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W H Y A CHR IST IAN EDUCATION — Harold Gilbert ................. 13 M EMORY A N D THE NEW YEAR — William Ward Ayer ............ 14 ATTEND ING GOD'S FUNERAL — Herbert Ehrenstein ................. 16 WHOSE FRIEND ARE YOU — Vance Havner .......................... 18 JESUS SAVES — Cutler B. Whitwell ...................................... 20 THE COM ING GOLDEN AGE — M. R. DeHaan ........................ 21 IS THERE A CAUSE — Arthur L. Games ................................. 24 PRAYER IN A CORNFIELD ....... ............................................. 34 DENNY THE SAND DOLLAR — Kay Gudnason ........................ 36 TEENAGER, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? — Ron Marr ............... 37 M ISSIONARY TRANSLATORS — Hal Olsen .............................. 38 fe a tu re s MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR — Samuel H. Sutherland ............ 8 CULTS CRITIQUE — Betty Bruechert ....................................... 10 OVER A CUP OF COFFEE — Joyce Landorf .............................. 12 DR. TALBOT'S QUESTION BOX — Louis T. Talbot ..................... 26 TALK ING IT OVER — Clyde M. Narramore ............................ 28 SCIENCE A N D THE BIBLE — Bolton Davidheiser ..................... 2 9 BOOK REVIEWS ....................................................... .............. 30 CHR IST IAN WORKER'S CL IN IC .............................................. 33 Columns PEOPLE IN THE NEWS ........................................................... 6 PRESENTING THE MESSAGE .................................................... 27 Cover Matterhorn, Switzerland. Photo by Klopfenstein AG
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who have graduated since 1954, and who present two years of suitable college credit, may qualify for a de gree by enrolling for additional hours of Bible. Further information may be obtained by writing the reg istrar. C. Leslie Miller, director of publica tions for Gospel Light Publications, Glendale, California, has announced three new additions to the editorial staff. Dr. Frank Farrell, former assis tant editor of Christianity Today, joined the Gospel Light staff as associate editor. In addition to his work on Bible study materials for youth and adults, Dr. Farrell will represent Gospel Light at key con ventions and conferences across the nation. Also joining the Gospel Light staff are Mr. and Mrs. David Benson. As editorial director, college-career department, Mr. Benson is directing the development of a new college- career curriculum, and Mrs. Benson is developing a new youth curriculum for use in vacation Bible schools. Mr. Benson is also writing a biography of the late Dr. Henrietta C. Mears, founder of Gospel Light Publica tions. Dr. George O. Peek, pastor of the North Long Beach Brethren Church, California, has announced ground breaking for a n e w educational building which is expected to cost $435,000. Dr. Peek was called to the church in 1948. Membership at that time was 150 with nearly 300 in Sunday school. Today church mem bership is 1400 with Sunday school
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M INISTRY o f MERCY With the gifts of Christian friends, God has enabled us to minister to the desperate needs of our Hebrew Chris tian brethren around the world. Bibles, food, medi cines and relief sustain those witnessing for Christ in Is rael and elsewhere. Will you share in this ministry? Write: P.O. Box 506-K, Clearwater, Florida R ev D avid B ronstein , Secy .
