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of Modernism—a hybrid philosophy mingling so-called science with Scripture, and including in its devotees a substantial majority of church By Harry Anderson R & H leaders and ministers. Fundamentalism, on the other hand, in its • (t OF all the ills that can befall a man, none emphasis on the inspiration of the whole of God's is comparable with that of rejecting the call of Word, rejects any philosophy—no matter how Christ. Loss of possessions, bereavement, business popular, or cleverly argued—that is at variance failure, sickness, and ill-health—all are hardships with the sacred Scriptures. from which we rightly shrink ; but to endure any Among the many teachings of the which 111 or even all these things is preferable to that have been relegated by Modernism to the level spiritual blindness which neglects the salvation of wishful thinking, or mere symbolism, is the of God. experience of conversion as clearly outlined in That is why Paul, with millions of others, both Old and New Testaments. It is no wonder, could testify: "I count all things but loss for therefore, that Dr. A. M. Ramsey, Archbishop- the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus elect of York, took such exception to Evangelist my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of Billy Graham's methods during his recent Gospel all things, and do count them mere refuse, that I crusades in this country. For Dr. Ramsey leans to may win Christ." Phil. 3 :8. Modernism, while Graham takes his stand solidly Now it is the devil's work to conceal the Gospel. on the Bible. His main concern in life is to deafen men to It was our privilege to be among the congre- the call of Christ, and blind their eyes to the gation of over 10,000 in London's Harringay true nature of His plan of salvation. Arena, who listened to a simple but stirring Gospel Effective Agent message by the evangelist. In moving detail the • The means for doing this are many and various, old, old story of human hopelessness and God's but few are more effective than the teachings saving power through Jesus Christ, was unfolded.

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The message was sincere, and was presented with less good to more good, and from good to better— a fervour born of deep conviction. Hearts were as the way to be preferred and encouraged. It is made solemn. Minds were stirred and impressed. wrong, the Modernist claims, to subject everyone to the "religion of the twice-born."—Psychology A Call Condemned of Religion, page 187. A hush fell on the great assembly as, after Fundamentalism, of course, sees no alternative the sermon, a call was made to surrender to Christ. to that of a new birth—a spiritual birth; and it It was an old-fashioned method the evangelist is evident that there is no greater "heresy" about used, but before long hundreds were making this than there is about our Lord's own teaching : their way to the front for special prayer, and to "Ye must be born again." John 3 :7. register their decision for Christ. Such a call, says Dr. Ramsey, was wrong. He even claims that in some cases, results might Why Conversion is Necessary bring "the most terrible revenges in scepticism This new birth—also known as conversion or and disillusionment." He sums up Graham's appeal regeneration—is necessary because there is, by as a call to young men to drown their worries "in nature, nothing about our hearts or characters the rapture of conversion;" and outlines the that can commend us to God. Our natural con- process thus : "A rousing sermon, a hurricane of dition is one which is basically self-centred, not emotion, a will to leap in the dark—and peace at once and for ever." God-centred. The whole idea of "sudden conversion" and Indeed, the Bible, true to its sometimes alarming "immediate decision" before which one is lost, practice of calling a spade a spade, declares the and after which one is saved, is condemned as unregenerate human heart to be "deceitful above "dangerous heresy." all things, and desperately wicked." Jer. 17 :9. tok New Birth is Vital Of one thing the Bible is clear. If the certainties of the hereafter are to be enjoyed, there must be a positive decision made for God at some time in a person's experience. The call of Christ must be heeded. The soul must, knowingly, sur- S render to Him. "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God," said Jesus. (John 3:3.) Modernism takes the vague

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view that sincerity of life is the hall-mark of a No wonder then that Jesus insisted, "Ye must true experience with God, and that this alone be born again." And no wonder Satan, through constitutes the passport to heaven. It does not misguided agents declares : "The experience of rule out the possibility of "sudden change" from the twice born should not be urged on everyone." bad to good, but regards "healthy-mindedness"— Our Lord desires to save. Satan seeks our eternal by which is implied a gradual development from (Continued on page 5.) • APRIL 2 6, 1 9 5 6 THREE THE Old Testament Scriptures are full of stories of human experiences by which men of old were brought into contact with the one true and living God who made heaven and earth. Hence those Scriptures are eminently profitable as a guide and instructor to men of every age. Christ Himself drew much from the ancient Hebrew writers, when pointing some lesson He wished to bring home to His hearers. Take, for instance, the story of the Queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon, as recorded in first Kings, chapter ten. The opening verse of that chapter tells us clearly what aroused the queen's interest in Solomon and led her to visit

