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for this disease. But is Bolshevism merely a disease of the body or the mind ? Or is it a canker of the soul ? The term “Bolshevism” is loosely applied to various forms of unrest which profess to seek a cure of the world’s ills by a violent overturning of the present political and social order. But at heart this disturbance is more than an enemy of society; it is avowedly anti-Christian. It is based on infidelity. It has no place for the Bible. It curses and blasphemes the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. It aims to stamp out religious worship. It laughs at the idea of retribution for sin and scoffs at the mention of coming judgment. In short, it aims at the God of heaven and would remove from earth, if it could, all knowledge of His name. I f this description of Bolshevism is correct, it is ap parent that it is not a new thing. Its root was not first planted in modern Russia. Satan dropped the seed of re bellion in the soil of the Garden of Eden. The noxious growth has spread throughout the world. More than once in the history of the race there has seemed to be almost universal defiance of God. But He who sitteth on the throne laughs at puny rebels, whether they be of ante diluvian times, or of the days of the tower of Babel, or of contemporary Red Russia. There Is no need to fear that God will be defeated. But His servants will do well to inquire what should be their attitude toward this menace at the present hour. The Bible Institute of Los Angeles has no criticism of those who seek to deal with this problem through national legislation, or international agreements, or the fostering of better feeling between capital and labor, or any other sec ondary agencies which may prove useful. It believes, how ever, that since Bolshevism is a disease of the soul, the only remedy fully and finally effective is the Gospel of Christ. For more than twenty years its evangelistic bands have been busy in shops, in missions, and on street corners where men gather to listen to Bolshevistic propaganda. Sometimes these preachers come into direct competition with soap-box orators who would put the messengers of Christ to shame and destroy the influence of their mes sage, but God has always protected His servants and hon ored His Word. Therefore the workers of the Institute are firmly convinced that whatever may be accomplished by other methods, there is in the present situation a tre mendous challenge to the church of Jesus Christ to match the persistent propaganda of haters of God and religion with an ambitious program of evangelism. That men of affairs in political and commercial life are sympathetic with this evangelistic program of the Insti tute was discovered recently when the President of the Institute and the Chairman of the Board of Directors ap peared before the Radio Commission in Washington to ask for the privilege of installing new radio equipment. The hearing occurred shortly after Bolshevistic agitation and rioting had occurred in Washington. The commis sioner in charge of the hearing courteously listened to the committee from the Institute and carefully looked at the photographs and other exhibits which told of the life and work of the school. He seemed to be especially interested in a photograph of a shop meeting and asked, “Do you tell me that this is the kind of congregations you preach to?” He received an affirmative reply, and at once by his friendly attitude and questioning gave the impression that he was-favorable to the Institute’s request. In due time word was received that the Commission had granted all that had been asked. • - ........... • jvmi
which will make the Word of God the center of their curriculum and consider it their first and great aim to train young men and women in the things of Christ. — o — A Revival Our Supreme Need S O much has been said and written about the trend to ward unbelief which prevails in schools of higher learning that there is danger of fostering either hysteria or melancholia or both among the faithful. Bad as the situation confessedly is, it is not necessary as yet for any individual educator or school to complain with Elijah, “I, only, I, am left.” There are no doubt many college presidents who would heartily endorse the words of Presi dent W. J. McGlothlin, of Furman University, Greenville, S. C., as reported in The Western R eco rd er : I belieye absolutely that the only hope for progress in the great fields of missions, education, and evangelism is a genuine spiritual revival., It seems to me that we have reached the place where the only thing for us to do is to get down on our knees, the entire group of earnest, godly men and women among us. A wave of practical materialism has swept over the country leading the people to go into debt for all kinds of follies and amusements and comforts, until our vision of the kingdom has been shortened and our willingness to sacrifice has been weak ened and in some of us, perhaps, has almost disappeared. If we could have a genuine revival, our schools would again be full of .students and money would flow into every channel that is now threatening to run dry. A worldly man or woman is not going to give much in money or support to any of the great objects of ■the kingdom. What can we do? I repeat, I know of nothing except the .generation of a spirit of genuine humility, repentance, humilia tion, and. prayer. Spiritual power needs machinery just as steam or electricity must have machinery in order to do work. But nothing is more helpless than machinery without power and it ■seems to me that we are almost in the position of having machin ery' destitute of power or, at least, supplied with insufficient power. Puritans and Impuritans T HE Editor of The Presbyterian thinks the time has come for plain speech in protesting against the lax social and moral standards and teachings of many able lecturers and journalists. The writings of men like Ber trand Russell, atheistic in their background and putrid in their expressions, are held up to scorn and contempt. However, the Editor thinks the outlook is not without promise. His hopefulness is expressed in a trenchant sentence that is worth reproducing: Those who now scorn the Puritans, will soon be so surfeited with the nauseating laxity and indecency, that they will come to scorn the Impuritans with a zest as severe as their admiration now is for the libertines themselves. — O— Evangelism Versus Bolshevism T HE menace of Bolshevism is engaging the attention of the best minds in civilized lands. The danger from this enemy of society is very evident and is so great that it is perplexing and alarming to all who do not will fully close their eyes, to the facts. The remedies offered are too numerous to be catalogued. Some,years ago, a well-known and successful manu facturer, who had a deserved popularity because of his generous treatment of his employees, became an editor arid'publisher. In one of the first issues of his magazine there appeared a cartoon labeled, “Cure for Bolshevism.” "ft.pictured a, table well supplied with .tempting viands and above the table were the words, “Three times a day.” ' The philosophy of this employer may well represent the thought of many who seek td discover a “cure-all”
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