formed without cost to missionary societies. Mr. Wolff stated that ap plication forms and tests prepared by STA will meet the requirements of a majority of mission boards in order to reduce red tape for volun teers. The agency also will co-oper ate with several schools in further ing the training of applicants in such areas as culture and language familiarization. Dr. Edwin L. Frlzen, Jr., Mr. Wolff executive secretary of the Interde nominational Foreign Mission Asso ciation said, “ At least a third of our 47 member missions are already in terested in this approach. It is be coming an accepted method of mis sionary endeavor. Although it is a new thing for most of us, I am pre pared to co-operate completely.” Rev. Raymond J. Davis, general director of the Sudan Interior Mission, ex plained, “ Short-term service is first and foremost a missionary program. Its objective and goal is the calling out and development of the church of Jesus Christ. It is not a substitute for, but a complement to, lifetime missionary service. . . . Certainly not all Christians are called to serve their entire lifetime on the mission fields of the world.” An interesting sidelight to this is the fact the one organization which originally sent 23 abroad for short terms reports that 14 are currently back on the field in full-time service. Dr. William Culbertson, president of the Moody Bible Institute of Chica go, announced recently that the In stitute will begin to grant degrees in June 1967. While continuing to offer without change its famous three- year Bible centered curriculum lead ing to diploma, the school will issue the bachelor’s degree to those who have also taken two years of work at an approved college or university. Since more Bible study will be re quired of degree candidates than has been required for a diploma under the established curriculum, alumni
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generally 1500 or more. At least 35 percent of the Sunday school at tendees are adults, Dr. Peek points out. Pictured above from left to right are Dr. Peek, Arthur Hoyer, architect, and M. A. Baker, contractor. We commend this church, its pastor and board, for their vision and faith fulness to the Word of God. Dr. Clarence Erickson, radio pastor of the three-decade-old “ Heaven and Home Hour” died November 11 at his home in La Crescenta, California after a prolonged illness. Dr. Erick son began his early ministry in 1917
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with his evangelist father, R. L. Erickson. Later he became a pioneer evangelist, building and establishing churches through the midwest and eastern states. In 1933 he became pastor of the well-known Chicago Gospel Tabernacle. In 1954 he re tired from the church to enlarge the radio ministry. “ The Heaven and Home Hour” is presently heard na tionwide daily. The Rev. Everett F. Swanson, founder and executive director of Compas sion, Inc., largest orphanage work in Korea, died November 15 in Chicago after undergoing brain surgery at the Mayo Clinic in July. This indepen dent faith work, organized in 1952, today ma i n t a i ns 170 orphanage homes. Dr. Swanson resigned the pastorate of a Chicago church to embark on a worldwide evangelistic tour, and it was while preaching to the servicemen in Korea that he was awakened to the desperate need of thousands of homeless boys a n d girls. Dr. Roy B. Zuck, Executive Director of Scripture Press Foundation, an nounced that 182 laymen and pastors took the Ev an g e l i c a l Te a c h e r Training Association courses and other courses on Christian education held this fall at Biola College, La Mirada, California. T h e six-week Leadership Training Institute con sisted of six courses held simultan eously for six Monday nights at the college. Dr. Bob Pierce, president of World Vision, has announced the second “Winter Week of Missions” confer ence to be held this month in Miami Beach, Florida. Host for the event will be Dr. Ralph Mitchell, president of the Biltmore Terrace Hotel. “ This is a unique opportunity for missions- minded people to enjoy a delightful vacation in a lovely setting, and also to make their vacation count for Christ.” Dr. Vernon Mortenson, general direc tor of The Evangelical Alliance Mis sion, reported that ninety evangelical leaders from around the world are presently involved in the prepara tions for th e Cong r e s s on the Church’s Worldwide Mission to be held next April on the Wheaton Col lege campus. Coordinator Vergil Gerber said, “ The Congress falls squarely in the context of a turning point in mission history. It has the potential of becoming God’s mouthpiece for this critical hour and of eventuating in a Congress of Proclamation which will significantly speak for evangeli cals around the world.” The main drive of the Congress will be an in- depth study of vital questions con fronting Christian missions today.
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"MORALS AND THE MOVIES”
^ l m o s t a n y o n e , even in Christian circles, who dares speak out against the movies today is considered somewhat o f a "square.” Attendance at the moving-picture theater is considered a "must” if one is to be accepted as a normal individual. Apparently some moving pictures are quite innocuous from a moral standpoint. This type o f picture appears just often enough to bait the unsus pecting Christian public into the net o f movie attendance. The plaintive plea o f those who suggest that we ought to attend the "good” motion pictures in order to encourage producers to pro vide more and more o f them to the exclusion o f the morally filthy ones has been heard for the past forty years or more. Yet there is absolutely no indication whatever that this sort o f procedure has the slightest effect upon the general type o f picture that is pre sented to the American public. The fact, however, that so many good Christian people attend the commercial moving-picture theaters does have a definitely adverse effect. People o f the world do not distinguish between good movies and bad movies; they are all the