Dr. Cowan (left), President of Wycliffe pictured with Dr. Chase
simply by the unusual aspects of what they say, and the way they say it. Aren’t you glad that God doesn’t make a difference between people? His blessed declaration is, “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.” The Lord doesn’t make any dis tinctions. He loves everyone and is ready to accept all those who came to Him in faith. Some of these na tives get an erroneous impression when we don’t speak their language. One said, “Well, God is a foreign God because He talks only English. There’s proof because the Bible is in the English language rather than ours.” We need to be very careful lest not to neglect giving people the Word of God in their own language. God grant, that we may not be found fighting brother against broth er because of “Shibboleths.” May the Lord give us a love that will over-ride these superficial differences which tend to divide men. Continued on Page 34 Page 15
eigners we enjoyed this close iden tification. We all have these “Shibboleths” in our English language. We make differences between people, having standards we expect them to meet in order to agree with us. Otherwise we won’t accept them. Our theolog ical “Shibboleths” will sometimes cause us to reject those who are true brethren in Christ simply because they don’t do or say things our way. All of this is really one of the effects of God’s judgment on the foolish efforts at Babel. We should humble ourselves to learn the language and dialects of others in need. Only in this way can we witness effectively for Christ. No wonder there are so many tribes today who have never heard the Word of God. There are many dialects among the Indian languages of Mexico. The dif ferences are very pronounced. Some times, those who have studied such speech can determine specific tribes
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