hearts today as we think that this Saviour is ours for ever and ever. Do you have this song in your heart? Can you take these words and say to Him today, “Unto Him who loved me and washed me in His own blood.” Can you further testify, “He hath made me a king and a priest unto God His Father? Therefore, unto Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.” May God draw you by His strength to the place where yon will humbly bow in His presence and receive God’s Son to be your Saviour and Lord if you have not done so. The strongest words are usually used in the weakest arguments. Sometimes the trouble with being a parent is that by the time you’re experi enced you're usually unemployed. It may be a great life if you don’t weaken. It all depends on what causes you the weakness. Many people have the right aim in life but never get around to pulling the trigger. Don’t allow yesterday’s mistakes to bankrupt tomorrow's efforts.
BEARING FRUIT It is the branch that bears the fruit, That feels the knife, To prune it for a larger growth, A fuller life. Though every budding twig be lopped. And every grace Of swaying tendril, springing leaf. Be lost apace. O thou whose life of joy seems reft, Of beauty shorn; Whose aspirations lie in dust, All bruised and torn. Rejoice, though each desire, each dream, It is the hand Of love divine That holds the knife, that cuts and breaks With tenderest touch, That thou, whose life has borne some fruit May’st now bear much. —Annie Johnson Flint CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP Each hope of thine Shall fall and fade; Every coin of earthly treasure We have lavished upon earth, For our simple worldly pleasure. May be reckoned something worth; For the spending was not losing, Though the purchase were but small; It has perished with the using, We have had it, that is all! All the gold we leave behind us When we turn to dust again, Though our avarice may blind us. We have gathered quite in vain; Since we neither can direct it, By the winds of fortune tossed, Nor in the words expected, What was hoarded, we have lost! But each merciful oblation Seed of pity wisely sown, What we gave in self-negation. We may safely call our own; For the treasure freely given, Is the treasure that we hoard, Since the angels keep in heaven What is lent unto the Lord!
Talbot Theological Seminary presented the Doctor ot Divinity Degree to The Rev. Coy T. Maret, Pastor of Emmanuel Faith Community Church, Escondido, California. Making the presentation is Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland, President of BiolaSchools and Colleges. On the left is Dr. Charles
L. Feinberg, Dean of
Talbot Theological Seminary.
16
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker