirteen churches Lvere represented and an offering of $1,870 w a s received for the support of the Indian work. The morning and afternoon services w.ere full of reports of G d s working on the reservations and in the Mo-Kahum Bible School at Cass Lake, hlinn. Rev. Krith Bailey was o w speaker. In the evening our District Superintendent, h v . Rerrrard King, gave a timely mcssage for youth. Groups from the churches and Bible schools (Cass Lake and St. Paul) assisted in the music.

-Howard L. Erickson.
THE ALLIANCE WFEKLY

The Dyak Church Organizes

By Rev. W. W. Conley

A major step in the development of the indigenons church in Indonesia was accomplished during a conference held January 2S-February 6. The meeting place was at Long Bia, where the Bible School for East Borneo is located. East Borneo comprises five separate districts, all of which are organized, self-governing and in varying degrees of self-snpport, with one, the Sesayap, fully supporting the fifty national pastors serving its district churches. Each of tbesr districts srnt as rrpresrntatives their resident missionary and two national pastors. The field chairman from hlakassar arrived to guide the business of setting up this new orgnnization, known as Bahagiun Kalinuintan Timirr, the East Borneo Sectinn of the Dyak Church. Wlreii rrainined on the map, the area of East Borneo does not seem very large, although it is larger than a good many of tho Uiritcd States. However, i n order to give some realization and appreciation of this vast region, measuring by travel time, it is interesting to note the means of transportation u tilizd by the delegatrs. The representatives from the Apo Kajan district. includins the missionary and his wife, covcwd the rapids of the swift Kajan River to Long Bia in twelve clays. dt:scending over 2,000 feet! This is near-record time due to exceptioiially favorable travel conditions. But to return with the same dugout canoes over these treacherous
Workers arid delegates who attended the Dyak National Conference in Long Bio, Eart B a n e o . Rev. I). S. Setty (third from left, front m u ) ir chainon.
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torrents will squander two months irredeemable time. The delegation from the Sesayap district, to the north, also traversed a dangerous river route, plus about fifty miles of coastal sea in a small outboard motorboat. The Mahakam district sent its men down that large river for 200 miles to the coast where circumstances enabled them to use the Iudonesian Airways plane to Tarakan, thence by small boat to the mainland again and upstream seventy miles to Long Bia. All these risks and timeconsuming expenses were incurred because the mission plane was not available. Besides drawing up a constitution and electing officers, many pertinent problems of the work were thornughly discussed on the conference floor. There was a pleasant and satisfying sense of unity and brotherhood among the missionaries and national workers, who are being given coilsiderable responsibility in these matters. Although political conditions are favorable in Indonesia and the privileges of religions freedom are guaranteed by the government ( f o r the most part Mohammedan). it is the h~lissionsdesire to havc the Indonesian Church in a position to carry on as a self-governing, selfsupporting and self-propagating nnit without direct mission siistentation.

The anointing of God was experienced and attested to during the sessions, which had been the direct object of much previous prayer throughout all the more than a hundred local congregations in this East Borneo Section. During conference days a half-hour of prayer preceded the business meetings, and evenings were given over to devotional services, with all the delegates taking part. It is earnestly and sincerely hoped that many who are dedicated to a ministry of intercessory prayer will consider this newly organized section, East Borneo, with its five districts, over one hundred local churches and eighty national pastors. h4ay God bless and guide the efforts to establish His church in this section of His vineyard.

Conversion in a Modern Chariot

By W. Eugene Evans. Indo-China

The account of the Ethiopian eunn~hsconversion in Acts 8 has its modern parallel among the tribes in Southern Viet Nam. The chariot in this case is a jecp trailer, and Philip is a Krnng tribesman. It all happened a few months ago when we were retnrning from a distant village. The jeep was filled with missionaries, so the trailer had to take the overflow. One among

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The Koho Model School, Dalat

