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VOL. LV

J. R. CLARK, Publlaher

No. 3 MARCH, 1961

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THE WORD AND WORK VOLUME LV, ){ARCH, 1961

E. L. JORGENSON AND J. It. CLARK, EDITORS

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In This Issue

:\IOlllltllelllS - E. L. J. Trnth Advance Scc1ion -S1anford Chambers

Seed Thoughts - .J. L. Addams, Sr.

\,._...I l>crsonali ty o[ the lfol)• Spirit - Frank 1\1 . i\lullins, Sr.

T he lliblc. The W<ml of God- HI - J. R. Clark

1 wo Of ,\ T housand

Precious llcprinL': f\ c1 ~ :!:38 - R . H . flo ll

•liana You1h Camp - Eugene Pound

· " 11er Check For YnursclC -Carl Ki tzmiller

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. Jn , th~ beauti~ul .. and n~tional.ly famous Louisville cemetery known .is Cave Hill, there lie buned many of those that we have lmed .. long ~ince a11d loi>t a while"-including R . H. Boll of blessed rnc111ory, a · well as one that seemed to her mother and to me more angel than of human kind. ' Vithio these lovely grounds there stands a mo~t unusual mo11urnent. the Satterwhite Memorial. It is plainly the attempt of a bereft h11sbancl to tell the world of his deep devotion { Lo "t..he woman Llrnt he loved," and to perpetuate her memory among 111cn. \Ve have no exact figures on Lhe cost of the Memorial when erected about thirty years ago, but it is estimated that it would cost a million to duplicme it now. Some of our readers may have seen :1 description of it i11 the National Geogmphit Magazi11e some years ;•go.

The Satterwhite is a monument and more than a monumen t. It is a graceful stone imucture over the grave of Dr. Sattcrwh ite's wife. f'loren(e Brokaw Saucrwhite. lLs rotunda-like roof is of Ten-11c:1,-,c:e 111a rble, supported by twelve tall pillars or columns, each a perfect copy of the two columns that remain of the ancient Grecian t\c:sopolis, each column crowned with a Corimhian capilaJ. l3y wa y c1I prcp:mnion, Lh c archi1cct thaL drew the design spent a full year i11 C1ecce ~u1dyi11g, 111eal>uring, examining, and came up with this 1 c.:plica ol Lhc Grecian T emple of Love. lt is said that there is only 011c other replica of thaL ancient master-piece in existence, and thaL it i-. i11 Calilornia. The angel-like figure which Lhe enLire pavilion ~licl tcrs (scu lptured by Sa llie Jamel> Farnum) ill of perfect Italian 111arblc. 1t was Dr. SaLterwhiLc's wish that this figure should be carved in t11e likene~ of h is beloved wife, but the architect (or Lhe~ sc.ulptrcSli) dissuaded hi111 in favor of Lhe figu re of an angel with winu),.

0£veryth ing about Lhe ~Iemorial seems to rest in a spirit ol peace

and Christia11 hope. One reads the Scripture quotation, "' Her way~ a1 c ways of pleasamncss and all her paths arc peace," cvidc11Lly a LribuLc to the wife. Around the marble plinL11 course (at LOp of the colun111s) Lhc inspired inspiring words o[ King David are inscribed: .. , 11 peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for Thou, Lord, alone makest me to dwell in safety"' (Ps. 4:8). At anoLher place 011e read~ the Pauline vicLOry·shouL of I Cor. 15:57: "IluL thanks be w God whid1 give1.h u:. the victory through our Lord J esus Christ. "

There is another grave 011 the same lot, though a few paces re· 111oved from the Satterwhite. It bears a modest marker on which

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i, inscri bed : " Elitabelh Wake - bo1 n in England 1871 , , di~d in N~w York I 93!l." Beneath thi'> ~im plc legend ii'> the Sav•o.r ~ plauc~1L: " \Veil done, thou good and faithCul servam; enter thou 1mo the JOY ol Lh y Lord." Elizabeth W ake was the unforgotten servnnt of the Sat1 erwhi1 c fom il yl

OT HE R MONUMENT S

The Chu rch of God. '>tancting firm on the shores o[ t i n~e, is the om~ta nding monument to t he life and work of J esus Christ: T he church is here-and tha t no infidel can deny; but how c:lme i t he.re. except that He li ved and rnugbt and died and rose again.- or wh ich the Twelve, yea , more than fi\'e hundred who saw H m1 a_t on~ time, were 1J1e flami ncr \\'itn esses? There is no oth er explanau on 0£ the Church in the wo~ld . IL is, i11 iu.e ll. the Jiving proof and mon11-1ne1n to Ch.-ist's work in the world.

The Church's Day of M eeting, com111011l}1 called " the Lord's day, i, Lhc impregnable monumem of our Lord's resmTecLion. T hat 1his wa~ "the fi rst dav of the " ·eek" i11 the first Christ ian churches-Lhose under Apo:.tolic guidance-is clear from-Act.s-20:7 :u1d-LC""'o"-'r""'.---­

..__ 16:2. But this was noL the sevem h-day "Sabbath " of the Mosa ic law; therefore, the age-long obscrnnce or Sunday (first day o( the week) h) be liC \'cr~ generally becomes the age-long proof and lest imony to J e~w. Chri~t 's eme1 gen< c I rom tha t dark world tha l we a ll d read, the world thaL held H i1n ror a length of time which con·espo11ds LO J onah's dark day~ in the belly of the fi sh. I t is perfectly unthinkable that the whole world-excepting only th<' comp;n a t i\'e ly small group of "SabbaLarians" who have never unclerHood lhat the law is dead (or rather, tha t the believer i~ crucified and dead to it) - it is unthinkable, I say, thaL the Christian world, since Apostolic Limes till now, should 01 would have turned to another day of worship, unless some great event or circurm tancc had ha llowed it. T he et11·liest d isciples and apo~ll <':. were thic lly .J ewi, h, imtrncted (li ke Paul) "according w tlie ~u iu manner o l tJ1e Jaw" of their fa thers (Acts 22: 3) : 110 lesser t' \ cm than tJ1cir Leader\ reslU'gence from the grave could ever ha \'C: w111ed them and 1he ent ire primitj\C churcl1 from Sawrday to Su n­day, from th e ~eve11th day to the first ns th eir regular day of !ratl1ering. -1 he day on wh ich we ntecL is wiLness w tl1e tremendous

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Christ arose on th at day, even as the Scripw res testify (Mt. 28 : I; ___.....~ l k . l!i:2; L k. 2'J: I ; J n. 20: 1) . Thus, The Church herself, ~ind The Day,

have co111e down LO 11\ as Lwo niighLy monuments of Lhc Christiau faith .

But Lhcre is yt:L anoLher, a third ou LStan<ling 111on11me1H. IL wa' oala i11ed and imlittned of che Lord .J c~us h imself to be " 1110 1111-

1111•11 1, a11d to ~crvc a' a memoria l u11Li l the end o( our age: The Lord's S11pj1e1·, lhe Church's grcaL memorial feast, is the

111onumem of the Savior's vicarious death for us- yea, fo r us while we were yeL in our :.ins. Like a graft in the young tree which must lw wounded w ren:i\C it, the Lord 's church grew out of His suffer· i11g~ :

"\Vid1 His own blood lle bought her, and for her life Ile died" 1\ fo re beautifully simp le Lhan any a rdiiLecL, sculptor o r paimer could

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e,·er conceiv~, this monument is at the same time more awesome and "!ore endurmg. It is a memorial that looks entirely back, back to Gethsemane and ~olgotha. We are often told in table talks that it looks both ways: It looks only one way and that is back-unless, like ~aul (I Co~. I.1:~4, ~5~, .we look both ways. It is true that the Second .Commg is 1mphc1t m the words, "As often as ye eat this bread ~111~ drm~ ~he cup, ye ,proclaim the Lord's death till he come"; bu~ 111 ltscl! It is t!1e Lords death that we proclaim in the communion; and tins He bids us do throughout the age, that believers may keep the atonement for ever green in their hearts, and that unbelievers may not only hear, but see, the blessed gospel exhibited before their \'cry eyes from week to week "Until He Come."

Whatever the faults and short-comings of the group of congre­gations known as "churches of Christ" may be (and they are all too many), no great number of them have gone into the deep and funda­mental modern error of denying the blood, or of denying that the Christ who died for our sins was God, manifest in the Hesh. Without doubt, the weekly observance of the Lord's Supper has been a greatf­l'actor in this faithfulness; for the supper is not only proof and monu- -ment of His atoning death; it is the memorial that was set up by the Lord himself on "that dark betrayal night"-"lest we forget" by what price we were redeemed!

The Lord's Church is here; the Lord's Day is hallowed here; the Lord's Supper is Spread here: Mighty. monu~ents to ~le Christian Faith! Beware, beware, all you who hve as 1£ these evidences were 1 not continually before your eyes!

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lllLENESS NOT HAPPINFSS

The most common error o[ men and women is that of looking for happiness somewhere outside of u~eful work. It ~as never yet been found when thus sought, and will never be wlule the world stands; and the sooner the truth is learned, the better for everyone. H you doubt the proposition, go around among Y?ur friends and act1uaimances and select those who have the most enjoyment through life. Are t11ey idlers and pleasl;lre seekers, or ar': they earnest work.ers?( We know what your answer will be. 0£ the miserable human bemgs it has been our fortune or misfortune to know, they were the most wretched who had retired from useful employment in order to enjoy themselves. -Great Thottghts via Gospel Atlvocate ..

FOLLOW THE LEADER

In all of our congregational singing, let us follow the leader. Don't go before him. Do not lag behind him. Let him detennine the time. Too often a singe1· back in the audience tries to detern1ine the time. This makes for confusion. Watch the leader. Keep time with him. This makes for better singing. -The Minister's Monthly.

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Stanford Chambers

QUESTIONS ASKED OF US I low clol"> it come th:it some r rotc, 1:u11 denomin a tions obser ve Len t? " ' lt:1t

h ii• • ii;nific:111cel'

Jt comes down to them through the Churd1 of R ome a~ one of many traditions. T he word orig innlly meant spring, connected in thought wi th the leng thening o l days with the coming or spring, though once there was a period called Lent extend ing from a da te

___,. in November LO Chr istmas. 1t is now n period of forty days precedi ng the .day called Easter . . It has b~en made a period .or, fas ti ng,-~nodifi~d ra~u11g "commemoraung the IOl'l)' dnys o l J esus forty days fast 111 the wilderness." T he irony and mockery withal is easil y seen in th e piactice of reveling in i\Iardi era~ balls up to the midnight hour preceding " Lent" and the re\'eling and carousings turned loose when the d uck Mrikcs 12 when "Lent" ends. 'Voe is pronounced by our J .onl 11po 11 all hypocrisy and ~ham . Fasting is professedly unto the Lord. Let I Jim say what H e expeus in the fa~ t. Sec h a. 58:G, for example.

(;od '"'°'" lhe e nd f n1111 lhe ht'git1 11 it1):. I-le foreknew 1ha1 man would , ; .. and hring c'lcmh and min. Wherefore, 1h c11, should I-l e go a h ead a nd crca1c 111anf

"So111c1i111e we'll understand." Through grace, through rcgencra­tio11 a11tl resurrection, Cod is doing a great sa lvaging work no t­w i th 'l tandi ng the number of rcsponsi blc h 11man beings dying i 11 sin. T here arc mul tiplied mi llions who have been redeemed a11d prepared for g lory in the hea"ens with Him. Add lO these the number who have died in infancy (who nobody ~ays are lost), and ano ther va~t 1111111ber cl) ing before reach ing ;u.:coumability, and you have n umbers no 111an can count. Timci. have been when one- third o( the 1ace wa:. the rate of infant mortality- The number of the unaccountable, only our l.ord knows. Jn the glor )• will be ten thousand times ten thou­sa ncl and thousn nds of tho11sands reprcsc11 ta t i ve of the h urn an race.

