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The men picwrcd on the from cover. and the ir work. nrc as follows - bottom row from left: Richard R amsey, founder of Bible chair ;n Hammond, La., co·ecliwr of "The Ex horter,' ' publisher; N . Wilson Burks, Pre~ ident o( Southeastern Christian Co ll ege; .f. R . C lark, publishe r and co·editor of \Vord and \Vork ; Wi llis H . A llen, pt orno tcr nncl conduc.tor of Gospel sin1:,ring groups; Paul A. Clark, pro lcsso1· and academic dean of Southeastern Christian Co llege; J. L. t\ddan l\, lund rai~cr for Ponl and Christi an School building program a nd S.C. C. liurar y; lloward T . ;'d ar~h ~ superime nclcm of Sellers­burg Children ' H ome and evangeJi~L; Frank J\1. ~·Iullins, head o( Hi blc dcp~truucn t a ncl d t':l n of men a t South eastern Christ inn Co liege. Each o l these men is a min istt:r of the Gospe l. /'"""'\.~

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THE WORD AND W ORK VOLUi\[E LV, l\rAY 1961

E. L. JORGENSON AND J. R . CLA RK, EDITORS

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GOD KNOWS

God knows it all - the winding path The sky o'ercast a nd g ra y,

T he steepness of the mourllainsidc. T he roughness of the way.

H e know it all - each troubled thought. Each a nx ious wa ve of care.

And every burden, every grie f That Lhou an called to bear.

H e knows iL a ll - bu t His to choost r\ ud th inc to take His cho ice.

H e kuows it a ll ? H e plan ned ic so: Then tru r Him a nd rejoice.

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.. The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we arc g lad''- Ps. 126:3

If, in the a ll·per fect will of God, this article should turn out tO

be my last labor wi.th the pen, our readers should know that it \\•as a joyous sell·imposed assignmcm. ln this year o f our L ord, 1!)61. God is working; grea t things are happening!

The Dallas brethren (God love lltt:m) :tre to have a new Bible Trai nin" School , or lnstitllte, under dircnion of the elder!> and ""' """ dlllrch e~ of that are:t. Our beloved Brollter .i\f ullins will continue his teaching labors there.

The yo11 ng students o f our college (God bless them) will con­ti nue thdr daily Bible classes, with more courses added. After two year:, at Winchester, they may finish the ir Bible u·aining ~tt Dal las. Ftom the fa r view, and in the oventll, these changes seem :11l to tile good, assuming, of course, that spi ri tua II y sound and suit· a hlc teachers are available fo r bath Da ll as and ·winchester. 1\tfa y Cod !wild His house mightily at the h:1nds of these a mi other young people now in training- no man's pany a nd no man's sect, bm the 1 lome of God which is the church of the living God, the pillar and gtound of the truth.

T hese forward move nte tlls, however, are not the subject o f tltc present essay: Bibles, new Bibles, old Hibles in new dress for these new l e<~ders-that is my assignment.

The British book, ~ F.w ENGLISH B1111.t·:, comes this year from the presses or Oxford and Ca tubridge. It is a beautiful volume (i':ew · r est:tntent now ready), an ultra·tree transla tion from the Greek, done more by sentences ;~nd ideas than word for word. It is ably reviewed ~,_.­in this i sue by a brother no less scho lar ly ami cau tious than Pro-les!lor J. £d\\'<1rd Boyd ol Southeastern Christian College. For lll-

dcnts who love w read the \\'Ord in every tongue and version possible, i l is no doubt of very real value.

' I he Atuerica n book, Nt-:w AliiERi t:AN STA!'\ tMIU>, is the special ~u l >jct.:t of thb aniclc. Bttt lirst, we must lay :~ little ground-work.

\Vords h:l\ e roots. They wow and cha nge sometimes, like plants. We say that \\'Ords are signs of ideas, and the idea a word conveys today is not necc~~nrily wh:-tt is was sixty ycar·s ago. no r what it will IJc (if n tunclall(; a/fairs go on) sixty years fmn t now. For th is rc:tsou, we had to buy th e:: new twO·\'olume \Vcb~ter Unabridged Dictionar)' (" VVorld" ed ition) for our home- £o keep up with words, though

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dilion. Bmh books are '' \'\'elmer," or rather neither one is " Web· ster." Both are bu il t on the solid lexical foundation la id by a man of that name (Noah, not Daniel), but Noah Webster died over a hundred yet~ rs ago. lt irks us just a bit to hear amateur speakers and writer~ ~ay "Mr. \ •Vebster says.' ' or Mr. vVebster defines·: S?-and­so, though th e ·webster name and the so-called ' Vebster D 1ct1onary lives on.

The orig inal " 'ebster lexicon, because of continual chang,e in the word world, has been revised over and over. [n fa ct, any diction· ary begins to die a borni n!{; an appendix or addendum is usually added before binding, to show words that hav~ come in o r chungecl while Lhe main body of the book was a preparmg. Every year, some words pass into the limbo of the lost, while new words are coi ned and bccOIIlt curren t. Birth, life, and obsolescence: that is the human stOry; a nd words, the thought vehicle o[ every people, must needs go along-. Nothing is static. nothing sta nds sti ll , nothing is "frozen"­nothing but death.

Surely, it was in the over-ruling- wisdom and provitlence of (;od that the New Testament came down to ns in a tongue that was al­ready reasonably fixed. "dead" as we expres it, the common Greek of .J esus' time. ])ut, wh ile the Greek of the New Testament is " frozen," the Eng lish whi ch we read i~ noll It goes on !{rowin~. changing. From this faa comes the necessity of revision, the orca· .,ional recasting of the original Greek into the language of today. \Ve c;111not here attempt to show why and how the mantt~cripts have preserved for us, with well-nig h perfect acr.uracy, the very words or lllC originnl inspired writers, and how sure ly and fait h fully they have come: down co us by 111eans of the versions. Of these versions, the best nnd g-reatest of our g-eneration, if not of all t ime, is the : \ ,\IERtC:.\ N STANI>Aim of 190 1. On th is, the scholars on both sides of the Atlantic, "fundamental " and "modernist,' ' have been vinua ll y agreed for fifty years. I quote from G. Campbell Moq:,r:m, of whom R. fl. J3oll sa id in 1 9~7: "Probabl y no man living has studied the Bible as ass idiously and microscopica lly and for as many years." ( By t wc·nty years later, when Brother Boll laid down his pen, he had no doubt himself eCJuallecl the Morgan record.)

MORGi\N'S ESTIM ;\ T E

" ) li'C il hCt':tliSC, :tfiCI' t;Jrdttl ~1111 1 y ilf 1111' l':tl'i<ll" tl':tll~ l : t citttt' ttf ihc• 1\ihlt'. I uu1 «nlliun:d thai for m u vcyiull 111 lhc Eug lish reader the sen se of chc Scriptures. this is the: IIHISt accttr.ilc. I rcadil)' ccmccdc the cxccccl ing hc:uny of the English fou n d in lhc J(ing Jamc~ Version, hm hcauty of language is 1101 the tiiOSI imporla nr faclor in a translation. 11 is r:lfhcr that of arc:ur.l cy , . . I :1111 nul c·•·itici, inl\ chc work of the King J:tlllc.• lrauslawrs .. , . However. that la nguage ha' d1:111gcd 'incc they Jid !heir h•11rk. :cud we 11C1w have ma11 y lll:tnu sc'l·ipt~ :u "'"' disposal which the)' lacked. The ac~m·acr o( thc;ir work is the pc.rpelllal 111arvl:l of the slllcknr. of that grc.:;H Vers iOn. Neverlhcless, the honest sllldelll ""'~' c;vcr seck th;H whid1 is chc best and most :u:curate. T h e work o( the Et~g l i •h Kcviscl'.' [ 1885) was of g •·cal value :tntl carried us a good way forward ; 11111 clwrc• ~rc nwrks u pon it of huudagc tO tradition. and a lack of cour.l~c. 11r 111 :1 C::ltttitlttsnc:s, , " 'hich failed 10 Jc.oad u~ a~ Car as wus ncccssarr. The Atllcrir.au Revisers, '"'' rannncled by 1 his t radii ion a! CtH IIimrsncs,~. wem 1 hat extra cl i.~ca n cc, :111cl so haH: l{i\'Cil 11s IJoldl~· a Version ro which. "P to 1hc pn·s<·lll. there is 11n t•qu:tl ."

Hoth l\lorgan and Boll :1re gone now. T hey were among the tallest giants that were in the earth in those days. They stood up for the AM ERICAN STANDARD to the end. N evertheless, some thirty years ago, the copyrig ht wen t into the hands of the Federal Council, top-heavy with the ··modernist" element. They were (or at least sce111Cd) qui w willing 1.0 encourage the decli ne of the old (190 1) t\~IERI C.:AN .. tho ugh a few editions are still in print. T he " 172" line, in bourgeois type, :1 11d [a,·o rite or teachers and preachers, was per-111 i u ed to d it: 0\ll a J lllO.'> I COlli plctc ly- i II ra VOl' or th e:: i I' R IW ISI':Il STJ\Nll·

AIW of' 191G. \Ve had no great compl:1 int with the 1946 N ew Testament, nor

did R. H. Boll. It is :1 u seful volume. But wh en later, the Revisers ~~~ the Old T e tantent seemed to go out o [ the ir way at Isaiah 7: 1'1 to cha nge the fa mil iar "'virg in " (Heb. "a lma '") to "young woman," and that without cause or justifi catirm , the best e vangelica l scholars lost a degree o( confidence, because they felt that unwananted ··,uodernist" pressure had become evident. It is not that the virgi n bin. It doctrine de pends o n Isa iah 7:14; for the R EVIS EO STANnARD it· 0-..._ self, :~ long with a ll other versio ns, d id reta in the statements o( Matthew I :20 a nd I :25 : that Mary was "'with child before they came wgether," and tha t .J oseph ' 'knew her no t until she had borne a so n." Ac· cepting Matthew's record, it matters not how we tra nslate l'sai ah 7: 11, for " young wo man" cou ld o f course mean either married or virgi n. Hut since alma is known to mean "virgin'" in virtually every instance of i ts use in Hebrew, as is also its Sepwagint (Creek) equivalent• , i ~ was reared that the unwarranted change had been made to bolster dl'ons w discredi t the miraculous birth and the divine nature o( .J e~ ~~ ~. o ur o nly Savio r. It was odd indeed that after having used "\·irgin '· in Manhew I :20, 25 (rrom the Septua~,rint) the translators sho uld shy away front the usua l rendering o f "virgi n" in the O ld "l 'el>Lalllen t!

THE XEW AMERJCA X But now at long l:ls t the dependable AMERICAN STANDARD is on

press aga in - with this dirl'ercnC'C betwet::n the 190 1 a nd th e 1961 ver­sio ns: The la tte r is in modem speech ; not " modernist, " bu t in modern up·to·d ate Eng lish. T he archa ic forms, thee, thou, thy, :md th inr:, are gone (except in prayer addressed to D eity) in favor 0..­ol' the contemporary forms, you. )'0'111·, and )'Ours. vVc confess to a sen~e ol Joss iu d ig nity a nd revere nce in this change, as many good brethre n who have had no e nd o ( troubl e in public prayer wi[h thee, tlum, thy, and thine, may adopt this rorm. T he cha nge most. noti ceable, because most freque nt, is the use o f the mo re exact a nd lil t· ral tt:nse !'o nus. For exatnp le, .J ohn 1: l7 re;tds ".J esus says to her" - no t, as in the 1901 A~l t-:RJ CAN . ' ".J esus saith unw her ," or, as in dw I!H(i translatio n, "J e:. tls said to her.'"

