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closed doors, .without either the help or the interference of the outside world. In the interests of understand ing our ally, LIFE magazine* *■ fea tured the U.S.S.R. in a recent issue, with the following statement in in troduction: “ Of all the great countries of the world, the U.S.S.R. is the ^ least known to Americans. For twenty-five years, the Soviet Un ion has lived and grovyn behind a wall of secrecy and suspicion. Within the Soviet State free jour nalism did not exist. Foreign re porters w e r e rigidly restricted and foreign photographers were generally stopped at the borders. Hence the world’s picture of the •U.S.S.R. today has been formed through a h a z e of propaganda, pro- and con.” However, there ^re . Christians in Russia. Persecution'has failed to ex terminate that whjch is a living force. God has preserved His rem nant here, as always. “With God all things are possible.” Pray for the Christians in Russia, and continue to pray that mere Survival may yet be come revival, and that the Lord will again open Russia to the Word of God which is her greatest need. their imaginations: “ changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man . . . and changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen” (Rom. 1:23-25). Man-centered civilization, religion, and philosophy is often referred to as the “rule of humanism.” God is elimi nated, and man is made the measure of all values. But the “wages of sin is death.” And civilization—mankind —commits suicide: when its goal is mhde the service of humanity rather than the glorifying of God. • Salvation is free. But, as some one has said, while salvation is as free as air or water, there is an expense in “ piping it to the ultimate con sumer.” There is an expense in car rying the gospel to those who live in the darkness of heathendom. Yet, how small is that cost in comparison with the cosj of war! How many people THE LOW COST OF EVANGELIZATION:
The program of the Communist Party since the ‘Revolution of 1917 has been actively antagonistic against' religion. This anti-religious policy has operated along two lines: the negative aspect is expressed in de priving the Church of property and support, in denying religious groups the privilege of spreading their doc trines, and in the arrest, imprison ment, exile, and even execution of religious leaders. The positive aspect takes the form of anti-religious pro paganda and definitely anti-religious t e a c h i n g in the State-controlled schools, and through the activities of the Young Communist League and other atheistic organizations, in or der to educate the people, especially the young and plastic, concerning the “dangers of religious supersti tion.” There is much of the story that we do not know. Soviet Russia has seen' fit to develop her new State behind THE HIGH COST OF KILLING: • When Julius Caesar went forth to war, the average expense involved in killing an enemy, soldier was 18 cents. In the first World War, the average expense involved" in killing a com batant was $18,000; in the present World War, it is estimated to be $52,000. No set of figures shows more graph ically what is happening in this “ad vanced stage of civilization.” The stored-up wealth of the world, the fruits of thousands of years 'of man kind’s savings and sacrifices, the mass products of modern science and invention—all are being poured into the enterprise of killing on the most colossal scale ever known to history. This is what had to happen v^hen mankind turned its back upon its Creator, rejected the Word of God, and spurned the love of Christ. There are two forms of civilization, of philos ophy, and of religion; there are two ways of life. One, is Creator-centered; the other is creature-centered. In the first chapter of Romans, Paul tells of how men became vain in
PRAY This month, pray especially for Russia and Russian Chris tians. “To Meet Russia’s Greatest Heed” “I was born in White Russia. My heart* is greatly burdened for the Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish peo ples. It is my desire to go there, to work among my country men.” —A Young Polish Christian. The two young people pictured on the cover are representative of that larger number of Russian Christian youth being trained, at such institu tions as the Bible Institute of Los Angeles and similar schools*, to take the gospel of the grace of G,od into Russia as soon as opportunity is af forded. That need, as every Chris tian will recognize, is Russia’s fore most requirement. Sadly, such leaders as Francis C. Stifler, of the American Bible So ciety, have to report: •i “There has been no Bible