facetiously that the world would be better off if this were done! The lesson to be learned from this modern photography is that God is great, and man is not, and that man’s pride in himself is ever out of place when he is compared with the mighty works of God. God despises the proud and gives grace to the humble. Therefore, let us bear in mind that the important thing in life is to see ourselves as God does, from the vantage point of Heaven’s battle ments, and to walk softly before Him all the days of our lives. ☆ Green rpHE axiom, ‘W e grow as long as we are green,” has a very real application to the Christian life. While it is usually thought to be un complimentary to be classed as “green,” the truth of the matter is that God desires that we should be so all our lives. We mean that we should be constantly seeking to know more of the Heavenly Father, of His Book, and of the way in which we may live to please Him. When we come to the place where we stop growing, we become atrophied, and retrogression sets in. This is fatal both to happiness and usefulness in the Christian life. Let us ever seek to be “green,” and on the lookout for new treasures and new pleasures from God’s abundance. We need not feel that we can ever exhaust the fountain of God’s truth, which is as inexhaustible as God Himself. Those who ought to know are responsible for the statement that the wisest and godliest men of every generation but approached the fringe of the wisdom of God. ☆ Building a Missionary Church W E believe that it has been reliably demonstrated that the happy, growing church is one which lays great emphasis upon the cause of lo cal and world-wide missions. If the entire duty of Christians today could be epitomized into a brief statement, that statement would contain the ex hortation to carry the blessed story of God’s love “into all the world.” But missionary churches do not “just happen” ; Christians must be taught to be missionary-minded. TH E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
Bible at one sitting cannot be over estimated. There is an erroneous idea held by many people that it takes too much time to read an en tire book at once. The truth of the matter is that the average time nec essary for a thoughtful reading of any book of the New Testament is but thirty minutes. It is a rare per son indeed who in the leisure hours of an evening at home does not spend much more than thirty min utes in the perusal of a magazine or newspaper. It is not generally known that First Timothy can be read in twelve minutes, Philippians in ten, First Thessalonians in nine, and Sec ond Peter in eight. Reading a book at a sitting is a delightful and prof itable experience. It is thrilling to comprehend the entire thought of the Spirit as He spoke through the writer. The Word of God thus lives for one and the spiritual life thrives. Let us all try it. ☆ Sixty Miles Up R ECENTLY a most illuminating series of experiments was made, in which one of the latest type of rockets carried a camera far into the stratosphere. The camera clicked continuously, furnishing pictures never before photographed. These views are very thought provoking. From a height of sixty miles, most of the familiar objects, are entirely lost to view, and only the massive land marks, such as huge mountain ranges, wide flowing rivers and vast areas of desert, are visible. At that height, the mightiest works of man are obscured to the camera’s eye. What a lesson for man is to be found in this! Man is so prone to wrap himself up in his own person and accomplishments that he cannot see the handiwork of God. His in clination is to boast of his ability and inventions, and not to remember that he is a creature of God's hand, and that everything he is, or has, has come as a gift from Him. Yes, and more than that, God holds mam re sponsible to keep in mind that he brought nothing into the world, and can take nothing out. Once we read that if a huge wood en box, a mile square, were construct ed, one could pack into it the entire human race and throw it all into the Grand Canyon. The author added
Praise R ECENTLY we read that the com modity of praise was valuable be cause of its rarity. We regret to state that this is the case in Christian circles. While there always seems to be an abundance of criticism, there is a dearth of expression of apprecia tion, even when it is greatly deserved. To this we feel like saying, “Breth ren, these things ought not so to be.” Those of us who are the undeserved recipients of the marvelous grace of God, and whom through His Word God continually assures of His love, should not be sparing of our praise to those who are willingly and un selfishly doing the work of the Lord. It is a well-known fact that a little praise will ofttimes accomplish won ders. It lightens the heart and re freshes the spirit. It makes one dili gent in pressing the battle. The rea lization that there are those who appreciate one’s efficiency has an in fluence far greater than the driving power of criticism. There is a result ing happy glow in the heart of one who thus gives praise to another. The truth that “it is more blessed to give than to receive” applies very well in this instance. One is reward ed doubly and “twice blessed.” And as if this were not enough to inspire sincere appreciation of each other, we may find in the account of the life and words of our Lord a divine example of praise bestowed. ☆ A Good Plan T HERE are various methods of studying the Word of God, includ ing character, topic, type, chapter, word, and many others, but one of the very best and most profitable means of getting acquainted with the Bible, is simply to read it over and over. This was emphasized by the late Dr. James M. Gray, eminent Bi ble scholar and former head of the Moody Bible Institute. He held that in the study of any book, the first requisite was a view of the book as a whole, and that such a view could be obtained only by reading and re reading it. There is no question but that many people fall to appreciate and understand what they read be cause of the popular “hop, skip, and jump” system of Bible study. The value of reading a book of the PAGE FOUR
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