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THE SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE— Ruth Paxson . .............................................. 6 MR. GOSPEL CHORUS— The story of Phil Kerr .................. 8 UNKEPT VINEYARDS— Martha S. Hooker ............................................ 11 KOREAN REPORT— In photo and story— Russ Killman ....................... 12
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READER REACTION ........................................................................................ 4 FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK ......................................................................... 5 WORLD NEWSGRAMS— James O. Henry ................................................. 16 CHURCH OF THE MONTH— Calvary Baptist, New York City ........ 18 OUT OF THE LAB— Donald S. Robertson ............................... .............. 19 BOOK REVIEWS— Donald G. Davis ............................................................. 20 HYMNS YOU LOVE— Phil Kerr .................................................................... 21 FINEST OF THE WHEAT— Glenn F. O'Neal ....................................... 22 PHILOSOPHY IN LIFE— Paul M. Aijian ..................................................... 23 JUNIOR KING'S BUSINESS— Martha S. Hooker ................................... 30 BIOLA FAMILY CIRCLE .............................................................................. 32 IN CHRIST IS LIFE— A column for the non-Christian ........................ 33 UNDER THE PARSONAGE ROOF— Althea S. Miller .......................... 49 ADVERTISERS' INDEX ...... .......................................................................... ^0 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION LOOKING AHEAD IN CHRISTIAN ED— Margaret Jacobsen ............ 36 YOUNG PEOPLE'S TOPICS— Chester J. Padgett ................. .............. 37 SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS— Homer A. Kent, Allison Arrowood .. 43 OBJECT LESSONS— Elmer L. Wilder ........................................................ 48 COVER Our photographer-reporter covering the Koreon truce signing was so busy grinding out a movie for the Bible Institute of Los Angeles that we7re surprised he had time to come up with a photo story at all. But he did. Cover photo shows the tent where the historic truce was signed. For the complete story see pages 12-15. — Photo by Russ Killman. DR. TALBOT'S QUESTION BOX 24 THEOLOGICALLY THINKING— Gerald B. Stanton ................................. 25 TALKING IT OVER— A psychologist answers— Clyde Narramore .... 26 THE SCOPE OF MISSIONS— Oran H. Smith ............................................. 27
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TV—‘Blessing or Curse? P robably every generation has been faced with some sort of problem- entertainment. In the immediate past here in America the big hue and cry for conservative Christians has been the dime novel, the motion picture, the modem dance and now television. Many fundamental Christians have been openly surprised by the way TV has been welcomed. The shocker is that some Christians who have tabbed movies a device of the devil now embrace TV without a qualm. When you talk to some Christian TV owners about the problem you somehow get the idea that their thinking about it is almost as blurred as the reception of their favorite TV movie. Actually from a moral point of view there is no difference between viewing a movie on TV or in a local theater. However, some Christians do feel that there is a difference since they do not have to walk up to a box office and pay money. But the industry is being financially supported in both cases even though the money is collected in different ways. Aside from any moral issue it would seem TV is a medium of com munication that bears close watching. Educational psychologists tell us that there is a grave danger of producing a generation of intellectually blunted people. When we read a book we actively participate (in a men tal sense) but when we view TV we just passively absorb what pours forth upon us. Probably of more immediate concern to Christians is the fact that TV is a great robber of time. Before TV when we went to a friend’s home we could spend a profitable evening in conversation but now all-too-often we are subjected to an evening of second-rate entertainment without a single worth-while thought ever being developed through conversation. One of the most logical arguments we know of for not going to movies is that it takes time from more worth-while things. TV is far more guilty here. It would be well for every TV owner to write down on paper for a week the time spent before his set and then compare it with the time spent in prayer, in the Word and in witnessing. If TV is the winner then perhaps it is a curse and not a blessing. — L. H. W ith The Lord T o the saints at home and abroad comes the news of the translation to her heavenly home of Mrs. R. A. (Clara B.) Torrey. Mrs. Torrey, quiet in manner and speech, was nevertheless a real tower of strength to her distinguished husband, the first pastor of the Church of the Open Door and vibrant inspiration to the founders of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Dr. Torrey was a world-evangelist of mighty power, and Mrs. Tor rey made it a point to travel with him as the family matured. She obeyed the injunction in Proverbs 31: “ She looketh well to the ways of her household . . . Her children arise up and call her blessed; her hus band also, and he praiseth her.” Mrs. Torrey maintained a residence at 618 N. Wheaton Ave., Wheaton, 111., with her daughter Edith, teacher of Bible at Wheaton Col lege. Funeral services were conducted by her grandson, the Rev. Archer Torrey. The body was laid to rest beside her husband in Montrose, Pa., in a spot beloved by both Dr. and Mrs. Torrey. Biola faculty and staff sincerely sympathize with the family who grieve not as those who have no hope. (Further particulars not obtainable at the present time. — Ed.)