T he c111cstin11 pl'Opo und ed by J esus: " When lhe Son of man cometh , wi ll he fi n d the f:l ith 0 11 ~he earth?" T he l(ll ~'Stion is p crlinent. " ' h:it is your :111s wer? O urs? \Vt' rlon 'l know.

The question impl ies tha t a t the best " the faith" then to be found will be in small measure. "The faith" is tha t body of Ll'llth composing the "sound doctrine," " the whole counsel of God," whid1 J'aul shunned no t to declare. It is that which J ude exhorts to, that

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servants of God must not fail to earnestly contend for, "the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints." "The faith" is that which produces faith. Salvation depends on faith, and faith de~n~ on "the. faith.' It comes by hearing it and is sustained by contmumg therein.

The end-time apostasy of which Jude treats is a falling away from the fa!th. Faith is undermined and apostasy is the inevitable. Reread l Tim. 4:1, ff., also 2 Thes. 2:3, ff.

The apostasy is in the forecasts, but it has not remained in the forecasts merely. It is in process of fulfillment. The outstanding mark a~co!ding to P~ul is :·1:iwlessness." It was then working u~der cover; It is now plamly vISJble the world over, and nowhere 1s it working overtime so much as in U. S. A. The cost of crime to this country runs into multiplied billions! and our F. B. I. needs im­mensely more funds to hold crime to its present level! Britain is lamenting the overflow of crime American style now being added to her own crime problem, British style. Crime is the paraµiount ,.-:c problem of every government of earth. ( '

The blame is commonly laid on poor government, the rottenness being continually unearthed in politics, the bribing of men in posi­tions of authority, the failure of our educational system, which be­comes more and more pagan, and to other causes. There have come contributions to the moral breakdown from all these causes, but the c:ausc of causes lies in the apostatizing from the faith by the pro­fessing church. The Lord Jesus has His people in the world to be the light of the world and to be the salt of the earth. TI1e savor of the preserving salt, counteracting the processes of corruption, is faith. an essential element of faith is "the conviction of thmgs unseen"-the invisible God and the invisible world. On conviction depends reality. That there is lack of reality and that conviction bringing 1eality is sadly lacking cannot be denied. That inwardness, the very essence, the heart and the soul, which is life, is Christ. Paul's prayer for the Ephesians: "that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith." Faith realizes His ever-presence, His inward pres· cnce. The lack of this reality is the explanation of the behavior (misbehavior) of professed followers of the holy One, and not only""­of individuals but of whole churches. I '

There is not the contending "for the faith once for all delivered unto the saints." And on the negative side there is not the exposure of false doctrine, neither the rebuke of sin. Church members known to be· contributors to the church treasury are also known to be going right along in the tide of the world in sm. A rebuke of popular sins is a rebuke of popular members, and the church treasury registers the effect of sin's rebuke!

This soft pedaling, this "pussy-footing.'' this namby-pamby, thi!I watered-down milk and tenderized meat, this savorlcss salt, can be traced to many sources: so-called "Christian Science" denies the real­ity of sin; Watchtower Witnesses deny the punishment for sin; Rom­anism has its several inventions by which it proposes to take care of

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"the soul that sinneth" -through "absolution," deeds o~ penan~c, "works of supererogation," finally a Purgatory. ~odem1sm ~e~1es the inspiration of the Scriptures, the deity of ~rist,. the sacnfi~al, redemptive death of Christ, and other cardinal Bible doctrines. Liberalism is of so many grades and shades from mild and moderate to ultra and atheistic that it makes a large contribution to the con· fusion already confused, and global-spreading of Communism propa· gates with arrogance its anti-everything that is called God or that is worshipped, everything religious. Such is the Eass to which things have come before our eyes, "And my people love to have it so" Ger. 5:31). Many churches take the way of least resistance and go along with the world, having learned from the world "the trick of the trade." They lower their standards, must by all means avoid the charge of bemg Puritanical, avoid bigotry. Churches can now do things the world, even, wouldn't once do. It now takes more to shock the sensibilities of church members than it once did to shock those of the world!

"A Swimming Match Between Two Ladies." Such was the ;,,V advertisement of a certain church several years ago, and it created

a sensation-and a crowd. Excitedly curious, those fortunate enough to obtain tickets waited for the show·to begin. Finally the withdrawn curtain recealed two fully dressed women, one at either end of a table on which was brought a glass bowl into which was poured a pitcher of water. Then the master of ceremonies dropped a lighted match into the bowl, and so the crowd of the curious saw a swimming match between two ladies. Churches of a prominent denomination announce "Mardi Gras Balls" soon to take place. Ladies arc in· structed to wear short skirts. Some serve light wines; some include jazz in their services. Satan grins. I quote the following paragraph from Charles G. Baurer in Christian Beacon, issue of Jan. 26th, article entitled 'The Zero Hour of Grace.' '

"Within the last 'few years, Christ has been popularized by some so-called evangelicals as one Who, if a proper amount of prayers are made, would help the pious prize·fi~hter to knock another prize. fighter unconscious m the ring. He 1s also said to help the big league pitcher to give the proper hook to his curve. In another instance He enables an athletically minded person to come in first in a track meet and set a new record in the bargain. He is said to

-..._)have helped a man to beat out a competitor in a deal, to underbid and secure a coveted contract, to the discomfiture of another trying to get it. He is even said to have lent aid to a movie actress playing a role so lewd as to bring blood to the face of a professional prostitute. Thus our Lord is made out as a Christ of utility, a kind of Aladdin's Lamp to do minor miracles on behalf of any one who summons Him to do his bidding.''

Some writer awhile back wrote an article entitled, "God is made just a convenience.'' The salt of so-called Protestantism is fast be­coming savorless salt. Is it any marvel? A different gospel is preached, presenting another Christ. Do churches ever repent? Few are ever reported as having done so. Another anicle has compared the church and her members to a dead hen and her chickens.

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.J . L. Addams, Sr.

EASTER Bclorc another issue of the

Word and Work is recei\'ed by )'OU, Ea tcr will have come and uone. \Ve arc not interested in Easter a~ a "special day .. to be ob,crved. \ Ve are i11tere~tcd in 1 he Lord's Rei.urrcction Day whic:h oc:curs every first dny o( the week, and upon wh ich day we meet in memory of fl in 1.

I lowcvcr, inasmuch as our mi nds an· caused co think upon these thingl. at this season of the year. \\'e leat11rc some thought'> con· (Cl ning £a.,tcr and rc'>urre('tion.

W H \' T il l: DAT£!

·!'he American Encyclopedia gives the following rule for tle tcr­lllini11g the date of £aster. " It i~ ;dwa)'S the i irst Sunday after the full rnoon wh ich happens upon or next after the twenly·(irst day ol ~ l arch. and i ( the full 111oon happen' 011 a Suntht)', £aMer day h the Sunday following."

Fm111 Ano1hcr's Cradic to Another·~

To1111J. I. Bm n i11 another's cradle (Luke

2:7). 2. Slept 011 another's p illow (Mat­

thew 8: 19, 20). ;1. Weighted with a no t her·~ ~or·

rows (Isaiah 53: 3) . ·I. Nailed to another's cro~s (Mat·

thew 27:15, 16). 5. Bearing another's si n ( Isaiah

53:5, 6). {i. lforicd in another's LOmh (~ l a t·

the\\' 27:59, 60) . :;h

Empty Tomb-Empty Churd1 "Behold. how closely connccled

with Lhis stirring Lhought of the empty tomb is the fact-the ap· palling, discouraging facl-of the empty churc:h. J\lmo-,t to a pcr­~on the co111111uniLy was rcprc-,­~entcd on ly last Sunday in Lhe Easter services . .But look at the church this Su nday- just one Sun· da y rcn10\'ed from Easter. Look aholll you at the empty bench· cs! Is this tbc hope o( tbe world?

' "J he connection i' ton dose, we repeat. bctwee11 the pr:tcLice . \mcrican people ~ct up of tile empty tomb and the empty church. lf Chri~t h allowed to bri11g the hope w 1 he world that G.ocl g;_m.: liuman i1y Lhc privi lege o( havmg from ll is resurrection, the chllrch, whethcr it be in a ci Ly or llttkcd a way 011 so111c 11w1111Lairn.ide, ~hould IH)l be so nearly ClllJ>l)' on the next Sunday following Ea!Ster- nor 011 the ncxtr---,, one, 11or on the 11cx t one. nor a11y other. 1111da y."

Thei:c Must Be 1\ ltc:tsou

"fap1ally pro1101111ced ha~ bec11 1 he fear of death i 11 the.: 1 i vcs of ;1 1 heiMs. Bishop Fcu wick, who visited Tom Paine, J\111crica 11 in­fidel _a nd opponent of George \Vash111gton, tells us that as this 111a11 who had often ~ncercd :u religio11 lay 011 hi~ death-bed, among the last utterances heard l1om his lip!> w:1' lit<' 1110:111 ol

despair, 'My God, my Goel, why hast Thou forsaken me?' Ed· ward Gibbon, British historian and unbeliever, felt that gloom and despair and cried out, 'All is dark and doubtful.' Thomas Hobbes, celebrated philosopher, Christless, helpless, hopeless, raised himself on his death-bed to gasp, '1 am about to take a leap in the dark,' and then fell back dead. The German poet Goethe was overshadowed bv heavy forebodings, and his last words were the plea, 'Open the shutters and let in more light!' David Hume, British historian and philosopher, was so terror-

!,·\...) ized by darkness as his end drew near that he kept candles burn· ing all night in his chamber. Voltaire's nurse, leaving the death chamber of the skeptic, vowed. 'For all the wealth of Europe I would never see another infidel die.'"

ALL THIS! On his seventy-eighth birthday

Andrew Bonar said, "God prom­ised that day I found Him that I would have rest in Him always, and then nothing less than a whole eternity of blessedness. All this for accepting the gift of Christ!"

I C~rinthian~ 15:12·19 Christianity is the only religion

which bases its claim to accept· -:-"'Vance upon the resurrection if its

founder from the dead. A time· ly and needed emphasis today is that Christianity is not a com­parative hut a superlative reli­~ion.

New Easter Clothes All too few of Christ's followers

arc sufficiently concerned about their spirilUal wardrobe. Too much thought is given to clothes of a material nature. New clothes and old sins make a poor ensemble

in His sight. A new hat and an old habit, a new tic and an old lie-what a disgraceful combina­tion in the eyes of the Lord. And on Easter Sunday of all days. How about a new YOU for East­er?

Listed in Colossians 3: 12-14 arc some of the beautiful garments of the Spirit in which Christians ~hould be arrayed. "Put on there­fore, as the elect of God, holy and hclo\'ed, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffet'ing; forbearing one an­other, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye: and above all these things put on love, which is the hond of per­fectness.''

A more devoted prayer life and daily living fully controlled by the Holy Spirit will renew our spiritual wardrobe and keep our garments pure and spotless, un­tainted from the world. Then, indeed, we shall be well-dressed Christians. I.ct us-after rededi­ra ting ourselves Lo the Lord, go forth garbed in those graces of the Spirit so pleasing to Him, even though lightly esteemed by thl' world. -Norman Bartlett.

fluturc Date.~ of Easter

\Ve list as follows the dates up· on which Easter will occur for the next five years. ·vve "hope and pray" that before another Easter season has come, He shall have returned, in \¥hose honor we meet every first day of the week. "Even so, come I .ord Jc· sus."

l!lfi2 April 22. 1963 April 14. 1964 March 2!1. 1965 April 18. I !lfili April HI.

