November, 1937
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"CO FORWARD" CAMPAIGN RECEIVES ENCOURAGEMENT Read publicly by Paul W . Rood, President of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, assurances of prayerful interest from many evangelical'leaders of America brought encouragement to a large congregation gathered in the Church of the Open Door on the afternoon of Sunday, October 10. This meeting, together with the services of October 1, the day of fasting and prayer, marked the public opening of the Institute’s “Go Forward” Campaign to raise one and one-half million dollars for the payment of its debt and its running expenses to June 1, 1940. Special joy was evidenced over a letter from Mrs. Lyman Stewart, whose prayer ful interest in the school continues on its behalf the ministry of her late husband, the founder (with T . C. Horton) of the Institute. Of Kola’s debt, $400,000 is the sum owed to Mrs. Stewart. Besides making a pledge of $11,000 at the opening of the campaign, Mrs. Stewart has promised that as soon as the other portion of the campaign goal is attained, she will erase this huge debt of $400,000. Telegrams received at the Institute from various Christian leaders, together with a longer message from W . B. Riley, follow: H. A. IRONSIDE, Pastor, Moody Memorial Church, Chicago, III: % W e at the Moody Church join with you in earnest prayer for the success of your “ Go Forward” movement. God is able. Cordial greetings. WALTER L. WILSON, M.D., Physician and Bible conference speaker, Kansas City, Mo. ■ # May Daniel 11:32 [“ But the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.” ] be true in your great program. J* OLIVER RUSWELL, JR., President, Wheaton College, Wheaton, III. # Good wishes and earnest prayers for God’s blessing upon you. H. HOUGHTON, President, The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, III. # Be*t wishes for glorious victory in Institute’s financial campaign. Count on wife and me for one hundred dollars payable before January 1 . 1 Thessalonians 5:24 [“ Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.” ] ARNOLD GRUNIGEN, JR., Chairman, San Francisco Bay Region Christian Busi ness Men’s Committee, San Francisco, Calif. ® The San Francisco Bay Region Christian Business Men’s Committee represent ing eighteen churches and Christian groups around the Bay join in prayer and best wishes for your “Go Forward” Campaign. May your chains drop; may you be given wings to fly. BOR JONES, President, Bob Jones College, Cleveland, Tenn. ® Biola has my prayers and good wishes and those of Bob Jones College for campaign. M. A. MATTHEWS, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Wash. # I note with pleasure your great “Go Forward” mass meeting scheduled for Sunday afternoon. I pray God’s richest blessings upon you. We are asking our heavenly Father to grant you success. You have our interest, love, and prayers. J. S. McPHEETERS, Pastor, Glide Memorial M. E. Church, San Francisco, Calif. ® Heartiest greetings and best wishes for the great “ Go Forward” Campaign of Biola. We are praying for great success. HENRY E. BURKE, Pastor, Melrose Baptist Church, Oakland, Calif. # Kindly accept the well wishes of your many friends in the Bay region and be assured of our prayers and support in Biola’s “Go Forward” Campaign. I con gratulate you on your splendid plan, and I see great days ahead for the Institute. Ephesians 3:20 [“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” ] HOWARD FROST, Chairman, Biola’s “ Go Forward” Campaign. (Owing to the necessity for making a journey to the East, Mr. Frost of Browning were inspired, but in a unique, supernatural sense: “ For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (2 Pet. 1:21). The human authors of the Bible were holy men of God. They did not give us their own opinion but spake “ as they were moved”—borne along—by the Holy Spirit. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is prof itable for doctrine, for reproof, for correc tion, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Tim. 3:16, 17). Here we have a definite state ment. The Bible 'does not contain the rea sonings of men, but is a God-inspired— God-inbreathed—Book. The Bible not only contains the Word of God but is the Word of God. As His Word, it requires to be studied. There are any number of proofs of the inspiration of the Bible. We call attention to two of these proofs. - First of all, there is the evidence of the unity of the Bible. The Bible is not only a book; it is also a library composed of sixty-six volumes writ ten by forty human authors over sixteen centuries of time. Can you conceive that forty authors could sit down and produce a library that would bear the marks of unity and harmony throughout? How do you account for the fact that forty men scattered through a period of sixteen hun dred years were able to produce a library that is characterized by unity? We can account for this phenomenon in only one way. One mind must have controlled these forty human minds. The Holy Spirit spoke through these men, and they wrote exactly what God wanted them to write, nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else. Fulfilled prophecy is another reason for believing in the authenticity of the Word of God. In the Scriptures we find detailed prophecies concerning the birth, life, min istry, death, and resurrection of Christ, predictions that were made hundreds of years before Christ came and that were fulfilled literally through His first advent. Read Psalm 22 and Isaiah S3 and note the numerous prophecies that were fulfilled on the day of Christ’s crucifixion. After His resurrection, the Lord Jesus reminded His followers: “These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me” (Lk. 24:44). This is a day in which the open-minded student of the Bible may witness in the modern world many other remarkable fulfillments of prophecies con cerning Israel, the Holy Land, and the Gentile nations. Fulfilled prophecy is an argument that cannot be gainsaid. Yes, the Bible is God’s infallible, inerrant, and verbally inspired revelation. Some per sons would say that only the thoughts in the Bible are inspired, but to these we would reply that thoughts are expressed through words. How could a revelation be dependable if the words were not af fected by divine inspiration ? Paul very [ Continued on page 461] Further announcement concerning Biola’s “ Go Forward” Campaign appears on pages 440 and 441.
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