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A ccording to the Word of God, there are just two positions in which any human can be—one is the posi tion of the sinner, the other that of the saint. These two positions are radically different. The sinner is in Satan, in the world and in the flesh. As a result, he is under the dicta tion of the devil, the direction of the world and the domination of the flesh (Eph. 2:1-3). The sinner’s life is Satan-centered, world-conformed and flesh-controlled. The sinner is part of this trinity of evil and hate. The position of the saint is the exact antithesis of that of the sin ner. According to the Word of God, he is a “ saint” in respect to his posi tion, because he has believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour. He has put his trust in the atoning blood of the Son of God. In so doing, he has passed from the former side of the Cross into an ut terly new realm. He is now in Christ, in the Church, and in the Spirit. Ephesians 2:4-6 tells us that the be liever has been quickened together with Christ, raised up together with Christ and made to sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus. His life is therefore Christ-centered, Christ- conformed and Spirit-controlled. He is part of the trinity of holiness and love. That the Christian’s condition may correspond with his position, the Holy Spirit, whose baptism he re ceived at the moment of his new birth, is his Sanctifier. As such, He is the One who will, in actual ex perience, separate the Christian from all that pertains to the world and the flesh, and will separate him unto all that pertains to Christ and the Church and the Spirit. In this new sphere, it is as the Holy Spirit infills the yielded, trust ing Christian that He accomplishes His work as Sanctifier. Is the fullness of the Holy Spirit optional? May I choose whether I will be filled or not? Hear what the Word of God says to those whom Christ has saved: “ Be filled with the Spirit” (Eph. 5:18). And that is a command. It is God’s will. Two Classes of Christians But with crystal clearness we see from Scripture that there are two kinds of Christians. Is it not strange
that it is possible for there to be two kinds of Christians, since the fountain of life is the same for each? Each has been brought into living, vital one ness with the Lord Jesus Christ, each has been given the blessed gift of the Holy Spirit to do the same work in each, and yet there is such a dif ference in the quality of the lives of Christians that in God’s Word He calls the one a carnal Christian, and the other a spiritual Christian. And we are told that the carnal Christians are those that remain babes in Christ. They never grow up. There is very little evident 'spiritual growth. Then, in contrast, there is the spir itual Christian, who is the full- grown, mature, ever-growing Chris tian. He is the one who, no matter how spiritual he is, is becoming more spiritual all the time; knowing the Lord Jesus Christ better, loving Him better, revealing Him more perfectly in his life day hy day to others, hav ing the power of the Lord manifested in his life, having the passion of the Lord for souls. Friend, if you are a believer in Christ, which type of Christian are you? You are either one or the other. Which are you—a carnal Christian or a spiritual Christian? Every one of us ought to know which kind he is. Other people know. Your family knows, your friends know, your church knows. You and I should know. And we should be willing to face honestly that question. A carnal Christian is a sick Chris tian. Why is it that we care so much more for physical health than for spiritual health? Why is it that we care so much more for the filthy lucre of the world than we care for the unsearchable riches of Christ? How to Change Classifications The surest way to become a spirit ual Christian is to acknowledge that you are carnal. When once you say it and frankly acknowledge that you now care more for the things of earth and time and sense than you care for the things of heaven and eternity and Christ, you have taken the first step toward getting out of a life of carnality into a life of spirit uality. That is the hardest step to take. We cannot bear to acknowledge what we are. Is this not true? Friends THE KING'S BUSINESS
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have come to me to talk over their spiritual condition, and it takes about one half an hour, as a rule, to get them to admit that they are what they know they are. They came to talk it over because they were that, but they just cannot come to the point of actually saying out and out, “Yes, that is what I am.” That is just the issue the Lord is having with most of us all the time. We will not admit the presence within us of that hideous, hateful thing called self, that great capital 7. Oh, how clearly we see it in the other fellow and go around telling everyone else how bad it is in other people. We have long sight but no short sight—we are not shortsighted enough to see that ugly thing in our selves that others see in us as clearly as we see it in them. That is just where our trouble begins, and we will never get out of Romans 7 to live in Romans 8 until we are will ing to acknowledge our presence in Romans 7 and start from there. What do we find in Romans 7? It is a picture of a carnal Christian, de feated, discouraged, yes, despairing; one who comes to cry out from the depths of his innermost being, “ 0 wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” (v. 24). Have you