By Mrs. Jean FunP, Indo-China "From a child thou hast known the holy scripturcs, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation tliroiirrh faith which is in Christ r: Jesus. So wrote Paul to his young friend and fellow worker, Timothy. I t is knowiiig thr Holy Scriptures which gives true wisdom. In America we have had such vast opportiinitier that we can scarcely imagine what it is like iiot to havc, the privilege of reading God's W O ~ . But there have been no schools in the jimglcs, and so tlie children of the student preachers, who are themselves learning, have formed a inodel school here at the tribes center in Dalat. The aim is that the children may also say: "Thy word is a lamp uiito my feet, and a light unto my path." The school also serves as a model for the workers when they return to their villages. The school bell rings at eight o'clock each morning, and classes are held until ten. That is the only time the chapel is free; the men in the Bible school are then doing their gratis work. Much of the time is spent in the teaching and recitation of Scripture verses. The studentpreachers also follow this plan in their village schools. hlouuted Bible pictures have been given to some as rewards for every ten verses recited. Others have beeir giveii mimeographed booklets containing the synopses and pictures of Bible lessons already studied. Each day there is a Bible story. and we ha\,e been able to include hygiene, ethics, arithmetic and writing in the curriculum. It has been a sreat joy to watch the progress the children have made under the present conditions. Jiist what could be accomplishcd if we had school for an entire day? The Primer which I prepared for both the Cil and the SrC- tribes has encouraged the children very milch. I t has also been a big help to the older folk, especially the women. They are all delighted that they can actually read simple seiitrnces in so short a time. When they can read withoiit hesitation they receive a hymnhook containing the words of over forty hymns as a reward.
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the tribesmen was a fine Christian and soul winner named Aina Tet. The name simply means Father (Ama) of Tet (his daughter's name). We were tearing along the road attempting to hear each other above the roar of the motor without trying to listen to the conversation in the trailer. Finally we heard a lot of yelling from the back and knew this was a signal to stop. As soon as we came to a halt, Ama Tet came running np to the jeep and said there was a Jarai tribesman who wanted to believe on Christ. So the man sat down right in the middle of the road while Mr. hfangham explained to him the old, old story that is still new to millions of people-the blessed story of salvation. After making sure the man understood, we all bowed our heads in prayer and asked Christ to enter his heart and take control of his life. But it was .4ma Tet who really paved the way by telling this Jarai tribesman what Christ would do for him if he would confess his sins and believe on His name. So while riding along a dusty, bumpy road i n a jeep trailer, .4ma Tet gave his personal testimony with such conviction that his listener could not doubt the truth of his words. And then and there another Jarai opened his heart's door and had the unspeakable joy of supping with Christ.
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At present Ama Tet is in the local hospital, and though ill from much loss of weight, his perpetual desire to witness and testify is proof of the rvcr-abiding presence of Christ in his heart. Just the other day he brought another tribesman who said he wanted to believe. This man is quartered in the same rooms with Ama Tet, and a man does not stay in the same ronm with Ama Tet very long before he hears about the gospel of Christ accompanied by a fresh, glowing personal testimony. As a result I prayed with this man and he renounced his covenant with the spirits by giving me his bracelet, and he accepted Christ as his Saviour. But it was Ama Tet who was really responsible in winning this man to Christ. And so, whether it be in a modern chariot or elsewhere, if we are faithful in lifting u p Christ, He will draw all men unto IIim.

When you feel temptation approaching you, as a bird by S0111.E quick instinct is aware that the hawk is hovering near, then instantly lift your heart to Christ for deliverance. He cannot rebuff or fail you. H e will gather you under ffis feathers, and under H i s wings shall you trust. -F. B. MEYER.

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spirit of urgency may grip the hearts of the workers to press forward with the gospel message. There is a special ficld-widc effort being made to follow up as many as sihle of those who liavc accepted C nst during the past year, that they may be prrpared for haptism soon. Pray for this follow-up effort.
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the response to the gospel thus far has been very slow. Prayer is also asked for one of the promising lay workers who has hccn the only witness to the Tagacola tribesmen. Pr.iy that God will revivc him spiritudly xnd make him to be L : cliannel of hlcssing to these tribesmen

IKDONESIA
Since a number of missimnries nu this field are leaving on furlough, it will mean that those who remain will be carrying extra hurdcns. Therefore prayer is requested that the missionaries who remain on the field may be strengthcncd and ennhlcd for thc added burdens as well as their regular work. Pray also for the nmv missimaries as they enter upon langriagc study. Prayer is rcquested for thr national workers in Bali and also for the Christian groups thcre. Some are bring persecuted and others who want to lielieve are fearful to do so hecansc of the political situatirm which makes it very difficult for them. NEW GUINEA Preparations are going forward to open a new station in the Ekadide Valley. Prayer is reqnestcd that God will move upon the hearts of these people and that from the very heginning there may be a real Moving of the Holy Spirit. A major problem in this ficld is the lack of air transportation for personnel and supplies. Pray that a proper solution for this situation may soon he found and that all hindrances to the progress of the work may he r e m o d .

INDIA At this time of the year many of the missionaries are taking a period nf rest and refreshing in the hill stations of India. Prayer is requested that all may profit physically and spiritually by this change, for some are especially in need of a touch in body. Prayer is also requested that a suitable property may soon be found in Aknt for the erection of a mission station there.

Prayer is requested for thc newly baptized believers i n Narifio, that they may stand true and steadfast in spite of the opposition and fanaticism prevalent in this section. Please pray also for the native pastor who will be working in Puerto Legnizamo, that he may gain the confidence and hearts oI the people thcre.

ECUADOR
Pray that the Lord will continne to bless the Ecuadorian worker in El Milagro and cause the work to grow in that place. The believers there are looking to the Lord for help in the erection of a much-needed chapel.

