that it would look like people would expect it to.” The newspaper pub lished the youngster's note and an im mediate sympathetic response was re ceived. One company donated $3,000 worth of gold pigment required for the first coat. When the work is final ly done, it will be due to the challenge of a boy, who wanted to see a job done. It will be a real undertaking. Yet, thinking of a challenge, as we see an exploding population across the face of this globe we realize that there are multitudes who may never know anything of God’s love and grace un less we have dedicated people to reach them. Since its founding in 1908, Biola has sent forth dedicated mis sionaries both to the homeland as well as to the distant shores of this world where they proclaim the unsearchable riches of Christ. The simple, yet pro found message has been, now is, and ever shall be, that “I f thou shalt con fess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” * * * Your love for Christ is not measured by the things you are willing to do, but rather by the one thing you are NOT willing to do. * * . * HOW THE WORLD REMEMBERS Did you know that David Living stone, the famed firebrand to Africa, had a brother named John? A t his death he was declared to be one of the richest men in Ontario, Canada. David and John grew up in a simple Scottish home. When each boy made plans for the future, with decisions affecting their entire lives, John set his course to make money. David, on the other hand, decided to forsake all and to fol low Christ. John lived and died in luxury, while David passed on to meet the Lord from a humble African hut. John’s death was briefly noted in the newspapers with the explanation that he was the brother of David Living stone. God keeps similar records. That is why there are 1375 young people in our five Biola schools this year pre paring for the Lord’s service wherever He may call. 22
For many people, prayer is like the weath er. That is, everybody talks about it but very tew really do anything about it. * * * A PERSONAL PLEDGE No one can regard the new year with mere indifference. Back in 1752, two hundred and thirteen years ago, on New Year’s Day, a group of men led by John Wesley, men nicknamed “Methodists,” signed a co venan t which everyone was to hang on his study watt. The six articles of the sol emn agreement for the year which faced them is certainly practical for us, as God’s people, in 1965. 1. We untt not listen or wittingly in quire after ill concerning one another. 2. That, if we do hear any problem of each other, we will not be forward to believe it. 3. That as soon as possible we will communicate what we hear'by speak ing or writing to the person con cerned. U. That until we have done this we will not write or speak a syllable of it to any other person. 5. That neither will we mention it AFTER we have done this to any other person. 6. That we will not make any excep tion to any of these rules unless we think ourselves absolutely obliged in conference to do so. * * * The definition of a consultant or an ex pert is merely an ordinary man more than 50 miles away from home. * * * A JOB TO BE DONE No doubt you have read the inter esting news item about young ten- year-old Peter Grivich’from Liberty, Texas. It seems he had visited the city of the Golden Gate and was sorely dis appointed by San Francisco’s famed bridge. As a matter of fact, when he got home from the vacation he sent his piggy bank, containing a life’s savings of $H.78, to the bay city’s newspaper, with the explanation that the famed span was “gloomy and dusty.” He hoped his donation would be used “to paint the bridge gold so
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