THE

WORD AND WORK A MONTHLY MAGAZINE

SET TO DECLARE THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD

J. R. CLARK, Publisher

VOL. LI No. 1 JANUARY 1957

IN THIS ISSUE ·

Poem: The Great Unknown

Later Than We Think - E. L. J. 2

Questions and Answers - Stanford Chambers 4

Whence the Cloud 5

The Blessing of Uncertainty - Gordon Linscott 6

Christian Should Not Marry Non-Christian 7

True Fel lowship - H. L. Olmstead 8

The Rebirth of Israel - II - William Rinne 10

Precious Reprints - The March of Time - R. H. B. 13

Seed Thoughts - J. L. Addams 16

How Christ Guides - Carl Vogt Wilson 17

News and Notes - 22

New Plans For Word and Work

Tribute To Charles M. Neal - -

Inside Front Cover

Inside Back Cover

NEW PLANS FOR WORD AND WORK A BIGGER AND BETTER MONTHLY

A few weeks ago Brother Stanford Chambers prop<1sed that WORD ANI> WORK and TRUTH ADVANCE merge and law1ch a weekly paper. We replied that we did not feel prepared for such a Yenture now, but suggested that our two papers merge and produce a bigger and better mon(hly, appointing an editorial stalf and ad1ling eight pages to our present 24 pages aml cover. This mcrgc1· has not }'cl materialized, but Word and 'Vork ts proceeding with the bigger and better montltly nevert11clcss. To thi.s end we ha\'e appointed the editorial staff announced elsewhere in this issue.

NEW SUBSCRIPTION RATES While we were formulating these new plans for Wonl and 'Work, we received

a call from our printer, who stated that because 0£ rise in paper and labor costs thev would be forced to rcfigmc our monthly bill. (They ha"e held to the same price sch edule for fi>'e years.) . It will he up about 331;3 %; with the added pages wt: will need to pay nearer 50% abo,·c what we ha,·c been paying. This means t.hat we must rai~e t11e subscription price o{ 'Vord and Work. We clunk to ask an extra half dollar on the year all around: $2.00 for singles and $1.75 for clubs 0£ four or more. 'Ve must 1·emember that the >'aluc of the clollar has been cut in hall' since we charged $1.00 Cor Word and Work.

llut how can we a([ord to enlarge the size of the paper and ahsorb the added cos1? Fn:mkly, we c:rn 'c. llut in rcalit)' the subscription money does not pay all cost~ of putting out the Word and Wo1·k anyway, aml our heart has been set on a bigger paper that will fill more widesp1·cacl needs. Resides, this is subject to God's will. JC response to onr subscription d.rive and to our bid for nook Store husincss is pnor '''c n :st:r\'C t.hc 1·ight •u take ncccsS:ll')' iucasure:s to c;ut t:spcns<..-"S.

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A MORE COMPLETE EDITORIAL STAFF In fairness to those who h:wc prodnccd the '\lord a111l Work for a near half

cent.ury, we wish 10 say that ow: olcl foundation is our very life. Accurately speaking, our new editorial staff is noc really new, a~ it is built largely of the old. Jlut we arc completing a formal, regular editol·ial staff so as lo hetter C.'lfl'Y on in the absence oC om· esteemed llrothcr JC H. lloll.

'Ve think ~hat our announcement of this more complete cdicorial staff of tried and tmc men an(! a bigger paper, will be received with such enthusiasm that our friends will unite to im;.rcase om· subscription list to such an extent as to bring down cost per subscription. Right now our list is too low-much too low. Two thousand new names would work wonders in making it possible for us t.o enlarge and yet come out finauciall y. Be a clubbc:.r; ask your friends co sub· scribe, send in gift subs1,Tiptions; iC a dubber askes for your name, don't refuse.

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THE WORD AND WORK VOLUME LI, JAi"I UARl' 1957

E. L. JORGENSO N AND J. R. CLARK, EDITORS

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THE GREAT UNKNOWN \ Vh y dosL Thou pass unheeded,

Treading with pierced feet; The halls of the kingly p;d ace,

The bu ) ~trect!-Oh mar\'elous in Thy bcaUL)',

Crowned with the light of God, Wh y tall they not down to worship

\\'here Thou has trod? Why arc Thy hands extended

Resccching wbilst men pass by Willi their empty words and the ir laughter,

\'ct passing on co dies?

U nsccn, unknown, unrcgarded , Ca lling and waiting yct-

Thcy hear T hy knock and they trc111ble -·1 he) hear and they lorget.

t\nd Thou in the m idst art stand ing or old and forever the same -

T hou heil rest their songs and the ir jc ting, Bu L no t Thy name.

The th it Ly-th ree year. forgo tten Of the wear y way Thou hast trod -

Thou a1e but a name unwelcome. 0 Savior Codi

Yet ;n11ongs1 Ll1c highways and hedg-es, Amongst the lame a nd the bl ind .

The poor and the maimed and th(• o utcast. S1tl l dost Tho u seek nnd fi nd -

T here by the wayside lying The eyes of Thy love can sec

The wo11nclecl. the naked, the cl) ing, T oo hl'lplc ~ to come w Thee.

So T hou an watching a nd wa iting Till the wedding is furni hed with gue!>t~ -

And 1 he last of the sorrowful singcth. And the last of the weary rcMs.

-C. P. C. (i n I l ) m ll~ o l Ter Steeg.en). I

LATER THAN WE THINK! E. L.].

Already, we arc writing "1957"-except when we forget! And that is the highest, latest figure that we who live today have ever used on a date-line. Assuredly, as Paul says, "it is time to awake out of sleee: for now is salvation nearer to us than. when we first believed. The mght is far spent, and the day is at hand". It is later than we think.

Another year has flown, we scarce know where; and now another -the onrrolling "Happy New Year"-is upon us. It too will pass as a watch in the niglll, even as 1956 seems hut as yesterday, now that it is gone. -

It was by the unspeakable mercy and the boundless grace of our heaYcnly Father that we were permitted to live through that year, now gone, and to hear again from the lips or those we love the sweet music of the Christmas message, and the cheerful New Year hrreetings-all now, still once more, in the joyous major key. How thankful we arc, and ought to be, for "peace in our time"!

\\"c ha\'e been living in a world that is sick indeed, sick with a mental malady that threatens self-dcstrurtion, though now for a season we arc enjoying peace and prosperity. But out of the crazy illness of our war-torn world, there comes at least one good thing: Satan's capital delusion of a golden age witholll the presence here on earth of that King whose nght it is to reign has well-nigh passed out of the picture, so far as Bible readers and religious thinkers are concerned. The most we see in the religious press on that line now is the half-way position that the earth is to have no golden age at all!

But the mouth of the Lord has spoken it for our comfort-that "the kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ: And He shall reign for ever and ever"; that "the earth shall he full of the knowledge of .Jeho\·ah as waters cover the sea"; that, as God says, "all shall know me, from the least lo the greatest"; that "the kingdom, and the dominion, and the greatness of the king­dom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most high": that, whereas men have been heating plow­shares and pruning-hooks and pols and pans into swords and spears, they shall yet "beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning-hooks"; for "nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more"-so says the inspired word of God.

\Ve pray indeed, that, through the strange warnings of the wars now going on in other lands, and all the troubles that so seriously thre:tten us, Goel may lead the people of our fair land into a deep and true repentance, and into a sackcloth-and-ashes humbling of thcmseh-es before our mighty Maker, from the people upward to the rulers, as it was in .Jonah's time; and then in turn, by order, from the highest to the lowest. For so it was when Nineveh was spared; and that thus there may come a lengthening of our present tranquil-

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ity. and an at111osphcrc l'a vorable LO the greates t pos~ible Sll <'CCSS O(

the gmpcl.

··our fathers' God to Thee. Author of libcny. To T hee we l> ing: Long may our land be bright With freedom· holy light: P1otc:ct m by Thr mighL. C:rcat God, our King ."

I 11 that prayer-It} nrn we join sin cerely. a nd 10 that end \\'C stand ah,·a,.., n·ath to \C'I ,.c:. both our cou m n · a nd 0111 Cod. within the li111it, of the will ol God 101 tho~e whose titi1emhip i.., not <llll) hc:re hu t in hca\'C:n ahcnc.

But now we are standing o n the thresho ld or another year! "' nother year- to seek rhe Lord. to draw nigh to God. to make

m11 way batk to I Ii-, hol)' fcllo \1· hip- if we have drifted: w warm ou1 hea1 tl> b) the lire~ of I I i.., lo\'C:-il we haYc grown m id.

Another year- to watch and to wait: to pray and to work: tO

!!:ivc tha n ks. and to br ing our bodies, as temples of the Ho ly Spirit, to I Ii ~ prai~e a nd ~erv i ce: and . being fill ed w ith the SpiriL. to en­ro111 :1gt· one a rmther in psalms. and hymns. and spiriw;tl song:..

,\11othcr yc:11 to think on true and lo\'c ly things: to imiurte Cod as obcdic11t d1i ldren; to wa lk in Jove, as God loved the world and as Christ loved us; 10 cultivate fe llowship, <tnd to keep th e 1mity of the Spiri1 in the bond of pcare.

, \ 110 L11cr year- to b'TOW s tronger in the Loni, to pul o n the whole armor ol God , to q rrit us l ike men, to s tand fast in the faith. and to put 0 11 love. which is the grea test virtue and the hone! of p erfectness.

1\ 11otlr<T year 10 bear iribulation in /Jaticnrc: 10 bless those who curse: IO speak the thing' 1 ha1 ed ify . anc w be lo 11gsuffcring toward al I.

Another year- to walk in wisdom. a nd to redeem days lost in idle indifferen ce and pleasure: to cheer the weak a nd the aged , to hdp th t.· ~ i ck and the poor; to work. th at we 111 a~ have to givt·: w feed the orpha n aml the widow, and even the hrrngry enemy. show-

.ing hmpirnli ty to al l. :\r mthcr year to nurture our ch ildren in the cha teni ng or the

I .01 cl: to repa ir th c lallc11 fami ly a ltar: to ow the cc•cl. arrd to harVC\t the r ipened grain: to bu ild th e house o f God wi1h a ll 0 11r m ight.