same to them because all they remember is the filth, immorality and corruption depicted on the screen. They like it and they assume that Christians also like it if they, too, attend. This is but another way in which the world and the church are rather intimately identified. It is totally destructive to the testimony that Christians wish to give and ought to give. Whereas the church o f Jesus Christ has, in these times, well- nigh closed its mouth so far as denouncing the moving pictures is concerned, this business actually has become so degraded, so filthy and so viciously wicked that from time to time protests are made by secularists themselves who make no pretext at main taining Christian standards and principles o f morals in the least. For instance, an article appeared in the magazine, Printer's Ink, a news media o f the entertainment world, entitled "Movie Ads are Dirtier Than Ever.” The article states, "Censoring movies is one thing, refusing to help peddle dirt is another. The typical movie ads on these two pages (see below) make it apparent that too often media neglect their responsibility to screen advertising. While these ads are reproduced from newspapers, the same criti cism has been leveled against television. O f course the perpetrators THE KING'S BUSINESS
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take refuge in sly double meanings. Now, however, there is a bla- tancy that leaves no doubts.” The typical ads appearing on the two pages following the article show those which may be seen al most any time anyone passes the front o f a moving-picture theater or looks at the moving picture pages in the newspaper. There is no need to describe them here; it is a rather sad commentary, how ever, that whereas the ministers o f our churches are well-nigh completely silent in regard to the shameful conditions that exist in moving pictures, it must be left to someone in the industry itself to point out the depths to which that industry has sunk so far as moral principles are concerned. Small wonder, then, that young people are going down the trail o f license and immorality at a frightening rate, when there is practically no one to speak up by way o f a warning. This whole situation has arisen as a result o f the freedom o f speech trend in these United States o f ours. Obscenity, both in moving pictures and in pornographic literature, is running ram pant and little can be done about it even by those who would try to stop it on a legal basis. The outstanding Christian City Attor ney o f Los Angeles, Mr. Roger Arnebergh, has stated that prose cution o f obscenity cases has become increasing difficult because o f the U.S. Supreme Court decisions stressing an ever-expanding concept o f freedom o f speech. The liberal tendencies o f recent U.S. Supreme Court appointees and the continuing decisions on the part o f the present administration to keep up this type o f appointee have made it practically impossible to obtain convic tions under the present laws, both state and national. Formerly the wording o f the present law was considered quite understand able and satisfactory in defense o f decency and high moral stand ards, but recent court decisions have nullified practically all o f these concepts. Today, under the blessing o f the Supreme Court rulings, the sky is the limit as to what can be shown and published. The high esteem in which the Supreme Court was once held by a large segment o f the American public has become tarnished. Por nographic books are published, screen rights are then obtained, and the American public is subjected to a double-dose o f filth which it would appear is about to break down completely the moral fiber upon which the greatness o f our beloved country was built. The discouraging fact is that Christian people who do attend movies almost invariably ridicule and berate those who are trying to keep their testimony consistent with the clear-cut teachings o f the Word o f God. Surely Christians who do attend moving pic tures should have some respect for those who do not attend. But, alas, it appears that the movie-goers realize the inconsii ency o f their conduct and therefore try to get their friends into the same position so that they themselves will not stand rebuked for their actions. The moving picture business is rotten, filthy, immoral to the core and sociological historians o f the future will no doubt lay at the door o f the film industry much o f the blame for the moral and spiritual decline o f this once great republic. JANUARY, 1966
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CULTS CRITIQUE A 23- p a g e b o o k l e t , entitled, “Why I Believe the Book of Mormon to be the Word of God,” by William A. Morton, for thirty years a mem ber of the Church of Latter-day Saints, has been forwarded to us for comment. Space does not permit us to discuss all of its wild claims. At least, it serves one purpose: to show conclusively the estimate placed upon the Book of Mormon by its follow ers. To them it is not merely a por tion of the Word of God, but the very Word itself. On page 1, the author states: “ If I did not believe Joseph Smith’s tes timony concerning the Book of Mor mon, I could not believe his testi mony that he had seen God the Fa ther and Jesus Christ, His Son, and had conversed with them in open vision; neither could I believe his testimony that he had been visited by John the Baptist, and had been ordained by him to the Aaronic priesthood; that he had been min istered unto by Peter, James and John and had been ordained by them an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ; that he had seen Moses, and received from him the keys of the gathering of Israel from the nations of the earth, and the leading of the Ten Tribes from the land of the north; that he had seen the Prophet Elijah and had obtained from him the keys of ‘turning the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers.’ ” On page 6 Mr. Morton states: “ Let us now turn our attention to the other theory — the one held and advocated by the Church, namely, that a heavenly messenger named Moroni appeared to Joseph Smith and told the youth about a set of gold plates which were hid in a hill a short distance from his home, on which was engraved a history of the ancient inhabitants of America; that four years later Joseph Smith was permitted to take the plates from their hiding place; that through the gift and power of God he translated them into English and presented to the world the Book of Mormon. “Now it is a well-known fact that the Church has spent thousands of dollars in printing and distributing the Book of Mormon, and that tens of thousands of missionaries have been sent with its message to the nations of the earth. Why has the Church done this? In order to per petuate fraud? Verily, no; but that
