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THE KING’S BUSINESS Magazine is a Publication of Boila Schools & Colleges, Inc. Louis T. Talbot, Chancellor, S. H. Sutherland, Pres., Ray A. Myers, Board Chmn. August/Volume 58/Number 8/Established 1910 AR T IC LES : CONTENTS: 10 The Fellowship of the First Handers ........ .........................VANCE HAVNER 12 Lesson from the A n t............................... ................BERNITA GUTENBERGER 13 The First Arab ...............................................................KENNETH 0. GANGEL 17 Long Time Friend Discovered........................................REV. DON DE BOER 18 Introduction to Leviticus 23 ............................................ LEHMAN STRAUSS 21 Can You Stand the Sight of Yourself....... ....................HENRY R. BRANDT 24 Deserts 1.................................................................................CAROLYN LONDON 25 Church of the Month .......................................................DR. BLAINE BISHOP 26 A World of Peace .......................................................Pfc. CORDELL AVELSEN 30 A Runaway Native ........................................ ......................EVELYN CARLISLE 32 Systematic Theology ...__ ________________________ *---------R. L. SAUCY 33 Twenty Thousand Tomorrows ................................................ ETHEL VIRGINT 34 A Ministry for Everyone ............................................. .........THERON DABOUR 36 Innovations in Learning................................ ...................... NORMAN WRIGHT 38 Games Youth Workers P la y ................................................ CHARLES T. SMITH 40 The Clean Sweep ......... ................................................................JEAN ALLEN FEATURES : 4 Message from the E d ito r............................................ SAMUEL SUTHERLAND 8 Cult's Critique ...................................................- ................BETTY BRUECHERT 16 Dr. Talbot’s Question Box ...................................................LOUIS T. TALBOT 20 Over a Cup of Coffee............................................. ................JOYCE LANDORF 28 Talking It Over ...........................................................CLYDE M. NARRAMORE 29 Science and the Bible .................................................BOLTON DAVIDHEISER 35 Book Reviews ................................. ...................... .............ARNOLD D. EHLERT 42 Christian Worker’s Clinic ....................................... .............CHESTER LARSON About the Cover: Smith River in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California. Robert F. Campbell Concord, Calif.

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A p p o x i m ately t w o years have elapsed since the significant “ Conference on Church and Society” was held by the World Council o f Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. The word “ revolu­ tion” was the clarion call which occurred and reoccurred through­ out the various papers read at the conference and subsequently released in revised and edited form. Since then the pattern out­ lined at that Geneva conference is being implemented at least in documentary form at an alarming rate. There were four issues that predominated in the conference. “ One, modern technology — the need for accelerated development in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Two, the struggle for world peace. Three, the problem o f just political and social order. Four, the changing role o f the state.” To us in the United States the significance o f the findings o f the World Council o f Churches lies in the fact that the National Council o f Churches, made up o f most o f the major denominations in our land, is an honored member o f the World Council. It is not our purpose here to give a critical re­ view o f the findings o f the conference; however, the net result o f the conference decision in regard to point number one stated above would be to do away with the whole capitalistic system in the United States and make it a socialistic government instead in which the Marxian doctrine “ From each according to his ability to each according to his needs” would be supreme. The method o f the World Council to bring about this so called desired result is frightening to say the least. The World Council called for complete redistribution o f wealth, land, industry, and labor in order to bring all people into an equal situation. A critic o f the World Council plan has stated, “ To effect such redistribu­ tion and restructuring o f the advanced nations’ economies in favor o f the backward ones, there would be only one possible way— total enslavement o f populations in advanced and back­ ward nations. For this there would be required a world dictator­ ship, and the reality was recognized by the World Council o f Churches which called for a 'world economic plan for the ulti­ mate aim —- an international division o f labor.’ ” Probably the most terrifying aspect o f the World Council findings and the Geneva Conference had to do with the relation­ ship o f the churches and civil laws o f the respective countries. At this point the World Council actually endorses complete civil dis­ obedience under certain extenuating circumstances which are ac­ cording to the individuals’ whims and fancies. Its findings at this point state "political involvement at times confronts Christians THE KINO'S BUSINESS