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The Queen's Joy • Her purpose, therefore, was to prove him with The record shows she was more than pleased hard questions," doubtless suggested to her mind with what she saw and heard, and remarked how by life's varied experiences. favoured were the immediate servants of King Solomon to be able to dwell in the presence of The Queen's Need such a wise man. It was a happy and grateful The Queen of Sheba, like Solomon, was used queen who returned to her own land to ponder to living in luxury. But this gave her little satis- the wisdom and greatness of the king. She mani- faction of soul. She had discovered the age-old festly received blessing from the visit and felt truth, enunciated by God's servants of every age fully repaid for the effort she had made to bring and generation, that life does not consist in the it about. She may even have turned from the abundance of things one may possess. Hence her fake worship of her people to serve the true desire to learn from Solomon some of the things and living God whom Solomon served and who which belong to the life of faith in the living had so signally blessed the king. At any rate, a FOUR OUR TIMES she went back home to ponder and to wonder Others declare it to be "t h e ferment of over the things she had seen and heard. adolescence." Still others: "The emergence of sub- In every age there have been people like the conscious influences due to past training."— Queen of Sheba, who possess much that this Psychology of Religion, pages 188, 189. world offers, yet are restless and ill at ease. Jesus The Bible on the other hand, declares of those Himself centuries later, met many such people. who are "re-born," that they are "born again, not Quoting from this story, He said to His hearers: of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the "The queen of the south shall rise up in the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." judgment with this generation, and shall con- 1 Peter 1 :23. It is a miracle which proves effective demn it. For she came from the uttermost parts with every class and race, regardless of environ- of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon; ment, heredity, upbringing, or education. And and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here." it is a miracle which often gives every impression Matt. 12:42. of happening instantly—as on the day of Pentecost. The Queen of Sheba had come up against The idea of instant conversion against which experiences by which God was teaching her the the doctor seems to take such strong exception, vanity of earthly things in contrast with the is nevertheless a fact in many cases. True, it is heavenly. She was finding life full of queries and sometimes preceded by years of Christian training problems she could not solve. Hence, the long and Christian upbringing, but the time comes journey she took to seek help of one of God's when the scales suddenly tip in favour of God. wisest servants. Resistance breaks down, antagonisms vanish, Are we up against life, with its sorrows and self takes a back seat. The new birth has come. frustrations and unsatisfied longings? There is Self has, indeed, surrendered. But the miracle is one "greater than Solomon," who says to every of God. burdened soul: "Come unto Me all ye that labour Danger of Delay and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." Depend upon it, if we are in earnest about getting It is even so with those who lack a Christian the help we need, we shall find Jesus all-sufficient background. Christ is "the true Light, which for our needs. He, above all, can solve our hard lighteth every man that cometh into the world." questions and bring peace of mind and heart. John 1:9. With some the light is stifled. With Let us sit at His feet and learn of Him what God others there is sincere concern about the soul's is like. Let us study the Scriptures that record welfare, accompanied by a sense of unrest, imper- His wonderful sayings and doings. Thus, by His fection, and impotence; and this prepares the heart Word, by His Spirit, and by His providences, for the miracle of the new birth when the Gospel may we seek and find the kingdom of the true evangelist declares the good news of salvation and living God. through Jesus Christ. Instant conversion—but maybe years of preparation! The decision to surrender is our own, but the miracle is of God. Decision for Christ The danger, therefore, is not as the Archbishop (Continued from page 3.) avers, in appealing for an immediate decision, loss by blinding eyes to the need for, and the but rather in failing so to do. Delay in deciding claims of, the saving Gospel of God. for Christ is fraught with danger. While the new Conversion, or the new birth, results not from birth is a miracle of the Holy Spirit, it is not :,elf-effort, but from the deep movings of the thrust on those who are arbitrarily selected by God. Spirit of God. Twice-born folk "were born, not of It comes only to those who, having sensed their blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the need and heard Christ's call, surrender their will of man, but of God." John 1:13. Conversion hearts to Him. Now conviction of heart can is not inherited from our forbears, for it is "not weaken with time; hence the inspired reminder of blood." It is a gift from God to "as many as that: "Now is the accepted time; behold, now received Him" by faith. It is to such that He gives is the day of salvation." 2 Cor. 6:2. "power to become the sons of God." John 1:12. The new birth, however, is not the be-all and Modernists would seek to minimize the new end-all of Christianity. It is but the beginning of birth miracle by declaring it to be "an inhibition a life of progressive understanding of God's truth of the lower channels of nervous discharge through as revealed in His Word, and for this the good the establishment of higher connections, and the services of the church of Christ are indispensable. identification of the ego with the new activities." (To be continued.) • APRIL 2 6, I 9 5 6 FIVE Meditations on the Mount-8

he was outspoken in the cause of righteousness. st. Likewise Paul endured flogging, stoning, '‘, and imprisonment, all for the sake of righteous. ness. John, the aged apostle, bore for the sake of S righteousness the chains of a convict upon the desolate rocks of Patmos. And so we could go lessed are the on in our enumeration. In the epistle of Paul to the Hebrews we have a masterly summing up of ersecufed

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(41) "BLESSED are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." We do not often look upon the persecuted ones as being fortunate or being particularly blessed. By Maurice Teloir R. H. It seems the other way Huguenots hiding in the mountains from their persecutors. round ; they are very unfortunate. However, when we look at the holy the story of the persecuted. (Heb. 11:32-40.) Record from the time of the righteous Abel to the aged saint John on the Isle of Patmos, we are left "In all ages Satan has persecuted the people with the inevitable conclusion that the persecuted of God. He has tortured them and put them to ones had the mark of God's approval resting upon death, but in dying they became conquerors." a them. In this way, their lives were blessed. Look Who were these shining ones who gave up at the wonderful galaxy of saintly stars who shone earthly things in order to gain a heavenly brightly in the dark night of sin. inheritance? Why were they willing to suffer When Abel was killed by his brother Cain persecution? Paul tells us that they did it so it was for righteousness' sake. that they "might obtain a better resurrection." When Joseph was cruelly and unjustly thrown Heb. 11:35. They saw that the eternal world was into prison it was for righteousness' sake. more real than the glittering spires of the When Jeremiah was thrust down the miry pit, world's greatest capitals. They caught a vision it was for righteousness' sake. of unseen realities, and were buoyed up with a When John the Baptist languished in prison powerful hope that never deserted them. In the a and was finally beheaded it was because he words of Paul again: They were "persecuted, but stood for the righteous way of living. not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." Stephen, the first Christian martyr, died because 2 Cor. 4:9. In their direst agonies they were S I X OUR TIMES

