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Roberts has been in China, he has flown over ten thousand miles, ac companied by an official photographer and reporter, .and has been entrusted by the minister of finance with two and one half billion dollars in cur rency. During his spare tiipe, Dr. Rob erts has conducted conferences, church speaking engagements, and has spok en practically every night in various Gospel halls. Let us continue to re member in our prayers the health and labors of our Brother R" Throughout the years, many of God’s stewards have been le^< <,c ^u- tribute generously to this work of the Lord in Central China. Now, with the re-opening of these lands, so long closed by war, there is a great need for generous contributions to rebuild the school and begin operations. It is estimated that over 2,000 Prot estant missionaries will return to China within two years. Most of these are former workers in China who were forced to leave on account of the war. The first contingent of fifty re turnees is already on the way. These missionaries return to a land which has opened wide its doors and has begged them to come back. China presents one of the most fertile fields for current missionary endeavor. It is at present a country which seems to have all the necessary qualifications for a great sweeping revival. God is stirring the hearts of Chinese young people as never before, and leading them to present themselves as willing missionary candidates to carry to their own, and other peoples, the glorious news of the Saviour from sin. ★ ★ Bible Sunday O NE of the bright spots of the dark years of the war was the fact that literally millions upon millions of copies of the- Scriptures were be ing circulated in all parts of the earth. This year, on the 9th day of Decem ber, we are to celebrate a Universal Bible Sunday, sponsored by the Amer ican Bible Society. This was attempt ed last year and met with success. New attention will be focused upon the Book of Books. Coupled with this Bible Sunday, there is a prescrib ed period for world-wide reading of certain Bible passages b e t w e e n Thanksgiving and Christmas. Selec tion of the passages to be read has been made by servicemen. It is hoped that the interest taken in this matter of Bible reading will exceed even that of last year. It is one of the most heartening
Oh, So Much! A S we come once more to the season of the year in which our hearts are lifted to the Lord in special thanks giving, truly there is a sense. of the immeasurableness of His blessings. The one. really bright spot of all the world is our own beloved land of America. We have escaped the ray- ages of war’s destruction. We have been blessed during the lean years with fat harvests, and by apparently unending supplies of natural resources. We have suffered the least; actually, we have prospered, materially, during the war. Now, in addition, God has given us victory . . . victory on the continent of Europe over a nation prepared for conflict as no other nation ever has been; victory in the far Pacific in the face of almost insurmountable diffi culties of distance, topography, and transportation. Surely, if ever a nation should bow before the God of the ages, it is our land. Do not think that God is unmindful of the gratitude of the people He has created. Rather, after pouring out His blessings, He waits to receive a sincere expression of appreciation. So, from our hearts, we cry: “America, stop, and give thanks to God ! Count your un deserved blessings, and praise the name of the Lord!” God forbid that we should commit the sin of ingratitude after being so favored by Him! “Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.” ★ ★ Latest Word from China O UR readers will remember that the China Department of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles is another completely equipped Bible Institute in the h e a rt of China. However, our Chiria p r o p e r t y has been in Japanese hands during the war years; and, only recently, have we secured details as to the extent of the damage. A cable from Dr. C h a r l e s Rob erts contains the news that all of the compound walls are down, and, out of the six main buildings, only three are l e f t standing, intact. Six missionaries’ residences on the com pound were completely demolished, and it is thought that the entire equip ment contained in these buildings has been removed by the Japanese. There is at present need for much prayer regarding the rehabilitation and re opening of this school which is almost invaluable in the evangelization of the new China. During the last few months that Dr.
signs on today’s horizon that the presses of the land continue to turn out in nearly eleven hundred differ ent languages and dialects the imper ishable Word of God. ★ ★ Still in the News TT is passing strange that a small segment of the world’s population, comprising but two-thirds of one per cent of the peoples of earth, should claim year after year the top spot in newspaper headlines. Yet this is the experience of the Jew, Throughout the late war, the Jew and his plight was the current topic of our news papers, magazines and radio broad casts. Now, with the war over, the problem of what to do with the world’s No. 1 Wanderer is still claim ing public attention. It would almost seem as if the notice by the press is somehow bound up with God’s pur pose for His ancient people; that it is in some way related to the story of God’s faithfulness and Israel’s failure. Evidently, this is one method the Lord is using to impress upon men that there is coming a day of wrath and judgment in which all men must stand before Him. No intelligent per son can know the- sad history of the Jewish nation, or look upon their pres ent hopeless plight without having brought to mind most vividly the all-important fact that one cannot deny God, and live. As for the Jew’s future, he will con tinue to remain in the world’s head lines. There will be, first, his connec tion with the coming world ruler, the antichrist, and-then his miracu lous rescue from ann’hi’ ation at the battle of Armageddon. Then, finally, a never-ending stream of blessing will flow through a saved Israel to the nations of the world.
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