assist and the opponent was put out. In baseball, or any other sport, this is called “teamwork.” It is the same for our Christian lives. If you see someone who is falling down on the job, jump in and help out. Don’t make fun of him like so many others would do. Such disunity is the clever tool Satan uses to destroy the effec tiveness of many churches. As a believer do you enjoy min gling with God’s dear saints as you walk with God? The purpose is that each one may help the other to know the Saviour better, to serve the Lord more effectively, to walk with Christ more closely. Why don’t you do that? I commend this practice to you. By following the Scriptural exhortation, your heart will be glad and you will be a singing saint. O N G R O W IN G O L D Lord, Thou knowest better than 1 know myself that I am growing older and will some day be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. Release me from crav ing to straighten out everybody else’s af fairs. Make me thoughtful, but not moody; helpful, but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all, but Thou knowest. Lord that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains. They are increasing, and love of rehearsing them seems to become sweet er as the years go by. I’m not asking for grace enough to enjoy the tales of others’ pains, but at least help me to endure them with patience. I dare not ask for improved memory, but rather for growing humility and a lessening absolute sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memo ries of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mis taken. Keep me as sweet as possible (“per fect" people are so hard to live with). It seems that a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in un expected places and talents in unexpect ed people. And give me, Lord, the grace to tell them so.
S P E C IA L G LA S SE S How many people do you know who are really interested in others? The Bi ble tells us not to look only at our own things but rather to consider the needs of others. While two children were talk ing about how they would hate to have to wear glasses, one thoughtfully in jected, “Actually I wouldn’t mind hav ing to use them if I could have the kind my grandmother wears.” “What kind are those?” her friend wondered. The first tried to explain, “Well, hers lets her see when folks are tired or sad, and what will make them feel better. She seems to see what you mean to do even if you haven’t gotten things done just right or said them just right. I asked her one day why she could see things that way, and she told me that it was the way she had learned to look at things since grow ing older. So, you see, it must be in Granny’s specs." This dear saint of God had “glasses of grace." How we need them, too, as we consider our relatives, loved ones, neighbors, and others with whom we come in contact. The loving eyes of our Saviour always looked with compassion on the multitudes. Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland (left), Blola president, stands at the door of tho new "Rose of Sharon" Prayer Chapel with Steve Hickerson, president of the Associated Student Body at the recent dedica tion ot tho structure. Away from tho busy stream ot Campus activities, the building w ill provide a place lor students to meet for fellowship and communion with the Lord. The lovely facility was a gift ot a former Biola student.
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