September, 1933
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penencc affords a remarkable illustration o f the chariots o f God. In Genesis 37, God revealed to him the goal, the high place, to which He purposed to carry him. From Genesis 41 onward, we have the record o f the reaching o f that goal. In between, we have what might be called the journey during which God sent various “ chariots” to carry Joseph on to triumph. Chariot Number One, hated by his brethren; Chariot Number Two, sold as a slave; Chariot Number Three, lied about, slandered by a wicked woman; Chariot Number Four, cast into prison; Chariot Number Five, forgotten by the butler. It looked as though Joseph were being taken farther from the goal rather than being brought nearer to it. But God was back o f all and overruling all, not approving the hatred, the lying, etc., but turning these things into His chariots for Joseph’s good. “ The ‘Failure’ of Internationalism at London” /f I n d e r this caption, the Literary Digest quotes excerpts V -l from various newspapers relative to the London Conference. While some contend that the conference was productive o f some good, it seems generally agreed that it failed to accomplish its primary purpose, namely, to point out a way by which the world-wide depression might be brought to an end. We quote: From the conference . . . has developed an intense nationalism . . Reluctantly . . . proponents of internationalism were forced to admit defeat and turn to nationalism. Down through the ages, the job o f successfully manag ing the world (or even portions thereof ) has proved to be too much for man. But the people who give heed to the prophetic word— the “ lamp shining in a dark place” __ know that the day is coming when the affairs of earth will be carried on properly. It will be when the government is placed on the shoulder o f our risen, glorified, coming King, Jesus Christ. There will then be a glorious “ International ism,” for “ all kings shall fall down before him ; all na tions shall serve him. He shall have dominion from sea to sea. In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abun dance o f peace” (Psa. 72:7, 8 , 11). “ Surely I come. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” Answering the Atheists I N A RECENT issue o f the Atlanta (Ga.) Journal, there JL appears a strong article under the caption, “ A Mourn ful Cry from Atheism.” The writer quotes from the sev enth annual report o f the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism, as follows: . The modernists seem to attack atheism only to screen their own unbelief. . . . Higher critics within the church, carrying on the work of Voltaire, Paine, and Ingersoll, in milder lan- guage it is admitted, have made many Christians so ashamed of their creed that we now hear of that acme of absurdity, “a creedless faith”—of persons who believe without believing anything. Thus Christianity slowly dis solves. Commenting on these statements, the writer in the Atlanta Journal remarks: / The organized atheists surely know who are their best allies, and preachers who find themselves allied with atheism may well inquire what is the source of their apostasy . . . Preachers who proclaim anything whereby faith is diminished impair their own force for good and damage the minds and hearts of their hearers. The supreme need of our times is not increased doubts, but strengthened faith . . . What is needed is positive faith and not puerile unbelief . . . As the doubters of former times and their dubious teachings have fallen into negligence and forgetfulness, so the propagators of rationalism in our day will pass away. The modernists of the present are doomed to be the forgotten men of the future. But the JVord o f the Lord will abide forever.
. These are strong and courageous words for a secular journal to print. They should be a rebuke to cold, lacka daisical professing Christians who have a form o f godli ness but deny the power thereof—men and women by the hundreds who fill our churches but who know nothing of personal regeneration and care for nothing, seemingly, beyond that which pleases their aesthetic tastes. Words like these ought also to spur on to increased faith and testi mony every humble believer in the Lord Jesus Christ who loves the Word and proclaims it, however hesitantly, in the power o f the indwelling Holy Spirit. For it is impossible that thus Christianity slowly dissolves,” for Christianity is Christ, and “ from everlasting to everlasting, thou art Goa. We must admit, with poignant sadness, that there is a measure o f ^truth in the atheists’ sneering allusion to the grand farce” that has been carried on in many Christ- less, bloodless, Bibleless churches today, that, like Sam son, “ wist not that the Lord was departed.” But the coun terfeit can never tarnish the genuine, and salvation by faith in the finished work o f the Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary, with all that it involves, is real— blessedly, eter nally real. Dare to believe it. Seek to propagate it.
THE TEMPLE VEIL B y THOMAS KIMBER
"The veil of. the temple was rent in the midst” (L k . 23:45).
Above the tumult of the crowd A voice rang out in accent loud. It sounded like the awful cry
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O f one who was condemned to die. It wrung my heart with grief and pain— The temple veil was rent in twain. I asked of one who stood near by, “Who is this Man, condemned to die? His face is kingly—but so marred! His hands and feet with nail-prints scarred. Who is this Man ?” I asked again— The temple veil was rent in twain. But e’er an answer met my ear, The mob set up a mocking jeer. “Ha, ha 1” they cried and shouted loud, “Art Thou indeed the Son o f God? Oh, well we know Thy boast is vain!” But the temple veil was rent in twain. And then I felt the mountain shake; The ground beneath me seemed to quake. The throng rushed madly from the place With fear and frenzy on each face, Far down the hill—across the plain— The temple veil was rent in twain. Within the city gates they pour Up to the temple’s golden door. They fling the massive portal wide And rush with angry haste inside The sanctuary to profane— The temple veil was rent in twain. But l o ! within a dreadful sight That chilled their hearts with sudden fright. For there upon the pavement hurled The richest curtain in the world With tattered shreds of golden skein-^i;( The temple veil was rent in twain!
“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood o f Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath con secrated fo r us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh Let us draw near" (Heb. 10:19-22).
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