\not hcr )Car- to work :" umo Goel: to p ut C od lir~t. to 'eek J I i~ lin'-jdorn lir~. t : to honor Him in keeping I I i, commandments, and rn g1 vc Hi 111 a <ha nee i 11 o ur li \'C'>!

Th i~ is the wi ll of G od and 1he who le dllly of 111<111. That in 1hc doing of it •ou who read these l ines may fine! 1!157 a very h appy \Car. j, the dccpc~l \1·i~h of Ollr he:lrLS for )'OU.

' ,\nothcr ye.er! ,\ new. dean ~hcct to write on! :\11ot hc·r year! Jr nny he the rear ol o ur l\ laHcr'!> coming! :\nd

O lhat it were wday! Yes, i[ is later rhn n we thin k!

. \ncl when a shadow fall~ across lhc room \\' hc1 l' I alll work;ng :ti Ill}' appoi111 <•d La\k,

I lift my eyes and a~k, JC He is corne; And an angel answers sweetly in 111y home, Only a few more shadows, And He will come!

0 Cod our help in ages past, Our hope for years to coruc: Be Thou our guard while life shall last, And our eternal home.

-Amen.

~~~J Questions and Answers Stanford Chambers

W ere the children of lsrnel in Ef:,')' ptian boudage 430 years or is thf/f tim e really d~ti11g from the call of Abraham?

The •!HO years i ~ Paul's figure in Cal. 3: 17. lt i~ the nica!.ure of 1.h e time between L11c giving o! the promise to the giving o( the law on Moum Sinai. Not the same figure exactly, though doubtless in rounct m11nbers 1.hc same, was given Abraham in informing him that his \Ced ~hould sojnurn in a strange land and be evil entreated four hundred )Cars. Though nol a ll 1.hat time in Egyp1., Abraham's people were all the while in the midst of a hostile people. Later they were bondmen in Egypt, until " in th e fourth generation" 1.hey were del ivered throug-h Moses, and thc1i l>rougl11 in w the lnnd prom­ised through .Joshua.

i f salvation is the free gift of God. why are we told to worh out our wlvntio11 with fear a11d trembling, ns i11 Phil. 2: 12?

""For it is God who workcth in you both LO will and to work," (Next verse.) \·\/hen we were a boy on the farm, in Indiana, we had the privilege of working out our road tax, thus saving our cash. Paul is not talking about that kiud o( working it out. H e is the very one who t1.:ache!> tha t salvation is a free gift. You cannot work it out in the sense ol c:u ning it, or coming, by reason of good works, to merit salvation. Let there be worked out what God first works in. lrnportant it is that He be allowed 1.0 work that good thing in us.

Ex/)/ain af1011t Ifie 111·1,000 of R ev. 7:1. How saved? What their mission? Jllill it be d11 ri11g the great tribulation? If they are men, wlty are lltey cnlled virgins in R ev. I •1:4, 8?

The q11cstion rightl y assumes thnt they arc saved. So they nre, an.cl at the time they arc brought to om view they are "servallls of our God." God's servants are saved people; normally th ey arc saved to serve. T hese are servants already before the ir sea ling. T hrough the action of t11c angel these became sca led servams. and there is no ground for supposing a cessa tion of service on the ir part. Seeing them in ch. 9 (v. 4), as immune to the indescribable plabrues ol tha t chapter, warrants Lhe understanding that the scaling was for the purpose of ma king them immune (immune as the three Hebrews in

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1hc lit•1 y t11111a11•) 1ha1 1hn 111igl11 rn111in111' ~1·rvi11~. 1\111 thf•n• is 1ht· qucslion a1' 10 how tlw~<· Jt·ws had li<·cn saved: the~ had, by someom-. been pointt'd lo that "fountain lilied with blood." Why not allow that (;mi's 1wo prnplu·t, (Re\'. 11: IO) should have borne their tcsti-111011y wi I h tha l 11111< h ~111-n:s~~ Surely a ministry of such length would nol see God\ word rclllrn lo Hun void? Nor arc the 144,000 all Lhc saved of that generation ministered unto by the prophets. They are a select number. and a reason for their selection for such a time can be seen from the fact that thev arc declared to he "\'irgins." Men without moral blemish (Rev. l•l:fi) are rightly called "\'irgins"-virgin men. They are not necessarily nor likely all of them celibates, but they are "undefiled by women." They are such as can he called into selective ser\'ice. The all-important way in which they can serve their generation would certainly he on hehalf of eternhy, as the world is then on fire.

Take note how that the winds were stayed for this sealing­stayed that they might not hurt until the sealing is finished. So this sealing is done in the midst of a great time of trouble, or J_rreat tribulation. The winds are released and the tribulation continues, likewise, surely the ministering by these servants.

They do violence to the whole regime under God who disallow fruitage from the ministry and testimony of the two witnesses, di­vinely protected and given such credentials as arc displayed. Neither let the 144,000 be denied fruitage from their labors. In the last portion of Rev. 7 .John saw a great multitude that no man could number, out of all tribes and nations, and he is told how that they "have come out of the greaL u·ibulation, and have washed their robes." Somebody has pointed them, likewise, to that fountain filled with blood. Somebody has done a great salvaging work among the nations. Why not allow such successful salvaging on the part of the 144,000, aided an.c.1 guided hy God's two t:.rreat prophets?

WHENC:E THE CLOUD?

A professor of a large universit}' made no secret of the fact that he was an agnostic; moreo\'er, he boa!ited of hb philosophy whene\'er opportunity to do so came his way.

"If you don't throw aside your faith in God and act in your own knowledge and strength", he would tell his students, "You'll not get \'cry far in this world".

One day, during a class, the matter ol "rain-making" entered the discussion.

"\Vhat help was faith in God during the reren.t drought?" the professor inquired hypothetically. "A Jot of farmers got down on their knees and asked God for rain," he continued. "What did they get in answer to their prayers? The dust bowl! Do you know what they should have done( They should have sought help from science. Send a man up in a plane, drop some chemicals on a cloud, and you get rain. No need of God there," said the professor. "Any questions?"

"Yes, I have a question," one of the students replied, "Who fur­nishes the cloud?" - The Pilgrim.

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THE BLESSING OF UNCERTAINTY Gordon R. Linscott

Oh, the sleepless nights and the premarnre gray hairs that come from worryl And worry comes from uncertainty! But the Christian is not anxious for the morrow; he can say as did David: In peace will I both lay me down and sleep .•• " (Ps. 4:8). Yes, the Clmstian is free from worry, but is he free from the uncertainties which some­times drive others even to insanity?

Indeed, as regards our salvation, God has Riven. us "a strong encouragement," whereby we may say, "I know'. However, there are uncertainties in the Christian's life, in those things which he has in common with every man-the things which by their nature are tem­porary. Does the Christian have a guarantee from God that poor health, financial reverses, family difficulties, or social disfavor will not come? No, indeedl Yet these uncertainties which bring torment to the unsaved, work a blessing to the elect of God. Should we marvel at that? Is it not written, " ... to them that love God all things work together for good ... "? (Rom. 8:28.)

The difference between the desperation of the sinner and the calm of the believer lies not in the trial, but in its power over the person. The Christian may be deeply distressed and perhaps entirely at a loss as to how and when relief might come. He may have ex­hausted every resource and investigated every possible avenue of escape. Deliverance may be beyond the limits of his imagination. Yet, just when it seems that the whole world is about to crumple about him. he feels a rock sure and stedfast beneath his feet. " ... for iny power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9). The more uncertain the situations of life become, the more certain becomes our anchor within the veil. The better we know our weakness, the more we know His strength. This is the blessing the world cannot know: the blessing of being weak and helpless-and borne upon the everlasting arms.

Many Christians depri\'e themselves of this blessing becauM: they deceive themselves by feeling, "I am rich, and have gotten riches, and ha\'e need of nothing" (Re,·. 3: Ii). Because they are not desti­llltc of clothing and food and house and family and health, they do not realize that they are weak, helpless creatures. Since they do not deeply feel the need of the strength which comes from God alone, they do not cry out to be filled with power from on high. Being filled with the comforts and pleasures of this lire, they have no room within for the Holy Spirit.

Take this to your heart; be honest with yourself as you think on these things. Do you feel secure because of your material well-being? Because you have a steady income, a home, good health, a family? Or do you live with the constant realization that these things-even your very life-are temporary, that tomorrow you may be stripped of them all? Do you now live toward God as if you /tad alrend1• been stripped of all, sustained by His power alone? Try it, just !or one

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enti l't day ro1111/ 111/ 1/i iJ1~S lo br ins.• (Phil. :l:8)-a~ 1hc>11gh )O il d id11 '1 ll<l \'C L11em- and taste til e excellency or the k11owlc:dgc o l Chri:.. l ! You'll never go back to placing confidence in the flesh. You will see th:n the possessions in which me n seek security are lrnL shadows tha1 Ik e away. And you \\'il l find in Him, "whon1 not having ·cen . ye love." sweet refuge lro111 C\'Cry storm of lil e, and "grace LO he lp in time of need."