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with especially difficult issues such as the use o f constitutional or extra-constitutional methods o f political action, the use o f violent or nonviolent action, and the rights o f minorities or other op­ pressed groups within the life o f a nation.” With this principle as a basis, the World Council stated further, "In many cases where legislation violates an acceptable constitution and no speedy means o f legal relief are available, the Christian may be called to civic disobedience (sit-down strikes, passive disobedience, or deliberate violation o f laws). In cases in which the constitution itself is inadequate, the Christian is called to work for its amendment in the interest o f firmer guarantees o f human rights. Where such changes are impossible, the Christian may come to the conclusion that he has no alternative but to violate the constitution in order to make possible a better one. . . . We understand that laws may be defied in the defense o f the constitution and that the constitu­ tion may be defied in defense o f human rights.” I f this quotation means anything at all, it simply means that the world council and its national representative, the National Council o f Churches, is authorizing its membership to defy the constitution whenever individuals see fit so to do, and this is precisely what is being preached from all too many pulpits in the member denominations throughout our land. The conference document argues that the question often emerges today "whether the violence that sheds blood in planned revolutions may not be a lesser evil than the violence which though bloodless condemns whole populations to perennial despair.” One is left quite in the dark as to what are the circumstances that "force men to revolution.” It is mere­ ly stated in the document that this is so and nowhere is there any censure o f professional anarchists or agitators who seek to foment revolution in even the most prosperous and advanced societies. Perhaps it should be noted that there is a difference between the "Conference on Church and Society” which was held by the World Council o f Churches in Geneva, Switzerland in 1966 and the "Fourth Assembly o f the World Council o f Churches” which was held in Uppsala, Sweden July 4-20, 1968. The World Council o f Churches was organized in 1948. Prior to the Uppsala Assembly three other assemblies have been held. During the interim periods there were other gatherings and conferences and meetings o f various types to promote the activi­ ties o f the W.C.C. The whole organization is the more dangerous because it frequently utters such high-sounding, pious pro­ nouncements; however, the utterly anti-Scriptural trends within Continued on page U2 AUGUST, 1968

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World’s Fair returned May 17th when most of the popular pavilions re-opened with their programs and exhibits. Among these is the “ Ser­ mons from Science Pavilion” which in 1967 attracted more than 840,000 persons to view its amazing science films and dramatic stage demonstra­ tions. Moody Institute of Science in Whittier, Calif., in May dedicated a new build­ ing which houses a sound stage and auditorium. These new quarters will

Scripture Press Foundation of G len Ellyn, Illinois, reports that many pas­ tors are expressing keen interest in the ministry of Home Bible classes. Four out of five of the pastors sur­ veyed stated that their churches now sponsor or encourage neighborhood Bible studies or would like to do so. Of the pastors whose churches have had or now have home Bible classes, 86.3% believe that they are highly effective. World Vision International and the Na­ tional Council of Kenya sponsored a Pastor’s Conference in April in Nai­ robi, Kenya. More than 1000 pastors from 21 denominations were present. Speakers included Dr. Paul S. Rees, director of the Pastor’s Conference ministry; Dr. Han Kyung Chile, pastor of Young Nak Presbyterian Church of Seoul, Korea; the Right Rev. Alfred Stanway, Bishop of Central Tanganyi­ ka; and the Rev. Festo Kivengere, An­ glican evangelist and Bible teacher from Uganda.

