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such a mode- o f life is sufficient answer to silence all enemies (1 Peter ii. 11-21). How easy it is for those whose hearts and minds are biased, prejudiced, and envi ous, to see flaws in so wonderful a life as that lived by the Apostle Paul, but so it was, and so it is today. Too often is human opinion colored by human prejudice. A seared conscience will not see good in even the best o f men (cf. 2 Peter ii. 10-18; Jude 8—16). W e repeat that Paul is not defending him self, but his ministry. He would not have the gospel nor his ministry vilified or any blame attached to them (vi. 3; viii. 20) nor by any reputed self-seeking, insincerity, or dissembling on his part. ------------0 ------------ FROM A LITTLE FIRE Great Results Obtained from a Young Men’s Bible Class D EGINNING with a Bible Class of seven young men, the Fishermen’s Club o f Los Angeles has been able, through the blessing o f God and a strict adherence to a definite policy, to demonstrate that the Bible has lost none o f its power with young men. Briefly, the following may be said o f the Club: It has never known a holiday. It has never had a secular lecture. It has never had an entertainment. It has never had any schemes for getting members. It has never sought to be popular, or It has never had a musical program. It has never had office-seeking members. It has never had any dues. It has never pandered to any worldly influence. It has had faithful officers. depended upon popular speakers. It has never had but one teacher.
It has had praying members. , It has held hundreds o f meetings. It has made hundreds o f converts. It has helped to support missionaries. It has a definite statement o f belief to which every member subscribes. It has had a definite object, and high ideals for its membership. Its spirit is evangelistic and soul-saving. At the eleventh anniversary o f the Club, held in May, the following interesting facts concerning the proportion o f its members who are in active service, were presented: Foreign Missionaries, 18 Missionary Pastors, 7 Medical Missionaries, 2 Pastors, ' 26 Assistant Pastors, 2 Evangelists, 15 Assistant Chaplain, 1 Theological Students, 6 S. S. Teachers, . 20 Other lines o f Christian Work, 20 Preparing for Christian Work, 28 U. S. Army, 21 166 In addition to this, it may be said that the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles, with its world-wide work, is the outgrowth o f this club and the Lyceum Club, a corresponding group o f young women. This should be a great encouragement to every Bible Class teacher, proving that the whole Bible and the old Bible, and faith unfeigned, and a definite purpose to expound the Word of God and press the claims o f a dedicated life, and the obligation to give the Gospel to the whole world, on the part o f every believer, cannot fail to bring results. Further particulars concerning the Fish ermen s Club can be had by addressing the teacher o f the club, T. C. Horton, Super intendent o f the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles, Total, , _
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