CHRISTIAN SHOULD NOT MARRY NON-CHRISTIAN A Puritan once said, "If you are a child of God and marry a

d1ild of the d evil, you can. ex pect to have trouble with your father­in-law." "Be ye not unequa ll y yoked together with unbelievers. " Lei that be the first question seuled, young man, when you are looking ior a wife, and, young womau. when. you are allowing yourself to be looked for, let the first question in your mind be: "ls this one who comes seeking m y favor one who knows the Lord .J esu.s Christ?"

A man announced LO rn <: o ne day that he was gomg to get mar­ried, and I said , "\Veil, is the young woman converted?" "No," he said, " but she is a very sweet and lovely young woman, and 1 !'eel sure that after we are married it will come o u t all r ight; she will come to Christ." I sa id. " lf she d oes not come to C hrist before you are .married while she looks up to you as a liule god, she is not at all likely to be led to Christ afterward s when she finds out how intensel y human you are."

1 think of a lad y who ca me to me in C ali for n ia and said, "M r. Jro nside, I wam t.o tell you my story. and if you ever feel like repeat­ing i t when you arc talking about separation, you may feel free to do so." She contin ued: ' 'As a young Christian 1 was a very happy young \\'Ontan: Ill )' he<t l'I \\' a~ taken up with th<: things or Christ; He was a ll in a ll to me. T he n I met one who seemed lO me so true, so good, so no ble, that I was foo lish enough to think 1 could win him after we were married.

" F-l e wen t to church " ·i1h me until two weeks aher we were mar­ried and then s.iid, ;I a111 through with this re ligio us sham : nothing more of it for me. H you must go on with it, you go your way a nd l will go rnine.' I have had to go my way ever since.

"That was not the worst, for 1vhen the c.:hildren came I wanted LO brin.g thern up for Cod. hut my husband. who had been reading in­fidel literature and was getti ng farther and fa rther away from the fa ith of his old mother, sa id, ·No, these children will never be brought up in religious superstition,' and I have had to see them taken off to the world when l wan ted them for God." Now every one of the six of them is uucr ly opposed to the Gospel that means so much Lo me."

The unequal yoke in marriage! 'What a serious thing it is. " Bm." you say. "my circumstances arc such Lhat I am uneq ually yoked ,,·i th a n unbe liever. ' ' There is only o ne thing for you to do now, a nd Lhat is LO go to God , and if you made the mistake o f dis­obeying His Holy Word, con fess your sin and look to H im in grace to come in and help you so to l ive that you may win that o ne to Christ. ... Li,·e for God in the home in such a way th at the other

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partner will realize that there is something genuine ahout yom· life's testimony. We rea<l in l Peter 3 that the Christian's wife is bidden so to live before her husband that "If any obey not the word, they also may without the worcl be won by the behavior of their wives."

A little Christian woman said to me once, "You know I can't understand how it is that I can't seem to get John. to be a Christian. I am at him all the time. He never comes in but what I am telling him, 'John, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. You are going straight to hell and taking the children with vou.' But he only gets mad." "I don't blame him," I said, "I woutcf too." Often you can­not win them by speech, but you can by your life. (Perhaps there will come a time when your word testimony will be accepted. -J. R. C.) -The above reprinted from an article by H. A. Ironside.

TRUE FELLOWSHIP (Gleanings in I John)

H. L. Olmstead

So far in the study of this hook we ha\'c seen that fellowship with God and His Son .Jesus Christ is the main theme.

It i~ clear in this book that the belie\'er in Jesus Christ has eternal life imparted by the Spirit. Th:s is the same kind of life or the same <luality of life that God has. It is the quality of life, rather than L le duration, that is emphasizell in this epistle. God is set forth as Light, Love, and Righteousness personified; therefore the believer, LO maintain fellowship with God, must walk iu Light, Love, .;md Righteousness.

As -we go through the epistle, we are impressed with John's doctrine of sin or, rather, with God's doctrine of sin as re'vealed through John. In this article we desire to go through the book in order to see what the teaching is. We do not believe that the full and final word on sin is to be found in the writing of John, for Paul has much to say abom sin, especially about "inclwcfling sin" which bcwmes active through the commandments of God. He talks about the "J;1w of sin and death" in our members and calls for deliverance from it all through the seventh chapter of Romans and finds his deliverance in the eighth chapter. However, the first epistle of .John emphasizes the utter .ncumpatibility of sin, i.e., actual tta11s· grcssion, with the Christian's new state as the possessor of eternal life.

\Ve begin with this general statement, "Sin does not belong to the possc~sor of eternal life." He writes "that we may not sin" (2:1). He warns us against "doing sin" (3:4·8). The man begotten of God "doeth no sin" (3:9). This expression, "doing sin," means the giving way to the spirit of lawlessness so that there is the actual violation of the commandments of God or actual transgression of God's law. On the other hand there must be the positive keeping of the com· mandments of God which he terms "doing righteousness" (2:29;3:7, 3: JO). Also he rnlls this positive action "<loing his commandments" and "keeping his commandments" (2:3; 3:22: 5:2-3). So sin does not belong in t.hc believer's life. The Christian is to do no sin but is to do righteousness and keep God's c:omman.clments.

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\Ve now come to an expression which John uses several times. That expression is "sinneth not." Let us see who they are who "sin not."

I. Whosoever abideth in Him (3:6). 2. Whosoever is begotten of God (3:9; 5: 18). Does this mean that a Christian who has truly been born of God

and who truly abides in Him will never sin, and if he does, is it proof that the man was never born of God or was never in Him? ·what is more, can it mean that such a man, though it was once the case, is no longer a born again child of God and no longer abides in Him? Much in this epistle and elsewhere in God's word proves that such is not the case. We will confine what we have to say in this article to the first epistle or John itself.

\Ve call your attention to the tense of the verb "sinneth" in the Greek. It is a tense which does not mean the man never sins but a tense that means that it is not the habitual, settled practice of his )i[e. In chapter 3:8 he uses this tense in saying "the devil sinneth from the beginning." That is the habitual, settled, purposeful prac­tice of Satan, sin and sinning. This is not true of the trul)' begotten child of God. If sin comes into the life of the child of God, he is to confess it (I :8-9) and seek the cleansing blood and avail himself of the advocacy or Jesus Christ (2: I). A child of God may sin a sin which is not unto death and pray for it (5: 16) and be prayed for. This shows conclusively that a true Christian may be sometimes guilty of sin though it does not belong to him and is wholly unneces­sary. One of the proofs that such a one has eternal life is his wil­lingness to bring lm sin out into the light in which he walks, confess it, and seek forgiving grace.

Finally John says that one begotten of God cannot sin because God's Seed abides in him. Again let it he said that the original tense here indicates that the man, if he really be born again, cannot continue habitually to live in known sin, and it is certainly true that he cannot consistently continue to do so. \i\'heu Jesus said in Mark 2: 19, "Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bride­groom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast," Jesus did not mean that it was impossible for them to fast, but it would have been inconsistent and incompatible with the joy of the occasion for them to have held a fast instead of a feast. So it is with the man who has been redeemed from sin. It would be and is all out of place and character for him to continue in sin that grace may abound (Rom. 6). He ca1111ot with the new birth consistently go on in sin.

Face the work of every day with the influence of a few, thought· fut, quiet moments with God and your heart. Do not meet other people, even those of your own home, until you have first met the Guest and honored Companion of your life-Jesus Christ .... Meet Him alone. Meet Him regularly. Meet Him with His open book of counsel before you; and face the regular and in·egular duties of each day with the influence of His personality, definitely controlling your e\'ery act. - John Timothy Stone.

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THE REBIRTH OF ISRAEL-- - II K. William Rinne

Let us inquire now, concerning the uniqueness of this e\'ent (Israel's rebirth). There are three things worthy of our consideration, each of which makes the rebirth of Israel without like or equal. The Jewish people are divided into three great classes, namely the orthodox, the status quo, and the reformed. 'William E Blackstone, in the w01·k referred to by this author, commenting upon these three groups says, "The orthodox hold to the Old Testament Scriptures, as interpreted by the Talmud, as the literal Word of God, and also to the hopes and heritage ol their ancestors founded thereon. They believe in the oft repeated utterances of the prophets, that some day they shall return to Palestine and become permanently settled as a holy and happy nation, under the sovereignty of their coming l\k~siah. These hopes are the very core of their intensely religious life, and are embedded in the most solemn devotions of their prayer· hook. Every morning, throughout every nation and dime, whither they arc scattered over this whole world, the orthodox Jew lifts up his prayer:

'Save us, 0 God of our salvation, and gather us together and deliver us from the nations.

'May it be acceptable unto thee, Eternal; our God and the God of our Fathers, that the sanctuary may be rebuilt speedily in our days and our portion assigned us in thy law. There will we serve thee i11 reverence as of old, in days of yore.'

In that solemn service of the Passover they cry out, 'At present we celebrate it here, but the next year we hope to celebrate it in the land of Israel,' and again, 'O build Jerusalem the holy city speedily in our days. Blessed art Thou, 0 Lordi' " (pp. 236, 237.)

The status quo group endeavor to "reconcile the genius of Juda· ism with the requirements of modern times" (p. 238).

"The Reformed Jews or Neologists have rapidly thrown away their faith in the inspiration of the Scriptures. They have flung to the wind all national and Messianic hopes. Their rabbis preach rapturously about the mission of Judaism, while joining with the most radical higher critics in the destruction of its very basis, the inspiration of the Word of God" (p. 238). Some have gone entirely over into agnosticism, which avers that the Zionist movement is not a religious movement at all but rather economic and nationalistic in character. It is this tragic course of events which makes the re· i,;ah of Israel distinctive in nature from a prophetic standpoint. For, from Lhcse agnostics there developed a wing of the Zionist movemenL which gave rise to the father and principal leader of modern Zionism, Dr. Theodor Herzl of Vienna as well as another outstanding leader, Dr. Max Nordau of Paris. "The Zionists have seized the reins and eschewing the help of Abraham's God they have accepted agnostics ;is leaders and arc plunging madly into this scheme for the erection of a Godless state.'' (p. 240.) (See Deut. 30:1-10; Zech. 12: 10-14; 13: I; Rom. 11 :26.)

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111 Lhc micbL ol an appar<:'nt dril'Li11g away from onhoclox .Jml:l­ism and a corre:.pond ing increa5e of unbelief and godlessne:.s a mong tlle J <. wish people. a second unique feature is to be noted. On the pnn of ~ome of die grea t J ewi h leaders there appears to be a most sig ni fiC'anL return to the ScripLUres as their :luthonty for laying claim to th e land which is being bitterly contested w day. Funhermore, there is sufficient e\' idence scattered in di[erem vol umes testifying to thi remarkable fact. Dr. Nahum Sokolow, president of the \Vorld Zioni~t Organilation frorn 1931-1935. instrumental in obtaining the Ba I lo ur Oeclara tio11 . and c111 rustecl with every post that Zionism has had to offer, has written two large volumes on the history o l Zionism. In the Append ix ol this gre;u work. Dr. Sokolow devotes a number of page~ LO quoting all Lh<' Old Te~tamelll prnpht:cies promi~ing a retu111 of the .Jcwi. L<i Pa lestine. In speaking of Lh<' prom i~e LO Abra­ham, he says: "' le i ~ impossible co understand how it can be s:lid that this covenant will be remelllbered. ii the Jewish people is to con tinue cli spcr~ecl. and i'> to be forc\·cr excluded from the land here spoken ol"" (p. Hi I). At the end ol all his <( uota tions of the prophets. Dr. Sokolow makes th e following significant statement: "These pred ic­tio ns un doubted ly signify that the children of Israel shall enjoy a kingdom and d o111in io11 under the whole heaven , that is, upon the cart h. which slrn 11 11evcr be d cstroyecl, nor sha 11 the ki ngclom be left to anOLhcr people'" (p. 167).

I t is somewhat astonishing to note the extent to which the re· birch of Israel is turn ing the attcn.tion of many J ews back lo a re· sLudy of the i1· a11<· ie n1 Script.urcs. Jn nn article e nti tled. '' For Fro m Zion \Vi 11 Go Forth The Law," which appeared in the / / 111erican .fewi:,/i ll'orld for April 15, 1919, the J ewish writer links the ideals o( the 11ew J ewish state " ·ith th e time of 1\braham. The article reads in part as fo llows:

•· Fro1n the vt•ry inception of o ur nationa l conscious11 c~s. we q uested for an amwcr to the riddle of the meaning of our ex istence and. abo, to the puzzle of the existence of other nations and the uni­\ 'Crse :1s a whole. Our col lccti ve answer has been tlrn L we :ir1· Lo be­co111e "hol y" i11divid11a ls and a 'holy' nation , in a pprnx imation w the 'hoPne~ · of God. 'You shall be ho ly, for l Lhe Lord your God a111 hol} · .... The 'Jewish \fission' to the world is inseparable from Jew­ish naiionhoocl. Thi~ m ission, and nothing else, was why Abraham wa~ told to forsake hi!. cou mry a11d go to the land Goel would show him. I le was p10111i~cd grc:nn<:s~ and prosperiLy there, o that i11 him would "all the fam il ies of the earL'l be ble~sed.'"

.\ third phenomenon mo~t unique is ahl)' set forth by ~lo es I l e~~ in tile wo rk referred rn by this author. na111cly that the g-reat wot k which Israel is to pcrlonn "cannot be d i~<.ha t gcd anywhere e l~e but in Palesti ne. where he will again be a na Lio n posse!>~ing hi~ own oil. a lundamema l condition for li,·ing a regular normal social life" (p.~2). The 0 11 LstancFng Cennan T heologian of the ninctcemh

cemur). Dr. J. !I. Kun;, in hi~ ~:ill important work,//is/or1• 11/ the Old Covenant (Vol. I, p. 21·1), crnphasile~ this point in :ln amazing fig ure of speech: "As the body is adapted and destined for the sou l and Lhe \oul for the bod) . so i~ Js1 ael for thaL country a nd tlrnt coun-11 y 101 hrad. \\'ithout h1 acl the .a nd i~ like a body from which tl1<·

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soul has Red; banished from its country, Israel is like a ghost which cannot find rest."

Moses Hess further states that "the regeneration of Judaism and Jewry is impossible in exile where it lacks the soil, the basis of a poliucal life, and where there exists constant fear of disintegration. In exile, the Jews are unfruitful in all spheres, spiritually and economically. Jewish economic life, no matter how prosperous it may be in some countries, is abnormal; it lacks a basis, the soil; the Jews, therefore, cannot be creators and arc only middlemen. It is only in their own land, where they will be able to produce new economic and social values, that they will continue to develop their greatest creation-Religion, which as a moral force will exert great influence upon humanity and thus bring about the realization of social harmony" (p. 32.) It should be noted that Moses Hess wrote these words in 1862. He was one of three classical exponents who believed in the national emancipation of Israel by political action, :md proposed the establishment of a Jewish homeland with the aid of France.

It is wonderful to behold, and a privilege to be living in a time · ! when God is once again confirming His \rVord. The word spoken, first to Abraham four thousand years ago, second, in the prophetic utterances of Moses thirty-five hundred years ago, and third, through the prophets of Judah and Israel twenty-five hundred years ago that lsrael wc...uid ret11. n to her land never to be uprooted again. Though opposed by the powerful nations which surrounded her, renounced hy Israel in her idolatrous unbelief and often afterward ridiculed by Jew and Gentile, we sec Israel rising through the debris of the dis-asters and persecutions of centuries. "The Hebrew language revived, the Levitical law enforced, the city of Jerusalem its capital, the Sab-ball1 observed, and the Messiah hoped for." The Jews have and will surprise the world by their achievements.

"There is a people stiff of neck, Dispersed from the Euphrates to the Rhine, Its whole life centered in a Uook-Oft'timcs bent, yet ever straightened; Braving hatred and contempt, It only dies to live again In nobler fom1."

Goel must be sought and seen in His providences; it is not our actions in themselves considered which please Him, but the spirit in which they are done, more especially the constant ready obedience to every discovery of His will, even in the minutest things, and with such a suppleness and flexibility of mind as not to adhere to anything, hut to turn and move in any direction where He shall call. -Madame Guyon.

It is not given to our weak intellects to understand the steps of Providence as they occur. \Ve comprehend them only as we look back upon them.

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FROM THE PEN OF R. H. BOLL

Among his many able contributions to our nmgaliuc, our la111e11tc1I editor· in-chief wrote none that were read with greater interest than his armual New Year's article on the world outlook in the light of prophecy. Our reprint for this first issue of the new year is taken from the Word and Work for January of 1936. How strikingly like our own rimes were those of that dayl And, of course, the prophetic picture of the world as drawn from the Rillie twenty yean ago. is hound lo he the same today, and so it will he until the time comes and the end· lime predictions are fulfilled. The admonitions and warnings of this artide are indeed timely and in order for us all today. -E. L. J.

THE MARCH OF TIME In the voice that announces the March of 'rime there is a tone