come to that place? I believe we must get to the end of Romans 7 before we can get into, Romans 8. Or it may be we reach the end of Romans 7 and stay there instead of going on into Ro mans 8, because we do not know the way. A Question of Relationships Other times, the difficulty is that we are unwilling to pay the price of the transfer from one experience to the other. The Christian has to make a choice. He must choose between the rulership of self and the Lordship of Jesus Christ. No Christian can possibly live a life of victory with out making that choice. The root- reason for every defeat in your life and mine lies right there. There must be a definite, intelligent, final choice of Jesus Christ as Lord if there is going to be a life of victory with its resultant peace and rest and power. In Romans 7, as we go on to the next verse after that anguished cry, we read, “ I thank God through
Jesus Christ our Lord.” There is the way of victory as far as our relation ship to Christ is concerned. We give to Him the absolute, undivided Lord- ship over our lives. Have you done that? Do not say you do not know whether you have yielded Him Lord- ship or not. Friend, if you do not know, you have not done it. If you have truly crowned Christ' as Lord, you know. Within a half day after you do it, you will know, because the Lord will exercise His Lordship. That is the reason He wants sovereignty over you and me, and the moment He begins to exercise it, you—your self-life—begin to kick, to rebel, to resist. You will know whether He is exercising His Lordship or not. Then we must come into a new adjustment with the Holy Spirit, in order that there may be complete and continuous victory over our three enemies—Satan, the world, and the flesh. You and I have but a twofold concern. Our concern is that we are in a right and full relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ, and a right and full adjustment to the Holy Spirit. When we are, we do not have to be parleying with the devil. Our defeat often lies here. We try to deal di rectly with the devil, and we in our selves are no match for him, and we. never will be. He already has been dealt with at the cross, and we need only to utilize Christ’s victory. Furthermore, we are trying to deal with the world in every little allure ment and enticement it brings up and to decide whether we should do a specific thing this time. I hear this, “Oh yes, I do not go to any but just certain elite mpvies. And I choose the kind of movie to which I go.” Consequently, every time you have to find out whether it is the right kind of movie. You think it is, and when you get there you find it is not! At Calvary, the “world”—that Satan-dominated system that is op posed to God—has been taken care of; the flesh has been taken care of. Your concern is to see that you are rightly connected and related to the Lord Jesus Christ, who has taken care of it all, and rightly adjusted to the Holy Spirit who is in you to keep you satisfied, by keeping you occupied with Christ.
Where Do You Live? In First Corimhians, the carnal Ghristian and the spiritual Christian are the same in position. The car nal Christian is both in Christ and in the Spirit, the same as is the spiritual Christian. But there is a marked, evident contrast in their con dition. What is the reason for this? There is conflict all the way through Romans 7, with the result of defeat and discouragement and despair. There is conflict in Romans 8. As long as we live, even up to the last breath we breathe, we will be conscious of that conflict, and we will be a part of it because the flesh remains. There is no point to a great deal that is said in the first part of Romans 8, if the flesh is not still there. But there is conquest in con flict. There is victory, there is rest fulness, there is joy, there is peace, and there is an emancipation in Ro mans. 8. So Romans 8 is the home of the spiritual Christian. Is it your home? Is it where you habitually live? In traveling in Europe, my co worker and I had one very great difficulty. As soon as we arrived in a city, we were presented with a police blank to be filled out in de tail. Most of the questions we could answer quite easily, but one of them was difficult: “What is your per manent address?” We do not have one, so what could we put down? I always wanted to write, “With Christ in the heavenlies,” but I was afraid that if I did this I might be arrested as an international spy. So I could answer that question only in a gen eral way. My permanent address is “With Christ in the heavenlies.” It ought to be yours. Is it? The permanent residence of every Christian is, in God’s thought, “ In Christ in the heavenlies.” That is the place where you and I should live habitually. We are just pilgrims down here. God says so. I wonder whether some of us who are looking forward to the Lord’s return are “All packed and ready to go,” or are held down by the cables of earthly posses sions. All the mere things of earth will have to be left behind. But if you are already up yonder, in spirit and thought, It is not going to be continued on page 33 7
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— Paul Wolfe Photo Pictured at the Monday Musicals are Paul Myers (radio's First Mate Bob), Hawaiian guitarist Sol Hoopi, accordionist Arnie Hartman, cowboy actor Redd Harper and Phil Kerr. Mr. Go spe l Chorus
Phil Kerr has well-earned the title "M r . Gospel Chorus He has written over3 ,000 choruses and 200 gospel hymns and conducts a musical that has drawn interest across the nation .