PERU
Nine students will be graduating soon from the Regional Bible Institute at Huannco. One of them is the first Campa boy from the former Alliance station at Cahuapanas in the jungles of Peru. He has a burning desire to he n missionary among his own people. Pray for him and the other students, that the Lord may have His way in their lives. The Chairman is at present visiting the Tayabamba region of Peru. Pray that his ministry may he richly blessed to the encouragement of the church groups there in the Lord. CHILE The season of tent campaigns has now ended, and prayer is reqnested that wisdom may be given as to the best manner of following up the opportunity that is prcsented. Lumaco, a very ungodly community, was much moved by the campaign. There is great need for men and means to carry on in these places. Two years ago a tent campaign was held in Collipulli and the Lord greatly blessed. Now the congregation in that place is fully supporting its pastor and has nurchased a lot for thr erection of a chapel which is to be started this ye:ir. Pray for this church. Puell~o Rlco Therc are serious problems that face the different churches and the work in general on this island, and prayer is requested that God will cnnhle His scrva n t s thcrr to solve them i n l l i s mill, that the work may go forward rapidly.
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The missionaries have now returned to their stations after timud conference. and prayer is requested that they may he renewed in strength and vision for increased ministries. Pray also that the revival blessing experienced in many sections in recent months may continue and spread to areas that heretofore have seemed indifferent. CUNGU One of the native evangelists from the Kwimha area has been troubled with a cough and is now unable to continue his work. He is greatly needed in evangelistic ministry. Prayer is requested for his healing. INW-CEIINA Fervent prayer is requested for the aiinnal missionary conference beginning May 9 in Dalat, that it may be a time of r e d mrcting with God in much blessing and in planning for the work in the coming months, The conference of the Viet Nam National Church is to be held in South Viet Nam a t the end of May or early June. Prayer is requested that the needed funds for this conference may be supplied and that it may be a time of the manifestation of God's presence in power and blessing. Pray for the missionaries and pastors as they travel to and from conferences and through thcir districts, that they may he krpt from attack in the disturbed conditions in that land, SIAhl Praise should he given to God for the political conditions. which continue to be most favorable for the propagation of the gospel and for the continuance of progress in thp work. Pray that a
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MATTIIEW 13:SS

0 blessed, lowly Carpenter, I love to think of Thee; Come down into my Nazareth And ccalk these streets with me! Take Thou the uerti common things
Of hidden, toil-filled days,

A d f r m my quiet life erect A temple for Thy praise.

Oh, take the fooli,sli hrukcn things Where I have wrought i n vain, Arid by Thy matchless cruftsmansliip, Makc tltem anbca again! And tnke tliesn oddhi shapen things, 0 glorious Arti,~an, A i d fit each wisehi in i t s $J!IIU?, According to Thy plnn! Toke cuerything in Thy wise hand.7, M y own are .so zcnskilled; Let me be but. Th!y zcorkmanslr$Oh, come, dear Lord, and build!
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Pr.iycr is rcqnested for one of the promising junior student-workers assigned to minister among the Magindanao Mnros. Thc ministry to, this tribe during past years has not been continuous so that

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Pioneering in Siam
By Rev. Elmer Sahlberg

Siam is still a relatively unevangelized mission field. Much of the eastern section, which is the responsibility of The Christian and Missionary Alliance, is still waiting for the gospel. On January fifteenth our family moved from Korat, located in central Eastern Siam, to the province of Nong Kai, on the bank of the Mekong River. Most of the villages in this province are situated along the bank of this river, which is also the border between Indo-China and Siam. The first village we visited, at the colporteurs suggestion, was called Bon A He, a place yet unroached with the gospel. The road was a series ,of tree stumps, deep sand, ruts, holes, narrow trails, rocks, brokeii bushes, cut down trees, zigzags, inclines, and little gorges, but after one hour of traveling a total of tcn miles in our Land Rover we formd the village in the midst of tall, swnying coconnt trees. Some of the children thrrs said that they had never seen a white person. Had they ever heard about Jesus? No! Siamese is the official language taught in the schools and spoken by city people. In this villagc the people spoke Lao, a dialect cspecially used in this area because of its pniximity tii Laos, right across thc river. Our colportenr, who speaks Lao, had a wonderfnl chance to tell thrm the story [if Jcsus. A week later we made another trip to this same area, loaded down
Village ecnngelism i n Eost Sium

T o Thy grace I ascribe it, and t o T h y mercy, that Thou hast melted away m y sins as it were ice. T o T h y grace I uscribe also whatsoever I have not done of euil; for what might I not have done, who m e n loced a sin for its own sake?-AUGUSTINE.

with Scripture portions. We used a small portable phonograph and played gospel records in Siamese (made by Gospel Recordings Inc., of Los Angeles). I played my accordion, and we sang some choruses which my wife bad printed in large Siamese letters on white cloth. Our colporteur then told the story of the hirth of Christ, by flannelgraph. How those people did ask questions! Is this Jesus the Son of God? Whero does H e now live? Can we becorn<. Christians by confessing our sin and believing in Jesus or dowe also have to do good works? With eager eyes an old man peered over my shoulder as I read to them from John 3: 1 G and other Scriptures such as John 1: 9 and John 1:12. They were so amazed to hear this i n the Siamese langriagr that they insisted they wanted to read it themselves. Marry tracts were distributed and we returned home rejoicing for the privilege of giving them a chance to hear about Jesus. Pray that the Holy Ghost will illuminate their minds as they read. Also pray that we will learn this Lao dialect in nrder that we will be able to reach these folks for Christ. This province of 144,000 souls is yet in darkness.