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the world might have a new witness for God and His Christ, and be brought to a knowledge of the ever lasting Gospel, the principles and ordinances of which, as I have said, are set forth in great plainness in the Book of Mormon. I have read Joseph Smith’s coming forth of the Book of Mormon many times, and I am thoroughly convinced that he spoke the truth.” Now follows a statement which it is hard to believe could have been written without tongue in check. The author says: “ It is much easier for me to believe Joseph Smith’s account of the origin of the Book of Mormon than it would be for me to believe that the wonderful story, with all its details, was the product of Joseph Smith’s imagination. It is surprising to me that intelligent people can believe that an unlearned and un sophisticated you th like Joseph Smith could make up such a story. No, the story is too big, too great, too wonderful, for the mind of mor tal man to conceive.” Logic has taken flight. The fact is that not only the Mormons, but hun dreds of false systems, have spent millions of dollars propagating their errors around the world; there is always money for evil purposes. And surely of all the wild tales ever con cocted, Joe Smith’s is the wildest! This is not all. The booklet tells of the author’s efforts to convert a skeptical family to Mormonism, to an acceptance of the Book of Mor mon as the Word of God. The verses from the Bible Mr. Morton used to “ prove” this were, unbe l i evab l y , Genesis 49:22-26, where Joseph the son of the patriarch Jacob, suddenly becomes Joseph Smith; Isaiah 29:11- 14, where the “ sealed book” becomes the golden plates and the Book of Mormon; and Ezeki e l 37:15-20, where “ the two sticks” are thus in terpreted : “ Taking up the Bible and the Book of Mormon, I held the two precious records in my hand and said: ‘Behold t h e fulfillment of Ezekiel’s prophecy! Here you see the stick of Judah and also the stick of Joseph, and the two have become one in my hand.” Mormonism is full of soul-destroy ing errors and no wonder: it is based upon a tissue of lies from start to finish. One can only explain its in fluence by the words in John 3:19: “ men loved darkness rather than light.” Let us pray that God will de liver men and women from this cult.
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This combination o f two years o f college and three years at the Institute has been reached after years o f research and study in view o f the growing importance o f degrees on the mission field and in other areas o f Christian service. • BIBLE INSTITUTE DISTINCTIVES MAINTAINED These distinctives include the central place o f the Bible in the curriculum, required practical Christian work, the nature o f Christian char acter, the emphasis on evangelism and world wide missions, and the proper place and use o f music in the work o f the gospel. It is the earnest prayer o f the Institute adminis tration that many young people will find the new program a challenging one. As they come to the Institute to prepare for lives o f useful ness to our Lord, they will find a congenial campus atmosphere, fellow students charac terized by academic excellence, high character, seriousness o f purpose with definite goals. Graduates o f the new degree program will take their place along with graduates o f leading universities, having the broad general and professional education expected o f leaders in today’ s world. Q r * . 0 President l Admissions Office ■ Please send me the new 1966-67 catalog with complete ■ information. Name___________________________________________ | Address.___________________________________________ City________________State_______________ Zip______________ I Age________________________ Grade_______________________ 11 I Moody Bible Institute | Chicago, Illinois 60610
which has been offered for many years, but a new five-year degree program. While continuing to offer high school gradu ates a diploma for the historic, three-year Bible-centered curriculum, the Institute will offer in addition (effective June, 1967) a bach elor’s degree for two years o f work at an ap proved college plus the three years at Moody Bible Institute. Two degrees will be issued, the bachelor o f arts and the bachelor o f science. • THE B.A. DEGREE This degree will be offered with majors in Bible- Theology, Foreign Missions, Jewish Missions, Pastoral Training, Christian Education, Church Music and Christian Education-Music. The academic requirements for the B.A. degree are: 60 hours o f general education taken elsewhere, and 93 hours o f Institute training. This in cludes biblical and theological studies, sub jects contained in a Christian ministries core, • THE B.S. DEGREE This degree will be offered in Missionary Tech- nology (in either o f two majors: radio or avi ation) and Missionary Nursing. Requirements for the degree in Missionary Technology will be 30 hours o f general education plus the pres ent four-year program. The degree in Mission ary Nursing will be granted to students who complete the work in the Foreign Missions major and have an R.N. There will be no significant changes in the established three-year curriculum leading to a diploma, but more hours o f Bible will be offered in the new program. JANUARY, 1966 and a departmental major.