print- ting,' distribution or importing in to Russia for many years, and ’ we have no positive -indications that this situation will change in the immediate future. It is Rus sia’s g r e a t e s t need, without doubt.” Since Russia and the United States of America have become allies .in war, America has supplied her with many things to meet her needs. Our lend-lease aid embraces three cate gories: war machinery, food-stuffs, and raw materials. These contribute to her physical energy in defending her land against an enemy. But, in common with all mankind, Russia has a spiritual enemy, and the con cessions she has made to that enemy during the years of her godless pro gram have constituted a spiritual re trenchment which has made her need vastly greater. *The two young people In the picture are stu dents at the Hussian Bible Institute, 14 Park Rd., Toronto , Ont., Canada. The photography was arranged through the kindn^s of Peter Deyneka, one of the Directors o' hP Russian Institute, and General Director <-/ he Russian
Significance of the News By DAN GILBERT San Diego, California
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It is the major means of “occupying” until He comes. WAR-WORKING MOTHERS: • A strange muddle has developed in the “man-power” c r i s i s. Under,the new regulations, farmers are “frozen on the farms.” Workers are “frozen in the factories.” But mothers are not frozen in the homes. >A dairy farmer recently applied for work in a defense industry. He was tentatively accepted, for the position, but later was rejected, when it was * found that he had sixteen cows “ de pendent on him.” He was told to go back to the farm and .take care of the cows. A few hours after his. dis missal, a middleiaged mother was given the position. It i seemed not to matter that she had six children at home “ dependent on her.” Is it more /important that cows be cared for,»than that children be cared for? An e s t i m a t e d 1,400,000 girls in America are employed as “bar-maids” or the equivalent in the handling and serving of intoxicating drink., This is twice as many girls as are now en rolled in the colleges and universities, of the nation. - Would it not be helpful to the war effort if the mothers were sent home from the defense factories to care for their own children, while - the girls were transferred from the saloons to the war factories?- Not only are beerTrucks still “burn ing up the highways,” but large masses of man-power and woman- power are still absorbed by the “lux ury trades” : the night clubs, the beauty parlors, the theaters and amusement centers. , The quickest way to solve the man power shortage would be to return to the Christian way of life. Chris tians do not use liquor or tobacco. The closing of the breweries and cig arette factories and saloons and to bacco stores would release hundreds of thousands of Workers for war in dustries. Food for millions of people could be grown on the millions of acres which are now used for the growing of tobacco. The transporta tion problem could be immeasurably relieved if precious spaces on trains' and trucks were not taken up with beer cases .and tobacco. The greatest single .obstacle to ef ficiency and victory on the home front is our pagan, pleasure-mad way of- life. To return to simple, Scriptural standards of life would greatly Im prove the health of our people, and would solve the most serious of the problems on the home front. The “sacrifices” involved Whereby people at home would do without liquor, cig arettes, cosmetics,, and permanent waves would be small in comparison with the sacrifices of the boys battling in the fox holes and jungles of the Islands of the Pacific.
ceptance of the gospel of Christ can do that. *No conference of diplomats can create lasting peace. Only Christ can remove the cause of war: sin. Despite the intensity and “ exten- sivéness” of any crusade for world evangelization, great masses of men will continue to reject Christ and, under a Satanic leadership, they will continue to make war. Germany and Japan are equally guilty as aggressor nations. Japan never had the gospel on a national scale; but Germany was the cradle, of the Reformation. The German war-makers, who deliber ately rejected Christianity, are as in corrigibly militaristic as the Japanese war-makers, who áre under the spell j of a religion that excludes Christ. World evangelization, of itself, will not bring lasting peace. Men will con tinue to spurn Christ and walk in the ways of war, instead of peace. Peace on a lasting basis will come only when Christ comes. And world evan- gelizationi • is the project upon which •we should concentrate until He comes.
