piece of cake or a cookie from their own kitchen when no one is looking. If they can “get away with” taking small things, soon they will commence to steal larger things. Soon much of their time will be spent trying to plan how they can take something that does not belong to them. Often such boys and girls end in a reform school because they could not resist taking those things that did not belong to them. One day the Lord Jesus went to the home of a wealthy jnan who insisted upon taking money that belonged rightfully to others. When the man, whose name was Zacchaeus, received God’s Son as his Saviour, he knew that he could no longer be dis honest. God had said, “ Thou shalt not steal.” If he truly loved God, he would want to obey God’s law. Zacchaeus told the Lord Jesus that he would pay back four times as much as he had stolen from others. Another day the Saviour went into the temple and drove out those who were being dishonest in God’s house. Pray that God will look into your heart to see if you have been taking even small things that belong to some one else. Only the Lord Jesus can give you a heart that will refuse to take things which do not belong to you. June 15, 1952 THE OBLIGATION TO BE TRUTHFUL Ex. 20:16; John 18:15-27 A mark of Christian integrity is truthfulness at all times. The word of a Christian should be as good as his bond. Jesus affirmed that He was the Truth. Certainly it should be charac teristic of every one of His followers that the truth always flows from his lips. The violation of this principle for the sake of expediency or any other reason is unchristian. The denial by Peter illustrates the tragedy of failure in this regard. There are different ways to be untruthful, even as there are different methods by which the truth may be conveyed. A Basic Command Ex. 20:16 This command against bearing false witness against a neighbor, doubtless has primary reference to bearing false testimony in a court of law. This was a common crime in Eastern countries, but it need not be limited to this sphere. It refers also to baseless assertions made about others at any time. God’s children in particular need to be ex ceedingly careful as to what they say of others. It would be well before speak ing about people to let the proposed words first pass through these three gates of gold: First, are they true? Second, are they needful? Third, are they kind? The seriousness of lying is suggested by the fact that in the New Testament MAY, 1952
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IN K O R E A - the b o y who can 't stop cry ing Kang Suk’s widowed mother, sitting on her doorway step, called him. Playing across the road from her, he pretended not to hear. He loved his mother but he did not want to stop playing. When she called again, he started toward her. And then it happened—a roar, thunder in his ears, the earth shook and he fell. When he got to his feet again and looked, his mother was gone, his home was gone. There was only smoke and burning debris. Calling, “mother,” he stumbled toward her but young as he was, he knew she was in the flames and he could not reach her. Kang Suk’s experiences from then on were much the same as thousands of other children. There was the trudging for mile after mile with the other refugees, all hungry, too. As he grew weaker, he stumbled more and more. But he kept walking and stumbling and—crying. Finally he was picked up
by Operation Kiddie Car and flown with other dirty, ragged, vermin-in fested boys and girls to a Christian Children’s Fund orphanage on Cheju Island. His teachers, the other chil dren, even food does not interest him much. He seems to want to be alone and he stands by himself and crys. When he is spoken to, he only repeats, “I did not come when my mother called me, and now she will not call me anymore.” How much tact, patience and love will it take to cause him to stop cry- ing? And what of the other thousands like him, who lost home and parents and have not been admitted to an or phanage and still are homeless orphans, wandering and starving and freezing in the snow? Such children can be “ adopted” by individuals and groups at ten dollars a month. The child will .be cared for in a CCF orphanage- school. You will receive the child’s name, address, picture and information about the child. You can correspond with the child. You are not obligated to continue the “ adoption” beyond a year, unless you should wish to do so. Gifts of any amount are very grate fully accepted. CCF assists children in 26 orphan ages in Korea and children may also be adopted, at the same cost, in CCF orphanage-schools in Brazil, Burma, Finland, Free China, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lapland, Lebanon, Malaya, Mexico, Okinawa, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, United States and Western Germany.
For information write to :
Dr. J . Calvitt Clarke CHRISTIAN CHILDREN’S FUND, INC. RICHMOND 4, VIRGINIA
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