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“Whosoever Shall Receive . . B y M ary W arburton B ooth
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Stirring glimpses into, the hearts and lives of India’s child-widows and down trodden womanhood. The tragedies and triumphs, the sorrows as well as the joys, of the daily round o f missionary work are faithfully depicted. The book throbs with the heart-beats of the author, to whom missions áre indeed “a passion, not a pastime.” A strong appeal to young and old alike. 152 pages. Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Ltd. Cloth. Price $1.75. —o— Exploring a Continent B y C. K. O ber The contents of the book are well de scribed by the publishers :—“The personal and Associational reminiscences of a man who was vitally connected with the in auguration of ma n y of the significant elements in the North American Young Men’s, Christian Associations, fascinating personal records in connection with the earlier development o f the student work, the Student Volunteer Movement, the City Associations, State work, the sum mer schools and personnel work. Inter esting accounts of McBurney, Morse, Wishard, Mott, Brockman, and other Y.M.C.A. leaders.” Mr. Ober has traced the Association movement in the lives of its great leaders from the time of Moody and his associ ates to the present. Written, as the book is, from the intimate personal side o f the history, it affords a gripping story of spiritual engineering in behalf of the manhood of America and o f the world. Association Press. Cloth. $2.50. —o— A recreation book that applies to Bible characters, scenes, events, facts, etc. In its plan it follows the old game of “Throwing Light.” Answers and Scrip ture references are given in a separate section. This book provides a means of checking one’s knowledge of the Bible. It will be found equally as instructive and entertaining if used by one or two people as by a larger group. 128 pages. 7^x5j^ inches. W. A. Wilde Company. Cloth. Price $1.00. —o— Engineering The triumphs o f engineering are a po tent argument for revival. “ I used to think,” said Sir Alfred Ewing as presi dent of the Institution of Civil Engineers at its centenary celebration, “as a young teacher of engineering, that the splendid march of discovery and invention could not fail to soften man’s primitive in stincts and confer a sense o f law and order and righteousness. But the War came, and I realized the failure of,¡all this. We engineers have perhaps forgotten that progress in our sphere has far outstripped the moral progress o f the race. We have put into man’s unpracticed and careless hand a monstrous instrument of ruin. Surely it is for the engineer as much as any man to pray for a spiritual awaken ing.”— The Dawn. Go Till You Guess B y A mos R. W ells
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March 1— “It is true o f all the promises o f God; they are affirmed by His ‘I will,’ and they are sealed by His ‘Amen,’ and so God is glorified by our faith in His promises” (2 Cor. 1:20, Way). When we once locate a promise o f God covering our special need, and we have met the conditions, and planted our hope upon it, we must remain steadfast, un wavering, and without a question, or anxiety, or fear-—no matter if apparently denied, refused, neglected, or ignored al together. So long as our case comes clear ly under the revealed provision o f the plan of salvation, it will be rewarded and answered, even though as difficult a case as that of the Syrophenician, or that of Abraham. Faith can only become strong and re liable through testings and trials, con sisting of delays, denials, defeats, cir cumstances, and standing in the face of unaccountable contradiction. Faith is tried by apparently refusing it, by ignoring it completely, by taking from one all feel ing, assurance, support, and natural de pendencies. So long as we measure the faithfulness of God by circumstances, by the reasonableness of the things, we will always have a sickly and puerile faith. So long as faith flinches and wavers under a test, it loses the lesson God has designed to teach, and the purpose for which it was sent has been defeated. Faith suspended only upon a promise o f God, swung out from everything tan gible, sensible or natural—and, like Moses, “enduring as seeing him who is invisible,” or as Paul, “looking at the things which are not seen,” will prove the faithfulness of God in every promise He has made.— Sel. —o— March 2— "He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness” (Malachi 3:3). I cried and said, “ O God, my words are cold! The frosted frond of fern or feathery palm On whitened windows wrought, As near to burning are, as these my words; Oh, that they were as flames!” God answered me: “Thou shalt have words, But at this price, that thou must first be burnt, Burnt by red embers from a secret fire, Scorched by fierce heats and withering winds that sweep Through all thy being, carrying thee afar From old delights. Doth not the ardent fire Consume the mountain’s heart before the flow O f fervent lava? Wouldst thou easefully,
As from cool pleasant fountains, flow in fire? ■ Say, can thine heart endure Or can thy hands be strong In the day when I shall deal with thee? For first the iron must enter thine own soul, And wound and brand it, starring awful lines Indelibly upon it, and a hand Resistless in tender terribleness Must thoroughly purge it, fashioning its pain To power that leaps in fire. Not otherwise, and by no lighter touch Are fire-words wrought.” '— Selected. —O— . March 3— “I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me” (Gal. 2:20). I shall never forget the morning that I spent in my church reading an old musty book I had discovered in my library on the subject, “The Higher Christian Life.” As I pored over that little volume, I saw a new light. The Lord Jesus revealed Himself as a living and all-sufficient Presence, and I learned for the first time that Christ had not saved us from future peril, and left us to fight the battle of life as best we could; but He who had justified us was waiting to sanctify us, to enter into our spirit, and substitute His strength, His holiness, His joy, His love, His faith, His power, for all our worth lessness, helplessness and nothingness, and make it an actual and living fact. “ I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” It was indeed a new revelation. Throwing myself at the feet of the glorious Master, I ¡claimed the mighty promise—“I will dwell- in you and walk in you.” : Across the threshold of my spirit there passed a Being as real as the Christ who came to John on Patmos, and from that moment, a new secret has been the charm and glory and strength of my life and testi mony. I have learned the secret—“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”—D r. A. B. Simpson. —o— March 4—“ The husbandman that la- boureth must be first partaker o f the fruits" (2 Timothy 2:6). No books, no universities, can teach us the divine art o f sympathy. We must be sorely tempted ourselves before we can understand what others suffer in their temptations. We must have sorrow our selves in some form before we can be real and true comforters of others in their times o f sorrow. We must wifdk through the deep valley ourselves before we can be guide to others in the same shadowy vales. We must feel the strain and carry the burden and endure the struggle ourselves, and then we can be touched with the feeling of sympathy or can give help to others in life’s sore stress
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