jbcuf of Gluuit By Nell Jones W HEN dire confusion and disturbance fills The earth and air, when His great trumpet sounds, And seals of rapture-hour break their bounds, And from above a purple glory spills Through all the white and refted clouds, by grace The just shall then be saved (as God decrees) From withering earth, now cringing to its knees: O H, bruised day on which our hopes have hung, On which the closing songs of life are sung, Before the rapture-hour when rumblings reign, And earth is quaking and th$ thunaers rend The clouds of glory, let this vision bend Men’s wills to ways above earth's mortal gain. T he M issionary M ust N ot B e E ntangled W ith H eathen C ustoms 2 T im . 2:4 Here is a pitfall which is so dan gerous. By long and intimate asso ciation with the heathen the mind gets to “thinking black.” That which was at first abhorred may become commonplace. That which at first was resisted may afterwards be ac cepted. That which in the beginning was repugnant may later become at tractive. God’s servant, must be sep arated and free from entangling in fluences and heathen practices. He must guard his thoughts lest holy meditations on heavenly things be displaced by the grosser thoughts about evil ways. This will be a con stant battle. The missionary is God’s representative. He must not take on Satan’s ways. He is an advertise ment for heavenly things. He must not become infatuated with earth’s program. The missionary is ever to be an example of Christ living in a man. T he M issionary M ust E xalt C hrist 1 P et . 2:9 The perfection of the Lord Jesus challenges all the force of a human heart and mind to display His vir tues. The Lord Jesus fits into every nook and cranny of human experi ence. He makes men to be true, fine, outstanding Christians. He has the answer to the problem of domestic relationships. He presents a true formula for the difficulty between capital and labor. He brings to the troubled heart, peace indescribably sweet. He brings to the weary soul the rest so sorely heeded. He brings to the one bound in sin a full deliver ance. He brings to Satan’s captives wonderful freedom. Christ Jesus saves the soul from hell and gives the Holy Spirit to save the life from failure. Let the missionary exalt this wonderful Person, Christ Jesus the Lord.
October 26. 1947 THE MISSIONARY— 1947 MODEL I sa . 61:1-3; M att . 28:18-20
TV/TODERN missions in foreign fields have followed the same trend as in the home fields. The emphasis is placed upon education with sani tation and medication included. Many who go into so-called Chris tian service spend their entire time in what is generally called social service. This cannot be considered as genuine missionary enterprise. It is putting the cart before the horse. It is trying to teach dead men how to live without first giving them the life that is necessary. The result is that we produce healthy and edu cated heathen who become clever criminals. We should ever remem ber and never forget that there is no substitute whatever for God's good gospel. When Christ is presented only as an example and not as the Saviour, no permanent change is ef fected in the hearts and lives of those who come under this influence. T he M issionary M ust B e Lost men will look first and listen later. They will be more impressed by what they see than by what they hear. They will be more influenced by the actions and the attitude of the missionary than by the message which he proclaims. What he is will speak louder than what he says. The heathen expect God’s messenger to be God-like. In fact, they demand that the missionary be a living ex an E xample 1 T im .’4:12
presents. They do not expect to see manifestations of fleshly activities in the one who speaks to them of a Spirit filled life. The ungodly hold up a very h i g h standard for the Christian. They expect him to be better than others. They demand of him the finished product of that which he preaches. They expect him to show them how his philosophy works. The true man of God will ac cept this challenge gladly. T he M issionary M ust B e P ersistent in H is W ork P hil . 3:13 Christian work requires much la bor, careful attention and heart searching dealing with God. Those who fight a fire do not dare to stop throwing the water on the blaze lest the first effects be nullified. The water must be continually thrown until the fire is extinguished. This principle applies in some measure to the work of the missionary. He must persist in presenting the pre cious truth. He must not be easily discouraged because the response is not rapid. He must expect that dull, dark minds, bound by Satan through the years, will be rather slow -in re ceiving the light. He must realize that their powers of comprehension are very poor and their ability to un derstand will require much patient plodding and p l e a d i n g to bring about the desired results. He will need the God who is the God of
ayle of the philosophy which he patience.
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