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A cross America today there is one name that is almost synonomous with the phrase gospel chorus. The name: Phil Kerr. It is hardly likely that any young peoples’ sing would be complete without includ ing several of the more than 3,000 choruses and 200 gospel hymns com posed by Phil Kerr. The man who today is Mr. Gospel Chorus began his musical training at the age of six. His mother’s ex perience as a music teacher plus the regular music courses at school were the basis of Phil’s present musical success. His early years were spent traveling throughout Mexico with his missionary parents. Later the family returned to the states where they operated several gospel missions on the west coast. For a while Phil drifted away from his early faith apd it wasn’t until 1926 that he fully surrendered his life for full-time evangelistic work. An ordained minister, he spends most of -his time preaching when he isn’t busy with the famous Monday Musicals held each week for the past nine years in Pasadena, Calif. An un usual program filled with a variety of talent is presented to a capacity crowd in the civic auditorium. It may be a famous artist like Redd Harper or Tim Spencer who will sing or play. But it isn’t necessary that the artist be a “name” per former. The program is open to all who can present a musical testimony. The musicals aren’t just get-to gethers to entertain Christians. Big- name musical artists like Bill Carle and Arnie Hartman, along with a host of others, have found the Lord through the influence of the Monday Musicals. People who know Phil Kerr will say he’s the kind of Christian most other Christians would like to be. And he seems utterly devoid of de nominational prejudices. If it’s a Christ-honoring church then Phil Kerr is at home there. It doesn’t mat ter if the church is Four Square or Presbyterian. Phil Kerr shuns an ostentatious display of worldly possessions. If there is any money left over from his meetings that money is likely to find its way to some retired hymn writer. Once Phil scraped up enough money to give an aged song writer and his wife a trip from the east coast to California. The occasion was the couple’s golden wedding an niversary. Phil never worries about having money for himself. He and his attractive wife Iris live in a mod est one-bedroom duplex house in one MORE ►
— Paul Wolfe Photo The Pasadena, Calif. Civic Auditorium is always packed for Phil Kerr's Monday Musicals.
— Paul Wolfe Photo The Musicals feature a variety of talent with stars like Redd Harper and Tim Spencer.
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Mr. Gospel Chorus continued The Kerrs Live in a Modest Duplex in Glendale, Calif.
of the older sections of Glendale. Phil and Iris met at a revival meet ing in Texas and will celebrate their 26th anniversary this November 9. Any spare time away, from the pul pit or keyboard is spent working in their little garden. Meatloaf and southern pecan pie are among Phil’s favorites when eating time comes around. Probably among the most popular of his songs are In Love With The Lover of My Soul, Melody Divine and Why Should I Care if the Sun Doesn’t Shine?
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before Him. But the Great Husband man, with love and tenderness and skill, will care for our heart- vine yards if we but yield Him control. So many things need to be removed and cut away. The pruning makes for fruitfulness! The Word of God, ministered in the power of the Holy Spirit, is the Christian’s food and source of nour ishment and strength. How precious are His words, “More to be desired are they than gold . . . sweeter also than honey arid the honeycomb” (Psa. 19:10). “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart” (Jer. 175:16). Linked with the meditation of the Word will be the prayer-time; for through the Word He speaks to us and in prayer we speak to Him. This is communion — the great need in heart-vineyard care. The vineyardist not only gives his time to the cultivation and care of his vineyard but he is constantly on the watch for enemies of the vines. He must frequently inspect the fences and walls lest through a broken- down place animals enter and spoil the tender vines. We as Christians need to be watch ful and alert to any enemy of the vineyard that would spoil the vines and hinder spiritual growth. In the Song of Songs we read of the “ little foxes.” “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines,” the bride beseeches her Beloved, “for our vines have tender grapes.” The little foxes attack a vineyard so' subtilely. They can creep in through a very small, easily un noticed aperture in the wall — but their despoiling is great. The little foxes which would rob us of the full growth and development of the fruit of the Spirit—“ love, joy, peace, long- suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.” Such little foxes as fretfulness, complaining, ex aggerations, anxiety, worry, pride, and many others stealthily creep in unawares and the Christian, over whelmed, again cries out, “Mine own vineyard have I not kept.” How, then, are these little foxes to be taken, and the tender vines again allowed to flourish? The secret is dis covered in the very verse that de scribes the work of these despoilers of the vines. The one who is called my lover calls upon her Beloved in these words, “Take us the foxes.” She realizes that in her own strength she can never put the foxes, even little ones to rout, but together with Him, in His strength, it is possible. He is able to deliver! END.