The rec.:asti ng o f the 1!101 Bible in to the Eng lish of 1%1, to· g-e th (' r with a carefu l a nd faithful rc·t:xam ina tio n of the origina l

• St ucl eut ~ who han: :u rc,_. to it sh ould rc:11l Dr. Dick \ Vilson's findiu~s 0 11 the ll d m :w word :lima a:; translated in the man y langnages all(! versions of lht· world. T h e \Vils(u t ~ lud y :q.>pearcd lit'S t in l'rin(:Cton Theolog ica l ltt:,•icw, vo l. !.! 1. J ~t!H. I t h:" hf'c•u 1'('pt iHinced. or so tuc rc~unle"' o f it . in \':trin us church j()u ruals .

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from the wealth ol manm<.ript:. now availal>lc, wa~ a vet y great adlievement, a veritable "opu~... Tlto~e of us who have long u:.ed the 190 1 rb tERICA.t'l, and have memorited large portiom of it, are sure to feel that some of the Jauguage ch<mgcs were unnece ary, that the I !10 I rendering was in many cases ~ ti II entirely clear and wrren t. H owever, the younger generation, which is the hope of the church, may welcome the more modern manner of putting things, a nd if w we shall a ll be glad . At any ra te, the IEw Ai\II~RI C.AN has not gone in fllr change for the sake o f cha nge to a n y such extent as has the N I:W ENI:t.l ~ ll ll tnLE.

T hese notes re the 1\.Ew Ai\ tERtC.:A=" are, o( cour:.e, ba:,cd emirclr un the ponion which is now available, nante ly ".l oh n." T h is we ha\'e carefully read. and "diligently compared'' with a dott•n other ,er~iom. but c~pecially with the~c thtee: The ''old' ' ( l!JOI ) ""' Rt<.A:-. S·t ANilARu; the REvts..:u STANIMRI> o f I 9'16: and the N t·:w ENGI.I~II Ht111.1-: of 19li I. T he eternal mar\'e l is this, that any one of these variow. 1 ra n~latiom-thc Holy Scri J>llll c~ in any tongue- would be full)' able. not o n l)' to "ntake thee wi~c unto ~alvation," hut aho to "bui ld you up, a nd tO g ive you the inherita nce a111ong all theu t th at arc sa ncti· fi ed "-so deepl y a nd so powerfu lly is Jesus (a nd His gospel) wsh r ined in a ny versio n of the lifc -!?iving word! There arc. however, some d iffcrcni..'CS between the cd ttions-in pu ri ty, auractivcness, and use· fu lncss.

Surely, the :'\Ew AMERICAN '"ill be. not o nly faithful and usdul, but very attractive in format and l{e11cral appearance. The type i'> Fairfield 10 point. not un like the dear a iiCI beautiful type that wa~ ('a'>t for (and used in) our h ymnal, "Great Songs of T he Church."

The verse and chapter breaks arc very decided and evident, both by tueans of fu ll-size numbers and by indentation. T his, the Bible· n :adi ng public will ccna in l)' like, though swdents may fee l that thc~c break~ arc ~omerimc~ a hindrance tO the right understa nding (Sec Boyd). \ Vc readily admit tha t the verse and ch apter breaks are a huma n device (1551) and that they :ne a ll too o ften poorly d o ne­like a ll e lse that is human; hut, on the other h;md, in u~ing variou~ ,·cr~ion~. we oursclve:. h:wc often ~truggled to find tJUickly :.o much as the chapter, to say nothing of the verse! On this point, personally, I would be incli ned to go "whole hog or none": if we must have the bt cak~ (and I think we mmt) let them be p lain, quick, ;md ca~y .

The reference:> arc those of the !amiliar (old) AM ERICAN STANn· 1\Rll carried O\'er bodily front the 1901 reference edition; but they arc well ~ct and wisely spaced in the outer columns, left and right; not too crowded as before, thoug-h still. or cour~e. in !>Jnall type.

The pn>thtctio n of this "New" Bible has been sponsored by the Locktuan Founda tion of L a Habra, Califoruia. (La Habra is j ust ~ast of ~os. An~eles and Long Beach.) T he Mo~dy Press of Cl~ i~a~o " the cltstn bu t mg agency anCl (presuu tably) carnes the rcsponstb tlny for the pri nting o f the beau ti fu l book. The Gospel o( J oh n is now :t\'ailablc (40c !rom the'"· \V. Book Store). The entire New T csta­IIICIH ~hould be in ~LOck by Christmas, a nd the complete NEw Alltt::ltlCAN ST,\NOARD Bible by October, 1962.

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J. Edward Hoyd

In ~h is year l!JGJ, the :350th anniversary of the King jan1es \'Crsion of the Saiptures, there has appeared anotber translation or the Ncw T esta111ent with the title "The New English Bible." (The Old Testament is to follow later.) This is not a revision of any previous version, but a n attempt by a specially selected committee of capable scho lars ol \'arious denominations o( Great Britain to provide "English readers ... with a faithful rendering of the best .r--...... available Greek text into the curren t speech of our time," and that directly (rom the ancient language. That is indeed a laudable ob-jective_ As was learned from the papyri discoveries of the latter part of the 19th cen tury, the New Testament was for the most part written, not in the classical Greek of ancient times, but in the koine, the Greek as it was spoken and written by common people in their ordinar}' business and social documents and communications. T he log·ical assumption, therefore, is that the ideal translation is one that n:)>roduces as nearly as possible the \Nord o f Cod in the ro11ll11Ull ordinary speech of th e people for \\'hom it is imcnded.

T he text of this new trauslalion is logically divided illlu para-graphs, as in ordinary prose, unbroken by verse inden tations. Yt:t the va luc of chapter and verse divisions for reference is not lost; the muubcrs appear along')jide in the outer margin. It is smooth, easy, deligh tful reading. As might be expected, it sometimes betra}'s its British origin, as in Matthew 12:1 , where jesus is represented as walkiug throug-h 'cornliclds,' am! in J Peter 2: 12, " ... when Ht: comes to hold assize." The Greek 'didaskalos' is sometimes rendered ·master', and at other times 'teacher,' according to American usagc. ~~ Other instances will be fouud, no doubt; but they will st:arrely :dl'cct the usefulness of the lwuk to the AJIIcrican reader.

More serious, we believe, arc a (ew other renderings: .. So wi II it he at t he end Of time;" ") will be with you to the end Of tillle-. (Matt. 1Fl:10; 28:20.) Yet the same word is in Matt. 12:32 r endered 'age' (" .. . in lllis age or in the age to COlllc." So a lso in MMt. 21:!{ ami Eph. I :21.) A strange inconsistency! One wonders, "What is meant by the end of timei'" Can time end? H so. what follows( .Eternity? But what is that but more time, to con tinne cndk:;sly:O Quite properly, in hanuony with other mode rn translations, R evela­tion I O:G is rendered, "There shall be no more delay," although the Greek word for ' time' does appear in t:he passage. It is our conviction that the phrase 'the end of time' does not represent a

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Biblical concept. Rather, Jesus is to return at the end of this present age, when another age will follow-indeed, there will be ages of ages! Other modern versions (including the American Standard, in footnote) have in Matt. 28:20 et al, 'the end, or consummation, of the age.'

Another rendering that we find objectionable is in Luke 21:32: .the present genenttion will live to see it all." A free translation

is sometimes the best, provided it is not misleading. This one ex­dudes any other interpretation of the Greek word 'ger~ea' to 'the people living at one particular time,' even to that time when these words were spoken. According to Thayer's lexicon, this is not neces­sarily so. It may mean 'men of the same stock, a family.' This fact provides a possible solution to the problem that arises m connection with this statement in view of its context and of history. So it is our judgment that it is better rendered, "This generation will not pass until ... "

However, as anyone who has had experience with different ,. langua1,res well understands, a perfect translation is not to be expected.

V lt is easy to find fault with any Bible translation in existence. When the King James version appeared, it was vehemently attacked, even by learned churchmen of that day. They clung to their Bishop's Bible, while many of the lower classes held on to the Geneva version. Eventually the King James won its way into the hearts of the people and continued to be THE BIBLE of the English-speaking world for more than two centuries. In the meantime the language of the people had undergone much change. Many words formerly mean­iugful had become obsolete or archaic. The Uible 'Vord Book, re­(:ently published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, lists and discusses 827 such words nd phrases. (A teacher today who uses the King .James version needs to spend much time explaining such words.) nccause of this and other reasons the English and the American Standard were published. These were also subjected to shari? criti· cism. Others have appeared. Probably each one has its pomts of excellence; yet not one can claim to be without fault.

For some time this writer has been convinced that no Hible stu· dent should limit himself to any one translation. He may indeed make one his basic Bible, using others for comparison and investi·

-....,.) g:!tion. Just to read another is like opening another window-it lets - in a little more light! All thinhrs considered, this basic Bible should

J pel"ltaps he the American Standard, especially when the new edition, now in preparation, is published. (The Gospel of .John is now available. Archaic forms are removed and other improvement'! made. Verses are indented, a feature objection:tble to some hut perhaps pleasing· to others.) As for others, we have found the Uerkeley \'ersion to be excellent, especially for the Old Testament; and the translation of the New Testament by Charles B. Williams. And we do believe that this New English Bible will be a valuable addition w the list.

For we do indeed find some excellent rcnderinw; in the book. Some will no doubt he rather pualed at a peculiar rendering in John I: I. Instead of the fmniliar "and the \.Yonl was God"' we read.

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"and what God was, the \IVord was.'' Now the usual rendering ap­pears to be an exact reproduction of the Greek; yet (rom the English statement, "and the vVord was God," an inference can be, and has been, drawn that is not i n the Greek at all. It presents a delicate ;.nd diffiwlt problem in transla tion; and the rendering "what God was the Word was" is presumably the translators' contribution to its solution. Quite striking is Agrippa's remark ro Pau l as it appears in this version: "You think it will not take mud1 to win me over and make a Christian o r me." \1\le conclude with a brief sample of J Corimhians 13: "Love is patient; love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude; never selfish, not quick to lake offence. Love keeps no score of wrongs; docs not gloat over other men's sins, but delights in the truth. T here is nothing Jove G IIIIIOt face : there is n<> limit to its fai th , its hope. and its e n­durance."

J. IT. McCaleb

·• Practically every sport now hns a hall of (a me in which to enshrine its heroes, and tO top it off a shoe polish firm now has a '~>ole of fa me' in wb ich famous shoes are dipped in bronze and placed on display. The latest entry is the football shoes whid1 Lou (the Toe) Groza used w set so many National Football League records. \ t\Tonder if they have the shoes which Count Fleet, the world's greatest race horse, wore when he won the Kentucky Derby?"

This is a ne wspaper yuotation, of course, but it betrays man's intense longing to perpetuate himself: a nd the earthly day to which he belongs. \ o\lh ere are the scrap-books of yesterday? Prepared with painstaking care. they receive but casual attention and are soon dis­carded. "The King is dead! Long live the King."

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There is little need for one to be concerned regarding the 1 perpetuation of h is be ing. He will continue to exist after the sarue pattcm that he has set for himseH during his time on earth. There is no such thing as annihi lation. One must continue on through etel'lli ty; and eternity means for ever and ever, without end. Our chief concern is whether we continue as a living life or a living death.