allow expansion of MIS in both film production and utilization. As a highlight of the ceremonies, the audi­ torium was dedicated to the memory of the late Henry Coleman Crowell, former executive vice-president of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. He was an influential friend and sup­ porter of MIS from its inception. Dr. Irwin A. Moon, founder of MIS, stated, “Without him, MIS would not have been possible.” Mrs. Crowell unveiled a name plaque to be mount­ ed near the entrance. Dr. William Culbertson of the Moody Bible Institute climaxed the program with a dedicatory message. Dr. Clate Risley, president of World­ wide Christian Education Ministries, has just returned from three months overseas. The greater portion of time was spent in South Africa, minister­ ing in Christian Education Confer­ ences of various kinds. A complete report of Dr. Risley’s observations is available on request. Western Baptist Bible College of El Cerrito, California, has been ap­ proved for accreditation by the Ac­ crediting Commission for Senior Col­ leges and Universities of the West­ ern College Association. The action was taken at Mills College in Oak­ land on May 13. The Association gave the college a thorough examina­ tion in March and submitted a fa­ vorable recommendation to the Re­ gional Accrediting Association. The college has held the statis of “ Rec­ ognized Candidate for Accreditation” for the past three years.

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Evangelist Billy Graham talks w ith Julie Nixon, 19-year-old daughter of former Vice President R ic h a rd M. Nixon, and David Eisenhower, 20, grand­ son of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The young engaged couple attended the Pacific Northwest Billy Graham Crusade in Portland, Oregon while they were in that state just prior to the Oregon Presidential Pri­ mary. Some 227,797 persons attend­ ed the crusade during the 10 days of meetings with more than 7,000 re­ sponding to Mr. Graham’s invitation to accept Christ as personal Saviour. During 1968, Montreal is again host to millions of visitors. “Man and His World,” on the site of Expo '67, is the attraction. The excitement of a

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W e lcom e ; little girl from India with your meager little pack and hot, dusty, bare feet. Welcome to a Compassion Home where dedicated Christian workers assure you your tomorrows will be brighter than your hopeless yesterdays.

6 ({ l/(W /^C fu i/3nU U lt_. D.D.S., DIRECTOR ravaged by den­ tal diseases. Spirtually, the peo­ ple have been doped with various forms of religious worship, but are not personally acquainted with God or His power to save them. Some forms of dental services are avail­ able to the upper classes but only in the country’s largest cities. There al­ so some welfare service is provided for others, but according to the tes­ timony ' of the local dentists, much inferior to the service they provide their private patients. The other thousands of towns and villages are entirely beyond the reach of any den­ tal care as are the people living in the jungles. As a Missionary Dentist, Dr. Gill White has an effective and fruitful ministry among these people. Doors have been opened to provide needy- dental services and to minister the Word to children, to the radical uni­ versity students, to the skeptical up­ per classes, among suffering primi­ tive peoples living in the jungles, to the needy missionaries and their families, as well as to even the re­ ligiously fanatical peoples residing in small towns and villages. Through the preaching of the Gospel, lives have been transformed and witness­ ing evangelical churches have been established in the outlying areas. While the solution to the problem is really very simple and easy to accomplish, it cannot be done with­ out the participation on the part of God’s people in two essentials: faith and perseverance. The Lprd said, “ Look on the field; for they are white already to harvest” ; “ The har­ vest truly is plenteous, but the la­ bourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers into his har­ vest” (John 4:35; Matt. 9:37-38). So to fulfill this need, we are look­ ing for individual churches who will unite and pray regularly each week for a special Christian dentist by name until he too goes into mission­ ary service. 00 AUGUST, 1968 E c u a d o r i s a l a n d

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by John Blanchard F in a l l y , my brethren, develop strong ego-centered personali­ ties and explore the power of your untapped human resources. Cultivate a total faith in man so that this armor will enable you to stand against the hard facts and continuing mysteries of life. For we wrestle not against reb­ els, racists, and rioters; but against open inquiry ; against faith in the permanence of any­ thing; against the authority of facts, elected officials, or the les­ sons o f history. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of man that you may be able to conduct stimulating dialogues in the time of great changes, and having rationally analyzed, to talk. Talk then, having all your ar­ gument held together with clever lies and subtle omissions ; and having for protection, participa­ tion in popular perversions. And your feet always ready to agitate strife, questioning and at­ tacking authority and all symbols o f permanence and values. Above all, taking the shield of doubt whereby you shall question all facts and avoid all data that do not support your rationaliza­ tions. And take the helmet o f open- mindedness so as to protect and harbor every inconsistent and de­ viant idea; and the sword o f rea­ son, which is the current intellec­ tual dogma. presence. Both the physical and bodily resurrection and the literal re­ turn of Jesus Christ are thereby denied. These are but a few of the many false doctrines promulgated by this group. They often seem to use the language of orthodoxy—more so than the Jehovah’s Witnesses at times, but they are way off on many of the basic fundamentals of our faith. They should most c e r t a in ly be shunned for fellowship but on the other hand taught the Word of God in love. THE KING'S BUSINESS