The Koho Model School

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During the year there have been five sessions of from four to six weeks. Our largest enrollment was fifty-six, ages eight to sixteen. For the period of November and December, I planned the lessons and the lesson material but was able to entrust the actual teaching to Miss Evans, our latest recruit from America, to hlr. Tat, our new Vietnamese missionary, and to Bic, our Koho language teacher. There are still no schools in the mountain villages other than what the student-preachers have been able to conduct between Bible school sessions. They teach about three days a week, following the lesson plans and the copybooks which they receive in our moclcl schiiiil at Dalat. There are seventeen villages that have had such schoiils, with 259 children enrolled. We are trusting that the Lord will call soine of these second gener 1t ion Christians to he workers in His vineyard, for they have had many opportunities that their parents never had. May God give 11s His wisdom to direct thcm.
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Mildred H o m d Esther Snyder Philippine Islands

Missionrrry Departures. Rev. Cordon H . Smith left New York on April 12 by plane for IndoChina. MI. Smith is returning for his fourth term and will b e w o r k i n g among the lepers in B a n m k t h u o t . MIS, Smith will he returning to the field in May. Miss Esther nee. G. H . smith Snyder and Miss Indo.Chir,a Mildred H a r r o d sailed from San Francisco on April 18 per the American President Line S.S. President McKinley for the Philippine Islands. Miss Srryder received a diploma from the 1lission:iry Training Institute it, 1944 ;md her B.A. dcgree from Houghton Collegc in 1948. In 1951 she received an Elementary Teaching Certificate from Ashlnnd College. She has servrrl fur scverd years in Mansfield, Ohio, iir children's work and as church secretary. Miss Harrod graduatcd from the Missionary Training Institute in 1947 and has served for four years as secretary to hfr. J. 0. Carlsen in the Finance Department of thc headquarters offices. Missionary Arricals. Reti. and Mrs. R . M. Jackson arrived in San Francisco on April 15 from J n d o - C h h per the Barber Line S.S. Tamcsis. Mr, and Mrs. Jackson first went to the field in 1918 and 1919 respectively and have otimpleted their fifth term of scrvice. They have been working in Ilanoi, North Viet Kam.

sixty-two years of age. Mr. MacTavish was ordained in The Christian and Missionary Alliance in 1924, and began his work as pastor in Beccaria and Clymer, Pa. He started the Alliance church in Indiana, Pa., and later held meetings in Punxsutawney, Pa., which resulted in the organizing of an Alliance church under his care. In 1935 he and his family left the East to work in Texas, Kansas, Arizona and California, where his last pastorate was held in Visalin. He is survived by his wife and a daughter, Mrs. Annie Alfredson. Funeral services were conducted in Portland, Ore., by Rev. C. H. Steinmann and Rev. Elmer L. Wilder. Mrs. Emma Wulty, seventy, wife of Rev. Adam D. Welty, superintendent of the Lima (Ohio) Rescue Home, went to Ire with the Lord on March 23. As matron of the Home for forty years, hlrs. Welty took charge of feeding arid housing the residents. In addition to her Iiusband she is survived by five sons ;md three daughters. One son, Rev. James C. Welty, is an Alliance pastor in the Central District. The funeral service w a s conducted b y liev. S. F. Porter, pastor of The Christian and Missiorxiry Alliance in Lima.

depicting a Chinese funeral made its way up the center aisle to the platform. Against the background of au Oriental temple conrtyard. hliss Olga Donnell stirringly pointed ti) the possibility of snatching thc nnwdying China from the arms nf the dragon ti, claim her for Christ. This n u s tollo\rwl 11y an nppeiil by Miss Evangeline KOCJ>~ for missionary support accompauied 11v spiritu;il eutliusiasm and sxrificc. The next scene was that ti( the whole world, surmounted by "n:itives" who passed over its edge without hope. This
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The Nyack Alumni Association is plaiining to hold its annnal gathering in connection with the meeting of the General Council in Atlanta, Ga.. on Saturdny evening, May 17. A fellnwship dinner is being arranged, and a unique program will IIC presented with the theme "The Path of the Pioneer." This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the Missionary Training Institute.