of the world might be reached for Christ with an outlay of the $52,000 that it takes to kill one combatant in this war! Many are asking, "How can another World J/Var be prevented, once this one is over?" There is Just one way to work for world peace, ahd that is to spend, as many billions of dollars on Bibles when the war is over, as we are now spending to equip bomb ing planes. Disarming the aggressor nations will never bring lasting peace. John Dillinger was disarmed and put in jail; but he contrived to break out and continue his career of violence. Germany and Japan might be dis armed and put under the control of an “ international police force” ; but they would find a way to get new -weapons and start a new World War. Wars are produced by hatred and lust and greed in-the hearts of men. To totally disarm Japan and Germany, we woqld ne,ed to take hatred and lust and greed out of the hearts of these people. Nothing but the ac
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I r e ce iv ed th e August, 1943, is s u e o f The K ing 's Business which you r e c e n tly forwarded to me, I a p p re cia te very much your though tfu lness in .th is regard . I t i s encouraging to be assured o f your i n t e r e s t in th e most s e r io u s problem, o f ju v e n ile d elinqu en cy. C erta in ly , through educational a r t i c l e s such as "Have fl’e Fo'rgotten Something?" you can be very h e lp fu l in bring ing home to your readers the need f o r p rev en tion programs to h elp American you th , * ■If I can make use o f add itiona l is s u e s o f your magasine, I w i ll g e t in touch with you. With b e s t w ishes and kind regards, S in c e r e ly yours, I ^]
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in a Russian Theh she began to weep helplessly until she fell into a heavy sleep. “This is my mother,” Karen whis p red to herself, “whom I ought to honor.” f Suddenly, she was afraid— afraid of this strange hardness she was feeling. She wanted to love her mother. She had tried to overlook her weakness, remembering that she had not always been like this. There was a time, before their own father had deserted them when she and Andrea were tiny, that Mother had been kind and loving. But it was getting harder to keep that memory clear with Mom like this so much of the time. Mechanically K a r e n covered her mother and spoke to Andrea above the cold lump in. her throat. “Andrea, you sleep, with Mom. Karl will stay with his father, and I’ll use the couch.” Andrea, already half asleep, tumbled gratefully into bed, , and Karen left them. This house, she thought, by rights should have yielded them pleasure, for it was part of a little colony of old Russia, set down in the midst of an American city. .Russian neighbors were close about them, but the evils of the big city were closer still. In the living room, Karen sank down on the hard chair nearest the window. Perhaps if she just sat there a while, her head would stop its throbbing and the cold emptiness would leave her. She was suddenly grateful for the darkness that hid the pitiful attempts she had made to have this room look like the one at the Mission House: the splintered floor scrubbed to a pale cleanliness, the patched carpet, mended with much effort and deeply pricked fingers," the thin curtains of. dime-store material over which she had wept because she couldn’t get them to look like Miss Lucy’s at the Mission, and the two cheap pictures she had found in an ’ old magazine Miss Lucy had given her. She had had such high hopes wijen she had worked on the room. Maybe having things clean and nice would help her fnother, she had
Love K AREN AWOKE slowly, the dark ment and shaking Andrea’s shoulder.“ Shouted curses and the sudden thud of some one falling brought a swift chill to her heart. They were fighting again. “Quick, Andrea,” she urged her younger sister. “Mom and Dad are drunk again,” she added bitterly, “ you’ll have to help me.” She turned to the other bed which filled the rest of the narrow room. “Myra, Cather ine,” she called sharply to her two stepsisters. “Come quickly. We must stop Mom and Dad before one of them is killed.” The other girls were wide awake now. This was not the first time they had been dragged from sleep in the middle of the night to intervene be tween parent and stepparent. The sight in the next room would have shocked one who had not seen it repeated many times. The room was a shambles. With practiced precision, Karen and Andrea ran to their mother while Myra and Catherine grabbed their father’s arms. Just then Karl ap peared in the doorway from the living room, his yawn stopping midway when his sleep-drugged mind took in the situation. “Dad,” he exclaimed sharply. “What are you doing?” ' Hastily joining his sisters, he added , his young strength "to theirs, and to gether they pulled their father away. Karen and Andrea half carried, half pulled their" mother into their bed room where she fell limply across the bed. She was quiet enough now, her strength spent in physical exer tion. Karen looked down at her mother, and a feeling of revulsion shook her. Her mother’s graying hair fell in a dishevelled mass about her gaunt face. Her eyes, dulled by drink, looked vacantly up at her two girls. ■4Fictitious names have been substituted for actual ones.