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On street corners, in homes, in shops, and in our witnessing cen­ ters, our workers faith­ fully proclaim the story of redemption accord­ ing to Moses and the prophets, and the gos­ pel message from the New Testament, and Jews are finding the Saviour. For hçlp in witnessing, or for your own spiritual need, write to: Rev. A. A. MacKinney Général Director American Messianic Fellowship 7448 N. Damen Avenue, Chicago, III. 60645

A Jewish boy accepted a tract, "Isaiah's Por­ trait of Messiah" and immediately asked, "Can you tell me more about this?" There on a street corner in Chicago a 12 year old boy listened intently to the skillful presentation of the Scriptures and ac­ cepted Jesus Christ as his Messiah and Sav­ iour. A middle-aged Jew­ ess, after hearing the gospel for several years at Miami Beach called and. said, "I am terribly distressed. Please come over. I must find the Lord today."

The following is a condensation of an article in The Discerner, of Re­ ligious Analysis Service, Inc., Min­ neapolis, Minn, and used by permis­ sion. LAYMEN’S HOME MISSIONARY MOVEMENT Rev. Andrew E. Johnson First Evangelical Free Church Lincoln, Nebraska T h e m o v e m e n t was founded by the late Prof. Paul S. L. Johnson who was a leader of the organization until his death in 1960. He wrote a series of 17 large volumes entitled, “ Epiphany Studies in the Scrip­ tures.” Since 1950 Mr. Jolly has been serving as Editor, Executive Trustee and Director of the organization. The Laymen’s Movement claims to be the only true followers of their “beloved Pastor Russell” and that Rutherford in taking over the or­ ganization after the death of the Pastor ruthlessly changed the struc­ ture and doctrine of the organization. Rutherford succeeded in transform­ ing the organization into a rigid, totalitarian one-man operation that functioned very smoothly during his life time. It seems also that he lit­ erally ruled with a rod of iron and left his authoritarian stamp on the whole structure of the organization of the Jehovah’s Witnesses to this very day. No deviation in thinking, doctrine or program is allowed. It is quite evident in both their writings as well as in personal con­ tact that the Laymen’s Home Mis­ sionary Movement people are much more conciliatory in their attitudes toward others. They attempt to re­ state some doctrinal errors less ob­ jectionably. However, they maintain much serious heresy. 1. They are Unitarian—God is one, allowing for no plurality of persons. 2. Jesus Christ is a creation of God, though one who had existed be­ fore physical birth on earth. He is not equal with the Father. 3. Everyone will have an oppor­ tunity to hear the Gospel properly either ih this life or in the life to come. 4. The non-consciousness of the dead and the ultimate complete anni­ hilation of the wicked. 5. Christ was resurrected as a spir­ it being and that he will return as a spirit-being at the second coming or