conscious of the presence of God, and realized activities in that once cannibal region of terror that, through them all, they were neyer really and death. John G. Paton could well say with the forsaken. Probably they read many times the apostle Paul: "For I reckon that the sufferings of inspiring message of Isaiah : "When thou passest this present time are not worthy to be compared through the waters, I will be with thee; and with the glory which shall be revealed in us." through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: Rom. 8:18. when thou walkest though the fire, thou shalt not There is another lesson that we are taught in be burned." Isa. 43:2. that great Sermon on the Mount. Jesus actually told us to pray for those who despitefully use Heroes of Faith us and persecute us. (Matt. 5 :44.) I know of The history of missions has few more heroic nothing that will so alter a vengeful spirit than the stories than that of Allen Francis Gardiner. In attitude of prayer. If we do not like anyone, let his last noble venture to the Picton Islands, us pray for that one. It will work wonders. Try he with six other companions starved to death it and see. There will come a radiant sweetness while waiting for the relief ship that arrived into our life which will be a reflection of the on October 21, 1851, more than a month too life of Jesus. The illustrious example of Paul late. The last entry in Gardiner's diary was on helps us to understand this. He wrote in one of his September 5th in which he wrote: "Great and epistles : "Being reviled, we bless ; being perse- marvellous are the lovingkindnesses of my cuted, we suffer it." 1 Car. 4:12. gracious God to me. He has preserved me It is harder perhaps to be a living witness to hitherto, and for four days, although without the cause of our Lord than to suffer martyrdom. bodily food, without any feelings of hunger or As someone put it: "Sometimes it is harder to face thirst." a sneer than to face the stake." The meaning of When John G. Paton went out to the New the word "martyr" is someone who witnesses. Hebrides with his young bride he little realized It does not always mean someone who is killed that he would have to witness her dying agonies for his beliefs. Well did the poet say : in childbirth. Seventeen days after, the little son died also. Can you imagine the grief-stricken man So he died for his faith. That is fine— scooping out the graves for his own loved ones More than most of us do. in that lonely outpost of foreign missions? Writing But stay, can you add to that line of that terrible ordeal some time later, he was able That he lived for it, too? to pay a wonderful tribute to his Master: "But for Jesus and the fellowship He vouchsafed me It is easy to die. Men have died there, I must have gone mad and died beside For a wish or a whim, that lonely grave." From bravado or passion or pride. The result of that noble courage and steadfast Was it harder for him? faith is seen today in the flourishing (Continued on page 16.)

4 The noble army of martyrs. APRIL 26, 1956 ON several occasions in the life of Jesus the women who wept were there. The slaughter of the innocents is one example. This weeping was foretold by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not." Jer. 31:15. They were only too evident at the death of Jairus' daughter. For we remember that Jesus

By J. R. Burgess The way to Calvary. had to put them out before He could manifest His power in raising her from the dead. the Old Testament beforehand. He knew that They were there on that last sad journey to He would be mocked, and that His garments the cross. "And there followed Him a great would be gambled over, for these things were company of people, and of women, which also plainly written in Psalm twenty-two. He realized bewailed and lamented Him. But Jesus turning too that the most terrible experience of all would unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not be separation from His Father. (Psa. 22:7, 8, for Me." Luke 23:27, 28. 18, 14, 1.) And yet He could say to these women, "Weep not for Me." "Weep Not for Me" It was because He knew all these things and If these tears had been tears of repentance because of His love for fallen mankind that He rather than of emotion He might have commended had chosen to go all the way to the cross. Nothing, them. Such a scene as they were witnessing would not even these women's tears, could shake His draw tears from the hardest heart. Jesus, through resolution. a sleepless night, had been hurried from one Perhaps they wept at the apparent failure of judgment hall to another, and then scourged. His mission, for such it seemed after His Little wonder that He fell again and again under wonderful life. He climbed that hill alone with the weight of the cross. Then the onlookers knew none of His followers to help Him carry His that at the end of that journey He would die an excruciating death. They had witnessed such scenes before and had By Edward A. Butters some idea of the agony to follow, but Jesus knew what was before Him for it was all written in EIGHT OUR TIMES cross. Had they realized that this was not failure doubt at all that these verses apply to the second but His hour of victory, they might have rejoiced coming of Jesus. Go back to verse twelve of with Him. "Who for the joy that was set before chapter six of the Revelation and note that at Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and the opening of the sixth seal there is a great is set down at the right hand of God." Heb. 12:2. earthquake. This took place on November 1, Isaiah prophecies of Him: "He shall not fail nor 1755, destroying the whole city of Lisbon and be discouraged, till He have set judgment in the killing some 60,000 people. Then there is a earth." Isa. 42:4. darkening of the sun, followed by a blood-like As we contemplate, especially at this season of moon. Such a phenomenon occurred on May 18, the year, the sad story of the way of the cross 1780. Next is a falling of the stars. This took and the agonies Jesus suffered there, let us place on November 13, 1833. These same signs are remember that it was for our sins "He hung and used by Jesus Himself to indicate the nearness of suffered there." "He was wounded for our trans- His coming. Matthew records it thus: "The sun gressions, He was bruised for our iniquities : the shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her chastisement of our peace was upon Him ; and with light, and the stars shall fall from heaven.. . . His stripes we are healed." Isa. 53:5. You and Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man I have an advantage over the weeping women for in heaven." Matt. 24:29, 30. we know that His death was not the end but These signs have been fulfilled. Soon, therefore, that beyond the tomb was the joyful resurrection Jesus will come and those unprepared to meet morning. Him will cry to the mountains and rocks to fall This assures us that sin, sickness, and death will on them. All the tears shed by the "mistaken finally be abolished from the universe. Jesus knew mourners" could not prevent Jesus from going that, too, so He said to the women, "Weep not for to Calvary to fulfil His appointed mission for 11 Me." lost mankind, nor will all the tears of the unrepen- tant avail anything at the time of His glorious "Weep For Yourselves" appearing. "Weep not for Me," He said, and then Jesus told His disciples a parable to illustrate continued, "Weep for yourselves and for your this point. Ten virgins prepared to accompany children." Luke 23:28. He saw beyond His own a bridegroom to a wedding and while he delayed agony the terrible scenes that occurred at the fall of they all fell asleep. When the cry was at last Jerusalem in A.D. 70. At that time He knew heard, "Behold the bridegroom cometh; go ye thousands of Jews would die as He was about to out to meet him," they all arose but only five die, and that their beautiful temple would be had enough oil in their lamps. The others found razed to the ground. A little while before this the that their lamps had gone out. They returned priests had cried out, "His blood be upon us and after their search for more oil only to find the our children," and He knew that that price would door shut. "Lord, Lord," they cried, "open unto be paid to the uttermost. us." But He answered and said, "Verily I say Here is the picture that the Bible presents from unto you, I know you not." Matt. 25:1-12. the beginning to the end. "Repent, obey, and be These women represent the church awaiting the saved—or perish." Just prior to this time Jesus return of Jesus. Some, by their Bible study and had told His disciples : "When ye shall see prayer for the aid of the Holy Spirit, are ready for Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that Him, but the "women who wept" represent those the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them who are failing to make the needed preparation. which are in Judea flee to the mountains." Luke They may weep with emotion over the tragedy of 21:20, 21. The Christians obeyed these commands Calvary, but they do not repent of their sins and and were saved from the awful calamity that turn from them. overtook the city. The heedless perished miserably Let us remember, "godly sorrow worketh within it. repentance to salvation not to be repented of : With prophetic insight Jesus saw beyond the but the sorrow of the world worketh death." fall of Jerusalem to the final events just prior to 2 Cor. 7:10. His second coming in power. Through John the Revelator He foretold that at that time the LATER this year scholars from many countries wicked would say "to the mountains and rocks, will meet to evaluate the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that which include the most ancient biblical manuscripts di sitteth on the throne." Rev. 6:16. There is no and hitherto unknown writings of the Essene sect. APRIL 2 6, 1 9 5 6 NINE OUR topic presents us with an intriguing prob- Jesus Did Not Change It lem and one of vital importance to every Christian. Nor did Jesus. Speaking on the mount, His In our last article we discovered, doubtless to sermon made His position quite clear. "Think not the amazement of many, that somewhere in the that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: dim and distant past, someone had tampered I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily with the law of God, and that as a result, millions I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one of good, honest, sincere men and women today jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the were not following the example of Jesus in the law, till all be fulfilled." Matt. 5 :17, 18. So Jesus matter of Sabbath keeping. Rather, unwittingly, did not come to do away with His holy law. they were following the traditions of men in That was to be man's guide "till heaven and earth this important matter. pass." Not one jot or one tittle was to pass from Previously we have established that the Bible that law—no not even, as we would say, the dots knows of one Sabbath day only. This is the on the "i's" or the strokes on the "t's." Jesus day that was sanctified and blessed by our Saviour upheld those Ten Commandments and the Sabbath as a memorial of His creative power. (Gen. 2:2, 3; they pointed out. Jesus did not change that holy and John 1:10.) It is the same day that He day. asked us to "remember" when He gave us His Nor did the apostles either. Speaking to those written law on Sinai (Exod. 20:8-11.) It is the to whom he had ministered, Paul said, "I have not very day He called His own and kept so faithfully shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of

