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for every one’s good. His dying there makes it possible for us all to be brought back to our heavenly Father, and now all the family of God can be together again. Do you belong to God’s family? I invite you to join it this morning. , Object Lesson H e a t T h a t H e lp s . OBJECTS: A heart cut from white paper, and a strong electric light bulb. (Print the word “CHRIST” in the heart, using lemon juice or ten drops of sul phuric acid diluted with twenty-five drops of water. Stir a piece of starch the size of a small bean into four tablespoonfuls of water. Boil until the mixture is clear. Cool and add four drops of iodine. The liquid should be a light blue. Add enough cold wa ter to make it thin enough to write. With this substance as ink, print with a sharp stick the word “ SELF.” ) LESSON: This heart is filled with Self. Everything it does is for self. It reminds me of many people who are very selfish. We wonder how selfish people can ever be changed, but God knows just the way by which they can be made to do less for themselves and more for others. When we let this hot bulb, repre senting hard trials, shine into this heart, we find that “ SELF” is leaving and another word is appearing. The Where Culture and One often hears a question some thing like this: Can “old-time” evan gelical orthodoxy be blended with the highest type of culture in an educa tional institution in such a manner that it w ill appeal to American youth? There, are a number of fine insti tutions in the c o u n t r y t h a t can answer, “ Yes,” and can substantiate their reply with statistics. One of these institutions is Bob Jones- Col lege; Cleveland, Tenn. In a recent letter, to the Business Manager of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Bob Jones recently wrote: “Last year, while the average decrease in attendance in liberal arts colleges all over America was at least fifteen per cent, Bob Jones College had an increase in en- . rollment of twenty per cent. The institution does not need public ity in order to secure students. We are doing our advertising and putting out our propaganda as a testimony.” That “ testimony" is based upon the college creed to which members of the faculty and of the student body subscribe: “I believe in the inspiration of
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testing before a Christian’s friends can see in his life not self, but Christ. Tie then becomes more kind and thoughtful of others. This heart reminds me of Joseph and his treatment of his b r o t h e r s when they came down to Egypt for food. Joseph had suffered a great deal, and had been tested. He had been a slave and a prisoner for years. God let Joseph go through great trials, but “ the Lord was with Joseph” in all of his troubles and later made him rich and powerful. If Joseph’s brothers had come to him before he had been tried and tested, he might have been angry be cause of their unkind treatment of him, and he might have treated them in a like manner. But now he was not thinking of himself, and he for gave them. God had planned it just right. Spirituality Meet the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments; the creation of man by the direct act of God; thè in carnation and virgin birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; His identification as the Son of God, His vicarious atonement for the sins of mankind by the shed ding of His blood on the cross; the resurrection of His body from the tomb; His power to save men from sin; the new birth through the regeneration o f t h e . H o l y Spirit, and the gift of eternal life through the grace of God.” In any Institution, firm adherence to these beliefs w ill be blessed of God. Doubtless this fidelity is account able in large measure for the success of Bob Jones College. In the spiritual atmosphere of a college where every class opens with prayer and all social events blend naturally with “ à'.word of prayer before we go,” young people have no gulfs to span from the spirit ual' to the secular spheres. In ’ an easy, natural way, thè finest culture is blended with the highest academic standards to produce poised and tal ented young Christian leaders. May God bless them!
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