July, 1945
missionary service. The subjd sufficiently comprehensive to i the common ailments of any an climates. They will furnish the s dent with sufficient knowledge of t human body not only to care for him self properly but to aid others when qualified medical service is not avail able. The Bible Institute is very fortu nate in securing Miss Leonie V. Sou- birou, an eminently qualified regis tered nurse, to head this department. Those who are interested are invited to write to the Dean of the Institute. ★ ★ Missionary Giving We are in receipt of a letter from the Financial Secretary of the People’s Church in Toronto, Canada, which re latés the heartening news that dur ing the year 1944 this church re ceived and disbursed nearly $118,000 for missions. This very excellent rec ord from the church of which Dr. Os wald J. Smith is pastor strikes a clarion note which is extremely timely as the war days draw to a close. The business of the church primar ily is to send forth the story of the gospel of God’s love. But missions are expensive; they cost the church in prayer and money and young lives. But the value of missions is far be yond our power to estimate. Not only do they bring amazing benefits to our country politically, but the spiritual benefits are innumerable and lasting. ★ ★ G. Campbell Morgan At the age of eighty-one, Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, prince of preach ers, went home to be with the Lord he loved. The Church has lost a great Bible expositor, a prolific religious writer, a man of real pre-eminence in expounding the Scriptures. All through his long and useful life, Dr. Morgan held to unqualified acceptance of the Scriptures as the inspired Word of God. The preachers and laymen who have been mightily helped either by his spoken or written word run into large numbers. It is to be remembered that for several years Dr. Morgan was a mem ber of the resident faculty of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Dur ing those years, the students who took his various courses grew in grace and in the knowledge of the-Word of God. The ministry of Dr. Morgan does not end with his death, but on and on in ever widening circles, his influence will continue to bless hearts and lead men to Christ and to a knowledge of the things of God. Surely Dr. Morgan was one of the modern spiritual giants of his day and we thank God upon every remembrance of him..
dom given one who unquestionably has walked close to God. The same thing might be said of any country, including our beloved America. Only as we give God His place in our national and individual lives, will our land be preserved and blessed. ★ ★ If W e Had Sent A professor from Nanking Univer sity in China makes an interesting ob servation. It is his opinion that there might have been no Pearl Harbor dis aster had the Christian people’ really .been in earnest about sending mis sionaries of the Gospel to Japan. He compares the expenditure by the Unit ed States for pre-war missionary work in Japan and for chewing gum and cosmetics. The annual bill for cosme tics and gum is large enough to pro vide .. one hundred times as many Christian missionaries as were ever sent to Japan at one time. It is to our shame that we must ad mit that the church of Christ through out the world has never taken missions seriously. To be sure, there are in dividual churches and even, a denom ination or two intensely interested in getting the Gospel to the far ends of the earth, but the average church member and the average congregation look upon missions ,as just an added frill to our weekly worship. It is too late now to think of what should have been done in the decades preceding our present war. It is not too late, however, to plan for what we are going to do, God help ing us; in the years after God gives us the victory. Surely the peace which is to come will be a God-given addi tional opportunity to send forth the Gospel, and a divine challenge to really become interested in this task which’ is very close to the heart of God. Let the Christian people stir out of their sleep. Let them awaken to their opportunity. ★ ★ Medical Opportunity An exceptional opportunity for a one-year course in medical training is to be offered in "The School of Missionary Medicine" beginning with the fall term of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. This is planned partic ularly for missionaries on furlough, accepted candidates for the mission field, and graduates of theological seminaries, Christian colleges and Bible institutes who are preparing for full-time Christian service. Only such graduate students will be accepted. While this course is not designed for the purpose of making doctors or nurses, it will be very helpful in en abling missionaries to meet medical needs on the far-flung frontiers of
With Interest A most stupendous job has been demanded of the Treasury Department during the years of this present war. Money, thejrmount of which staggers the imagination, has been procured by means of war loans. We are now in the midst of the seventh great drive to borrow money for the continuance of the war. One of the arguments which has been repeated often is that the American government is merely borrowing from its people and that the money loaned for the purpose of prosecuting the war some day will be returned with interest. The contrast is pointed out that while our soldier lads give their lives, we are merely asked to lend our money. ,Of course, the security is the soundest to be found in this world, based upon the credit of the United States of America. Has it occurred to the Christians that in the matter of Christian fi nances, too, we are merely lending búr mopey? Be assured that God does not need our money. The silver and the gold are all His—unquestionably His —and the world and all that is there in. As far as financial backing for any of His projects is concerned, God is abundantly able to supply oceans of pearls or mountains of diamonds. But the thing that is uppermost in the mind of God is that we should re ceive the interest. Money which is spent for Christian enterprises is not given to God; it is merely loaned. Some day it will be returned to us with interest, and oh, what a rate of interest that will be—"pressed down, shaken together, running over.” In the meantime, we draw dividends of peace, contentment and the supply of all of our needs. If investment in United States war bonds is a good one, how immeasurably better it is to invest in the bonds of Heaven. ★ ★ ISiemoeller’ s Statement Dispatches of the past month have told of the release of Pastor Martin Niemoeller, militant leader of the con fessional church in Germany, who ,has been a prisoner of the Nazis for eight years. However, during the pe riod that he was incarcerated, the Lord stood by him. This valiant serv ant of Christ received a course of in struction comparable to that of the Apostle Paul centuries ago. In his first public statement fol lowing his liberation, Pastor Niemoel ler exhibited no bitterness. He spoke earnestly and firmly of Germany’s fu ture. Without building ,up false hopes, he declared that only as the German people in true humility turn to God will that unfortunate country ever emerge from chaos. Pastor Niemoeller’s words are en dowed liberally with the heavenly wis
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