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Right Kind o f Ambition “ Seekest thou great things for thyselff seek them not” (Jer. 45:5). The context shows that these words were spoken to Baruch, who acted as the aman uensis of Jeremiah, writing out the mes sage of God. That message was read to Jehoiakim, the then ruling king of Judah. You will recall that Jehoiakim rejected the message, cutting up the parchment with his penknife and casting it into the fire (Jer. 36:20-23). This outcome disheartened Baruch, and he apparently took Jehoiakim’s act as a personal insult. He was evidently saying or thinking, “ They are not giving me the honor that I ought to have as a servant of God.” Then came the rebuke from the Lord, “ Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not.” Judgment was about to fall upon Judah, and it was no time for a servant of God to be thinking of his own honor. Many devout students of the Word of God and of the signs of the times believe that we are nearing the end of this age and that judgment will soon fall upon this ungodly world. This is no time for us Christians to be pursuing a selfish ambi tion, seeking great things for ourselves. We should be ambitious to be well pleasing to Jesus Christ in our daily living, and ambi tious to do our part in proclaiming the glad tidings of Christ, that those, who be lieve may be saved from the terrible judg ment upon sin that is surely coming, per haps soon.— J ohn A. H ubbard . conform in its entirety to the doctrinal statement of the World’s Christian Funda mentals Association. In commenting on this change, one of the officers of the Phil adelphia organization writes: “ In the in ception of the Philadelphia group, they had changed paragraph No. 7, leaving out the premillenarian coming of our Lord, think ing that it might bring into the member ship some who might believe in the other fundamentals but were open on this point. However, they have not found it so, and we have come to the conclusion that it will be best to include this in our statement.” Merrill T . MacPherson, P. O. Box 7, Philadelphia, Pa., has been serving as President of this group. Meetings in California Fred A. Flora, one of the field workers of the World’s Christian Fundamentals As sociation, came to California in January and has been engaged in Bible conferences and evangelistic meetings in the follow ing communities: Lincoln Acres, Westmore land, Niland, Mt. Signal, Campo, and Poway. He plans to go East in the sum mer and will be available for work there after September 26. He can be addressed at any time at Route 4, Box 463, South Bend, Ind.
Girls' Query Corner Conducted by M yrtle E. S cott
Questions for answer in this corner should be sent to Miss Scott, 8961 Dicks St., West Hollywood, Calif., and a stamped envelope should be enclosed for reply. No name will appear with the questions chosen for publication.
they saw God’s miracle and rejoiced the more. The priests of Israel had to have faith in God to bear the ark into the Jordan before they saw the waters divide to let Israel through. How much God’s people would miss if they never were placed in difficult places to see the deliverance of the Lord! My dear, it is time to say: “ The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord” (Job 1:21). Now is the time to wait patiently and expectantly to see how He is working for you and proving Romans 8:28 in your case. When God permits experiences to come to us, we need to let Him use them to train our faith and to teach us to re joice in Him, that we may lean upon Him as our strength in the days that are ahead. Look up! God has never failed, and He will not fail now. If you will but put your trust in Him and wait before Him, you will see that He is working out a good and loving purpose in your life. “As for God, his way is perfect" (Psa. 18:30). Regional Bible Conferences North Dakota and Minnesota were the states in which Alvin O. Carlson, 1625 E. Sixth St., Superior, Wis., Regional Chair man of the World’s Christian Fundamentals Association, held Bible conferences, with sessions in Mankato, Minn.; Jamestown, N. D .; St. Cloud, Minn.j Fargo, N. D .; and Kulm, N. D. Last fall, Mr. Carlson had the privilege of organizing both a state conference and divisional conferences in North Dakota. A. E. Bowman of Kulm, N. D., was elected President of the state organization. Tri-County Fundamentals Association The Tri-County Fundamentals Associa tion, which A> J. Levengood, pastor of the Zion Reformed Church, New Bedford, Ohio, has been serving as President, holds monthly meetings which are addressed by fundamental pastors and Bible teachers. The group plans to conduct Bible confer ences and young people’s rallies, and will seek to promote summer Bible schools wherever possible. Philadelphia Fundamentalists A t their meeting in February of this year, the Philadelphia Fundamentalists amended their doctrinal basis to have it
Dear Miss Scott: I am no longer a girl, but I am in need of spiritual help and know no one to go to unless I come to the Query Corner. Things have come thick and fast in my life lately. I have prayed and have been trying to trust the Lord through it all; but as one thing and another has come— sickness, loss of crops, home, and most of our life’s sav ings—things look very dark, and I can see no light ahead. I am having a fight to keep bitterness and despair from entering my soul. I try to assure myself with the thougnl that “ all things work together for good to them that love God,” but it may be that I am seeing the present too clearly to re joice in, future good. What shall I do? — D istressed . My Dear: My heart goes out in sympathy for you and for the others in our country who re cently have passed through an experience like yours. I rejoice, though, that you know the Lord as the One to whom to turn for help in your ne,ed. You can be sure He has not made a mistake nor forgotten His child. Listen to these words of the prophet in Habakkuk 3:17-19: “Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.” What a ring must have been in the prophet’s voice as he said: “ Yet I will re joice in the Lord” I With the falling of the leaves before an autumn wind, we can see the sky more clearly. Sometimes things slip from our hands, and show us the uncer tainty of temporal things that we may set our affections more fully upon the things that are above, the things that are eternal. I f we are rejoicing in the Lord instead of in circumstances, the loss of material things will only melt our hearts and draw us closer to Him who “ abideth faithful.” Is the Lord God your strength, or are you depend ing on a bank account and a crop? God brings us into seemingly impossible places that we may see His wonder-working power. Christ waited until Lazarus was dead before He went to comfort Mary and Martha. When it seemed too late for help to come, they saw Him, the God of the im possible, and they saw their brother re stored to life. Abraham and Sarah had to wait for their promised son until they were past the age for a child to be born. Then
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