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establish communications with some of the leading people in town.” But our Lord didn’t start with the mayor and the town council in Samaria. His first missionary was a converted prostitute! Who would think of starting an awakening from that angle! How many church members would even try to win such char­ acters? How many well-dressed ladies’ church so­ cieties would personally undertake such a mis­ sion? We don’t mind raising an offering for a mis­ sion on Skid Row but we don’t move in such circles. Recently I was asked to suggest the name of some young preacher who would be willing to pastor a mission of that sort. If I had been asked to suggest a pastor for a comfortable church with good sal­ ary, high status and plenty of fringe benefits, I could have named plenty but I couldn’t think o f one prospect for such a low-bracket project. Who cares much about it anyway? We have no right to blame the disciples for thinking more about their stomachs than the souls o f the Samari­ tans. Haven’t you seen church members sneak out of church during the invitation in order to get at the head of the cafeteria line? And of course we are too tired today to engage in such extra-cur­ ricular activities as soul-winning. But we read that Jesus was wearied with His journey when he sat down to rest at Jacob’s well. He could have plead fatigue but the winning of this soul rejuvenated Him. He had meat to eat of which the disciples knew nothing. Doing the will o f God is a powerful stimulant. Nothing would perk up some of our jaded church members like winning a few Samari­ tans!

W hen our L ord started a spiritual awakening in Samaria, He by-passed His disciples and used a converted woman whose character had been notorious. The twelve disciples were the nucleus of the church that was to be. One would think that they should have been the agents for the evangeliz­ ing o f Samaria, but no. God may begin the next revival, if we have another revival, without using the gigantic institution we have built up in organ­ ized Christianity. He may set aside our special­ ists and experts, our plans and programs, and start with some unconventional means not listed in our catalogs. He has done it so many times in the past that it is almost standard Divine procedure. If we do not wake up and repent in our churches, the Lord may by-pass our vast set-up and begin the next spiritual awakening with some other group across the railroad tracks or some of the small bands now springing up all over the country. He may use the irregular to accomplish His pur­ pose, leaving us high and dry. The disciples were buying food in Samaria while Jesus was winning this poor wicked woman to faith in Himself. Most Christians are shoppers instead of soul-winners, looking out for themselves. The disciples probably never thought of speaking to a single Samaritan about his soul. It never occurs to most of us to speak to anybody in the super-market about Christ. Then too, the disciples, like all Jews, had no dealings with the Samaritans. What insulated lives we Christians live, drawing the rags of our self-righteousness around us like the Pharisees unwilling to touch the society around us with a forty-foot pole! How few ever try to win the neighbor next door, the fellow-worker in the shop or office, the class-mate at school. At the other extreme, most church members live in Rome and do as Rome does so that they have no testimony for the Lord. Between these two extremes we need Christians Who can deal with the Samaritans as our Lord did, infiltrating our corrupt society as the salt o f the earth. Most of the salt is so adulter­ ated by this age that it is good for nothing but to be cast out and trodden under foot o f men. If the disciples had undertaken to evangelize the Samaritans as we go about such things today they would probably have begun by appointing a committee to make a SURVEY. The SURVEYORS would have returned saying, “They need evan­ gelizing all right but THE TIME IS NOT RIPE ( ‘Are there not four months until harvest?’ ) This is going to be a long project and we will have to take a CENSUS and put on a study course on methods. We must get the right approach and

The Samaritan awakening began when one woman had a direct encounter with Jesus Christ. She was a first-hander. It was said of Thomas Chalmers that he had an original experience of Jesus Christ. So did this woman and it made a THE FELLOWSHIP OF

missionary of her. She left her waterpot for now she had a well of living water within springing up into everlasting life. She couldn’t keep it to herself; she must share it with her neighbors and they too became first handers: “ Now we believe, not be­ cause of thy word for we have heard Him our­ selves and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.” God has no grandchildren. Too many o f our church people have a handed- down, spoon-fed experience and that sort of re­ ligion does not produce missionaries at home or abroad. The secret of revival in our churches is not more committees and surveys and study courses but in Fellowships o f First-handers who have met

