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UNEXPECTED FOOD IN TIME OF NEED
The following lefter from Hungary vividly depicts the plight of many to whom we minister in our Saviour's name. Budapest, Hungary Beloved Brother in Christ: Unexpected, and in a time of great need, we received your wonderful food package. Truly Psalm 23 has been glo riously fulfilled. The Lord is our Shep herd; therefore we do not want. I am 81 years old. My wife, Mona, has had nine operations. Both of us are sick with rheumatism and heart disease. For two years I was bedridden and suffered excruciating pains. Last time when they dismissed me from the hospital, they told me, "You better go home and die, not in the hospital.” I used to receive a small pension, but it was stopped in 1950, when they deported us from Budapest without mercy or con sideration. Then last March, all of a sud den, they started again to give me a small pension of 400 gulden, the equivalent of a pair of shoes, or the rent of one un heated room. You may well ask, how do we live, eat, keep warm, or clothe ourselves? The answer is, we are fed directly by the hand of our dear Lord. He cares for us and sends to us clothing and shoes, and some times even a little money from unknown friends, His angels. When seven years ago we were de ported into the country, we lived in a peasant’s hut. Our room was dark and dank, with a mud floor. For two years I lay helpless while my wife, who was sick herself, nursed me. She became so exhausted and sick that she looked like a skeleton. I could not eat or even swallow. My tongue cleaved to the roof of my mouth as there was no saliva. It was hard for me even to speak. I lost 66 pounds and became a helpless bundle of skin and bones. The doctor prescribed no medicine as none was available. The pain was un bearable and I could not sleep. Then one day when our situation seemed most desperate and hopeless, my wife and I joined hands together and prayed God for mercy. That night we fell asleep and slept through till morning. When I woke up I said to my wife, "Dear, we slept all night and now I feel no pain. But I am hungry. My tongue does not cleave to the roof of my mouth. Please can you give me something to eat.” Since that day the pain disappeared. I sleep well and eat when we have some thing to eat. I feel much stronger and can get around with the help of a stick in my hand. This is really a miracle. God is love, gracious and full of mercy. To Him be praise and glory, and thanks to our beloved brethren in Christ in the city of Philadelphia. We pray that the Lord’s blessing may be upon you and all those who help your noble work. Your grateful brother, A. O. Letters like this, which unfold human tragedy in all its grimness, come to us daily from every part of the world. It is our privilege to bring some help to these brethren of our Lord, as He enables us to do so through your compassion. Let us thank God for the privilege of helping and showing forth His love. FRIENDS OF ISRAEL MISSIONARY & RELIEF SOCIETY, Inc. 728K Witherspoon Bldg. Philadelphia 7, Pa.
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only one phase of the story because there are many heartaches in it, al though there are also many victories. Malla Moe’s long life of devoted min istry in Swaziland and Zululand pro duced many hundreds of converts. 253 pages; cloth; Moody Press, Chicago, 111.; $3.00. Christian P ersona l Ethics By Carl F. H. Henry For the serious student of ethics and particularly of Christian ethics this volume will surely bulk large and significant. Dr. Henry has put the best of his philosophical and the ological training into the analysis and criticism of the secular systems of eth ics and has found them all wanting. Even the standard Christian treatises do not present an adequate answer to today’s complicated life situations. The second part of the book develops the systematic treatment of this wide field in terms of the moral revelation of God and the redemption of the moral life of man. Beginning with a solid doctrine of the fall of man and his sinful predicament the author goes on to explore the will of God for the moral life of man, and how this is developed in both the Old and New Testaments. In his treatment of the Sermon on the Mount, Henry takes the dispensa- The Book Ends NEW CHURCHES FOR A NEW AMERICA. Published by the National Association of Evan gelicals. 39 pages; paper; Light and Life Press, Winona Lake, Ind.; (offered free to interested persons; apply to National Association of Evan gelicals, 108 N. Main St., Wheaton, III). An urgent call to build new churches to keep up with the growing population and a sane hand ling of the chief problems involved, such as location, financing, organization, relationships, etc. PAT COLLINS AND THE WINGLESS PLANE by Bernard Palmer. 60 pages; paper boards; Moody Press, Chicago; $1.00. PLAIN TALK ABOUT LOVE AND SEX FOR CHRISTIAN YOUNG PEOPLE by William Orr. 32 pages; paper; Scripture Press, Wheaton, III.; 30c. THE GIST OF THE LESSON, 1958. Edited by Ralph G. Turnbull. 160 pages; cloth; Fleming H. RevelI Co., Westwood, N.J.; 75c. The 59tn year of this pocket-size manual on the Inter national Sunday School Lessons founded by R. A. Torrey. PASTORAL PRAYERS FOR THE C H U R C H YEAR by Samuel John Schmiechen. 144 pages; cloth; Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tenn.; $2.00. Whether one wants to use these prayers as they are or merely absorb the spirit of them, there is considerable profit to be acquired by
The tiible in P ictu res fo r T ittle E y e s By Kenneth N. Taylor
Editors do write for their own presses, and Taylor has done a very attractive job. The book is oblong, about ten inches wide and seven inches high. The cover contains a beautiful picture of Moses being taken from the water. The typography is tastefully done with initial letters in color. There is a half page colored picture on each page. Every picture is described by a brief, simple para graph suitable for preschool children; however, we really should have been told where the pictures came from. A few simple questions follow each exposition. The pages are not num bered, but the book is five-eighths of an inch thick and printed on good paper. The sequence runs from Gene sis through the Acts. Cloth; Moody Press, Chicago, 111.; $2.95. Roland Allen is a man to be count ed among the pioneers in the indig enous church movement in missions. From long experience on the field and in working with the World Dominion program, he has been able to restudy the problems of missionary progress in the light of the huge expenditures being made. This book deals with the biblical foundation first and then proceeds to the training of converts, church polity, discipline and other subjects. The book was originally printed in 1912, but this is the first American edition. 230 pages; cloth; Moody Press, Chicago, 111.; $2.50. Malta M o e By Maria Nilsen as told to Paul H. Sheets After a spectacular conversion in Norway in her father’s stable, this humble girl gave herself wholly to the Lord for His service and was called to Africa. Her first real mis sionary labor there was an obstructed pregnancy in which the only help she could offer the native woman was prayer. God heard and the child was delivered safely and in good health. To say that this book is a romance in missionary biography is to stress M ission a ry M eth od s St. Pau l’s o r Ours ? By Roland Allen
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