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during His stay on earth. "The Son of man is God." Acts 20:27 He had faithfully discharged Lord also of the Sabbath." Mark 2:28. It is the his duty, he had not held back one thing that the self-same day that the redeemed will keep Lord had revealed to him, and yet never once throughout eternity for which we are earnestly does he indicate, or even hint at, any change in preparing. That Sabbath, of course is the seventh the Sabbath. On the contrary, it was his custom day, Saturday. to keep the seventh-day Sabbath, not only when he Our problem is then clear and obvious. How was worshipping with the Jews but when he does it come about, that, all over the world, was with Gentiles also. Note the record of his millions of unsuspecting Christians are out of step entry into Philippi: "And on the Sabbath we with their Saviour on this great topic? Who has led went out of the city by a river side, where prayer Christendom astray? Who changed the Sabbath was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake from Saturday, the seventh day of the week, to unto the women which resorted thither." Acts Sunday, the first day of the week, as observed 16:13. No, Paul did not change the Sabbath. by most Christians today? Lest lingering doubts should worry some, let No Scriptural Authority us emphasize that, whoever did make the change, In fact, friends, there is absolutely no scriptural God certainly didn't. "My covenant will I not authority for the change anywhere. You can • break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of search the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and My lips." Psa. 89:34. No, God did not change the you will not find one word in this connection. Sabbath. To show that this is not merely my opinion, I TEN OUR TIMES

quote from the writings of four prominent church authors. R. W. Dale, writing for the Congre- i, gationalists in a book entitled, The Ten Commandments, says: "It is quite clear that, however rigidly or devoutly we may spend 1111 Sunday, we are not keeping the Sabbath. . . . The Sabbath was founded on a specific divine command. We can plead no such command for the obligation to observe Sunday. . . . There is not a single sentence in the New Testament to suggest that

