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book could be assigned for repeated daily reading. Of the sixty-six books in the Bible, forty-two can be read in one-half hour each. The Bible Mastery Plan may provide some suggestions; for information, write C. J. Boppell, Chairman, 2666 Thirty-Seventh Ave., S. W., Seattle, Wash. The Pocket Tes tament League and the Quiet Hour pledges (the latter used especially in Christian Endeavor) may be stressed. 2. A Bible-searching game may be introduced. For instance, how many of the hymns used in your group are based upon Bible narratives or Bibli cal ideas? What story is the basis of “Nearer, my God, to Thee,” “There Is a Green Hill Far Away,” etc.? Choose a list of hymns and trace them to their origin in the Bible. This search can also be applied to literature. The works of Browning, Milton, Tennyson, and Shakespeare provide many Scrip tural quotations' and thought. 3. Encourage r e a d i n g along mis sionary lines. Ask several members of your society to read a missionary bi ography and give a pithy, informative review in the meeting. The life stories of Borden of Yale, Goforth of China, C. T. Studd, David Livingstone, Amy Carmichael, Willis Hotchkiss, etc., will provide inspirational reading. These ambassadors of Christ have gone to foreign fields claiming the power of the Book for today’s living. 4. Make a list of Bible characters, i. e., Abraham, Nehemiah, E s t h e r , Ruth, Samson, Amos, Paul, Andrew, Elijah, and assign the reading of their life stories to individual members of the organization. Make Bible people live by relating some incident in the life of each person—told from the standpoint of a newspaper reporter on the scene. Show that the same prob lems which wer£ those of Bible heroes are ours today. AUGUST 22, 1943 NATURE'S OPEN WINDOWS TO GOD P sa lm 8:1-9 . B y Myrtle E. Scott Introduction Can you picture David the shepherd boy, caring for his sheep during the long summer night, lying on his back gazing into the Syrian- sky brilliant with stars? It was the beauty and wonder of the night that impressed him. The sun is not mentioned among the heavenly wonders that stirred his awe and worship of God as he medi tated on the greatness and wisdom of the Creator. Life is full of light and shadow. It is often true that in the night sea sons of human experience, with the light of day shut out, we see God and His greatness and love as at no
other times. “Tribulation worketh!” When we are on our backs, we look up. In the cities which are now in the dimout sections of the coastal re gions, where the lights of earth are shielded so the glow of light toward the sky cannot give help to enemy' airplanes, many people are seeing for the first time the brilliance of starlit nights. Likewise many a boy, once carelessly indifferent to the things of God, has, with the putting on of his country’s uniform, and the facing of dark realities of life, looked up and found God. For Those Who Have Topics I. SEEING GOD IN NATURE. With the greater knowledge of the universe which the scientist and the telescope have given us, we should be stirred even more than David was, as we look into the starry heavens. But we do not worship nature. It has no mercy or forgiveness for the one who breaks its laws. Nor do we absent ourselves from the house of God on the Lord’s Day with the excuse that nature is our church and we worship God there. In nature we do see the hand of God, and realize that the One who rules the universe is sufficient for all our needs, for He \yho “hangeth the earth upon nothing” can care for the things we commit unto Him. II. MAN, THE HIGHEST OF GOD’S CREATION. The contemplation of the greatness of the universe makes us realize the littleness of man. We say with the Psalmist, “What is man, that thou art mindful of him?” Then comes the realization that God made man in His own image to have dominion over the works of His hands (Gen. 1:26). God has a great plan and purpose for every human life, and the honor and responsibility are ours of letting Him f u l f i l l His will in us. Evert the little and weak ones can be used to His glory (v. 2). III. JESUS CHRIST IN/THE PSALM. Hebrews 2:5-10 reveals that it is the Man, Christ Jesus, who will regain the dominion lost by the first Adam through sin. The Word shows that through His atoning work, Christ re-' stores those who put their trust in Him. He brings them to a higher posi tion than that which was lost by Adam. Likewise all creation will re joice when He comes again to rule, and the “earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” For the Leader Through discussion, bring out the possibility of deepening our spiritual life through vacation days spent in the out-of-doors. Many of the char acteristics of God may be s e e n in His provision of the beauty of the
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