as of a judgment trump, which casts a sort of chill over the heart. Very often, too, the dramatic recital of world events that follows jusufies the foreboding fears. "Time marches rm!" cries the an· nouncer. Yea-and whither does she march? 'Who can tell? \Vho knows? The hour is coming, and now is, when men's hearts are fail­ing them for fear of the things that are coming on the world. The sea and the wa\'es-the vast masses o[ mankind, have found voice, and the roaring reverberates from shore to shore. Dark douds hang heavy upon the horizon. Lightnings flash here and there, and ever­nearing thunder rolls foretell the gathering storm.. Now it is Italy, Germany, or France, or England, or .Japan, or Russia, one or another, any or all of these .... Whither goes this march of time? Who can tell?

But the Christian has his word of prophecy more sure, to which he gives heed as unto a lamp shining 111 a dark place until the day dawn and the day-star arise in his heart. He knows some things (and has always known them)-among them the sure approaching doom of the world in the day of the Lord: and also the sure hope of the child of God. He knows that for him the night is far spent and the day is at hand. He is not in darkness that that day should overtake him as a thief; nor has God appointed him unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him. (l Thess. 5: 1-10.)

THE WORLD OUTLOOK

For many years past, every New Year some prophetic theme (usually on the Outlook and the Signs of the Times) is discussed among us at the "watch·meeting." And for years past, each year it was said that the situation was graver, the outlook darker, than ever before, and that we needed not be surprised at anything the new year might bring. Again the season has rolled around, and again, standing on the threshold of a new year, the same thing is true. Dark as were the prospects of preceding New Years, darker still is it now. The voices are multiplying and growing louder that tell us so-daily papers; the news ser\'ice, marvellously efficient; weekly reviews and summaries; radio news-commentators that reach C\'ery nook and glen

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of the cou11try. Who has ears to hear? "How is it ye know not this time(" said the Lord to His generation. BuL as in the days of Noah and Lot, they go on, on business or pleasure bent, eating. drinking, buying, selling, planting, building, marrying, giving in marriage. God's hand is lifted up, but they see it not. Yes, they see, hut do not perfeive; they hear, but do not understand. As people were wont to do in other ages, they put far off the evil day. Careless optimism leads the pr<><.-ession; and the multitude follows the piper, and their pomp and glory and he that rejoiceth among them descend-whither? Jt may happen in Russia; it may happen in Spain, they say; it may happen in. Europe-it can't happen here! And yet who can guarantee that anything may not happen here?

During the past year one crisis after another arose-like breakers of the sea that chase each other up the beach: or dash themselves into spray and foam on rocky cliffs; while back of all a silent tide, relentless, irresistible, rising to overwhelm and sweep the lands with unprecedented catastrophe. Again and again has Europe (and the world-for alas, "who shall live when God doeth this?") trembled at the verge of destruction. Again and again has the cataclysm seemed at hand. "Mars is grinding his sword," says one of the voices. It is already ground: its edge is super keen. All is read; the battle lines are drawn, waiting only, it seems, for a signal that may at any mo­ment be given.

Every few weeks international relations seem to be at the break­ing point. How many new crises will arise in the new year, and whether one of them may be the final one that shall engulf the world in ruin, no one can know. In addition to this international fear, most nations arc strained from within by contending revolu­tionary forces struggling for mastery; while the general status of re­ligion and public morals foretoken dissolution. The Roman Empire is rising from its ashes. Protean forms of antichrist appear. Israel's dead bones are stirring and gathering themselves together. The hour is late. Watchman, what of the night?

And what shall we say and do at such a time? Surely it is time for God's people to look up and lift up their heads; and for all to watch and pray that we may esc-.tpe the things that shall come to pass and be permitted to stand before the Son of man (Luke 21 :28, 34-36). And to urge all, while it is called Today. to seek in Christ a refuge from the wrath to come.

GOD STILL SPEAKING

It is true that in the Bible we ha\'e God's only revelation, the standard of truth and doctrine, the faith once for all delivered to the saints. But God has spoken otherwise and still speaks to men, to the world at large. to nations, to families, to individuals. By mercies and judgments; by kindness (Acts M: 17: Rom. 2:4) and by chastisements; by good and evil fortune, by calamities and by bless­ings; by illness, by loss, by bereavements, by sorrows, by afflictions, by help in time of need, by deliverance from danger, by guidance and hy perplexities, by strange prrwidcnce, by world-events, by acci-

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den ls, God sp c;1ks to 11s yet :ind consta11tl). ;1t s1111d ry tin1e · and in divers manners. I la,·c yo u heard Him ? I lave you listened? Ha\'c you interpreted llis language arigln? Here, too, it may be sa id that blessed are the eyes t hat ee an d the ears that hear, and th e hearLS that understa11d.

"Our lather:. un<.lcr!iLOod not 1hy wonders i11 Egypt. they remem­bered noc the multitude of thy lo\'ingkindnes es," laments the psalm­ist. (Ps. 106:7.) T h eir eyes were holden. the ir ears heavy, their heart!. harde11cd . They m u Id no t get His l esson~ though He spelled them out in g iant lc1ters before their vision. They u11ders tood n ot. "I have given you cleanness o[ teeth in ;i ll your cities. and want of bread in all yo11r places; yet have ye not retu rned unto me, saith J eh ovah. And I a lso have withho lden the rai 11 from yo11 ... yet have ye not n :t11rncd u1Ho nte. sa ith .J eho\'ah . r have sm ill('l1 you with blasting and n1i ldew ... yet have ye n m relurned unto me, saith Jel1ovah . I have sent among you Lhe pes tilen ce after the manner of Egypt: your yo1111g men h ave I s lain with the sworrl ... yet ha ve ye not reLUrncd unw nH', saith jehovah. I have overthrown cities among you a~ wh en God O\'Crthrew So<.lom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked from the burning: yet h ave ye noL returned t11Ho me, ~aidt .J cho ,·:1h." This fa ilure to learn ~1nything from these lessons or God left hut o ne l111al rccoune : God 11111s t s tc:p in F-lim~cll and cxt>c11u.: j11clgment. "T h erefore thus will J do unto thee; and because I wi ll do this unto thee. J1repnre to meet t/1y (;od, 0 Israel." (Amos ·I: !i- l '.:? .)

'J'hc~e th ings mii.;ln ha ve bn.: 11 said l.o 1rn. ,\lany and vnrious have bc:Cll cite provi dential deal i ng~ or God- tltc vi~iuitions J le sem upon our na tion , tlcpre ·~ion and drough t and flood <i nti storm and earthquake; nwl'ul \\'arnings have co111e to us through the bloody w:ns and caln111 itics in. o ther cou111ries-yc1 h ave m en acknowledged Cod or returned 10 l lim ? lle has ~pokcn to u~ in 111anilo ld ways to make us feel our dependence, our g11i It and neetl. and has no t left Himself without witness-but ,,·ho has h ad eyes to sec a nd ears co h ear and a h eart w 111Hlersta11d2 "In that dar did the Lord Jehovah ol hose~ tall Lo wt:cpi11g ;ind w nto11rning and 10 baldness, :rnd to girdi ng with sackcloth: and. behold , joy and gladnes , slaying oxen a nd ki lling sh eep . eating flesh and drinking wine : Let us eat and d rink (or tomorrow we shall d ie. And J eh o\'ah o( h osts revealed hirnse fr i11 rni 11e cars. Smcly 1.his i11iq11i1 y sha ll not bt l'orgi\'en you ti ll ye di e. sa ith rhe Lord, .Jehovah o f' h osts." ( Isa. 22: 12-111.)

" D ear Lord, Build mv ho use on a fo1111d:n io 11 ol lme: 1\foke its thresho ld of S) tn p:uhy. And itS door kev of faith: L et the l ig ht of iinders tanding shine fron1 its win do"·s; L et peace. gentleness and truLl1 H over around its riresidc; R oof it wilh content. ln Tit" Na111c. Amen."

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HOW CHRIST GUIDES

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;11 Portland A1•c. Church , l.ouis1·ille.)

Recently 1 stood in the gr eat heart of the city of Atlanta - 5 Points, it is called - and n oted the v:i rio 11s g uide signs on the tele­g raph poles. You ra n i111ag inc 1he conrusion wi th five 111ai11 ltigh w;iys converging at thaL o ne p oim. On e post had an an-ow poin ting i11 cach of five d irect io ns! It was rnig!Hy diffic11l t for a man to fin d his way about down there. And that brings u to the question. " H o w ca n any on e of ll!> rea lly !ind the r ig ln "'" ) through li fe clown here in this contused and rrnokc:d ll'Orld, whid1 the poet ra lb ... Th is SOff)' sch eme of things .. ?

Two answers arc possible: First. mrm does 11 0 1 !mow th e way tO walk - :ipan from the Lord he h as no g11i dc for his li fe. "Oh J ehova h. I know that the way of man i11 not in himself; it is not in 111a11 that wa lketh 10 d irect his steps." The second answer - a most reass11ring o ne - is th at Goel does /mow the way and will show it! l n Psa lm 82 ll'e read. ''I wi ll ins trnct thee and leach Lhe in the way t ltou sha IL go. I wi l I m u me! thee wit It m i 11e C)'t' upo n thee ...

~<>11· in 1hc <ht )'.~ ol ~ I mes - as 11•c read in our lesson (Neh emiah !): I. :~. i -1 9) , ,·hen G od led Israe l fonh from Egypt with a mighLy lta11d, H e rt11 n ish ed a pillar ol cloud by day and a p illar o f' fire b>' 11i~ln (Neh. !) : l!lh). I low phti nl y God suikccl out His 011icbtnce for H i, pcople in those da ys! Does H e h ave equall y discernible wa ys for his people toda y:. 111 taki11g up the subject this morning, " How God G11ide" I fee l tlw n ecessi ty or making t his a p erson a l testimo n y. IL is onl y r igh t th at th i~ rnngregaLio n should know h ow G oel led m e to arrcpt tit~ ta l l 10 lul l-time :.en·ic:e a t Po rtland.

