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power kitchens, is doing a really useful work, but it is not th e fundam ental work of th e church. The one great primary, fundam ental work of the church is to teach man the spiritual significance of the world and to keep th a t faith fresh w ithin him .” A SPIRITUAL MAGNET It is related of Fenelon th a t he had such communion w ith God his very face shone. Lord Peterborough, a skeptic, was obliged to spend th e n igh t w ith him a t.a n inn. In the morning he rushed away, saying, “ If I stay ano th er night w ith th a t man I shall be a Christian in spite of myself.” Fenelon’s man ners were full of grace, his voice was full of love, and his face full of glory. The invitation, “Come to Jesu s,” was in every act. He was a “ sp iritual mag n et.” “T hat,” says th e Record of Chris tian work, “is what God wants us all to be. That is w hat we all can be, by ju st yielding up all to Him and letting Him live again in us. Under no other con dition can th is transform ing power ful fill its mission to our souls. Are you
“Still speaking as a business man and an average citizen, I say we go to church to h ear again and again the g reat sp irit ual tru th s th a t build character and give sp iritu al significance to life. We go to h ear again and again th a t ‘in my F a th e r’s house are many mansions,’ and ‘I am the resurrection and the life, he th a t believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.’ We go to hear, through the mediumship of an under standing and sp iritual pastor: ‘Come unto me all ye th a t labor and are heavy laden and I will give you re st.’ We go to h ear th a t th e arm of the Lord has not been shortened. “X looked over the church announce ments in a recent Saturday paper and I read these: ‘Go to th e E R lf j church to morrow. Readings from th e poems of Oscar W ilde.’ ‘Go to th e ------- church tomorrow night. A g reat film: “The Nest,” by R upert Hughes,’ ‘Go to the -—-— church tomorrow night: “Flappers and Flapdoodle,” by th e pastor.’ “The modern in stitu tion al church with its bowling alleys and billiard rooms, and in some instances dance floors and
libraries and reading rooms and high- ready for it? ”
ANGELS OF LIGHT HE Satan of Scripture tran sfo rm s him self into an angel of light, and works effectually through a false m inistry, “ transform ed as th e m inisters of righteousness.” (2 Cor. 11:14, 15.) M inisters of righteousness, as we all know, would forfeit th e ir name, and lose th e ir power of accomplishment, should they corrupt men’s morals or incite to manifest acts of crime. The Scriptures clearly and abundantly teach, th a t back in th e garden of Eden, and through our first fath er, the n atu re of th e race as a whole was co rrup ted ; th a t as a consequence, it is “ from w ithin, out of th e h eart proceed evil though ts” (Mk. 7 :2 1 ); th a t “ every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lu st and enticed” .— Jam es 1:14. The root sin of th e race, th e sin from which all sins of all men have grown and flourished, was and is disregard of th e Divine Word plainly spoken and easily understood. This prepares the way for declaring a tru th th a t now demands the careful though t of all Christians, and p articu larly of Christian teachers and preachers, namely: “The chief aim and object of all S atan’s schemes and activities, is to get w ithin his control, and under his dominance the religions of th e World. R ight well does he know th a t th e secret, as well as th e sw iftest way to accomplish his purpose, is to discredit the Divine Word in th e m inds of those who are allied with, and known as Christian teachers and preachers.”— A. B. Vaughan in W estern Recorder.
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