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th e Southern Jalifo rn ia Prem illennial Association, w ith a constituency of ever two hundred m inisters. The As sociation meets once a month a t the, Bible In stitu te of Los Angeles for a Members’ Luncheon a t 12:30, followed by a Members’ Meeting a t 1:30, and a P opular Meeting a t 3:00, which is ad dressed by some well known speaker on fundam ental doctrines. The Association has proved to be a splendid rallying point for m inisters who are tru e to th e Word of God, and has also been the means of streng then ing the faith of others. LARGEST SCRIPTURE DISTRIBU TION IN HISTORY OF AMERICA The largest distribution of the Scriptures ever made in the history of th is country in a single year is re ported by th e American Bible Society for 1923. More than 2*395,000 copies in over 100 languages and dialects m ark this high record. All these vol umes were actually circulated in the United States, and do not include books m anufactured bu t not yet put into circulation, nor do they include the work of the Society in foreign lands reports of which are not yet in hand. The Society’s secretaries from all p arts of the country in conference a t the Bible House repo rted the g reat est in te rest in th e Bible ever known in th e ir experience. The number of books circulated is nearly twice as large as th a t reported last year. The increase has been made in every sec tion of th e country from coast to coast. The Rev. Wm. I. Haven, who has ju st completed twenty-five years of service as general secretary of th e So ciety, said in making th is announce ment: “ In th e past q u arte r of a century th e re has never been a more manifest in te rest in and demand for the Chris tian Scriptures th a n there is today. This is tru e not only in our own coun try where circulation is phenom inal bu t in all p arts of th e world. In Japan, for example, in spite of the g reat losses by earthqu ak e the num ber of copies of Scriptures circulated is nearly twice as large as last year. The whole world is a le rt and eager to receive th e Bible. The resources of th e American Bible Society are taxed beyond th e ir capacity to meet the clamorous needs. I am convinced as never before th a t th e Bible is the most potent force in modern civiliza tion .”
daughters. The Mission T reasu rer in Germany has now reg retfu lly inform ed th is man th a t they have no funds for his homeward passage, nor have they sufficient in hand to send his wife back to China, thu s you have th e sorry spectacle of a Missionary marooned in the in terio r of China, w ith little if any prospect of being joined by his family. This Mission occupies one of th e most fertile, and certainly one of th e most prosperous areas in K iangsi P ro vince, and to a large degree they are responsible for its evangelization, since they are the only resident Miss ionaries. Ju st what the outcome will be it is difficult for a visitor to even conjecture. To the casual observer, however, it appears as though miss ionary work in th a t large area must be hampered for many years to come, and th is almost unbelievable d isaster may be attribu ted , not in part, bu t absolutely to the economic chaos in Europe.—Geo. W. Shepherd, of the B ritish and Foreign Bible Society (China). “ THE FUNDAMENTALS” MINISTERS’ UNION O F C H I C A G O “S p eak in g .the tru th in lo v e,” and “E a rn estly con ten d in g for th e fa ith w h ich w a s once d elivered unto th e sa in ts,” m ay be nam ed as the ob jective of The F un d am en tal M in isters’ U nion of C hicago” w h ich is an organ ization com posed of m in isters, ed itors of relig io u s papers, th eo lo g ica l p rofessors, and o th ers en g a g ed in a ctiv e C hristian service, u n ited for the purpose of b earin g a p o si tiv e testim o n y to th e g rea t fu n d am en tal tru th s of the C hristian faith . The w arm th of fellow sh ip w ith those of lik e p reciou s fa ith is certa in ly e x perien ced in th e b u sin ess m eetin g s and B ib le co n feren ces held m on th ly by th ese brethren w h o m eet to fellow sh ip w ith each other in th e w ork of th e Gospel. In th e se days o f doubt and d rift a m an w ho is b ea rin g an a ctiv e p o sitiv e te s ti m ony to th e truth, as it is found in C hrist Jesu s, m ay find h im self iso la ted and “T he F u n d am en tal M in isters’ Union of C hicago” offers an op p ortu n ity for fellow sh ip w ith others w ho stand on the sam e platform . Of cou rse th a t p latform is based on th e Scripture a s th e in erran t w ord of God w ith a ll th a t is im plied in an accep tan ce of th a t fact. B ib le con feren ces are h eld m on th ly in the variou s ch u rch es of the c ity open to th e Union. A lso a b u sin ess m eetin g is held on th e secon d Monday of each m onth in the H otel La Salle, Chicago. An in crea sin g number o f brethren, lo y a l to th e w ord of God, and a n xiou s to p ro claim the old m essa g e of sa lv a tio n from sin through fa ith in a crucified, risen, ascended and com in g Lord, are u n itin g w ith the U nion as a m ean s of ex p ressin g th eir lo y a lty and d esire to co-op erate w ith b rethren o f a n y denom in ation w ho a lso stan d for th e T ruth. “The F u n d a m en tal M in isters’ U nion of C hicago” w ill w elcom e an y m in isters or oth ers as nam ed above w h o are a ctiv ely en g a g ed in C hristian service. T he secreta ry is R ev. Theodore H oltorf, G len E llyn , I ll inois, w h o w ill be g la d to g iv e a n y fu r ther in form ation con cern in g m em bership in the Union. The organization spoken of above, though different in name, is sim ilar in purpose, to the organization known as
THE CHARIOTS A famous architect, speaking re cently in P aris, made the statem en t th a t w ithin tw enty years New York, Chicago, P aris, London and other large cities will have to be demolished and bu ilt all over again, because of the congestion th a t will be caused by automobiles, °He said th a t if the auto mobiles keep on increasing as they have th e last th ree years, by 1940 motor tran spo rtation will be literally impossible except in certain streets distinguished by th e ir width. This calls to m ind the prophecy u ttered by Nahum : “The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in th e broadways, they shall seem like torches, they shall ru n like the lightnings.” This is a description of automobiles in w ar time, b u t the fact th a t it says it will be “ in -the day of his prep aration ,” seems to imply th a t such a condition will also be present before the last war will actually take place. At any rate, it is a fact th a t the jostling of automobiles one* against another, and th e ir raging in the broadways, is a serious thing rig h t now. The faster, then, th a t automobiles are manufac tu red , the g reater th e congestion and the jostling, and th e nearer th e end of the age. If the arch itect should be rig h t and by 1940 traffic will be im possible, then th e g reat la st w ar in th e streets m ust be dangerously near. — The Faith. THE PLIGHT OE GERMAN M I S S I O N S I N C H I N A The disasters resu lting from the present economic chaos in Europe, have not been over stated in th e vol umes of editorials th a t have been pouring fo rth from the press in a never ending stream . The almost superhu man efforts of th e German Christians to m aintain work in the far corners of the earth have now resulted in com plete failure. Their currency when exchanged into foreign money is in finitesimal and incapable of support ing even a small fraction of the work. A strik ing instance has recently come to the w riter’s atten tion while travelling through the in terio r of K iangsi Province, China. A Mission financially dependent upon German Christians, recently sent the passage money to two of its m issionaries who had been working in China for th ir teen years w ithout' a furlough. The wife and mother took passage some two years ago hoping th a t her hus band would follow in a few months. In the meantime ano th er pressing need developed, and he generously handed the money to one of his col leagues, who was in dire circum stances over th e education of his two
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