HOW to "EAT" the WORD ,,GRACE and MISSIONS
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Pride was the sin of the angels in heaven. F MISSIONARY PREMILLENNIAL BIBLICAL BAPTISTIC Alter Nearly 7 Years FTH EMeifeefteeT Greets You From Chicago By Fred T. Halliman greater degree than the weather. 3322 N. Kenmore I believe the one thing that Paid Girculaiion 7n RIZ lales Rnd Yn Many Foreign Gourthqes Chicago, Ill. people ask me most is, how long are you going to stay before Dear Friends, "To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word going back. At present I could it is because there is no light in them."—Isaiah 8:20 Greetings to each of you once not answer that but perhaps in again, this time from Chicago. I arrived in Chicago on the 4th \TOL. 36, No. 6 GICOD ASHLAND, KENTUCKY, MARCH 11, 1967 WHOLE NUMBER 1476 of February, 6 years, 11 months, 2 days, 2 hours and 55 minutes from the time I had left. Many folk have asked me since my re- HOW TO "EAT" THE WORD turn, "Brother Halliman, h o w does it feel to be back?" To sum By JAMES M. GRAY and chew, until the least possible you can digest and assimilate it. it up in a very few words, I truly (Long feel that in the past 7 years I ago with his Lord) amount is left to swallow. The Here comes the thought of eat- man who does this has learnt one have been in the presence of the 'Thy words were found ing again. and I of the greatest secrets of his phy- Lord, and while I was not en- - eat them: and Thy Holding the Word in your mind word was sical being. He has learned how thused at all about coming back utdo me the joy and rejoicing is like holding the food in your of to keep well, and how to eat al- I have enjoyed to the utmost heart."—Jeremiah mouth. That is how to get full 15:16. most anything he likes without the meeting and making new friends There is a great difference taste of it. Prayer does in the one be- ill results. Keeping the lood in and renewing the friendship and ,.1k..eon "finding" the case what saliva does in the oth- Word of Gott the mouth is the key to it all. fellowship of the old. When I left fl,d "eating- er. Turning round it, and it is the man it and round, Chicago there was about 16 inches rlo eats it thinking of it from that get the benefit Something like this is true in this point of of snow on the ground and upon t of it. Eating view and that, asking fld makes digestion the higher realm. Usefulness and questions my return there was just about assimilation about it, taking possible, and joy in the spiritual life depend it to your parents, two feet of snow, so unless you "en these functions your Sunday School n are normal on spiritual health and strength. teacher, your be one who really loves big snows their working, result pastor, searching the is But these in turn depend on the its meaning in a you could not say that the weath- ealth and strength, and all the spiritual nourishment commentary, all these one takes— things er has improved any since I left. sefulness and joy of living. its kind, correspond to the Ii.ut its quantity, its condi- chewing that Measuring it in inches I guess eating comes first, and the tion. The only nourishment for makes a good digestion and as- Eld. Fred T. Halliman ati we could truthfully say it was ng that counts is that which man's soul is the similation. Word of God. at least a third worse. I haven't the near future I will be able to t.aken plenty of time for mas- "Desire La rasa+, the sincere milk of the Now the only way to hold the had time to make a fair estimate give a fairly accurate answer. c You must retain the food Word that ye may grow thereby," Word • Your in your mind is to memo- as yet but judging from what I Also I have not made any defi- mouth, and get the full is the inspired exhortation (I Pet. rize it. It is not te of hard to do this, have seen so far I would say nite plans about the time that it, and let it mingle with 2:3), and the more you get of it and when you e begin to see the that the morals of the American I will be here. The best thing that saliva, and chew, and chew, the better, always provided that (Continued on page 8, column 1) people have deteriorated to a (Continued on page 4, Column 4) ••••••••—••••• dr -0-!....