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Each month in this column we will be featuring a letter from Mrs. Ruth Calkin. She will be answering ques tions from you, our readers, out of her experiences as youth counselor. She is the wife of Rollin Calkin, min ister of music and Christian Educa tion at First Baptist Church of Pomona. In her own words she said, “ I deeply appreciate your gracious invitation to give ‘honest down-to- earth answers’ to those who long to live life abundantly. Through the years, as I have been happily in touch with an increasing number of Christians through correspondence and personal interviews, I have en deavored to share my own longings and findings. “ Above all, I have endeavored to share Him who found me; found me and kept me: through years of weak ness and illness, through frustration and disappointment, through dark tunnels of confusion — and through much joy! “ If I can relate even a fraction of the tremendous excitement that re sults when Jesus Christ is in full control, it will be a thrill to answer readers’ questions.” Dear Ruth, I am a teenager and what bugs me about my parents is that they never say what they mean and they never mean what they say. What do you think of parents like that? J.M. Dear J.M.: It would help your parents, I’m sure, if they could understand that you and the vast majority of teen agers really want to know the ground rules. You want to be sure that no means no; that yes means yes. With out challenge! You want positive direction. “ Collapsible” parents who constantly reverse decisions only add to teenage confusion. You know, it would be great if you could have a friendly talk-out with your mom and dad. Who knows? They might even thank you for enlightening them. After all, parents are people too, and all people need a line of communication. Tell your parents you really want to know what’s what. Then don’t ex plode if they stick to it. I’m sure you’re beginning to sense that fair consistent discipline spells love and security, and who doesn’t want to feel secure? God can change the atmosphere of your home by giving you and your parents a better understanding of each other than you’ve ever had. I’m going to ask Him to do that. Will you? THE KING'S BUSINESS
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my attitude. A lovely thing for your table is the glow of candlelight once in a while. Even a fragrant rose from your yard can really enhance your dining. Your husband may tease you for going to the trouble but the result will be his awareness of your love for the extra trouble you took to show it.
Back of the Stove O n e o f t h e richest memories I have as a little girl, was at my member her kitchen. Always cooking on the back of her stove was some thing very fragrant and good. It was the kind of food that simmered all day long, that quiet bubbling sound which filled the whole house with the fragrance of love. She would tell me that whatever was cooking would be much better after it had simmered all day. On this page are thoughts: some are mine, some are the thoughts of great writers, great poets, great cooks and great people. Most of the thoughts and words, however, have simmered in the backs of minds, much like the soups and stews grand mother made. Because they were simmered in love and prayer, they are better thoughts. It is our prayer that you will be strengthened and enriched by this page in the months to come. That Extra Touch It seems to me that anything a Christian does should be done in the best possible manner, even in the daily preparation of the evening meal. The one hour when most all the family is together should be a happy time, rather than a hectic rush. As the wife and mother in our home, much of the success of dinner depends on my food, my table and 12
grandmother’s house. I can still re
FOUR M INUT E BROWNIE PIE You’ll need: 2 eggs 1 cup of sugar Vè cup soft butter or oleo V 2 cup flour 3 tablespoons cocoa 1 teaspoon vanilla Pinch of salt Vz cup chopped walnuts
Method: Place all ingredients in a small mixer bowl, except the wal nuts, and beat 4 minutes. Stir in chopped nuts and pour into a greased pie pan. Bake at 325 degrees 30 minutes. Pie will settle like a me ringue when cool. Cut in wedges and serve with whipped cream or ice cream. Serves eight. (Our thanks to Mrs. C. Dilks of the Norco Com munity Church of Norco.)
