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An Interpretation of World Affairs in the Light ^of the Scriptures.
This past month another Gospel hymn writer was called Home — C. Austin Miles, author of three thou sand Gospel hymns, of which “In the Garden” is the b e s t known. Mr. Miles had been a druggist, but at the age of thirty, gave up this occupation to associate himself with the Hall- Mack Publishing Company, now the R o d e h e a v e r Hall-Mack Company. Others of his much beloved hymns are: “If Jesus Goes With Me,” “Dwell ing in Beulah Land,” “Sweeter Every Day,” and “When I Get Home.” ♦ ^ Some concrete evidence of the cost of the liquor traffic is furnished by the statistics released by the In ter-church Temperance " Movement of Colorado. Colorado collects in liquor taxes the sum of $4,434,000.00, but pays out in actual cash $8,580,000.00 to cover the cost of drinking, a net loss to the state of over $4,000,000.00. This, of course, does not include loss of property, loss of efficiency, acci dents, wantonness, broken hearts, broken homes and broken bodies which are by-products of this national curse. But the figures do provide a satisfactory refutation of the claim of the liquor interests that they prac tically support the country through taxes collected on their abominable products! ♦ ^ The growth of evangelical mis sion work in Brazil is nothing short of remarkable. During the period from 1911 to 1938, while the rate of growth of Christian work in Latin America as a whole was 88%, the growth in Brazil wat. 624%. This ap pears to be due to the vigor of the local churches. The need of the hour there now seems to be that Bible so cieties extend their work not only through the churches, but also under take a vigorous evangelistic cam paign among the general population*
^ Gil Dodds, famous Christian ath lete, and holder of several world’s records for the mile, is now taking graduate work at Wheaton College. At the same time, he is training Wheaton students to run the mile ac cording to his successful, if unortho dox, methods. Already some of Gil’s students have won the state and the A.A.U. cross-country titles. Some of the largest gatherings of youth in this generation have assembled in various cities to hear Gil Dodds, who never fails to give a ringing testi mony of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord. ♦ ^ More remarkable archaelogical finds, corroborating the truth of the Word of God, continue to be uncovered as expeditions push further into an cient civilizations. One of the latest discoveries is a series of seven letters unearthed in Cairo, Egypt. These let ters begin with invocations to pagan cities of Upper Egypt, whose names are mentioned in Jeremiah 44:15, 16, 17. God has, in these days of criti cism of His Word, furnished incon trovertible evidence from long-lost civilizations that the Bible is true. ♦ ^ We understand that the Presby terian Outlook, somewhat worried at the .prevalence of the modem dance among Presbyterians, and noting the evil consequences of it, recently made a survey among two hundred minis ters of that denomination to ascer tain their attitude with regard to this worldly practice. The poll revealed that more than 87% of those inter viewed said that either their own children danced, or that they were in favor of their children dancing. This is but another sign of the need of our land for a spiritual revival.
American Bible Society figures for 1945 indicate that 12,250,000 Bibles or Scripture portions were distributed in 114 different languages. This in cluded 1,500,000 to prisoners of war and more than 1,500,000 to displaced persons. Another achievement of the American Bible Society will be the publication of the first Braille Con cordance for the blind on July 15. It will appear in about ten large vol umes and will be of inestimable help to those deprived of sight. ♦ A book which dares to face the facts in regard to the effect of tobac co upon health is entitled, “Invita tion to Health,” by Harry J. Johnson, M. D. We quote some startling facts: “In a study of 2,000 smokers and non- smokers, by the Life Extension Ex aminers, some interesting observations were made. “Smokers complained of cough 300 per cent more often than non-smok ers. Smokers complained of irritation of the nose and throat 167 per cent more often than non-smokers. Smok ers complained of palpitation 50 per cent more often than non-smokers. Smokers complained of pain over the heart 73 per cent more often than non- smokers. Smokers complained of shortness of breath 140 per cent more often than non-smokers. Smokers complained of heartburn 100 per cent more often than non-smokers. Smok ers complained of excessive gas 62 per cent more often than non-smokers. Smokers complained of nervousness 76 per cent more often than non-smok ers. “From these figures it is evident that smoking is the cause of much suf fering and that it does influence health.” It is shameful that the harmfulness of tobacco is so hidden under lying advertisements in magazines and on the radio, that it is refreshing to see the truth published.
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