clouds of troubled thought lift ing with an effort. Then she was on her feet in one swift move-^
thought. But what was the use now? Since Mom had started drinking, life at home was unbearable. Outside, the narrow street was dark, too, but she could see it in her thoughts as clearly as though it were high noon. By day the littered street was filled with small children who had no other place to play; dogs slept fitfully, troubled by the flies whose incessant buzzingr was an undertone to the children’s shouts or quarrels. Shifty-eyed men, avoiding work when possible, loitered on the street cor ners, passing the hours in gambling, gossip, and fighting. The neighbor hood theater, with its leud posters, flung its invitation to the restless young people feverishly looking for furl. Dirty frame houses, paint long faded to a nondescript gray, lined either side or the street. There were no flowers, no attempts at beauty or even cleanliness. Flowers . . . It eased the cold numb ness in her heart to think of the first real flowers she could remember. She had been nine years old the day she had ventured those several blocks from home, and had had a new world opened for her. She could see, even now, her nine- year-old self on that earlier day, hur rying along the streets, intent on hid ing the sight of her tears. She had rounded a corner of a strange street and had stopped in amazement. Be fore her stood the most beautiful building she had ever seen. The houses on either side were just as ugly as her own, but this one stood tall and beautiful and clean. She was to know, years later, "that the Russian Mission building was really rather small and plain compare?! to build ings in-other parts of the city. But it was magnificent to her beauty- starved eyes. Then she saw the flowers. With a gasp of pure joy, she crept forward. For long moments she stood before
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Miss Lucy’s arm went about Karen arid ' she pulled her close. “Promise me something, Karen,” she whispered. “Promise me you’ll do nothing until we have prayed earnestly about this.” For a moment Karen’s thin figure was stiff and unyielding, and' then love did its part. She relaxed and slowly nodded her head. “This afternoon,” Miss Lucy went ori, “I’m going to a meeting in a church on the other side of the city. Come with me. I’d like you to meet some of the young people there.” As Karen’s going to the Mission had taken her into a new world, so her coming to the church where Dr. Sorensen was the minister, was like stepping into an entirely hew life. ,She never had known there were oth er parts of the city that were not like her own. The young people at the church were planning a winter conference in the mountains and included her in their plans. Karen was filled with a fierce longing to go with them. But it was out of the question, she was sure. Her surprise was complete when she knew she could go. Miss Lucy wanted to send her, suitable clothing had been provided, her mother’s permis sion was given, and she joined the other young people in the mountain cabin. Everything there was new: ex- citing, healthful sports in snow and ice, the casual comfort of the cosy cabin, the clean comradeship of the young people and their easy talk of spiritual matters. Previously she had known joy in, her salvation, but she had not dreamed there were young people who really found added joy in a life lived for the Lord. For the first time, Karen realized what life invest ment meant, and she breathed a swift prayer to God that He would use her life in His service. She was still resolved to leave home. The taste of vital Christian fellow ship with other young people made impossible the thought of a return to the old sordid scenes. She had tried on every occasion to witness to her own people, but they would not listen. Surely she had done a ll that she could—for now. She guessed that Miss Lucy and Dr. Sorensen were aware of her plans to leave home; that they were pray ing the Lord would restrain her, know ing the dangers of such a move. On the last day of the conference, Dr. Sorensen was talking with Karen. She told him something of what the Lord had come to mean to her, and of her surrender to Him for life and service. It wai the testimony the miri- ister had waited for. It was then that he invited her to make her home with them, helping Mrs. Sorensen in the [ Continued on Page 399]
tangled hair, and unwashed face. But no one seemed to notice her and she began to relax. Life had been better after that. Though there was still' the hard work to do, Karen found time to slip away to the Mission House and revel in the atmosphere of cleanliness and good ness she found there. She had been eleven when she was really made clean. She liked to think of it that way, when the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ had cleansed her heart from sin. She could never for get when the truth of John 3:16 had come home to her." It had been the first memory verse she had learned, and when it was explained to her that even if she had been the only sinner, Christ would have died for her, she could not resist such love. Eagerly, she had opened her heart to Him, and He had filled her loveless life with new joy and beauty. With high hopes she had witnessed to her friends—not minding too much when they taunted her with, “Karen’s got religion,” and went laughing on their gay, restless way. Remembering all this, she stirred, easing her cramped position. The cold light of dawn had dispelled the shadows in the room now, and the gray bulk of houses were taking shape outside. Karen shivered. In all her sixteen years, she never had heen so cold before, but it was a strange cold ness that came from within. She knew what she was going to do. Even her decision was like a cold weight, but her mind was made up. She would run away from home. Away from home, in a new place, she could make Christian friends in one of the churches Miss Lucy had told her about. She wanted one more visit at the Mission House before she left, but as soon as she went in, she sensed that Miss Lucy knew something was wrong. “What’s the matter, Karen? Has something happened?” Suddenly Karen sobbed. The cold ness was breaking up, and the pent- up tears were released. “Oh, Miss Lucy, I can’t stand it any longer at home,” she wept. “ Fighting, drunk enness, and quarrels. And I’m afraid.” “What are you afraid of, Karen?” Miss Lucy asked quietly. “Has any one threatened to harm you?” “Oh; no. There is no danger, unless we get in the way of something one of them is apt to throw when they are fighting. But I’m afraid. Oh, Miss Lucy you’ll not like me for this, but I’m afraid I’m going to despise my own mother if I stay, and I don’t want to do that. I do love her. She’s had a hard life, and it isn’t all her fault that she has let herself sink into this awful habit. But when I see her like she was last night, I can’t stand it.”
