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ceptable year of the Lord,’ which is con nected with the first advent and the dispen sation of grace (Gen. 3:15; Acts 1 :9 ); ‘the day of vengeance of our God' belongs to the second advent (Deut. 30:3; Acts 1:9- 11) and judgment.”
er’s Check Book” prepared by Leila S. Fulghum. In this book of forty-three pages, the author has adapted to Christian youth the checking systems used by personnel de partments of large firms. In this present plan, however, the young person himself does the rating and is able to detect and deal with his own weaknesses. The empha sis is upon approaching these problems spiritually, in the power of the Lord and for His glory. In explaining the need of youth for self- improvement, the author has stated: "Per sonnel managers of large firms with vary ing interests, banking, mercantile, and edu cational, whose employees would total over 40,000, were interviewed by the author; each stated that young people are efficient in their chosen lines of work but there is great lack of training in character qualities which is the cause of a very high percent age of their dismissals—one said 66%, an other 90%.” The booklets are available at 25 cents each from the author, Leila S. Fulghum, 720 S. Lorena St„ Los Angeles, Calif. JUNE 25, 1939 THE CHURCH AS A SCHOOL L uke 4:14-21 Meditation on the Lesson Hebrews who reverenced and loved the Lord taught their children the Scriptures (Deut. 6:6-8). Our blessed Saviour had a godly mother who-desired to do the will of God. Her husband, Joseph, was also a “just man,” and we may rest assured that theyi taught Jesus according to the above commandment. Regularly, every Sabbath, the devout Jews met at the local synagogue to hear the reading of God’s Law. The Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Num bers and Deuteronomy) was divided into separate portions for every Sabbath of the year, that in the course of a year the entire Law might be read to die people. W e read concerning Christ: “And he came to Naza reth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the syna gogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.” “As his custom was”—what a fine example for all Christian Endeavor- ers to follow! In fact, it is in the Christian Endeavor pledge that members will en deavor to attend all the public meetings of the church. Christ read from Isaiah 61:1,2, and "the eyes of all them that were in'the’Synagogue were fastened on him.” As we note care fully the message He chose to read to that Jewish crowd, we realize that the Lord Jesus Himself was the subject of this prophecy, but these poor blinded people did not recognize Him as the Anointed One, the miracle-working Healer, Teacher, and Preacher. A remarkable fact is observed when we compare the original passage in Isaiah with this one here. Isaiah 61:2 reads: "To pro claim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to com fort all that mourn.” Christ stopped at the close of the first phrase because that was as far as fulfillment had gone at that time. C. I. Scofield remarks that this passage "af fords an instance of the exquisite accuracy of Scripture. Jesus stopped at, ‘the ac
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It is said that the metal of the elevated railway in New York and on Brooklyn Bridge is in danger of being weakened by electrolysis, because of the leakage of the electric currents from the trolley and elec tric light lines. This electrolysis goes on unseen and quietly; its existence can only be known by testing the metal. If it were allowed to go on, dire results would follow and lives would be lost. Public worship is also being weakened by electrolysis caused by the "get and gain” spirit of the age. There also the process goes on unseen and quietly. It begins by one’s feeling "more like staying home than attending church to day,” by imagining, "W e can be just as good Christians if we do not attend the prayer meetings of the church.” The true Christian longs for public worship and com munion of saints. When we lose this long ing, electrolysis has begun. —G. B. F. H allock . II. T he B ible and E ducation William Lyon Phelps, professor at Yale University, has stated: "Every one who has a thorough knowledge of the Bible may truly be called educated; and no other learn ing or culture, no matter how extensive or elegant, can among Europeans or Ameri cans, form a proper substitute. I thoroughly believe in a university education for both men and women, but I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a knowledge of the Bible.” One further point should be stressed. This "thorough knowledge of the Bible” needs to be a spiritual understanding of the Word of God, supematurally received by one who has personally found the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour and who finds the Bible living and powerful in his own daily experience.—S elected . III. T he S unday -S chool E valuated . 1. The Sunday-school is not an accessory agency in the normal economy of American education; it does not add a superfluity; it is an absolute necessity for the complete instruction of the child. Its aim is to fill by itself the complex mission which else where is in large measure assigned to the family, the school, and the church. All things unite to .assign to this institution a grand part in the American life.Tf-From the report of a French commission that had been sent to America to study educational agencies. 2 . If the Sunday-school were to go out of business, the Methodist Church would be cut in half in fifteen years. In thirty years the Methodist Church would, for all prac tical purposes, cease to exist. -—A M ethodist B ishop .
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