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The presence, the power, lhe minisu·y of the Holy Spirit as set forth in 1he .i'\ew T e.wmem is foolishness LO the natural man and t.n the carnally minded believer, bill 1.0 the truly born ngain believer it is a 111o~ t g lorious and welcome truth. lL broadens the horizon of Christian experience, until it is limited only by the omnipotence of God and the wiJI of God for one's life. It brings to the humble child of God who appro priates it the practical reali1.ation of the r--. l>piri tual experience set fonh idea listically in the New T estament. The will of God is no longer an ideiilistic theory but is a glorious experience. The reality of the spiritual rea lm smpasses the allure­n1em of the 111aterial. The things which God has prepared for the111 that love I li111 satisfy the ~0111 more than the fiesh pots of the world i.ati:.I} the body. The inward man b so strengthened tha t one faces whatever life thrn~ts upon one with an unconquerable and uncon­Cj11<.:rcd ~pirit, and knows what it means to be more than a conqueror. Thl' tri11111pham march of the early Christians in the face of pcrse­<: lllion a11d dea th beco111 e~ the experience in modern setting of the child o( God who has learned to u·ust God, the Spit-it. This truth cha llenge) the faith a~ no other doci.. It links one with the e Lernal realm. tl1(• ~piriwal rea lm. of things unseen but gloriously real. It rcvca Is 0 11 c':. own dependence upon 1 hat realm for resources with whid1 w diallcngc the world, Satau, and the flesh, for guidance in llH' will of Goel and for sufficieucy to carry it out. It is the true witness w a horn again beliC\'Cr , not just a prnfcssor of faith in church .,,:.tc1m a11d doctrine:. and ritual::.. J 11 the words of Ernest F. Kevan, .:There i~ no go~pel apart from the Holy Spirit. A religious way of life which is without the experience o( the Holy Spir it's work £"-. i11 the hea n is unreal. It is not Christian, nor is it the experience: ol s:ilv:nicm."•

Any lack of under!ttanding t.hi:. doctrine could be due to the neglect ol preachers and teachers teaching what is written in the Bible a bou t it, and/ or through ignora nce and unbelief, but not Crom an) lack ol Scriptural testimony. J ohn F. Walvoord, in the preface to hi~ b<Jo k THE II OLY SPJIUT, said concerni ng his approach to the srndy, "The appeal has been to the teaching of the Scriptures rather tha n to the dogma of tl1e drnrch as is shown by the more than four­ll·en hundrt'{I Scri pture citatiom." •• "' l\lorc than fo urteen hundred

• The Sa\'i11g \Vork of the Holy Spiri1. £mcst F. Kevan. p. 7. •• T he Holy Spirit, .Jolin i:. Wah•oord, Preface, p. V.

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Scripw ral ci1 ations" on this one theme, the Holy Spirit! T his gloriou 1ruth is woven inw the warp <l ncl woof or the entire body of Scripture.: and especiall y the New T esta ment. and C\'Cry Bible believing and tcacl1ing church should root and ground its members in the work and ministry of the H oly Spirit until it becon1es manifest in every Ii fe. If th is is not trne, why is i t not true? Is it because it i mmecl­iatel )' links one "·ith the supernatura l? For this truth makes God an ever-present living reality! It cn11ubles self-sufficiency and the will of the flesh in the dust, and th e va in ambitious o( the world shrink into nothingness compared to the desire for the g lor y of God through His beloved Son ·which overwhelms che so u I. The l~ i ble becomes a living Hook .. . fountains of living water spring up and flow forth LO bless others :is the heart a nd m ind are illuminated by the Holy Spirit. God truly beco111es "A bba, F ather." His will becomes the sincerest ~md sweetest desire of the son!. Heavenl y citizenshi p makes one a happy pilgrim and stranger in the earth as one realizes one is in 1he world buL not of it. As one u nderstands this truth about the H oly Spirit, the H oly Spiri t becomes <in objecL of faith even as the FaLher and the Son wh ence cou ntless blcs~ i ngs Aow .

......._.. Our first sllldy h:is to do with the personal ity of the H oly Spirit. Ma y Goel . the Spirit, illuminate our minds until we know and u·nst :111d love 1 li m as we do the F;nher and the Son. This is the dispen­saLion o r the H oly Spirit, how much more therelore does it hehoovt us to know Him, and .I Tis work and ministry in and through us. \ Ve do not advoca te the wild sensa tional claims of the r elig iow \\'oriel in which we live as a basis or our knowing the Holy Spirit, but to the cot1lrary a sincere prayer£11I study of God's word . By 1d1atever mc.:an~ one would estn blish by the Scripture that God, the father, is a Person, and God, the Son, is a Person, by the same token 11T must recog11iz<" the Holy Spirit as a Person. The Holy Spirit is pr<:scntcd in Scripture a~ ha\'i11~ th~: same essentia l de ity and auribu te\ of deity as the Farher and the Son, a nd a ll the qua liries o[ personalit ~r attributed lo the Father and the Son are a ttributed to the Holy Spiri t 1 t is absurd w attc111pt to identi[y the written word of God, 1he Bible, ;1 s one and the same as the Holy Spirit. As one speaker ~aid, .. You ca n buy the H oly Spirit for a dime in the five a nd te11 ccnl ~wre.·· The Holy Spirit is Lhe Author o( the Bible, no t th e liiblc.:

_ it:.elL T he Bil.lie is the sword o[ the Spirit, not the soldier, but the '-"sword the soldier bears. Before ma n was created or ever a line of

a ny language was written, the Spirit o f God moved on the [ace of the deep. It makes as much sense to say the soldier and his sword a1·c one and tlte sam e, as to say the Bible and the Holy Spirit are the sa me. Or again LO s<iy the book and the author are one and the i.a 111e, however p1 ccious <i nd sacred the book might be. All o f the factors which 111ake 11 p persona lity, the aurilrntcs o[ personal deity, the actions of personality, the references and inferences o( ScripLUre, a ll declare Him co be the g lorious third Person of the Trinity, God, til e Spir it. .. Every aspect o f the doctrine o( the Holy Spirit con· tributes to H is persona lity, but a swdy of His attributes in thcm­sd ves dcmo11strates the truth of His personality beyond question." •

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First, the primary factors of personality arc intellect, sensibility, and will. The Scripture rewals the Holy Spirit has intellect; He kuows the mind of God (I Cor. 2:ll). He has the faculty of "will," dividing to each member of the body of Christ his work "even as He wills" (I Cor. 12. I I) . He has sensibility; He can be grieved (Eph. 4:30) . He is sai<l to have a "mind" (Rom. 8:27). All the attributes of personality are ascribed to Him.

Secondly, personal acts are ascribed to Him-He "convicts," "guides,·· "hears," "speaks," "teaches" (John 16: 13-14). He is re­ferred to by personal pronouns . Although the word "pneuma," Spirit, is neuter, in se\'cral instances the masculine pronouns are found (John 15:26; 16: 13-14). The only explanation is that the pronouns refer to a Person. He is called "Goel" in Acts 5:3, 4. In the same passage He is "Jied to." One cannot lie to an impersonal object or thing. He is called "Another Comforter" on the same level with the Son of God (John 14: 16, 26, 15:26; 16:7). He is identified with the Father and the Son in the name of the Trinity (Matthew 28: 19-20). Note the word "name" in this text is singular but includes the ,,,-..... Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. He is dearly identified as one f ~ ol the Trinity at the baptism of Jesus: the Father speaks from heaven, the Son of God stands on the bank of the Jordan river, and the Holy Spirit descends from the Father in the form of a dove. He is the personal object of faith-''By the Spirit we put to death the deeds o! the body' (Rom. 8: 13) ; we are led by the Spirit (Rom. 8: 14) ; we walk by the Spirit (Gal. 5: 16). To deny His personality is to deny the Trinity (2 Cor. 13: 14). What glorious significance this Personality has to the born again believer.

As the Holy Spirit clothed Himself in the form of a dove at the haptism of Jesus, so now He is clothed in human form, the body of the one redeemed by the blood (1 Cor. 6: 19-20). As the twice born one yields his body to the Holy Spirit the matchless personality of Jesus expresses itself through this surrendered soul. The Holy Spirit produces the personality of Jesus through those who have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, "For it is no longer 1 that live, but Christ Jesus liveth in me." The Holy Spirit will bring the personality of God Lo be manifest in and through the Christian when we presem our bodies as living sacrifices holy and acceptable unto Him on the hrround of the mercies 0£ God through Jesus Christ('._ our Lord.

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SIN is one of the shortest words in the English language, yet presents the greatest problem with which God or man has Lo cope. Christian people should everywhere courageously and boldly cry out against sin in all of its forms. IL is so prevalent in the ranks of the dmrchcs in these clays that many preachers dare not touch upon it, except in a very light way, lest they jeopardize their popularity. The altitude towards sin on the part of many church members is one ol' palliation. Sin is spoken of so lightly that many are led to belie,·e i1 is ol no serious consequence. But the Uiblc pictures it as 11einous. God-defying, soul-d<..-stroying, and death-dealing. Let us not wink al it. -Willis H. Allen.

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The Bible, The Word Of God - III

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N.T. AND O.T. COMPLEMENT ON£ ANOTHER The first \'Crse of Lhe Kew Te~Lament connects .Jesus Christ wiLh

Abraham and David: '"The book o( Je~us Christ, Lhe Son of David, Lhe son o[ Abraham." The New complemcms the Old. Did yo11 ever read a tory wiLh the laH pages Lorn om? Such would be the O ld Tcstamc11t without Lhc New Testament. The Hook of Genesis cmb with Lhc word~: "in a coffin in Egypt," a11d l\lalachi ends wi1h

'-" Lhe word '"curse." The Old in and of iL ell would bring 011ly death and a curse! The Ne w Testament finishes the story.

ll is all o ne story. Jn the O ld Tesrnmcm "Some One is coming." 111 the co~pcls "Sc1111c One h;1s come.'' A11d in Lhc Leuers and Revelatio n "Some 011c i ~ coming agai n. "

It has been poinLcd out that there arc over 300 references lO

1he ~lcs~iah in the Old Te Lament, all or which are lighted up 011e liy one by f'11ffill111cnt in the Ne w- without a lllissl This is nothi11g :.hon ol 111arvcllo11s. We ca1111ot charge up :300 lullillments alLcr 1100 and mo1e )Car~ to tha11<.c. Doubler:. should sit up and Lake no tice. Who i:. this Man, .J esus, if not the Son of Cod? How may we ex plain 1h b unca 1111 y rec;orcl, the Bible, if we refuse to arccp1 it~ ow11 d:ii111s o f' being God's Word?

Sacrifice~. feastl>, and cere111onies of the Old li11d 111ca11i11g a11d fulfillmclll in t11c New. AspiraLions or t11c Old are gratified in Lht: New. The ~earch for the Messiah and Redeemer in the Old find\ rca lizaLion in the 'cw. The dLy which hath foundations i\ ~<·en 111ore clearly in Lhc New. 111 Lhc O ld we have the bud, i11 the New the flower; in the Old the shadow, in the NC\\' the substance : i11 the Old the portrait. in Lhe ).!cw the Person. As God ~aid w Aclalll. M1 111ay we ~ay of the Old Tc~tamclll: " It is not good for it to be alone." The Old ;rnd the 'c w arc li ke the two chcrubi111 that overlooked the bloodsta ined 111crcy scat; they arc two parts or a whole: thC)' mind or fa ll together. If one i~ of God. so is the o ther.