the tiny p lotjof gay flowers, trying to grasp the fact that these beautiful things,were/ real. I The Sound of the opening door swung her about in quick fear. À young woman,** the loveliest one Karen had ever seen, had comè to the door and'was looking at her. Instantly Karen took flight, running with a swiftness born of much practice—the practice of getting out of the way when trouble threatened. “Would you like a flower, little girl?” The lady was speaking, and it was the sound of her voice more than the promise of the words that stopped Karen. It was such a kind voice, soft, with music in it. Slowly, Karen walked back. She gasped with astonishment as the lady pulled several of the prettiest floWers and handed them to her. “Wouldn’t you like to come in and see our house?” the lady asked. Timidly, Karen nodded her head and followed her in—into a new world. Inside, children were playing games, or were interested in toys. Here and there a boy or girl was absorbed in a book, and in the corner two small girls cut paper dolls and laughed quietly at a secret. Everything was so clean. S u d d e n l y Karen was ashamed of her own dirty dress, her **A graduate of the Bible Institute of Los Angèles • Through the facilities of the Cali fornia Don Lee Mutual chain, a versè-by-verse study of the Bible is given daily by the President of the Bible Institute of Los An geles, Louis T. Talbot. It is the plan to extend this radio minis try to Oregon and Washington as "soon as finances permit. DIAL NEAREST STATION Monday through Friday 11:00 to 11:30 A. M. San Diego KGB Fresno KTKC Monterey ____ KDON Marysville .........— .........— .......KMYC Chico ___________________......----- KHSL Redding ..................----- -KVCV Los Angeles ..........~..........«....»......KHJ El Centro ...,......n....«...~~—----------KXO Santa Ana ........................................ KVOE San Bernardino .KFXM Santa Barbara ................................KDB Bakersfield ............................... KPMC San Luis Obispo.................- ..........KYEC ■San Francisco................................ -KFRC Merced (l:3 0 p.m.)------------ -— KYOS INSTITUTE PRESIDENT IN RADIO BROADCAST
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Leafing through his familiar notebook. H. C. Hunt (right) often will begin a conversation with, "I say there, have you seen this?" Then he will point to some gem he has found that just suits his hearer's need, or personality, or interest.
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By H. C. HUNT A s told to Two Good Friends
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B N JUNE the Lord allowed me to round out twenty-three years of service at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles— years that have been, to me, rich in spiritual blessing.
trails in places, I had reached the post office address given in the letter I held in my pocket. The request in that letter was my reason for this trip into the Sierra foothills of north ern California. Weeks before, a couple living here in this mining district had written to the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, expressing their interest in the Insti tute and in THE KING’S BUSINESS magazine. They assured us that a welcome would be given to a repre sentative of the Institute if any should eyer be near enough to make the trip in. Asvl was to be near this district on one o f my field trips, I felt I should accept this invitation. The Lord seemed to be impressing me with a sense' of urgency about the matter. But I now found that since I had received the letter, the people had moved on farther into the hills. Should I go back? I could not hope to find my way over the mountain trails in the coming darkness, and my supply of gasoline was dwindling. The service stations, like the 'good roads, had been left far behind in the valley. But when I prayed about it, I coUld not feel any urge to leave this region.
"I’ll find a place to sleep tonight,” I told myself, “and start oUt fresh in the morning.” It was early afternoon of the fol lowing day when I jolted around a curve in the trail, and came upon a small mining settlement whose log cabins clustered about the shaft of the mine. The sound of the car’s ap proach had brought several people from their cabins, and it was not long before I had found among them the family for whom I ha d . been looking. I was received with a warm wel come and soon was being conducted through the mine by Jack, the twelye- year-old son. That night as I gath ered with the family around the sup per table, Mrs. B. said: "Mr. Hunt, if we can get a group of the neigh bors together tonight, will you give us a Bible message? It isn’t often that we get to have a service up here, and many of these people are unbelievers—some are frank agnos tics.” A field secretary must be ready for any request, and because I was glad to have an opportunity to min ister the Word, I readily agreed. A little later, going to the cabin door way to breathe,the fresh mountain
Affectionately c a l l e d the "Dean” of Field Representa tives of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Mr. Hunt sat quietly for a moment, his eyes on the horizon of the blue Pacific that is visible from his beach home . . . He wac see ing, in memory, the outreach of the experiences of earlier years: of comforting the be reaved, of rejoicing with/the jubilant, of stimulating Chris tians to good works, and of ministering the Word when ever the opportunity was af forded.
