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to win others to Him; The work is inter denominational. Rev. Peter Deyneka is the General Director. The American head quarters are in Chicago: 2109 LeMoyne Avenue, Chicago,, 111.' Dr. Paul W. Rood, chairman o f the ex ecutive committee, desires to visit the Mis sion’s field of labor on the Russian borders, holding conferences with the missionaries and preaching the gospel, through an in terpreter, to the Russians. Word Studies in the Old Testament The Managing Director o f the Hebrew- Christian Publication Society, B. A. M. Schapiro, has issued the second volume in a series which he entitles “Word Studies in the Old Testament.’” Volume I was reviewed in the April issue of the K ing ’ s B usiness . O f the author’s work, Dr. Joshua Bloch,- Chief of the Division of Semitic Literature in the Public Library in New York City, writes: “Mr. Schapiro has brought together a wealth o f material from authoritative Jewish writings . . . he has done it admirably.” The late Robert Dick Wilson recommended the Studies to his students at Princeton Theological Semi nary : “The ‘Word Studies’ will be of untold help to my students and to Hebrew students in other seminaries. The work is scholarly as well as unique, filling a long-felt want, giving us ' the rabbinical angle on the Old Testament.” Not only do the books bring out the beauty that there is in words and phrases in the Hebrew, but the hidden meaning of the passages and the linguistic grace of the whole Record are also revealed. Each volume c.ontains twenty-eight or more pages {size llx8j£ inches), printed on art paper in clear typewriter type. The price o f the books is fifty cents each. They may be ordered from the author, at 678 Bible House, New York City. Throughout a hundred and ten years of ¡history, the American Tract Society has honored the sixty-six books o f the Bible. It is faith in the Word that has enabled the officials of the Society to go forward with no fear as to the future. “ Faith vs. Fear” was the Society’s watchword in the most trying period of the depression. Feeling that the Society was commanded in the Word of God to sow the seed of the gospel, its workers faced the enemies of the cross while atheistic and communis tic propaganda was fired from the noisy artillery o f unbelief. In addition to colporteurs at work throughout thé country, the Society has nineteen such representatives working in Greater New York. During the past year, 6,572,261 pieces' of Christian literature, in eighteen languages, were printed and dis tributed. The record o f this year’s print ing shows an increase o f 673,158 pieces over that of the previous year. In all, the good news o f the gospel has been printed by the Society in 181 languages and dia lects. Shop meetings, street meetings, and park meetings are addressed by the Society’s, ¡colporteurs, in English, Greek, Armenian, Russian, Polish, Italian, and many other languages.. While most o f the colporteurs speak several languages, the larger part of this gospel work is done among English- speaking men and wopien who have little', if any. contact with the churches. Good Work of the American Tract Society
offered in the hour o f sorrow, trial, or suf fering. A number o f years ago, there appeared in the Evangelical Christian the story o f a leper who had been forced by the disease to return from India, where he had been as a missionary.- Far away from friends and loved ones, he suffered pa tiently. In a letter which he sent to con sole a friend over the death of a daughter, he said: “ You ask how I am. I have lost my eyesight now and my voice, I have no feet nor ankles, no arms, but my. heart is far from dead. I still feel and long and sympathize. I still yearn for the extension of Christ’s kingdom on earth as much as ever I did. . . . Though I am slowly dying, I must keep on doing something to help on the Redeemer’s kingdom. I have no doubts in these days. I f I had my voice, I should be singing all the day long." True devotion will praise the Lord in the mid night hour o f trial, when not a star shines in the inky sky,. The, heart will sing melodies o f loVe to Him'1even though all the song birds have flown from the life, and though nought remains but the drab ruins o f bitter disappointment, loss, and apparent defeat. C hrist P reeminent 7. She anointed Him with the precioits ointment. This woman thereby proclaimed Christ as her Prophet, Priest, and King. In true adoration, she regaled Him with a lavish outpouring of her best. She exalted Him to His rightful place and set the crown o f glory on His head. “ That in all things he might have the preeminence” I True devotion will defend Christ’s deity in this hour of rejection and unbelief. While others seek to insult Him by a lesser crown, let -us' with renewed energy proclaim from the housetops that Christ, God the Son, is Lord of all. Russia Receives the Gospel Through the Russian Gospel Association, gospel work is carried on among Russian- Chinese children in Manchukio, near Si beria. A letter received at the Mission offices from a Russian missionary speaks o f the response o f the boys and girls to the teaching that is given. “The children are studying the Word of God with great in terest,” the Russian missionary states. “Through your help, we have the school for Russian-Chinese, and oh, how we praise God for helping us.” In Poland, according to another repre sentative of the Mission, itinerant mission aries found a great company awaiting their arrival. ‘‘After a three-hour journey in an open wagon,” the gospel preacher writes, “ we reached the little city o f C------. When people saw us coming down the street, they ran after us and cried, ‘Evangelists are coming! Evangelists are coming!’ Within a few minutes, the gospel church was over crowded with Russians and Jews. Although the church building had been enlarged a short time before, we discovered that it was too small to accommodate thé people, for many souls are awakening and coming out to hear the gospel.’Jrj One aim of the Mission is to support the native missionary-evangelists on the borders of Russia who are already there, who know the. language and their people, and are ready to go and win souls. An effort is also made to send relief to the suffering preachers, and their families in Soviet Russia who, in spite of persecutions and sufferings, are gathering together, in some places, praying and encouraging one another with the Word o f God, and trying
The Gospel on the Borders of Russia According to Dr. Paul W. .Rood, chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the Russian Gospel Association, "the .only adequate explanation of this association is that God .has raised up prayer warriors who are prevailing in prayer in behalf of this evangelistic movement. . . Pray definitely for our Gospel preachers in Soviet Russia and on the Rus sian borders, and for all the Christians that are undergo ing indescribable hardship and persecution," ÿ Following are a few excerpts from letters received from the field: "With God's help, we are all well and rejoicing in the Lord . . . We are all attending the Gospel meetings and do personal evangelism worlt—P ." "If the Lord is willing you send help, send it in my name, M—■—, because he is no more in whose name yoii have been sending it. (Her husband, a Gospel preacher, is either killed or exiled. His wife is not allowed to ex plain what happened. ) The Lord be with you. I remain, .in the love of Jesus Christ, a mother with five children. We shall see each other at the feet of Jesus." The aim of the Russian Gospel Association is: (1) To secure 10,000 praying friends to remember daily the work and the need of the Russian Gospel Association. (2) To support the native missionary-evangelists on the Borders of Russia who are already there* who know the ’ language and their people, and are ready to go and win souls. (3) To send relief to the suffering preachers and their families in Soviet Russia who, in spite of persecutions and suffetings, are gathering together in some places, praying and encouraging one another with the Word of God, and trying to win others to Him. (4) To distribute Bibles, New Testaments, Gospels of John, tracts and other Christian literature on the borders of Russia. The work is interdenominational, fundamental, evangel ical. Rev. Peter Deyneka is the General Director* Ad dress all communications to the RUSSIAN GOSPEL ASSOCIATION 2109 W . LeMoyne St., K., Chicago, Illinois EARN XMAS MONEY ^ Send only $1.00 for 4 Christmas Boxes, with 15 lovely Cards and Folders in each. They express the TRUE Christmas spirit and sell readily at, 50c. Start now! You can easily sell 50. or more and realize a handsome profit. For a $1.00 Box of 24 Folders, send 50c. SH E P H ER D ’S TOWN CARD CO.. Shepherdstown. Pa.
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