"And Lhis is life e ternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and jesus Clu ist, whom thou hast sent.' ' T he perpetual " H all of Fame" ca n he att<lincd on ly through Jesus Christ our J.ord.

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QUESTIONS ASKED OF US ,\ clipping mnll't> hc:ulccl, "Cl·nainly the· l' ric., c l':"lll ru~hc ~~"'·" Connucnc

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Ye~. it is a p<tid au put in the papers and paid for hy the Knjghts ol Columbu. theit 1cry cffeni1e method of propag;tting the doctrines ol the Church ol Ron1<:. How lin<· it would he i I lricnch of 1 he

\...../ uuth of Cod's word were awa ke to the effectiveness of the prillled page Hnd bcca111e willing- supporters thus of the truth!

"Absolution" was never pronot•ncc.:d b)' a ny Bible serva nt of God ~"!~e Or~e, - ''the S~rvan t," ~~H- ist Jesus our Lo rd. H e a lo ne.: ~vcr said, .. l hy ~•nl> be lorgwen thee. Bccng one of the Codhcatl (Col. 2:9), J lc could effectively say thar. for "Who can forgive 1o illl> but Godr" I I<:. alone, ha\ the pardoning power. In commi:.~ioning His apostle-.. lie g:l\•C thc111 :wdl()rity LO bind and loo~c. a nd this they did whe n, hy the guidance of the J loly Spirit, they poi n ted repecn:un sin ner:. to " the Lamb of God that taketh away th e sin of the world." So on Pt• cHecost the apo~ tle Peter answered repemant inquirers. desperate a,, to ~~hat LO do, " Repem ye and be baptized, every CHic of you, iu the nam<: of .J <::. th Chri~t unto (for) the rc.:mi~~ion ol .'> im, and ye :.hall receive the gift of the ll oly Spirit." Three thousa nd g ladly wmplied and then rejoiced in the assurance o[ being loosed from their '> ins. This ~ame process of loo ing is seen continued from Pente· Uht onward. J n Act\ the 8th chapter, the sa me apo~tlc con ces in w cwtct with Si mon the sorcerer, o ne who had be lieved and had he<:n bapti7ed , but who committed a grievous sin, and Pe ter sa id, ''Repent

-\....., and pray God. if perhaps the thought of thy heart 111ay he forgiven thee." l hen the erring man retJU C'>ted Peter to pray for him. That wa~ proper and in di1•ine order. " I( we (children of God) conic~ our .-.im, he i:. fai thful and riglueous LO forgive us our sin:. a nd to dtachc th !rom all u nriglnc.:ousnes~" ( l .John 1:9). See abo 2:1, 2. :.an1e cpi:.tlc. Here, as in many auothcr passage, we ha ve set fonh o ur Lon!', simple, loving plan. Ab~olu tion it i:., but not by mau. Jt i·• o u r Savior "who hal11 loved us a nd looseth us Crom o ur sins bv his hlood" (Rev. I :5: see a lso I john I :7 o n the cleansing by I lis b lood).

Never once any li111e, anywhere, i:. it recorded that any minister ol Chri:.t, bi~hop, deacon, cvangeli,t, prophet or apo.,tlc ever said tu any one, "Thy :.irh be forgiven thee." 1\ fcn may dare to :.ay the wor<l... but no man can make good the absolution he thu:- l'ainly t>I'OnOUil CC!S.

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Is there anything wrong about going to sec the film "Operation Abolition"?

Who but a Communist or a Communist sympathizer would sug­gest that it is wrong to see it? The film is a representation of the rioting, instigated by the Communist party at the time the House Committee on lin-American Activities sat for hearings at San Fran­dsr.o a year ago. If you do not get to see the film, write the United States Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. enclosing J5c and get the pamphlet "Communist Target-Youth." In it is .J. Edgar Hoover's report of what took place and how it was insti· g-ated.

Tho.~e who want the instrument In church sen·ia:s and are dissatisfied be­''"tse they do not get it, would thC)' be any worse olf if t.hey had it and u<ted icf

They might :1s well have it, so far as they themselves are con­cerned. However, to be responsible for bringing it in would bring with that the responsibility for the effect it would have upon the rest. There would be no escape from that responsibility in such cases. The music which the N. T. provides for the church is opposed hy no one, and no division or occasion of stumbling is caused by its practice. Should a whole congregation agree to introduce the instru­ment, that would not put it into the Will our Lord left for us. Happy are they who are fully satisfied with that will just as he gave it, "that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." They are unwilling that anything else should be written into that will.

What is the status o[ those )ewM who buve accepted C:hrist tbe MeMiah· and. arc abiding in Him? 1\re the)' the "remnant" spoken o{ !iO many times in the Jlihle?

Paul in Rom:ms II :5 says, "even at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace." 'Without respect of persons, the catching up of l Thes. 4: l 7 will include all such. After this ~rreat event there will be brought out the remnant that will sec the l~mg promised restoration of Israel. They will come through the fires of "the time of Jacob's trouble" forecast m Jeremiah, chapter 30. Jews truly turning now and accepting Christ the Messiah will escape 'that time of trouble. It is a matter of great rejoicing that many .Jews at the present time arc becoming Christians.

What is your estimate o( the New En~tlish Bible? ('\;:.

"Words without Music" is reported to have been the <:ommem ··-hy a London editor. He was thus calling attention to the lack of rhythm throughout the translation, :1 lack noticeable and disappointing in all the modem versions, this despite the fact that much of the Uihle i~ poetry.

IL tlocs not lend confidence in The New English nible to know that it lws hccn brought forth by men in the ecumenical movemem ;mtl modernistic. Men who deny the Incarnation and the deity or Jesus do not weep at the modification of any Scripture passage declaring His virgin birth, His miraculous works, His atoning death anti His botlily resurrection.

I think the expression "only begotten Son" never occurs in the nC'w transl:1tion. He is set forth as "a Son" instead of "the Son." It

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b difficult for "libemls" to avoid revealing the ir bias, evcn if thcy try not to do so. No one, on the o ther hand, sho uld be against clothing the Word in the purest English. Hill the archaics thou, thy, thee. e t a l., are good English, a nd will hardly go into disca rc.l so long as they occur in all ou r hymns and much o f o ur poetr y, as well as in other o f o ur literature. Mu~t we have our h ymns rewritten and modernized ? and by ' 'Liberals"? Then out go those hymns bodily that sing the "precious blood of .Jesus." A Bible sdwlar of repute counsels, " Be cautious" when reading th e New Bible.

J)ocs 11111 l'aul usc tJtc term bishops as synonymous with cltlcrs in Acts 211: 17 aud 28? You seem to hold that they arc not synonymous.

They are not synonyms. Elder means o lder, elderly. T he Greek word translated bishop mea ns literally overseer. Over.~cers (bishops) arc elders having such qualities as to quali fy the111 to b~.: overseers. " Not a novice," says Pa ul (I Tim. 3:6). Pa ul in Acts 20 is addressing such elders as ''the H o ly Spirit" bad made "overseers" (bishops). Elders came to be bishops (overseers) by being appointed. Me n were elder not by being appoi nted so b ut h y reason of age. T he

word presbyter is syno nymous with e lder. T he word bishop is synony­mous with overseer. They wen: selected from among the elderly m en (not ::~ ged men, necessarily) . Being bishops. they may yet be re· fCtTcd to as e lders, which they arc.

Just what. is a dcnmninatnin? Is it th e: same: :L' a sc:~: l t i\l'c :~II whu an.\ undenominational a l!«• unscctarian?

Essentially, a denom inatio n is ::1 religiorrs bod y banded together under the same creed or confession of faith cnbodying th~.: distinctive tetll:ts adh ered to as the warrant for the existence o f th e bod y. T o d ~.: nominate is to name: the body must h ave its distinctive natllc. Then esseruially, there must be a centra I or general government ac­cording to the church po lity considered as best adap w l to th t: unifying and propagating of the o rganization.

Since it is ex pected of every member that he be loyal to his party, it is aU but impossible not to be partisa n, that is lO say s~.:ct:u· i an. if a member of a d enomination. A sect is a part s~.:parated fro tn a main bod y. Every de nomination , whether large or sma ll, is a sect, and larger sects divide imo sma ller sects. No N. T. congregation was under any super-organization, was under any human creed, or wore any human . name. Some b uddi ng of that son o[ thing is to be seen a t Corinth, hut Paul's writing, with his returning there in prospect. ~ee11 ts to have nipped that thing in the bud. Yes, there ca n be 01

secta rian sp irit o f the Pharisa ica l type in an undenominationalist. I t is not an easy matter at a ll to "con tend earnestly for the faith o nce for all d e li vered ," guard against compromise and steer clear or Phari­saism . We should pray for spiritual wisdom at th is vital po int.

There arc 2,400,000,000 people in the world, half o[ whom have ncv~.:r once heard the Gospel. The world's po pulation increases over the death rate by .I 09,000 a (htyl

Two-fifths of the world's popula tion is now under the direct d ominat ion of communism, with other huge populations considerably influenced!

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I. 1-1 ELPERS. .'1 tft l

l'nt a helper. Did you ever hea r o( tha( ; tj~l'ore( I am it hblpd · who has had a lot o f :.pecial training. I 'nt in the church. 1'to6'. Yes, J'111 listed in I Corinthians 12, along with teachers, adtj linistrawrs, a ml-oh, yesl-preachcrs. Some of o~n· preachers a~t a~ f,E"ti~ 7.Y. thit!~ J ant not a pan of the body of Chnst, because J ani no't a preacher like thent. Hlll Paul says that there :trc many pans of l he bod y bf Christ, and all of them are needed, helpers as well as pr'cat:hers.. Bill th e work tlte helpers do is not confined to the public '\vorshi'p S(!i·vi~e~. l.et us hear from some of the helpers: I . I am a business man. 1 try to be sure that I treat my employees and customers fairly, that T do my work eHicic nlly and condu<~t \ny dealings honestly. I was trained for business at a Christian college, and know the truth about the second mile. .J esus taught me to always do more tha n is requ ired of me. I keep this in min'd, and 111y ~ fri ends know I act this way beca use I am a Christian. I'm a helper. F'"\_ 2. 1 <1111 a medical doctor. 1 got my stan at a Christian Junior College. A Christi<J n Biology teacher gave me confidence in the"truth of God's word in Genesis and taught me how to answer those who believe in (;\ olution instead of God. He showed me that a man can be a scientist in the real sense o( the word and still ha ve complete confi-dence and u·ust in God's revelation to man. I am here on the missim1 field, healing sick na tives, and bringing the balm of Jesus to heal sick sou ls. I could not hope lO reach many of these people if it were not for my <~bility to heal. But l am not a preacher in the usual sense of the word. 1\ifost of my time is spent doctoring. I'm a helper. !!. I'm a school teacher. I teach chemistry and physics in Southeastern Christian College. 1 give my students a sound inu·oduction w the study of science. I teach them a healthy skep~icism for the so-called science of the world, and emphasize to my students that the facts of science must be interpreted to fit t11e word of God, and not to i ntcrpret the word of God to fit the conclusions oE the scientists. Not many of UIC young people that r teach will becOirle chemists ()I'

Cll!,ri ncers, but those that do will be Cttcouraged by me to be faithfu l to Jesus in all that they do. Some I teach will choose other pro· ~, fessions, even . p reach ing. and will be broadened by· •the science I leach lO be or usefulness to :l larger group o r people wherever they sen ·e God.