\\'hen the yue:,t ion of fi lling ou r vacant p ulpit came up ~c 1·era l months ago the congregatio n was im·itecl to hand in the n ames or prospective: rninistcrl>. As t ltese folded s lij)S of paper rame in, there w1· rc a few 0 11 whi ch were wri u en. "Brot 1er \Vi lson". Occasionally a sister would i,ay-i11 a sh y way on leaving the service, .. H ow aboul Broth er 'Wilson for that vacancy?" But to Brother \Vilson. the thing '-Cem cd too r iclic11lo us! H e was all set in his lire·s work; Goel wa~ prosp ering him then ·-ltis dcpanmem was having the most su ccessfu l vcar in its his torv! I le rcali1cd h ow little h e knew of the v\lo rd- ho w ~ould he, of all 1)eoplc. follow after a Bib le scholar like Brother Bo ll?

l\feanwhile the pulpit comm ittee . holding its periodic m eetings, prayed earncMly fen Goel' ~ guida nce i11 the ~e l e< tion of His 111;111 for

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this place! Also, many of the ~isters had a prayer group. One day, to my surprise, I received a long letter from Brother

Chambers, saying some kind things about me and stating his belie[ that if I would he willing to resign my position at Peaslee-Gaulbert and work full-time for the Lord at Ponland, he felt God would bless! Amazement filled my heart! I h:1ve always loved and respected Brother Chambers as a consecrated man of God, but this time I really wondered at his judgment. I let the letter pass without com­ment. other than a protest of my own unworthiness.

Uut God was still working in a mysterious way! For the first time in its history, the Louisville Bible Conference date was set ahead to the last week of August instead of the first week of September. My vacation for the past several years has been the last of August. so this was the first time I could really "take in" the Conference. As J recall, instead of being too happy at this turn of events, I was rather sorry-for now I'd feel obligated to attend when my Hesh really relt I needed a vacation in which I could just be !rec to do as I pleased! \\That is more-I soon received a letter asking whether I'd make one of the talks at the Conference, on "What Christ i\le;ms To Me As :\ Business Executive." I felt the Lord would want me to say a word for Him, so accepted the invitation.

But now came regrets as I struggled to prepare the message. Satan crept in-as he always does-and made me resentful about having to take my vacation time to write a speech that wasn't any good anyway! One evening I "blew up" before the whole family. giving a very poor testimony for the Lord. Then, although my date was only a few days away, I tore up my whole speech and started all over again. Because God wanted to teach me that His strength is made perfect in weakness. He blessed the talk and gave me to under­stand more fully that "It is no secret what God can do!" He was showing me that I could not deliver the talk, but that He could­givcn a willing instrument! This "token for good" strengthened my faith, gave me still another cause for thanksgiving. led me a step closer to His service!

Finally our pulpit committee came to the conclusion that we had "tarried long enough at this mountain'', so we decided on a clay of prayer and fasting to seek God's further leading for the pulpit vacancy. After a most earnest season of prayer, we began to discuss, one by one, the names still left on our list, until we rnme to "'Wilson", when I asked to be excused to permit free discus.<iion. Thirty minutes later. when I came back to the meeting place at Brother Bornwasser's the brethren informed me that God had led them to a unanimous choice and that they would not offer the pulpit to anyone else until I had definitely turned it down! That day brought a real spiritual crisis in the Wilson household! There was no longer any possibility of side-stepping a decision-of turning the responsibility aside. God's people wanted a definite "Yes" or "No"-an<I I had to learn God's plan for this life of mine in order to answer in His will!

I was truly at the Reel Sea!

"Have you come to the Red Sea place in your life Where in spite of all you can do

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There i ~ no wuy om, there i ~ 110 way back­There is 110 o ther way - but through?

T hen wait on the Lord with a trust crene 'Ti! the night ol' your lear is gone;

He will send the wind, H e will heap the Hoods­\·\ ' hen He says lo your soul, "Go on!"

" ;\n ~ I llis hand will lead you through- dear through ­Ere the watery walls roll down.

;:..:o foe can reach you, no wave can wuch­No mightiest sea can drown!

The wssing billows may rear their o·ests Their foam at your feet may break

But over th eir bed you shall walk dry shod 111 the path that your Lord will make!

-Annie J ohnson Flint.

And wh ile we were much in prayer on this matter, God began w show H is will. An atml of ours (whom Brother Boll had bap­tized ;111d in whom we had confided), sent us two tracts by J ames McConkey. One was on "Guidance" In t11is he stressed the im­portance ol waiting on the Lord. Sta)' where you are until God leads you o therwise, but /l(rne that willi11g111:ss to do His will at all cost. e ither in the place where you are or wherever H e would lead you. Very simply this wri ter points out how we get guidance: (1) from God's Word; (2) from the inner peace given by the Holy Spirit ~~H I (3) by God's d'roviden,tia l arrangemen~ o[ our ~ ircumslances. 1 he circumstances od uses may be extraordinary (as in the case of the apostle Paul's calling), but often H e uses the ordinary events o[ our lives which He makes curnulative to lead us from the path He doesn't want us to follow l o Lhc path He has picked out for us.

Taking up the first poi m (name ly guidance from tl1e Word of God). we knew from the study of Titus and Timothy that it was ' cripwral for an elder, an over5eer, to exhort in the sound docu·ine :i nd w corn·ict the gainsayer. God promises there to honor those who labor lull-Lime i11 the wont a11d in teaching, and through Peter urges us to tend the flock of God. So the fint of McConkey's three requi­'ites had been checked off. We felt somehow that if we decided as Cod would have us decide, that the Holy Spirit within us would give that peace that o nly He can give. That took care of point number 2 ( the inner peace of the Spirit), so we prayerfully watched for the pattern of circumstances.

The Sunday morning after the committee decision had been rnade known to me, Brother i:razee announced Hymn No. 75 as our inviLation. \i\lhen we came to that third verse, ...

"My life I bring to Thee -l would not be my own! Oh, Savior, let me be Thine ever. - Thine alone!" ... I just had to come

forward to Brother Davis, requesting prayer for guidance, that God would eliminate all my self-will and accept me to be "e\'er His a lone!" Then God took over and things r eally started happening!

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I'he next Sunday Brothe1 Mullins p1cachcd thal stirring message on "Where is the God or Elijah?" He looked right at me as he proved that God is still the same almighty God yesterday. today and forever. He is able and willing to work through Elishas a~ well ai; through Elijahs, but mw pre-requisite is lacking. "Where is the faith of Eliph?" to enahle Cod to do His same mighty works as heretofore? I felt then-I feel now-that someone had asked Brother Mullins to preach that sermon directly at me-it fitted me so perfectly! \Vhcrc was my faith. indccdi-

Thc next week we had letters from our children, to whom we had written the news and from whom we had rel1uested prayer. One wrote, "As the Lord promises through His servant Isaiah, 'The Lord shall guide thee continually' and 'He will teach us of his ways and we shall walk in his paths'." How wonderful that He shows us the way and all we have to do is walk in it-trusting Him for strength. "The other youngster wrote, "Two verses I have taken for this year arc: first, Jeremiah 33:3. This has certainly come LO eass in Dael's case-we didn't expect it! The second verse I've taken 1s John 11 :40 where Jesus says to l\lartha, 'Said I not unto thee that, ii thou believ­edst, thou shouldes see the glory of God?' ... Whatever happens we're going to sec His gloryl"

So our lo\'ecl ones endorsed the proposal whole-heartedly. But God sent a voice from the dead, as it were, to strengthen His patterit of circumstances! A young couple had moved in with us temporarily, and in straightening up for them, I picked up one of Mother's old Bibles. Sheets of paper-in her clear writing-fell from the book; she had been using them to memorize the Scripture! And what was the message she sent me so supernaturally, almost, (as I had been figur­ing all the pros and cons)? She had written (Phil. 3:7. 8, 9), "But what things were gain to me. those I rnuntecl loss for Christ, Yea, doubtless and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but refuse, that I may win Christ"! On the same page, as though to confirm my encouragement, she had penned, "I can do all things through Jesus Christ which strengthe11-eth me," and also, "My God shall supply all your need accordmg to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus." 'Vould you say that God had sent me that message from Mother as part of His guidance? I accepted it as such!

Then came two more items in our mail-unlooked for-and the people who wrote them knew nothing of our particular problem. In a letter from Betty Knecht Allen this sentence .iumped out of the page Lo hit me again. She wrote, "I am learning more and more that when something has to be done that you can not do, you let the Lord use you anyway, and it is He that makes it come out all right!" That was the kind of faith I needed!

