us of the way in which God deals with our sins. He has a degausser much bet ter than any of man’s electronic devices. In I John 1 :9 we find how the believer can have his transgressions erased, for, " If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Isaiah writes of God’s promise quoting him, “Even I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins." Do you find your fellowship with the Lord lack ing and inadequate? P e rh a p s your prayers seem cold and spiritually dry. I f so, there may be unconfessed sin that needs to be “degaussed," or blotted out in your life. David declared in the long ago, “I f I regard iniquity in my heart, (if I hold it there, not confessing it to God), the Lord will not hear me.” * * * The longer a Christian carries a grudge, the heavier it becomes. * * * V ISITA T IO N There was a lovely Christian woman who suffered through most of her life as a cripple. She had to rely on the good will and help of her neighbors. Part of her long weary hours were spent by keeping a diary. No one knows why she did so, however, for she had so very little to put down. Not much ever hap pened. Finally, her loving heavenly Fa ther called her home. It was several days before anyone even missed her. Looking through her few belongings, someone found the diary. Most of the pages con tained little of interest. Glancing through it, they noted that one weary day had cvidentally followed another. Near the end she had penned on the otherwise blank page, "No one came. No one came." One of the Christian service assignments of our Biola students is to visit hospi tals, rest homes, sanitariums, and other places where people need a friendly word of loving kindness in the name of Christ. Please pray for them in their important testimonies. you see when youtake your eyes off thegoal. * * * C R IM E REPORT The annual report from our Federal Bureau of Investigation relative to the volume of crime in America gives a sad * * Obstacles are thosefrightful things *
commentary on the times in which we are living. Lawlessness and immorality are running rampant. Crime costs us more than $27 billion annually. With this we could pay for the Apollo moonshot and throw in a building at Cape Ken nedy large enough to swallow up the entire Pentagon and Empire State build ing. Biola students may not make a large dent on the crime picture, but they do seek to give an active, positive wit ness for Jesus Christ in every area of life. * We are saved by atonement, not by at tainment. V ISITA T IO N A woman kept a diary which she called her “pleasure book.” Every day she wrote about the nice things that hap pened to her. In times of need or dis tress she had but to look back and re member all of the 'wonderful events of the past. She had mastered the fine art of being thankful. How we need this for our lives. As far as Biola’s ministry for Christ is concerned, we are thankful to God upon every remembrance of you. * *
The sun sets early for those who always live In the valley.
Robert« Prokopchuk (right), "Operation: Firebrand" student from Brazil, with Biola president Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland. Roberto attended the only Russian Bible Institute in the world, located in Buenos Aires. He speaks fluent Spanish as well as Russian and will be a real tool in reaching the thousands ef Slavic peoples throughout South America.
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