There are rmmy helpers. There are also preachers. The helpers deserve to get their tra ini ng (rom Cod-fearing teachers just as rnuch a:: the preadlers. They shou.ld all be trained. This is the purpose or S.C.C. "~ indicated in the motto: T RA INJ G FOR SERVIUE. Southeastern Christian College is available to the yout11 of our ch urches b<:c_aus~ our people want the h~lpers in the chm'ch to have train ing whtch tS cemered around the Btble. Send your boy or g irl to S.C.C. T he members of this facu lty place foremost in their teaching · that the fear o( God is the beginning of wisdom. The youngsters ,,vill be trained in whatever fi eld they choose to be good helpers whose work and living g lorifies the name or J esus.

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FROM THE PEN O F R. H. nOLL

THE CHURCH AND SPIRITUAL ISRAEL That Abraham had a spiritual seed as wel l as a progeny after

the fl esh is OII C or the plain doctrines of the New TcstaJ.llent, ; \ II who arc "in Christ,'' a ll who are "of faith " arc Abraham's ~eed , ami Abraham's ch ildren. Among these the apostle dis tingu ishes two classes: 1. Those who are believers, bm uncircumcised; and 2. Those who are circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of Abraham's fait h. Agai n, he dif l'crenti:ues between that believing seed who a rc "of the law'' and those who, though not of the law, arc ' 'of the [aith ol Abraham," who is "the.: father of us all " (Rom. 4: 12, Hi). All these arc alike reckoned as Abraham's children, heirs according to the promise. T ha t Abraham's spiritual fatherhood might be thus wide and comprehe11sive, including ullcircumci eel believen as well as circumcised, and non.Jsraelitish believers as well as those who from among the nation or Israe l bel ieved in God through Christ, the L ord arranged that Abraham should be the recipient of the great spiritual blessing of justilication belore he himself was circumcised (Rom. 1:9·12) and long before the Law was given or the na tion o( Israel came into existence. He was thus in position to be, spiritually, a universal forebear, a prototype of those who should after him wa lk in his fait h, be UlC)' circumcised or not, I sraelites or not, w ithout distinction.

Bu t to say this is not at all the same as to declare thnt "the church is spiritual Israel. " .Israel is the nation descended from .Jacob through his t wc.:lve sons. T hC)' were a ll circumcised, and be· longed tO the t,'l·eat family of Abraham's descendants; but they were but a pan, a small contingent, of that great circumcised famil y of Abraham, which comprised all the tribe:. of lshmaclitcs, the nation~ descended from the sons of Keturah, the J::clomite clans and tribes­very many more tl1an the little house of .Jacob. Israel's na tiona-l dist inction came not by circumcision simply, but by the giving of the Jaw (Ps. 147 :19, 20). T he name "Jacob' ' and ' 'Jsrael" is never appl ied except tO the actua l descendants <lf the twelve sons of Jacob, in their national rela tion. J acob did not, like Abraham, rcpre'scm a new and d ist inct spiri tual principle, so that those fo llowing his steps ~hould or could be called Jacob's children, o r the seed oE Israel, a the followers of Abraham 's i'aith arc called t\ brahalll's seed, Abraham's chi ldren. .Jacob was the head uf a distinn nation; and none outside tltat nation could with any fitness clai111 the name of Jacob ·o•· Israe l.

Now there is an " Israel after the llesh." T here is :1lso a spiriwal Jsracl. The Israel alter the ll e~h is tlwt nati on which by flesh ly generation spran~ from J acob through his twelve sons. The spiritual Israel, however, •s that pan of the nation of Israel who are n(>t only fleshly descendants o[ Israel, but who a lso through acceptance of the

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1-;fJ\pcl ha \'e IJewute regenerated, a ' Pi ri tua I people. B lll the~e. in dt i~ di:.pensation, are now gathered imo one body with obedient Gent iles, in Christ, where the m iddle wa ll of partition is broken down, a nd whe re there ca nnot be J ew or Greek, circumcision or un· d rw mcision, bar baria ns, Scythia n, bond o r free, but Christ is all a nd in a ll ; a nd where, as one man in Chri~t J esus, they arc resolved into the collective spiritual seed of Abraham which , in Christ, en•· braces all nationalitie!> (Gal. 3:28, 29). Hut this body, the church. as a whole, i~ never referred to as the "spiritual lsrael. ''

T here may cou1e to thc reader 's mi nd here a number o( pa:.sage~ that would seem to conflict wi th th is, but a more.: ca reful examination ol :.uch scr ip tures will show that they do not sustain the idea that thc church of Chr ist i~ the "spiri tua l Israel." Of these the strongest is C:tlatians 6: J(j, ''As many a~ walk h)' this rule. peate be upon them. and upon the Israel o f God." Now Paul here is writing to Gentile Christian · who had been tempted hy fal ·e (that i~. mere fleshly) Jsracl itcs, w identil y t h em~elves with the .J ewish nation by sub­milli ng to the law and accepting circumcision. T hroughout thc epistle the apostle in vcighs aga inst th e fo lly and the wrong o( th is. Thcre were indeed tr ue Israelites, a uelieving rem na nt, who had been circumcised, a nd who a~ yet continued more or less in the customs of the law in Paul'~ time. but who realit.ed like the believing Gentile~ that no t the la w nor cirrumcision counts in Chri~t. bill a ne,,· creature. This co11tingent was " the Lsrarl vf God"! Paul's language di~­liu~u i!>he~ between the~e and the faithful Gentiles wheu he ~ays "a~ nta nr as :;hall wa lk by th is r ule peace he upon them 1111(/ upon the Ill· r: tcl of God." So thill pa:.!>al:i'e, which i:. the Mronge:.t re lianc.c, insttad of proving t ha t be lieving Gcnti lcs arc "spiritua l Israel'' shows the «lJlJ>OSite.

A few othcr ,rripturc~ de:.erve notke. In Philippians :1 :~ . :1. the apo~tlc :.ay~. "Beware of the conci:.ion; for we arc the circunl· <.·i ~ ion who wor~hip by the Spirit of Cod. and glor)' in Chril.t J e!>u:. and have 110 confide nce.: in the lle~h.' ' There he raJI, the merch out wardly circumcised lleshly l srael, "the concision." 'f'hc true cit~­cumcision is that wh ich is not in the llesh alone, but of the heart. iu the spirit, not in the letter (the law); "whose praise is not o[ me n. "­hut of God" (Rom. 2:~8 . 29). I n the last cited reference (R om. 2) Paul arraigm the .J ews. and shows them how vain is the ir dcpcndencc upon their me re outward d iMinction and nationality apart from the fa ith wh ich makes righteous. Omward circumcision and fleshly de· ~cent a lone, saves no man. It is profitablt only where it is conjoined with a correspondi ng' inward reality o l life nnd spirit. Now the Gentiles who had never been circumcised at a ll (and who indeed h <td never been commanded to be) received a spiriwal circumcision in Christ wh icl1 made the outward unnecessary; a nd withoul wh ich the .Jew~· outward circumcision wa~ \'<llue less (Col. 2: II. 12) . Thi\ is the im pon of Philippians 3:2, 3.

I n J Peter 2:9, 10, the apostle, writing to jcwi.fh bel iever~ . recall!> w them the language of God's origina l promise to Jsrael, torfeited by the fleshly nation as such (Ex. I U:G). To these true "elect' ' o( I Tael

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to who111 l'e ter i ~ writing. the whole ~pirilllal ~ig tt~ l ic:ttiCc .ul ~he prom i~c belong~: :.111 <1 , :• ~. we lea I'll clscwhc~·~, the ~~ltev t ng .~'~nul·~' eq ually share thetr pnvtleges, [or they pcltt.akc. \\t th the n.ttutal bra nchc~" o l the root and Lite fa ltlC~s o l J~rael 11 oh vc t.n:c (Ro m. l I) . So it wa!> true o f the believing I ~rac li w, and o f the C c milc., itt Christ alike, that they are "a roya l pric.,thoocl, a holy natio n , a j><'<>pk lor God's own po-;se~sion." But he ne\'er calb this elect ··na tion" taken rro nt :uno ng- .J ews and Gcnti lcs ( Rom. !1: ~<I) by the name of "spi r i l ·

ua l Israe l." Neither sha ll we.

il rcmaim to be !>aid that God ha~ nc,·er yet lorgouen Hi, ancictll nation that sprang from the loins ol Jacob. nor given up the origina l purpose F-I e had in m ind for them. The day i ~ coming when Ht· that \Callercd .J acob will gather hint again, and when lie ,hall cir­cumci~e their heart and the heart of their ofTltpring, and they shall nationallv tur n to the Lord. T hen sha ll all Isr ael be saved, for a ll hracl sh:ill be spiriwal Israe l in that day.

~I E7\IORI ES OF REV I VM.

\Vhen I was a child , 1 went every suntmcr lO v i~ it. nt y gra ndpan:nh in L.oui~,· ill c, Kentucky. in the Un ited State~. One of the hig hlights o l the visit wa~ the annual " telll meeti ng" held hy the Portland Ave· nuc Church ol Christ.

T he lar~e Lent would be pitched beh ind li te church house, s<twd u~ l :.u·ewn over the ground , henche:. brought o m. Each evening I would join other boy:. (e\·er}' o ne of whom ha~ grown up w be a Chri\tian kader) LO di~tribute hymnab.

The rongre&atio n sat, each pcr~un fan ning hintself (for the ni .. ht ' \\er~ hot), while a hmlt of reverem cx pcna ncy. a tingle ol .,upprc~'ed exutcntent hovered th rough tlw tabernarle. i'o:ot o nl y for ntc-, l)llt for the whole chu rrh, thi11 meeting wa11 o ne o l the dit11a<.:tic ~.:ve n b ol tht· year.

At the appoi n ted tittle the :.ong leader :.L:tncd tht• grand olcl hytt~n' that Chri~tiam throughout the )Car~> h:l\ e loved. ' I ht· 'olt).\t eg;ttitJn :.a ng wiLlt deep, spiriwal e njoyntcm.

Fo llowing the sing ing . .Brother .Uoll prt.:achcd a g rea t. soul-~tirring 'unwn. l ie wa~ not the mo dern type of higlt-prc11~ure c,·anncli\1. J le just talkd quietly to the people and they quietly li:.tencd.