The other piece 0£ mail was the little publication of Brother Mullins at K.B.C. called "The E\·angelist". As I read Victor Broad­dus's article there, I found that the Lord was using him to answer every question that I had brought up in my mind against serving the

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Port laud congrega ti1m. Thi' wa~ mm e than a coitH.idl·rHc; it wa1"1 God· hand!

Victor writes. ·· 1.et us comiclcr some of the reasons (or arc lhe\' excuse~) for n ot going to prench the gosp el:

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I . Gnd 11eed.1 C:li ri,1 tia11 b11si11 ess111 e11. Now. it Vicwr had written farm c:ts or Christian d octors, it wou ldn' t h:I\ (' hit me so lrnn.l. But b11si11c1>.1111en! T h en he asks, "Am I a b usines man for God's sake or lor my own and my fam ily's sa ke?'·

2. I 11c11er had a ra il. Brother \Vibon <.Crtain ly could n o l h idc behind tltis on e at this time!

3. I musl earn (1 liui11g and />mvide for 111 y /11111ily, lt i · true (writes Victor) th at \:t1 rifitt:!> will have to he made, b u1 who can 11.:a lly m ake sarrifitc., in comparison with what Je~us gave up lor 11i.?

'L M )' health will nut lei me g<>. As you know, I had a bout with ranccr several year ago s~ wanted 10 be very sure on this angle. I had ~cveral thorough ph)'Stc:rl exams a nd more or less told the Lord , ·· 1r you bring me 1h1 o ugh these te~ts all right. J'll reall y prc~tn1 my body a Ji ving sacrilicc lor you r ser vice". And H e d id! Victor an­l>Wered this one b)1 saying that the apostle Paul apparencly had poor h ea lth , }'Ct he "'"~ the world"s great C'~ l miSl>ionnr)' · C:od ca n take <arc o l the health problem.

5. rm tno old . . .. It's true that lifty- thtt:e may not be the ideal age w start 'rork for the Lord, b ut as the article point out. "Brother Char le:. Gross wa., s ixty-s ix ye;irs old whe n he w<•m to the fore ign field. an d he is do ing ro11111a·ndablc work. :\s Broth er 1\ l 1 I< in Icy brought out in telling 111e o l hi!> co1111nittce vote lor n1e, "\Vito k now­c th whether thou are 1101 c:ome into the kingdom for such a time as I his?"

I a iah . aid. " I lere am I : :.end nte.'· Si nce I have been dws led o l the 1.rn cl. 'ltCp by step. along the

wa} to this pre c nt moment, l ,\·ant to all urc )OU that l would not dare to s tand in your pulpit unless I felt so guid ed b y God.

Brother Ho ll told of the l ittle boy looking o ut o[ the hay-lo l t of :i h igh ham to his 1111dc :.ta11di11g o n. the wagon below. "Com e 011 , j11111p," sa id the 1111clc. ''I'll ca tch you!'' a nd ;i ltho ugh it looked so hig h and frightening - havin~ perfect confid ence that his uncle ruulcl t:Hrh him a nd would ca tch him, 1he lad jumped! L ike him, l'm ··j u mpi ng" on. faith at C od' call. aml depending o n H im to uphold .t nd i>rn.ta in!

.\s J esus approach ed Lhe encl of H is mini~try. His rusciples one d ay argued over which of th em was accoun ted to be greatest. At 1h:11 time. I re :rd111011ish cd thc111, '' l am in the 111itbt of yon as he tha1 scrvcth."

Like Paul. I a m with you in weakness mid in fear and in ' much 1re111bling. Bu t God grant that th e preaching yo11 hear from this pulpit will be in d emo nstration of the Spirit and of power: that your laith may not be fo 1111d l> tandin~ in the wi dom of men. b11t on ly in the power of Cod! ··E,u:p t J cl101·ah build t he ho 11l>e. thq labor in \'<1in that build it ; e'ccpt Jehovah keep the ciq'. the watchman wak­eth but in min."

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NEWS AND NOTES A NEW EDITORIAL STAFF

In a mo\e to dh·iclc responsibilit~· and to gh·e rnricty to our articlt.'S, we haw askt'tl a few good and able men to complete a formal, regular editorial stair for the Word and Work. Some of these ha,·e accepted a.~signments; othel'll will write on general thernt.'S,

E. L. Jorgenson and J. R. Clark will continue to be executh·c editors. Those who ha\'C accepted special a!l~ignrncnts arc a.~ follows: I. L. Jorge1L~on, Editorial Article; Stanford Chambers, QUt:r)' Department; Frank M. l\lullins, Sr., Prophecy Articles; J. L. Addams, Seed Thoughts; J. Edward Hoyd, Word Studies from the Original Text; Howanl :"\larsh, The Home; H. L. Olmstc-Jd, Bible Book Studies; Carl Kitznriller, Youth Problems; Robert Boyd, Christian Education; J. R. Clark lkading Circle; Frank Gill, !'llews Editor. The Writings of R. H. Holl will mn· tinue to be featured unrkr PRECIOUS REPRINTS. Articll"S of Lasting Interest: J. H. i\fcCalcb, Gordon Linsmu, William Rinne, Dennis Allen, Bernard \\'right, Frank Gill. These last h;n·c not been consulted, but since they write more or le&~ rq.,rularly anyway, we :m~ induding them in our stair of writers. All who wish are invited to submit artidcs for approval. The dead line for rccelvh1g articles is the 15th of the month preceding the month date of the forthcoming i!l!lue. 1£ articles arc late they will be resen'L'tl for the next issue. News can be recch'cd up to the 20th of the month, or to the time that Word and Work goes to press. We hope to set a publication date of a clay or two before the first 0£ the month.

Hape,·ille, Ga.: Rro. Victor Bwacl­dus and family were with us this past Sunda~· night and Victor brought us :111 l'X1cllcnt message. One young 1m111 plac:ed membcnhip. A few weeks ago a young married woman was baptized Recently we lost a famil}' which 1110\'ed away. We have had quite a few visi­tors. One loung couple has shown \'cry good interest. -Carl Kiumillcr.

Loui~ville, Ky.: Last l.onl's day a ~oung rouplc came forward for mem· hership and a man rnmc to confess sin :11111 ask for the prayers of the church. The work at Onn~h)' Avenue sct•111s lo he progressing well in c1ery wa'" We do need more interest in night meetin~s. even though allendancc in these senin·s is about as usual. -J. R. Clark.

Lexington, l\y.: It was a big surprise to hear that Portland Clmr<"h had chosen Brother Carl \'ogt \\'ilson as an l'ldcr worth1 of douhlt• honor. in ask­i11g hi•n to' he their minister. l\ut I know of no one who is quite ;is worthy to take that honor as J\rothcr C. V. \\'ilson. His messages arc superior to I hose of must of us preachers. -H. X. Rutherfonl.

II i' tnl<' tint Bmther Carl Vogt Wilson, who has sat al the feet of Jlrotlu:r R. H. l\oll lor man~ 1ca1·s. :md M"t1t•d as cider, has hc:c:n .c:lectc<I

:1s tin- ncll' minister ol the Portland A1·cirue Church. Brother \\'ilson has resigned his position as head salesman for the l'easlcc-Gaulbcrt Corporation, and will he rclc;1sed about February I. Elsewhere in this issue tin: Word and \\'ork presents Brother Wilson's accept· ance sermon.

Reception For Brother Chambcn Thr Portland :\\C!llllC Church ga\'C

a rccep1io11 in 1hc Portland School base­ment on Uecembcr 28 at eight o'clock in ho11nr of Bmther Stanford Cham· bcrs upon his eigh1iclh birthday.

llrnthcr Chambers is well :mcl :ilerr. He is tining a magnilkclll joh in his Friday 11igh1 class at Pouland and his writings ronlinue co have all the old time power.

llaxtra·, K}. I li:l\c gn:;11ly enjoyed nearh two 1cars' work with the hrelh· 1·en tier;: al 'Ross Point, and their man\ 111anifc~1a1i1111s of lo\'c for me, and the perfect pcai:r and harmony 1ha1 now prc1ails make ii hard for me IO lca\'C, hut since I ;1111 leaving them in good hands, and I feel that the field to which I am going affords greater opportuni­lv for· me in the Lord'~ sen·ict•, I feel ,;mstraincd to nmkc the change. I go lo work with 1l1c So111h Side Church of Christ in Abilene. Texas, beginning the firs! Sunda\ in the New \'car. Mi· aclclrcs~ will l;c 9-H Chcs11111t S1reci.

l'rai ror 1111; tlrnl the Lord 111ay llSC Jll C

11 1110 llis )\IOI')' in 1his plaet:.

An ln teres1i11g ~olc "I \\'ant w he a brother 10 you and

10 love }OU as the 1.on l has taught . do 1101 lil-e 111uch ti f 1hc ~pirit that pn:\ ail~ :1 11d I fo1 Ollt: no\\' realize tha t wi: h;l\e erred in clrawing such rigid Jines o( fello\\'ship."

Co111 n1n1t: J 1 lain k 1 h:11 if 1 hose of 11s who diffe r on matters of prnphet')' wo11 lcl :i 11 1a lk 10 one ;111mhcr in the ,pirir 1na11ifened in 1hc little 110Le :i l>o,c. LhaL 1he church of the .Loni would enter in to a nc" ' era. - !'uh.

l'cws J'rom the l'h ilippi11es We arc indeed \'CT) ~lad LO le t you

k11ow that the true Gospel has heen hnrni:th t 10 the teachers' pavilion. Que­rnn lnsti t111c, h r the 111i 11 is1crs of the d 111rd1 of Christ. T he l\roadt1 11ses h.1vc lc lt but the Allens h:i\'e faith ­ftdll· u>111inucd rhe work among us whci an: weak and sicl-. rl1c\' hold ,<·n frc, i11 two different wanl, ' or the l1n>pi1a I. J' hc\ ron1t· w u~ 1 wire a \\'('<·k for llih lc classes :111d Lhe Lord'~ ::inppc·r c1 cry S1111dav a11d Tuesclav nig lt i:. ;11 r; 10 i. Some of us arc o l(I a11d i t i' onr first t inic to s111d1' the wo1·1I of (.ud . \ Ve c·11jov our 'stu<I V a11cl in sµi 1c of 0 11 r ph)sir:d wcak­ul"~St'~ we ~i n~{ ro rhe top of our \'Oices. for 1,·c ha ,·c found the Loni. .·\ s a result of rhc ministry of the Gospel here 111.111 ) lhc~ ha,·c hcen ('h:rngccl aud oth~·r~ ha\ C made their ,1;111d for the Lenci. .\ man ii'.? )'C.:;1r' o ld hacl been under the spell of tobacco since ho)'hOod hut ~a ys, ' 'Now rhat the Lord h:rs 1:il-.e11 hold <>f 1ne I ha v(· giq;11 up ' n1oking :111tl oLht·r ll'o rldl )' p lcas ll l'l'' a11tl a111 followi ng Jl im in the wa ters o f hapLism." A1101hcr rnan G5 )ear' o ld ~ai<l. " I have ne\'CI' kn(11\'n the >tUdY of 1ht· Bi ble, univ now tha t I h:n c :ll· 1e11dcd r hc classes of ll rnthcr A lle11. I an1 following Lhc l.ord IOO in hap· tism." Four oihers who h:icl hee11 Iii'· ing in si ns and trespasi;cs, of which the wrir,•r is rlw chief, ha\'C hcc 11 haptizcd aud arc 1111w wi t11cssi ng for the Lo r·d . Pray rltat 11 rn ny mon: ntiglrr conic Ill the knowledge of the truth and always rcmc111bcr rhe ,\liens a nd the lilllc flocl- here i11 your pravers.- Diosn1rn 1':1tri1, T caci1crs' Pa' if ion. Qm·11111 t11-, r11111c.:.