\Ve have presented the claims o f the Bible that the Old T esta· 111c1ll i~ in:.p=red. JI the Old T c:. tament i:. the \ Void of Cod, :.o is the New. !'or it co111ple11 1ents, and is sa turated with the Old . 'l'hc1 c arc 363 O ld T estament tiuotes and 376 allusions to Lhc Old Testa· mcnL in Lhc ~cw T csLament. Of Lhe •104 verses of R c\'elalion 21i5 \'Crscs contai11 Old T estament la11gnagc. The leucrs of Paul , from Roman~ to Titus, romain 192 quoLations fro m Lhc Old TesLame111. and, as we know, T he Book o[ He brews is filled w ith allusions and llumes from the Old Tcscamem. "It is wrillen" and "Then was ful -

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filled" is a common expression in the New Testament. Thus, as surely as the Old is inspired, at least, the New is inspired to the extent of its saturation with the Old. But we are to find that the New is inspired in its own right. The New Testament makes claims to be inspired in all o( its parts, even as does the Old Testament.

NE\<\I TESTAMENT PREAUTHENTICATED BY CHRIST There is no God like our God, who can declare the end from the

beginning. Our Father puts it beautifully in Isaiah 46:9-11: "I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; ... yea, I ha,·e spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it." We stand in silence with bowed head before these words. They are majestic and awe-inspiring.

The fact that one can declare the end from the beginning is proof that he is God, for only God can do that. This power seen in , God the Father is vested in God the Son. The Lord Jesw exer-cised His deity by putting His seal of inspiration upon the New ('_ Testament before it was written! One might say, "He fiad gone back to the Father before the disciples wrote the New Testament and was not here to endorse it." The answer is that, looking back, He vouched for the Old Testament, looking forward, He vouched for the New. We now give scriptural proof of this statement.

THE FOUR GOSPELS It is true, first of all, that around fifty per cent of the four

Gospels is the reported words of the Lord Jesus, and ALL the words of the Gospels, including these quotes from Christ, are preauthenti-cated by Christ Himself, for in John 14:25, 26 He promised to send the Holy Spirit, 'Who, in turn, would impart to the Apostles both dirline ret1elatio11 and divine recollectio11. "He will teach you all things (revelation) and bring to your remembrance (recollection) all that I said unto you" (that is, the Holy Spirit will so do. John 14:26). This guarantees the accuracy of the Gospel records in their entirety. As they wrote, the Lord guided their minds. In Matt. 24:35 Jesus promised the preservation of His own words. He says, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." Where are they preserved if not in the Scriptures? Inspiration, be(')..,. iL noted, is not limited to revelation. It includes: I. Divine reve- · · lation, 2. Power of Selec:tion (as in Chronicles and Acts), 3. Divine Recollection, as here. The Gospels, then, are God's pure word.

·we have stood in front of a newspaper office and watched the words come before us, as if typed by an invisible typewriter. Thus we sec the news almost as it happens. The text that is typed in a central office is simultaneously typed at a distance on typewriters electrically connected with the sending typewriter. In the things of which we speak, God is the central office and His Word is the type which he confers from Heaven to the minds of the Apostles for duplication on earth. Somehow in so doing God used the vo­cabulary and style of the men he insJ?ired. Yet every word is the Word of God. Such is the mystery of inspiration.

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TWO OF A THOUSAND When we read figures on world population, peoples under Com­

munist domination, monies appropriated or spent for armaments, the national income, etc., they so dwarf the imagination as to be almost meaningless. But couldn't we more fully grasp these and other statistics as they relate to us, if in our imagination we could compress the world population of more than two and a half billions into 1000 people?

Dr. Henry Smith Leiper, a leader in the Congregational Churches and active in the American Bible Society, has done just that. He has reduced the world population in exact proportion to an imaginary town of 1000 people. His easily comprehensible figures give pause for sober reflection, and therein is a ray of light, too.

In this imaginary community live 60 Americans, the rest of the world being represented by the other 940 people. About 330 of the 1000 are classified as Christians, fewer than 100 of them Protes·

~ tants, and some 230 Roman Catholics. · There are at least 80 practicing Communists plus 370 under

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their domination. More than half of the townspeople are hearing about Carl Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Khrushchev, but half have never heard of Jesus and what He taught.

The 60 Americans have an average life expectancy of 70 years, while that of the remaining 940 average less than 40 years. The Americans receive half the income of the town, have 15 times as many possessions per person, produce J6 per cent of the town's food supply growing all their own and eating 72 per cent above the maxi­mum food requirements, and enjoy a disproportionate share of electric power, coal, fuel, steel and general equipment.

Since the lowest income brroup of Americans is much better off than the average of the rest of the town, and since most of the latter are hungry, the disparity of the food supply and standard of living may be causing some ill feeling. All in all, this imaginary community of Doctor Leiper's is potentially disruptive. Isn't all the world?

Let us use Doctor Leiper's representative Americans as a basis for further study. While they are lavishing so much on themselves,

\._,) they also are doing much more than any other segment of the town's ' population Lo help the underprivileged and to aid their weaker

neighbors to keep the brrowing and belligerent communistic clement from dominating them.

Because ol their comparative wealth, the 60 Americans are able to do most in telling the unevangelized about the transforming power of the gospel of Christ. But only 38 of these 60 are church members. 0£ the 38, 21 are Protestants. People over 65 and young folks 18 and under are unable to give like regular wage-earners. That leaves less than 13 to bear the burden of supporting the church at home ancl abroad.

According to a Gilbert Youth Researd1 Company survey, 68 per cent of the 17- to 22-year-old Protestants do not attend church regu-

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lat 1)- A Gallop po ll inlorn1~ th that 11'1 µer cent of ch u11 h 111c111bc1, a u e m lecl 011 <l "typical" S u11da r- So o nly about six Prntt!>UllH~ 011 1 o l o ur GO Americans attend church regularly.

These !>ix o( the GO Americam represent the fu nd a111ental and 111ode r11 ist ic, the co nservative :rncl Ii beral, the evan~e l ica I a nd ro1 n1a I. .-\ rt· 11 ' t the re~tll )• f1111d nm cntal :rnd evange lica l believers i11 Oll i C.0111· 11 1 u11 i ti e~ in th e very !.111all minority? H ow many of th e six believe th:il ch e blood o f Jesus Christ is the only remedy for s in ? H o w 111:i11 y t it he? I-low ma ny rea lly support the cau se o f Chri~ t r

The pa~LOr of a large church in a b ig ind us t r ia l c ity whc1e the wage sca le is high and em p loymelll as stable as a nywh ere in the rn1111try !>a id that pledgc5 average S 1.00 per member p er week. T h ey ha\'e cl iflirn lty m eetj ng their local bu dget wi tho u t giving to fore ign 111 b~ iom.

~pc.1J..c1~ at the ~- C. C. depanmc11t of Steward!>h ip a n d Ben e\'o-knce m eeting at Staten l!>land, New York, las t year felt that wealthy cl111rch m em bers lag beh in d th eir poorer b reth ren in proponio na te 1h111ch gi\'i 11g. The R ev. All.>1.:n T. R asmui.sen, of th e Pacific Sch ool f"';.._ o l Re lig io n, said that it is the comparatively poor in sm;ill d enornina-1 io ns who "contribute w ith sacrific ial urgency."

J>c rhap., onl y one or the GO represen tati ve America ns really s11p­p on s the gosp el outread1 to th e ends o f the ea nh. Sim:e th e 1\111cri­ca1h 1 cn·iH~ hair o [ Lhe imag inary LOwn's income, o ur good bre thren i 11 01hcr c 01111 tric~ may equa l o n ly o ne m ore out of the thoma1v.I. 1 wo ,,f a 1hot1!>aml may he co n trib uting the major share or the sup­po1 1 to out p1e:.c11t-day c ll on -. to l111fi ll the g1eat t o m111i:,.,io 11.

But 1 omidcr t.li:n Bible !><hoof!> dOL the fo u r t0rnc1., ol the ea1 iii training natio nals to proclaim the good news of salv;ition . Thou­':rnd' o l 111 i,5ionaric!> an · fa i thf 11 II y te l Ii ng redemption ':. stoq •. A 11d 1 l!m";111d~ :ire au.epti11g C:hrbt a~ Saviour a nd Lord .

Th i~ is being d 1.rne bcc.au~e o ne o r two o [ a thousand a rc laith­lul ty bac:ki11g the 3reat 1.0111111 i!>!> ion with their ti th es a nd offering~ . I hi 11 is the ray of lig ht in the uneasy world com111u11ity. A re n ' t you

g lad th at ym1'n.: a 111o ng the fai th l'11l Lew? - .J a111c., I·:. ,\ d:um, in Tlte Clt risli1111 l .1/i: M11gm.i11l'.

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";\h11iglny Go el. :i ~ 1 :.it here b y the lire tl1i) loH:ly .Sunday 111o rning, :.urro undcd b )' the Su nday papers and hair li-, tc 11ing LO

o n o r the b ig preachers over the radio, it h as just co111e over 111e that I ha\'c lied to Thee and to mysel f. I sa id 1 was no t well en ough to i.;o LO d1 u rr h . T h a t is 11o t t rue; 1 would have gone to rn y office if it h ad been M onday morning . I would have played golf if it had been Thmsclay. I wou ld have been able to go to Lh e sh ow o n Friday nigh t. Bu t it is Sunday lllorn ing a nd Sun day ll ickne~ seem~ to tm•c1 :1 11 1ul titude of sin~ . Cod , have mercy on Ille. I h ave lied to ·1 hel: a nd m rse!L I am no t :.ick. I am a LIAR. Amen ."

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ACTS 2:38 Tlw Sunday School Times is a religious journal of high quality

an<l standards; and by its uncompromising, unswerving stand against modernism and for the truth of God's word and fine spiritual teaching has widely won a deserved place of honor and confidence. The greater is our regret when on some point of doctrine it fails and falls short or the truth. Some time ago there appeared in it an editorial 011

"How Can I Be Saved?" -in answer to which question faith was stressed, and baptism altogether avoided. In a subsequent issue of the Times a Canadian reader wanted to know why it would not be proper to give an inquiring sinner today the same answer that Peter gave to the multitude on Pentecost: "Repent and be baptized every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" (Acts 2:38). To which the Sunday School Times replied: The gospel bad not been fully revealed to Peter when he spoke those divinely inspired words. Nor had the i,rospel been fully revealed to any man at that time." The answer then went on to explain that "the full plan of salvation and the glorious gospel" was not given until Paul's ministry began, and that it is set forth only in Paul's epistles. The statement involves far reaching and serious consequences. In fact it interpolates another dispensation between Pentecost and Paul. And for what? Simply in order to get rid of "baptism for the remission of sins"? The idea or the requirement of baptism jars and clashes with the Times' per­n:ption of what constitutes sEiritual religion, and seems to them to be out of harmony with jusufication by faith and salvation by grace apart from works of law. The Times (representing in this matter a great multitude of earnest and devoted people) cannot bear the idea ol. "salvation by a rite" or "an ordinance." It looks to them like a form of the Galatian error. It simply cannot, must not, be allowed to stand thus. So, thinking thereby to do God and man a service, a radical theory is devised to throw Peter's answer out of court as a testimony and precedent. Which is a highly dangerous, not to say fatal, procedure, comparable to Ussah's blunder, when in concern for the welfare of God's ark, he put forth his hand to steady it. Yet these friends, whom on many counts we are bound to admire, do not dream of the seriousness of their attitude. They feel grieved and fearful for those who take God's word here as it stands, without discountin~ or artificial distinctions.

Now that the 3,000 on Pentecost who heard, believed, and obeyed Peter's word (Acts 2:41) were saved, justified, born again, were added by the Lord to His church (Acts 2:47), and were made recipients or the Holy Spirit, they can not and do not deny. In fact in this very editorial the Times declares that "the heart of the Gospel was in Peter's reply." The admission must then follow that though the 3,000

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The gospel which was preached by Peter was the same as that preached by Paul, for there was never but one gospel, nor could be ,..........,_ (Rom. l: 16; Gal. 1 :8, 9). And the churches that sprang from that I -

early preaching were churches "in Christ" just as those that sprang up under Paul's ministry as Paul himself declares (Gal. l :22) ; and the faith which Paul preached was the same as that of which he had once "made havoc" (Gal. I :23) .

1£ I could counsel the believers of the S. S. Times type, I would urge them to believe, preach, teach, obey from the heart, all that Peter as well as Paul spoke by the Spirit, trusting in nothing but t-he grace and merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, and leaving the interests of the gospel doctrine of salvation by grace to the wise and able safe­keeping of God.

When it is asserted in the words of scripture, that baptism is "for," or "unto" remission of sins, at once issue 1s taken on various grounds by those who oppose such doctrine. Some, in the interest of their opposition, try to show that the Greek preposition, eis, translated "unto," often means "in," and even "because of." But such reasoning applied to the parallel phrase in Matt 26:28 ("my blood . . .poured out for many unto rcrmssion of sins"> would be most evidently sub· \·ersive of the truth. Moreover there 1s no need at all here of striving about words, for this whole phrase "unto the remission of your sins" 0_ could be omitted from Acts 2:38 without changing the sense one iota. Peter's sermon had convicted the multitude of their awful guilt; and in agony they cried out and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren what shall we do? Most evidently what the multitude wanted to know was how they could be delivered from their great guilt and condemnation.. If then Peter had simply said, "Repent and be baptized," and nothing further, it would still have meant "unto remission of your sins.'' But Peter expressed it fully.

But why all this fighting against baptism? The scripturally intelligent believer of such statements as those found in Acts 2:38; 22: 16; Mark 16: 16; never understands that baptism is a procuring cause of remission; or that the water possessed any magic or sacra­mental value; still less that baptism is a work superadded to faith,

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and whi<:h might be meriwrious. The :-.imple bclic\'cr l>eJ icvcl. Goel and l>LOJJ5 to a~k 110 yue)Liom. He knows that only the blood ol C.:hrist, only the grace o( Cod, only the merit o( Christ, saves him. Hut he steps o uL at the Lord's call, and all the more c~u-efully does he fulfill Lhe Cod-appoimed way by which faith apprehendl. the prom ise.

INDIANA YOUTH CAMP

lien· arc i11tcrlur and cx tcrio1 ,·icws of the 11cw Church of Ch1ist camp. luc:11ctl wc't of Li11to11 , 11car the Crcc11c·Sulli\'a11 co111lf)' li11c.

The c;.1111p i~ govcruccl b~ a board of directors with Orcll O\•c1·111:111 uf S1dl7. Cil)' as president, ~:11gc11c Pou11cl of Li111u11, scrrcwry, and Maurice Clymore

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ur Dugger a~ 1reai.u1t·1. Othe1 111cmbcrs of the hoard arc Dr. Edwin Hailey aud William R ichanlso 11 oC Liu1011, Haty Terhune or Switz City, Jloh WoodrnfC of Lyons, Wade Mnr1indale aud Waldo lloar of Sullivan .

Thirt)' acres of unimpro,·ctl laud were purcha-c<I for the i..ile about three )C:J rs ago. .Many members of the churches have done the grading. foundation aud rnm1rur1ion work al the site and this is only the Marl as long-ra11ge plans ~Il l for rahi 11s to he l111ilt to hou~c 12fi youug people, and a lake, expected 10 I>..: live ;wrc~ iu ;1 rc;1.

The one large building 40 br 81 feet, wa~ w111pleted and was used for c:unp last yc:ir. The kitchen facilities in one corner arc separated from the main area h) rnuuters aud in another, a camp ~lore, where cand)'. ice crt':lm anJ craft 111atc1ials ma)' be purchased, is also sci apart by coun1crs. Rest rooms arc loca 1ctl atljarcul 10 the bui ld ing. Pa\'ement and blacktop roads lead directly 111 1hc ra111p Ian<'.

Last Suutlay the camp board met and gave appro\'al for G student a 1bins, I restroom (equipped with showers al least). and I Cook-Infi rmary building. \\'e will be 111orc tha11 delighted IO increase this goal just as quickly as we can ~cc our way clear 10 do so.

I t ha ~ been suggested 1hat cl'cry church wanting to cooperate in this camp effort, or ~end their )'Ou 11g people LO this camp, contribute enough 10 build a c.1bin. This woulcl be S:l00.00 for a stuclcnl cabin. Will your church build a cabi11? I low about some of our churches maki11g 1his much invcsuncnl i11 camp /"""­pwperty? " '-

\\'c pla 11 10 ha\C camp so111c1i111c in August. Gifts of any amount arc most welcome. Send do11aliom to ~laul'icc Clymore, Ougger, Ind. Make checks pay­able Lo ' 'Church of Christ Youth Camp."

- Eugc11c Pound.

'8 ette't e~e~ '(Jlt 1/0et1t4d5.1

Carl Kitzmiller

l\ Jany answer:. arc given w lhc question, "\VhaL must I <lo to bl· saved?" One man sap, "Hold up your hand by your radio." t\11othcr ~ays, "Only believe on the Lord." Still another says that r"\, , ~:iving raith is in Christ and expresses it~e l f in baptism. Some will r.-" d <.: 11y LhaL lllan neetb ~aving; some would have him save himself; some will g ive the Bible answer.

ll would be wonderful ii' every answer Lo that question were al\\'ays a Scriptural one, poiming clearly to the Christ and givin~ men the Bible a11swcr as to how to receive Hi m. But they arc 110L

By no ~tre tch of the imagination can it be sa id that a ll the a nswers given arc trne. Some absolutely contradict others. Some are in­~omplete. Some arc true but misleading.

Which answer slrnll I cl1oose? Shall I just conclude that salva­Lio11 is a preLty broad affair and that good intemions are all that is needed? Or choo!>c according to my own tastes? Many have. But

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it is a way with?ut r~al assurance. It is not the right way or the safe way. If the l\1hle 1s true (and we assume you have settled that matter) , then salvation is not a trivial matter to be decided on suppositions, wishes, and good intentions. It is far too important for thatl There are many who think they are saved who will be lost (Matt 7:22-23). And what a terrible deception that is, even though

we may have deceived ourselves!

The Devil must be taken into the reckoning, that one who does his best to deceive men and lead them astray from the truth. He has his own ministers (2 Cor. 11: 14-15). He deceives some who be­~ong to the Lord. He. <!oes not miss many chances. And God lets it be so. In all probab1hty He does that so as to separate the serious folks from the triflers, the ones who "hunger and thirst after right­eousness" from those who would like to get a bargain salvation. Just how interested you are in this question of how to be saved may well determine m which category you belong.

The Bible has the answer. And there are only a few-a. very £ew--v iu our land who cannot have it direct from that source. This is not a book for certain specialists or for "the clergy," to be understood only by them. The honest searcher will find that it is for him, too. But he must let it speak for itself.

Too many seek. the answer from the Bible plus something. It may be the Bible plus "what I've been taught," the Bible plus church doctrine, the Bible plus opinion, the Bible plus many things, in fact. The Bible will answer my question about salvation properly, provided l do not try to add something else to its testimony.

Do I need salvation? The Book says, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory or God" (Rom. 3:23). Can I save myself? "Now that no man is justified by the law (either the Old Testament Law or one of his own devising-GK) before God is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith" (Gal. 3: 11). The necessity of faith in Jesus Christ, the necessity of the new birth-it is all there. How does one receive Christ? The Bible tells us all anyone knows in answer Lo that. Faith must express itself in repentance. And what about baptism? Yes, it is there, too. One almost needs help in not

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Is it all a little confusing at first-the many voices of men claiming -· to speak for God, the different passages of Scripture, the different

answers offered by the lives of the "good" people you know? There h one way out of the confusion that will eternally satisfy. Commit yourself wholly to know the will o[ God. His promise to those who "hunger and thirst after righteousness" is: " ... they shall be filled." Ask Him for wisdom and understanding in His Word (Jas. 1:5). And when you have the light for a single step, walk. in that light.

In the midst of the babel of voices why not check God's Word for yourself-God's Word alone-honestly, diligently, prayerfully? But <lo it now, not tomorrow! Today is the day of salvation.

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1~ 1t i<t9M 7o euua1e?

Willis H. Allen

Some people seem to !>pecialize in cnua srn. And the critic

sometimes goes l>O far as tO engage in misrcprese11 t:nion in hi cnu­cisms. Often a criticism is a lal~e interpretation o f an act or attitude

that is fa lse because the criti c did not have accurate or adeq uate information. Gr<:at harm may result from such. Some o ne bas well i.a id that all comments ho uld go through three :. icv~: fir-; t , i-; it r"'\ . truer second, is it kind? a11d chircl, is it necessa ry?

Criticism iJ som e1 imes n ecessary, but it should eve11 then be

:~ ivcn w the p cr:.011 or perso11s involved, a11d should be hrougl11 in the rig ht <;pirit, to help rather than to hurt. The Holy Spirit says. ""BreLhrc n, if n mnn be overtaken in ::i trespass, y~ who are spirit.nal, t C!> tore '11ch a one I N A SPIRIT OF CENTLE ESS, looki11g to

1h )''elf, k'L thou a J,o he te 111ptecl" (Ca l. 6: I) . 111c work of rc,wr­ation is the work of the spiriurnl Christian. Many unspiritual people

:1 re u nclcna king this. a ncl it is 11ot done in the spiri t of mci.:knc~~ . h11 t :11 L11 1.: :.pirit of pride.

Chri,1ian workers are not faultless, and many have their idio-1>}'1tcra,il',, bt1t if the)' arc laithful in life and tesli111ony LO the Lol'd and Hi~ word, we sho1tld rcl'rai11 from mi11i111izing their infl11c11re uy 11nju:.t cr1ua~m. LeL us, raL11er. speak well o( the m, pray for the m.

and rejo ice in the ir ach ievements. If they really need to h e criti-~ ci1.ed. b i.: sure thaL it is done in ;i comm1 ctivc rather than in a

d e\tntcti' e spirit. Rc 111emhc1 that the one you are incl ined to

cr itici;-e may even find ~omething to criticize in you with not too much dlort. \\'ho among ll\ is without fault?

l low would it be to dedare a naorawrium 0 11 n i.:gativc, cles­tt ucti,·c c:ritici 111 o l fc:.:llow Christiam? L et us echo the wish of one

"·Ito !>:lid: ·'Die whe11 I 111ay, I wam it ~a id of me by those who kne w 111c best that l always plucked a briar and plami.:d a flower where I Lhough t a llowt:r wou Id grow."

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COMMUNIST LITERATURE ARE CHRISTIANS SLEEPING WHILE THE COMMUNISTS

PLAN TO TAKE OVER?

A man met a communist in San Francisco at midnight on his way to a meeting. The communist told him his destination.

"Why there won't be anyone there," the man exclaimed. "Every· one will be there who should be," was his reply. "I work eii;ht hours, eight hours I sleep and attend to my personal affairs and eight hours I give to communism; one half my income I give to communism."

One had planned to have a debate on communism. He thought he should know something about the subject so he went to the commu­nist book store. "What books would you advise me in order to be informed on communism?" he asked the girl in charge.