Often the Lord led me In ways I did not ’ understand at first. There was that night, some fifteen years ago ».. . The lengthening s h a d o w s were warning signals of approaching night as I came out of the small mountain post office and climbed into my car. After miles of jolting over rough mountain roads, scarcely more than
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was never s t e r e o t y p e d . Through timely visits, brief notes, pertinent enclosures, he ' individualized e v e r y friend whom he contacted. He was ever on the watch for Chris tian literature which would apply to each person and give spiritual uplift to the one who received it. If any were bereaved, or had severe illness in the home, a letter went for ward immediately, cairying comfort to the one who needed it. All this was done with a genuine interest in each per son—an interest wholly inde pendent of gifts made to the Institute. In the “process” of his work, Mr. Hunt has been, , and is, a soul-winner, always on the aiert to. present the claims of Jesus Christ to young and old.
be either small and cramped, or large and expanding—depending on C the individual’s response to a need. Once a woman in a southern Cali fornia city asked me to call to explain the policy of the Institute and some thing of its activities. While I was in her home, she gave me a gift of $25.00 for the work of the Bible Insti tute of Los Angeles. In the course of our conversation I had mentioned the China branch of the Institute, located in Changsha, Hunan, China. After I returned home, she wrote that she felt the Lord would have her support a Chinese student in China, so that, while she slept, she would have a representative on the other side of the world, being pre pared to give out the gospel faithfully there. She inclosed in her letter a check for $75.00 for this purpose. A few months later, another lifter • arrived, and this time she said the Lord was leading her to have an active part in the training of a stu dent here at home, as well as onO in China. For this she enclosed $150.00 which is approximately the cost to the. Institute of one year of training of a student for Christian work. Is it surprising that alongside this record of giving is the fact of the donor’s own growth in faith and in spiritual discernment? I have found, too, that he who gives to the Lord’s work is never impov erished thereby. In a city some dis tance from Los Angeles, I once met a nurse who had for a long time been interested in the Institute. She was a warm-hearted person, caring for an afflicted boy in a private home. She said to me, “ I want to give some thing more toward the witness for Christ ^at the Bible Institute.” She handed me a check for $25.00, smiling as sht did so and adding, “The Lord will have to replenish the treasury— but I feel He wants me to do this.” From her manner and her words I surmised that her bank account must be low, and I hesitated to accept the gift. But I quickly realized that I dared not refuse it, if it was given at the direction of the Lord. A little later, I was having luncheon when she telephoned. “I felt I must tell you,” she said,, “that just after you left, the postman came and, to my astonishment, there was a letter for me, containing a check for $25.05. This was the quick answer of the Lord in taking care of my bank ac count.” I rejoiced with her in the blessing the Lord had given.
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Lord, help me to ac complish the greatest ppssible good in the s h o r t e s t possible time.
Th^ task of a field representative is not an easy one. A friend gave me a clipping once, that I have never forgotten. It said: “A successful field representative should have the learn ing of a college president, the con secration of a clergyman, the execu tive tal,ent of a financier, the humility of a deacon, the supernatural powers of a seer, the doggedness of a detec tive, the financial resources of a banker. He must be a diplomat for tact, an optimist for hope, and a hero for courage.” Judged by that defini tion, I have been a very inadequate field representative. But for what ever service I have been able to render, the Lord Himself has gra ciously given the preparation, and .to Him all the glory belongs. He kept me in commercial business for half a century, in order to prepare me for the further service He had for me at Biola. When I came to the Bible In stitute of Los Angeles from - Canada, in October of 1920, I was launched at once into financial matters which utilized all the training of the former years. God does not make mistakes when He keeps us in the “desert” until we are ready for the task He has for us.