St. Paul, Minn. Three audiences total-

Births. On March 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mallery, White Sulphur Springs, Mont., a son, Ronold Lee. On March 25, to illr. und hlrs. Joseph Stephens (nee Evangel Travis), Deposit, N. Y., a son, Gerald Travis. On April 12, to A4r. and hlrs. Wayne Pirtnani, Mayville, N. Y., a son, Jeffrey
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W i t h the Lord. Rec. William MacTauish went to be with the Lord on March 9, in Milwaukie, Ore. He was
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ing 13.300 persons recently witnessed the most realistic World Missions Night yet presented by the St. Paul Bible Institute. This seventh aniiual missionary cnnvocation was presented before 9,700 pcrsons in the great Minneapolis Municipal Anditorium on March 14, and before two capacity audiences of 1,800 each in the Duluth Denfeld High School Auditorium, Duluth, Minn. The pnigram was also broadcast over radio station KTIS-FM of Minneapolis. Following the opening musical patriiitic sequence, highlighted by the siiiging of This i s A4q Country by the Choral Club, Myron Bromle? stressed the patriotic aspects of being a Christian in America. Next, a procession
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Meredith Thomas for a wholehearted march fur God. Thus, with a stirling appeal, \Torld Missions Night portrayed the need of the world for Christ through its theme "This Marching World." In rrsponse to the invitation, about one thciusand young people crowded the front of the auditorium for a closing dedication prayer. It is estimated th:it 150 pastors also stood to support their young people in their decision. More than 200 young people, already students in wi-ious schools of the TwinCities area. stood to tcstify that they were ahead>- training for foreign missionary senice. \ V d d Missions Night is plaimed by ii staniling facnlty committre hearlcd by ProTessor 1. 1lrrrill Tanrielrill.
Warrlcnsrillr, W. V a . l'he Messing ,if God was m ' n i n <inunusual muiiner dnril mretings held h'I:ircli 18-28 with Fir\.. U. U. Portvr, evangelist from LVhcclirig. \V. V ~ L The meetings were p r e c d i d I)? m u c h prayer iir cottage meetings, :mrl a m i l spirit of prayer prcvailcd duriug the campaign. Rev. David 11. Irviiic, pastor. reports that the :ttteiiclancc increased nightly nirtil largrr (part<.rshad to be sec,irrd in the ~ m u l ~Prrsbytrrian y clinrch. As the W n r d of God \=is preached, Christims \rere stin-rtl a n d scveral unbelievers \wrc vmiwrtetl. "M'c lrelieve th:it thrrmgli niiirli pr,tyer and n mil spirit of uuity that h i i s prevailed i l l the GINgregatioii. tlie Lord was ablc to \\mk in the h r x t s of Christians shirrs alike,'' thc p.istor writm.
Pillsburgh, Pa. The Missionary Conveiitioii at the Little Red Brick Church,

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to llev. Franklin Krall, the pastor, and as he shared the need with his weekly radio audience, God answered prayer by sending in $3,053.17 for this project in two weeks. Members of the congregation alsu gave liberally in addition to their regular missionary pledges. The cr~nvention was considered very successful lrom every viewpilint, with a substantial incrcmc in the :UInnal missiunnry pledge. __ riurrerund I1c,vs itemr rind Llil.tlllPI to
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Dwight L. Moody was asked up to London to meet a group of clergy there. Some four hundred had gathered. In his quiet, quick, keen-witted fashion, Moody answered questions fur about a n hour. Then someone asked the question always asked, "What's your creed, hlr. MoodyP" Qnick came hack the mswer, "My creed's in print." 011, in print! Nobody kuew (if MI. h h l d y having written anything. And the qncstion came a t once, "Where?" "What's the title of the book?" Arid four hundred hands reached for four hnndred pencils to write down the uiiknown title. Very quietly Mr. hfoody said, "Isaiah 53:5."-Fnim A Trcnsuq of S. D. Govdon (Rcvell).

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Dorsey! ille, Pa., was cliaracteristicnlly dominntrd by a fresh enthosiam for the work of the Lord in thr regions beyond. Rev. William Boyer and Rrv. TVilliam Kerr were thc missionaries for the ~iccasiiin, giving stirring rcports of the work in Congo and Siam. Mr. Kerr emphasizrd the ne\v work among leprosy ii:~ticnlsof Sixm, esprci:illy the nced for n Iniilding to hirusr nitainted rhildruu. l'his I,rnirnc :Lpersonal burden