"We are having a meeting tonight," she said. "Why don't you come?" "I have to take my wife to the movies tonight," he excused himself. "Movies!" she exclaimed. "I attended the movies before, but since I have joined the communist party two years ago I am too busy. I seend my time studying communist philosophy, and attending our meeungs and distributing literature. I have had no time for anything else."

Jn one year the communists put out over four billion pieces of literature. In 1917 Lenin was the leader of 40,000 followers. In 1952 this party of Lenin was in control of 800,000,000 people.

It seems the time, money and even the life of a Communist are controlled by their leaders.

Dr. A. T. Pierson some fifty years ago wrote this warning, "Francis Bacon did not exaggerate in saying 'If I might control the literature of the household I would guarantee the well being of the Church and State.' "

There is an imperative necessity for a NEW strategy which will send forth Christian literatures (books, magazines, Tracts, Bibles and

r\...) posters)_ NOW-before it is too late.

!1 We lost China, one missionary said, because we failed to give

the Gospel in literature, and the 30,000,000 adults who had learned ~ to read in a recent 10-year period were given the gospel of Communism

instead of the Gospel of Christ.

Says Dr. Playfair, editor of "Africa's Challenge," "I believe the influence of our native gospel literature is greater than 5,555 new missionaries going to the field.'' The Communists are flooding Africa today with their literature. It is capturing the imaginations and enlisting the sympathies of millions of Africans.

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is being done by the Church of Jesus Christ to stem the tide. One missionary said, "It is a fact-most of the converts I know

about in Japan came through Gospel literature."

A missionary leader in Latin America said, "In recent months I have been astonished to find 90 % of all converts in Latin America are either directly or indirectly the result of literature evangelism."

Stalin's "A Short History of the Communist Party" which is the Soviet's Bible of Commumsm, has an estimated sale of 50 million copies-or more than any book except the Bible. It has been trans· lated into 200 languages and dialects.

Leon Trotsky, the Communist, said: "The most powerful means of propagating Communism, is the small pocket pamphlet."

Jehovah's Witnesses are the fastest growing religious group in America today. They are active and persistent in sending forth their doctrines through the printed page.

Catholic Information Society states: "The laity armed with pam· f"'J­phlets can be made the greatest sales force in the world of the Cath· olic faith."

Voltaire, the French infidel, said, "Twenty volume folios will never make a revolution. It is the little pocket pamphlets that arc to be feared."

If we "hit the nail on the head" as the Communists seem to be doing, we must sacrifice and flood (especially the foreign countries) with Christian literature.

"Within our lifetime," said a U. S. Senator, "we are apt to sec Rw;sian Communism extend her power to the whole world and 0111·

ln·edom eclipsed by a tyranny unspeakable.

No wonder many Christians have nothing for Goel. Some build homes far larger than they need. Some have to keep up appearance with the neighbors (the Joneses or Smiths) even if they have to go into deht.

On the other hand the material privations the communists suffer 0.._, are as nothing. I heard one preacher of a large church say that he can ·

1 get plenty of people to do the platform work in the church, but it is \ difficult for lum to get the people to go to the home and read the ' l\ible and pray with a single soul-in other words the personal work.

So some in the church must be more interested in displaying their own talents than they are in saving souls.

If this happens the Christians may say "The Communist worked while it was yet day, but our work was too little and too late."

"Ctu-se ye Meroz," said the Lord. -Judges 5:23. What has Meraz done? NOTHING! What arc you doing?

We should give out millions of Tracts. - (Compiled by Mrs. DeWitt Smith. Pilgrim Tract Soc.)

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NO CREED BUT CHRIST T he power of a c,logan ha:. often been demomlralcd. A p ilh )'

!)La Le111em , easil )' re111cm bered. a nd freq uently repeated may becorue 1hc waLchword of n po li t ical o r re li9 io 11s party. Bu t it is o ften true that "fnmiliarily breed~ con ten1pt. ' Rabid partisalls may shout wonh which Lhcy rannoL define, a lld impl ications of which Lhe)' reject by their own acLion~. C ircum~tances alter cases. It is o ne thing for a patriot opposing fo1 cign tyra n ny to cry, "Give me liberty or give me death." It i) a wholl}' different thing for a crimina l incar­cerated behilld peniLenLiary bar:. LO ~hout Lhe e word~. pu nctua ted by the angry shaking o[ h is cell d oor.

lt is no 1111ro111 111011 thing for me to receive letters with our title used at the top of the page as a pri n ted ~Iogan. It sho uld be po inted out., howe\'cr, that these words n1ay n1ea 11 d ifferent things to d ifferent 1>enuns. Some, confusi ng J esus with the entire gamu t of new covenant wriLings. h ide behind Lhe tatemem to impo e their peculiar inter­preL:lliOll upoll all and sundry. and demand rigid conformity to Lheir lcga l iM ic code as a 111ca11s ol ~haring ill their "fellow~hi p.'' 0Lhen, who reject the view that the apostle~ were i ll ~pired o f Cod a nd were d i"ine revelaLOrs ol I f i!I will, employ th e same word!) to a!)~l'l their u tt e r freed om from an y regula tion bu t divine fiat. Indeed, the so <'a i led 1d Lra ro11~crvat i \'e a ll d the so·t:t llecl u ltra-libera l have th is ill c0111mon, dtaL bOLh make Lhc claim of h ;l\•ing "no creed hut Christ."

The truth i!., howe\·cr, Lhat bolh or these operate under fal e p1 clcnce. Strau~ely enough, Lhou~h they arc poles apart in their phi lmoph ics, they arc both guilty ol the same error, Lhcy dethrone the very One who1ll thC)' prole~s LO place al Lhe apex of their re­:.pec..Li ve systems, and bo th as!)umc Lhc prerogati ves whi ch th ey contend be lo ng- o n ly lo H i 111 . T he fi rst ac;co111 p l is hes tJ1 is u ncn viable end by t·xalLing huniall i1llc1 prctation to the level of d ivine revela tio n; th ~· 'C<Olld by den) illg thal Lhe di\'i11c 111illd ha' becll rc, ealccl lllHO men by ll1en who were chosen for the Lask. T he first achieves by dilu tioll what the other doc' by denial. Both arc de1i tructive forces in the religious domain, berame, in e~'enc.e . both a:.sumc the prerogative~ of .l csus, o ne b )' bct o111ing a l:tw Ull to all, the other by becom ing :i

la w ull tO h i111selL T he legalist fa lsifies when he c..untencls he has "no creed but

(.hri.,t." and the 111odern i t l:1bilies when he a ffirms he has no creed !Jut C:lirist." T he lcga li:.L doc:. have a nother creed : the 111oderni:.t docs not ha\'C Ch rist. Lest we be lalsel)' accused with reference w thi-, (;1st, we hasten to ~a)' there is a difference between acknowledging the hi~toricit) of j c.:.us, and the recognition of the N:uarenc as the Mes~iah , or Christ. T h is Iauer cn ta ib an acceptance of the fact that "wltat God f'orctold hy the mo uth o f a ll the prophets, that h is Christ !lhuuld su ffer, he thus fu l fi lled" (Atts !$: 18) . T he modernist dare 110L g i"c acqu iescence to this in simple fa ith, so he attempts to explain it away. rea lly expla in ing hi mself away from the Ch r ist.

I Iowc\'er, it i~ toward the oLher group we propose LO direct the blU'den ol 1hi!> brief <:s:.a)- ~ I an)' of our brethren fall inlo thi~ cat<:gorr, nw~l of them un\\'ittingly. T his came:. them to deny

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vehemently the justice of our charge as relates to them. In no sense do we wish to become unduly censorious. Our strictures upon our present state are made with full appreciation of the difficulty of adhering to a non-sectarian policy amtdst the complexities of our current divisions and schisms. The great majority of the brethren are sincere in their anxiety to please the Lord. They have been betrayed by the party spirit. They are victims of inherited feuds which they did not start. But reliance for salvation upon a slogan which we mouth but do not mind, will produce nothing but trouble and despair.

I do not argue against the validity of the slogan. If by "creed" we mean a basis, or foundation, for unity, then surely we should have no creed but Christ. The apostle says, "For other foundation can no man lay, than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ." The setting, or context, of this majestic principle should be noted. It is contained in that section of Fnst Corinthians in which the holy ambassador is dealing with "the dissensions among you." It represents the answer to the problem of schisms. Paul and Apollos are servants. He who plants and he who waters are equal. They are merely fellow work· ,.-.. men for God. Jesus Christ is the foundation. He is not divided. r '­There is no other basis of unity.

Jesus Christ is a person. He is a who not a what. \Ve are divided. All must admit this is so. Yet all of us steadfastly claim to be building upon this foundation. There is not a party among us, even the most exclusive and uncharitable, but the adherents will contend that they are building upon this one foundation. All make this boast, yet the more than two dozen warring factions which have grown out of the restoration movement bear eloquent witness to the fallacy of our claims. If we are sincere in asserting that we arc build­ing upon this one foundation which was laid for unity, yet we are torn by strife and disunity, it is evident that we are confused as to the identity of the foundation. Here lies the crux of our difficulty. We cannot identify Christi

We are not divided over a person. We are divided over things. This is apparent to the most casual thinker. The restoration move­ment heirs are divided over societies, institutions, instrumental music, individual cups, the state of the fruit of the vine, the nature of the bread, tl1e method of breaking it, classes, literature, and a host of other things. All upon every side of these divisive issues claim to be r\_ building upon Christ. But 1t is not belief in Christ that is the basis ' , of their fellowship at all. It is a position on one or more of the '

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agree with them upon these things, or you are not regarded as a brother. "The brotherhood" in each case is limited to the conform· ists on the partisan test. Thus we must have as many "brotherhoods" as we have parties. The reason is that we have substituted orthodoxy a~ to things, for belief in Jesus, as our foundation. We have elevated the what above the wlio, and by doing so we create a new party and add to the confusion in the religious world every time an honest dissenter arises among us. No one is regarded more of a heretic by the various parties than he who dares to build on the one founda-

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\VhaLever is required as a term of admission to your fellowship. or lo recognition as a member of your "brotherhood" constitutes your creed. It makes no difference whether it is written down in formal LCrminology, or if it is simply undersloocl and enforced by mutual consent, it is a creed if a man must subscribe LO it Lo be in good standing with the party. For example, if you refuse to regard and love as your bretluen those who have been immersed imo tbe Lord .Jesus, blll who condone Lhc use of iusLrumemal music in Lheir public worship, uien you have another creed Lhan .Jes us Chrisl. One musl not only be right about Jesus-the only foundation-but he must concur with you on this other matter. Conversely, if you refuse to regard and love as your brethren those who oppose Lhe use of the instrumcnL, LlrnL is, if you hate lhc "anlis" as you may slighlingly refer to them, Lhen you have another creed than J esus Christ.

If you ref use to regard as your brethren those who have classes, and if you un·Christianize all who do nol conform LO your view 011 this 1nnucr, you hnve another creed than J esus. If you have classes but sneer at those who cannot conscienliously have them, if you eliminate them from your "brotherhood" you are laying another foundation. You have anolher creed than Jesus. You constitute a secl. If you do not regard as a pan of "Lhe broLhcrhood" Lhosc earnest children of God who worship where individual cups arc used in the Lord's Supper; or i( you use such cups and disenfranchise those who feel they must use but one container, lhen you have another creed tJ1a11 .Jesus Christ, and you are an exclusive secl.

