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A Terrible Indictment he American.Association for the Advancement of Atheism recently issued a bulletin in which we read the startling paragraph: Much as we dislike modernists because of their illog ical compromising, we must recognize that for many, modernism is but a stop-over on the road to atheism. Per haps we should have a little more patience with these our weaker brothers who are unable to go straight from orthodoxy to atheism without resting at the camps of lib eralism along the way. Modernism being no abiding place for the reasoning mind, some of them will yet arrive. Was there ever written a more terrible indictment for treason against the Christ ? A Suggestion uring a recent visit to Chicago, the Editor attended the noonday theater meetings in the loop district. The seating capacity of the theater was taxed to the utmost, and the blessing of God was abundantly manifested both in the message and the results that followed. These theater meetings are the outgrowth of nine months of concerted prayer by a group of Christian busi ness men. They are evangelistic in character. The preach ing of the gospel is followed with an invitation and oppor tunity to receive and confess the Lord Jesus Christ. The messages are broadcast, Monday to Friday, over the Moody Bible Institute radio, thereby extending the gracious min istry to thousands of people in radio land. No collections are taken during the week, but a basket is placed in the lobby where those who desire to give for the maintenance of the work may do so as they pass out. Money is also sent in by mail from those who have been blessed, either in the meetings or over the radio. The movement has spread to other centers, and revival fires have been started. Many of the Christian business men among our readers may find in this brief record a suggestion and incentive to initiate meetings of a similar nature in order that the gospel message may be presented to the unchurched people in their communities. God honors the faith of His people. Prayer and faith will overcome all obstacles. Blessing in Portland ^ lP h e following letter from Dr. W. H. Rogers will be read with interest by our subscribers. Dr. Philpott was for three years the pastor of the Church of the Open Door, and he has a host of friends in Southern California: “Dr. P. W. Philpott has just closed a three-weeks’ gos pel ministry in Portland, in which twenty-eight churches cooperated. From the beginning of.the campaign to its close, this splendid man of God commanded the confidence of the pastors and churches, and has left them happy and grateful to God. “During the three weeks, he has earnestly plead for the consecration of church members and has poured out his spiritual energies in behalf of the lost souls he has yearned to see saved. He has now^gone, but the influence of his soul-stirring messages andTthe echoes of his passionate pleas will remain. His ministries have been wonderfully stimulating; Christ has beer|exalted; the Word has been magnified; sovereign grace has been proclaimed; souls have been saved; backsliders have been reclaimed; indif ferent ones have been awakened and restored; revival fires have burned in our midst, and every'day has been fruitful in the spiritual instruction we have received. It will be easier for the pastors and churches to crftry on because of his spiritually constructive messages.” »
the adverse forces of a world in disorder through sin and death. In the meantime, God stands with us against our sorrows, our sobbing, our sighing, and our sins. He does this by the offer of a pardon—full, free, and eternal—a par don as free as the air we breathe, yet not cheap ; a righteous pardon, proclaimed for us by the blood of the cross, and to be received and enjoyed by faith. This is followed by His peace : the peace of sins forgiven, the peace of a cleansed conscience, the peace of a satisfied heart; the peace of a surrendered will. Then again, He stands with us in the comfort of His Word and the power of His Spirit. “He sendeth his word, and healeth them.” There is spiritual healing in that word. Moreover, God stands with us in His promise of a time when all disorders shall be overcome, when sin shall be no more. For “there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain : for the former things are passed away.” To those who sorrow because of recent loss, we com mend these promises and say, “This is the victory that over- cometh the world, even our faith.” I The Appraisal Report h r is t ia n evangelical believers everywhere will rejoice to know that a new association has been formed to protest the Appraisal Report of the Laymen’s Foreign Missions Inquiry Commission. Christian leaders from the various denominations, both ministers and laymen, are found on its executive com mittee. In announcing its organization, the association has made the following explanation : The authoritative nature of the Appraisal Report has seriously disturbed the confidence of many in the whole missionary enterprise. At a time of deep religious depres sion, it comes to dampen ardor and to discourage faith. Realizing the necessity of facing the distinct modernism of the report and the dire need of repudiating its misin terpretation of missions as a human enterprise, we have formed a group of representatives of many denominations and assemblies to reaffirm our faith in and support of Christian missions. We have also engaged to promote a wider knowledge of and a more sacrificial interest in the cause of world evangelization. We stand against the Laymen’s Foreign Missions Inquiry Appraisal Report be cause it is a humanist appraisal of a distinctly spiritual project. The good it contains is a borrowed good, since its recommendations are largely in operations carried on now. The aim of the association is to rally to the standard of Christian missions every loyal Christian in the land, and its hope is a revival in the denominations and assemblies of Christian knowledge, zeal, and sacrifice for world evan gelization. World’s Christian Fundamentals Convention O ne of the outstanding events of the year in evangel ical circles will be the sixteenth annual convention of thè World’s Christian Fundamentals Association, to be held in the Moody Memorial Church, Chicago, June 25 to July 2. Fundamentalists are urged to mark this date on their cal endars, to pray very definitely for the convention, and if possible to attend. Bible teachers, pastors, evangelists, and other Christian leaders who plan to attend should com municate with the president of the World’s Christian Fundamentals Association, Dr. Paul W. Rood, Turlock, California. T A Word of Thanks h e illustrations appearing on pages 137 and 138 are used through the courtesy of the N. Y. K. Line, 551 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif., to whom grateful thanks are expressed. This famous steamship line serves five continents, operating 150 modern steamers in world wide trade.
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