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done?” we grumble, “or expect to do anything worth while, when there is so little chance of concentration. If we could be hermits and live in a cave, it might be possible,” we reason sadly. Remember, David had an interruption . ... when he was suddenly called from his task of minding sheep, to. join the feast at his father’s house at Bethlehem. When he was hurriedly fetched from the field, he had little idea that he was to be anointed king over Israel. —Gertrude M. Daniels. 24. Shining Faith “Who is among you that . . . walketh in darkness, . . . let him trust in the name of the Lord” (Isa. 50:10). When nothing whereon to lean remains, When strongholds crumble to dust; When nothing is sure but that God still reigns, That is the time to trust. ’Tis better to walk by faith than sight In this path of yours and mine; And the pitch black night, When there’s no outer light, Is the hour for faith to shine. —Selected. 25. Kindness, unto God “I remember . . . the kindness of thy youth” (Jer. 2:2). Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me ? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hard with me ? There is no joy in the soul that has forgot ten what God prizes. It is a great thing to think that Jesus Christ has need of me.—Oswald Chambers. 26. Intercession “Pray one for another” (Jas. 5:16). Having seen God, having seen our selves, and having had our personal need supplied, we are fit and free to take the need of others to the throne of grace. In petition, two are engaged —the soul and God—one to speak, and the Other to hear; but in intercession, there must be at least three, the one who speaks, the One spoken to, and one spoken for.»—W. Graham Scroggie. 27. More Than Worth While “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy stat utes” (Psa 119:71). Lessons that can be learned only in thé valley of. tears and heartaches! Would we not have missed much if we had not passed through these trials and shed these tears? Truly we “would have missed the softness of the hand which wiped them away.” And if through them we have been brought closer to our heavenly Father . . . , has it not been more than worth while? Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad. —Pauline Webb.
28. Friendship with the World “Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoso ever therefore will b e ' a friend of the world is the enemy of God” (Jas. 4:4). Until people come to the place where they fear God more than they fear men, they will be swayed by what the people think. Some, like Pilate, will wash their hands from a little conviction . . ., clean up a few bad habits, and hope to make it to heaven; but as long as they fellowship with the world on its own plane, they are sure to crucify Christ, afresh even as Pilate crucified Him. —Selected. 29. “Crucified” Workers “God forbid that 1 should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world” (Gal. 6:14). If I am “crucified with Christ,” , . . it will imply that the world and its goals and its gods must never again eclipse the Sun of righteousness. They often do, even with Christian workers. We may find that we are really living for "our work,” for reputation, for place, for power, for man’s esteem, and that we have grown so big as to get in God’s way, until for the highest service we are “castaway.” —Northcote Deck. 80. Dependence “He only is my rock and my salva tion; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved” (Psa. 62:2). Slowly the things of time crumble away beneath the forces of this world, and when our dependence is upon them, suddenly we must awake to the reali zation that we are without defense, bare and exposed to the stormy gales of life before which flesh can but fall. Whereas when the Almighty is our de fense, we may falter, that the weakness of our flesh might be known; but He Will not suffer us to “be greatly moved.” •—Eugene Crow. 81. The Privilege of Waiting “On thee do I wait all the day” •(Psa. 25:5). Patience is the fair handmaid and daughter of faitn; we cheerfully wait when we are certain that we shall not wait in vain. It is our duty and our privilege to wait upon the Lord in service, in worship, in expectancy, in trust, all the days of our life. Our faith will be tried faith, and if it be of the true kind, it will bear contin ued trial without yielding. —Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Nurses Invited The Christian Nurses Association Of Philadelphia announces, a meeting for Friday, May 17, 1940, in the Tenth Pres byterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Nurses who will be attending the 1940 biennial convention of the . three na-
tional nursing organizations which will convene in Philadelphia May 12 to 18 are cordially invited. The purpose of the Christian Nurses Association is to promote Christian fel lowship among nurses and to bring to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ any unsaved nurses who will ac cept Him. Mrs. Margaret L. Kratz, R. N., the able president of the asso ciation, asks prayer for this work. The American Baptist Publication So ciety, whose founding dates back to 1824, announces the appointment of Hugh E. Whirry to Succeed P. C. Pal mer as manager of the Los Angeles store at 352 South Spring Street. Mr. Palmer has retired, after twenty-five years of service with the Society—nine years in Philadelphia and sixteen in Los Angeles. For the past year, Mr. Whirry has been acting as assistant manager in charge of the accounting, mail order and shipping departments. Previously, he spent four years in a similar capacity in the Seattle branch of the Society. The Baptist Book Store is one of the best stocked church supply houses in the West. With Emphasis on Evangelism . That Bob Jones College, Cleveland, Tenn., is a unique institution is indicated on every hand. Some of the striking facts about the school, contained in a personal letter from the President, Bob Jones, to a member of THE KING’S BUSINESS staff, demand to be shared with praying Christian readers. “We are not advertising just *to get students,” Dr. Jones writes. “In fact, we ~are limiting our attendance to a maximum of five hundred dormitory students, and we matriculated more than that this year. In reality, our in stitution is a base of propaganda. We are hoping to create a national psycho logical situation which will force other orthodox institutions to testify and ad vertise their goods. We are also hoping to slow down, to some extent at least, the modernistic tendency of certain in stitutions in this country. Most institu tions become an end in themselves; Bob Jones College is a means to an end. “Out of five hundred students matric ulated this year, we have one hundred sixty-two young men preparing for the ministry. Our ministerial students preach to the largest audiences of any ministerial students in the United States. We teach them how to ‘load the gospel gun’ and how to ‘shoot it.’ ” Bob Jones College stresses evangel ism, in all its practical and vivifying phases—an outstanding need of thU present chaotic age. New Manager for Baptist Book Store
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