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ed with new pleasure, “we once put everything we had: time, money, and health, into Serving the devil. Can we give less to the Lord who has given us so much?” Christine often remembered Steve’s words in the following weeks and months of unaccustomed study and new work. , She had never cared particularly for children. She realized with real won der that she had never loved her own child before she was saved, as she did now. A new love for children was flooding her heart, and she had a burden for the children of her own neighborhood — none of whom came from a Christian home. The result of this burden was a Child Evangelism class which she began, using her own apartment as a 'meeting place, and an assignment on Sunday mornings at Juvenile Hall where she and Steve worked with young delinquent boys— s o m e t h i n g she never would have dreamed of doing of herself; Every night they would pray to gether, and Maida would thank God that her mother and father had be lieved, and that they now were “all .together in Jesus.” A little child had led two parents into the joy of Christ’s salvation. The whole secret Is, the people are strong because they are steadily nur tured in the Word of the Lord. Anyone who daily—and earnestly—peruses the Bible, seeking the spiritual vitamins therein, need never fear anemia of the spirit. And he who keeps in constant fellowship with the Lord in prayer finds the reserve strength that will carry him through any difficulty. The trouble with America today is not that people are unbelievers. We do not have the outspoken atheism that was rampant half a century ago. But we do have a host of people who are spiritually starving to death; they want bread, and they are trying to solace themselves with a stone. All they need is for someone to lead them to realize what they are missing. How can this be done? We cannot force people to be Chris- >tians; we remember that our Saviour never tried to compel or high-pressure anyone. But we can by the very joy and kindness that we show to others— rich gifts that Christ has given us— bring them to understand that they are missing something very beautiful and enduring. Tnen. as we introduce men and women to tne Christian life, we can guide them into the practice of the
Questions for answer in this depart ment should be sent to the Editorial Department, THE KING'S BUSINESS, 558 So. Hope St., Los Angeles 13. Calif. QUE.: Why did Joseph ask that his body he taken back to the Holy Land (Gen. 50:24-26) ? There were two reasons lor Josephs desiring'that when the Israelites left' Egypt they should take his body with them. Despite the fact that he ha.d seem ingly been blest in this land of his sojourn, for he had been elevated to a place of great faVor, responsibility, and authority, he was ever conscious of the truth that Egypt was not the place of God’s choice for His people. The land of Canaan was the chosen and promised abiding place for Israel (Gen. 13:14,15; 15:13-16; 17:8); and it was to that land that Joseph firmly believed God would at a future time restore His people. As a confession and confirmation of that belief, and in order that the Israelites might be con stantly reminded of it, Joseph charged them to keep his body unburied until it could be laid away in its rightful and appropriate place. Had Joseph chosen to be buried in Egypt, he doubtless would have been given a funeral with great pomp, ele gance, and ceremony; but he preferred a future simple burial in the place of God’s choice—Canaan (Josh. 24:32). From. Hebrews 11:22, we learn that Joseph made this request “by faith.” He not only had faith in the Lord’s restoration of Israel to the promised land, but his faith included the doc trine of the resurrection. He wanted to be buried with his ancestors, in the family burying place, that his body might be raised with those of his loved ones. Head Genesis 49:29-32. QUE.: Are all Israelites Jews? The expression “Jew” comes from the religious term "Judaism.” In the days of Moses, the Lord desig nated Jerusalem as the only place where sacrifices were to be offered to Him (cf. Deut. 12:5-7),; therefore, that city became and remained the center of worship as well as in the days of the separation of the house of Israel,! becoming the capital of the southern kingdom which consisted of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. No doubt, the majority of those who worshiped were of the latter tribes; nevertheless, many of the members of the northern kingdom, Israel, with the city ot Sa maria as her capital, came to sacrifice also. Thus Judaism was born, and all
who took part in the ceremonies were called Jews. Though the Jews of today have lost their tribal identity, to believe that representatives of all the twelve tribes of Israel are Included in their number is reasonable. LED BY A LITTLE CH ILD [Continued from Page 165] said, “I feel we should register in the regular classes.” “Why, so do I!” Christine exclaimed. “But I thought I must be wrong, for I didn’t see how we could do it.” “There will be a way,” Steve as sured her confidently. That afternoon, when the new class room schedules had been arranged for them, Christine and Steve sat in their tyome, discussing plans for the future. “It will be stiff going,” Steve warned her. “I’ll have to fit study in with work, and you’ll have the home and Maida to think of in addition to school assignments. But,” and his face light- Otterbein, a man who stands unflinch ingly for salvation from sin through the Lord Jesus Christ "I know many pastors,” he told me, "who are run to death with the prob lems of their people-v-children getting into trouble, immorality showing its ugly head, and family discord threat ening divorce. Yet I find practically none of that among my members. Scarcely once'a year am I called in where boys or girls have gotten into trouble, or where husbands and wives are making a shambles out of their home. God reigns in these homes, and consequently all is well with them. I give practically all the credit for the success of our church to the universal habit of our people of observing the family altar. Where prayer is con stant, sin has no chance.” Not only does this congregation take its, Christian faith in earnest, but'it also packs the church throughout the year—not at just one service, but at three! Every Sunday morning, at 8:30,: 9:45, and 11 o’clock, you will find long lines of people waiting to get into the sanctuarv of worship. No one is ever asked to ]cnn the cnurcn, cut more than 600 new members have been added in a single year.
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