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IN CHRIST IS LIFE
Life For a Young Heart A well-known magazine some time back held a contest to find the person who could write the best love letter. Thou sands of letters came in and after some weeks the judges announced the winner. The letter they selected was as sweetly tender as a lover’s touch. It wasn’t until later that it was discovered that the writer was a lonely spinster school teacher who had never been in love. That’s often the way with life. In an abstract way we can know all about something without ever experiencing it. This lonely woman had dreamed about love. She knew the warm words of love. But she had never experienced love. I think any young person can understand the heart of this woman. Youth feels things with a carefree abandonment. And this is the way it should be. But there are times when youth wants something more than feelings and dreams. The time comes when every young person wants reality. And there’s probably no area in a young person’s life where he wants reality more than in the area of religion. He has a thorough-going dislike for sham and pretense. He doesn’t want to pretend in a corner of his mind that religion works while knowing good and well that it never has worked for him. I finished college some four years ago and I recall vividly this desire for experiencing reality on the part of the students I knew. How then is a person to experience the reality of the Christian faith? I would suggest this. Instead of just specu lating about a philosophy for life why not make a down-to- earth experiment and find out if Christianity is what it claims to be? There’s no point speculating about Christianity any more than there was in the lonely spinster speculating about love. Unfortunately the spinster may have had no control over the situation she was in. But it is delightfully true that each of us can experience the reality of a new life in Jesus Christ. You’ve tried other ways to find a deep inner satisfaction and they haven’t worked. You want life to have real, full-orbed meaning. And if Christ is what He claimed to be (I don’t mean ideas about Christ but Christ Himself) then He alone can give you the kind of life you want. Recall that in John 10:10 Jesus said, “ I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” And in John 14:6 He said, “ I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Isn’t this the kind of life you really want? I think so. And it can be yours by simply making the experiment of trusting Jesus Christ. — L.H. ( If you desire more help on what it means to become a Chris tian, you are invited to write The Editors, The King’s Business, 5 58 So. Hope St., Los Angeles 17, Calif.)
GIANT DOT-TO-DOT BOOKS These big, 24-page coloring books are truly GIANTS in size, GIANTS in fun, GIANTS in Bible teaching, and GIANTS in value. On each 11" x 14" page is a dot-to-dot puz zle to complete and color, a short, short story and a Scripture reference. Eye-catch ing covers in full color. No. 2451. Bible stories (younger children) No. 2452. Story of Jesus (younger children) No. 2453. Stories Jesus Told (older chil dren) No. 2454. Heroes of the Cross (older chil dren) Price, each, 25c.
MAGIC BIBLE PAINTING Bright colors appear like magic when child applies water with h brush and starts paint ing with a scrubbing motion on the harm less water-color dots on these pictures. It’s easy, it’s fun, and there are no extra sup plies to buy. Directions and brush furnished
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PARTY GAMES AND QUIZZES
A splendid book pro- v i d i n g a l p h a bet quizzes, fill in the bl ank s, ma t c h i ng quizzes, Bible rid dles, object lessons, Bible games, iden tifying old songs, fun with numbers, rid dles, tongue twisters. Ideal for church parties, families, and for the shut-in. 96 pages, paper bound. No. 3077 .................................................... 95c.
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