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Each night. as the in vitalion was given, the congregatio n broke into o ne of Brother Boll'~ favori te h ymn!>, ··.Just ,\!, I i\m." Thu't: under <.onvinion wem forward to enter a new lile of acti,·c service with Chril>t. Ye~. those o ld-time te nt-lllcet.ings were Spirit-filled reviva ls that

ha\'e Ji,·cd throug h the )'Car:. in my life and in the live.' of countle~' other~. - .1 oh n K.cma n

• *' • If the people of China were to Jll;trc.:h past a given poim fo ur

abreast, the line would never ceasel A new generation would have grown up by the ti111e the old one pa:.sedl

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Of Interest To Christians

J. L. Addams, Sr.

The Ri.ch Old J>rcacher si I ver ;md gold." l'erhaps most of you have heard "A nythi ng else?'' inquired Llll'

the story of the rich, old preacher. a~se~~or. However, at this season o( the " Oh, yes; 1 have in ve!>ted a lot year with the income tax deadline of time and moncr in some prop· barely over, it is ~ood to reflect cn y in heaven. rhe Lord tell!. on the truths of thts story. he He has built a mansion there ~

It seems that word bad gone lor me. What the value o( it around in a certai n community might be I can't say, but I that an old preacher was very wouldn't sell my equity in it for rid1. People l:,Tttcssed this, per· all t.his world." hap!>, because he li ved simply and "And do you own more?" que:.· economically and yet he was al- tioned the assessor. ways so happy. ''Well, I have citizenship in

One day the old mini!.ter n1et heaven, and I. know that I am a the tax as~e$l)Or, who promptly c·hild or God.'' took out his book and began to "Anything else?" ask his questions. "Well, otherwise 1 don' t own

Is it so, Mr. Pa~LOr, that you arc nllldl or value," said the minister. rich ?' ' " Pastor,' ' said the assessor, "you

" Yes,'' replied the preacher, arc one of the r ichest, if not the " that i~ true. I am a rid1 man.'' rich est person I have 111ct in all

Getting ready to write, the as· my work. You rea lly have richc~ ses~or inquired, "juH how much umo.ld , hu t they can't be taxed." arc your riches? How mucb Scpamtcd wealth do you have?" " I understand that you and

"I enjoy the be~t of health,'' your wife arc going to be separa· f". ~aid the mmister. I am ~eldom ill, ted ," said a fr iend t ( l a well known and he<tlth i ~ better than an) a· judge. ntoulll of wealth.'' " How dare you to suggest any

"What more lmve you?" asked such thing?" aid the judge with the tax man. his face red with anger. " My wife

" I have a wonderful wife that and I love each othe•· very much." is worth more than diamonds, '' Is that so?" asked the friend. and some intelligent and well·be· " \t\lell , J heard front your doctor havcd children tha t all the moiiC)' that she has only a ·hort time in the world could not buy." to li ve, and since I know that she

"What more have you?" is a Chrislian she will go to be ' ' I h ave many, many friends; with the Lord. Bm, where arc

and they are worth more than you going when you die?' ' 120

The judge :.wod a while quie ti )' ht:ard one ol their l<.:llow ntini­thinking. I lb fare began to pall- stcr~ charge that ··church member· a~ 1 he words took eJI'ecL. Then ship. to some, is not a~ <lema ntl­lalling to his knees he cried out, ing as membership in 111any civir ··. \II these man y yean I have been dulls.'' (The Bible says that in turning awa y frout God, but T"m the la~t clay., people will have a go ing- to get ready to he with my lonn of Godlinc~~> . ) ... It is re· wife hereafter." poned that the United States'"''

Pr:t) Now a 'tockpilc of l!Ollle fill )' thou~and .\n aged Negro had faithlull )' nnt lear bontb\ of the typt·

lll'rl'ed his l.ord lor many years. dropped on Hiroshima. It is be· One day he was riding along in lievcd th;tt Russia has a similar a bugg)' in the cou ntry with an snpply ... Psychiatrist Dr. Kerr)' athei~tic white man. Black cloud~ ol l .l)ndon, England. ~ays that began to !>cuddy acro~s the dark· people are developing a new ail· ened skv. It wa:. evident that a cy· n1em which mig ht be called clone :ra:. in the making, and "Spacephobia,'' or a dread of out­presently the g iant trees were cr 'pace. One ~choolma:.~e•· came ~way ing back and fonh. Hou~c!> w Dr. Kerry and ~a id, "JL's space IJegan tO topple over. The athe- that\ gcui ng me. The cmvature ist, in terror, called out to the aged or the g lobe make~ everything in­i'\egro, "Pray! Ca ll upo n God to ~ccure. I ant worried that I ~ave m." The Negro. with the might float off the earth and go calm o l hca\•en o n hi~ face, re- imo orbit." (fhc Christian i~ plied, " 1 did my praying before waiting for the time whe n he the \ torm broke. Now Tam !yin~; wil l he caught up fron t the earth in the arms of ~ la~tcr Jesus, and and " flo:n" through ~pare to meet he sure will take care of his child." the l.ord in the air.) ... The ln-

The time lO pray is NOW. The tcrnal Revenue Service report~ tintc tO get right with God .is that during I!JGO they found (i/l ~(i ~OW. The Bible ~oays, "Surely 111 illega l 111oo mhinc ,ti lk '>ci,cd the flood~ ol great waters the)' !!,-150,009 ga llon' of mash and ,hal l not come nigh unto .thee." made 9.590 arrel!t~. (A nd , \mcr­"Seek yc the Lord while He may ica wa~t told that by repcalin~ be lound; ca ll ye upon Him while prohibition we would do away li e ill ncar." wi th bootlegging.) ... "The Ac-

Ca n you pray, NOW?? crediting Association of Rible Here and There College), report), a seven per cem

Some 1,000 fewer per~om ;~re itH n:a~e in enro llme nt in its mem· preparing for the min_istry this her ,choub- the largc' t in the hi~­)Car than la),t. acc?nlmg to. a torv of the ,\ ssociation. The A~· report by the Amencan Assoeta- ,oda tion now consi ts of 3fi ac­tion o[ Theo logica I Schools. . . rred it eel schools and 112 associate The Methodist Board of T em· ,choob. The distinctive place ol pcrance char~ed in Wa~hington the J\iblc College.: movement in that liquor advertiserS are Spend· the field or higher education Wil),

in" $400,000,000 a year to "brain- t•mpha~ i Led in the annual cnn· w;~,h the American public into be· , !:!tllio n o l the As~ociation." Jieving that liquor is beneficial • • • and acceptable." ... Three hun- " Friendships cemented together tired minister!> fr0111 31 st;He~ with sin do not hold."

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/1 dr~-e~ttt~w,? Carl Kitzm iller

The modem con•n•uni<.:ation media all have their "very irnportalll .. 111essages for us - insur.a nc.:e, a · ~ ew car, a h~a.Ith i.tcm, a charity. appeal. <>1' some o ther. The l11 CO I11e lrom adverusmg 1s the very Ide b lood o( many newspapers, ma~o'(lzincs ,. and .radio ant~ TV stations. Conse· quen tly, we arc bombarded claJiy wtth the. vtrtues of old and new products. \ '\lc arc t.old. that we must ht~vc tlus or that, that we cOIIIWt afford to he without the protectiou o f'l'ered by such and such a plan, r-'\_... or that liCe is hardly worth li ving without some or the materia l adv:m-tages our age oilers. \ •Ve have more or less come to expect the adver-tiser to overstate his u1se, and if he docs not do so we regard h is pro· duct, pbm, o r appeal as inferior. We know all the whi le he is telli ng us that we just wust have what he offers, that many fo lks have gotten along without it and will continue to do so. We take what he has w say with the proverbial "grain of sa lt."

This altitude makes us wonder il' there arc IHll some unsa ved folks who continue in th<.;ir lost co nd it ion because they somehow sup· pose tbc case for Christia n ity has been overstated. vVhile the preacher declares that. o ne 11/IISI bel ieve on Christ in ordet- to be saved, there may be, in the minds ol son1c, the thought that he is overstating the matter. For, after all, was not ,'vir. So-and-So a good man, and did not the man who preached his funeral have some good things to say about h i111? And Mr. So·and·So 111ade no claim to believing on Christ. Just look about at all the "good" folks, in fact. Then there is the na.tura l till·

willingness to bclic-.;c that th ings could turn o u t eterna lly bad for o ne's self. So, these may suppose, it just III IISt be that the prea<.:her is eager for responses, wan ti ng 1.0 "sell h is product,'' and is making f"\, matters stronger than they really arc.

T h ese forget one th i ngl T he ra i th [ul preacher docs not get his "copy" from some budding genius in a n advertisi ng agency. '"'hen he declares the necessity for sa lvation in Christ i( hell is to be avoided and heaven gained, he is o nly declaring what God has said in the Bible. And that boo k was written before overstatement was the order of the clay by O ne who is Truth Himself .. ll is not advertising copy! What a man reads there he had better bel reve. He must make no allowances l:or it like he ~11igh.t make 1:or the advcrdse111ent o f the latest break­last cerea l. God 1s not grven to overstatement and the Bible is His Book. To make such a llowances with God's Book and God's declarations 111erely because man is sometimes careless with truth is foll y seeing that God's ways are different from nwn's. "For as the

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heavens arc higher than the earth, so arc my ways higher than your ways, <lnd my thoughts than your thoughts" (lsa. 55:9).

Recently a man o( our acquaintance was heard to use an ex­pression several times. lt seemt:tl to be a favorite, a sort of exclama­tory remark. "You'd beuer believe ill " he kept saying·. It is no idle expression when we say of the vVord o£ God, "You'd better b c.:­lieve it! " Believe it as a true statement, not :111 overstatement. It is too late when life is gone to find out that God was telling the absolute truth in declaring om need of the Lord J esus ChrisL.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT Southeastern Christian College

During the years HH9-191i l the Lord has blessed the Christian educational pro!,•Tam of our churches of Christ associated together

-. i11 the freedom of the gospe l. From the twe nties to l!Jtl9 a fine and '-../ inspiring- graded school and high school Christian ed ucational pro­

gram was conducted by the Portland Avenue Church of Christ. How­ever, for yea1·s nmny of us who l1ave stood in the plllpits had Celt that we needed a program which shou ld inc;lude all our youth of the college level. T hus front these drea ms and the prayers of all of 11s nu11e Kt:mucky Bible College, founded and operated (rom 1949 to 1951 as a part of the plant at ~500 Portland Avenue in Lou iw ille, Kentucky. As time passed and our opportunities were enlarged, wt; moved lO Winchester, Kentu cky, changed the name to Southeastern Christian College, and began a progTam which included two years liberal arts and three years Bible institute. Problems arose because of the expanded administrative duties and accrediting.

Following the advice o( the ,\ccrcditing Associations of the Southern Associa tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and the Association of Bible Colleges, the noard of Direcrors of Southeastern Chri~tian College -1- united the College Board and the Christian Educational Corporation Board , -~- ~eparated the two schools hy \'Oting to move the Bible Institute to Dallas, Tcxa~. The Dallas brethren, especially the elders of the M L. Auburn church, welcomed

"\....... the Jnstiuae, and plan t.o house the school in t.he educa tional plant adjoining- the ~ML. Auburn church. This n ece:.~itatc~ the seuin:4" up of a f'H culty, ind udi ng brethren Fran k iVI. Mullins, Kenneth lstre a nd Winston Allen. Son1e fifteen to twctny-fi,·c sllldents arc c·xpec.ted to enroll in September.

Southca~tcrn Christi a 11 Col lege <'onti nm:s w ofl"cr t wn yc::1rs of junior college, with definite plam being laid tor a third and fourth year of Christian Liberal Ans. The Bible will continue to occupy the same place in the schedule, lor several o[ Olll' facu lty arc a<.:com­plished, trained Bible teachers, including .f. Edward Boyd. N. ' ·Vilson Hurks. l .avcnl ll oull., Paul A. Clark and Cecil Garrett. As the sdwol enlarges i11to a four year college there will be a Bible Depan­Jllent with a Bible Major. All ,.; tudents arc to take six t.ce n lwur~

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Bible in four years, and the Bible majors arc to take 36 hours. For ;all intents and purposes S.C.C. will offer as much as a legitimate Bible College, and will offer majors in other fields such as education, science, commerce and other allied subjects. There will be no lessen· ing of the spiritual v:llucs, for all our teachers are of the type who have taught in the school through these past twelve years. This program has been recommended by two of our leading preachers who have been associated with our educational work among our churches for many years. The work that students at S.C.C. do will he accredited. Each student interested in becoming a preacher or missionary will be urged to attend the Dallas Institute, for we believe one in ten should become fulltime men in the Lord's work. The emire program, whether at Portland, at \Vinchester, at Dallas or Ham· moml, should be coordinated and built on a master plan of Christian education. We should not, we dare not, oppose one another. Our prayers and our interests will be centered upon our youth. Should wt· ever bite and devour one another our Christian youth will suffer.

May we add one more word. The plan to separate the Junio•· t:ollcge from the Bible Institute meets with the consent of the entire faculty of the present Southeastern Christian Collq,re, Liberal Arts :md Bible Institute divisions alike. We consider it a· step forward. These are nor plans born over-night, but come of much prayer and !ltudy. We are confident that the 125 churches of Christ supporting Christian education are strong enough to have faith enough to sec the needs in all our Christian educational program, at Winchester, J•ortland, Dall:ts and Hammond. If we have faith in the Lord, and want our youth to grow as Christian youth should grow, we all \viii support Christian education by prayers and sacrifices-. .

N. Wilson Burks, President, Southeastern Christian College, Winchester, Kentucky.

HOW AMERICA SPENDS HER MONEY EACH YEAR Gambling 30 Billion Dollars Crime 20 Billion Dollars Alcoholic Beverages 9 Billion Dollars ~ Tobacco 5 Billion Dollarli Religion and Welfare 3 Billion Dollars Dog l;ood 175 Million Dollars FOREIGN MISSIONS 130 Million Dollars

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WHOM NOT HAVING SEEN, YE LOVE The healed blind man (John 9) took his stand for Jesus before

he had ever seen Him, because of what He had done for him, in giving him his sight. "We love Him because He first loved us" and "He J.;ave Himself up for us." So we love .Jesus because He died for our sins, though we have not yet seen Him. There is :1 special hlessing for those who have not seen Him, yet have believed (John 20:2!1). -S. Ogdon.

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The Bible, The Word Of God -- V .J. R. C.

JUDE

The Hook of Jude is a resu It or d i vi nc pressure brought to bear on Jude. His fi rst aim was to write on ··our common salva tion,· · hu t through what was cle:u·ly divine intervention he _ rather. wrote, exhorting the brethren to "con tend earnestly for the fatth, wh1ch w<~s once for al l del ivered to the sainL~." H e declares tha t he was constrained o LO write. The root lllea ning of the expression "con­~train cd" i n the Gn~ek is "to compel." In this case Jude was com­pe lled by an inner urge. From what source did this pressure come if not from Godt- In a b<)Ok on Jude, S. ·Maxwell Coder says, com­JIIenting upon this expression, " Pressure was brought to bear upon .Jude; therefore our epistle is not a human document, but a m essage fron1 the hand of God. No doubt Jude's d iligence commended him to the Lord: but his words nre the choice of the Spirit Him.~elf, to instruct his people concerning those who creep into the church, bringing with them damnable heresies.

"' Tt is important to rea lize that the epistle of Jude is the result ol the constraining, overwhelming wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit nnd tha t the mes,agc is expres~ed in the exact words Cod wants us to have. Thus Jude takes his place with those of whom it is written: ·"l1te prophecy came not in o ld time by the will of man: but holy men ol Gocl spake a~ they were moved by th e Hol y Spirit ' " (2 Peter 1 :21).

Othe rwise, how cot~ 1~1 we exp.Ja in the message o( Jude? \t\There, but from the Holy Spmt, could he lul\·e learned the present and c.:tc:rnal late o r angels that kept no t th eir proper h abitation ? \ !\There e l.s c.: could he have lea rned about th e dispute between J'vfi cbael, the archangel, and the devil over the body of Moses? 1 ndeed, where could he have leaTned about the fate awailing the npostates, expressed so eloquently and vouched for by a quotation from Enoch, the seventh from Adam . .Jude has al l t.he ca r-n1arks of a Hook from God. . lt is e•_llightening to n?tc t.l.lat .! u_de declares that t he fa ith is "once tor al l dell\'ered to th e . ~unts. 'l lns rules out a ll modern claims to ilHpiration. Paul joins .Jude in p ronouncing an anathema upon any who would preach ' 'ml)' gospel o ther Lhan tJ1at which we preached unto yCJ u" (Gal. I :8). Thus is e li mimllcd all so·c<~ lled modern revelations. such as lhe Book of ;\ lonnons, the Konm, and th e trad itions submitted by Rome to supplement Lhe Holy Word. Such writings have no p lace in rhe sarrecl canon. "',·\n y rla im to (w·ther revelation in t hese last days

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JOHN

"The situation with regard to Revelation is rather dear. \Videly accepted in the early days, it was later questioned, but soon re­gained its place and has been secure in orthodox circles since 400." -R. Laird Harris, Ph. D .• in Inspiration and canonicity of the Bible, ]). 257.

He further says, quoting Zahn: "In short we have a large number of witnesses to the fact that between the yean; 100 and 180 Revelation was highly esteemed in the churches of Asia, to which it was originally directed (Rev. I :4-11) , and that it was regarded as the work of John of Ephesus, who from 130 on. at the very latest, was generally held to he one of the twelve Apostles. Between 170 and 200 we find Revela· 0,_ tion circulated and accepted in all parts of the Greek and Latin Church as the work of the apostle and evangelist, .John.

After this period, however, Revelation suffered an eclipse. Two influence~ came into play: the one was an increasing de(>arture from the premillennial expectation of the early church, and t 1e other was the mflucnce of the Alogi, a gro.up who ascribed all of John's writings to a heretic by the name of Cermthus.

"In the end of the fourth century, to gu:ml against Chiliasm, c1uite a number doubted the genuineness of the Apocalypse - did not rec:eive it as canonical, and carefully abstained from appealing to it; hut after this period we find only here and there a solitary vnke raised ag;linst it, ulllil at length its reception he<':tme all hut unh•er­sal." -Prof. Stuart.

Horatius Bonar says that the early enemies of Chiliasm (millennia I teaching) deemed this teaching and the Book of Revelation insepar-:thle. They could only get rid of the former by rejecting the latter. They never thought it possible to deny that the Apocalypse taught Chiliasm. Thus they denied the authenticity of the Book of Reve· (\. Jation. Later, Origcn, hy his allegorical interpretation, taught the ' dwrch how to retain the Book of Revelation in the canon or s(')'iptlll'e :mel yet reject the pl:tin import of Revelation 19 and 20.

Revelation's claim to be the Word of God is crystal clear. "Out of the total number of 40•1 verses in this hook, about 2(i5 verses con· tain Old Testamem language and about 550 references are made to 0. T. passages-a fact significant enough." -Scroggic. If one is a revelation from God, so must be the other.

In the first three verses of the nook of Revelation we read: "The revelation of .Jesus Christ, which God gave him ... he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; who bare witness of the word of C~ocl, :md of the testimony of Jesus Christ." Here John

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, laum LlJ bc :.pcakiug the wunl ul (;ud! 111 \ Ct :.c 10 u l the 111 't c.:havtcr Johu funher :.ay:. that he Wttl> in the Spirit on the Lotd's <.lay allll a voice said, "What thou :.ee\t write in a book ... " ' L hu:. the things that John wrote in the Hook of Reve lation were re,·calcd tu hitu by the Holy Spirit.

ln chapter 5 Cod holds in His right hand a book sca led with M:vcn sea ls. As the Lamb opens these seals one by one jutlgments issue forth. Then o u t of the seventh seal issues seven twmpct jutlgtuems, and the sounding of the seventh trumpet yields seven bowls of wrath-:.o that actuall y the little scaled book furnishes the backbone of the Book of R evelation Cront chapter 6 to chapLCr IS­all co111ing from the little book in God's hand-God's Bookl

T he Book of R evelation clo:.c:. with a :.olemn warniug le\'cled at any who might pre~ume to alter or LO take from " the words o( the propheC)' of this book. The 10'1 verses or this book are declared w be words !rom Heave n. "Hear the word o( Jehovah, yc that tremble at his word ... "

\ 1\Te now close the first section of our liule book. l n thb l>t:ction we have presented the claims of the Bible to be the Word of God, lront beginning to end. in all of i t:. parts, and as a whole. All scripture is inspired o( God. Lt onl)' remains Cor the Bible to present it:. credentials lO back up these claims.

J I. R£L1ABLE PROOFS

Should ot, Would 1 ot, Could Not

When men make lofty claim:. as do the writer:. oL the Hiblc it i:. only fa ir that t.hese claim!> bc sub~tantiatcd by proper proob. Such proofl> arc divided into cxtcmal and imcrnal evidcnce:., either ul whidt i:. convincing. Hu t in thi!> sllld)' we wish to li111it our:.elvc., tnai11ly to imcrnal evidence:.. These evidences cotne to us in the very ~>trucwre of the liiblc itself.

~ J an, apart from God, did not write this holy book. !11 the lir.,l pl:u c, in view of its daiut~, he sliuuld 11ol have written it. Sudt would have been blasphemy, Jor the .Book claims that God is its authm. II nteu wrote the :Bible how may we explain its lofty claims? ·Man wuu/tlnol ha\'e wriuen the Bible, for it give:. 111an a black eye. It pit· l111 e:. hi111 a~ depraved ami wholly powerl~s to help hinll>CII. Scarch ami you will find that no thiug like tJ1is is found in all non-Christian literawre. Always man is portrayed as having what it takes to effect hil> own rescue. All heatheu religions arc founded upo n works of merit, :.o IIlLI< h so, that this work'~ principle crops out i11 Christians in what we call "legalism." H.owcvcr, the J~ib lc is rcvolut ionary, settinu aside ntcn 's thoughts for Cod's thoughts (Jsa. 55:8,9) .

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Jn the thiJ·d place, mau could nul have written the .Bible. Willia111 .} c11 n ings Bryan o nce said, "No man n!ade the ro:.e or painted the heav­en . He could not ha\'C done l>O. Neither could a ny man have written the J3iblc." Then he challenged man to produce another book as good

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if he wrot~: it 111 tile fir~t place. This 111a11 has 110t do11e for one ob­vious reason.

There is no book like the Bible! lL ( I) contains startling in ­fonuatiou beyond logic, (~) tclb of past evcm~ unknown to lll CII , (:1) dar('s to deln: inw the fuwrc and has never made a millS, ('I) JHit'> om information that no man would tell if he could, (5) furnishes a safe anti reliable rule for Ji vi ng. Il thus has built-in evidence of its s11 per-ua l.llra I character a 11d origin. \•V c lila lid on holy ground i 11 arcep1.i11g- the scri ptures as the word of God. God's Men See11 To Speak Cod's Word

Whet:her or not the books of the Olcl T estament and the l>Uoks ol th ~: .1 cw T est<unent were auth oritative wa~ 110 t left up lO the judgmelll olmen. They did no t have the wisdom to sift and separate Cod's won! from man's word. The variou~ wTiLings were first seen tO be the word of Cod because the prophet), o r the Old Testamenc and the Apostl<.:s of the New T estament were seen to be the spokes111e11 [or Cod - Cod's 111e11. By word a11d deed the prophets and apostles demonstrated that r'\.., Lhey \verc God's 111en. ~Nf en did not nt:ed to cul l aucl sift and separate "' Cod's word. From the time it was spoken, as it fell on their ears, Cod was speakin!? to them and the)' "accepted it not as the word of men, but. as it is 111 truth, the word of God, which worketl1 in you that be-lieve'' ( I 'l'hes. 2: 13) .

Says R. Laird Harris: " I[ the book was in the Old T estament, the people of the day ;u.:reptcd it because it was written by a prophcr. H it was a pan of the New T estame nt., .it was recognized as inspired if it had been written by an apostle ... " He further says: " lt is as obvious as anyth ing can be that the apostles, by virtue of Chr.ist's res­urrection, early came to full belief in His words and acted upon them­to the death. The word of apostles a lso were received by the ir con­temporaries as authori tative. A clear proof is I Thess. 2:1 3 where Paul colllmends the Thessa lonians for doing just that."

Cha rles Hodge i n his Systernatic Theology says: "The principle on which the canon of the New T estament is detcnnined is eq ually sim-ple. Those books, and those only which can be proved to have been written by the apostles, or to have reached their sanction, are to be rec-,-...,._ ognized as of divine authority. The reason of this rule is obvious. / The apostles were the dul y authenticated messengers of Christ; of whom He said, ·He that hea reth you heareth me.' "

Clemem, who had seen the blessed apostles, snys, "Take up the Epistles of the blessed Paul the apostle, wlwt did he \vrite to you at the time th e gospel began lO he preached? Tr11ly under the inspirn ­tion of the SpiriL he wrote to yo11." T hus the books of d1e Bible were recci,·cd immediately or soon after the)' were writren because of their authorship. The books were not really determined as authoritative at the councils, but were accepted because they were already authorita­ti ve, and had been all along. As the apostles preached the Lord worked with them, conlinning the word by the sigus that followed.

r/~te -1u~etltied- 7ea!UH,9 tJee~t ';amttied, /lpa'tt?

Willis I I. ,\lien

In the September Rt•flder's Digt>~l i~ an interesting article on the " .-\nwt.ing Konrad~ Kith" ol Amtralia (intere~ting from the stand. po int o l a th lctic ach icvcrm:m ) , condcn~c.:d from the Sot u relay .J·:vt:n i 11g J'()~t, b y \.Viii Grim~l<.:y. lt is an account of the 1narvdous acc.:om· pi ishmems in swim 111 i ng- events by this famous brother and sister u.::nn, John and Jl~a Konrad. \Ve arc not here reviewing the reporr, nor c.:\•c n wmmc.:ntin~ o n it :1s ~uch. W e refer to i t only to call auemio n w a ~uggc~uon nwde in the do)ing pan of the article.

lt is srated that J ohn wa asked how a country "with such a small popu lation a Au rr:rlia ra n turn out bener arhlctes in some sports dwn a big counll)' likc America:· I let c.: i~ .J o hn 's reply: " J under· :.tand that, in the United Sta tes, wh en a boy gets to be 13 or 1'1 h e becom es more intere ted in parties and social life, and less interested in going out a nd hiuing- the ball around. i\t IIi h e.: gets use of th e fa111i ly rar or is prcst'tll cd w ith a r ar l>f h is own.

"In Au~tralia it's dilferem. In Sydney, a city of two million, there arc on ly two or three n ight dub~. There are no hangouts for )Oung boy~ a nd g irl\. \Vc haven't as uwn)' disu·actions. Boys and g irb look for recrc:nion 0 11 the b c:arhes, tennis courts a nd cricket fi e lds. Becau~e we have fewer luxuric~ . our fam ilies are closer to· gerher. and parent!> en courage the ir children more."

The ~111-,"'c)C:>t ions hinted here sho uld make us American parents :111d h eads of familic:~ \lO)l and think. I lave \\'e become so absorbed with 20th·cCnllll) ' luxuries wit.h which American families are so preva· lcntly supplied that we h ave become ueglectrul of om famil y rc· ~ponsibilitic~ and ••nntindful of the ir :.pirilllal n eed s? I fear th:n tnany of m mmt ple:tcl g uilt)'· O ur f:~mil i c~ a rc getting farther apart, and it may we ll he that lu,urie:. arc a contributing fa ctor. T H IN K!

. \ tH: YO ll SU FFOC:t\'1' 1 N (;?

The.: ac t~ uf brea ch ing which I pcrfonm:d yesterday will nol keep 111c alive today. I ntust continue to bre~11hc afresh every momen t, or aninwl lif e (Ca~cs. In like manner ye~Lerday's g race and spiritua l :.u c ngth 11111\l he rl' lll·wcd, and the l lo l)' Spirit must continue to h teathe o n nty ~otd from ntoment to moment in order to my enjoying 1 h e con~o l :n iom, :111d to rn y working the work~ of C:nd.-T o plady.

NEWS AND NOTES Leon, luwa: \·\'e were happy with a

J!OOcl metring in Hopkin~. Missouri. W e had sevcr.d visi tors each ni~l11 with auend:mcc >(lltu;whcrc in the 30's each cvcnin)\'. T he congregation h as about 28·3~ in a ttendance most C\'er)' Sundav Beginninf(" ril e lit:~t Thursda y fo llo wir;i the mcerinl{ h ere in Leon. J will he g-oing- rhcrc- ro r.each a lliblc class each w<:<:k. \\'e are in hopes severa l in r he <'CH'I IIIItllti 1 ,. wi II come to the c:lass as a resulr o f rite radio pm:::·nm. - nob ''t•rrow.

,\l :wila, J>hllippinc.': W e h ave ju<r re rumed fmrot a rrip, north nf M:111iln in l'arlac province. :'ll y wife and rwo dtildn:11 as well as .<cvcral Sill ·

<l eur- formin!(' a dtoru, group went al,;11. W e l111d t~vange lisli t ntcerin~s in the rq.:ion <If Camiling, Tarla<:. The response was good. ~'!any showed !,''l'Cat inrere,r in the gospel and a number ha1·e ex prL-s<ed a desire to hc<'Utlle simple :"t·"· ' I c>ta tuent Ch rislians. Brother t·:,r a lill a, who is lahol'ing in rhat nrc.1 ;, doing' fullow·up work to :dl of those who ktvc cxpn:sscd such desire. , ,Vc cX JH't' t a 1111111hcr of h:q>IL•m~ as a l't'" lll or the rotet:ti ngs.

\\'hilc wt· wc;r<; rhc1·c i11 1he rnc;c ting, Si, le l' l';st:ofilf:.t gave hirlh I U :t hahy hClV. Thi, is their sec;clllcl child . They' ha~e n:un t'd him c:iclt:O il Sparl..s Es talilla.

ll y the c11d nf rhis week. I hnpc to he re:<cl )' ru tra\'CI 10 !.eyre and Mill · cla11:t<> fut fn t' l h er Cl'allgeli.'l ir work. .\la y rh t· l.nrcl he with you. - Victor N. llroacldus.

\oVi ll ch cstet· Su m mer Cam ps T h e Summer You th (~uups wi ll :l.<·

scucblc at \ Vi u chcster, Keutucky, 011 the fdlrn•iu!:' cbtes: Jun ior C:unp, Jul)' 9 tu 15; Se11iclr C1mp, July IG 10 !!2. T h e date: i> J u ly, not J une, :ts was :lnnomrc:cd i11 April Wnrd :wei Work.

Fisherville, 1\y.: Kenneth hJ ·rc, from rite l' it:tlmout congregation iu Dallas, wil l be the s p~':l kcr in our W111111 Ct' nrcer­ill)(. i'l'<ltll .Jnnc 12, thro11g h .June 23. T he church i~ loc::u cd 011 the highway. (tne mile p:cst th e town of Fis herville, o n T a ylo r'Svillc Road seven :111cl :t h a lf miles rro111 the stop ligh t in J cfrcrson· to wn.

Our llt•w haptistry. drcs~iug rno11ts, n :.,r ruwns. ancl dsr·c rn arc now com­pit- ied. The Lord is hlcssing the wnrk.

Two you11g men were recently hapri zcd . One of them has already led in puhlic pr;rycr. P rayer is being n ffcrcd for m hcrs that rhe1· will SCIOli uhev th {· l.ord. - Jesse Z. Wood.

I>eadwoocl, S. 0,: Up here we have ouly cle nnutinationalism . Certain hrcth · ren hn\•C done much work in Nchraskn, Wyoming, lJte Dakotas aut! Minneso ta . In S\HII C plates they have h11ilt ch11rch huilding~ and had to almndo n them. T h ey did h al'c meetings here in ncad­wood ::t nd i f we had lmd a preacher the work might ha v<:: cont.inucd. An· ulltcr W<Hnan a nd l meet c1·cry week for Tlihle stll<l y, prayer and the l.ortl'.' supper. - F.r hcl M:ru lc)'.

Scllcrshutl:l, Incl. : Fr<1111 April 2 rhru ~ I!! I wa,; wcth the brethren til Sonrlcsidc iu Ja tkson villc. Florida, for a g-ospel meeting. T his is a small congrega tion anti the sp irit of cooper.11inn :ucd lu1·e i• """' Clitlcn t in Sl1 £h a g ro up. llnuh· <:1' Johnnie Adams is rite r~tpahle mini~· l<;:r of th e group. having h(:e n with 1 hc nt from the 1 i me the w ngrcga r ion was cslahlish(•d. There we re rlcrc:c llll p· l istus dut·iuK lh £.: IH C'ctiu~ and a gnodl)' utuniJcr C':tllll' forward for rcdt·tlifa . r inn a ud a :,, I or:u io 11 111 a clost~r wa I k wirh rhc Savio r.

\ Ve took a li ttl e tra i ler :t10 11 ~ a mi . \li• c and the chilclrcH we re parl.ecl <ll11 at Ja r hconvillc hc:tch while I sl:11 1·d with rltc J oe 1\cn tl cy,; i11 .. Jacksunvilk. \Vc fotut<l that rhc lirst pan of Apl'il is a bit too chill y t.herc for enjoying the ocean . hut the warmth ur lol'c in rhe S< n11hs iclc: dwrdr left n urhing to he <lc~ ircd .

llrnt her Dan Richardson a rt':lll" t.:d for r:tdiu tnex.•agcs uvcr " 'Vayradio " ror SCI'eral da)s and it was iuterc~ tin!{ ttl 1·isir the s tation aud meet the r.rp:t ltlc: sra lf. induclin1,1 1\rotlter GMd o 11 l.in­scorr. I had never had the (J!Jptl t'lllllil\' lO liSit:n in Oil the pmgrannning of a Christian slation before and it was a t·cvela ti< ill 1<1 me. Surely rltis is a rool wltirlt God can u sc g rcarl r l'w· IJi, glor~• a nd the CdiJic·:lliOn or Ill :CU . - I f'all C. Crowder.

Lexington, K y.: \ Vc h ad IJh:"cd fcl · lows hi p with rite llranctun a nti Or· lando. Florida, cnngrCJ;atinus. \ Vc wen; at 1\randou fc11· Ji ve Sundays and a Sundal' toig ht ;tnd r·hrcc nig-hrs he-

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IWCl' ll '\uncla p :11 Or lando wi1h the Cm in~ton Ro:ld Churrh. llro1hcr Spears and family and Brother Stlli\C .tud fa mily. with others, ar c doing :1 splendid jon geuing the church estah­lished . l.n til )' ll'a y pf lhinkiug. here ;, o ue of rile 1nwn promising o ppo rlllll· ilies 10 d<) hont<· missiou work, The j!nud Brandon Church ),'<IVe . 100 toward he lping pn) for rhci r proprn y reccn1ly acquired . aud iudi\'idnals ou tside . in· cludill!( Cramer and ll anover. have g i\'ell $ I IIi. C:ou1rihu1ious ma y be sent i11 ca re o f W. II. Spears, 3315 J oaune llril l'. Orlanrln. Fla.

