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that many of the so-called liberals in the field of political science who have been battling manfully against national collect ivism, would join heartily in any world wide scheme of the same error. Thus, on the human side, there seems to be no pos sibility of retreat. It is true that some voices are being raised in protest, but they are feeble in the face of the rising tide. And even if the democratic governments of the world are moving reluctantly with the col lectivist tide, its appalling victories in other parts of the world are forcing democracy toward the same goal for reasons of self protection and preservation. Thus, with the apparent emergence of four world powers answering to the prophetic description of the end-time, and with the contemporaneous development of the collectivist theory leading to war and its inevitable ruin, the stage seems to be set for those final conflicts which will issue in a world supergovernment, sinful man’s last desperate and proud attempt to solve his own problems without God. We Want To Give You Something! A thing that went around the world in a few months! Guess? No. But: “ THE BIBLICAL DIGEST" Magazine, FULL of the latest, BEST things about your Bible. Answer this “ ad" with a dollar and we GIVE YOU TWO MONTHS EXTRA—14 vs. 12. Some are subscrib ing for two, and even five years in advance! Dime for sample copy. THE BIBLICAL DIGEST 1702 Winona St., Chicago, III. Theory: how others learn without* [ J' long tedious lessons. The SE-< CRET is OUT in a 24 page- illustrated self-instructing book.. $1 complete. ¡ S S B p FAIR VIEW M U S IC CO. - 11 IQ Marconi St. Houston, Tex/ "The CROSS °anHILL" A new Hymn, words and music, to the beloved “ Church in the Wildwood." Has a vital, inspir ing, Gospel message. Send 10c for 2 copies, or 25c for 10 copies, with story of its writing. Send stamps or coin addressed to TU LLAR STUDIO, Box 246-T, Orange, N . J. 4 i i M t PIANO IN A NUTSHELL HYMNS S O N G S t ^
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Dear Miss Scott: I am horribly plain and unattractive— straight taffy-colored hair, washed-out eyes, and an indifferent complexion, shape, size, and personality. I suppose you think I should not be interested in things of that sort, but should be occupied with spiritual matters. But it is, no doubt, the weakness of my sex (perhaps of the other sex, too) to want to be pretty, especially when one is far from it. Do you think it is wrong for a Christian girl to be concerned about these things and to try by attractive clothes, cosmetics, and whatever aids are available and within one’s means, to make up for nature’s deficiencies ? I do want to please my Lord and am willing to be His ugly duckling with a powderless shining nose if He wishes that, but I should like to make any gestures toward a swanlike appearance that might be compatible with a consistent Christian life. Please help. — “ H omf . l y .” My Dear: I am not going to address you with “ Dear Homely.” In spite of what you say, I imagine, from reading your letter, that you have an individuality of personality that gives you an attractiveness that beautiful features and clothes could never supply. After all, one may be up to the latest fash ion and have no more personality and at tractiveness than has a dummy in a store window displaying the new styles. Really, have you not seen walking fashion plates, so perfectly painted, plucked, and mani cured that all personality and reality were obscured? Yearn not to be like them! In brief, the Christian girl’s rule should be to keep always clean, neat, and appro priately dressed so as not to attract special attention to herself. “Don’t be a peacock for the world or a scarecrow for God” is a bit of advice that has helped many Chris tian girls. That principle will mean a middle-of-the-road walk, so far as fashion is concerned, and will not exclude enough powder to “ keep the shine off the nose,” unless that is a point of special pride. I have known girls to have such a battle over cosmetics that their only safe ground was to stay entirely away from them. You could detect their degree of backsliding by the amount of make-up they used! “ The love of the world” is written clearly in the appearance of one who spends too much thought and time on her dress and an attempt to “keep up with the style.” Be cause the body of a Christian is the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19, 20), it should reveal a sanctity and a beauty ap propriate to the One who indwells it. By no means is it wrong for a Christian girl to want to be pretty and attractive.
Our Lord has filled our world with beauti ful things for us to enjoy. He has said much in His Word about beauty and not a little about clothes and adornment. The thing to learn is what makes a girl beau tiful in His sight and to seek to meet that standard. In 1 Timothy 2:9, 10 and 1 Peter 3:3, 4 you will read of the costly jewels He desires a girl to wear. They are the hidden jewels o f the heart, “the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.” You will find pre cious truth in the words of one who wrote: “ The gentleness of Christ is the costliest ornament a Christian can wear.” Is it not the Christlike life manifesting the fruit of the Spirit— “love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, tem perance” (Gal. 5:22, 23) that is beautiful to you? Homeliness of feature means noth ing when the face is radiant with God’s love and joy, for the transforming power of the Lord Jesus Christ makes it beautiful. The Christian girl will desire to be at tractive. The difference between her and the girl of the world is that she seeks to attract people to the Lord instead of to herself. Her desire is to “ adorn the doc trine of God” (Tit. 2:10). Do not be too much concerned about your outer appear ance, but gaze often into the mirror of God’s W ord to see whether you are measuring up to His standard. Then make this your prayer: “Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me, All His wonderful passion and purity; O Thou Spirit divine, A ll my nature refine, T ill the beauty of Jesus be seen in me.” EVANGELISTIC NOTICES H arold an d M rs . A lexander for the past year have been engaged in a strenuous youth program for the Trinity Methodist Church of Los Angeles, Calif., where Robert P. Shuler is pastor. In their eleven- months’ ministry with this church, the attendance in the four Epworth Leagues doubled and the Sunday evening church service increased from congregations of six hundred to nearly one thousand. Preceding Easter of 1937, the church began a “ two-weeks’ campaign” which the thrilled congregation saw continue for five weeks. It was thé greatest revival the church has known. The two pastors did the preaching, and Mr. and Mrs. Alexander directed the musical program. The leaders and people were so invigorated spiritually that a great city-wide series of meetings was conceived. The church rented a tent seating eight hundred and for twelve con secutive weeks untiringly pressed the cause of Jesus Christ into-four different sections of the city. Scores of persons were saved
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