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Christ for themselves and are busy telling their neighbors. God is breaking through in such little bands today. It may be disconcerting to some who want to maintain the status quo and the ferment of this new wine may burst some old wine-skins but if we are too formalistic, fossilized and fireless to do it in the regular way the Holy Spirit will do it a new way. He may begin at the lower end of the social ladder next time as our Lord did in Samaria but after all, not many wise, mighty and noble are called. Has not God chosen the foolish, weak, base and despised — nothings — to bring to nought things that are? There is no room in a Samaritan awakening for flesh to glory in His presence. Years ago, Dr. J. B. Gambrell wrote: “Not since the beginning of the Christian era has anyone heard so much of experts in religion nor have we ever heard so much about the business end of re­ ligion, nor so much good figuring on how long it will take to convert the world nor such nice cal­ culations on how many dollars it takes to convert a soul. We are in a day of planning and figuring. . . . Getting myself away from the tumult and reading the New Testament quietly and thinking it over, I am writing it down now deliberately, that all this ‘looking over the situation’ and ‘considering the circumstances’ and figuring on the millennium and parcelling out the world to be converted in a given time, and fitting up nice harness for everybody to work in make me tired. While the experts are tell­ ing us all about it and organizing everything, some men that don’t seem to know much are holding great meetings and nearly all the people that are converted at all now are converted by non-experts. . . . Before we know it we are going to be snared by human wisdom and human devices. We will get away from the simple method of Christ which is so simple that any people can understand it. . . . This is the way to revival in the church: The Fellowship of First-handers, freshly dedicated Christians and brand-new believers who have met the Living Christ and are ready to tell it every­ where, not shoppers but soul-winners in Samaria. ARE YOU A FIRST-HANDER? When the Sa­ maritan woman first witnessed to her townspeople about Jesus, He was to them only a REPORT but when they met Him for themselves He was a REALITY. When the Emmaus disciples first heard that Christ had risen, it was only a REPORT; when He revealed Himself to them, He was a REALITY. Paul wrote to the Corinthians that the risen Christ was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve, later of over five hundred, of James and all the brethren. Then he added, “And last o f all He was seen of me also.” That made Paul a First-hander! We all hear of our Lord first by report, from parents, Sunday school teachers, pastors, books. The Gospel is a report, good news. But all o f that is not enough. It is like canned goods instead of vegetables from our own garden. It is second-hand. There must be the personal encounter. Are you convinced about Him? Are you commuted to Him? THE FIRST-HANDERS PROPHET calling men to face sin. Church-mem­ bers need to be asked, “ Is there sin in your life?” “ You cannot be channels of blessing I f your lives are not free from known sin " Come to a fresh first-hand experience o f Jesus Christ for yourself and then go tell others. To the sinner who has never met Christ, let us say, “Your trouble is SIN.” The Samaritan woman tried to side-track our Lord but He held her to the main issue. When she went to tell her townspeople, she said, “ Come, see a man which told me ALL THINGS THAT EVER I DID; is not this the Christ?” It is a mark o f the Christ to make us face our sins but when we face Him we find the answer to our sins.

Are you conscious of Him? We must first come to Him in simple trust and then come after Him in complete obedience. How does He become more real? “ The man who knows my commandments and keeps them is the man who really loves me, and the man who really loves me will himself be loved by My Father, and I too will love him AND MAKE MYSELF REAL TO HIM.” Are you a First-hander? PBI

The world is not going to be converted on a human plan. There is a great controlling divine element in it without which there can be no conversions. After a while we will wake up and find that we have been weaving some very fine theories that will enslave us and play us out.” Evidently Gambrell did not think Samaria would be converted by a conference of experts. How shall we rally a FELLOW SH IP OF FIRST-HANDERS? Conversing with the Samari­ tan woman, our Lord talked about the water o f life and true worship but she got under conviction when He named the sin in her life: “Go, call thy husband.” She answered, “ Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.” We need today the voice o f the AUGUST, 1968