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READING-Hebrews 11: 8-19. TEXT-"^'^^ they desire a better country, tliat is_an heacenly: wherefore God is not u,shamed to be called t h p i r Cod. (verse 1 6 ) . This text reveals the larneritahlc fact that it is quite possilile for God to be ashamed of His children. . h d tliat shame is not occasioned by thc circumstances which often malie pcople ashamed, sucli as shabby clothing, infcrior work, a poor home, little income, and the like. It is far more vital th.m that. It is when He sees His people so compromise and settle duwi i l l this sin-cnrscd world and thereby I ~ c o n i r such a n integral part 2nd parcel of its corruption :IS to lose sight of their irlheritancc in tlie agcs to come as well a s the fact that they are strangers and pilgrims n o w passirig through alien territory. They are cixitent to setlle down and enjoy, to some extent, a t least, its profcned pleasures of sin for a sc+ son, or, if iwt actrial sin, its wcights. Thcy exchange their other-w,rldlymindcdness for this-worldl~-rnindcd~ n e w a thing God never intendrd should be. Let us repent, and do the first works and save OII: Fathcr thr pain of being asliamed ol ns!-Pomeii.
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liis God. . . . Suffering for the Lord, to the Apostle Paul, meant something rnorc than to be misundcrstaod ( 2 Chr, 11: 24-28); in fact, to all of tlie saints id thc early Chnrch it oftc.n rneal,t 1n3r1) rdoni (Acts 7:51-60); e w r Christs stillcrings c?~iclcd in t t w iriiist igiiimiiniuus death, the rleilth of the cmss. Is it a wrinder the Apostle with all the wisdom and tenderness of :I true i n i 1 1 ister of Christ wains his corrrrrts arm themselvcs against the day of s i l t tcring? It will come to every saint, f o r we are called not only to believe on him, h i t also tn suffrr (Phil, 1: %I).Co,vpcl IIrmld.

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nEmiivc-Song of Solomon 2 : 1-7. IMLI mxr-lIo brought me t o ihe hanqneting house, and his banmr o w r nie u i s lovc (verse 4). I find that m y extremily hat11 sharpenrd thc edge of Ifis love :ind kin& iiess, so that He sccmetlr to devise 1 1 ~ W Y ~ S of caprrssing the stvectness of His ]me to niy soul. Suffering for Christ is the very clement wherein Christs love liveth, :md esercisctli itsclf. in castiiig out flames of fire, and sparks n t hrdt, to \wrm such il frozen hviirt ;is I l i ~ ~ v e And . if Christ weeping in sackcloth be so sweet, I carmot find airy imaginable tlioughts to think what He nil1 lie when we clny-br,dics (having pot off mortality) shall come i ~ p to tlic marriagc-hall and great palace, and l i e liald the King clothed in His r o h s riiyal, sitting on His throne. I w ~ ~ u l i l desire no morc for m y heavrn 1X.iiiutli the mooii. while I :mi sighing in this house irf clay, hut daily rsnewcd feasts (if love \vith Christ, w d liherty nmv i i r i d then to feed my hunger with :I kiss <if thnt Iaincst f x w - S o i i w d R ~ r t h ~ ~ r . f o r d , 1 m7.
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Sunday
i)?.iLT imiauirc-Jeremiah 45. IIAILY Tb:xT--Thy life will I @tie unto thee fur (I prey in all places whither

tl1ou goest (vcrse 5). A promise given for hard places, and a prtimisc 01 snfcty and life in the midst of trcmt:ndous pressure, a life for a prey. It m.iy we11 adjust itsclf to our own times, \ \ Iiich :ire growing harder a s W P n s i r the end of the age, and thc tribulatimi times. \Vlrat is tllr rnraninq ot a Iifr tor ,I prcy~? It rnraiis a Ii& snatched out of tlie jaws of tlie destroyer, as David snatched the lanil> from thc lion. It means not a place of security, or nt removal from tlic noise of hattle, and t h e presence d o u r fous, bnt it m mus :i tnhlc in the midst of or enemies. ,I shelter from the storm, a fortress amid the foc, ii life pr<mcrvecl in tlre face of continual prrssurr. It means Pauls liraling when prvsscd out of measitre so that lie despaired of Iifc, Pauls divine help when the thorn remained but the power of Christ rested upon him a i d the grace of Christ was sufficiciit.-.A. 13. Siirtpo?,.

Wednesday
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(vcrse 4 2 ) . Dawu light beyond the hills A d clear, srcect trump&blast, While in my 1rcal.t 171 know, 0 thrill of thrills, My Lord has come a t lost! Glad greetings, notti, instead of sod farewells, Glad joy instead of tears, Glad melody of hearts like golden bell.r, Glad life devoid of fears.