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their own level adds the glitter of idealism to the goals of those who support secular education. Observe the true significance of living among and learning with those who do not know our Saviour. It means ignoring the command of Christ to come out from the world and be set apart. It means dragging the Holy Gospel down to the level of a philosophical cliche. It means giving up consistent personal fellowship with God for the sake of “ proper social adjustment.” “ Be not conformed to this world!” (Rom. 12:2). The position of the Ch r i s t i an among the unsaved population is awkward none the less. Where can the line be drawn between worldly association for the purpose of wit nessing and disassociation with the world for the purpose of Christian fellowship and d e v e l o pme n t ? At what point does a Christian testi mony become so separated as to lose effect, and at what point does it be come so integrated that it cannot be noticed? The solution is to keep these two outlets of social life separated. First seek out the paths of spiritual growth and learn the habits that will shape a strong Christian life. Once established in faith, God will provide opportunities f o r evangelism and will guide your thoughts and words in witnessing. In education, the Christian should attend a school whose atmosphere is conducive to spiritual growth. This is not a product of secular campuses. Since the most formative years are those spent in school, the effect of non-Christian attitudes on learning might tend to destroy rather than develop a separated and devoted life. An education in a Christian school provides the necessary guidance. God has provided His students with fine Christian high schools and colleges, and let us make proper use of this gift.
D u r in g m o r n in g chapel at Biola College, I r e c en t l y heard a prominent educator announce that Christians should attend a secular school, either in lieu of or as a com plement to their Christian education. This was the first public exhortation I had heard concerning the subject. It appears to be an authoritative en dorsement of the growing attitude that graduates of Christian schools are socially backward in a non-Chris tian atmosphere. The purpose defending the propo sition of secular education is to ex tend social relationships beyond the limits of the church and to augment the value of personal witnessing. The reasoning behind the purpose is that Christians, when gathered to gether, grow in a sheltered climate and therefore never learn to proper ly associate with those who need God’s message. This represents a gross misjudg ment. The purpose is fallacious and the reasoning is based on an incor rect assumption. T h e conclusion could lead a Christian life into weakness and defeat, nullifying what might have been a mighty effective testimony. The whole idea represents another step in the direction of the popular trend to de-spiritualize the Gospel. A personal encounter has taught me to use great care in selecting a type of and place for an education. The non-Christian atmosphere I ex perienced during three semesters at a California state college did not en rich me with insights into proper social behavior. My secular education did not augment my testimony nor did it provide self-confidence in wit nessing. The continual tendency was to draw me away from prayer, Bible study, and close communion with God. This made the rewards of vic torious living few and far between. Learning to socialize with poise and to speak to non-Christians on
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“Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations .”—Psalm 90:1.
I N his gripping tale , “ The Haunted Man,” Charles Dickens tells of a chemist who was tor tured by unhappy memories. As he sat one night before the fire, troubled by the past, a phantom made its appearance and told the man that he could relieve him of his distress if he would permit the mysterious visitor to take from him the power of memory. The unhappy chemist closed immediately with the offer and suddenly became a man who could remember nothing, either good or bad. But so great was his misery that he besought the phan tom to restore his memory to him. It was done. The tale comes to a close with the prayer, “ Lord, keep my memory green!” This is a splendid prayer for the New Year. The New Year is memory time, as well as a season for earnest resolutions. The changing years make us conscious o f time’s plodding and persistent passing. We pause and gaze back wist fully at the path we’ve been traveling ere we ven ture hesitatingly into the unknown future. Of this experience Mary Brainert wrote: “ I see not a step before me As I tread on another year; But the past is still in God’s keeping— The future His mercy shall clear.” As gay Christmas fades and persistent January fills the picture, in our sudden realization of time’s inexorableness we are retrospective, introspective, and the prospect of the New Year challenges. Meditation is inevitable and memory becomes a treasure house where life’s precious experiences are stored. The older we grow, the richer should be our memories. Sad indeed are those who can conjure up little out o f life’s experiences to warm their aging hearts. But memory being a treasure house we must constantly deposit life’s rich experiences there if we would draw from it in time o f need, as when the chill winds of tragic world situations assail. Memories of past mercies and God’s pro tection provide a refuge for the troubled soul.
