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were like water to a thirsty soul. They drew me. nearer the Lord Jesus, gave ine an even more earnest desire to go into all the world through prayer and gifts, and to be utterly faithful in giving His message to 'the sick and the dying.” A Donor: “The Torrey meetings were a shock to me. I saw how cold and complacent I had been—I who prided myself on my. love and service to Christ. By His grace, I took a new step forward.” Friends of the Bible Institute who were present on the occasion of Archer Anderson’s searching message on “Present Your Bodies,” saw a particu larly deep working of the Spirit of God as student after student (and oth ers also) offered life and body in surrender to Christ. Who can estimate the outreach of such yieldedness, as these young peo ple, being trained in the Word of God, shall go out to witness for Christ to the lost? Verily, Biola has been freed from its debt shackles for just such a world-reaching ministry as this. Does “ Killed In Action“ Mean “ Gone to Heaven” ? This question arises in every war. Speaking on this subject, a prominent minister in Canada recently made these observations: If you admit this principle of salvation by the supreme sacri fice, what do you admit? That we are saved by works, and not by grace. Though we give all honor to those . . . who face death on the field of battle or in other fields of conflict . . . hero ism is not confined to the battle field or the stormy sea. I have seen many a woman who deserved the Victoria Cross, and so have you. I am not sure that the boy’s mother does not suffer more than he. I am not sure that the man’s wife does not endure more than her husband, in mental anguish. If we can admit that a man can be saved by the supreme sacrifice on the battlefield, we must admit also that people can be saved by works of righteousness which they do at home. But the question: Does “killed in action” mean “gone to heaven” ? may be answered in the affirmative. The answer is “yes” for any indi vidual—at home or overseas—who has
Freed— for This When a mighty tide of spiritual blessing swept the Bible Institute of Los Angeles in the week of January 23 to 30, it caused even greater rejoic ing than that which had accompanied the lifting of the burden of debt a few weeks earlier. . . Some had asked, “Will the Insti tute settle down now to a deadening enjoyment of her newf freedom?” ' The question found answer during the week of the Torrey Memorial Bible Conference when not only the whole student body of some five hundred persons, but also faculty members, employees, and many- other friends entered into a new experience of heart searching, of extended vision, and of deepened consecration. The Lord’s messengers on this mem orable occasion were, among others: Archer Anderson, Pastor of First Pres byterian Church, Duluth, Minn.; Her bert Lockyer, Bible teacher and au thor; Jack Mitchell, conference speak er and Bible teacher; Harold Ockenga, Pastor of Park Street Church, Boston, Mass.; and Walter Lewis Wilson, “the beloved physician,” President of the, Kansas City Bible College. But it was the Lord Himself who challenged every life, as the following testimonies indicate: A faculty member: “The Torrey Conference which has just closed was the richest, I believe, of any in the six years I have been at the Institute. One evidence of the Holy Spirit’s fork ing was the fact that the five main speakers, from different sec tions of the country and with no plan ning together, gave messages which complemented each other in a re markable way. Like a thread run ning through the entire week was the theme of the Lordship of Jesus Christ and personal dedication to Him.” A student: “The conference brought me face to face with the fact that I was not a yielded Christian. I had considered myself to be. But thank God, the power of His Word and of the Holy Spirit wrought in me a fuller consecration. I have heard other stu dents testify to a similar working in their hearts during this wonderful week.” An Institute Bible woman: "My hos pital work kept, me from attending much — I was present only once, in fact. I heard Dr. Archer Anderson that day, and I also heard Dr. Wilson over the radio. These two messages
SATISFACTION By Mabel M. Severn Except a corn of wheat Fall to the ground and die It bideth all alone In self-security; But if it die, it lives; It lives a thousandfold— A loaf of bread within Its waving autumn gold. So also Jesus Christ Who swung the evening star Abased in shameful death As erring mortals are; Beneath the clods of hate Forsaken by His own He went the way of death To a resplendent throne. A misty morn, rainbowed Through tears, broke into sun. The Lord is risen indeed. His glory has begun. Looking down the years His soul is satisfied; A golden harvest waves Because Messiah died. placed faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour. If a man goes into bat tle—or a man or' a woman remains at home—and in each case the rela tionship to Christ is right, then when death comes, heaven beckons. ■ ’v ■ The answer is “ yes” also for any individual, having perhaps no more than a moment to live, who in that instant looks up into the face of Christ and receives Him as his sinV bearer. Take this illustration as a case in point: Shrapnel was falling like hail. It was thought that not one of our men would get back to safety. But one young man did get through, and at the very first opportunity he wrote to his father. He said that in the midst of that stream of steel, when death was facing him, all the teach ing of a lifetime flashed before him; “In that moment,” he said, “I looked to Christ, and I was saved.” Suppose, he had not reached the other side, and safety; hundreds of his comrades did not. No, it is not what we do—even the best of us—that guarantees eternal salvation; it is what Christ has done. It is faith in His finished work of atonement and provision that opens the door to heavenly rest. There is no other way.
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