in a recent children’s magazine which gave statements by second grade classes who suggested reasons for the love in their hearts for their teachers. State ments were culled from several thou sand letters. Many would certainly ap ply to the Sunday school teacher, too. The boys and girls commented, “We like our teacher because she is patient, polite, courteous and calm. She has a good sense of humor and a good way of explaining things. She’s happy and gay. She listens to our questions. She makes us work but we still like her, for the work sometimes seems like fun. Teacher always does what she says she’ll do. I f we have any troubles, we go to her and she’ll explain them. She knows how to teach real good.” Those are very complementary tributes, aren’t they? A large group of our Biola stu dents are preparing to become school teachers, realizing there are more than US million boy and girls in the United States. Many of them, even in larger cities, have never heard the name of Jesus Christ except in profanity. What a tremendous privilege and challenge to give an active witness for Jems Christ! VISITATION PAYS One of the most important opportu nities given to us is in the privilege of visitation. Without question, it is what brings the most unsaved to hear the Gospel. There comes to mind the story of a young man in love with a girl who lived in a distant city. The fellow faithfully wrote to her every sin gle day of the year. Six days out of the week the postman brought a letter of devotion to her doorstep. And do you know what happened at the end of that year with those 365 letters she’d re ceived? You guessed it. She married the postman! Perhaps that’s one way to indicate that visitation pays. Seri ously speaking, recent surveys made by the National Retail Dry Goods Asso ciation show that U8% of the salesmen make one call and quit; 88% of the salesmen quit after one, two, or three When our capability is of God we will never be incapable.
which to thank the Lord, especially for living in a so-called Christian nation. With such high and holy privileges, however, come equally important re sponsibilities especially with children in the home. Yours is a sacred mission field to which you alone have been called. Never forget the fact that “Many a man has been kept straight because his mother regularly bent her knees.”
Bad promises are better broken than kept.
SUMMER CAMPS I t was interesting to read comments by the noted psychologist, Dr. George W. Crane, on the subject of summer camps for children. He wrote about a young girl whose dad thought she was too young to go to camp. He was afraid that she might become homesick • the first night and telephone to be taken back. Dr. Crane points out, “Our job as parents is to teach children how to fend for themselves in the world. We need to cut them loose from ‘Mamma’s apron strings’ by encouraging them to stand on their own two feet. Church camps are doubly valuable for young peop le. S u c h p la c e s are usually equipped with talented spiritual lead ers who know how to inspire youth.” Those are very practical thoughts. As we face the summer ahead, we certainly encourage parents to consider sending their young people to an evangelical Christian camp near them. A place like Hume Lake in Central California near Fresno, Mount Hermon over in the Santa Cruz mountains, The Firs up in Bellingham, Washington, to name but a few, are excellent. What the youth learn in these days of this coming summer could make all the difference for eternity in their lives!
Just simply patient waiting is often the finest way of doing God's will.
SCHOOL TEACHERS There was a very perceptive article 26
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