TheLove Which « NOVEL DEVICE was recently used in a sermon to illus trate the above theme. Be three feet above the pulpit. Directly in the center, side by side, two spools were suspended. One spool represented a mother, and the other, her baby. “Would the mother be willing to sacrifice her life, if need be, for her child?” The answer was a definite “Yes, she would.” With a pointer, the spools were separated about a foot. The one spool still represented the mother, but the other represented the baby of a dear friend of that mother. “Would the mother give her life, if need be, for the child of her dear friend?” The answer was still in the positive. But it would take a greater measure of love to sacrifice one’s life for the child of another, and that measure of love was indicated by the distance between the spools. A greater separation was made be tween the spools. “Would the moth er, if necessity arose, lay down her life for the child of an unfriendly neighbor?” The reply was, “Yes, it was possible.” And the increased distance between the spools repre sented the degree of love required. The intervening distance was again extended. The second spool was made to represent the unfriendly neighbor herself. And it was agreed
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r r s AN IDEA Rev. Carlton C. Buck
Idea 1. Have each member of your group find and bring to the meeting-five Scripture ref erences on the Holy Spirit. These may be used in the de velopment of the first two topics in October. Idea 2. Have one of the young men in your group prepare a talk on how some of our mod em inventions may be used in missionary work. Idea 3. Sponsor a poem-writ ing contest in your church on a missionary theme. The winning poems can be used in connec tion with one of the last two October topics. Idea 4. Ask the social com mittee to arrange a party with a missionary theme for an eve ning in October. If there is a returned missionary available, ask him to take charge of the devotional period. LIGHT AND SHADE No shadow, but its sister light Not far away must bum; No weary night, but morning bright Shall follow in its turn. No chilly snow, but safe below A million buds ase sleeping; No wintry days, but fair spring rays Are swiftly onward sweeping. No note of sorrow but shall melt In sweetest chord unguessed; No labor, all too pressing felt, But ends in quiet rest. No sigh but from the harps above Soft echoing tones shall win; No heart-wound, but the Lord of love Shall pour His comfort in. No withering hopes, while loving best Thy Father’s chosen way; No anxious care, for He will bear Thy burdens every day. —Author Unknown. AGENTS WANTED Big field, good profit, right in your community. Be first with this new line of Christmas cards . . . best qual ity, lowest prices. Work as individ uals, or as a club, society, etc. Write for full particulars and special ad vance offer. HERALD BOOK & PRINTING CO. Dept. KB. Newton, Kansas
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that the mother might be willing to give her life in behalf of such a per son, although it would require a greater measure of sacrifice. At this point it was supposed that the first spool depicted the Lord Je sus Christ. The second was thought of as an unsaved person. The ques tion was then asked, “How far should the spools be separated to indicate the love of Christ when He died for you and me?” It was evident that as wide a separation as possible would be needed, so with the pointer each spool was flicked to the respec tive ends of the cord. With the spools resting against the side walls of the church, the question was pro pounded, “Does the distance between the spools adequately picture Christ’s love for us?” ' The answer was an emphatic “No!” because the distance was within the bounds of knowledge and could be measured. To make the device truly set forth Christ’s love it would be necessary to sepa rate the spools by an infinite dis tance, because Christ’s love is infin ite. And such love passeth knowl edge. Yet Paul in the third chapter of his letter to the Ephesians prays that they might know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge. Such a seeming impossibility is made pos sible when it is realized that the love of Christ is known only by the knowledge which is of the heart, and not of the head.
fore the service began, a cord was stretched across the church about
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