pression, or impact, upon my think ing was the ceaseless unrest that char acterizes the multitudes everywhere. I refer to the rise of Communism and the lawlessness that accompanies it! One cannot journey through Asia, Afri ca, et cetera, without realizing that the world is rushing on to a great and final crisis. The three evil system in evidence everywhere are, Communism, Rationalism, and Spiritism. I often won der if the three systems just named are not those referred to in Revelation 16:13, 14—“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.” There is one thing that should be cleared for your understanding, and that is the matter of the partition of Pakistan from India. This separation came after a great deal of bloodshed. The part known as Pakistan was dis tinctly Moslem and the rest was Hin du. Fighting had been going on be tween these two religious groups for hundreds of years. Only a few years ago India came to realize that to have even a semblance of peace, partition would be necessary—hence, Pakistan became an independent state. We saw evidence of the terrible con ditions prior to partition, evidence such as children having their hands cut off and their eyes gouged out. These are not isolated cases,' you find them everywhere. Sights such as these probe your heart to the depths. It was our joy to find Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Fricke, Biola graduates who labored in India for some years, but when partition came they felt led to go to Pakistan to work among the Mohammedans. They have a fine testi mony for Christ. Their church meets in a schoolhouse and the services are well attended by quite a number of natives 4
ing preached and he will see, very shortly, the sinister power moving against those who carry that Gospel. In first going across, I spent some time in Australia with my brother and three sisters. We had wonderful fel lowship in the Lord. Then I preached in the church of my childhood. In that day fully twelve hundred people at tended the services—but that area has fallen into the boundary of the slums of Sydney and only about six or eight members comprise the membership of that formerly large church. So, while sitting in the old family pew, I remi- "Your Day With God" Begin the day with God; Kneel down to Him in prayer; Lift up thy heart to His abode And seek His love to share. Open the Book of God, And read a portion there; That it may hallow all thy thoughts And sweeten all thy care. Go through the day with God, What'er thy work may be. Where'er thou art— at home, abroad, He still is near to thee. Conclude the day with God; Thy sins to Him confess. Trust in the Lord's atoning blood, And plead His righteousness. nisced in both joy and sadness. I also visited the public school, the first I attended when I was about five years of age. Sure enough there was my little desk of sixty-eight years ago. Things do not change as rapidly over there as they do here. The same thing is true of England and many of the European countries. It is wonderful to note the eagerness of the folk of Australia to study the question of Prophecy in the light of God’s Word. From there we went to the northern part of Australia enroute to Saudi, Arabia—India and Pakistan. My daughter and son-in-law are located in Pakistan. In going through those countries, the thing that made the deepest im
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