I hapti7.Cu 1\ellic Jlrown ;u Brandon , :u1<l >iucc wi(e and 1 c:unc home Bro th· t•r Spears bap ti zed two ~ ud had three tn come fonvard for reconsecration. T he Orlando Church is some $4,000 in <lcbl. l.a rge or .~mall conl ribu l ions will l)e gra tefull y accepted. - H. N . Ruther­ford .

"CORRECTION" 011 Ntal R etirement: The Apri l

Word and Word carried an announce· utenl of ll ruthcr and Sisler Neal's rc­lircmeut from Po nland C hriSLian )chuol. T he Elders of the Portland Ch 111 Ch want 10 correct this statement. T his news inadvert.:unly rea ched the printed page be fore plaus for this acriou were completed. Because of the requiremenrs of the State Board of Educatinn a11d the circums1:111ces in the Portland Christiau School no change will Lie m:tclc a t tlw pre>cnt t ime.Bro lh· c r Nca I wi II con tlnuc in the ~choo l as Principal.

H. L. ltichanl~on Goes Humc 1\rn lher II. 1.. R icharcl '><Ht ' Cill us

Ill'\\'~ lcncrs <>f hi s work anwug the Indians. Our acquaintance with him w:t~ lilllitcd w these letLcrs, and the

... \......1 pcr,oua l uotcs he added. He loved lhe ~:l\'ior 1h:1t we lu1c. H is lelle rs hrca thecl teal l'or the Lmcl's work :tnd iudir.11ed much sa crifice an rl prayer un hi~ pan. \\'1.' feel he was a brother heJm·cd of the Lord . The meS$:JKC tha t we ··c·cci\1''<1 simply stated " 11·c re· ~; ret to iufonu you of the d eath of \J r. II . 1 .. Richa rdson, (Missiomtr))· hox i l5 All tner West, Ontario, or l'oraage La P~ai rie. )'l:milo ba. or Lillie Current. 011tario . . ... E1•idcutly he had worked at all thes<: p laces. - J .R .C.

'"''' Chun:h . llm tht·r N. W ilson nurk\ w:ts fill-in preacher. Upon 1\rolhc•t Rutherford's re turn he read in the Cramer bulletin an introduc1io11 o[ himself. as follo\\·s:

"A 1tU1111tCr of years ago a pr()lllisiug you th came from the bcautif11 l roun 1ry ncar Frankli11, Ky. He ente red Pou.cr l3ible College at Bowling Green. K )'· He had previously attended coun try school by " 'alking three milc.-s. li e staraed prc:1ching 0 11 a s1111np. with !tis 1win sister as his audience. He sat ar the feet o f R . H. Boll in Lo uisville. Ky., a t that Lime preaching at th<: Parkland Church . He tnarricd lite prcscn L i\fr~. II. N. R11thcrford . Fo l­lowing a miuis1ry at Ly1111 Vil lc, T<:n­lt es5CC, and .Jacksom i lie, Florida. he cam e ro Lexing ton, Kcnnu;ky. in 1!132. Here at a white d welling ho 11se :n Cramer a nti ll :Ul(ll'er twCnly-fivc peo­p le ba11dcd together, He is know11 as 11tc singing preacher. i\la r 1\'e thank· fu lly a nd proudly prcscnl Bro1her .H . N. Ruthe rford."

Youth Rally At Eheuexcr T he mnnthly yo ut h r:lil y of the nluc

G rass churches was he ld ar EbeneJer Church on Sanmlay uight. April S. A panel of ei~tht . four from Sa lem Church a11<1 fou r f••ont Crame r a nd H anoi'Ct' discu..scd 1he 1\ook of Philippian~.

Dugger, Ind.: 011r mcet.iug with How­ard Mar:>lt preaching, closed Su nday nig ht. April 9. We hacl large crowd~ at every service. Ni11c II'Crc: baptin·d . llrother ~Iarsh used as his theme for a series of se rmons ''The Nell' Crea tion." The mcssa~es " 'ere time! ~' and se.-iptural. T he church sho uld uow be mo re d edi · <'a tt·d 10 the Lo rd.

In the aftcru non of 11te ninlh we had a song ~lly. Thirteen congn~j:,<;J·

tions were rcpn:scmcd. Nine song lead­ers a nd fi11: preachers were prescna. \\'o udcrf11l fe llowship and good sinJ.,<ing 111:1d <.: 1 ~~ ~ ~ ft c rnoou ph:~ s<llll to n 11.­:l!a u.-ice Clynwre.

T~n-e H aute, Ind.: I hate lo do with· ••111 the \\ orcl :t nd \\'nrk ~lid I ha nk you ftu ~(·epi ng it <'nmiug. I h~ 1 e 1101 been :thlc In fdl appni ulo11Cll l'< ~i 11 <:e 1hc lirs r ()[ lleccmher 1\ fall December ~2. ca t~>iug a Slt;all fracture just outside 1he pc!l·i~ put 111e 0 11 "'" back since. a nd a shvr1 1imt: i11 the hospital. I am at h untc: n nd ll')'iug ~l owly :111d painfully

Could Thi~ Re H. ~- Rutherford? elt:TI tla1 to !cant to wa lk- Mill I c"'· lu Hro ther RmhcrEonl's rccentlv ex- pe.:t · to 'win. Pray for us. -HcJrace

1endnl ab <>nrc !rulll Cramer and ·H:m- Hind~. 1:1 J

Tell City, Indiana: W e are cloin~ pretl}' good here :u prescur. 1111 crest is fine and attendance good. A middle· aged man accepted Christ .March 19 and was baptized that night, for which we :111 rejoice. o rne time ago a youn~ man placed membership with us.

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\Vc arc planning ou r V:tcation School for May 29 to June !J. church here :1nd the church at nelton have bcconrc rccond lc<i . We arc looking fcrn,·a rd to a good work here in the future . - As:l 13aht:r.

fUGH SCHOOL DAY AT S.C. C. :uurday, Mny 13, is High School nay

at Southeastern Chrisri:m Col lege. On this day all hig h 'rhool )'oung people an: invited tO spend the da y ou the beautiful campus of S. C. C. The eve· ning meal will be served picnic style. .-\n interesting progr;1111 is planned for the day, closing with a )'Ollth ra lly a t nigh t. Eacb church should sf:ud in information regarding the number of dril'crs and young people they arc bringing. Addr~ Paul Clark. ·.c.c .. Winches ter, Ky.

BffiLE CHAm l ' U RLICATIO='IS Brother Richard Ramsey 11<1\\' o ffers

fou r con-espondence courses. each con· tain ing lhirteeu leSStlll s, uanu; ly: Surn:y of the Uible, url'ey of 1\ihlc Pro phecy. Church History. and lasrly Uasic Rible Doctrines. These are valuaulc courses ami can be take n by individua ls, or in classes. Write Richard Ranr ~e)'• n ox il;i. College Sr:uion. H a nrmond, I.a ., for details. Hi5 "Les~ou /'~orcs nn the Book of First Corinthians" and "The Lamp Shinetlt" from the pen of C. H . Wile ,·. cau be lr3d from Wo rd and Work for 2:Jc per hool.. .

R er)ort Rt.1,-nrdu1g Far Ea~t Trip:

rlncc counrrics listed abu,·e arc uo"· bc.:ing obtained. Um rhcr Mullins h:1d rr:ceivcd $530 sent for hoth of us and

:!64 sent for him. I had received $283.20 so the total amount for the F:1r East rrlp now in the IJank to Ill} nccount is S I ,127.20.

If the Lord lays it on your heart to have fellowship witb Brother Mullins in the expense o f the Far East trip. p lease ~end girts to him in care or Southt·astcru Chrisrian C'.o llegc. Win· chester .. Kentucky. Winston N. Allen.

Louisville, K y.: The P o rtland A,·c . protracted mcetin~ with Brother F.dw. Schreiner preaching \Vas he ld April !J. Ill. 11 was we ll aucndetl . The nrr·~· sages were good. T hree we re hapti1.cd into Christ, one came from another church for membership and a numhcr of Others for rcpenrance :rnd recon~t·· ~ cm rio u. The church was edified anrl -stre ngthened. We hope to have another such meeting in October with Hall C. Crowder doing the prc:tching .

Our olde~r rrr cmi>cr. a deacon, cc lc· hratc;d hi' IOOrh hinhd:ty April 19. Rro tltt:r Rohen C. :'lf:tn in received :t· bom 250 gTcc:ti ng cards :liHI telegrams: t\\'O from P n:sidcnt Kcnned)', one from cnator Kefauver. He wa~ made ~ Ken·

tuckv Colone l hv Cnl'ernor C0111h' (Rm;,, 13:3: 1 Prier 2: H ). Although his "eyes arc dim th:11 he cannol sec" he is orhcr\\'isc in good health £or hi< age. T he Lord has preserved hirn well. - :'\Irs. P:rul Knecht.

VOUR LESSON QUAltTERL Y Currently we arc using ,~:tucst write!"'

for our '"'ord and " 'nrk Lesson Qu:1r · tcr ll'. P:.tul Clark of Soutlrcastem Clu h tiar i Colle<;c p1'cparcd rlu: lessous fn1 the second qtr:lrrcr. which we arc nell\ using. E\'cntuall) 1\'e hope to a ppoint ~ one edi tor of the quurc rl r. Some Ji k( ' ~ _ o u r Verse h1' \'c rsc ~crt ion iu rlr , qu:tncrlr. \\'(: would appn:ciatc• ' 'Oll l comments.

A~ previously reported in The Word and Work and The Exhorter, in o rder to ohtain 1·isa' to e n tcr .Japan, I long Ko ng. and the Philippi rr cs. it is nccCS· snry to h:\\'c a round·rrip ticket or proof of sufficient funds to purchase Book Section Articl e.~ ,::tme. The application procedure in· !'Ire articles curren tly appearing irr l'oh ·c·.• sending the Applic~nr·s Pass· rlu: \\'<11'd :uul \\'ork. litled. "The llihlt" porr w each Consulate 1\'l rich 11:.\turall)' fir e \\'ord of C od" n1n' o r nr:11 nnt hl require> time. 13 rorlu:r :lfulli1tS, hcing put iu p:t lllphlct flll'ln. The paurphlcr• a hle f0r the p rc,c rrt 10 n1uke otlrcr finan· if publi,hed would be ~hour the size nl c;ial arrangement' to mcer 1·i~t req\tirc· a \\'on! and \\'orl.. and would sci! for lllcniS. suggested tlwr all fund• recch•ed :~bulll !!::ic. Unlcs' then' ib :1 prepubli thr" t:Jr fur rhc F'ar E:t~l trip be de· (Jtinn clcnrand fur the hool..let we 1d l1 jlOSit t•d (() Ill\' !I!C'IIl ll\1. rhis W:tS dil l\<" lt:l lht: l)lllJJiC~ I illll o( it be limited !I

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