Monday
nmo1x-c-Habakkuk 2: 1-11. TEXT-T~ just ~ shall liue by his faith (verse 4). If He gives 11s sorrow a i d k i n h c s s and losses and afflictions we slm~lcl take them from His linnds its evidence of His love and e m ! for 11s in d e \ e l i p iiix 11s m o ~ r . t r d n ~ o r e ,~ u t dl u t f;lith which IIc is seeking to strcngtlrvn in us. The Lord i i e r e r builds a bridge tif faith, except under the feet of the faitlifilled traveler. It Ire builds the hridge a rod a h c d it would i i i i t 1.e n bridge of faith. That which is sight is not of faith. Often \\r need to walk right u p against the gnte before it will n p c ~ l . Is there a g w i t hxricr iicross your p ~ t of h duty no\r: Jnst go for it in the ~ m n e of the Lord .inrl it will not 11,- tliere. Let us m i x e 011 :ind stcp out l ~ o l d l y , though it lie into the night and ~e c,tn scarcrly scc the way; thc p t h jvill open its \ye progress, like the trail throngh thr fowst, (11 the Alpine P which discloses hut a few rods of 1 s length from nny single point of view. Prcss on!-E. <4rnistrong.
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Daystar, firll-orbed and bright. With lrealing in His rays, While saints, all changed, and robed with duzliig liiht, Are raptnrons with praisc; For they are with thcir I n d , foretier blest, Nor tide of death can t w s ; Within the harbor of the soul the!, wstT h c y h a w no bur to cross.
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TEXT-^^ ever!, thirig give this iS the I d of God . . . concerning yoicII (vcrsc 18).
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Thursday
,ie,~Diiv;c-Pliilippinns3:7-16. DAILY TEXT-T~UII I may know him, . . and the fellowslLip of liis suff~vings (verse 10). There are cumpiiratively few, thcsc days, who know Jesus in the fellowship of l l i s sitffcring. Yo one is regarded with deeper vener.ition than the n m i or woman who professes to IIC ,I hilower of Christ and who in tlie s ~ a s o i i of siiffering remains trnr :uid loyal to
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One trairslator renders the test :IS follmw: In every circumstnncc of lifr, be thaokt,d. Thanksgiving is a tian duty arid privilege. We, as t i m s , have more f i r which to he thankful tha11 any d l c r class of ptrplc. l h r ing this past year each one of 11s h s had the blessings and benefits of God the Father, full of grace and tenderness. goodness and lovc; God the Son, our Saviinir :md Intercessor, who e l c r livrth to nuke intercession I i x us: T h d thr Spii-it, quickening and strengthem ing, giridirig and Idping, <.ornli,rting .nid encouraging 11s itlong lifes higliway. What comfort, rvh:it prace, d , i t real joy, has brm ours! What sncet cninmunion w e h . ~ v chsd in the secret closet! \Vhat thrills 01 jiiy 11;ive swept tlirougli our sods! Ilmv ottm o ~ i r SLYiiur 11as comc to 11s arid rv.ilkid ivitli 11s :d talked witli 11s mid told 11s we T C C ~ T H i s inr.n!-P. I:. Elliott.
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K. D. GARRISON

For May 11, 1952

The Right Use of the Lords Day

Exodus 20:8-11: Mark 2:27, 28; Luke 4:16; 13:10-17
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mxi-Rernunber the sabbath day,

xenmrrc-Psnlm 84.

to keep it koly-Exodus 20: R.

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Introduction Haw dops it come that many of us are now interested in a forty-hour week? Obviausly because B l o n g a week end, free from work, is drsired. How does it conic ahout that working nicn have a free week end instcad of Lcirig forced to labor SBYPII da!s a week? The answer is that a loving ( h d who desires only nlans highest WPIfarc has giocn to iiiiin the gift of the Sahb.dr. How much the toilers in Christian lands owe to the revcded will of God!

hc a coirmmeinoratirm of r c l e ; ~fnnu Thc idca of rel~:ise i? implicit in the various sevens of thc IIeLrew ycar: n t h day I>roght re1 riiund of labor; the sacred s ~ v e n t l imonth was ushcred in a n d consecrated by n SnhLxth; w r y severitli year brought rclease for the debtor from his burden of obligations: and seven sevens of years introduced a Jubilee, when the alienation of property WBS canceled, indentures, debt and slavery w ~ r ennnullcd, and everyone might return to his fre-edom and the possession of his homestead. Had the bslance of our lives not bren disturbed by sin, inan would rejoicc to keep n weekly rendvvous with God, to warship and to commemorate his spiritual frccdorn. But whcn man placed himself upon the throne that belongs to Gad, he lost both the divine fellowship and tlre innrr meaning of his Sabbath dnys. The fevrrish search fur Suiiday relaxation in oiir time is an evidence that mans lif? is off-center. The real need is not relaxstinn so mnch as the restoration of fellowship with God, for which the Sabbath is provided.
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day to the first day of thc week, in coitimeinoration of Christs rrsurrection. The Lord of the Sabbath HinrsrlF led His C l i r d i by the Holy Spirit, who was sent to Icnd tlirin into all truth, to adopt tlie first day of tlir week as thc special tinit: for tlic recognition of our re1,itionship with Ill? F;,ther.
111. The Right Use of the Sabhath

Imrrdnge.

