he has a sense of discouragement and despair in realizing that so much has been offered to so many and that the Gospel and its attendant disciplines have been so completely denied in the pul pit and ignored in the pew. At times one is inclined to feel as did the reporter who brought disastrous news to Job, "I , even I only, am left.” One can almost sense the attitude of our Lord when He exclaimed to the disciples after seeing the great multitude walk slowly away from His message, "Will ye go away also?” Then, in the goodness of the Lord, our hearts are refreshed when we meet so many wonderfully devout and earnest Christians wherever we go. We thank God for the great host of individuals who quietly, unobtrusively but very definitely, continue to adhere to the great doctrines of the Word of God and who pattern their lives on the basis of what those doctrines teach. These people are not fooled by attractive personalities or high-sounding phraseology; instead, they listen very attentively to what is being said by any given speaker and note particularly what is omitted from the message. If a man eulogizes Jesus Christ to the skies as a great teacher, leader of men, humanitarian and way-pointer to God, but fails to honor the complete person of Jesus Christ as God manifest in the flesh, these Christians are quick to note the omis sion. They classify and categorize the speaker and will have nothing more to do with him and his liberal teachings. Of course, it is impossible to include all the doctrines of the Bible in one sermon. Still it is relatively simple to note what is said, how it is said and what is omitted and thus to judge the speaker thereby. Gone is the day when a person can sit in the pew and relax com pletely in the knowledge that the Word of God will be expounded. Gone is the day when an ordained man who occupies the position behind the sacred desk can be trusted implicity to proclaim, "Thus saith the Lord.” Gone is the day when a pleasing personality can be equated with doctrinal orthodoxy. But, thank God, there is a faithful remnant, which may be much larger than we even realize, not taken in by those who would do despite to the Gospel message, who gauge a man’s message on the basis of its conformity to the Word of God rather than upon his intellectual prowess or personal presentation. These are the salt of the earth, these are those who make up the true church and of whom our Lord spoke when He said, "the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” The editor has had the opportunity of visiting groups of peo ple in widely scattered areas of our country during the past sev eral months. It is indeed spiritually refreshing to find in every place visited a company of wonderful Christian people who fer vently love the Lord and His Word. They are not willing to be subject to unbelieving ecclesiastical authorities, but instead go about their Father’s business of proclaiming the unsearchable riches of Jesus Christ as they stand firmly upon the Rock of Ages. There are yet "seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” We thank God for this great host of people and are encouraged in our own spiritual lives by their faithful testimony.
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