Christ, and yet there is very little comparison for they have not fol lowed the principles involved. The de gree of relationship which exists be tween you and the One who makes the Father real within you by His Holy Spirit, will determine your degree of Christlikeness. I am not talking about trying to imitate the Saviour. Too many people erroneously endeavor to do this and thereby they constantly fail. There was a little boy who bought himself a hen. When he got it home, he realized for the first time that it was a bantam. He could tell by the tiny little egg. This made him very disappointed. Having seen an ostrich egg down town at a store, he went to see if he could borrow it. When he got it home, he took it to the little chicken and said firmly, “Here, have a look at this, and try harder tomor row.” The poor little bantam didn’t know what to do. This little story has a definite parallel with all too many Christians who are trying in their own strength to “do a little better.” It never works. You may take a good look at the Lord Jesus Christ and be so ashamed of your failures that you have vowed you would do better the next day. There is as much chance of you looking at Jesus Christ and being like Him as there is of a bantam looking at an ostrich egg and repro ducing it. The Scripture tells us, “Both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanc tified are of one.” Christ is not ashamed to call you His brethren. He alone can reproduce His own like ness. When you will come to the end of yourself and say, “I’m just a sin ner; there’s no good thing in me. I make myself totally available to You, Lord Jesus. Thank You that You live in me. Now start Your work through me,” you will begin to look like your heavenly Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, simply because His life is manifest in your life. May God bless you as you ponder and act upon this important truth. * * ♦ The best tact in soul winning is CON fact.
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Dr. Milton (. Gould (center), pastor of the First Baptist Church of Downey, Calif., and president of the Biota Alumni, presents a check for $5,000 to be used in the erection of the Alumni-Missions building on the Campus, to Mr. William Eitzen, executive secretary of the Alumni Association. Dr. S. H. Sutherland, Biola president looks on. GOD'S SM ILE A t two years of age, a little boy stood with a beam of sunshine basking him in its warm rays, and said to the delight of his mother, “Me standing in God’s smile, mama.” He was too young to un derstand what his mother meant when she whispered, “May God grant, my son, that you may so live as to always stand in God’s smile." Less than a year later the Lord called home his Christian mother. The child was left to the care of others. Growing to manhood, he found there were things in his world of more interest to him than any thoughts of God. His life was constantly restless and unhappy. One day, in the prime of life, he began looking over some of the things his foster parents had saved from his childhood. A small paper parcel was of special interest. To his amazement, when he opened it, he found a pair of tiny shoes. He read these lines written by his mother. “These shoes were worn by my darling boy when he was only two years old. Standing in a ray of sunlight he said, ‘Me standing in God’s sm ile, mama.’ May the Lord grant that my dar ling boy may so live always standing in God’s smile.” Through these words on a yellowed piece of paper, written years before, the Lord spoke to this man’s heart. He realized for the first time that he was seeking to win the smile of the world. As a result he had only found un happiness and frustration. Giving his heart to Jesus Christ, he discovered that true blessedness and peace which only the Lord can give. In the little epistle of Jude we have the important exhorta tion, “Keep yourselves in the love of God.” 8
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