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YOUNG PEOPLE'S
SECRETARY
Hing People
THE SOUL-WINNER'S PROJECT KIT
Another item of the national plan of
work states :
"We recommend the formation of evan
gelistic groups, both speaking and. sing
ing, for the purpose of sharing with oth
ers our experiences in the Lord."
The
Soul-Winner's Project Kit was
prepared by the young people several
years ago to help in precisely such a
project. A limited supply is still avail
able, and will be sent prepaid and free of
charge to those who first write and ask
for it. Write Remo I. Robb, 1102 Ninth
Ave., Beaver Falls, Penna.
IN 1955
Another year stretches out before the
Covenanter Young People. A back
ward look recalls mainly the Na
tional Convention of 1954 and the
plan and decisions that were made there.
The new year calls for all societies to be
gin
in earnest to make the decisions
count and to put the plans to work.
The winter months are a good time to
go to work on a Bible Memory program.
Possibly your pastor has a system which
he can recommend, or your Sabbath
School may be at work on one. Or you
may wish to use one of several good sys
tems which can be secured from religious
houses. The Topical Memory System of
the Navigators is an unusually good one.
All of these systems should be followed
with the guidance of your pastor or so
ciety sponsor.
A Bible Study Program for the Cove
nanter Church is being prepared. You
may have read about it already in the
Covenanter Witness, and you should
watch its columns for more information.
It will be in a series of studies cover
ing several months, designed to prepare
you to present the Gospel to those who
are unsaved, and also to enable them to
grow in Christian Character and Bible
knowledge. The first of these studies is
ready for publication and distribution,
and will be sent on request. You should
first make the study yourself and then
be able to give it to some unsaved friend.
Early summer will bring the Crusader's
Corps, a one week school for training in
Christian service, specifically in training
for Vacation Bible School work. Then
two teams will go out to minister in con-
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gregations where otherwise a Vacation
Bible School might be impossible. The
entire project will continue for six weeks
from the first of June to mid- July. Do
you plan to help in your congregational
school this summer Would you like to
join the Crusaders Teams It is not too
early to begin planning.
And before you know it, it'll be "con
ference time in August." Some conferenc
es already have their programs pretty
well planned. Midwest had a Booster af
fair during Christmas holidays. Confer
ence texts and themes have been chosen,
conference Psalms are being practiced.
Speakers are being asked to appear. It
won't be long until the time comes on us
with a rush.
In 1955 we may grow in the knowledge
of God's Word, in witnessing to others
of His Precious Salvation and of our
Precious Saviour, in preparation for His
service, and in the glorifying
our chief end.
of God as
May the C.Y.P.U. grow yes, "grow in
grace and in the knowledge of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ."
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL STU
DENT MISSIONARY
CONVENTION
"Changing World, Changeless Christ"
was the thought emphasized again and
again by
speakers and missionaries at
the Fourth International Student Mis
sionary Convention at the University of
Illinois campus in Urbana last Christmas
week. The gathering was sponsored by
Inter-
Varsity Christian Fellowship and
its affiliated groups, Foreign Missions
Fellowship
lowship.
and Nurses Christian Fel
That the shift in world population and
political power and the rise of literacy
and 'nationalism are creating
new situa
tions for the missionary was the concern
in the main sessions and many discus
sion groups. "Failure to be alert to the
times in which we live is inexcusable,"
said the Rev. Arthur Glasser, former
missionary to China, now on the faculty
of Columbia Bible College. "Unfavorable
conditions are no excuse for inactivity,"
he warned.
A consideration of .
the "Changeless
Christ" provided the solution to prob
lems, both missionary and personal.
China Inland Mission director Mr. J.
Oswald Sanders, in outlining the history
of missions from Pentecost to the present
day, declared that God's purposes have
always been the same, only the world
and opportunities have changed.
The
Christian's personal relation to the
"Changeless Christ" .became the issue
of prime importance in messages by the
evening speakers and by Dr. A. W.
Tozer in his morning series "The Man
God Uses."
"You must be undone before you can
be used of God to any
degree,"
Tozer
told the students. Dr. Paul White, the
"Jungle Doctor," medical specialist and
missionary enthusiast from Australia ob
served, "Sidestepping the great commis
sion by living our own lives as we
please is utterly
futile."
Attendance ran 350 over expectations,
450 over the last convention in 1951.
There were 2141 registrations, 1950 of
which were students, 88 staff members,
and 149 missionaries representing 77 dif
ferent boards. Christian colleges and
seminaries were represented by 352 stud
ents and graduates, nurses groups by
291. The rest were from secular uni
versities. Forty-five states and the Dis
trict of Columbia sent delegates, the
leaders being Illinois with 270, New York
with 218, California with 140. Of the
total, 120 were from 40 foreign countries.
Registrants came from 263 universities
and colleges, and from 60 Bible schools
and seminaries in the United States and
Canada.
Mission leaders who attended were
generally of the opinion that these col
legians are taking a sound and realistic
view, that they are better informed than
students of a few years ago. The serious
ness of their purpose was revealed in the
difficulties they endured to get there.
Foregoing their holidays, they pinched
pennies, baigained for rides, prayed and
trusted until
they finally acquired the
$30 needed for fee, meals and room.
Probably there never was such a con
centration of missionaries and eligible
young people at one convention, nor as
much information about the world and
the types of mission work .being done.
Adding
to the platform reports and
private interviews, 16 booth displays de-
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