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h i . I’m not as large as a radio transcrip tion, but I work just as hard! Of course, I can’t reach such a large audience at once, but I often give my message many times the same day. I was one of the small records that went to Hon duras. My first assignment was a New Year’s service in a tiny hamlet walled in by high mountains. What joy I brought to those hearts! The trail lead ing there was rugged. A mule carried me up the steep ascents and down the winding paths; often we nearly fell over the precipice. I was frightened because I didn’t want to die of a broken heart before my work was done! But I heard the.missionary say to his mule, “Paloma, be careful of your load—I believe it is worth its weight in gold!” Those views of the mountains must have been breath-tak ing, but I couldn’t see because all of us records were carefully packed in the saddlebags. I heard the mission ary talking about the sunrise amid a sea of clouds. I wanted to jump out and look. Oh well, if I can only do some good, I’ll try to be satisfied! One can’t see everything and do everything in one lifetime! If folks find Jesus as Saviour through my efforts, I won’t object to the hard work. “Little is much when God is in it!” IV. I wanted to work and do things. When I was finished at the factory, I carried some lovely hymns and mes sages on my smooth black surface. One day, someone put me in a card board jacket where I rested for a while. I longed to see the world, and at last I began to travel—by boat, train and car. What do you think? Someone opened up my jacket, and I saw the light again on the shores of beautiful Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. It is a gem of a lake, gleaming like a sapphire jewel in the high setting of cloud-wreathed volcanoes. Then I saw there a group of Cachiquel women in their pictur esque garb of red plaids, standing around a Victrola. There were darling brown-eyed babies, too, fastened upon the backs of their mothers. Then some one picked me up, and said, “Let’s listen to the love of God in Cachiquel.” When I found myself on the Victrola, I was glad to do my best. Such sing ing and speaking as I did! And how they listened! Some opened their hearts to the Saviour. That was a red- letter day in my life; at last my ambi tion to be of use to the Lord Jesus Christ was realized. We are only four little Gospel rec ords, but we are doing our best for the Lord. Are you doing as much for Him?
was Associate Pastor of the Church of the Open Door. Dr. Horton was a prolific writer, producing a number of books, and editing several magazines, among which Was The King's Business. He published a special personal worker’s Gospel of John of which 4,000,000 Eng lish and 600,000 foreign language copies were sold. He was appointed by the World’s Christian Fundamental Association to head the “Gospel of John in Every Home in America” cam paign, w h i c h organization he was serving at his death. A man of deep conviction and un compromising loyalty to the Word of God, Dr. Horton was a staunch de fender of the faith. His supreme pur pose was to glorify God in the win ning of souls. He possessed a love for hard work, a contagious enthusiasm, a never-flagging zeal and a peculiar genius for organization. His was a vigorous personality in which strength was combined with sweetness, and spirituality with practicality. Without exaggeration, it can be stated that his influence was world-wide. Missionaries and ministers all over the world felt the force of his dynamic personality, and were helped and blessed by his contribution to their lives and minis tries. The secret of his success in the Lord’s service was due to genuine, wholehearted s u r r e n d e r to Jesus Christ. A statement often made by him characterized his life and minis try: “If I had a drop of blood in my veins that was not loyal to Jesus Christ, I would let it out!”
TkORN in C i n c i n n a t i , Ohio, on I I August 3, 1848, Thomas Corwin JJ Horton, named f o r a governor of Ohio, was a d e s c e n d a n t of a distinguished American family, the oldest member of which was one of the famous thirteen original settlers of Long Island. His father was engaged in many noteworthy e n t e r p r i s e s , among which was the organization of “The Sons of Temperance.” The prayers of Dr. Horton’s mother had much to do with his salvation. When as a young man he surrendered his life to Christ, he withheld nothing. He often explained: “I r a i s e d my hand to say ‘I will’ and it has been up there ever since.” Ordained a Presby terian minister, he was greatly in fluenced by the eminent Dr. Arthur T. Pierson, with whom he was associated for years in the Bethany Presbyterian (John Wanamaker) Church of Phila delphia. Dr. Horton’s activities for Christ ex tended from the Atlantic to the Pacif ic. He was a p i o n e e r in Y.M.C.A. work and responsible for the organiza tion of Bible classes, missions, Sunday s c h o o l s , young people’s societies, churches and Christian business men’s associations throughout the country, many of which are in operation today. In 1906, with members of a young men’s B i b l e class from Immanuel Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles, he founded the Fishermen’s Club, the object of which was to win men to Christ; and in 1919, with Mr. Lyman Stewart, he founded the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. For many years, he
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