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&ir Martha S. Hooker Associate Professor of Christian Education, Biola Bible College
T hey made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vine yard have I not kept.” These are the words of regret and lament of the bride in the Song of Solomon and how well they could be the very words of our lips as we consider our own heart-vineyards before the Great Husbandman, the Lord Jesus! Activity seems to be the fashion of the day in which we live. Many Christians are “ cumbered about with much serving.” “They [have] made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept” might well be the heart-cry of many in the Lord’s service. It is true that our Lord in His Word commands service; but not to the exclusion of those exercises that make for a well-kept heart-vineyard. God’s Word also has much to say about the quiet time with Him alone. “He that goeth aside to sit quietly in the secret place with the most High, will find him coming over so close that this man shall be lodging under the very shadow of the Al mighty” (Psa. 91:1, Free Transla tion). “ Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while,” was our Lord’s invitation to the weary, serving disciples. “Be still, and know that I am God,” the Psalmist ex horted, and of Mary who sat often at Jesus’ feet, we hear His own com mendation in the words, “Mary hath chosen . . . [the better] part.” Our Lord Himself, when here upon earth, was wont to go apart alone for prayer and communion. In Matthew 14:23 we read, “He went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when everting was come, he was there alone.” If He, our Lord, needed this “ time apart,” how much more do we. Yes, each one needs to find a place that will become a place of solitude if the heart-vineyard is to be kept. If service is to be rendered in power there must needs be a balance
of the time spent alone with Him in the secret place and the time spent in activity. “They have made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.” Considering again the unkept vine yard of Proverbs, we notice that not only was it void of fruitfulness and beauty, but the “ stone wall was broken down.” This wall had served to protect the vineyard, to separate it from another, to keep it set aside for the owner of the vineyard. How often as we examine our “vineyards,” the vineyard of our own spiritual life, do we find a need for repairs, a wall broken down; perhaps- the wall of prayer, of feeding upon the Word, of some neglect that has robbed our vineyard of beauty, growth and fruit fulness. The world with its allurements calls loudly and sometimes there is a listening, a heeding, and the wall of separation begins to crumble, to break down. “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separ ate, saith the Lord” (2 Cor. 6:17). “And be not conformed to this world” (Rom. 12:2). These are His clear and definite commands. Yes, our walls often need repairs and there is One who ever stands ready to repair the broken walls, even the Great Repairer of souls, the Lord Jesus Himself. Those who are acquainted with the grape industry know something of the care of the vineyard that is neces sary in order to produce the fruit of the vine. One thing that is very significant in the care of a vineyard is the pruning. Many of us have seen the vines so pruned and cut away that there seemed to be no possibility of growth or fruitfulness; but at the right time these same vines flourish in the beauty of foliage and in an abundant yield of fruit. So in our lives there is to be fruit, and more fruit and much fruit. So many things displeasing to Him, we discover in the vineyard of our souls, as we wait
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An E x c lu sive o n -th e -sp o t P h o to S to r y b y Ku ss Hillman
The Bing’s Business magazine’ s reporter-photog rapher Russ Hillman was the only American representing a Christian magazine or film com pany at the signing of the truce. Before the cease fire he visited the front lines and then sat in on the actual signing. This is his eye-witness report.