© Keystone and R. & H. Roman Catholic authorities freely admit their responsibility in the transfer of the sacredness of the Sabbath to Sunday. was not by the primitive church called the Sabbath."—Vol. 4, page 104. How then did this mysterious change come about? Be assured, friends, that the Bible leaves us in no doubt in regard to any important teaching, and this is no exception. Bible prophecy and secular history combine to make the answer clear. Notice, if you will, the plain warning given by the apostle Paul as he knew the day of his suffering was fast approaching: we incur any penalty by violating the supposed "For I know this that after my departing shall sanctity of Sunday."—Pages 106, 107,. grievous wolves enter in among you, . . . And now let Dr. Binney, a renowned Methodist, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples speak. In his Theological Compendium, he says: after them. Therefore, watch, and remember." • "It is true there is no positive command for Acts 20:29-31. This is exactly what did happen. infant baptism. . . . Nor is there any for keeping From without and within, the church was bombar- holy the first day of the week."—Pages 180, 181. ded with a host of teachings entirely unknown to Dr. Edward T. Hiscox, author of the Baptist the apostles, and entirely foreign to the clear Church Manual, speaks on this topic too. He Gospel principles they taught. says: "There was, and is, a commandment to Writing to the Thessalonian church, Paul gives keep holy the Sabbath day, but that Sabbath day us further details of this disturbing heresy to was not Sunday. . . . There is no scriptural come. Warning that the day of Jesus' second evidence of the change of the Sabbath institution coming was not then imminent he says: "Let no from the seventh to the first day of the week." man deceive you by any means: for that day shall And lastly, listen to this from the pen of Tim- not come, except there be a falling away first, and othy Dwight, a Presbyterian, recorded in his book, that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Theology Explained and Defended: "The Chris- who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that * tian Sabbath (Sunday) is not in the Scripture, and is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he APRIL 26, 1956 ELEVEN as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing everywhere were commanded to keep holy Sunday, himself that he is God." 2 Thess. 2:3, 4. Most the first day of the week, instead. One exception Protestants agree that here the apostle was referring was made, and that was in regard to the work done to the eventual appearance of that great system on farms. This was permitted on Sunday where we now call the Papacy. Through this system, necessary for some time, but finally the Catholic as the chapter makes clear, were to come many false Council of Orleans in A.D. 538 put an end to teachings that were destined to alter the this concession, and the victory of Sunday was practice of the church as it came from the hands apparently complete. of its divine founder, Jesus Christ Himself. Has the Roman anything to say Turning to the seventh chapter of Daniel, verse about these vital matters? Yes, indeed she has. twenty-five, we find four identifying characteristics Listen ! of this "man of sin," and although we say it with I am taking you first to the Catholic Encyclo- all charity and without any desire whatsoever to pedia, Vol. 4, page 153: "The Catholic Church, hurt or wound, for we firmly believe that God has after changing the day of rest, from Saturday, His children in the Roman Catholic Church as well the seventh day of the week, to Sunday, the first as in all others, we are in duty bound to point day, made the third commandment refer to out that all these four characteristics are to be Sunday as the day to be kept as the Lord's Day." found in the papal system. Notice particularly And now hear the Rev. Stephen Keenan, as he point three. He shall "think to change times speaks through his Catechism of the Christian and laws." Now, of course, there is only one Religion, a volume officially approved by the law relating to time in the Decalogue, and that Catholic authorities. On page 174 he sets out is the fourth, or Sabbath commandment. the question and gives the answer : Did the Papacy "think" to change the law "Question.—Have you any other way of relating to time? It most certainly did and glories proving that the church has power to institute in the fact. festivals of precept?" The first Sunday law of which we have record, "Answer.—Had she not such power, she could was one made by Constantine, Emperor of Rome, not have done that in which all modern religionists in the year 321 A.D. Feeling that his aim to agree with her, . . . she could not have sub- "Christianize" his empire would be immeasurably stituted the observance of Sunday, the first day furthered if his heathen subjects could come of the week, for the observance of the Sabbath, into Christianity and yet still keep their Sunday, the seventh day, a change for which there is no the day on which they worshipped the sun, he scriptural authority." proposed that two "holy days" should be observed. And here is a quotation taken from an official Sabbath worship, as still practised by the church discussion magazine of the Catholic .church, on Saturday, should continue, and in addition The Catholic Universe Bulletin, of August 14, the church should allow worship on "the venerable 1942: "By what authority did the church change day of the sun," as he called it, so that his the observance of the Sabbath from Saturday to • heathen followers could join the Christian church Sunday? By right of the divine:infallible authority with the minimum of inconvenience. After all, given to her by her founder, Jesus Christ. The he pointed out, did not Jesus rise on the first day Protestant, claiming the Bible to be the only guide of the week? Thus for a while, two Sabbaths of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday." were observed. From this it is clear that Sunday Finally, I beg to bring you a statement worship is borrowed not from the resurrection, made in the greatest Jesuit church in the world, as so many sincerely suppose, but from the ancient the Church of Jesu in Rome. A colleague of heathen practice of sun-worship. the writer, Professor H. T. Everson, was present So far, however, Sunday had not displaced in Rome at the time. The preacher said : "I shall Saturday as the Sabbath. That came some forty speak to you today upon the Sabbath question. years later. Finding the five-day week economically You may search your Bible from Genesis to impossible, it was clear that one Sabbath only Revelation and you will not find a single verse must be kept. But which day—Saturday, according authorizing the observance of Sunday, the first to the commandment, or Sunday, according to day of the week. The Bible everywhere commands heathen practices. The Council of Laodicea, the observance of Saturday, the seventh day of meeting in the year A.D. 364, decided the issue. the week. I notice that this statement comes as They decreed that from then onward, Saturday a surprise to this audience, and I know you are worship should be done away with, and all men (Continued on page 16.)

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ENTERING the city of Oxford at about eleven in the morning one day in the autumn of last year the scene of commotion and disorder we came upon in St. Giles Street made it difficult to dr visualize the events that took place there just 400 years before. The immensely wide roadway was strewn with multitudinous timbers and steelwork • that, within twenty-four hours, would be the whirling roundabouts, dodgems, and racers of a great fair. Could this scene of frivolous carnival possibly be the site of the Ridley and Latimer burnings ? One of the most distinguished leaders of the English church, Hugh Latimer, son of a Leicester- shire yeoman farmer, and later Bishop of Worcester, entered Cambridge at the age of fourteen. A brilliant student, he was, until his © Reece Winstone graduation, an ardent papist, delivering at that The Oxford Martyrs' Memorial. time, a great oration against Melanchthon, the German reformer; whereupon Thomas Bilney, out of St. Paul's Cathedral a small image which a who himself died by burning in Norwich, took a popular legend had declared that eight oxen Latimer in hand and instructed him in the could not move. In his own Cathedral he had Gospel. caused an image of the Virgin to be stripped of its It was his Christmas sermon in Cambridge in gems and ornaments. 1592 that first established Latimer as a Protestant Some years later his servant describes him as reformer and brought swarms of priests and "a sore bruised man, of over three-score and seven, doctors out to preach against him. This famous most assiduous in preaching, generally delivering sermon was a bitter satire of Catholic theology, two sermons each Sunday and rising every and boldly set forth a list of Catholic errors morning, winter, and summer, at two o'clock preserved for us in Foxe's Book of Martyrs. His to study." He memorized all the epistles in the friendship with Bilney continued and for long Greek. Latimer anticipated his apprehension under afterward the fields where they used to walk Mary, though a six hours' prior warning was meant together were known as "Heretics Hill." to give him time to escape. He told the messenger Latimer achieved great fame at court and in that he was a most welcome visitor and that he 1536 was one of the chief members of a committee was quite prepared to go and give an account of appointed to examine heretics. A year later found his preaching. For two weary years his trial him a member of an assembly of divines dragged on. In the final stages at Oxford, he examining and settling points of doctrine. And declared that he had read the New Testament in 1538 he carried in his own hand and threw through seven times without finding the mass in APRIL 26, 1956 THIRTEEN o,, II L R. u I 1111911 1 , 11,1 10111

