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IN THIS ISSUE Poem: "God's Unchanging Word" 269 Words in Senaon- R. ll. B.

The People of God 2G9 When God's People Were Unfaithful • • . - 271 The High Place of the Church 272

Newa and Notea 273 1942 S ubacript ion Drive • • 276 One With God, Christ and Each Other- J. ll. :itcCaleb • 277 Enmity Agains t. God • • • - • · • • 278 All the Difference-No Dift'ereoce-N. B. Wright 279 ls 'l' here "The Wo1·ship1"l-Stanford Chambers • 280 'l'ho 'l'imos of tho Gentiles - - - • - - - - - 281 Ben's Burlgct.-JJen J . E lston - - - - 284 Thoughts Worth Whilc-D. II. Friend - - - - 285 The Four Beasts (8th Lesson on Daniel)- R. H. B. 287 Studies in lhc Ori(rinal Tcxt-Jonuh W. D. Skiles 292 On Foreign Ficlds--0. C. J. - - - - ::!!14

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THE WORD AND WORK (VOLUME XX.XV, DECEMBER, 1941)

GOD'S UNCHANGING WORD For fee lings come nnd f eclings go, And feelings ar c deceiving; .i\ly wa r rant is the word of God, 1\uughl e lse is worth believing.

T hough uJI m y heurl should feel condemned For want of some swcel Loken , There is One grea ter than my heart \.Vhosc word cannot be broken.

I'll ti·ust in God's unchanging word Till soul and body sever: For, though a ll things shall pass away, Jlis word shall s tand forever.

- Murtin Luther.

WORDS IN SEASON H. JI. B.

THE PEOPLE OF GOD Whut a privilege it was even in the Old Dispensation lo

belong to the peop le of God. l\loses renounced the riches and g lories of the court of Egyp t und "refused lo be cu lled the son of Pha raoh's d aughter" Lhat he mighl openly a lign himself with the people of (jod- Isr ue l- allh ough these were al lha t lime but a horde of s la ves in deep allli ction a nd humilia lion, toili11g under forced labor in Egypt's brick-yards. Tru ly there was no outward at trnctiYeness to make one want to be reck­oned as a memJJcr of that clan! But "by f ailh Moses" chose rather " to suffer afflic ti on wit h the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for n season; cslcerning the re­proach of Christ gr eater riches than the treasures of Egypt." Neither was he ever sorry of this choice, though it brought him m uch disappointment and sorrow and burden. It was Moses himseu· who sui<l in his lus t words, "Happy a rt th ou, 0 Is rael: who is l.ikc unto thee, a people suved by .J ehovah, the .shield of thy help !" (Deu I. 33 :29.) David' also ex tols Is­rae l's high estate: "And what one na tion in the earth is like thy people, even like Israe l, whom God went lo red eem u nto himself for a people . . . and thou dids t establish to thyself thy people Israel lo be a people unto thee for ever; and tJ10u Jebovnh becam es t lhei1· Goel." (2 Sam. 7 :2:1, 24.)

Strunge lo say ii was Bainu m, a heathen prophet, rm ene­m y of Israel, who compelled of the Spirit, had lo sel forth

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U1c complete list or Israel's grea t advantages. &om Balaam's prophecies (Numb. 22-2-l) we ga ther the fol16wi ng s tate­m ents conccrnfog lsruc l's exalted position und privilege.

1. They w ·e "a people I/wt dwelll" t h alone, and shall not be rl'ckoned amOll{J Ifie nations." (Numb . 2.3 :9.) Chosen of God, se parated unlo Hhnse lf, to be His own pecu liar people, His treasure and His inhedtuncc, no t to l>c reckoned us jus l another nation , o r us one of the common peoples of the earth. They s tood themselves, in a ca tegory of their own. because of their peculfar re lation lo God. Who can m easure the honor and dfalinction of this "/

2. "He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob: 11eit!ter !iat/i he seen perverseness in lsraPI.'' (Numb. 23 :21.) Not that there was no t p lenty of iniquiLy and perverseness am ong them , nor tha t God, like sotn(' foo lish, indulgent parent , failed to sec ii; s till less did He mean tha t lie would le t them get by with it (Amos :~ :2); uul th ey were in covenant and unde r atonement. For God' had provided aJrnnda nl m ercy for them, and could deal with them in grnce, despite a ll the ir fui lures. And who shall lay aught to the charge of God's e lect"! rr God jus tifies wuo s ha ll condemn ·1 (Comp. Zech. 3.)

3. "Jehovah their God is with them , a11d the shout ol a kiny is among lhr m." This was Israe l's ch.ie f excellency, that J ehovah dwelt in th e midst of th em. ''For wherei n now s ha ll it be known," soicl l\loscs to th e Lord. " thal I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in tha t thou goesl with us, so tha t we arc sepa ra ted, I and thy people, from all the people tha t are on the fuce of the ea rth "?" (Exod. 3:U6.) "\Vhcn Is rael Went forth out of £ 1,rypl, the house of J acob from a people of strange language; .Judah becam e bis sanc tuary, Israel Iri s domi nion. T he sea snw it and fl ed ! the J orda n was dri ven hack; the mountains s kipped like rams, the li ttle h i Us l.Jke lambs. . . . Tremble thou earth at the presence of tbe Lord, at the presence of th e God of J acob." (Ps. 114.) This was Israel's d istincti vc glor y : God's presence in the ir mids t. .. 1. "Surely lli r r e is 11 0 P11c/ia11lmenl ayai11sl Jacob : neilli er

is l11 <'r<' any diui11alio11 against lsrnel." (Numb. 23:23, mg.) The po,vers of darkness cou ld no t prevail against them. The Bible, both 0. T. and New. r ecognizes an underworld of evH s pirits­Snlan, a nd his "spiritua l hos ts of wi cked ness," who would as­sa il where they cou ld , the people of Goel. Rut Balnam, w ho wus munifestly endowed with some s tr an ge superna tural power (for there are more things in heaven and on earth than we have ever drenmed of in our philosophi es) however he tried . was unah le to put a "curse·• upon Isrnel, the peo ple of Goers protection .

15. There follow prophecies of Israe l"s sure, final triumph (Numb. 2.1 :23b, 2'1; 24 :8) and fiually a divin e utter a nce, once

{,,riven to Abraham, lute r r epent ed lo Jacob, but here a ppli ed in Ba la am 's prophe ti c orncle to the whole na tion of Israel:

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"Blessed be every 011e that blesseth thee. and cursed be every one Iha/ cur . .,eL/1 thee." (Numl>. 24:9.) lt means not only that God w ill r eward every fuvor and kindness shown lo them, and that He resents and punishes every wrong done lbem- which is quite true-but the th ought goes deeper. This people was so closely identi fi ed with the tru e God and His word to man, th a t according lo the a ltitude. whe ther friendly or hosti le, taken toward them, as a people, blessing or curse wo uld fol­low. This ancient wor d still holds good. Israel, though na­tionally rejected and cast off, still commands ou r sympathy a nd respect. (See Roni. H :1 -5. ) F or the church t.od'ny stands upon the root and' fatness of thei r oli ve-tree. and "salvution is from the .Tews." (Rom. 11 :17, 18; .John 4:22. ) If you dig deep enough you will fi nd at the root of "Anli-semilism ," wheth er ancient o r m odern , the haired of Israel's God, who is also the God and Father of our Lord .J esus Christ. WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE WERE UNFAITHFUL

The 10t>th Psa lm brings ou l the fact lhat not only as a true }Jeople, ideally conceived, but even as a weak, sinful, erdng, r ebellious na lion, did I he people of God hold high advan tage. \\Then the psalmist's vision Lakes in the length and breadth, and height and deplb of God's mercies a nd wondrous dealings with !Us p eople, he breaks forth into praise. "Remember me, 0 .J eh ovah, with Lhe fa vor which thou beares l unto lby peo­ple; Oh visit me with thy sahation , that I may see the pros­perit y of thy chosen; th a t I m ay rej oice in the gladness of thy na ti on. tha t I may glory with thy inhedtunce!" (Ps. 106: 4, 5.)

Then he traces the long and sad record of Israel's fail­ures throughout their history from the shores of the R ed Sea to U1 ei r captivity. Note the expressions: they "understood not"; " I hey rem embered uol"; " they fo.rgal"; (vs. 7, 13, 21). they "were reb ellious"; " they waited oot for his co unsel"; "they lusted exceedingly"; "they murmured in thei r tents"; tlley "hearkened not"; ' ·they pro"oked him to auger with Lheir doiugs"- a nd so on. At the Red Sea; in the wilderness; al Horeb where th ey made a calf; at Kadcsh w here they d espised t11e pleasant land; al the rebellion of Korali; w hen they joined themselves to Baal-peor; in thei r failure to drive out the na­tions nJler they had ente red th e la nd, and their consequent ens na rement in a'honiin nb le id'<Ylaldes- al every s tep tliey were unfaithful and disobedient. Now mark what H e did. Kote t11e world "Nevertheless," twice repeated (vs. 8, 44). D e­spite a ll their sinful fa ilures, "He saved them fo r hi s Name's sake; Jlc saved them l'rom lhc ha nd of him, that haled them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enem y'' (vs. 8, 10). When U1e utmost danger of jud'gm cnt and national destruc­tion because of the ca lf in Horeb threatened tbe na tion, He saved th em through the intercession of i\loses (v. 23)- ancl it was of course their God who had p rovided such an intercessor for t11em for just s uch a lime, even as He provided one for

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us, who "ever live th to make intercession for us." He chas­tened them, He disciplined them, and a ll lhe while bore wit h them in patience und by mcl'cy and juclgmenl. "Many timet. did he deliver lhcm" (v. 4:3) . 'Vhen al last He gave then\ into captivity, " He regarded their distress when he heard their cry; and he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses; he made them also lo be pitied of all those that carried them captive." (vs. 44-46.)