In the evangelical field Russ Killman (Biola '49) scored a complete scoop when he got through to the front lines for the truce-signing. While there he filmed a full-length documentary film to be released soon by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. While Korea has spelled heartache and tragedy for many American and United Nation families the greatest tragedy of Korea is to be seen in the broken and tom land and destitute and homeless Korean people. All the men that South Korea could muster were fighting in the ROK forces, who had as their aim the unification of North and South Korea. One day we visited the famed Capital division of the ROK army. A few months ago the enemy hit this division with an overwhelming force. In the bitter fighting that followed the division lost 4,000 of their 10,000 men, and were forced to retreat. We spoke with the chaplain who had been on the front during that crucial hour. He told us of the outstanding courage of the men under fire, a courage that can only come from a strong faith in Christ. For the Korean civilians life is a grim struggle to survive. Those who fled from North Korea have left their homes and fields which gave them their livelihood. Today in the Taegu- Pusan area millions of refugees have fashioned homes out of the cardboard boxes discarded by the G.I’s. These shack-towns are often hit by fire and when one is, the entire town is usu ally gutted. The inhabitants of one such shack-town in Pusan, their card board homes having been burned, were living in tents. Their fervor for Christ still strong, they determined to build a chinch in their tent-vil lage. They wanted to show their gratitude to God for His faithfulness toward them thus far. In order to build their church they, pooled all their valuables and sold them on the THE KING'S BUSINESS
T he truce story of Kawsong and Panmunjom started on June 24, 1951 with the suggestion that a Korean cease-fire and armistice be ar ranged. It ended this July 26, after 575 bitter meetings spread over two years and 17 days. Here is the story of this land of Korea as I saw it. After traveling north from Pusan via a military train I came to the bombed-out city of Seoul which had been overrun four different times in battle. The United Nations Armies had fought their way back north of the 38th parallel about 30 miles at each point. Visiting the front for four days I saw the various nations bunkered in on the low hills with the enemy holding all the high hills to the .north. The war turned into a stalemate with our forces feel ing a sense of frustration in their futile attempt to rout the enemy. One night while with a tank corps I witnessed the odd humor of the Communists. While the tanks were rolling through no man’s land the enemy played “Pomp and Circum stance” on the tank corps radio fre quency. When the tanks swung into position on the main line of resist ance the music stopped and a voice in English said, “Welcome gentle men to the line.” The payoff came when on the same frequency this voice welcomed the new lieutenant into the line for the first time. As we returned to the tank corps camp the. officers told us many stories of their contacts with the enemy. Yet with all the modem implements of warfare the battle seemed stifled with a new piece of equipment called higher authority.
at Nunsan-ni, being briefed by a colonel in charge of the United Na tions correspondents. Doug Bushby of Australia had his credentials given him for the trip to Panmunjom. My only credentials were a pair of khaki trousers and shirt. We climbed into our jeep and passed through four M.P. check-points and finally we found ourselves at Panmunjom. It was interesting to see our dele gates of the United Nations coming to the area by helicopters. Across the grounds the Korean People’s Army and Chinese People’s Volun teers delegates were arriving by out dated 1947 seven-passenger Chrysler sedans and modem Russian-built jeeps. When all the delegates were assembled in the building, Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison, Jr., and Lt. Gen. Nam II came out of their respective
open market. When they finished they had a total of $8,000 U. S. cur rency. They said, “This is just a love offering to God for His goodness towards us.” Today in Pusan stands a newly erected stone church to the glory of Christ. Before the war, the Presbyterian Church was extremely strong in North Korea but weak in South Ko rea. When the Communist forces came down from the north it drove the church south and with it the fer vor of the North Korean Christians. Although my time in Korea was brief I saw over and over again evi dences of the strength and sincerity of the Korean Christians. It is only fitting that I close by tell ing our experiences at Panmuniom when the now historic peace truce was signed. We had spent the night
tents and entered the building seat ing themselves between the delegates. At each table were nine documents which each general had to sign. There wasn’t a sound other than the hum of the newsmen’s Cameras. Ex actly 12 minutes later the negotiators walked out without saying a word to each other. Twelve hours later as the small silvery moon came up over the clouded Korean hills some shouts went up while a few stayed by their phones to see if it were really true. Nylon vests, though discarded, were kept in reach just in case. Though the guns were silenced, keyed-up emotions stole their sleep. Commu nist-operated loudspeakers blared, “Congratulations to the United Na tions Forces.” I wondered, what price truce? m o r e y
These are the United Nations' front-line bunkers Killman visited at war's end. Enemy held all the high grounds
Korean Report continued A War Where There is No Winner Has Left The Nation Exhausted
Photographed the same day on the Korean front, these two pictures tell the story of the survivors and those who gave their lives in a war where there is no winner.
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Some 10 million Koreans are homeless and nearly 150,000 orphaned for them, Note fly on baby's leg children have no one to
W h a t Y o u Can Do Christ said "whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name . . . shall not lose his reward." The need in Korea is great. Should you desire to help we suggest you read the ads on pages 17 and 44.
% KUBÀTES Chief UN negotiator Lt. Gen. William Harrison (2nd from right) holds pen used to sign truce. Gen. Harrison is a humble Christian with a strong testimony for Jesus Christ.
