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the development of agricultural, in dustrial and commercial life In Pales tine. It encouraged the establishment of a permanent exhibition and fair to serve the needs of Palestine and the whole Near East. Twelve acres of land were purchased for the purpose. It is intended to hold two exhibitions a year.— Jewish Missionary Magasine. m MERCY IN DISCIPLINE How often does God use sorrow and disappointment to uncover faults and make us realize our condition or dan ger. If we will not recognize Him in prosperity, He may send adversity. If we do not see Him In health, He may permit sickness to come. Jonah never saw God in the gourd vine; but when the worm cut it down, then he called upon God. Some can see further through tears than through a tele scope. The will of Pharaoh could only be broken by plagues. Sickness is the best way to get some men to pray. Pity that God has to touch our health, or wealth, or vested interest before we will see our folly and correct our ways. The goodness of God is designed to lead us to repentance; but when good ness fails, then what?— W. W. Melton. “ All things” are yours (1 Cor. 3:21). “All things” are possible to him that believeth (Mark 9:23). “All things" work together for good (Rom. 8:28). “All things” freely given us with Christ (Rom. 9:32). "All things” that pertain to life and godliness (2 Pet. 1:3). Position Justified from “all things” (Acts 13:39). Safeguard Watch thou in "all things" (2 Tim. 4:.5). .. ........-3 Prove “all things” (1 These. 5:21). - Ballast The end of "all things” is at hand; be sober and watch unto prayer (1 Pet. 4:7). Responsibility Adorn the doctrine in “all things” (Titus 2:10). Charity (love) believeth “all things” 1 Cor. 13:7). Giving thanks always for “all things” (Eph. 5:20). Showing thyself a pattern of good works In “all things" (Titus 2:7). That God might' be glorified in “all things” (1 Pet. 4:11). Condition * “All things” are become new (2 Cor. 6:17). Power for Living I can do “all things” through Christ who strengtheneth me (Phil. 4:13). He is able even to subdue “all things” unto Himself (Phil. 3:21). Having all sufficiency in “all things” (2 Cor. 9:8). Future Portion He that overcometh shall inherit “all things” (Rev. 21:7). —Selected. THE BELIEVER’S “ ALL THINGS” Privilege
T ragic Silence Now Helena on the Syrian Plains A real photograph o f a scene on the battlefield near Damascus, taken by one o f the soldiers In the recent massacre.
T HIS scene o f horror adds but one more chapter to the age lon g r e c o r d ! o f the unholy achievements o f the great enemy* o f mankind. Everywhere and in every age from the begin ning o f time, the trail o f the ser pent has le ft an unvarying record o f sinful hate In the hearts o f men. Where mutual love was designed to be the dom inating and controlling force in human relations, this has been generally displaced by a fe e l ing o f enmity. Since the episode here dipicted has been but recently enacted. It brings graphic refu ta tion to the reiterated claims o f un seeing dreamers who assert that the world is grow in g better. On the cbntrary, Its sorrow s and. suffer ings are becom ing Increasingly severe, and it would seem that Its clim actic paroxysm must be near at hand. The heart o f . m a n k i n d . server” to meet with the League of Nations at Geneva. ‘ ‘Two hundred ‘gerim’ (Christian converts to Judaism) of Soviet Russia have applied to the Zionist Executive to help them settle in Palestine. All of them are peasants and are also in possession of large funds.” At the Jewish Relief Congress, held last fall in Philadelphia, a d r i v e for $15,000,000 was resolved upon among American Jews for the help of the suffering Jews in Europe. Toward this amount Julius Rosenthal at once contributed $ 1 , 000 , 000 , and other large contributions have already been added. “ We understand that 77,000 immi grants have entered Palestine since 1919 up to August 1, 1926. The great est number of immigrants arrived dur ing the latter year, when an increas ingly large number of persons entered. — The Palestine News.
whether consciou sly or unconsci ously, cries out for deliverance from the convulsive throes o f Its long agony. "The whole creation groan- eth and travalleth In pain together until now, . . . w aiting.” May the great Prince of Peace, whose right it is to reign, soon come and usher in that era o f righteousness and rest for which the whole world yearns. “ Tlolls out the Messianic song! The expectant throng W ith eager ear anticipate its note, For from earth’s ends remote On myriad lips trembles the w el come cry. And hope is high The trumpet so u n d js Imminent Which dooms the age o f sorrow sin has sent. And ushers in HJt§„ reign o f p e a ce , and Joy!” Ex-Senator Simon Guggenheim and wife recently announced the prelimi nary gift of $3,000,000 for the estab lishment of the John Simon Guggen heim Memorial Fellowships for ad vanced study abroad. This course of graduate study abroad is for students of approved ability, for women as well as men. A Yiddish terminology for mathe matics is the result of a committee of Jewish mathematicians, which has Just been completed at Minsk, Russia. The terminology consists of fifteen hundred new terms for use in the Yiddish schools In White Russia- Other expert committees were formed for the pur pose of creating a Yiddish terminology for the natural sciences and agricul ture.— S. S. Times. The Palestine and Near East Exhi bition and Fair was held at Tel Aviv last fall and continued 'five or six weeks. The first such exhibition was opened at Tel Aviv some fifteen months earlier. Its purpose was to stimulate
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