Sclfuer, Fla.: l'hc church in B11111-do11. Florida seems ro be taking on

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so 1111· 11 c.: 11· l ife wilh rite 111111r111" cffnrt ~ of ll ro rlt n l):ilicl f\rown , \\'ho i, 11ow worki111-; wi th us . We had :i record aue11rfancc lasl Lord's da\' for man,· months. Two carloads of 1'11ildn.:11 were lm111g l11 i 11 to boo~I ar rc11da11c e. \Ve s1ill 1w(·d f:iithfu l 111 c111hl'rb to n11n c iii 11 irh 11< as I :i 1n a ln11 c since m y wife departed co be with her 1.orcl <>11 Occo ber IG. If in terested lcL 111c know soo11. I a111 vt:ry lonely. - 11. C. lli111<1n. Rt. t , Ilox !\!i!!.

Ur:inclon, f1foritla: was plca,t·d 10

read an article in the las! \\'nrd a nd '\Vork fron1 the pe11 of 0111 helm cd f\rother ll i11t<m. It has been 111\' pri\' i· lcg1· to he rlo><·I~ a.soci:itcd wit h hi111 the pas1 few 1non1hs. a11d he ha:. l1ce11 a11 cncv11ragc1111:nt Lo me. He is trnly a man of Cod. humble. chcerfn l. a11d i11spiring. I am 11ta11kfu l tlt:u 11tc Lord. has led us rlti s way. - lla l'id s. llrow11.

Sister H i11Lo11 Departs On Ortohcr 16 Brother H. C. l-li11to11

losl ltis cornpa11io11 of lift\ ·ni11e \'ea1,, Sister lli111011 had hcen in ' pooi h

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eal1h 101 '1>1nc 1110111h,; hO\\'C\ CI'. she \\',IS

aclivc [nm1 her chai r in M0 11icc a1ul lo1·c for cite Lord. She 11•as a lwa vs at Lhe lw11,e of ll'ms lt ip right up tc; rlit· ri 1111· she b1·1a111c bed ridden. I lcr Im·,· for Chris t was 1 c.:rr c.:1 ide11 t. The tl111 rd1 1nb":s her, hue. " 'C rea li tc chat Brnr her 11 i11 ton feels r he lo~, more kce11lv. \ Cl his lo\'c for Cod :i11d his f,1ith . h,;, l><·cn 111:111if<'Mt<cl lo '" all i11 Ill> ltu11t of ,.;rc;i lc> l SOI IOI\. I ha11k (.od lw .itth 1ncn? He i., C\ c1 husy in the 1.ord's work, watchi11g a nti wait· ing for the retu rn of Chrbt. 8t.:Lli 11g a line cxaniplt.: for 11> at llra111lo 11 . -David S. ll iown.

John, c111 Ciry, T1•1111.: llre thrc·n Roh· en llo) d, Pau 1 Clark, Robcr1 (,ar­retc ha,·c all done a fine work here ;11 the;: .\lo11111:1i11 View Church. ,\II three lt.l\ e lil'lpc·•I 1n.1kc the d111rch a flue grnup with wh i<"h to work.

1 he co11g1cga1ion is to be com­mcnde<I for thc i1· work o( faith. 111 the last eight )'Ca r~ rhcy have nm.lcr· taken to build a 11 ire 1 11 t·< ·ri11 1:: -ho11~c :11 111 a 111 1<· pa 1~'onagc . 'l'lu•) have al'o gni11cd souls for the Lord. 011c thing lhat make> 1lw worl; plea,ant lwre is the fact rh:cr th ~· night a11cnclanu· al-1110>1 cquah that o f rhc 111on1i11g >en·· i<c. :\ l>o the ' bC'licve in rn111i 111( on t fm· rhc 111ithvcck 1necling. l~at h mr.:111 · he r is willi ng tu do his part i11 h11ildi11g

1h1· 11·11rk. l'nt )' for 1111· 11ta1 I hr a h elp r:11her 1h;111 a hi11dranc<' 111 such a line ' Jlirir. - Eugene 11.JcChcc.

Ren h:1111 , Kr .: We arc having mccL­i11)\'~ i11 m 11· hnmc C\'Cl'I' Frida)' C\'Cll ·

i 11g. 0 111· ur c>u r neigh l>or' ci trnc wh11 had 1101 hcc n in an) chu rrh sen ice for two )t::JI'\. \\'c hope tha1 man) will be rt'a<l1nl a111I 1hat we Ctn sho w them 1l~t· si111ple wa)' o f the Loni. - Jesse 111 h lo.

Fra 11 kfor1 , l\y.: The 1.nn l has hlesscd us l11·re 1hro11gh tile year. O u r inter· e.'1 and a11endancc have hcen good. Dnrini; June we hatl <• li ne Vacuion lli hle ,rhool. Bro ther II . E. Schrei ner w ;I\ wirh 11> for ten d!t)' rite Ja,1 of Ju l) in an C\angclisti<. m cc1 i11g in wh id1 l'IC\C'.11 \\'Cl'C added lO the ll1Clll·

h crship. The chun:h wa, Krcatly s1 rc11!(1 l11·11cd l> y 1 hi· fi 11c 111css:igcs the Lord !(:tV1· us 1hro11g h th is servant o f 11 b. Otlu:rs ha \' C hcc11 added at reg· ular ~C l'\'i CCS.

1'11c last of October the L.orcl pcr­mi11cd 111r \\' ifc aml I 10 111ake a 1rip lhro ugh C:tiirgia. Floricln , and Ala· ba111a. where we 'i'ited hrcthrcn i11 the Loni. I spoke twice at King's High· war Church in Jacksonvil le. Florida. whe re Brother ;-.:. J3. \Vrig ht is labor­ing. .\l ,o 11'c visi1ccl 1hc govcl p eople at Ura11du11 , Florida . whcrc David Urown i> doing a fine work. We \'isil · eel with the brethren a1 1 la pc\' ille, Georgia. where Ilro1he1· C;irl Kit1.111iller i< lahoring. - .\ sa Uabcr.

A111i1 t·, L:1.: I do 11 111 lrnow \\' h )', CX· cept 101 the God-fearing people we h:t\'C her... but rhc work is growing 1rc111e11duus l)'. It has hccn u ccessaq• f o1 us 10 huild an~1thcr huildi11g in o rdc1 111 al'com nwdatc 011 1 S1111(l:t) school. - John Fu lda.

H a111111011d, L"l.: Tremenduu' hlC•S· ing~ wc1c ht•,1mn:d upon 1hc ,·h111 ch~ i u 1hb a1<:.1 la ,1 wed. 1hro11g h 1hc mt~'aj:C> tlclh·cred hy ll ro. ( .. )), Kucp· p er. Uro1hcr Knt:pper wnduc1cd a vouth rc\'i\·:tl at the Clrnrcl1 of Christ ilihll' Chair bui ldi 11 g in 11:11111110111!. Ik e. 10 t:s. aud spokl' 011 ~ 1111<la )'' i n

SC\'1:r:tl 1h111C'f1es to ca paci1 y rrnwcls. a nd three rimes on the radio . Flis ~kepi)' spi ri t 11al messages lcfl a dee p nnpnnt 11po11 the minds o( :.di who h eard him.

\ 'irginia and lla1·icl aml I fou ud that ha\ing Bro1her a nd Sister Knepper in our home h 'llS o ne of those bright ex· perie n cc> 1ha1 you treasure in your 111c111on lor a lifetime. - Richan! lb111SC):.

Ollice N Ot ts

. I n i,ri ,•ing change of arld1cs• p lease gwc ho1h u ld and 11cw addr~~,e~.

The Wo rd a n d Work se lls oook) and chnrd1 snpplics al regular retail prict-s. \\'c apprecia te you r husines.~.

We a rc glad 10 bill 0 111· friends for llHtlcria ls (ordered . Howcvc1', w1: nulc tha 1 severa l .wait longer thau thirty d ays to rem11. We pay . all of our bills each 1~10nih. ~)' papng E!mni.Pr· ly you as.'tst ll> m do111g hke1nse. .\lo; t ol 0111 rmtomcrs do pa)' prv111pt·

'r· NEW :1UUSCRTI>T ION RATES

1.{cad the inside fronl cover or t in s Won! and Work lo lcan1 wh y we liml it neccs.,ari to add fifty cc111s IO our su bscription price o n Wo rd and W ork The new price of $2 for a s.ing lc sub· scrip1io11 :11111 :S I.ii> in cluhs 0£ fonr or more goc' i111 0 effect immcdia1d). Ho1,·c\ c1. al I nwnci collc<'lt·cl 10 eta 11· will he .1c~cp1ahlc at Lhe o lcl prirc.

Word a n d Work Sti ll R easonable Every iwo weeks I pa y our papt!r

lioy $ 1.llO nr !iO ccu LS per week. If a l'ricnd and I would stop iu a conlcc.· ticmar~ for a hambu rger or some icl· cn:am. I wonlcl think nothing of pay­ing lhC lifl\ CCIII ch eck. ·\Ctcr alJ a u extra lilt) reuh a )'t'.ll' cm the Word ;rnd Work. hringiug 1 h1· 101:1 I to $'.l is n :a;on able 1:110 11gh . . \\'c hope 1ha1 none di,c:oncinucs the \Vonl and W1Jrk 011 accou 111 of 1his hi1 ex1ra. The Word :~ ml \Vo1·k 111t1 ~ l pay it ~11HI is t h11s p ass i1111 it 0 11 lll th e ,uh>nihcr.

\Vhen prayer is amwered, forget not prnise. The apparently compttrcd enemy teab i 11 again at the door ol an llll!:,'l'atcful heart.

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\'otl can· ( repen t too soo n: for you know not how soon it rnay be L"n late!

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A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES M. NEAL On November 10, 1956, the body of Charles ~I. Neal was laid to

rest in the \ Vinchester, Ke ntucky, cemeter y to await the resun·ection in wh ich h e d evoutly be lieved an<l which he proclaimed to o thers. H e lived fervently in the hop e of the Lord's returning, but it was not the will of the Lord that h e abi<le until H e should come. His loved o nes therefore sorrow not as those who h ave no hope. H is fa ith ful wife, a nd fo r th e most p ar t his two sons an<l fi ve daugh ters share with h im a l ike fa i th J be lieve. In p an some of the dau9lu ers and sons-in-law have the same hope. One o( these testified: ' H e is th e b est man I ever knelv." All o f them share the comfort which such a fa i th br ing8.

llrother C h arles was in his seventy-eighth year. Fifty-seven of these years were spent in the study and min istry o f the \ Vorel o f God. Fro m a d ed icatory poem entitled "l\fy Prayer", d ated July 4, 1899, Sullivan , Indian a, wriuen at the thresho ld o f his minjstry, we learn the secre t o f his wonder fu l life a nd ser vice. \Ve quo te in part:

' H elp me r ead the H o ly Bible, That T h y will I there may learn.

O h , the precio us truths there g iven Make m y so u l for he:wen yearn.

May I be the e:irnest teacher O f the truths conta ined therein,

A nd b y never-tir ing efforts I .!'ad w 111e fro m th e paths o f ~in .

U pon the thirty-six th anni,·ersary of his m inistry, h e wrote an otl1cr poem entitled "Th:mks~ i v i ng :md Assura nce", d a ted A ugust G, I 935, \'Vinchester. Kentuck)'· fro 111 wh ich we q uoLe the fo llowing l in es :

Wi t h H o ly Boo k w ithin my h an d . .-\ncl H o ly Spirit in my hean ;

S\,·cet fel lowship with T hee l h a ve ,\ ncl no d e ire to e\'er pan.

:\fy teaching Lord. has been for Thec­No human leader h~\\'c I !>ought;

I plarc Th y \ Von! above all eb e, A nd pi a ise Thee as I o ugh t.

T hat blessed ho pe is no w my joy­O n grace I no w d epend:

He who began the work i11 me W ill p crl'ert it to the end.

:Besid es his eva n~elis tic work , Brother Charles min istered for a number o f years :u each o f thc followin~ pl:H'Cl>: D ugger , Indian a; Portland, l\ la ine; \Vinthester. Ke ntucky. He no " ' jo ins in g lor y that noble co mpan y o f d e,·o ut brethren ,,·ho have ser ved the church of o ur Lord so we ll in our day: J a ne . . Fr iend. Zahn. and Bo ll. W ho fo llows in their tr:iin? - Cl:lllck Neal.

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