A candid examination of our profession and practice i11 the past, and a true evaluation of it, would reveal that the expression "No creed but Christ" has become an empty slogan, and those who use it arc :.ounding brass ;ind a tinkling cymbal. We have used lhc phrase lO

decoy a creed-bound, weary and tired religious world il1lo a stale where they merely substitute formal creed for an informal one, a written one for an oral one, established and sanctified by partisan tradiLion. There is a basic error in our present course of thinking. Unless il is corrected we nrc doomed LO continue on the sordid i.lrect 0£ strife, and perpetuate contention and confusion .

\Ve have confused the new covenant writings with the Living Word. We have substituted interpretation of scripture for foith in Jesus. We have made opinions about things, nol belief in Him, our ioundation o( hope and uniLy. Revelation is divine in origin. It is what God said. Jnterpretation is human. 1t is what men think God mea 11t by whal He said. The first is an uncovering of the thoughts of the infinite mind. The second is an applicatiou of the finite mind w what ii. revealed, to determine its requirements for our~elves.

Revelation is infa!Jible, but we have no infall ible interpretation. When any man, or any group of men in collaboration, set up their \'iews, opinions or i11terpretatio11s a~ the basis of fellowship, they create a human creed. 1 l is useless to condemn Lhe Roman Catholics for claiming LO have an infallible interpreter, then proceed as if we have an infallible imcrprctation. The Roman Catholic believes that

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·we should be grateful that God has not made our salvation from sin contingent upon orthodoxy, nor upon conformity to any set of opinions announced as essential by well-meaning, but partisan men. Our salvation is hinged upon faith in Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God. This is the foundation that Jias been laid. Other founda­tion can no man lay as a basis of Christian unity. The folly of at­~empting it is evidenced by the factions and sects which men have created while making a vain plea for unity. Few indeed can live up to the majestic implications and the tremendous responsibilities en­tailed in the statement, "No creed but Christ." To do so, one must <:rucify every inclination toward the party spirit, and must rise above every humanly conceived limiting factor which retards or restricts fellowship in the Spirit. More of us should lift this motto from our letterheads, and transfer it to our hearts. ,,.-......

It is here that the fearful will ask the inevitable question. Does I ' this mean that one must swallow everything or anything, to secure peace at any price? And it is here the partisan, unable to grasp the significance of the plea we make, will utter such vain charges. But does this mean, for example, that the man whose conscience forces him to oppose individual cups and classes, should stiffe his convictions, and as a display of charity, attend worship services and participate in that which violates his scruples? Certainly notl Those who affirm this is what we mean or impfy, have a veil over their hearts when they read what 1 write. We are obligated to be true to conscience and conviction. Not for anything would I encourage the humblest one of God's servants to go ag-.tinst his conscience. Then what is meant hy my thesis?

It is just this. Regardless of personal views, opinions and inter­pretations as to the things which divide us, we shall allow none of these to be greater than our relationship in the Son of God. The unifying power of His blood must be superior to the walls men have erected. We must differ as bt·cthren, not as enemies. \Ve must love each other as kindred, not reg-..rd each other as aliens. Others arc not separated from us, but we are separated from each other. But r-'\ not one thi11g which divides is as great as the One who died to unite! Let us really have "no creed but Christi"

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THE DEVIL'S BEATITUDES

I. Blessed is the dturch member who expects to be invited to his own congrebration; FOR THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MEMBER. 2. Blessed are they who are too tired to go to church on Sunday night: FOR THEY ARE MY BEST WORKERS. 3. Blessed is the minister who half-heartedly delivers his sermon: fOR HE AROUSES NO DEEP CONVICTIONS AND PUTTETH THE PEOPLE TO SLEEP.

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·I. Blc~scd i, tltc elder or deacon or their wive~ who infrcque11tly allcllll chu1 rh: FOR Il l,., O R SHF. SETTETIT /\N EXA~IPIY. I WANT OTI 1.1£RS T O FOL LOW.

5. Blessed is he thaL goeLh not to Bible School: FOR H E REMA IN· ETU lC NO RANT OF Tl IE BrnLE AND DISCOURAGES THOSE \\11 10 DO ATTEND.

6. I31essed are they who arc bored by Lhe minister's mannerisms and look only for mistakes he makes: FOR. THEY SUJ\LL GET NO­T llI NG OU r OF T ll E SER~ION.

7. Blessed arc the)' who receive higher income, buL gi\'c the same amount LO the ch urch they have always given: FOR THEY ~fAKE IT HARD FOR THI~ Clll JRCH TO CARRY OUT ITS i\fJSSION.

-Sc lcct eel .

. \ LETr ER FROM THE DEVIL

Read Carcf11ll)

Dear M em hers and Friend~:

Botwmlc~s Pit Brimstone A venue Elcrnity.

I visited your Sunday School last Su11day and T was overjoyed LO sec th aL so 111:111y of you had 110L com e. r he:1n l sornr lessons tha t w<:rc not very well prepared, and le:u:hers reported th ey had n1adc 11<1 visits or n>11 tacts J'or Lhe week. They made my hearl leap for joy.

I was thrilled, so thrilled last Sunday when I saw so many people walk away after Sunday School. taking wi Lh them their wives, hm· l1a11lh, a11cl l hildren from the morning- !>ervice. I alway~ tremble when they :1 u c:ml the preach i 11g service. hcca use thc:re they gel their i.ouls led, a11d there is always a possibility thaL sonic one wil l give; hi\ hean to the l.ortl and be saved. lt is always helpful w me for 1m·111her~ of the Sunday School LO dodge thcii- 1 c~pon~ibility . I t givc-s me ' 11th a good chance lO gel Ill) uncla ) punchc•\. T hen, too, I laughed with. glee when I !I.aw how .many of you failed LO pay )Our tit hes, :i 11cl gwe much offering. I like to sec you make ;1 preache1

.../ :111d the rhurc It board squirm and worry :ibom fiu:rn rcs. It take·~ :1w:iy from the 1i111c they could he u'ing. to win sci1d., for Chris1.

I am wriLin~ you thi, persona l leLL<'r to beg )Oii to Sta\' awa\ _, l1rn11 the .Su nday School :rnd preaching this wimcr and spring. Yo;,

know it'.-. 11u11c· 1n111l ()nablc: at home. Hcsidc., when you !lta y home and l:til to t itlH· :i11d ~11ppoi L the d111rcli. it 111:lkes my work so 11111d1 (·:1sie r.

I lope 10 ha ve yon with me soon. L UC IFER.

Funn the JJer, Ii, I 9(i0 r:ditio11 of the Lake Clwrles Prr:ss-Sem in by Antoine: ValdclCrO.

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NEWS AND NOTES PLA~ ~OW TO ATTE~D

l!l!i l VHS WORKSH OP Pn·,cntcd 111 \\'orcl ancl W ork Uook· Mui c. Th111,c'l:I\ . March 23, I !161, :ll 7:00 I'. ,\I , a t 1 111~1 land Christian Sch ool, 2!100 l'ort land A \'Cnuc, Louisville 12, Kt:n t11ck y. Fcaturinl:' th e New Sta ncl· arc I Cm11~"·: "LIVINC; FOR J ESUS."

llr11 t<' C:ho11·11i11i:-. 111inister of th t: Cherry Street conb.,·cg:11ion, New J\J. hanr. lndia11a , repo rts nine responses in Janu:tr). four c>f these for llap1ism.

Lincon, lml.: During 1he past momh we h:l\e h acl one family 10 mo1·e away. One of our goocl and faithful members for 111a11 y )e:1rs. Hrother Roy A. Bran· 11011, pa>scd aw:l)'. Also Brother a nd Si~ter Cris llailey lost their inC:111t :.on. Three have been baptized. one a teen· age girl a nd a couple up in yea rs. \\'c arc 11t:111kful for Lite comfort o( the Scrip111r1:s which we can pass o n to 11 1hcr~. :111d for the power of the gos· pc l lo c;1111vc rt and transform the lives of sinnl'"· - Eugene Pound .

!'RATH ER TO CH ATTANOOGA C:h a11anooµ:1, Tenn.: We have been

wi1hu11t a 111inis1c r for more than two ve:11 s. a ncl ha1·e hccn h olding forth ;"it h loe:t l efforts . wi1h the as.~ist ance uC 1•hi1ing hrerh ren , cspeci311y Urother \\'. C:. Cook of 1he 1-lapel'i ll e church. \\'c oli-cn·c·cl o u r ho mecmniug day Fchruary I ~. which marked the six· 1ecn1h an11ivcrsary al ou r presenL loca· lion .

Rcce111 I ) we lcarned thaL H a rry Pra· titer "'·" planning to lc:11 c 1hc work .ti I.om'' 'i1rcc1 in Johnson Cit )'. and in vited hint tel preach for us. We liked hi111 \ Cf\ much a11d he seemed to like '"· -.<1 ,,;e i111 ilecl him to come and IJe ou r • t'):lll:tr minister. He accepted, a nd wi ll IJc· '' irh "' a~ M>em as he cm make :I CllOI C.

llroiher !'rathe r studied under Jlroihcr lloll and llroLhcr Chambers and all endccl school at Por1 la11cl ChrisLian. I fc ha' a lovely wife and fou r lovely rhi lclrcn . 011r s111a ll membersh ip is very fai1 h f11I , :11111 we h ave :1 good church h11ilcli11g free o f debt, and a pa rsonage whidt w:" wi lled 10 us b y llmlhcr and <;j ,1cr I lom CL - llowartl <;, <>'Neal.

.<orcd a "Town Mee1insr for Christ" in the llarrison C'.ounl )' Cour1honse, C.:)tll h i:rna. Ke nwcky. ~. \\lil'K>n Burk~ did rhc preachi11g. F11111k :lfnrsh lhc directing of songs, nncl J'aul Clark. Sn· le111 minister. was i11 charge. J\ II ho ugh th is was Lhe first a 11e 111 p l o( the chnrch of Ch ri st i n lh is fine· li llle dry. rit e main sec: ti on or 1 he court room was a I most filled ea ch nigh t , with I !JO co11111 ed the closing night. The mecring ran Fe b. 13 through 19. The S.C.C. Chorus sang during this clci-ing <cn•ice. The Sale111 co11grcga1io11 plam to co111i1111c 'erticcs . und:11'$ :11111 \\' cclncsda\>. the lcoal mcml><:rS in C)'lllhiana ' raking chief responsibilitit~. There were nu 1 i~ible public rcsuh<. but it is believed tha1 pos~ibl ) forty loca l Chri~1i :111s are '\... i111crcstcd 1·110 11gh to suppo r1 this work. IL would be a thrilling thing 10 h ave this L)'p C mcclin~ duplic 11cd in a hu11dred ~11ch builrfi 11gs in Kentucky. 1.oc:tl court uOicia I> kt Sa lc111 church use the court h ouse wi1h uu1 rha~cs. - N. \\'ilso11 13urJ..~.

Cen tral Ken tucky Yo uth Hall )' The 111011thl) Youth Rally spo nsorecl

h) 1hc ccu1 r:1 I Kc 111ucky ch11rcht'S of Cl11 ist was h eld al C:r.uncr :incl llan. m•er church . Lexing1011. on Saturday night, February 11.

U. of K. <:r:mts Full Crl'll i t ~ The U11ivcrsi1 y of Kcnlllcky gr:1111ed

full credits lu Ra )' M . Cannnt for all hb work at S.C.C. except ten h ou rs or l'lihle. Thu, t;. CJf K. joill\ 111a u y o ther Colkgcs 1ha1 have rcrngni1cd the '~m i.. done al 'i<1u1hc:.-1cm Chri>· tia n <.:ulk)IC.

