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MIRACLES! ARE THEY POSSIBLE? (Continued from page 128)
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departure from the ordinary course of things, which arrests the mind and impresses it with the presence and power of God. There is an instinctive or intuitive conviction that where there is such a departure from the natural and usual order, God must be especially present and working. Nlco- demus said to Christ, "We know that thou art a teacher come from God, for no man can do these miracles that thou doest except God be with him." There is the argument for miracles, and from miracles, in a nutshell. Where miracles are, we feel that God certainly is. And to meet this natural need of some clear proof that God speaks to us, It is prob able that if He does speak through a man, that man will do such works as prove to all candid minds that he comes with the authority of God. Miracles are simply God’s signs that authority comes with his messenger. When a minister or ambassador claims to represent the Court of St. James, the first inquiry is for his credentials. He may be a gentleman, scholar, statesman, hero,— all this does not secure his reception as the repre sentative of a foreign court. Nor should it. It is august business to stand in the stead of an empire that belts the world— on whose realm the sun never sets— whose beck makes the world tremble. When such ambassador meets our President and Cabinet in council, it is as though the British nation stood there in all the majesty of her great ness and power; and therefore we rightly require of such an ambassador credentials, so plain as to forbid a doubt of his mission and commission. Miracles are simply the credentials of God’s special representatives, and their prob ability is established the moment we qoqcede the grandeur of the occasion when the Lord of the universe declares His will, and the imperative necessity that we shall not mistake His* true messengers. . • This is the precise test which the Word of God authorises ub to apply. Throughout these sublime pages there is but one uniform testimony on this subject. If any prophet arises, any religious teacher claiming to speak in behalf of God, this is the sign by which he is to be known: he shall, in his words or works, or both, show that a power, beyond that of man, is moving in him and through him. What kind of words will answer these conditions? Not words of wis dom, only, however wise; for they would not prove that he who speaks is more than the wisest of men: not words of “ D E F E N D T H E F A I T H ! ’ ’ "I* * ‘ exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” Jude 3. N early T h re e T h ou sa n d "DEFENDER S O F TH E F A IT H " invite y o u to jo in th eir ranks and h elp ligh t the destru ctive d en iers o f th e W o r d o f G od . E n roll at o n ce , and re ce iv e y o u r “ A m m u n itio n " fo r ca rry in g o n th e battle in d efen se o f th e h o n o r o f o u r L o rd , o u r h om es and o u r ch ildren .
By. Rev. Howard J. Chidley Ministers, superintendents, teachers and parents will And this a most original and sug gestive series of story talks forchAdrenj^^^^jClot^Jl^S The Sunday Story Hour By Laura Ella Cragin A collection of stories of God's love and protection for the use of teacher and parents. Miss Cragin knows by expe rience the sort of story the Httlefolk^lifeT^^^lol^ Children’s Nature Story-Sermons By Hugh T. Kerr, D. D. This time Dr. Kerr turns to Nature for his story-sermons, and in the lucid, delightful fashion of wheih he is master, interweaves with his abundant store of illustration the truths of Christian truth and prac- tice. Cloth »1.25 Children’s Gospel Story-Sermons By Hugh T. Kerr A new Volume of Talks to the Young. The stories are drawn from history, mythol ogy, the daily newspapers, bi ography, ana Action. They are all interesting and the author always makes a plain, sensible evangelical applica tion of them, well calculated to help boys and girls. Cloth >1,28 Prof. Margaret W. Ellgeston Leaders of schools a n d teachers of classes who are constantly looking for fresh and appropriate story mater ials for special day- celebra tions will find here the Atting, the impressive, and ' the orig inal story, which is so neces sary to make the service all that it should be. Most of the stories are true ones, taken from the lives of pupils, or friends of the author, both in this and other^ lands. A few come from history, biography an^egend^^^^GothjljM How Can I lead My Pupils to Christ By Edward Leigh Pell A Sunday-School T e a c a - s f Raised the Question: "1 can lead my pupils to the church, and I can lead them to a formal decision for Christ; but these things don't satisfy me; I want to lead them to know Christ. How can I do Is this your question also? Yes. Then this is the book you're looking for. Stories for Church School Occasions
By Rev. Howard J. Chidley B r i e f » original addresses which cannot Tail to hold the attention of the children. One for each Sunday in the year. • •__________ Cloth $1.25 1-Wonder-Why Stories By Rev. George Adam» D. D. A collection of etory ser mons for children with the unique query 1-Wonder-Why running through them all. Of rare value to minister, teacher and parent in holding the childl^interest^^^^loth^S^JS Stories end Story Telling By Edward P. St. John "This little book should be immensely useful to parents and teachers. Discriminating, interesting a n d instructive story-telling is an art, and should be studied, and its principles applied, such as are recommended in this book.* Price 85c Five Minute Sermons in Stories for Young Folks By Henry T. Sell» D. D. Dr. Sell first tells a brief story and then applies its les sons. The material was first used in the author’s own Sun day School. This book con tains a selection of sixty-four subjects drawn from a service which has been maintained for about five years. Cloth SI .28 The Use of the Story in Religious Education By Margaret W. Eggleston Tne author says in her Foreword: "Because 1 have longed to help teachers and workers with boys and girls in religious education work, I have written this book. It is for those who are eager to know 'How.* I have divided it in such a way that it can be used in classes in stbry-tell ing work in our community schools and colleges where the demand is growing for such classes." Cloth $1.50 By Edward Leigh Pell "The best and sanest book on Sunday School teaching the reviewer has read in years. It is by Edward Leigh Pell, the well-known Sunday School man, and has the atmosphere of experience in it. It strikes at the heart of things. Such chapters as, 'What the Sunday School of For,' and "The Heart of the Matter,* ought to be read by every teacher in the land, not because they are elaborate, for on the contrary they are brief; but because they bum with a conviction that teaching is not 'merely that pupils may know some thing, but in order that they may be something and do something.*'*—Western Re corder.____________ Price $128 Secrets of Sunday School Teaching
"Dr. Pell sets forth the wis dom, aualiAcations, Steps, and methods necessary. Best of all it is not simply a book of plans but rather of inspiration. It reads like romance and it cannot fail to inspire. One feels like shaking hands with the author and thanking him face to face for the book. It is sound, sane and timely.' —S. W. Journal of Theology. . ■ Price >1.00 If money does not accompany order, goods will be sent C. O. If goods are to come by mail add 10% for postage. B I O L A B O O K R O O M Bible Institute, Los Angeles Cel.
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