all about a seeking soul. All He needs, remember, is a willing worker. The girl explained further, “Three months ago, as I was sitting in my university lecture hall in Germany studying geol ogy, I arrived at a point of complete despair. I told God that I wasn’t sure He existed. I asked Him to reveal the truth about Himself. I warned him, ‘God, if you don’t do this in three months I’m going to throw up my GOD'S WONDERFUL WORD When I am tired, the Bible is my bed; Or in the dark, the Bible is my light; When I am hungry, it is a vital bread; Or fearful, it is armor for the fight. When I am sick, 'tis healing medi cine; Or lonely, thronging friends I find therein. If I would work, the Bible is my tool; Or play, it is a harp of happy sound. If I am ignorant, it is my school. If I am sinking, it is solid ground. If I am cold, the Bible is my fire; And it is wings, if boldly I aspire. Should I be lost, the Bible is my guide; Or naked, it is raiment rich and warm. Am I imprisoned, it is ranges wide; Or tempest-tossed, a shelter from the storm. Would I adventure, 'tis a gallant sea; Or would I rest, it is a flowery lea. Does gloom oppress? The Bible is a sun, Or ugliness? It is a garden fair. Am I athirst? How cool its currents run! If stifled? What a vivifying air! Since thus thou givest of thyself to me, How should I give myself, great Book, to thee! studies, leave the university, and take my own life.’ Mrs. Briscoe, the three months I gave God to show Himself to me will be over tomorrow.” Isn’t that interesting? Are you letting the Lord work through you? All about are seeking souls who need Christ as Saviour.
PROTECTION FROM PESTS Throughout Palestine one can see nu merous rock fences separating ting fields of the farmers. Frequently these have bepn made without mortar, substan tial enough to keep out large animals. The problem is that there are some smaller foraging creatures which can slip through the spaces between the rocks. That is why in the Song of Solo mon there is the reference to “the little foxes ” which come in to pillage and to destroy. The big animals were easily seen, but the clever and wily little foxes no one could seem to predict. What a spiritual picture this presents of our own lives. Isn’t it a fact that most of our problems are with comparatively little things? Few Christians have trou ble with so-called “big” sins like mur der, bank robbery, gross intemperance, alcoholism, and the like. Our difficulty comes in from those things which, on the surface, may seem insignificant. Their destructive work is unmistakable just the same. We refer to such things as what people call “little white lies,” or lies of expediency. Then we are tired and get out of sorts, exploding with a lack of patience, saying unkind and unneces sary things. Most marriages which land on the rocks do so because of the “little foxes" which get in through the holes. The tension and difficulty over relatively minor issues become intensified in just such a way. May our prayer each day be as that Palestinian farmer, “Lord, keep us and deliver us from the little foxes, for ‘our vines fvive tender grapes.’ ”
Mr. Jack Schwarz, member of the Biola College music faculty, shows an announcement to two Biola students from California, Karen Henderson of Van Nuys and Deanne Miller of La Habra. Music is one of the many majors available to young people enrolled in Biola College.
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