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earth,” and if you do not salt the world, the world will rot you.—A. M aclaren . III. I nfluence When travelers climb uncertain danger ous precipices in Switzerland, they fre quently go tied together and all fastened to the guide who steps carefully and climbs cautiously. A company of tourists climbing one day made rapid progress until suddenly one of them slipped. He pulled down the second and the third and so on until it seemed as if all would be dashed to death over the precipice. But the guide struck his peculiar ice-pick deep into the ice, and when the strain came upon him, the rope tightened and all were saved. We are thus bound together by the cord of influence. Only as one member is planted firmly on the Rock of Ages, can this power to slip be averted. Whether we will or not, we are our brother’s keepers.— J. W ilbur C hapman . IV. L ight in th e L antern “Ye are the light of the world.” If every Christian of us was illuminated by the Spirit of God, how we could light up this world! But to have a lantern without any light, that would be a nuisance. We want to keep in communion with Christ and let Him dwell in us richly and shine forth through us.—D. L. M oody . FEBRUARY 26, 1939 WHERE ARE OUR MODERN FRONT IERS? N umbers 13:17-21, 25, 30-33 Meditation on the Lesson At the very border of the Promised Land, Moses and the children of Israel encamped while Moses chose twelve men to search out the land. It was to be an exhaustive survey. The twelve spies conducted the search thoroughly and returned with a ma jority and a minority report. Ten brought back a discouraging word, saying that in deed it was a wonderful land but that the people were too strong and the cities walled and great. They felt certain that it was impossible to take it. Their conclusion was: "We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. . . . And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.” All of the fervent pleas that Joshua and Caleb made that the people should go up in the strength of the Lord and possess the land were of no avail. We know the sequel. The Lord punished them for their unbelief by making them wander in the wilderness for thirty-eight more years—until all save Joshua and Caleb of that generation of adults had died in the desert. God had never required of them that they cross the frontier in their own strength. Throughout the long journey from Egypt He repeatedly had intervened miraculously to deliver them from every danger and to supply every need. We wonder at their lack of faith, their disobedience and mur muring after all God’s goodness to them. Surely they could trust Him. But we of the modern-day church are even worse. We have had a fuller revela
tion of the power of God, for we have come to know the Lord Jesus as our Saviour from sin. There is yet much land to be possessed in America, and the church says, “We are not able.” The mountaineers of Kentucky and Tennessee, the migrant workers of the West, the vast unchurched population in the Northwest, the immi grants who come yearly to our shores, the various foreign sections of our large cities —all these constitute unpossessed land which could be ours for the taking, if we would “go up . . . and possess it." To gether with the vast foreign mission fields and a multitude of human relationships in which Christ is not given the preeminence, these needs can well be termed our “mod em frontiers.” Are we ready to go for ward to “possess” the land in the power of the risen Son of God? The older of two men was once urging up on the younger the claim of Christian work in mission fields, and the latter answered with an excuse that had a familiar ring: “But I have never felt any compelling call to give my life in that way.” “Are you sure that you are in calling distance?” was the disquieting reply. — S elected . II. O bligation of th e R ich “Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to com municate” (1 Tim. 6:17-19). Amissionary who was at home on furlough was invited to dinner at a great summer resort, where he saw and met many women of prominence and position. After dinner he wrote a let ter to his wife. He said, “Dear Wife: I’ve had dinner at the great hotel. The com pany was wonderful. I saw strange things today. There were some who wore to my certain knowledge, one church, forty cot tage organs, and twenty libraries.” In his great longing for money to pro vide the gospel for hungering millions, the missionary could not refrain from estimat ing the silks, satins, and diamonds of the guests at the dinner in terms of his people’s need. What are you wearing? Are you ready to distribute?— Missions. III. A Q uestion of V iewpoint Not long since I saw a model of a so- called home, a tenement house in a con gested part of a great city. There a family of seven—the father, mother, and five chil dren—lived; and, except the baby, they were all busy making goods in a room twelve feet square. When they slept at night, one child slept on a table, one on two chairs, and two others on a hard pallet on the floor, while the father and mother and baby occupied the bed. As a rich lady passed by this exhibit, she said, “It’s all horribly exaggerated.” A little later two boys from the slums stood looking at it, when one said to the other, “Why, Jimmie, that ain’t nothin’ to it.”—C. E. L ocke . Helps for the Leader I. H earing a “C all ”
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