at unbelievable speeds. All at once it changed directly at right angles and went off at the same speed into the strat osphere. The upshot of the entire article was that here were some mysterious goings-on which were not explainable by anything in the scientific books. While it could hardly be expected that the editors of the secular magazine, after having reached the limits of hu man speculation, would go a step far ther and suggest that this might be the work of God, still this is a known nat ural step for anyone who recognizes the imminence of God in human affairs and the inevitability of the accom plishment of His purpose in the world. Bible students have long known that one of the features of end-time events is to be stellar phenomena. A part of our Lord’s famous Olivet discourse points out: “ Immediately after the tribulation of thpse days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken” (Matt. 24:29). “ Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the pow ers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory” (Luke 21:25, 26). It is not illogical at all to believe that God would send such signs and wonders in the heavens to call the attention of the sons of men to soon-coming events While it is true that God’s greatest signpost in the world is the Bible and while God has literally filled the earth to the brim with unmistakable evi dences of His wisdom and power, still He is gracious and long-suffering, “not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” There fore, the Scriptures have foretold, and it is consonant with God’s demonstrated grace, that He once more should by in explicable mysteries lift the eyes of the sons of men heavenward. This may be the answer to the present perplexing problem. What should we do? Before us is the all-important truth that time is running out. Israel is back in her own land and God is sending signs in heaven above to call the attention of humanity to Him self. Christian people should redouble their efforts and triple their prayer time. The great soul-thrilling event of the Lord’s return for His church may be just around the corner. Doors are fast closing to mission fields. But oppor tunities for service are still at hand. Let the people who name the name of Christ serve Him as never before, for our redemption certainly draweth nigh. Page Five
of the President by the Government spokesman, Mr. S. C. Shen. “ After the exchange of greetings, I gave the President the assurance that the true Christians of America were praying for him. He had to admit that though the church knew Christianity to be the mightiest force in the world against Communism, yet as a whole it had failed to ‘take the Gospel to every creature’ in obedience to Christ’s com mand and that Communism had been far more zealous to win converts to Stalin than Christians had been to win converts to Christ. “While the official cameras flashed I asked the President, ‘What can the Christians of America do to help Free China and what message do you have for them?’ His reply, ‘I am deeply touched that the church wants to help us. My message to the Christians of America is: We Christians should have ONE principle and not compromise or forsake it for politics as many did on the mainland o f China.’ “ Before leaving the President, I as sured him that his personal integrity, Christian testimony, deep love for the Word of God and courageous stand against Communism had been a great encouragement not only to me but to millions of Christians throughout the free world.” More About Flying Saucers M ANY of our readers have seen the article which appeared in one of our national magazines giving the latest reports on the phenomenon familiarly known as “flying saucers.” Whereas be fore this time the “flying saucers” have been dealt with in tongue-in-cheek man ner or as the latest popular craze, this article reversed the popular position en tirely and dealt with the whole matter in the most serious way. Readers will remember that the heart of the article concerned the sifting of all the reports by a very sober commit tee of experts. Two possibilities were discounted immediately. The first, that these aerial phenomena were the secret work of any department of the govern ment. Secondly, that these strange mis siles were the experiments of any for eign government. Having dealt with these two possi bilities, the report went on to analyze carefully fifteen of the most sober re ports. First of all, these were shown to have been observed by thoroughly re sponsible people and in some cases men of demonstrated scientific understand ing. The reports had been observed by a number and their findings tabulated. It was shown that the flying missiles, whatever they were, could not be ex plained on any known law of astro physics. For instance, the observers saw one missile traveling along horizontally
It is almost certain that anyone in the Peoples Church would disclaim the thought that this is unique to this church alone. They would most surely suggest that under God and with the proper missionary emphasis, any church could reach such heights. While we do not know the particulars, it is our con viction that the Peoples Church is com posed mostly of just ordinary Christian folk with average incomes. It is safe to state that, having given this enormous sum, members of this church have not suffered in their own individual lives but have found the scriptural maxim to be true that when one honors God, God honors him. What is the secret of such outstand ing financial attainment? We do not know the official answer but our. sug gestion would be a constant setting forth of the needs of the world and the scriptural admonition as to how to meet those needs. With proper missionary emphasis and a challenging leadership it is believed that any church the world around can duplicate not only the finan cial record of this church but also its spiritual achievement as well. May God give to many churches the ability to realize and meet the challenge of mis sions in these closing days of our dis pensation. Chiang Kai-shek O NE of the recent graduates of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles is Rev. Russell J. Killman. Mr. Killman recently accepted a challenge to spend two months in Formosa where, under the direction of Youth for Christ and working in collaboration with Rev. Dick Hillis, he conducted an intensive evan gelistic campaign, speaking over 200 times. Mr. Killman returned to the United States with a deep conviction of the working of the Spirit of God in Formosa and of the utmost need for prayer for future evangelism in that section. One of the highlights of Mr. Killman’s visit was an interview with Chiang Kai- shek. We quote from Mr. Killman’s re port: “ For five days the Youth for Christ telephone rang with one Charles S.S. Liao asking for the departure date of Rev. Russ Killman. Yesterday the Office of the President of Free China called and said that the Presidential car would pick me up at 10:00 a.m. At 9:30 a.m. I was ready and waiting anxiously for the arrival of the car. I had written be fore I left the States for an audience with the Generalissimo, little realizing that this busy man would ask me to come. “At 10:30 a.m. I was ushered into the Presidential Tea Room to await the appointed time. Shortly after I was seated I was shown into the presence JUNE, 1 9 5 2
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