I. G od ’ s B ook I s a M emory A lbum . The Bible has much to say about memory, pre senting it as an instrument o f God’s grace and favor, as well as an instrument of torture both here and hereafter. “ The memory of the just is blessed,” said the wise Solomon (Prov. 10:7). David saturated his psalms with memories, saying, “ I remember thee upon my bed, and medi tate on thee in the night watches, because thou hast been my help” (Psalms 63:6). In the plain tive soul-cry o f the 77th Psalm, Israel’s sweet sing er recounts his sorrows and vents his complaints. Then memory rushes to his rescue: “ I will remem ber the years at the right hand of the most high. I will remember the works of the Lord . . . remem ber the wonders of old.” Moses was an old man when he wrote the 90th Psalm, that beautiful meditation on the goodness of God in the land of the living. Looking back over the long years, the patriarch declared: “Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all genera tions. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” The trials and troubles of Moses were both many and mountainous; but in his old age he could banish them because he had discovered the solemn peace o f God’s eternal purposes. II. M emories T hat B urn . Solomon admonished the youth of his day and our own when he said: “Remember now thy Cre ator in the days o f thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them” (Ecc. 12:1). He realized that men create their own past; and youth day by day creates the memories that will bless or burn in the years to come. Present activi ties are the stuff o f which memories are made. Young people who give themselves to profligacy rarely realize that the echo of the years behind
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them will rattle like a binding chain in their later days. When a godly life comes to old age, it is bright ened by two beams o f light: one, the retained gleam o f godly youth; the other, the hope of heav en’s radiance. Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote: “ If we wish to scale a mountain, or go down in a diving dress or up in a balloon, we must be about it while we are still young. It will not do to delay until we are dogged with prudence. . . . Youth is the time to see the sun rise in town or country. Youth is the time to be converted at a revival. It is the time of venture.” And youth is the time to get the life thoroughly established in the will of God. Oh the glories o f youth, the power of youth, the joys and ambitions of youth! There is nothing more fascinating and intriguing than to see young men and women “ standing with reluctant feet where the brook and river meet,” in youth, the time of decision. The sparkle o f their eyes, the spring of their step, reveal that they are hearing the call of the years before them. In thirty or more years their eyes will dim, the bounce will no longer mark their step. Change must come in every phase o f life. The solemn echoing of the days that are past will follow them as a shadow, and the years ahead may seem grey and dreary. The pulpit should constantly and pungently warn the many profligate and lawless youth of our day in the words of Solomon: “Rejoice, 0 young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment” (Eccl. 11:9). American youth are taught by almost every phase of our social procedure that they can defy divine law and get away with it. What a lie—what delusion! The law of seedtime and harvest is irrevocable: “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap!” “Wild oats” sowed in life’s gay springtime can bring forth a terrible harvest in life’s autumn. Someone has searchingly said: “ I would not come when I am old, Presenting unto God a withered life, A heart whose energies are growing cold, And powers unmeet for noble strife. Now in the blushing morn of youth, Help me, 0 Christ, my little all to give, To consecrate my every force to truth, And live to purpose while I live.” Yes, there are memories that burn with terrible heat. Matthew records the burning memories of Peter after he had denied his Lord (Matt. 26:7 5 ): “ And Peter remembered the words of Jesus . . .” Jesus had come from the judgment hall and looked at Peter. What a look it must have been—
the Master’s soul-hurt, sorrow and compassion, deepened by suffering love. Peter looked at Jesus’ face and remembered, doubtless always remem bered, as the poet puts it: “ That face, that one face, That decomposes, but to recompense, And becomes my universe that feels and knows.” Memory, apparently, survives death and be comes operative in the after life. In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, Abraham says to Dives in Hades: “ Son, remember . . .” The rich man said, “ I am tormented in this flame.” But obvi ously there were burning, torturing memories of his former life and its negligence. Sin can light a fire in the soul that nothing but the blood of Christ can quench. The results of wayward living will surely come home to us here as well as hereafter. Anne Reeve Aldrich wrote: “ I made the cross myself, whose weight Was later laid on me. This thought is torture as I toil Up life’s steep Calvary. “ To think mine own hands drove the nails! I sang a merry song, And chose the heaviest wood I had To build it firm and strong. “ If I had guessed— if I had dreamed Its weight was meant for me I should have made a lighter cross To bear up Calvary!” Memories of glad childhood, o f the happy family circle, our godly sacrificing parents. Oh to be able to re-create the happy home circle, to let memory bring back the faces o f those whom we have loved long since and lost awhile. How blessed is their memory! But let us keep their memory green! Let those tender fnemories crowd in upon you at this season. A full life is only partly lived in the present. Life is all o f one piece. The past is a pro logue and plays its part on life’s stage with all the present and hopes of the future. As 1965 fades into the mists o f eternity, God speaks to us through life’s events, and lest we be depressed by the thought of “ life’s little while” or what Shakespeare has called “ life’s fitful fever,” let us look back and rejoicingly say, “ Hith erto hath the Lord helped me.” Rem em ber Christ’s promise for the coming year and all the years: “ Lo, I am with you alway. . . . ” “ So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still Will lead me on O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, Till the night is gone.” III. G od ’ s G race B rings M emories T hat B less and S ave .
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