it, "nor yet the marrow bones or sinews thereof." of Revelation which ended at chapter seventeen Finally, on October 16, 1555, Ridley and Lat- as a result of his death. On chapter thirteen he imer were brought out "at the ditch over against challenged the papists, "as men expert in Balliol College," the latter following as fast as histories," to identify the two beasts which he his age would permit. As they neared the place said "must needs prefigure some people or Ridley ran back and embraced him. They were dominion in the world, of some high estate and each chained to the stake, and as the faggots were power." His own conclusion was: "They . . lighted under Ridley's feet Latimer turned to agree only to the city and Empire of Rome, and to him saying, "Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, no other." and play the man ; we shall this day light such Our tour continued pleasantly into Buckingham- a candle, by God's grace, in , as I trust shire where, in the parish churchyard of shall never be put out." Hughenden, just outside High Wycombe, we spent Nicholas Ridley, chaplain to Cranmer and to a thoughtful moment at the Disraeli corner and Henry VIII and bishop of London, provides an recalled the evolutionary controversy in which he equally fascinating and courageous story which took part. Addressing a large and distinguished space must exclude. It was Latimer who impressed audience in The Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford he on Ridley the utter incompatibility of Christ and said: "The discoveries of science, are not, we Antichrist and led Ridley later to contend that are told, consistent with the teachings of the the church was built on faith and not on the church. . . . What is the question now placed person of Peter. "The signs mentioned by Christ before society with a glib assurance the most in the Gospel which should be foreshadowers of astounding ? The question is this: Is man an this terrible day, are almost already fulfilled," he ape or an angel ? My lord, I am on the side of declared in a sermon urging the great truth of the angels." a soon-returning Saviour. He pleaded with men not A Famous Picture to "drink" of Antichrist's "wine and filthy stews," meaning the false doctrines of the Roman church. In near-by Penn church, just off the road to Amersham, we spent an hour trying to capture Author of "Book of Martyrs" in colour a record of the fifteenth century "Doom picture." Mention was made of a similar painting John Foxe (1516-1567) was an Oxford at Lutterworth in a previous article. Six of these • graduate and tutor who escaped martyrdom by remain today in this country and the one at Penn, banishment in Mary's reign. At Strasburg he began writing a Latin history of Christian found by accident in 1938 during repairs, and at first consigned as rubbish for removal, is the persecutions at the suggestion of Lady Jane Grey. This later became Acts and Monuments or Foxe's best. It is now hung on the south wall and is covered by sliding curtains. It is executed in Book of Martyrs. Four editions were published in colours still fairly brilliant, on sixteen broad oak his lifetime and within another seventeen years five more had run out. It was ordered to be placed boards, each about seven inches wide. "These is our Lord on a rainbow (see Revelation 14:13-16) in many churches and was frequently chained to with red-winged angels about Him blow i n g 4 the pulpit. trumpets (see Thessalonians 4:16, 17 and 1 Cor- Knowing what he did of these noble men and women and their faith, it is not a surprise to find inthians 15:52) and carrying symbols of the Passion. Twelve apostles below with the virgin that he, too, wrote an exposition of the book Mary are standing on a green hill, with 6 souls rising up from their graves." This painting, set originally in the nave, faced the congregation at all times with the great Bible fact of Christ's return in glory and power. Until 1938 it remained in its original position, but completely obliterated by a plaster facing, a significant parable of an all-too-often forgotten truth!

Photo by Paul Culnings An ancient representation of the second advent in Penn church, near Amersham, Bucks. M OUR TIMES

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@ Nelson and Sons, Ltd. About whom does the Gospel centre? "The Gospel of God, . . . concerning His "Good Tidings" Son Jesus Christ our Lord." Rom. 1:1, 3. What was the earliest intimation of the Gospel? What does the word Gospel mean? "I will put enmity between thee and the "Behold, I bring you good tidings of great woman, and between thy seed and her joy." Luke 2:10. Seed: It [He] shall bruise thy head, and The word generally translated Gospel is here thou shalt bruise His heel." Gen. 3 :15. translated as "good tidings." It is a contraction of God-spell, God's story. "The central theme of Who also embraced the Gospel in ancient times? the Bible, the theme about which every other in "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see the whole Book clusters, is the redemption plan, My day: and he saw it, and was glad." the restoration in the human soul of the image of John 8:56. God."—E. G. White in Education, page 125. "Through type and promise, God 'preached before the Gospel unto Abraham.' And the What did Paul regard as his supreme mission? patriarch's faith was fixed upon the Redeemer to "But I hold not my life of any account, as come. . . . When man was doomed to death by dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish transgression of the law of God, the Father, my course, and the ministry which I have looking upon His Son, said to the sinner, 'Live, received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the I have found a ransom.' "—E. G. White in Gospel of the grace of God." Acts 20: Patriarchs and Prophets, page 154. a 24, R.V.

With what is the Gospel concerned? By J. A. McMillan "Ye heard the word of truth, the Gospel f of your salvation." Eph. 1:13. What are the three basic facts of the Gospel? What prompted God to save mankind? "Now I make known unto you, brethren, "God commendeth His love toward us, in the Gospel which I preached unto you, . . . that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died how that Christ died for our sins according for us." Rom. 5 :8. to the Scriptures; and that He was buried; "What prompted God to give up Christ? what and that He bath been raised on the third prompted Christ to die? if it were not love. day according to the Scriptures." 1 Cor. 15: 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man 1-4, R.V. • lay down his life for his friends.' Christ laid down His life for His enemies. . . . The spirit of the What is the purpose of the Gospel? cross, the spirit of Calvary, is 1 o v e."—D. L. "Christ Jesus came into the world to save Moody in The Way to God, page 10. sinners." 1 Tim. 1:15. APRIL 26, 1956 FIFTEEN What is the first step in accepting the Gospel of Christ's enduring might."—E. G. White in The Christ? Desire of Ages, pages 675, 676. "God . . . now commandeth all men everywhere to repent." Acts 17:30. Blessed are the Persecuted "Repentance, strictly speaking, means a 'change (Continued from page 7.) of mind or purpose;' consequently it is the judgment that a sinner pronounces upon But to live: every day to live out himself, in view of the love of God displayed All the truth that he dreamt, in the death of Christ, connected with the While his friends met his conduct with abandonment of all confidence and trust in him- doubt, self and with trust in the only Saviour of And the world with contempt. sinners."—Dr. Brookes. Cited by D. L. Moody Was it thus that he plodded ahead, in The Way to God, page 81. Never turning aside? Then we'll talk of the life that he lived. What second step follows after repentance? Never mind how he died. "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse The Last Test us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9. It is not unreasonable to suppose that in the "The sinner must acknowledge and confess last great conflict there will be the final desperate his sins. God could not be just in the eyes of the attempt on the part of Satan, knowing he has but universe if He justified one who was in open a short time to persecute the church of the living rebellion against Him. He must have the sinner's God. There may come a time in which you may testimony against himself and in favour of the have to walk alone because of the truth, and yet law and obedience. This is why confession is you will not be alone. There may come a time necessary."—Meade MacGuire in The Life of when the fierce fires of persecution will burn Victory, page 26. again for a while, and we must needs be strong. At such times as these, there is a strength that will never fail. The only way to overcome the evil What third step accompanies the other two? one is by the blood of the Lamb. (Rev. 12:12, 11; "The Gospel . . is the power of God 15:2, 3; 7:14, 15.) unto salvation to every one that believeth." Jesus practised what He taught. The Son of Rom. 1:16. God was buffeted, spit upon, tormented, and finally "It is all by faith. You cannot earn or get any crucified. Yet we read that when He was reviled, part of it by your own efforts or struggles. . . . He reviled not again. The noble spirit of forgive- When a man accepts Christ as a Saviour from the ness made Him cry out: "Father, forgive them, penalty of sin, he learns that Christ's forgiveness for they know not what they do." So it will ever is absolutely and entirely through f a it h. . . . be true: "Blessed are they which are persecuted Justification is entirely the work of Christ; and for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom faith in Him secures this salvation."—The Victor- of heaven." ious Life, by an unknown Christian, page 75.

