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sionary society, or any other church or club group may receive the Devotional Bible Course and other Bible study and expressional meeting helps. These helps, while pri marily designed for use by students in our university and college centers, bave been used effectively by various other groups. They have been found to supply a real need for a combination personal Bible study plan and expressional and discussion meetings program. Any group which takes up this type of membership receives the various study helps, and in turn makes an investment in the University Bible Club work as a part of the missionary budget of the organization. In this way, the group receives daily help for personal Bible study, together with extra suggestions for discussion and expressional meetings, and at the same time has the satisfaction of knowing that it is aiding ma terially in a real missionary movement among our young people in the various universities and colleges throughout the country. Any one desiring further information con cerning this Group Membership should write to the Uni versity Bible Club headquarters, 572 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles. IS LIFE WORTH UVING? [Continued from page 386] ately in the slums. All these years I have found that He never fails. When I tell you that thousands upon thousands have gone from the various missions that I have had to do with —made new creatures in Christ Jesus—you will believe me when I say that I have proof that God is able to change lives. But that is only the beginning of things. The youth of today believe that if they become Chris tians, they will lose everything that is worth living for. The fact of the matter is, there is not one thing in the world that men can do, as non-Christians, that I cannot do as a Christian, that will not ruin them if they follow it far enough. In other words, I affirm that whatever is done apart from Christ is temporary, but what we do in Him is eternal. To live for and in Him is to know a life worth living.
To my sensitive, new-born eyes, the brilliance of the light was dazzling, even painful, but I fell on my knees, and cried, “ I thank Thee, O God, for the light o f the world, which is our Lord, Jesus Christ.” And now, no matter how painful to my eyes the light may. be, I will never return to my wretched dependence on the lifeless and soulless staff o f human wisdom. THE BIBLE AND THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT . r Continued from page 390] helps prepared and sent out by the University Bible Clubs, if they are desired. The remaining seventy-five cents of the initial dollar supplies three Students with similar ma terial, which they use in their regular Bible Club activity. All investments made, over and above this minimum of one dollar per month, go toward, supplying additional students with the Devotional Bible Course and other helps prepared by the Bible Clubs. Fourth: There are those who desire to actively engage in promoting student work in schools and colleges in addi tion to investing financially in the work. The University Bible Club Directorate is now forming in each school cen ter an Advisory Council, composed of Christian people who desire to further student missionary work in their own community. These Advisory Council members, in addi tion to praying for and investing a minimum of a dollar a month in the work, sign what is known as the Advisory Council Member’s Declaration and Confession of Faith. They endeavor to interest students in the movement as well as secure the cooperation of Christian leaders in their churches. They sponsor the work o f the local clubs in every possible way. Those who are interested in this form of membership should write to the Bible Club headquarters for further particulars. Fifth: Group Membership. One of the features which recently has been developed by the University Bible Clubs is a service plan whereby a group of ten or more members o f a young people’s department, Bible class, mis
THE VOICE of a WITHERED ROSE B y P aul H utchens
|Q^ ome one had left within my room JU A rose o f lovely hue, Fresh plucked and fragrant as the morn And sprinkled with its dew. And on the stem o f this fair rose, Ornate and ramified, Arrayed in shining chlorophyl, Green leaves showed forth in pride. But, ere the morrow/s sun had set, This rose o f beauty rare Had faded, withered, drooped, and died, And dropped her petals there. But crisp and green the leaves lived on Till days and weeks had passed,
And then they too, succumbed to fate And bowed in death at last. How surely doth the soul that dwells Within this earthly clod More quickly wither than the flesh When severed from its God! Sometimes a graceful form and face May hide a heart o f sin, May be a charnel house and hold A soul o f death within. ’ Tis sin that cleaves asunder man From Christ the Fountainhead, And he who hath the Son hath life And who hath not is dead.
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