T he B ible says , “ G o to the ant, thou sluggard” (Proverbs 6: 6). Today I applied this to my­ self. I didn’t feel like doing any­ thing. After wandering about the yard on this very warm afternoon, I entered the house and saw an army of ants near the front door. My first thought was, “ Step on them.” Then I looked closer. What did they have? It was probably about fifty times bigger than any one of them, but they were mov­ ing it without any trouble. It was a piece o f cashew nut which I must have dropped earlier in the afternoon when I was munching a handful. Now the ants were possessors. There were ants on all sides of it, some pulling, some pushing, and some carrying side­ ways. Although I couldn’t tell for sure, I felt it must be on the backs of others. All were co-operating in the effort. There were big ants and little ants working side by side. A continuous stream o f new workers came to relieve those who had struggled for a while. Behind and before ran those who ap­ peared to be the cheering section. Others not involved with this work were scurrying back and forth in search o f more food. At one time, four ants ran by with the body of a little fly. At times they danced around in a circle; at times they backtracked, but usually they moved in a drunken, wavy line toward home. However, the main attraction of the moment was that piece of nut. I, too, was attracted, fascin­ ated with the teamwork. When they came to the doorway, disas­ ter occurred. The nut tumbled over with the ants still fringing it. Legs were flying in the air as they sought to right themselves, but to no avail. The work, how­ ever, didn’t stop because of a few who were “ laid up.” Others came and the nut traveled on. One by one, the ants on top released them­ selves and scrambled to safety. Sometimes a “ free loader” would travel on the nut for a while; but soon disappeared from the top. Inch by inch, they trav­ eled across the porch until they

I located the ir doorway. How would they ever get that big nut in that small hole? My curiousity was aroused and I knew I had to see this engineering problem to the end. The ants were startled as they arrived at the entrance. They, like us when we hit a new problem, tried many angles. First a blade of grass that almost covered the hole was thought to be the cause of failure. They tried to push it out of the way only to have it spring back before the hole. It was decided it had to be cut. So even while some were still push­ ing the nut toward the hole, oth­ ers were cutting away the ob­ struction. It still didn’t fit; out came the nut. Turning it in an­ other direction was tried. The lit­ tle creatures were determined to get their prize home. When this didn’t work, out came the nut again. Then they began to cut off pieces and carry them in. Some were still working at this narrow­ ing process while others carried it to the doorway again. Finally it went in. They worked it down farther and farther in the hole until I could see only the tip of it. Activity began to slow down. Tired ants rested near the door­ way. Night was falling and they had done a hard day’s work. While the work with their prize wasn’t completed, it was safe. Tomorrow was another day in which to work. What did I learn as I consid­ ered the ant that day? Oh, many things, but among them these: teamwork can accomplish a task which is completely impossible for one; no one is too small to help keep the ball (nut) rolling; every­ one must help if the work is to be accomplished; and even in the midst o f a busy schedule, there must be time for rest. I could see readily why God had bidden us in His holy Word, “ Go to the ant . . .” DU The author is a graduate of Multnomah School of the Bible. She is a nurse on the flying medi­ cal-evangelistic team , Roraima, Brazil, u n d e r Unevangelized Fields Mission.

came to the edge. Here was a four- inch drop and I was certain the nut would fall as it had at the doorstep. I grossly underestimat­ ed these clever, powerful little creatures. They had learned from the first experience. This time, with a firmer grip and more in front to brace it, they cautiously

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descended. I was surprised at their success. But they had an­ other pitfall awaiting them—the edge o f the sidewalk. This time they would tumble, I was sure. Here again these tiny engineers transported their heavy burden without mishap. My admiration grew. Following the trail o f free ants,

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THE FIRST ARAB

T h e t e n s i o n b e t w e e n the Arab nations and the small state of Israel today must be similar to the tension that existed in the tent of Abraham several thousand years ago. The conflict is over the land of Palestine, the land which God has promised to Abraham and to his seed forever (Gen. 17:7, 8). God’s plan has not changed; Palestine belongs to the Jews and will be theirs entirely some day as fulfillment of this clear promise to Abraham, the father of the race. The problem has arisen over the fact that this promise was given to Abraham while he was yet childless. According to all stand­ ards of Jewish and Oriental inheritance, Ishmael, the first-born would be the heir of Abraham’s wealth and the descendant of the promised line. But God’s plan of a chosen nation did not include the son of Hagar the Egyptian. Isaac was the son o f promise and the true heir to the land and the promises (Gen. 17:19). Look at the story.

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prophecies concerning the child himself and all four will find their fulfillment in the grown Ishmael. How happy the eighty-six year old Abraham must have been at the return o f Hagar from the desert! As she told her story o f the angel's visita­ tion, the first part of the prophecy, the multiplica­ tion o f the seed, was familiar to the kindly father. Just what he interpreted the other parts of the prophecy to mean is difficult to determine. Perhaps he ignored them as irrelevant or discounted their accuracy. Or perhaps in the proud joy o f a new father, as he held in his arms the baby he expected to be the son o f promise, all other things seemed insignificant. His life was complete; God had given him an heir! The sixteenth chapter of Genesis closes with the words, “ And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram;” the seventeenth chapter being, “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine. . . .” The thirteen years of silence between these two chapters were very blissful years for Abraham. Nowhere do we have recorded that God spoke to Abraham at this time putting any type of divine censorship on his paternal relationship with Ishmael. Probably Abra­ ham was contented in these years and ceased to desire any other seed than the son Ishmael. There is no indication in Scripture which suggests that these were spiritually shallow years for Abraham because he put faith in a fleshly seed rather than a spiritual. As to conditions in Abraham’s camp during these years, one can only speculate. Geikie suggests that Ishmael was the darling of the camp. “ The only child of Abraham, who was now eighty-six years of age, he grew up his father’s pride and delight, and was, doubtless, regarded as the future sheik by all the members of the encampment, and, as such, flattered and caressed by old and young.” There was one dissatisfied person in the camp, how­ ever, for the “ first lady” was still barren and could not help but be jealous, knowing that this young prince of the camp was not her son. But the popularity of Ishmael and the serenity of conditions as far as Abraham was concerned are broken abruptly at the end of those years. God again communes with the patriarch, as recorded in Genesis 17, speaking with him concerning four dis­ tinct and yet related subjects. The covenant is re­ established, the sign of circumcision is prescribed and Sarah is named as the mother of the promised child. The fourth subject is most relevant to this study: the blessing of Ishmael. Abraham had cried out for his son and God had heard and already blessed him. There are four parts to the blessing and they are all concerned with the idea of off­ spring. Let us look at the verse and underline the four parts: “ And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold I have blessed him, and will make him fruit­ ful, and will multiply him exceedingly: twelve THE KING'S BUSINESS

Mr. Kenneth O. Gam,- gel is associate profes­ sor of Christian edu­ cation and Academic Dean at Calvary Bible College, Kansas City, Missouri.

God’s promise to Abraham seems hopeless with barren Sarah. Giving her bondslave Hagar to Abra­ ham only results in hatred between the women and persecution o f Hagar. Finally, the slave-turned- wife flees into the desert and the stage is set for the birth of the Arab nation. Their ancestress, driven by a love of freedom, sits lonely by a foun­ tain of water in the wilderness of Shur. There she is met by the Angel of Jehovah. Many expositors find this designation, wherever it appears in the Old Testament, to be a reference to the pre-incar- nate Son of God. In a brief conversation, Hagar tells of her experience and why she is in the wilder­ ness alone. She is encouraged to return in submis­ sion and then given a promise by Jehovah concern­ ing the child in her womb. “ I will greatly multiply thy seed that it shall not be numbered for the mul­ titude. . . . Behold thou art with child, and shalt bear a son: and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction. And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren,” (Gen. 16:10-12). These few verses contain three distinct proph­ ecies concerning Hagar and three concerning her son. The angel promises that her seed would be multiplied, she would bear a son, and his name would be called Ishmael. Concerning the son, the angel says he shall be as a wild ass, his hand against all and theirs against him; and his dwelling place was to be over against, or as in the margin, to the East of his brethren. Two o f the three prophecies are fulfilled immediately as Hagar returns, bears Abraham a son, who calls the child’s name Ishmael as the angel had said. The other promise, the mul­ tiplication of seed, will wait a few years as the 14

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