What spirit will this salvation create in us? Christendom's Most Puzzling Question "Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, (Continued from page 12.) forgiving each other, even as God also in wondering why we keep Sunday if the Bible does Christ forgave you." Eph. 4:32, R.V. not command it to be kept. For us as Catholics, the answer is simple. Jesus Christ gave to the What then does God invite each of us to do? apostle Peter, the first Pope, the keys of authority, "I will take the cup of salvation, and call and he in turn passed them on to each succeeding upon the name of the Lord." Psa. 116:13. Pope. When the time came that the Pope felt that "The soul dead in trespasses and sins receives it was to the advantage of the church to change life through connection with Christ. By faith in the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday, he made Him as a personal Saviour the union is formed. the change. The sinner unites his weakness to Christ's strength, "Now you Catholics will find in this statement his emptiness to Christ's fullness, his frailty to all the authority that you need for the observance SIXTEEN OUR TIMES of Sunday. But I wish to ask you Protestants servants are you? Are you obeying Rome or the present, Why do you keep Sunday? If you keep lowly Saviour who died for you? Oh, that all it because the Catholic church made it for you, who read these words would arise and cry with we are pleased. But I wish to ask another question. Joshua of old, "As for me and my house, we If you can keep one day the Catholic church made will serve the Lord." for you, why cannot you keep the rest of the days In connection with the great mission programme made by the same church?" for which this journal stands, we have a medical Here is Christendom's most puzzling question. school to prepare doctors for Gospel service. As Why, oh why, in the light of this overwhelming they qualify, these young men are asked to state evidence, do Protestants remain silent on this the field in which they would like to serve. most vital question? To me the issue is clearly Three choices are given on the form, and one this : Shall I obey Jesus in this vital matter, or young doctor filled it in in this way. "First choice shall I obey instead the dictates of Rome? Notice —. Second choice—Africa. Third choice— two more texts in this connection. They are worthy Africa." That young man really wanted to go to of the most careful consideration. "In vain they Africa! do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the Surely, too, for us there can be but one choice— commandments of men." Matt. 15:9. No matter Jesus. We don't present to you a popular way, how sincerely we follow the commandments of but we do present to you Jesus' way. Be assured men, our worship in so doing is in vain. Jesus that whatever problems arise as you seek to Himself says so. We must stand squarely on do His will, Jesus will see you through. "Trust the plain commands of Scripture. The other text and obey, for there's no other way, to be happy is found in Romans 6:16: "Know ye not, that to in Jesus, but to trust and obey." whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his May God abundantly bless you, as with faith servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of bright and courage firm, you place your hand in sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteous- the hands of Jesus, and follow Him, "whom to ness ?" know is life eternal," until His glorious kingdom In the light of this text, dear reader, whose dawns.

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"Difficulties, Mother?" "Yes, I heard all about it." She looked at Tim. "Were you with Jack when he went out too far, and was rescued by Joe Williams?" "I was. Joe Williams made a lot of fuss about it. Jack wasn't really in trouble. Joe Williams thought so, because he was spluttering a bit." "That's a fine story. Now Jack, will you promise me you will not go to that pond? I Oe Zemplation don't mind your going to the baths in town, but keep away By Susan Sinfield from that dangerous pond. You promise me?" THE sun was shining, and the costume and towel, and was "I promise," said Jack, as with birds were singing in the trees ready to leave when his mother Tim he left the house. of the wood near Jack's home. came into the kitchen. "Jack," said Tim, when they Tim Roberts came into the back- "Off for a swim again, are were some distance from the yard and looking through the you?" said Jack's mother. house, "it's too hot to go to the window, shouted : "Ready Jack ?" "Yes, Mother." baths. I'll tell you what we'll do. "I'll not be long ; come in for "Not in that pond on the We'll go to the entrance to the a minute." other side of Bye's farm, I hope. Tim walked into the house. The last time you went there, Jack had collected his bathing you got into difficulties." 9 Hidden Bible Trees

By Marion Wood You will find the name of a Bible tree hidden in each line of this poem. The correct answers are below. See how nicely you can 1. 0 live your life, and worthy paint this picture and be, send it with 2. your name, A pal most true, let others age, and see address to Auntie Pam, 3. How firm is your faith, when The Stan- evil is near. borough Press Ltd., 4. You will owe to God the Watford, Herts., things that are dear. not later than 5. Fight every battle, and firmly May 10th. In case stand, OUR TIMES arrives late, 6. As He is beside you, holding still send your hand. your entry All attempts 7. And pin every virtue as high will be considered. as the cross, 8. And face dark shadows though bitter the loss.

