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DID YOU KNOW that IN 1890 DR. C. I. SCOFIELD founded a mission for the evangelization of CENTRAL AMERICA ? 90 foreign missionaries in 35 resident stations, over 400 native pastors, evangelists and Bible women, two Bible Institutes and many thousands of believers witness to the power of the gospel. Many souls are being saved. Your Church, Sunday School or Missionary Society should know about this work. Send for free literature and information. HAVE YOU SEEN
sent by General Booth (the Salvation Army was then still the Christian Mis sion) to take over a small church where there had been a division. There were thirtÿ-nine members in the church, and about half of them sat on one side of the church while the other half occupied the other side. And those on the one side did not speak to those on the other! On the first evening, I was on the platform promptly at 7:30 and sat perfectly still for oné-half hour. No one moved. No word was spoken. Then on one side there was a cough and an elderly gentleman stirred and asked: “Boy,” and there was emphasis on the boy, “when are you going to begin?” “I began half an hour ago,” I re plied. “What have you been doing?” he asked with some astonishment. “ I have been feeling your p u ls e - diagnosing your trouble!” , “Well, you won’t do. You are too young,” he stated firmly. “But I’m getting older every day;” I protested. I stayed on at the church, bift the spirit 'o f division continued. There were souls converted in street meet ings and in the homes in that town, but there were no conversions in the Church. How could there be in that, atmosphere? And it is the same in many of our churches today. They have programmed Christ out. There is a committee for this and a plan for that. Everything is cut and dried, and much of the. organization of the church is in the hands of un converted people. Take the song wor ship, for instance. Many who sing in the choirs are plainly flippant. A change must come. On the decision cards which I use in my meetings, I Jiave indicated two decisions. The first is for those ac cepting the Lord Jesus Christ asvSa- viour. The second is for the church member and reads: “I confess*my un faithfulness as a professing Chris tian.’,’ Who of us are faithful? Yet there are some who will tell you they are, and they clearly show they know nothing of Jesus. Yet the churches have taken them in. The days of revival are not past, but a change must come in the pul pit, on the official boards, in the choirs, and in the prayer meetings of the churches, if we are to have the atmosphere of revival and see souls converted. “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation . . . All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.”
"AND IN SAMARIA" By Mildred W. Spain
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ARE THE DAYS OF REVIVAL PAST? [ Continued from Page 247] to shine? Spring Is a revival. As the sunshine is to a flower, so is the quickening of spiritual life in the be liever. When people begin to think the days of revival are over, that is a sure sign they have lost touch with God and are crying out for any sub stitute rather than God’s way. There is no use in mincing matters. If we want potatoes for the table, we must plant the portion of the potato that has life- If we want bread, the grain of wheat must be planted in the same way it was planted for the first wheat?.' There is nothing more wholesome than good water; nothing will quench the thirst better. We do not ask for a new water. As water is to the thirsty, Christ is to the soul; as bread to the body, He is to the be liever. When a man is near death, he is glad for the doctor. Revival can only take place in the heart where there is life. Conversion is the fruit of re vival. The atmosphere in which con versions occur is-a revived church. We will see far more evidence of a re vival when our churches have been revived. If Christ should come to some churches to preach, conditions would have to change. The average church would not want Him. They do not like straightforward preachers. When I was twenty years old, I was
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