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bond that unites you with the throne of God, with the law of right. When men come to understand this, we shall not look at one another through the medium of little things, de tails, and petty momentary associations. The question will be, “ Art thou right with God?” Yes.- Then you can not be wrong with men. A man can do nothing right if he is wrong with God. What he does that is so-called right is right relatively only, secondarily only. It has but a lim ited sphere; it is not set down to the sum total of the worth of a man’s character. Discouragements ‘IT1 is c o u r a g e m e n t s try the quality of men. You cannot tell what some men are when their places of business are thronged from morning until night, and when they are spending the whole of their time receiving money. You might regard them as really very interesting characters; you might be tempted to think you would like to live with them. They are so radiant, so agreeable, so willing to oblige, and they speak so blithely, that you suppose you have fallen upon some descendant of the line of angels. That is quite a mistake on your part. If you could come when business is slack, when there are no clients, custo mers, patrons, or supporters to be seen, you would not know the lovely angels. You would not recognize the per sons whom you thought so delightful. Look at the face, how cloudy; hear the voice, how husky; observe the actions, how impatient; look at the eye, how furtive! Now you see what the man really is. Adversity tries men. We are, in reality, what we are under pressure. The year is not all summer; the year has long rains and heavy snows and bit ing frosts, and the entire year must be taken in if we would make an accurate survey of the whole land. Do not let us deceive ourselves. We have times of a little excite ment, triumph, and gladness, when people think us kind and amiable and delightful, but we know we are saying within ourselves, “ If only these people could see us at other times when we snap like mad dogs, when nothing pleases us, when feathers are hard, when summer is winter, when our best friends are burdens to us, they would not form such judg ments of our delightful qualities.” The Christian has to show, whatever other men have to do, that Christianity is a religion for night, winter, ill health, loss, and discouragement—a religion that comforts, sustains, and animates under deprivations of the severest kind. What is the cure of the awful disease of discourage ment ? Men are not to be laughed out of their discourage ments as if they were merely illusory, or as if they were assumed for the purpose of affectation. Discouragement is positive and actual to the than who suffers from it. The very first condition o f being able to treat discouragement with real efficiency is to show that we know its nature, that we ourselves have wandered through its darkness, and that we have for the sufferer a most manly and tender sym pathy. What is the discouragement? Loss in business? We have all lost in business. Ill health? We have all suf fered from ill health. Bereavement? Where is there a hand that has not dug a grave? Who lives that has not felt the devil’s hot breath upon his soul ? We have all been tempted. We must be one with the discouraged man. Iden tification is the secret o f sympathy. Then there are encouragements to be recollected in the time o f men’s dejection. Do the clouds really obliterate the stars, or do they only conceal them ? The discouragements can be numbered. Can the encouragements be reckoned—! encouragements of a commercial, educational, social, rela
tive kind, encouragements in the matter o f health or spirits or family delights ? It is rough possibly in the market place, but how tranquil is it at home ? And what is any market place when home is quiet with the peace of heaven ? Are there losses and trials? Possibly, but are there no spir itual gains, acquisitions, subtle accretions of moral power, so that a receding earth means an approaching heaven? Write down your discouragements. On a paper pad that is large enough, and with a pencil that is long enough, put down the whole black list. Now write on a page your encouragements, your sources of happiness, your springs of strength, your inspirations, and your hopes, Put them down with a firm hand. You will use the whole pad. One of the greatest cures for discouragement is a per suasion of being right. We have really very little to do with mere circumstances. We are not masters of the wea ther. W e cannot control the atmosphere. Nor have we any magical wand whereby we can do things which are supernatural. The eternal consolation is in the fact that the purpose is right, and the heart is sound. We should think of the eternal foundations, and not of the changing clouds. “ The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.” Bible Institute Faculty for 1932-33 t u d e n t a p p l ic a t io n s are coming in from many young men and women, and the student body prom ises to be as large, if not larger than last year. The follow ing are the members of the faculty for the ensuing year: W il l ia m P. W h i t e , President............... Bible Exposition M e l E. T r o t t e r , Vice-President___Personal Evangelism Louis S. B auman .................................................Prophecy S tanley B ailes ...... ............. .............. Christian Education E. R. B lack ...........................Greek; Christian Psychology M rs . A, L. D ennis .............................Christian Education R obert E vans .................................................The Gospels H arold F. G raham ........ .Homiletics; Youth Evangelism Ross A. H arris , M.D........................Medical Department G ordon E. H ooker ...........................,........... ;........... Music J ohn A. H ubbard .................................. Analysis M ilo F. J amison ...................................................Theology L ucy R. K ilgore , M.D....................Medical Department I one L owman ................ English S tewart P. M ac L ennan ........................ Church History J. B. N ield ...............................Head of Music Department M rs . J. B. N ield .......................................................English J ohn C. P age .............:........................ ................. Synthesis H arry R immer ........................................ Bible and Science H. E. S traub , D.D.S........................Medical Department L ouis T. T albot .......................... ....Personal Evangelism J ames A. V aus ...........Hebrew; Israel in the Plan of God M r s . E d it h G. W a l l a c e ......... Superintendent of Women C u t l e r B. W h i t w e l l ..... .............. Superintendent of Men M r s . E d it h P. Y o u n g k e n .................................... Registrar Vom Bruch Evangelistic Party he H arry V om B ruch Evangelistic Party closed its season’s work at Atlanta, Ga., fulfilling a return engagement in that city. During the year, the party, which is composed o f Dr. Vom Bruch, evangelist, Walter R. MacDonald, song leader, and James C. Davis, pianist, held meetings in Colton, Pomona, Hollywood, San Bernardino, and Long Beach, Calif., and in Newark, N. J., Greensburg, Pa., and Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Vom Bruch will join Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse in the Revelation Cruise to Bermuda, and will attend Bible conferences in Ocean City, N. J., Bing hamton, N. Y., and Winona Lake, Ind., before beginning the next season’s work.
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