"lllessed be J ehovuh the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. And le i a ll the peo ple say, Amen. Praise ye Jehovah."

Such then was the favor the Lord showed unto His people. W hut a glorious thing it wus lo belong to the peo ple of God! We heu1· of the refugees from European oppl'ession who re­joice to be premi lted to set foot on our shores, and even lo be ad mi lted to c itizenship in this free country and nation. How much greater is the privilege of belonging lo the people of (~od ! Truly, us un old-time song says,

" I'd rather be the humblest one The Lord would call His own.

Thun wear a royal diadem, And sil upon u throne."

THE HIGH PLACE OF THE CHURCH lmmeasuruuly higher thun rsroel's, God's earthly people,

is the sta nding und glory of the church. Fur higher is her calling. far nobler her estate, far nearer is she thun Israel ever was or could be. God set a temple in the midst of Israel that He might dwell among them; bu t the church is His temple, and a far 11obler temp le-~• house built up of livi11g sto11 es, n habitation of God in the Spirit. ( I Pe t. 2:5; Eph. 2:22; 1 Cor. :1: 1().) The promised Messiah indeed is of Israel and for Israel ond He will be tl1eir Savior; but the church is related to Christ as Iri s own body, und, Ile to it as its living Head. \Ve find the charter of the blessings and privileges of Israel in the Old Tcstan1en t; bu t we lea rn of the unsea rchab le riches of the blessings of the church in the ~ew Testament, particularly in lhe epis tle lo the Ephesians. Every item listed in the prophc·

·cies of Balua 111 above, nnd a ll that is shown forth o.f the grn­cious <l ea.lings of God towurd His people in Psuhn 106, finds a higher anci more wonderful application to the church. Great was the s ta tion of Israel, a11d wonderful her promises and pri ­vileges; but higher is the calling of the church, and far ex­ceeding her destined glory. If it was a great thing lo be num­bered among the children of Israel, fnr more is it to be a m em.: ber of the Body. a child of God through .Jes us Christ lhe Lord. (How people hecame me111bcrs or the church is pla inly shown in the New Teslnment-cspecially in the book nf Acts. Sec Acts 2:37, 38, 41, 47; compare Acts 18:8 with 1Cor.1:2.}

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NEWS AND NOTES Feature Articles for J anuary day night. Brother Hoar is doing a

We have a timely article from good work at Linton. Bro. Boll on "God's Word in a '1.'ime "I appreciate the fine articles that of Fear" which we plan to use in have been. appearing in the Word the January Word and Work. and Work."-Maurice Clymore.

In conneotion with the announce- Brother Clymore se·nds a copy of ment of the arrival of Herman Fox their new church bulletin, published and family, tihe November W. W. bv the young people of the church. says, "And what a story he has to We bid these young people God's tell!" Bro. Fox has promised to speed in this work. What an at.­give us that story in the J anuary tractive little church paper it is ! .number. These Dugger young people recently

We hope also to offer a picture suffered the loss of one of theil· of the Johnson City, Tenn. church number, Anna Pearl Davies, a faith­building ·along with a bl'ief history ful Christian girl, who departed to of the work there. R. B. Boyd is be with her Lord. t he minister of that church. Calif.omia: "We still have the

Ningtsin, N. China: "The state- best maga:.1ine going, haven't we? ment that follows may come as a Couldn't be otherwise with R. B. surprise to you. Nevertheless, I Boll as Editor."-Bess W. Rhodes. feel like saying that, barring unfor- Parksville, Ky. : "l understand seen developments, the s ituation in that Salem church, near Cynthiana, China probably will be cleared with- Ky., has asked Jack Blaes to take in the next year. I wonder whether up the work there. We are happy there are those whose hearts God that both have found one another." .may have touched and m·e desiring -N. Wilson Burks. to come to China. 'Have you asked Read nbout our 1942 aubacription the Faither wl11rt Hia will is for you, drive on page 276. young friend? I would like to see Oyster Point, Va.: " I am con­a married couple come to Ningtsin. vinced that the Book of Revelaition There is more than one can do. is a vital important last message of

"Jn these days when men are J esus Christ to His church, yet how praying for peace, let us not neg- few accept it as such, and how many lect to ask the Lord of the harvest there are who minimize or spiritual­to raise up laborers in His harvest. ize its sacred messal?e until it means Now is the time for preparntion. little to many professed followers of 1\:lay the doors of opportunity not our Lord."-Orrie D. Yoder. open in vain."-N. B. Wright. Winchester, Ky.: "The work at

Lexington, Ky.: "Brother H. L. Sugar Grove and Salt Lick con.tin­Olmstead began with us at Cramer ues with good interest and attend­.and Hanover church last night. Fine ance. I preached at Cat Creek on crowds at the beginning se1·vices." November 12. Bro. Albert Martin -H. N. Rutherford. recently helped them in a meeting,

On Thanksgiving moming a few in which 10 were baptized, several nearby congregat.ions united with placed membership, and some re­the Cramer and Hanover church in consecrated thei:r lives to God. Bro. A splendid Thanksgiving service. Martin also held a meeting at a .Brother Olmstead brought an in- school house at Old Furnace with spiring message on the subject of thirty-seven responses, twenty-six of "Grace" to a large audience. these by baptism. Plans are under

Dugger, Ind. ; "I am in my last way to build a house of worship at meeting for this year. This t ime I that p,lace. To God be all the am helping Bro. W. S. Hoar in a glory. '-Asa Baber. me-eting at Linton. Favorable "On a thirty-one day tour to Ln. ·weather has helped our attendance mission fields, with stops at Nash­a great deal. Interest is good with ville, Columbia, Memphis, DeRidder, three responses thus far. Brethren Broadlands, Dees, Estherwood

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from other congregations are lend- nings, Abbeyville, Crowley, Amite, ing their presence every night. The Nashville, Franklin and Bowling m eeting will continue through Sun- Green, we listened in on 5 se:·vices,

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spoke 32 times among white and ( b h colored (some meetin.,.., pnr·t i·n mem ers w o had moved awny)-F' h

.. ~ and it was an enjoyable affair." · renc ) , did practically a full quota o~ ofl1 ce work and drove 2,200 Powel!, \Yyo. : "The Lord has miles. At regular appointment the led me mto many open doors this 9th with High View brethren. on fall. No man sent me. No engnge­the I Gth--J>ekin, Schuler school men~ were made. I consider the Sellersburg, and Portland Ave. Th~ leadmg from God. One door opened La. brolhren do far more personal atoor another, until I had to tw·n _wo1 k than I am accustomed to see- away and rest Cor a season. l mg. Dr. Forcade sometimes carries have preached in eleven different as many as 14 in and on his Chev- 7hurche~: some in Wyoming, some rolcl. He loves to pick up strangers m Washmgton, and one in Canudu when on tour and tench them and "It may be I can do more nc~t he preaches to his household help sui:nmer. I request your prayers Cor and his patients. Jennings wher e guidance and ~very needed blessin~. Frank l\Iullins aids, has er~cted a 1 expe_ct to winter here at Powell, commodious new house. In Amite, Wyommg, care of Ross Bunn ''-Charles K Gruver. · 11ovcn or more cogrcgations were 1·eprcsc11ted In two services with Sundny School Timoa Club some driving from Buton Rouge '!'hose who subscl'ibe for lhe Sun-( GO miles) and New Orleans (80 day School Times through the Word miles). Dear Robert S. King, good and Work are hereby notified that mun, curnc!lt preacher nnd stedfast your subscription expires 'Oecombe1· and ardent supporter of foreign U, 1941. 'fhe i·enewa l price is SI! missions died while I wns in Nash- for the year, a discount of 25 co11\J ville."-Don Carlos Junes. off of the regular price.

A ten dollnr Bible free. Read Bound Volume page 276. We arc prepar ed to bind up 11 lim-

Aust.in, Tex.: "1 would 11pprcci- ited number of Word and Work!I nt.c it if you would !1ll1tc in the for 1939, 1940, and 1941. First. Word and Work that Route 2, Box however, we would like. Lu kuuw how 454, Austin, Texas, will bo the ad- m~ny of these bound volumes our dress of The Truth after Jnnuary 1, friends want. The price is $ l.50 and thul the paper is to be double in each. Just drop us a card with your size and printed on my own presses, order and pay when they are ready. at. Sl.00 per year.-J. D. Phillips. Please let us know soon.

A Correction New Catalog Pages The addit;ons reported ln!ll month In this issue you will find a few

under J. Edward Boyd'R activities, more ad pages which we wiRh to should have been credited to South use in our forthcoming catalog. Be­Side church, Abilene, Texas, instead fore making your holiday orders 1·e­of to the rural church near Baton read the displays in the November Rouge, Ln. Speaking of this congre- Word and Work. Jn that number srntion oul from Bitton Rouge, Bro. on page 264 "Go 1' ill You Guess" Boyd wys, "Some few yenrs ago "Know Your Bible," and Bible Sny­Brothcr and Sister Curlis moved out ings" are $1.00 each. into that rural community and start- A volu me of " Notes on the Pon-ed th e work, later securing the as- tateuch" free. See page 276. s istnnce of Bro. Ramsey, Bro. W. J. F t. Recovery, O.: "On the firllt Johnson, and perhaps olhers. At Lord's day in Nov. J preached morn­the suggestion of Brother Rumsey I ing and evening for the church at preached for them about a week. Spencer, T'enn., and contfoued t ill There were no responses, but the in- Tuesday evening. I am to ret urn to tercst wus excellent ond the pros- preach tho first Lord's day in Dec. peels cncoul'Uging. Bro. Ramsey and begin n. school of song on Mon­has l11ter preached two nights for day thereafter. The churdi nt them with one addition." Spencer was established about 100

Bro. Boyd also rcport11 a Home years ~go. and Burritt College was Coming held at the South Side estabhshed there by brethren in church in Abilene in November. He 1 8~ 8. It. was a college for prepn­snys. " A number of visit.ors were ration for all useful callings, and proscnt.-some from oul of town oreachers who stood for its prin-

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ciples got their portion until it was recently suspended. It was the first college in the Southland to open it.s doors to girls.

"On the third Lord's day I preached at Ft. Recovery, 0., morn­ing and evening. On the 23rd I am to nreach t:or I.he Limberlost church, near Bryant, Ind. On the 30th at l!ilm Grove chur~h, Portland, Ind., R. 5, where I lived from May 1981 to Dec. 31, l!l84 and preached for a group of churches, during which time I was given a good home on St.ced Bros.' premises. George was an ardent believer in premillennial teaching, Silas was indifferent on the subject and Mnry Ann, their sistel', was outspoken against it. .But they were beautifully united in chu1·ch interest and activity. Mary Ann was willing for George to get all the comfort from his view that he could, and to tell it. to others, and such was no disturbance to Silas. Why can it not be thus with all Christians in thei.ir differences on such matters? The three were re­sponsible for my years of service in Indiana and the border land of Ohio. The men passed awa.y, Mury Ann soon following, else we could have continued said service. Better friends, I 'm sure we never hnd.''­F lavil Hall.

Sunday morning one placed mem­bership with the local congregation from the Christian church.

"'!'he Thursday evening Bible study and prayer meeting has con­tinued to grow. Attendance each Thursd'ay in. November has been near the 40 murk. The .Friday night Bible class, conducted in various homes in the Carter-Sell addition of Johnson City, has also been blessed with renewed ·interest of late. We give the Lord all of the praise and glory for any good report we are able to make, and ask that others remember this work In prayer."-R. B. Boyd.

Note our 1942 Sub1cription dri•1e on page 276. Read inatruction1 carefully.

F.t. Lauderdale, Fla.: "Every one is delighted with our new 'No. 2' song books, and we expect to order more in a few days."-Willis FI. Allen. ·

Where ·is that single man who could help the few disciples meeting at 804 W. Washington St., in New Castle, Pa? The brethren say that he could no doubt secure work, per­haps in the B. and 0. shops; and that he would be housed and cared for until he had a job. Write Frank R. Weatherby, Box 312, Route ~. New Castle, Pu., or wri te Mrs. Peter

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"And this is the ml'ssage which we have henrd from him nnd an­nounced unt.o you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but ii we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we havo fe llowship on<i with another, and tlw blood o! Jesus his Son cloans­eth us from all sin."- I John 1 :5-7.

Yo u were once u chi ld. As a normal child you c raved compa nionship a nd wa nted lo he like o thers. T o be set upart was no t pleasant. You wa nted to feel as if you were purl of U1e group, and a necessa ry pa rt a t th ul.

l\ly curly childhood wus spent in J npun. Ncxl April 13 it will he fifty years since m y mother and fa ther firs t a rrived th ere. 111 those days the re were fe\v representa tives of the "sim ple church" and compur ntivc ly mu ny of o ther persua­s ions. As a result th e children with whom I associa ted eilher had no persuasion nl all, or accepted be li e fs somewhat differ­e nt from th e leaching a fforded m e. This brought about a sep­a ra tion of u sort , and l often wondered a bout it. ~or was tha t forced sepa ration nlways p lcasanl to my you ng and h umun soul. F rom tha l l ime on lh e uni ly of the body of Chris t has been something close to my heart. T he s trength of num bers and the fe llowshi p of m a ny hea rts bea tin g as one ho ve been ea rnes tly yearned for i11 m y church assodutions. Alwuys these con diti ons have not cxfated, a nd I hove cons tantly wondered why.

It has been proposed th nt s in cuts us off from fiocl and God's light, and consequently destroys fe llowshi p. l\los t teach­e rs will admit Lha l God wants unit y. ln the same brea th , how­ever, they will practi cally deny that s uch u nity is possible by s ta ling that sin destroys unity a nd th ere le tti ng the mat ter rest w ithout fur ther comm en t. T he impression is somehow left tJrnt the m atte r upon w hich there is a d iffe rence a rc the pecu­liar s ins Urn t destroy unity. T here follows then a su btle and d ecaying sort of breakdow n into little groups that emphas ize w ha t n o / to be lieve rulh er than th e pos iti ve m a tt e rs o f the grace of God.

It is true U1al sin destroys unity. There can be no unitY w ith God unless Lhe chasm of sin is overcom e. Christ spanned that chnsrn, and it is in llim th ol we cn n ugain be one with God, t11Hl reconcil ed to Him. Through Christ J esus nlso we have u oily one w ith a nother as a nalurnl r esult of our unity w ith God. \Vithou t Chris t J es us the re can be no unity because a ll hove si nned und do continue lo fu ll sh ort of the glory of God. It is Chris t's hlood that COYers our errors through c·od's grace, and thus a llows us lo wall' in th e ligh t, even as God is in th e li ght. ancl to hnve fe llowship w ith each other.

Tltcl'c is one body, one Spirit, one hope of our cu lling, one Lord , one fmth, one bapti sm a nd one God und F a the r of a ll. (.Eph. 4 :4. 5.) Tbtough lbe one fait h we arc bap tized w ith lbe

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one baptism into the church which is lhe one body of the one Lord and receive the one Spirit. vVe arc then children of the one God and look forward wit h expectancy lo Urn one hope. As children of God and members of Christ's body we strive to "attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowl­edge of the Son of tjod, unto a fullf!rown man, unto the meas­ure of the s tu ture of the fulness of Christ." (Eph. 4 :13.) That perfect unity we never attaifl in fact because ~we never equal Christ's perfection. As members of His body, however, we are cleirnsed by His blood, and His perfection is impai·ted lo us. Tha t fact is a ll important. IL is the very foundation and bed­rock of un ity.

Sin severs us from the light, but Christ's blood overcomes sin- a nd we overcome si n by pai·taking of Christ's blood. vVhich one among us does not make mistakes? W hi ch one of us docs. not have mistaken notions? Sha ll I fasten upon your peculiar mistaken notions and w rong actions as the only ones th a t sever man from the light, and at th e same tim e be blind lo mv own failures? No matt e r how honest and sincere he may be," can any man claim that he understands all of God's word clearly and has li ved prefectly in accordance with his know ledge'!

Thanks be lo God that on ly God de termines when a m a n has cu t himself off from lhe light. 'Vou ld il not be tragic if that judgment were left to the finite m.ind and heart of man ? Should nol our chief aim be lo make sure that we are in the body of Christ a nd then s tri ve mightily to attain "unto th e measure of the sta tu re of the fulness of Christ"? Unt il we reach the perfection of Christ it is God's grace that must cover us on th e way. and keep us one wHh God and with each oth er. Thal grace is ours th rough Jesus Chris t ou r Lord. And that grace provides the only tru e unity.

ENMITY AGAINST GOD "Before the sacrifice of the Suvior was finished. Judus

killed himself. Cniaphas was deposed the next year. Herod died in ex ile and infamy. Pilate shortly afterwar d was stdppe<l of his office on the very charges h e ·had tried, by com­promise , to avoid, and, broken by misfortune and banishment. died by his own hand'. The .Tews said' they h ad no king but Ceasar, and Ceasar a ft er Ceasa r has oppressed and plundel·ed U1em until, at last, when Lhey arose in revolt agrunsl the Cea­sar lhe,v had claimed, h e desecrated and dcslroyed their tem­ple and their city. They had given 30 pieces of si lver for the Savior's blood, and they were sold into s lavery by thousands for much smaller sums. They forced lhe Romans to c rucify their Christ, and they were crucified in such m yriacfa by their conquero rs thal wood cou ld not b e found for crosses. They sa id, Hi s bJood be on us and on our children, and Nemesis has made Jewish history from th~t day to this one long aceldama, a field of blood." Contributed• by H . N. Rutherford.

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ALL THE DIFFERENCE-NO DIFFERENCE N. B. Wright

The Hebrew epist le opens with th e profound sla tement: Goo HATH seo1rn:s. His \Vorel, therefore, is a revelation of His will from heave n- clear, concise a nd defi nite. How deep is ou r g rulitude for this Lighl thul dispe ~s the darkness a~~ ~ g,­noram:c of hw111:rn philosophy; how weighty our r espo 11s1bt1Jty in accepling His will j us t as iL is revealed.

It makes all !he rliff ere11ce, to us, therefore, as to what God h as said. ''.7c g ive Him a bsolut e crecLit fo r be ing uhle to ex­press llis mNmi11r1 and to preserve that expression for the benefit of mankind. Since God is love He would not m ake our sa lvation depe nde nt upon th e understanding of Ilis \Vord, then g ive us la 11guage !hut docs not convey His thought or th a t is above 0 111· power of compre hension. The (;od in whom l believe and whom l ser ve is not that kind of lle ing. Our concern , the n, is what 1 Ic suys- just that to believe and do. Beca use som e mnn 0 1· socie ty of me n believe thus an d thus, I am no t obliged lo ta ke th e opposite sta nd . W hut they say isn 't our s tanda rd. The ma tter th a t m akes a ll the <lifference is what God h as said.

No Difference. In those rea lms where in the unders tand­ing of m en di ffe rs we ure put to a test. As we a pproach a ny s ubject with the Bible in ha nd it makes a bsolute ly no differ­ence to us us to w hich co ncep t God says is J l is thought. That is, we have no arbitra ry wish or w ill of ou r own tha t it ought to be this way or th at. Lei us use baptism fo r an illus tration. l\la11y m en he li cvc th a t immersion is God's will; o th e rs be lieve the outward m anifestation isn'I important. \.Vhat is our re­action ? If we- before our un<l~rs tanding on the subjec t is ma ture - of our own hn ve 11 11 a rbitrary will in the mutter, in the sense tha t we want it to lie one way or the othe r, we arc wrong. It should make no d iffe rence to us persona lly which way is lhe correct one. The diffe re nce li es in God's revealed \ Vorel. The n, since we hove no bias, w he n we rea d : " \Ve were buried the r efore with 1 11 111 through ba ptism into death" (R om. 6 :4) , and under s ta nd the word for baptism m eans "bur­ia l," lhe question is settled once for all- God hulh s poken. \ Ve urc pleased wilh I lis will. The principle lo whic h we have committed ou rselves is lo Hn d w hat God has said. And that, brother , includes ever y subjecl upon whic h Crod hath spoke n.

\V hul you think and feel yo u bring i n lo force; whe re your thoughts are, the re you ure. for you a rc your consciousness·, and what you meditate u pon, you becom e.

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IS THERE "THE WORSHIP" Stanford Chambers

A brother writes that though he has made thorough search, he has never been able lo find "the worship" in the New Tes­tament. The exact phraseology is not there; the idea , how­c,•cr, might not be so diOicult lo find. Thul the term h as become a hnckueye<I phrase is not lo be denied, and w e dis­avow any sympathy with that; neithe r is it to be denied that il has become with some a can t phrase, and we have no sym­pathy with that. But if there is any Biblka l te rm th ut has not J.>.ce11 sadly abused, we cann ot reca ll it, and if we allow cant to di scard th e use of one such te rm, then we have in principle sacri ficed a ll of them .

But is the re worship a nd Ille worshi p ? Another question by way of nnswering: Are the re p rayers and the prayers'? Concerning the first Christians it is written, "They continued stcclfaslly in ... the p rayers." So there are not on ly prayers bu t Ille prayers. Obvious ly enough, the pruyers a re those en­gaged in in worshi pful asscmhly. Agai n arc there "breaking bread" and a lso " the breaking of bread"? Compare Acts 2: 42 nn<l 2:tHi. In th e la tt er verse we have ploi11Jy eno ugh the ea ting of food. while " the breaking of breo<l" (lilcraJly, th e brenJdng of the brcud ) of verse 42 1s done in worshi pful as­sem bly, in the eating of the Lord's su pper.

Now prnyer is a requisite lo true worship; and true wor­ship is a r equ isite to the tru e obser vance of the Lord's supper. so as th e term, " the prayers," is Scriptuntl , then th ere is in the New Testament " the worshi p." It is not incorrectly used when applied lo the whole of procedure by the Lord's assem ­bly when we today, like discip les of o l<l, go ther " together to brcuk brcnd." (Acts 20:7. ) Let us, in our effort to e limina te aJI cant so often observed in the use of th is and ot he r Scrip­tura l terms, be on our guard agai nst unwarranted avoidance of th e term itself or , indeed, of that which the ten11 stoncls for. Some unco nsc1ously a nd som e purposely do avoid both.

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"THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES" The subjoined excellent article by Challen, one of the able pioneer

preachers of the Restoration Movement, takes up the theme of the Times of the Gentiles. On a !ow minor points we would differ from Broeher Challen's conclusions, but on the whole the position taken is good and true. Most important of all is tho munifestation of the freedom of inv,estigation and of the expression of their fi ndings in the word o'f God which prevailed among those early non-soctariun, undenominational brethren-a pt"inciple which is fundamental to all non-sectariun New Testament Chnstiunity, but which some modern Diotrepheses are seeking to destroy.-Editor.

"The times and th e seasons" are in the hands of lhe Fath­er, and are wholly ut his disposa l. They represen t great eras. long periods, and the complexion of events which occur under them. "The times" refer lo periods in the history of the world; " the seasons" to the character of those periods. Just as a year is o " time," and s pring, sununer, autumn anti winter the sea­sons. Now, both the limes and th e sensons arc under the di­rection and conlro l of God.

Il is U1e very essence of Atheism th a t .J ehovah has clivorced himself from the wor ld He hns crea ted, a nd takes no care and feels no interest in the ufl'uirs of mun. Jn no case is this seen e ither in the Old Tes tament or the New. The earth h as He given to Ule child ren of m en. The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness Urnreof. Jn ull the events connected with Israel and their enemies, God is spoken of as a jeulous God, wutching over His friends to do them good, and strong to punish those who are his enemies and th eirs. His eyes ar c on the ways of m en. His eyes behold the children of men. "For the eyes of lhe Lord run lo and fro throughoul the whole earth , to show h imself s trong in the behalf of tbem whose hea rt is perfect toward Him." (2 Chron. 1G :9.)

Kings, rulers, magistrnte~. and nations nre especial.ly un­der His governmcnl. Il e di sposes them ·as he wills. l Prov. 21 :1.] When they answer His purpose, they prosper, and w hen they fail lo do this, he puts them down. He raiselh up one and destroys anot her. l Ps. 75 :7.] lie sends armies from abroad, or incites them from within, to reform, or to utterlv subdue or destroy. J tis own peop le, Israel, for a long time had their own kings, but when they refused to obey him in ac­cordance with the will of God, He dethroned them and made them s ubject to th eir enemies ; and w hen this failed, He utte r ly removed them from their own . land, uncl put them uncl er the government of a foreign power, until He had rooted out the last vestige of idolatry from them . Thus God said to Israel, "The Lord shall mu kc lhee the head, and not the tui I ; a nd thou shalt be above only. nnd shall not be benea th ; if thou h earken unlo the commandments of U1c Lord. But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken, the Lord shall bring thee and thy king which thou shalt set over th ee. unto a na­ti on which n either thou nor thy fa thers have k nown; because U10u servedst nol tJ1 e Lord , therefore shalt thou serve thine

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enemies." (Deut. 28: 1 :~. 15, 36, 47.) Tn the ~·ear of J eho iakim, king of Judah, Nelrnchadnczzar ,

king of llaby lo n. besieged J e rusa lem , took purl o f the vessels of th e L ord, and the Lord gave .l ehoiakim, king o f Judah, in hi s hund. After this. he look the p eople away from their own J11n<l , ofter h e hud slain th ei r young m en with the sword. (iod ga ve th em all into his hand, to fu lfill th e word of the L ord. (2 Chron. 36 :11-21.) I I e re we have u striking fulfillme nt of the prophecy of ~loses. which we quoted from De uter onomy.

To show how intimalelv God stands connecte d \vith huma n gove rnme nt, and the au tho rity He exercises over it. He snys to Nel>uchadnezz:u, "Thou, 0 king, art a king o f kings, fo r the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom." And again, " I have mucJc the earth, und Jrn,·e give n it unto whom it seem ed mee l unt o me."

In the prese nt life. God is the Governor o f the nations. and nlso the Judge. lie rniscs them up, tries and punishes them for th eir iniquities. o r nhsolutely destroys th em. \Ve have no ins pire<l historio n now lo s how in w hul wny God exercises ll is influe nce O\"er the destiny of s tales und k ingdoms, IJul it is no less true now us o f old tha t H e does it ; a nd we have but lo read the past in lhc light of Scriptu re lo sec His hand st ill at work in arr anging, disposing, punis hing, und contro ll­ing the a ffairs of m en in their socia l an<l politi ca l relations to each o ther, and to Him. God is s ti ll known hy the judgm ents He executes. His ha nd is seen in effecti ng cha nges which hume the w isdom of senators, a nd s tain th e pride of gover­nors und k ings.

S ince Lhc d ays o f Ne1Juchad11Czzar until now, the c hosen people of God, Israel. hnve been in subjectio n to the authority of th e Gentiles. They we re diveste d bv him of thei r nation­ality as a free and i'ndCJH'n dent people. a nd hn\"e nrver re­covered it lo U1i s day. Thro ugh the four successive uni ver ­sal mo narchies th ey passed, unde r Genti le domina tion . be­ing lransf err ed from on<' lo another. The last one- th e R o­m11n- hroke t11cm lo pieces. destroyed th eir slate a nd nation, burned their city, s lew th em with the sword, a nd sent the m capti ve among a ll nations. In the Jasl di visio ns of lhc Rom a n Empire, into ten petty kingdoms, they have been fo r the m ost purl under th eir do 111 i11utinn and de pendenc ies, unti l this day, und w ill con tinue iu th e ir de pressed co nditi o n until the times of the Gen tiles shall he; over. As cer tain .ly as the Nile .. rising in the Moun tains of I.he Moon . runs its co urse 11nti.I it em pt ies its wa ters into the sen. so the 11a lion o r Isra el, from th e days o f .Ja cob to the prese nt hou r, hus pursued its co urse, unde r the eye a nd by the direction of an unseen out Almighty hand. It is s till His nation, us much so as any po rti o n of that noble river is the ~i le. And a lthough frequ e nt ly pun is he d. a nd still in the dispers io n. Is rae l is he loved fo r lite snkc of Abraham, Isuuc a nd .Jacob. Of th e covenant God m ade with them H e

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is mindful, and the promise of Lheir future glory shall all be fulfilled. Jerusalem will be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfi lled. (Luke 21 :24.)

Blindness, in part, is happened Lo Israel, until Lhe fulness of the Gentiles be come in. (Romans 11 :2.5.) Gentile domi­nation has lasted nearly two thousand fi ve hundred years, and during a ll this lime the J ews have been in a depressed condi­tion . They have survived a U tha t the rage and malice of their enemies could infli ct upon them. A miracle, the greatest ever known- contrary lo the ordinary miracles, which are momen­tary or of short dura lion--Is rael in the fiery furnace bas been kept fo r unbroken cen turi es, and it is probable their number a l this lime is as grea t as in Lhe days of Solomon. Judah is s till desolate, and they a rc in exile. In their dispersion , they arc s till separa te und d is tinct from a ll people. As long as J c­rusnlem is trodden under foo t, they a rc lo he wa nderers nwuy from the home of their fa thers. An obs tina te unbelief still characterizes the nation , and will, until the times of the Gen­tiles arc over. Thev s till re tain the fea tu res of their fathers, so tha t you can dis.tinguish Lhem ns J ews wherever you find them. Had they continued in their own la nd. th.is would not have been so wonderful, or had they in their dispersion lived in some othe r coun try. a lone; but as the dwellers in all lands, the dispersed among all na ti ons, and yet hea ring, even in their fea tur es, lhe nat i.onal characteristics, is a miracle of wonder among all people! They assimilate wHh none; every­where the same, they 'li ve under any form of government, a­dopt the language and cus toms of the country in which they live, and ycl, aft er the lapse of so many centuries, I.hey bear the original f ea lures of their nation.

Their unbelief is as marked as their nationality. "With the Scriptures of the prophets in their hands. and their hi s tory en­graven on the m emori es of the past, they s till reject the Mes­s.iah. Daniel's 70 weeks have expired; Bethlehem of .Judah is in ruins; the second Temple, destroyed; .J erusalem, the cap­it a l of their kingdom, ove1·thrown, and they in the dispersion fo r eighteen centuries ; a nd yet, holding on to the Scrip tures of the prophets in their blindness, bea1'ing as they do their liv­ing tes timony to the truth of the Christian system, and against their infidelity I No his tory of any nution can be compared with Lhjs. Con lrru·y to Lhe uniform ex perience of all others, they hold on their way, through a ll the changes of s tales and kingdoms, and their own changes- a di stinct and separ ate 11eople.

God has grea t lhings in s tore fot· .Judah and for Israel. They will yet play a wonclerfu l part in the scenes opening be­fore us. They have not been preserved down to the present tim e for nought. "These dry bones shall li'vc."

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that scathing rebuke He ministered to the scribes and Phari­sees; and when expecting on their part a still higher culmina­tion of threa tening and wrath, he s tood, and suddenly over­wllclmed wilh grief, uttered these impassioned words: "O Je­rusalem, Jerusalem, thou that k.illest tJ1e prophets, and slonest them wbfoh ar e sent unto thee! how often would I have ga th­ered thy children together, even as a hen gatherelh her chkk­ens under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, ye shall not sec me henceforth till ye say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." (Mutt. 23 :37-30.)

T his wail of gri ef has come down the ages, a nd still bur­dens the air. It is the last note of sorrow over the unbelief of the nation , in the way of teaching, that fell from the lips of J esus. On the cross He <.lid nol forget them. "Father, forgive them, they know not w ha l they do I"

When they next ·see .J esus, they will look on Him w hom they have pierced, and will mourn and be in bitterness, as for an on ly son lha l servcth Him. Then, and not unti .I lhen, w ill they say, "13Jessed is he lhat comelb in the name of the Lord !" -James Challen, in Millennial Harbinger, 1862-pp. 202-205.

BEN'S BUDGET Ben .T. Elston

: This Bud'get will complete U1e year 19<11. Bro. Janes will be remem bered for his visit lo DeRidder. He was "paid the last far thing" we owed to the build ing fund, out of which we had been helped in bui lding our church-house. Thanks-to all humans concerned and to our heavenly Father. He was busy and did us good. l am now at Leon, Iowa, for a time. Leon, a n<l nearby fie lds have mean t much lo me and lo m y fami ly. I owe them a ll I can do. There is much her e to re­fresh lhc spirit in a ti me of so much apos lacy. I want to p lan for w ha tever service I mav render in a possible future. uv be­ing r eady to come into His· presence a t a momen t's ca ll . "Sure­ly good ncss and mercy have followed me all the days of my life." W hat an unspeakable blunder if now, after 56 years of a ra ther vigorous discipleship, l should turn my buck on Hope. In whatever way, the course will soon be finished. If I could know, however, tha t U1ere is yet before me a full Lhou­sand yeurs of exacting, painful service, I should try to face i t with resolute joy. God's way is best. I must not defeat his Jove and power. May He help us lo sec our real worth- what everlastfog life rea lly means. Some glad day, soon, we shaJI be like him-see Him as He is. "Steadf asl, unmovable" is the thought. Good bye, old year.

"Our greatness is measured by how muny we can serve." - H. P. Myers.

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THOUGHTS WORTH WHILE D. H.F.

A NEW LEAF He came to my dest{ with a quivering lip­

The lesson was done--"Dear teacher, l want a new leaf," he said,

"I have spoiled this one." In place of the leaf so stained and blotted, J gave him a new one all unspotted,

An<l into his sad eyes smi led, "J)o better now, my child."

J went lo the T hrone with a quivering soul­The old yea r was done--

"Dear Father. hast Thou a new leaf for me? I have spoiled this one."

He look the old leaf, slaine<l and blotted, And gave me a 11ew one ull unspolled,

And into my sad heart smiled, "Do better now my child."

YOU CAN, BUT DO YOU'? Instead of going lo chw·ch on the Lord's Day you can wor­

ship God in the mountains, beside the Jakes, at the beach, or at bome-bul do you?

Tabel'nacles, temples, ca1hedra ls, and churches have been erected primarily to assist man in bis worship of God.

By rneans of the rndio you may remain al home or visit a friend and hear sacrnd music that is a lmosl heavenly, O'r listen lo a wonderfu lly inspLring sermon, but. this great invention, as marvelous as it is, will not enable you Lo "tune in" on God, nor can it bring to you the joy and strength that comes from asso­ciating with fellow Christians.

You nol only should allend churcb services, bul you need lo attend. You doubtless have helped lo make lbe house of wor­ship possible. Are you making the use of it you should? There is no substitute for church attcndancc.- C/wrch Bulletin.

A MOTORIST'S PRAYER "Teach us to drive through life '\Yithout skidding into other

people's husiness. Preserve our brnke linings that we may s top before we go too fur. Help us lo hetu· the knocks i n our own motors and close our ears to the clashing of other people's gears. Keep alcohol in ou r radiators and out of our stom­achs. Absoh-e us from the mania of trying to pass lhe other automobile on a narrow road. Open our eyes to the traffic signs and keep our feel on the brakes."-Oullook.

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LOST-A BOY i Nol kidnaped by b a ndits and hidden in a cove to weep

and s ta r ve and ra ise o nu tion lo fre nziecl seu rch ing. \Vere that the cnse 100,000 me n would rise lo the rescue if n eed be. Unfortunate ly, the losing of the la d is without a ny drnmalic excilc m c nl, thou gh ve ry sad and ve ry rea l.

The fact is, h is father los t hi m. Be ing too busy to si t with him. al the fireside a nd a nswer h is tri via l questio ns during the years when fathers are the only g rea t heroes of lhe boys, he let go his hold on him.

Yes, his m o the r los l him. B eing much e ng rm;sed in her teas, dinners, a nd cluh p1·ugram s, she le t her m ai d hear the boy s ay his prayers, und thus her grip s ljppcd, and th e boy was lost to his home.

/\ye, the c hurc h los t him. Being so much occu pied with ser m o ns fo r th e wise uncl e lderly w ho pay lhe bills, and hav­ing good care for dig nity, the minis te r and elder s w e re un­mindfu l ol' the human fee lings of th e boy in the pew, nnd m ade no p rovision in sermo n o r song or man ly sport for hi s boyish­ness. /\ nd so the church a n<l m any sadhea rted pu re nls are now looking earnest ly for the los t boy.- Couena11t W eekly.

THE UN FORGIVING SPIRIT !\oth ing will hi nd er pr·evailing prayer more tha n an un­

fo rgiv ing spirit. A c hild was wulJdog a long a sl1·ee l und a large dog cam e out barking. She s tood te nilie d. Soon a s tranger cu m e up lo he r and said, "Come on, Little girl, the dog has s to pped ba r ki ng ." "Yes" she said, " but the bark is on lhe inside." S he saw in th e eyes of lhe <l og a n un friend ly spirit. We Clirislians are loo riuilized today lo quarrel outwardly, but is there 110 / sometimes a bark i11side- llw w1f orgiuing spirit?- Rohcrt P. W ilde r.

SOMEDOOY TO DIVIDE '\TITH A little o rphan newshoy was selli ng h.i s papers o n lhe

s treets. A man sloppe d lo l>uy a pape r from him. While the man w ns sea rching h is pock et for a co in he questi one d the newsboy us lo w here h e lived. The answer was lhal he lived in a Iiltlc cahin way do wn in the da rk district of the city, on the ri ver bnn k. T he nex t question was, " \Vho li ves w ith you ?" The answe r was. "Only .J im .. Jim is crippled aod can't do a ny work. He's m y pal." T he man ventu red lhe remark, "You'd be bette r off wit hout .Jim, would n't you?" The a nswer came wit h some scorn . "l'o. S ir, I couldn't spare Jim. I wou ldn't ha ve nobody to go ho111 c lo. An' say, Mister, I wou ldn't want lo live nnd work wilh nobod y lo divide with, would you ?" Thal was n s hort serm o n. but it w ent ho me.- Tlic SPnlinel.

It is n sad r eli brion tha t is never stro ng except when its owner is sick.

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THE FOUR BEASTS Daniel 7 R. H. B.

(Eighth Lesson on Daniel)

The vision of this chapter dates during the time of Baby­lon's empire. It was in the iirsl year of Belshazzar's reign­after th e events of ch a pter 4, and before those of chapter 5-that Dan iel saw this dream and vision. First of all he saw the four winds of heaven break forth upon th e great sea. Four grea t beasts now rise in success ion out of lhe s tormy sea : the first like a lion, having eagle's wings, w hich wings were afterward plucked, and the lion made to s tand on two feel, and a man's heart is given to him. Follows a second beast, w hich was like a bear. It was lifted up on its one side, and three ribs were in its mouth, between its teeth, and a call went forth to him: "Arise, devour much flesh." Another, a third beast, rose out of the sea: one like unto· a leopard, hav­ing four wings or a bird on its back, and ii a lso had four h eads: "and dominion was given unto it." Last came anot her beast, unlike to anytbing-"lerri ble and powerful, and strong ex­ceedingly." It had great iron teeth and claws of brass (v. 19). "lt devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue I " the whole earth," v. 23 J with its feet; and it was diverse from a ll the beasts tha l were before it, a n<l it h ad Len horns." (V. 7.) Some changes took place among these ten horns as Daniel was looking on: another h orn, a ti Lile ,one (whose look was more stout than th e others, v. 20) rose up among the Len, and three of them were pluck ed up before it by the roots. Also in this h orn were eyes, as the eyes of a man, and il had a mouth speaking grenl th111gs- words of blasphemy again st the Most H igh God (v. 25).

111e vis ion now turns to the super-terrestfa l realm. God jg seen as tukmg a hand in the situation. Note in this passage (vs. Y-14) three marked parts: I. The vision of th e Ancient of Days, in preparation fo r judgn1ent. IL The execution of the judgment. 111. One like unto a son o.f man receives the king-dom and the dominion for ever. ·

I. "J beheld till throne!\ were placed, and one that was ancient of

days did sit: bis raiment was white a.s snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his tltrone was fiery fl amP.s, and the wheels thereof burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from be!ore him ; thousands of thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousnnd stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened." (Verses !l, 10.)

11. "I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words

which the horn spake; I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. And as for the 1·est of the beasts, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time." (vs. 11, 12.)

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III. "I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the

clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory. and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him : his dominion is an everlast­ing dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." (Vs. 13 , 14.) ·

Thus Jar runs the vision itse lf- lltc rest of the chupler IJei(tg chiefly interpl'c tation and explana liou, with some de­tails added.

Firs t, upon Da niel's request of "one of them Lha l s tood by," there is gi,·en him a genera l interpreta ti on of U1e vision; firs t, rega rding the four beas ts :- "Th ese great beasts, which are four, are four k ings, llwl shall arise out of Ille earth" ;-then as to the outcome or the Divine transaction in vs. 9, 10 and 13, 14,- "'L'he saints of llrn Most High shall receive the kiH(ldom. a.ml posse.~s Liie k i11ytlo111 for ever, eveH for ever and fWer.'~ Mauifcstly it is the kingdoru held by the four beasts which the saints of the .Mos t High sha ll receive and possess for ever; and thi s certa inly refers lo the sumc time and event as lha l which is u11nounced in Rev. 11: lG-

"The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Chr ist : anti he shall reign for ever and ever."

But Daniel des.ired especially lo know more about this, and m a de p ar ticul ar inquiry concerning the terrible a nd pow­erful fou,rth heasl, the devastation it wrought in the earth, tba t strange "little horn" which came up, and before which three fell, whicli lia d eyes and a m outh that spake great t)1ings. Also (a nd this h ad nol hitherto been mentloued)- Daniel ba d wi tnessed how lltal sam e horn "made war wilb lhc saints, and prevailed against U1em, until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given lo the sain ts of the Most .High, a nd the time came tha t lhe saints po~sessed the kingdom."*

A Juller inlerprctaliou is now given to Daniel. " The four I h beast shall be a / our LIL kingdom apon earth-"

T he beas ts ll1 en symb olize kingdoms as well as kings (v. 17)- lhe individual king IJeing the representati ve of the king­dom. T be contex t in each case will show which is meant, whel11cr the king, or Lhe kingdom.

"- which shall b e d iverse from alJ the k ingdoms, and shall devour the wbole earth, uu d shall trend il dow u, and b reak it in pieces" ( v. 23).

Then, as to the len horns-----thesc are Len kings that shall arise out of tha t fow·th kingdom. The "little horn" reprn­se11ls another king who shall arise after these ten, a king of a different sort, a nd he sha ll put down three of Lh e nrs t ten

•It is worthy of note in pa.ssing that the beast's persecution of the saints cont inues sharply up to the time when the Ancient of Days comes and executes judgment upon the beast ; whereupon the kingdom is at once transferred over to thA saints of tlie Most High for an everlnsLing possession. Not by gradual betterment or by earthly change, but hy an act o! intervention i rom above is this l'adica l turn of afl'a irs effected.

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kings. That w icked leader, r epresented by the little born, shall "speak words aguinsl th e l\losl Hig h," and will wear ou t the sa iuls of lhe Most High, and will ollempt Lo change the times and lhe law. F or u " lime, limes, and half a time" U1ey (the sainls) will be gjvco into his po,ver.• Then God· lakes a hund. "The judg me n t shall be sel and they shaJJ lake away his dominion to consume and lo destroy it unlo the end"­" to 11 flnish," as we would say; where upo n " the kingdom 11nd the dominion, and Lhe greatness of lhe kingdoms under the whole heaven, shaJI be given lo the people of the saints of U10 ~lost ll igh: his kingdom is an everlas ting kingdom , and all dominions shall serve and obey him."

Nole U1e fact that this realm w hic h is g ive n lo " the people of lhe sai nts of the Most High' '(comp. v. 18) js not up in heav­e n but "under the who le heaven" ; a nd that it is the sam e r e 11 l111 a nd terri tory whic h the beas ts had held. A lso lltut it is Iha t "kingdom of God" of which Daniel speaks, that "ever­Jas t ing kingdom." (Da n. 7 :27.)

• • • It musl be obYious to lbe reade r ( lhough disputed in some

quarte rs) Lhat ll1is ' ' ision of Dan. 7 is para lle l wilh the proph­ecy of Kebuchadnczzar's dream in Dan. 2. The four parts of the g reat Image correspond Lo th e four Beas ts. The sam e pro­g r ess of d cleri oru li o 11 lhul m a rked the fou r s uccessive parls or the Image- from Lhe pure gold of the h ead, lo the silver, the brass, the iro11 (i 11 its Jusl rl e\'clopmen t mingled with clay) is seen in th e four beas ts : the li on, nobles t and most royal o f lhe beas ts, is followed by th e l.lcur; next comes the leopard , qui ck. s tea lU1y, c rue l ; linally an unnamed, unnameable bcus l, hut m ore powerful lh nn all tha t went before him (comp. Dun. 2:·10) haYing te n horns (as the fee t of the Image had te n toes) w hose domin ion is nhruplly lerminatccl hy inte rve nti o n fro m o n l-l ig h . jusl as the fee l of th e Imnge (u nd 1 w ith lbem the w ho le of lhe Image, symbolbdng Ge ntile world- l'llle) were smi tt en h y n s tone cu t o ut of the moun tain w ithout bands. Both, lhe vision of the grea t I11111ge, and lhal of Ili c four beas ts. deal with the sumc greu l Ih em e : the rise, caree r nnd e nd of lhe Ge ntile world-power and how these arc lo be superseded a t last by the kingdom of God; lbe same number of kingdoms a ppear in both; a nd in hoth prophecies the last w orld powe r comes lo its end, nol by human p ower nnd agency, but sup er­n a tu rally, by an act of God, who th en lakes over th e reign a nd government.

These fou r world-power s nr e (1) Rahylon (the t ra nsfo rm­ntinn of wh ic h, du ring ils car eer is indi cntcrl in Oun. 7 :4, and is set forth in Dun. I). (2) Medo-Persia- its two-fo lclness (as seen in the a rms and breast of silver) being indicated hy lhc fac t that the Beur·s one side is r a ised up high e r th a n

•A comparison of Rev. 12 :14 with Rev. 12 :6 11hows that this period is of the same length as that in Rev. 11 :3 anti 1:.1 :5, and in Dan. 7 :26 and l 2 :7, namely 3 Y.i ycnl's.

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the other (Dan. 7 :5; comp. Dan. 8 :3, 20), and the three ribs be­tween its teeth corresponding to three great conquests w hich (us his tory says) were Lydia, Babylon, and Egypt. - (3) Greece, Alexander's empire, the subsequent four-fold division of which, well-known lo all historfans, is a lso indicated in Dun. 8 :8, 21, 22. Dul the ch ief interest cent ers upo-n the fourth heast, which cun he no11c other thun Rome, the fourth und the on ly other world-power which ever fo llowed those flrs l three. And it is not Rome as she was then, but as seen in her lust development- us a ten-fold confederacy, cruel, ruth­less, unli-semitic, anti-Christian, God -defying.

In Rev. 13 we mee t tha t fourlb beast agai n-clearly the same one; for there were not to be five , but only fou r Gent ile world-powers; and thi s ten-homed beast of Rev. 13 is a world­powcr, as may be seen in Rev. 13 :2 and 7. 11 is worthy of no le llrnt this beas t in Rev. 13 combines in himse lf the cha ruclcr­is lic features of a ll the four beasts of Daniel's prophecy : he himse lf is the ten-horned heast, but ·he also has the mouth or the lion, the feet of the bear, and he has the general con tour und nspcct of the leopard. Like the fourth bcnsl of Da niel he a lso is a bitter prcsccutor and blasphemer; aod he likewise comes lo his end al tbe ha nds of thal One who is like unto a Son of man. (Rev. 19: 11 ff.)

T he identification of the four parts of lhe Image wi th the four beasts i~ complete a nd unquestionable; and just as cer ­ta inly is the fift11 kingdom, the kingdom of God, which fo llows upon the destruction of the fourth Gentile world-power, the same in both Dan. 2 :tltl und Da n. 7:14, 18, und 27.

NOTES AND PERSONAL THOUGHTS Da niel did not try to interpret the viaion, He did not attempt to

figure out the meanin!f of the four beasts, nor to guess at tho significance of uny part of the vision. But. "I came near unto one of them that stood by, und asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made mo know the interpretation o:f the things. . . . Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast . .. " (vs. 16, Hl). The interpre­tation was given in plain, simple language, easy to understand, and is to be accepted simply at what it. says.

"Bea.ta" veraua "lmare." Nebuchadnezzar in his dream saw the four Gentile world-powers as a whole, in the figure of a great image "which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, terrible and awe-inspir­ing. But to Daniel's vision they were revealed as to their real nature: four beasts. Ruthless, cruel, ferocious, rapacious, absolutely selfish1 bent on their own advantage, without regard to others-they manifest the ueast­natur<l. The first two were tho more respectable of the four; but all four were wild beasts.

Man without Cod la like a beaat. If God be taken out of man's life ho becomes a mere animal. H is whole nature becomes bestial. Yen, no beast on earth is so vicious and dreadful as man, created for fellowshi p with God and fallen from his hiP.h estate. When the first of the four beasts was brought to some knowledge of God (Dan. 4) it began to take on human features: it wns made to stand upright on its feet, and a man's heart was given to it. (Dan. 7:4.)

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last appears in the New Testament. But this last one, the Roman power, has never yet appeared in the form o! its final development--a ten­kingdom confederacy. Much ingenuity has been spent by "historical in­terpreters" to find a ten-fold divis ion in the Roman empire in the past ; with the result that "twenty-e ight lists, including s ixty-five 'kingdoms" have been put fonvard in the controversy . . . a proof of bow worthless is the evidence of any such fulfilment."

The ten-horned beast of Rev. 13 can be no other than the fourth beast of Daniel's vision. It is, like Daniel's fo urth beast, a world-power (Rev. 13 :2, 7) and o·f the same God-defying character. He also comes to his end in like manner-namely by Divine intervention (Dan. 7 :11; Rev. 19: 19, 20). That beast is yet to make its appearance, and when it comes it will be Daniel's fou rth world-power, Rome, in its final developmen t. (Comp. Rev. 17 :8.) For there cannot be five such world-powers-only four ; and then, upon the destruction of this beast, follows the world-wide reign of the Son of God and "of the people of the saints of thP. Most High" (Dan. 7 :27), when "the kingdom of the world" sliall have "become the kingdom of ou1· Lord and of his Christ." (Rev. 11:16.)

"A cert.nin Nobleman went into a fa r country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return." 'l'his is the same picture as that of Dan. 7: 13, l 4. Having received the authority of this world-wide kingdom he re­turns, and first calls his own servants to account, then assigns them a share in this world-wide rule, according to their several faithfulness and dili­gence, a nd then executes judgment on his ndvcrsaries. This pm·able spoke J esus because they had neared Jernsnlem in His last joumcy and the dis­c:ples thought that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear. (Luke 19 :11-27.) Not till the Nobleman returns wil l the kingdom thus appear. (Comp. Luke 21 :31.)

Christ's "Good Confeuion" be!ore the highpriest also touched upon th is prophecy of Duniel. "I adjure thee by the. living God that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God," said Caiaphas. J esus answered : "Tl1ou ha.st said : neverthe!Ass I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall sec the Son of man sitting at the right hand of P ower, and coming on the clouds of heaven." Colling this "blasphemy" they then pronounced the death sentence upon H im. (Matt. 26 :63-66.)

Going or Coming? It is sometimes objected that in Dan. 7 :13 Christ is seen as coming to, and being brought near before, the Ancient of Days, who manifestly is God, the Father, and not as coming back from h enven. That is quite t rue. But His coming on the clouds of heaven is also world­wnrd. ns seen in Matt. 26 above und in Matt. 24 :30. Dnniel combines the two in one picture. Note also that the "Ancient of Days" is said to have "come" (Dan. 7 :22 ) - as though the who le court of heaven had moved down to the terrcstial sphere. (Comp. Dan. 7 :9, 10. )

The sovereignty of all t.hc earth bnlongs to Jesus because H e is tho Son of man. "The heavens are the heavens of J ehovah; but the earth hath he given to the children of men." (Ps. 115 :16.) In heaven He nets Himself, direct, and upon His own initiative. On the earth this right is given to man. God must have a willing man t-0 work thr ough. J esus Christ. abovP all is God's Mnn. through whom a ll the will of God is done on ein·th. And the government must l'est on His should(lrs.

The present manhood of Jesus-how much depends on it! The relig­ionists who deny the fact that Christ is Man now have lost the keystone to all pr-0phecy and all the plans of God. Only because He is Man (glori­fied Man. but realJy. truly Man) can He be our Mediat01· (1 Tim. 2 :6) and our Highpriest (Heb. 6 :1-9). OnJy because He is Man has the right of judgment been placed in His hands (J ohn 5 :27). Only because of His manhood can he sit on David's throne: for the oath to David was that of the f.ruit o·f his loins one should sit on his throne. It is only because of his humanity, and his humnn relationship to David that J esus can clnim this right; and FTis only link with David is through His human body. care­f ully preserved from corruption, and in His resurrect.ion .immortalized and glorjjjed. (Acts 2 :26-32; 2 Tint. 2 :8; Rev. 22 :16. ) I t iz this J esus

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------'~H<that-wair-His name as Man) that shall come again (Acts 1 :11); it was "Jesus of Nazareth" that spoke to Saul on Damascus road (Acts 22 :8); it is the Son of man that shall return in glory. (Matt. 26 :31.) And in His Person He is now representing our humanity before the face oi God in the Holy of Holies in heaven.

Who is tb ia " people of th e aaints of t he Most High to whom," after tho judgment of thr. fou rth bcust, is given "the kingdom and the domin­ion, nnd the greatness of the kingdoms undr.r the whole h!'aven"? First, and most naturally. Israel: for U111y were the only "saints of the Most High" Daniel knew of, and could have meant. But the word of God is not necessarily to br. limited to the knowledge of the prophet who spoke it. True, Israel redeemed and restored will have thP sovereignty and leadership over all the nations of the earth ( Isa. GO); but over them and higher than they, because more closely identified with the King, is a class of "saints" who constitute His Body and His Bride, and who shall share His throne and His rule over all the world (Rev. 11 :1) in that day (Rev. 2 :26, 27; 3 :21). In this expr<?ssion, "the people of thP saints of the Most High" we have a "possPssive case " as well ns n "geni tive of apposition."

STUDIES IN THE ORIGINAL TEXT .Jonnh W. D. Skiles

John 2:22 to 3 :11. 22. "'\\1ben therefore he was raised (egerl/1e, aoris t, 'he

had been raised') from the dead (e.k nekron 'out of the dead people') ."

.Elegen "he sp~ke," norist, here "he had said." Tei graphei " the scripture," referring lo som e particular

Old Testament scripture regarding the resurrecti on of Chri st. Cf. Ps. 16:10. Graplie is bnsica lly "anything written,'' but to the J ews lie graplw wus " the writing par cxcelle11ce," i. e., "lhe Scripture, Lhe Old Testamen t."

23. "Beholding (lheorounte.~, presen t pm·ticiple, linca1·, 'seeing repea led ly') hi s signs which he did" (epuiei, imperfect, lincnr, 'he kep t on doing') .

• 24. Dia "for U1at," i. c., "because.'' 2.). "Concerning mun (peri lo.u alllhropou)," i.e., "concern­

ing ma nkind." So a lso "in man (e11 loi anlhropoi) ,'' i. e., "in ma nk ind."

2. "Thou art a teacher come from God (apo fheou el e/11-tlias didaskalos ), lit. "from God thou hast come (as) a teach­er."

Poicis "lho11 does t," presen t, l inear, "thou keepes t on do­ing, thou art doing."

3. Anothen "anew," but also as the margin (A. S. V. ) gives "from above." "From above" is the origi nal m eaning of this word, which is found us curly as Pindar1 ; but it by now must have had al so the connotation " ugain, anew." or Nicodemus wou ld not have used the expression "enter a second time (deuteron) into hi s mother's womb." IL seems to me that .Jesus was delibera lelv muking a play on the e tymological meaning "from above·; uncl the current meaning "again." He

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meant both ideas-a new birth antl a birth from above, i. e., s imply a rebirth from above. The fact lhal N icodemus did not gel a ll this significoncc imme<l io lely docs not ultcr Jesus' meaning.

"He cannot see (ou dunalai idcin).'' lclein is a second aorist infiniti ve and as s uch shows punctiUar action. The trunslu lion is not " he cannot continue lo sec," bul "he con never sec" the kingdom of God.

4. Me dunalai "can her' more exactly "he cannot, can he?" ~icodemus expects the answer "No," but he is not talking a­bout th e some thi ng as .J esus, for he has not understood J esus.

5. Ex Jwdatos Jrai pru•umalns "of wate r and the Spirit," lit. "out of waler and Spirit." Thal the birth "out of water" and the bfrlh "out of the Spirit" arc one and lhe same, i. e., th a t they happe n al the same lime, is shown by the fac t tha t lhc preposition ek "out of" is used only Oii<'<' with the two nouns. If Urcsc were two separate happenings, the Greek wou ld have used ek before each noun. The use of only one preposition ties th e two nouns "wa le r (lwdalos)" and "Sp.irH (pneumalo.~)" together into one unit. This pussagc then leaches tha t baptism and regeneration arc con tcmperancous.

6. To 9e(lenneme11on ''that which is born,'' better " lhat which has been born." <regrnnomenon is a p erfect middle (passive) partic iple. So also in v. 8 ho !JP{)e1111rmeno.s "that is horn." bette r " that has been horn ."

Ek 1011 sarkos "of the flesh ," lit. "out of the flesh," i. c., r eferring lo the natural birth .

Ek lou µ11emalos "of the Spirit ," lit. "out or the Spirit." So a lso in v. 8.

7. Notice the change in th e number of th e pronouns "I said to l/iee (soi, singu lar) , l'e (Jwmas) plural must be born uncw." J es us is talking lo one man Nicodem us, bu t h e is sel­ling forlh a tcuchfog app licable lo a lJ : "You a11 ( th e Sou thern expression ) must be born ane'lv.''

8. \Vhethcr pne11ma here means "wi.nd" or "Spirit," the im.porl of this verse is th e sam e : the birth f,rom the Spiril is not som ething lha l con be viewed like the clatu of science, j( js not physically mani fest like the natural birth , but the evi­dence of ils haYing happened is there. \Ve cannot see the birth or a man ou t of the Spirit, but we can sec the results of this birth in his life.

Hot,n1-1 ll!elci "where it will," i. c., "where it wants lo.'' 9. 'How can these things be (aenestlwi ) ?" Gene.sthai is

an aoris t infinilivc from gignomai "lo com e into exist en ce"; th erefore ''How can th ese things (pcrtru ning to one's be ing born of the Spirit ) h appen?"

11. "v\Te" h ere seems to be stronger than the editorial "we" and seems lo refer l.o .Jesus and I.he Father. (Cf. Jn. 7:16-18; 8:2Ci-2U; 12 :'1H f.; 14 :24.) I do not think Jesus woultl shift from lirs l p erson singular lo lirs l plural und then bnck lo firs t sin­gular without significance.

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Pruy for the lllissionuri es who ure s ick; for those who have many years; for those in diflicull lic lds ; for th ose who h ave insuflicient support; for the missionary children- that lhey may prosper in their school work and return lo tbe field; and for more missionari es. Also pray thal the brethren pro­fessing to he "sound in the faith" may rea lly include in " lhe faith" the basic, funclam eutul, essenti a l work of giving the gospel to th e perishing milli ons from whom it has been with­he ld enlire ly too long.

"Sister Hobby has a Jovel ~· baby boy cu lled .John Paul.''­l/e/e11 Pearl Scott. He a rrived a t the Livingstone hospital .June 8. *** 13ro. J. C. Shewmaker tells of the older Ch ristians in his section of Africa having u meetin g un d deciding to send out an evu ngelist, which sounds good. \Vhen people have not enough interest in their religion to propagate it, then Liley do not have enough interest in their religion! *** F oy, Sybil and 13eth Short ure togethe r this winter in Abilene Christian Co llege. *** T his otnce has had no direc t word from the workers in Japan for a good wh ile and it is not known when any of them plan to r eturn to the s ta les. *** 'Ve bave received copies of a mimeographed hymn book prepared by Bro. Orville Britlell for use in Africa. The work is very neatly d one and will be very useful. •** " ' riling on rout e to Abilene Christian College, .James E. Scott says: "Robert Brown and 1 (in Nashville) ren ewed acquaintance near midnight and s pent the heller pa rt of lhe following day together."

"Virginia entered the local Alisa! union school lust week a nd seems to be doing a ll right."-Oruil/e T. Rodman, 272 Toro Ave., Sa linas, Cu Liforn ia. *** Groups of women might happily do the Lord a fin e service by sewing for missionnry children now in American schoo ls. *** "I hnve been go ing to Hazelwood nearly every night lo help Bro. Bibb in a tent m eeling."- Geo. Johnson, formerly of Brazi l. This is a mfa­sion work and some fruit hus been gath ered. *** After a n ex­tended visit in Louisville in which Bro. Garre tt visited a num­ber of congregations, lhe family is now localed at Searcy, Arie. where the children a rc in Harding College. Iris Cook Merril l is a lso there. Bro. Benson. the president. and his wife were s uccessful missiona ri es in China. *** "Les lie is in Cu pe Town again. He s uffered wit h sinus tro~ble unti l he felt he had lo gel r elief so he went back to lhe same sp ecialist who operated 011 him when we were liv ing down th e re. *** Sis ter Short stayed with m e th e firs t week. The littl e boys and I have been alone part of th e time."- Addie Brown (delayed ) .

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