•••••••••••••••••••• a...110,1M1 ,,GRACE And MISSIONS Much is Accomplished By PREACHED AT CALVARY'S 1966 CONFERENCE IN ASHLAND "The Touch Of Faith" tJ T.'D FRANK McCRUM what manner of men we were 27. Detroit, Michigan ELD. JAMES WILLINGHAM By a touch we can light a room, among you for your sake." Many The word "grace" is a kind Ashland, Kentucky a house, or a city. The Thessalonians heard the gospel, of shorthand for the whole sum doctrine of grace is some- but the effect and benefits of the By a touch we can start the g used of unmerited blessings which We begin our message this all in quarters where gospel were only realized by engine of a small model car or a regard come to men through Jesus morning with an all absorbing seems to be paid to thvse to whom the Holy Spirit ap- huge earth mover. `A meaning Christ. and interesting question, namely: of words. If the plied it, and to them only did By a touch we can learn knowl- INGS and IMPLICATIONS GRACE describes the DISPO- What is in a touch? What can be edge. h"`,aoe are.not understood, there SITION of God. It means the conceived and perceived and re- By a touch we can hear music, ;oe little wonder that teach- unconditional, undeserved, etern- ceived in a touch? By way of or preaching, or news. al, pardoning a•T fr°111 such sources does not love of God. answer we say much. By a touch we can see other g true to the phrase employed. There are no idle dispositions For instance, by the touch of a cities and other countries. To i in God. They are always ENER- law officer, authority is communi- llustrate . In Acts 13:26 GIZING — so the word grace cated. 'lead, "To you is the WORD glides from the term disposition By the touch of a doctor, the °salvation sent." A well known because of its ENERGIZING na- feverish state of a sick person can icrilthlY magazine of a mission ture to a MANIFESTATION be discerned. av ‘‘God sent this salvation. We of that disposition. Grace is much By the touch of a teacher, a lect it. We may reject it. like a wheel: the DISPOSITION child can be taught to write. GibiSSUE IS IN OUR HANDS, of God the HUB and the MANI- By the touch of two persons' •FT, HANDS. IT IS OUT OF FESTATIONS of that grace be- hands in a handshake, friend- aAND it is out of ship and respect is established. lysts .hand ing the SPOKES which flow out — it is out of the By the delicate, shy touch of a °Iv k3Pirit's of the hub in all directions to the hand. To you is this extreme end. child, amazement and wonder are g attion sent. What are you go- revealed. t) do ILLUSTRATION OF THE DIS- about it?" By the touch of a wife, or hus- Tl1U POSITION AND ls a MANIFESTA- band, love is shown. complete disregard TION OF GRACE. a flat denial of: John By a touch, hatred my be ac- ;0 and 19: "Ye have not Disposition . In a world of knowledged. me, BUT I HAVE CHOS- which the wickedness of man was By a touch, disgust may be great" and "every ,i.n, AND ORDAINED YOU, imagination transmitted. lir YOU AND (Continued on page 5, column 5) By a touch, confusion SHOULD GO ELD. FRANK McCRUM may be U. PORTH FRUIT, and that demonstrated. h.att fruit should remain; that it come in "much assurance." By a touch, uncertainty may be h °ever ye We Invite You To Listen To Our ar shall ask of the seen. 1,„ When Appollos came WEEKLY RADIO BROADCAST er Triu••• name he may give into Ach- aia, bearing WTCR — 1420 On Your Dial By a touch, peace may be felt. (Nel • • "If ye were of the letters of recommen- '0•the world would lo v e dation to the disciples there, it is SUNDAY 8:30 A.M. Yes, there is much that can be ELD. JAMES WILLINGHAM acvt°4 n; but ye are said that "he helped them which PASTOR JOHN R. done by way of a touch. because GILPIN By a touch we can sit with the believed through grace." Acts 18: is the speaker for each broadcast And in our world today: World, but I HAVE President in the White House. 0°}`"..r.',`I YOU OUT OF THE By a touch we can te11t4 see our boys ---', therefore the world in Viet Nam. 11°10 "therefore Note: the By a touch we can talk to per- hateth you . ." Why — sons half way around the earth.