air, I saw Mrs. B. mount the family mule and hurry off over the mountain path to the cabins tucked away in the hills,- until she had made the rounds of the miners to invite them to the meeting. By seven o’clock, the guests had gathered—rough weather-beaten men with their quiej wives and young children, all crowded into the living room. I looked into their faces as they listened quietly, and prayed that the Lord would give me the right words .to speak. Warned that some would want to argue, I had asked them to refrain from questions or -argument until I had finished speak ing. Several very old questions of skeptics were flung at me afterwards. But I rejoiced to see that many of the listeners drank in the Word thirstily. I remembered the Lord’s promise: “My word . . . shall not return unto me void.” I had no way of knowing what fruit He would cause to be borne as a result of that night of witnessing of “Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,” but suddenly I real ized that He must have had a purpose in my being there, and I was glad I had made the extra trip.
Born in London, England, where hjs father and brother were barristers in the service of the government, Mr. Hunt had^xcellent training along many^ lines. For a time he taught salesmanship in a Ca nadian Government position; also he was affiliated with the Canadian Pacific Railway, and ’later served as financial sec retary of the Y.M.C.A. in Van couver, B. C, In all of these positions, as well as in his subsequent years at Biola, his life was enriched through association with outstanding leaders.
That is always the way it has been: the spiritual min istry has been uppermost in Mr. Hunt’s mind. His concern has been to solicit prayer sup port for the Institute before and above temporal support. But because he has considered dollars as a means of eternal investment, he has stressed the privileges of stewardship
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as well. In the years of my association with the Institute, the Lord has shown me many times that people’s interest in the Lord’s work often hinges on the matter of giving. That interest may
A life-long friend of the In stitute once remarked laugh ingly, “-Mr. Hunt is a pretty good hand to get money for the In: ‘■'tute—but we enjoy the process^" The “process”
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How the Spirit-Filled Life Is Maintained
II. Man’s Cooperation*
By RUTH P A X SO N
S WO BROAD classifications em brace all Christians, for each believer is e i t h e r a carnal Christian or a spiritual Christian. These two kinds of life are vividly set forth in Romans 7 and 8 , with the sharp distinguishing’ line drawn at the .last two verses of Romans'7: “ O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus ^Christ our Lord.” In our previous discussion on this subject, we noted that the pronoun “I”—representing the self life as in control—is everywhere prominent in Romans 7, the chapter of defeated Christian experience. But Romans 8 is the £tory of control by the Holy Spirit. ¿ 2 very believer occupies a position on the right side of Calvary, having accepted Christ in His atonement for sin on the cross. But Romans 8 - re veals the condition of the trusting Christian who is yielded to the Lord’s control. It is only such a one who can be described as “Spirit-filled.” What is our part in cooperation with God in this matter? This question brings us to two definite statements and commands in Romans 8 . First, we leam how the Holy Spirit gains in ward control, and second, how He gains outward control' over our lives. Inward Control: Having "The Mind of the Spirit" First, there must be inward control. The spiritual Christian will mind the things of the Spirit, “for they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit” (Rom. 8:5). Next we read in the Revised Ver sion: “For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace.” Are you fleshly minded or spiritually minded? You are one or the other. Which are you? We often describe people these days as being money-minded, or air- minded, or food-minded, or war- minded. Every Christian is habitually either fleshly minded or spiritually minded. Which are you? Let us consider that reference to those who “mind . . . the things of *Part 1 of this two-part study, dealing with “ God's Provision,*’ appeared in the preced ing issue .
