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The only answer to a guilty conscience is, “ Christ died” ; and the simplicity, of the gospel message is its pointing to that one glorious fact, and telling us that if we want peace with God we must think, not of some righteousness of our own to be made by constant effort as perfect as we can make it to be, but of the already perfect righteousness of God’s Christ which may be ours for the taking, if only we stretch out for it an absolutely empty hand. —G. H. K night . JUNE 28 Unnecessary Concern “ But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19). The Lord Jesus proffers the secret of care-free living. He assures us that the worldly affairs, as well as the eternal in terests, of souls surrendered into His keep ing are the subject of God’s peculiar care. . . . In the higher spiritual realm we are neither saved nor sanctified by personal ef fort and struggle; and, if that truth is veri fied in experience, then anxiety concerning things on the lower plane is unnecessary, because “your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.” — The Christian. JUNE 29 He W ill Hear “ I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech” (Psa. 17:6). You need not utterly despair even of
Reaching Unchurched Villages in America It is reported that there -are 10,000 churchless towns in America and 30,000 without a resident pastor. T o reach un churched towns, villages, and country dis tricts in the United States and Canada with an evangelical testimony for . the Lord Jesus Christ, a movement known as the Bible Evangelistic C r u s a d e was launched recently in Chicago. The plan is to have a central agency to which pastors and other Christians may report needy localities. Fundamental Christian work ers willing to preach or to hold evangelis tic services or Daily Vacation Bible Schools may learn thus of unoccupied fields open to their ministry. Close cooperation with students and grad uates of the Bible Institutes of the country is one of the features of the plan. The organization will endeavor to assist these workers in being furnished with trailer houses, tents, and other necessary equipment to reach the more difficult fields. The plan is that students in training will be given assistance on returning to school in pro portion to the time spent in full-time Christian service during their vacation period. David L. Forsythe is President of the Crusade, and William G . Studer is Execu tive Secretary. References are J. Lloyd Hunter, Howard C. Fulton, William Mc- Carrell, E. G. Zorn, and C. P. Meeker. The address is 1501 W . Marquette Rd., Chicago, III.
those who for the present “turn again and rend you.” For if all your arguments and persuasives fail, there is yet another rem edy left, and one that is frequently found effectual when no other method avails. This is prayer. Therefore, whatsoever you desire or want, either for others or for your own soul, “Ask, and it shall be given you.” — J ohn W esley . No merchant trades with such certainty as the praying saint. Some prayers, in deed, have a longer voyage than others ; but then they come with the richer lading at last.— G urnall . "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God” (1 Thess. 4:16). I want to tell you something very inter esting about that word “shout.” This is the only place in the New Testament where the Greek word here translated “shout” oc curs, and it does not mean a shout of terror, a startling shout; it is a word of encour agement. It is the word that was used in olden times to encourage the rowers. . . . It is the shout of encouragement for the people of God, the word that calls them, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. The One that loves us, who has done so much for us, will be there on the threshold of the glory, and will take us in. . . . What a scene that will be! —A. H. B urton . JUNE 30 A W ord o f Encouragement
CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL TRAINING For Children’s All-Bible Summer School In consideration of The poverty of the Word in the home, Other Features o f Child Evangelism Correspondence Course
In addition to the chapter dealing with the Children’s All-Bible Summer School, Biola’s pioneer correspondence course in the field of Child Evangelism also contains eight other studies. These chapters carefully cover thé following subjects: How to Lead Children to Accept Christ as Saviour The Psychology of the Child The Gospel of John for Children Reaching: the Child Through Music Object Lesson Building: for Child Evangelism Bible Doctrine and Scripture Catechism The Correspondence School is now ready to accept enrollments in ,c The poverty of the Word in the school, and The peril of Modernism in the nation today, there is a growing need for a Children’s All-Bible Sum mer School in your community. One of the nine units comprising Biola’s Child Evangelism Correspondence Course explains in detail how to launch in your own church or community a Children’s All-Bible Summer School. Why endeavor to compete with your public schools in putting on a secular program? No! You do not have to. An All-Bible Summer School, rightly conducted, will hold the children. Give it a fair trial and you will never return to the old Daily Vacation Bible School curriculum. Wm. Harllee Bordeaux, who yearly conducts Biola’s All-Bible Summer School (note announcement of the school for this summer on opposite page), is the author of the section of the Child Evangelism Correspondence Course that deals with the Children’s All-Bible Summer School. Out of years of experience in summer work with children, he discusses such problems as the fol lowing: Arousing: Interest The Curriculum Transportation Problems Pupil Enthusiasm Selection o f Faculty Financing: by Faith Promotion Graduation
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