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resting place. The chinch was built in A.D. 59 and altered several times, but the altar has remained in place 1894 years. P oten tia l A lcoholics “Anyone can become an alco holic,” says an Ohio psychiatrist. Dr. Harrison S. Evans adds that the only known way to avoid alcoholism posi tively is: “Don’t drink.” Dr. Evans who recently addressed the delegates of the National Association of Pri vate Psychiatric Hospitals, of which he is president, told the convention that, “All of us are carrying around some pathological mental character istics. Alcoholism, drug addiction or insanity may be only a few steps away.” Fam ou s Founda tions C riticized America’s most famous foundations —Ford, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Rus sell Sage, Alfred P. Sloan—will be portrayed as radical and subversive forces here and abroad under the program planned by Representative Carroll Reece, Republican of Tennes see. The expose promises more sen sations than Senator McCarthy’s Crusade against Communism, and will assail the use to which so much of the nation’s accumulated wealth has been put by its heirs and ad ministrators. The Ford Foundation which tops the other enterprises in assets will be a special target of the investigation, principally because of its founding figures—Paul G. Hoffman, former head of the Economic Co-operation Administration, and Robert Maynard Hutchins, former president of the University of Chicago. Representative Reece points out that Hoffman once headed the Civil Rights Congress, which has been listed by the Depart ment of Justice as subversive. Mr. Reece insists that Hutchins rims the Ford show, and for him he reserves his severest criticism. He says, “The University of Chicago, under Hut chins has distinguished itself as the only institution of higher learning which has been investigated six times for immoral or subversive acti vities.” In criticizing the work of the Rockefeller Foundation, Representa
tive Reece says, “The Rockefeller Foundation . . .must take its share of the blame for the swing of the professors and students of China to Communism during the years pre ceding the successful Red revolution there. For two generations the Rocke feller Foundation played a guiding role in higher education in China.” He said, “ I am greatly concerned with what is being done with Ford Foundation millions in India. That nation is a potential ally of the So viet Union, and if the Ford Founda tion projects foster a pro-Soviet atti tude in India, the consequences may be disastrous to America.” M oon sh in e F lou rish es “Moonshine bootlegging today is a bigger business than ever, and the capacity of illicit stills is as great or greater than the spirits output of legal distillers.” This was the report of Benjamin Josephs, president of the Nationa l Retail Liquor Package Stores Association at a recent four- day convention of the Association. Josephs said, “We get reports that ‘the boys’ are busily dividing up the big cities to peddle their illicit stuff. The capacity of stills seized is equal ing or even surpassing the capacity of the legitimate distillers.” The Association has a powerful lobby in Washington trying to get a tax reduction on their product. They contend that the liquor tax which in some cases is 1000 per cent over production cost, is destroying their business and gives the moon shiners an open field. They are seek ing a cut of $4.40 per gallon federal tax. These same men who advocated repeal of Prohibition as a means of stopping bootlegging and moonshin- ing now tell us that it is the high tax on distillers that is responsible. F ly in y Saucers In terna tiona l People who claim they saw flying saucers, people who wrote about them, and painted them, convened re cently in Hollywood for a three-day convention, the first meeting of Fly ing Saucers International. $cience artist-exhibits, models, and books on the saucers were on exhibit at the convention. Discussions and lectures were also conducted.
P roh ib ition in Pakistan Pakistan will go completely dry next year, excise officials have stated recently in Karachi. Plans are being worked out to introduce prohibition throughout the country and a draft bill will probably be laid before thé Constituent Assembly next January or February. It is understood that for eigners will be allowed liquor on per mits. Until now there has been pro hibition in the Munjab, East Bengal and, to a lesser extent, in the North- West Frontier Province. In the rest of Pakistan, including Karachi, the sale and consumption of liquor has been allowed every day except Fri-> day. Our Prin ting B ill The debates of the members of Congress and the things they wanted printed during the recent session filled 16,211 Congressional Record pages. The printing cost was $1,371,- 724. The record itself, reporting on all but the last two days of the session, gave the figures indicating that House members talked a little more than four hours a day, Senators more than six hours a day. D isc o v e r y o f Garm en t W o r n B y V ir g in M a r y Discovery in Syria of a sash be lieved to have been worn by the Vir gin Mary was announced recently by American Archbishop Mar Athana sius Yeshue Samuel of the Assyrian Apostolic Orthodox Church. He said he learned of the discovery in a letter from Mar Ignatius Eph- rem I, Syrian Patriarch of Antioch and all the East. The letter said the sash was lo cated in a fragile glass case beneath the altar of the centuries-old Church of Our Lady of the Girdle of the Virgin Mary in Homs, Syria. The glass casing disintegrated at touch, according to the report. The letter also said that church leaders in April uncovered a docu ment written in the Aramaic lan guage in use at the time of Christ. It said the sash was buried beneath the church altar. An ancient legènd said the sash was in the church but specified no
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No one to "tuck them in" these Korean children, homeless because of the war, huddle together on the cold steps of a Government Building for a night's rest. A Straightforward Message to the Folhs at Home About the Most Ravished Fund in Historg . . . Winter Comes to Korea
thoroughly ravished country since Carthage was pillaged by the Romans in 146 B. C. Ten million people are homeless. The end of the war does not bring back their homes or re store the families that are broken. This will take months and years. The need is great now! We must not let ourselves become disillusioned about the present plight of the Koreans. Homeless Children —200,000 children have been orphaned in Korea as a re sult of the most brutal war in history. Only one-fourth of these are in or phanages, the others still roam the war-littered streets in search of bits of food and clothing—and shelter from the deadly cold. Can you im agine 150,000 children without any one to love them or care whether they live or die? Our Opportunity Now —The O.M.S. is not primarily a relief agency. Her task is to bring the gospel of Christ to men and women everywhere. To testify, however, in the face of such suffering would be mockery unless every effort were first put forth to bring comfort of mind and body. With every gift goes a testimony and a sincere prayer that this soul might find Christ. Our opportunity for bringing Christ to Korea is now!