I. The Sabbath Was Made for Man

(Mark 2 : U ) For man, not merely fur the Jews. It was the ancient Sabhatli, instituted at Crcatinn, which tlie law af hlos~=s many CCIIt u r i e s h t e r called npon the IIeLrews to rmmnhcr to kcep lioly. They knew and obwwcd the SaLLnth before the law was g i \ m at Simi ( E x . 16: 2 3 ) . It should not he overlooked that Mosrs statrment of this law begins not with thc Sabbath day but with the sir days which prrccdcd it. Six days shalt t!wu labor, :>:Id do d 1 thy \V<>rk: 1,111 t l h Scvcntll day is a sabbath untn Jehovah thy God. It is Gods will for man to work, and six days of toil slrould cnlmiont~in a Sabbath of rest. The toil muses him to benefit in hod? and in spirit Ly the day of rest. An idle person has not prepired himself to profit by the Ssbbntlr as he would do if he followed thc divinc for mans work. The clay of worship blesses mans hcart, rrsts his body, :md sends Iiinr hack to Itis task rcfrcshcd, cnahliug him to he diligent, honest, and Carl-fearing i n tlie nctivities of life. A break in the rr,ntinr of work once in seven days has been proved to be wholesome for man and beast. Even tools ;md machincry intide of strel are iin. pmvrd by having rlrfinitr rest periods. France tried the experiment of changing the rest day to one in teen instead of one in
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11. The Son of Man Is Lord Also of the S a b b a t h (Mark 2:2R) This was said in defmse of IEs disciples who began to plnck ears of g p i u 2nd to eat them ns they walked through the fields. The inaliciously alert Pharisees immediate!I ncc~~srrl thrm of rraping and threshing <rain on the Sabbath. (TI??same logic ~ v m ~ also l d make them guilty of grinding grain on the Sabbath-with thcir teeth.) ll~ese prolific invcntors of rules indulged i n profound discussions on such qnestions its whether an egg laid on thc Sabbath Inlight be lnwfnlly caten, m d whother a miin might on the Sahbnth carry it llandkerchief: (The dccisiun: I ~ Pcnnld wear it tied about his ricck ns a scnrf, h t if lie carried it in his hand he broke the Sailbath.) God had not coimnissimsd ~IIPSB meddlrrs to inakc rules for IIis Sabhath, The Secret Place but l l c who as the Word wins wtivc i n Creation, and who ciimc into the world as t h e Son of hfnn (M.lrssiah), w i t s indwd Lord of the Sabbath. Ile alone had the Wliere hlesscd perrce i.s sure. right to decide details as to lmw thc SnhLath should he kept, and what constitutrd W l m e faith nrrd l o w lcarn liou: to transgression of the law. The Plrari serce; adinitted Messiahs authority nvcr the S d Where trice discemnrcmrf grow; l,nth, hut were unwilling to adinit that Jcsus was the Messiah. W1zo.c shndoic-foms of things not As Lord of the SabLath, J m i s did riot sccn ahmgate that symbol of relation hetwcrn Realities disclose. Cod aiid man, nor did He change the prim ciple of the Sabbath-that a severrth part of Ifere, in deep silence of the srwl, mans tiiiie is claimed hy Gnd. Jesus did, Your lrenrt =ill find tlr however, have the right to make changes Made life-hecarrsc tlzaf in tlie day and in its obscrvnnce. It was I s Iesrrs Clirkt the Lord. not emperors nor churclr councils tliat --MAKY ALDEN CAhlPBELL, changed the Christian day of worship tinLong Bench, Calif. der the New Covenant from the seventh

In the Old TPstnmrnt the S.iLIxth was a time of holy convocation. The Lord Jesus alsn ohsrrved it thus. It w a s His custom to attend thc Nalareth r y i i q q u e on the Sabh;ith (Luke 4:lfi). Doubtless H e listened to many s ~ r m o n sby thr scribcs that were unworthy, and heard many unedifying prayers. But He honored Chd m d His Ward by His presence. The recurring clash between Jesus and the Pharisees oier Sabbath-keeping was: because tho meaning of the Sabbath was to be found in mrrcy (Matt. 1 2 : 7 ) , whereas the Pharisees did not undcrstand mercy. When Jesus, with n ward, h d e d the withered hand of a sufferer, though H e did not e w n touch the man, the Pharisees objected because this work of inercy was. done on the Sabbath. While ohjccting to the Lords mercy they were busily plotting His death, which evil work they did not consider a brrach of the SaLlrath. Iesus rcleased a woman who had been n sufferer fur ciglrtem years. This aroused thc indignatinn nf tlw Ihnrisees wha, bemiis- it was tlic S:hh;ith, d m i t ~ lto the daugliter of Abmhani tlre right to rt,lr.me, which they had already that day shown In their own beasts, loosing thcnr m d lending tlicm to water. Jesus iiawherc taoglit tL.it Sabb;itli krrping was unnecesssry. He increly oppusrd its unspiritud observaiice. The principle Hr est;ihlislied was tlrnt workc nf necessity and mercy ought to he dooo on the S d bnth for thc alleviation of soffcring, because God delights in mere>. That which <,n t h e Lords day can trill! he clone in the name of Jcsus is Sah1,atlr O ~ S C ~ V ~ ~ whatever leads nway froin Jmus is Sablntlr hrcaking.

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