•Ez:6/ saurx g —avaap '8 ,5T , TIElesI—HSV '9 fL:1 s!saua9 - 'S S LT TaPPza—MOTIIM MEMORY VERSE: "This same Jesus ... shall so come ... as ye !CI , 5S Tr!'esI—HIa Z1: T 1501— have seen him go into heaven." Acts 1:11. Arnicl 'Z !SI:8 ile!um[aN—'3AII0 EIGHTEEN OUR TIMES baths, then we can say we've been the foxes are those temptations usually grow into big ones; just there." used by Satan to make us sin. as the little sins grow, too, "You heard what Mother said, Notice that the Bible calls and in time become so big that Tim." them little foxes. Little ones are we cannot handle them. "She is not bound to know, perhaps more mischievous than There was a boy who kept is she? I prefer the cool open their parents. It is usually the a tiny snake as a pet. It would pond to the baths. Don't be silly, little things of life which cause twirl round his fingers and cause Jack, let's go to the pond. We'll us so much trouble. a lot of fun. It was a harmless enjoy it a lot better than those There was once a man named little thing! But in time it grew stuffy baths !" Lot, who was told by God to bigger and was able to wind "It's no good !" said Jack, flee from the wicked city of itself around the boy's arm, then courageously, "Mother will be Sodom, where he and his family around his leg ; soon it was sure to ask me where I've been. lived. big enough to wrap itself around It is wrong to break a promise, his body. That snake had to "Go right away!" said the be destroyed before it crushed and it is wrong to tell lies, Tim." Lord. "Escape to the mountain, the life out of the boy. It is "All right then, we'll go to lest thou be consumed !" the baths," said Tim. even so with habits that are But this man did not want unchristlike. They often begin They went to the baths and to leave his home. Yet Sodom had a lovely time, and were very as little sins, but they grow, and was so wicked that it had to be happy. become so strong, that if they destroyed. But Lot was sad at Jack had beaten the temp- are not checked, they will lead the thought of fleeing to the to eternal destruction. tation, and had helped his mountain, though he had to go friend, Tim, to understand that there later. So he asked the Let us be on our guard against it the little foxes which spoil the is wrong to break a promise. Lord to let him move into a A promise is a sacred thing. vine and devour the tender small town near-by. God granted grapes. It is made to be kept. Jack was the request. The name of this not afraid to go home, because place was Zoar, which means Lord, save us from the little he could tell his mother where little. he had been. sin; But how different he would Most of us would shun the Oh, help us never to begin have felt if he had given way really big sins, yet we easily To do the wrong! to the temptation put to him by cling to the little sins. There are But, with a song, his friend ! Zoars in the life of nearly May we a home in heaven everyone. But the little cities win!

THE LITTLE FOXES Results of Competition No. 1. (Newhall); Stella Ruddick (Edmonton); Marilyn Ford (Bedminster); Paul Wain By F. A. Spearing (Hull); Susan Young (Dringhouses); Prize-winners.—G I y n Bodycombe, Margaret Bradley (Belfast); Joyce 45 Belmont Road, \Vest Ham, London, Hughes (Byker). You have heard of the little E.15. Age 13; Janet Porter, 259 Queen foxes which spoil the vines? Edith's Way, Cambridge. Age 9. Who has not? But other little Pen-friend wanted. Honourable Mention.—Genefer Ashley ONE of our Sunbeams, Janice Sappins 4 animals can be equally mis- (); Anita Williams (Leices- would like a pen-friend. She is eleven ter) : Valerie Price (Whitchurch); Ruth years old and is interested in art and chievous. What about kittens? Balderstone (Garston); Rita Moss piano playing. If any Sunbeam would And puppies ? And, yes, what (); No r v a 1 McNaul like to write to her, her address is (Belfast); Pearl Rich (Marshgate); 50 Sothern Road, Watford, Herts. about some little children? They Maureen Silman (York); John Williams (Wigston); Joan F o a t (Hayes); have one thing in common: they Eileen Maunder (Bodmin); Tony love to get into mischief ! Williams ( \Vigston); Patricia White- house (Wolverhampton); Irene Jones The Bible and The Bible says this about (Northampton); Claire Baker (Read- ing); Zelda Sayers (Brockley); P. R. little foxes: "Take us the foxes, Lawrence (Folkstone); Sally Behenna OUR TIMES the little foxes, that spoil the (Ely). (Formerly "Present Truth") vines: for our vines have tender Those who tried hard.—Russell Vol. 72. No. 9 Price 4d. Glover (Tottenham); Janet Horvat grapes." (Worlingworth); Irene Butters (Lin- Printed and published in Great Britain It is true that foxes destroy coln); Winifred Jones (Northampton); fortnightly on Thursday by Arthur Brennon (Darlington); Margaret vineyards when they get the Bassett (St. Austell); Jeffrey Elms THE STANBOROUGH PRESS LTD., (Northwich); Roger Fussell (Easton); chance. But the wise man is not Richard Crunden (Ipswich); Julie WATFORD, HERTS. thinking so much of real foxes Hollingworth (Newcastle); Robe r t Foat (Hayes); Pete r Robertson EDITOR : W. L. EMMERSON and real grapes. The vine with (Carlisle); Lorena Greenard (Worling- its grapes represents boys and worth); Ruth Clarke (Garston); Kay Twelve months 12/— post free Russell (Reading); Peter Randlesome Six months 6/— post free girls and men and women who (Stockton); Rosemary Dymo n d (Bodmin;) John Butters (Lincoln); are trying to follow God; and John Kent (Hull); Maureen Armstrong 481 APRIL 26, 1956 NINETEEN

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Eternal Truth, who changeth not, Upon whose beauty is no spot, Keep Thou my lips, that men may see 7,-;-"`_'.i-:-.4;;;;•:_7-,- • That I have talked today with Thee.

Eternal Life, Thou dost forgive Thine erring one, so help me live As in Thy sight, and shunning sin, Each day another victr'y win.

Eternal Hope, give me the power Through every minute, every hour, To press with dauntless courage still Up life's long and rugged hill.

Eternal Way, Hope, Life, and Truth, Guide me, 0 Lord, in +his my youth; That I may know, when life is run, That I each day Thy will have done.