Lcx ington, K y.: M ) wife . . bier :lf icou :md I a rc lca1 i11g for ll ra11don. Floricfa. FehruaT) 11 (U.V.) . \Ve expect to >lop u11e n ight at J.1ck,wn ville wirh John .\da111s and rhc South>id e church and at Orlando T hursday night, vis· iting with Hl'Orhcr and Sis ter Spears a 11d the new cu11grcga1io11 lhc:re. 1:ro111 thence we arc lo go lo ll ra ndun for ~0111c weeks of 14ospc l work wi t It Lite hrcrhrcn there. We eamc~tly d esire your prayers. - II. N. Rurlll'rfonf.

J efTerso111own, K).: Uru1 hcr Kenneth Is tre, of th e Pk~l1110 111 church i11 Dal·

MiMio11 ~1cc ti11g At C)IHhiana 1:->. Tcxru.. will Ii.: with 11~ i11 o ur The Salem Church of Chr ist spo11· gospel meeting at Fi~hcrvillc, beginning

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;\fond:iy night, June 12 anll cuntinuini; through Friday, J une 23. It is good to know that by that time our new hap­ri stry will be in use. - Jesse 7.. Wood.

Pekin, Ind. We :n c rhankful for the 1;racc :i11d power o f rite Lord tha t has hcen with us at ll ighway church in anS\\•Cr to the prayers or H is children here in bringing many to the Lord in the last £C\I° weeks. Thu& we need some more l>aptismal certific:ucs. -R. R . II rooks.

John )filron Wilson .John i\'Iilton Wilson, li ttle son of

:lfr. and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. was killed when his b icyrle ran into the ~Ide uf a moving cir. Besides Brother :11ul Sister Wilson. J ohn leaves five brothers and sisters. Urother Wilson pr<'achcs at an El Paso, Texas, church of Christ. Hi~ friends arc sorry to hrar thi~ sad news.

Frankfort, Ky.: We arc planning to have Glenn Baber in a meeting here at i\mioch j ust before rhe Fall Fellow· ,J1ip \\'eek in 1.oniS\ ille.- Jack Blacs.

Tell City, Ind.: We arc very much gratified with the way the work is starl ing off here. '"e have had a very good nwttlh. The inr cr~-st is good ancl the folk~ say that 1 lte feeling among :di rit e brethren is hc·11er than it has hcen for some time. T he attendance has hccn unusually good considering the weather. - Asa llahcr.

llolh wood, C., lir.: On January 22 I 'f><il..c on ""The l ~1w.'" llroLhcr .Jor· genson got all wound up, yea, he un· wuuncl with some appropriate words. \frt•t I a11cn1ptetl a clbrourse the next

'i11nday on '"Uncler C:on11uand111cnts, Not l li1clcr I .aw,'" he cn 1nc forward aga in to drive the nail home. H e has two r hai rs: one he occupies while he !is·

_./ 1e11s. ont: whi le we listen. - N. B. \\'t ii;hl .

Brother Wrigh t promises w some 1imch• articles on prophecy for the near future. - Pub.

Lexington, K y.: The rurrcnl issue of Wm ti :111d Work is mo~t wonderfu l. n ro1her J . L. Addam8' section is most timely and Bmther Stanford Cham· hers' answers to questions are fine in­dc:ecl . Oear Hrorhcr 11oll 's anide on l>cno111 inationalis111 i ~ soul satisfying. We 'urely miss rhi ~ de:1rly beloved hmther. :\fay J csm soon come and reunite us at His blc<tScd feet. - H. N. R111herford.

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ll1othct l>cwitt Garrc11 of Salisbury. -;o. Rhrnlc<iia, .\fric:l. tells of a camp meeting which ··was a 1i111e of spiri111:il refn:sltiug for all." After four days, there were !15 h<tptisms. - From Chris­tinn l'latl'onn.

Si~ter Alice Broaddus, rhe mothe r of Viuor ll roaddns, recen tly visited Man· ila for two weeks 0 11 her way to Hong Kong where she is now laboring for the Lord.

ClllUSTJAN J>LATFORl\f Chrh tian f'l atfonn is a monthly Chris­

tian Magazine published by Victor llroadd11s fro 111 P.O. Jlox 2635. Manila. Philippi11cs. IL may be had for $1.00 per year or in clubs of live or more a l lllk pct' s11hscription.

\lirtor and Mac have a new little )..rirl hom in January. Her name is l'a"). The> 11ow ha\ e four children: Richard. Vicki, J immie :ind Patsy.

Uro thcr anti istcr Willis Allen have hecn on ;t vacation trip to l'lorida. They were to he in .Jacksonville for wunltip. February 12. :11111 in Ft. I.all · dt·rclak the following Loni's day.

S. C. C. LECTURESHIP The d:ttc or the S. C. C. Lectureship

is M:11 r h l :l·lfi. The theme is "Keeping rl11: l ' nir y 0£ the Spirit." Brother Frank Mullins. Sr., head of the llible department. says: "The t11cme of this ycar"s lectureship is one of the most l'ital 111 rite church of Christ we have ct•n~iclcn·cl. '>pcakcrs include men who :11 r m11'ita1uling scrv:1111s of Cod, who h:t\c IJt:e11 used i:r-ea tl )' of the Lord in thcit chosen fields.'" Workshops, prayer ti111c, UilJlc expositions, lectures, arc on rlw ai;cnda. This should he a grea t 1i111c or ftol lowship.

Con-cction: T wo line Christian gen­tlemen have reminded us o f a correction we 11ced to make regarding an article i11 I:"' i'~uc of Word and Work. The arriclc ··Q11~tion Concerning Co\•cring" is 'i,::uccl I-.;lf.i\I . Then on the cover index ~ . .\!.:\[. is mac.Jc to be Frank .\I. :llullin ~. Sr. This is a narnral mis­tal..1·. a, llto rhcr Mullins is one of our co11tri tm1ots. llowcver. the arriclc wns lifted f111111 a hnllctin published by Forest 1\1 . l\lcCann of Ca itH!S\•ille. F la.

Dugger, Jud.: llrother Carl Ketche r­side of St. Lo uis. Mo .. spoke four times 11111kr the ~ponsonhip of the North Court St rrcl church of Chri't in Sulli­van. lncliana on the subject of Unit y. L1rge crowd~ a ttended. :\o doubt C\'C·

111111<: wh o heard hi111 """ made co gi>e 1110H· rlumghc w the subject than c\cr l11·rmc. Lmc h'ill I>" a lung way in 'ct l li11g the disunitv :1111ong 11s. - .\fau. 1i<'1· Clrn1orr.

Lou i.~ia11a: Hrn1 ht·r Sid ney Mnyc11 x ;, 111 ho ld <rnr 111cc1i11g hc1<' ac Pinc ( :10 , c church. ;\lay :!:!·!!7 (Monday 1hm11gh Sa111rday). if Cod so will~ . l'1~1 r for chis mcecing. Olli~ Ford.

Louis' ille l'rot r.1c1cd Meetings 1•.1111 !.11ccl11 i, 111 lie i11 a 111cc1i11g

.11 fclfcr\011 '11rcc1 r111111 March l !I to

.\piil '.?. II . E. Schreiner ha~ been sclcc1ed

10 pi ca< h i 11 an e lforc for c h e 1.orcl :n l'o11 l:11ul . \\ Cllll<'. frn111 1\ pril !) 10 If>.

01 .. 11 (h cnna11 is ~chcclulcd co hotel frn1 h :11 flighla ncl r h111 ch :\pril 30 10 .\l:J)' :>.

\\'. Carl Ke1chc1 ~i de ha' acccpccd an in' itacion co preach .11 -"haw111·c con · g1ci.;.11io 11 April 2 1 co :!It

I h e Or111sbv A' c11uc r hurch has a'kcd Bruce Chowning to bring mes­,;igl'' in a mee1ing hcgi1111ing J\11g11s1

1:1 .11111 L<1111i1111ing 1l11011gh 1he r .. 1 to\\ 111g '>1111da ~.

\ c.1u:.\ I FELi.OW. lllP SF..\11:-:.\R

!'he fellowship eminar held at Camp T a ) lor Fchn1at') 18 proved 10 he a gre.11 lllcs~ i11 1> co 111:1 11 )'· llro1her Kc1cl1· .. 1, iclc wa~ all 1ha1 we exp ected a11d 11101c. I It' ha~ m:lClc q11i1e a s 111dy of ctw 1111il )' ceaching in the Bible ;111d

ga ' c ~oi 11e cho 11i.;ht·p1moki11g mc.,..~agc' .1111t ~1111t· re;Ht} an~"'e" at the question pt::1iutl. '>f>Cl' t hc' h) .:-:. Witw n flu rk~ and '\cal Phillip~ \\'ere enjoyed. .\II 111 all it w:1, a gn·a1 dav.

I l u11i; Koni,:: We hacl anol her 111c•ct· ing la't night a c chc refugee village. t11 · 1nn1 1rnt1i11111•, i.nntl a 11cl )'Cl 1t11·1t· :ia• 111:111) clilficultiei and hinclr.111(l'' frn111 Sata11 . There is no clcctricit)' II p I ht'fl' 'O \\'(• ha\'(' lO ll>C a kl'l"OSCllC

l.111ll'111. t 1hi11I. we will j usc bu)' one r a' II i' q•q lltllil1l~>OlllC lo fClll Cllll".

n,~ Chri~ 1 iall\ up there h:l\'C such a good a11icmtc i1 is a ptea~urc to " ·ork " 'ilh ch c111 . nc 1111 i~ L . . \lien ( Fch .7 )

FAR EAST TRIP Hrothe1· i\ lullim and T are. going forward one ~lep at a lime

rcgarcling lhc propmecl Far Easl trip. The mi~!l io11:irics have invit ed 11.~ w visit them and panicipatc in the ir work. \Ve have stated 1haL we arc willing to go if the Loni so leads and opem lhc way. We are pra)•ing and asking others to pray about the m:iuer. The plam and ll':l\on., !'or the trip ha\'e been publi~hcd, pas:.por1., h:ivc been oh 1:cined and \·actinatiom aue ndcd LO, dale!> h ave been ~C l and plane 1c,t·n·ations made. 111lo1urntion regarding ,.i a~ h:t!> been obtained.

To date . 1, 125.00 h:J\'e been rccei,·ed ror the trip. As !tlaLcd i11 the J:11111ary, l!)(il F.sltorter, a LOt:d ot about . 3,000 is need ed . It i ~ llOl possibl(· to obtai n visas lor entry illlo .J apan, I lo ng Kong a 11d the Philippines u11ti l th e applicant eith er has a round-trip ti,kct or proof of suffir iem funds to purchase same. r-...

111 "icw of the rn'>L. hazard~. clifficultic' and per,011al d eman<h imohed in !>ttch a trip we walll the Lord lo hinder if it i' not I Ii' \\·i i I for m to go. On the other hand, i( thi, i~ o ne meam He < hc>0~es to encourage and bless the mis ionaric and natio nal Chris-1 ia11 ~. if this is 0 11e w:1 r He chooses lO a:.sist Southeastern Christian Co I lcgc in prcpari ng m i ss ionarie~. i /' th is is one avc11 uc: I I c choo~es LO 11sc i11 <l\vakcning- the co11grcgalio11s in CHI!' (cllowship w thc 1 rc1 ne ndous oponu n i ties and rcsponsi bi Ii tics involved in obeyi 1w the C:reat Commi~s io11 \\'hile che fi e lds arc s till open. then we do no~ \\':till LO be g uilly of failing I l im and Lho\e whom He would b lc" thrnugh us. H He \:t)'l> go. \\'e want to go. If He la)'!> it o n vo111 hl.':trt to pr~y and Lo have a pan in '>ending, we: hope you will re· :.pond. -TT'111s/n11 X. A /fp11

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