the Spirit.” . “Mind”—it is a very strong word. It refers to that which is the bent of your mind, not what is just your careless, casual thinking. What is the bent of your mind, friends? Oh, I know that some of you men are in business and you have to keep your mind on the affairs you are managing while in the offi’ce or shop. A woman in her home has to keep her mind on the things she is doing. • You have seen people who think that if one is spiritually minded it Is impossible to be practically minded. I believe the person that is most spiritually minded ought to be the most practically minded bfecause a spiritual mind is a disciplined mind. Thert what does this injunction mean? It refers to what your mind is focused upon as its center; what your mind flies back to in leisure moments; what is the fixed home of your thoughts. YoUr mind is a think ing machine, and it can think only upon what it is supplied to think about. It is sinful thinking that re sults'in sinful doing. We should guard our thoughts and should supply our minds with the right things upon which to think. There must be an object to our thinking, and we feed the mind through our eyes and ears. “Mind the things Of the Spirit.” Friends, are we minding earthly things or heavenly things? There was never in this world a time when we so needed to guard our Thoughts as today. I believe the devil is working overtime to confuse and pervert the
thoughts of God’s people, to instill into the thoughts of men and women fear and impurity and hate and devil ishness of all kinds and descriptions. Our Part in Cooperation The Holy Spirit is in us to make us heavenly minded and spiritually minded. Are we going to let Him do it? God gives us very clear teaching on what our. part is in cooperation. In 2 Corinthians 10:5, we read: “Cast ing down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of C h r i s t . ” “Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoeyer things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatso- 1 Continued on Page 373] A dog was out walking with his master. He was just a tiny fellow, and a great, tall man had him on a leash. They were walking along and everything was going fine. Then the little dog got a notion into its little head that it did not want to go that way. And that little thing took an angle of forty-five degrees in rela tionship to that leash. Every muscle of its body was strained against the leash. And the tall master could not budge that bit of a dog one inch! Not an inchI The dog wanted to walk another way. The carnal Christian is like that dog, resisting, rebelling, re fusing to walk along with the Spirit.
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By CLARENCE E. M A SO N , Jr.* Co lony of Heaven Atlantic City, N. J.
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himsélf a peculiar people [that is, a people for His own pos session], zealous of good works.” This passage declares a threefold purpose in our Lord’s death. He died: (1) That He might set us free (“redeem us” ). (2) That He might set us apart (“purify” us). (3) That He might set us on fire (“zealous of good works” ). Farther down the page, in Titus 3:8, we have this challenging exhortation: “This is. a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm con stantly, that they which have believed in God might be. careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto•men.” Wes, this “faithful saying” needs to be constantly affirmed. As one trans lation has it, our Lord said in John 14:23: “If a man love me, he will obey my words: and my Father will ^love him, and we will come unto him, *and make our home with him.” Have you ever noted the space given in the Epistles to the Doctrine of a Holy Walk? The teaching concerning our walk is just as important as the teaching concerning our position and vice versa. All is doctrinal,- and all is intensely practical. A Doctrine Expounded Let us take as our theme the New Testament doctrine concerning the heavenly walk of the believer on earth. This is a vast subject covering large portions of the New Testament
Epistles, and we could not possibly cover here any more than one aspect of that theme. We are choosing as that ’emphasis the words of Paul in Philippians 3:20: “But our common wealth is in heaven; from whence we look for the Saviour” (R. V. Marg.). The verses which immediately pre cede that verse intrigue us with their contrast. We have just heard of those whose end is destruction, who live and walk as the enemies of the cross of Christ; and their belly is their god. They “glory” in what should be “their shame,” and they “mind earthly, things.” “But we,” says the Apostle, in con trast to these—we are different; we are heaven’s citizens. We are not to live minding earthly things. Our man ner of walk is to be entirely different, because we are of heaven. According to the New Translation, which gives a most illuminating transliteration of this thought rather than an exact translation, we read: “But we are a colony of heaven.” That phrase catches our imagination and makes us see what Paul was really saying. P a u l constantly used familiar illustrations which aptly explained the spiritual truths he was seeking to convey. Archaeology has revealed that as a policy of governing, conquering Rome found it to her advantage to place, in strategic cities over conquered ter ritory, cross sections of what Rome was like. A whole community would be transplanted from Rome to an im portant city, such as Philippi, which w a s a “ chief city” of Macedonia. There that transplanted community
O NE fundamental is forgotten. There is a tendency to consider the Trinity, the Deity of Christ, Virgin Birth, the Sacrificial Death and Resurrection of Christ, the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, the Second Coming of Christ, and such doctrines as being the only important and es sential themes which .we must hold to, to be Bible-believing Christians. It is important that we should dis tinguish the essential from the non- essential; the matters about which we can afford to differ from those about which there can be no differing with- our destroying the whole fabric of the Christian faith. But there is a line of teaching in the New Testament which I believe has been sadly underemphasized and often omitted from lists of essential doctrines—and Jthat is the doctrine that the believer is saved unto a life of good works. This is just as much an essential to Christian faith and practice as the Virgin Birth or the Second Coming of Christ. In Titus 2:14 we read: “ [Jesus Christ] gave' himself for us, that he might
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