The O.M.S. has in Korea: 300 organized churches with native pastors and Bible women (100 of these churches have to be completely rebuilt as a re sult of war destruction). 200 students in seminary train ing 15 orphanages—200 children 2 leprosariums—750 lepers 5 Christian high schools 2 widows’ homes 1 babies’ home for lepers’ children 40 chaplains in the Korean Army Besides bales of bedding and cloth ing, the O.M.S. is sending to Korea each month, huge shipments of specially processed food. Y o u r g i f t n o w may save someone from tragic death— may lead a soul to Christ. All gifts thus designated will be rushed immediately into re lief and rehabilitation of Ko reans. Direct all inquiries and gifts to: THE ORIENTAL
Some people think, now that the war is over, there is no more need for relief in Korea. Christian friends!—the need in Korea is appalling—far greater than any of us can comprehend. Yes, the shooting-war is over but millions, of Koreans have no homes to which they can return, no food, no clothing, not even the bare necessities of life. And whatever the hard ship, it is aggravated a thousand times right now by the coming of winter. We ask you to care fully and prayerfully read these facts about Korea and her true present condition. Winter In Korea —Normal winters in Korea are severe! But can you im agine yourself facing this winter’s snow and ice with only a few flimsy rags on your back—with no home but a few boards nailed together or the shelter of a bridge or culvert? Can you imagine your child an or phan—roaming rubble-strewn streets in search of food, clothing and shel ter? This is reality in Korea! Land Devasted —Korea is the most
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Church of the Month Calvary Baptist lew York City In the heart of a metropolis: A lighthouse for God ^|)he story of Calvary Baptist Church, towering light- I house for God in the heart of metropolitan New *- York, began 107 years ago. Since that time it has grown from a membership of 14 to its present 1,500 members. The church now owns a $2,500,000 17- story building on Manhattan’s busy 57th Street. They meet on the ground floor and the rest of the building is used by the church-owned Salisbury Hotel.
An outstanding group of men have pastored this church. Dr. Robert Mac- Arthur was among these and was there for nearly 42 years. Under his leadership the work grew and re ceived over 5,000 new members. Then back in 1923 when radio was in its infancy and there were less than 30 broadcasting stations in the country, Dr. John Roach Straton had a vision. Under his ministry Calvary set up the nation’s first religious broadcasting station (WQAO). Today the Calvary broadcast has the distinc tion of being the oldest continuing religious radio program on the air. Its programs now reach several of the eastern states and are beamed by short-wave around the world. A year after Dr. Will H. Hough ton took over the work, their new skyscraper church was dedicated. He was followed by William Ward Ayer, voted in a radio poll as New York’s third-leading citizen. He was with the church for 13 years and also active in the National Association of Evangelicals. In 1950 Dr. John S. Wimbish, a Moody Bible Institute graduate* came to take up this work in the heart of the world’s metropolis. He was' for merly pastor of the historic First Baptist Church of Edgefield, S. C. The church now supports 25 home and foreign missionaries. Over 60 short wave receiving sets have been purchased by the church and are being sent to mission fields around the world. This year’s missionary budget will run over $120,000.
Calvary church-goers stop to chat at foot of skyscraper cathedral on West 57th St.
Dr. John S. Wimbish heads radio ministry; Choir, below, reaches world air audience.
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