January-February - The Gospel Magazine

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former habits and henceforth walking in the ways of the Lord. The condition
''*ith all your hearts'
' meant putting their hearts into their work and witness and
rorship . . . not just "going through the motions".
For receiving God's blessing Samuel stated -
4. The condition
He said: "Put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you.l' God
r+ ould not share the throne of their hearts or accept part of their worship. Their
decision was soon made: "The children of Israel put away Baalim and
Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only" (v. 4). There followed manifold blessings.
As men long today for times of revival, the way is plain. With contrition, with
contrite sorrow for past failures, with sin confessed and renounced, there must
be a re-consecration and a cleaving to the LORD. Then will men be enabled to
raise their EBENEZERS and to exclaim:
"Hitherto hath the LORD helped us,
and henceforth we shall bless and praise His name."
Janet Beck of Blantyre
ISA A. BUCKLEY
WE HEAR SO MUCH in thesedaysof theministryof women, andtheirplacein
the Lord's service. Many seem to think it is some new thing, agreatstep forward,
and one wonders what they think christian women have been doing all down the
centuries. Both the Holy Scriptures and the pages of church history tell of
multitudes of faithful women serving the Lord in the ways He had appointed
for them. Over and above this, the dear Christian mothers, and single women
too who made Christian homes for elderly relatives, and who served their
neighbours in the Name of the Lord. Their names were not known here, but they
are written in heaven. we should recall with deep gratitude the wonderful
ministry of women on the mission fields of the world. Many, even of the best
known, are being forgotten today, to the great loss of the young women, to
whom their lives and labours would be such a blessing and a challenge. But just
as at home, so on the mission field there are so many who served faithfully, and
whose names are hardly known. Such a trio were Janet Beck and her two sisters.
The three sisters were brought up in Edinburgh. Their father was a coachman.
Early in life they came to know the Saviour, and were richly blessed by the
preaching and prayers of their godly minister Dr. william Glover. The oldest of
the sisters kept house, their mother being dead, the second was a teacher and
Janet a dressmaker. From their earliest days they served their Lord, in the
Sunday School and in district mission work. Janet's district being Greenside
and the Grassmarket-