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Board was ordered dissolved, its officials and mis
sionaries were unfrocked and churches which sup
ported the Board were ordered to cease and desist.
Many churches were split. Thousands of members
left the churches. Other thousands continue to sup
port non-denominational evangelical missions by
their personal gifts.
There has been a veritable tidal wave of new
missionary organizations,
"faith,"
"independent"
and "direct-support" missions, created to take the
place of older societies. Many, such as The Evan
gelical Alliance Mission and The China Inland Mis
sion, have annual incomes in excess of a million.
Numerous denominational boards representing the
Holiness and Pentecostal movements have exten
sive foreign mission operations in mission fields
around the world. These denominational groups rep
resent a constituency pretty largely drawn from
Methodism on account of its swing to liberal theo
logical leadership.
We evangelicals cannot and will not compromise
our missionary convictions in order to preserve a
semblence of unity on the foreign field. To com
promise would be to weaken and eventually de
stroy the distinct Gospel testimony which alone can
win souls to Christ. Therefore we settle ourselves
anew on the Rock, Jesus Christ, the one and only
basis and foundation, never to be altered, the true
missionary motive and message and aim, and to
gether we advance with great faith into a future
as rich as the promises of God.
Man's Desire to Be Wanted
By Rev. H. H. Smith, Sr.
One of the well-known religious columnists has
said that, above everything else, man yearns to be
wanted to feel that he has a place in the world;
that, however humble his employment, someone needs
his services. Perhaps that thought was uppermost
in my mind one day when I chanced to see the gar
bage-collectors in the back yard making their cus
tomary weekly rounds. One was white, the other
a Negro. Acting upon the impulse of the moment, I
said to them, "You know, I'm a preacher. Now let
me preach a little At once their faces light
ed up with an expression of appreciation that I had
taken notice of them. They stood, buckets in hand,
listening intently while I said, "I want you to realize
that you have an important job; that in collecting
garbage you are helping to keep our town clean and
tidy, thus preventing the spread of disease. Your
work contributes to the well-being of the citizens
of this city. In fact, your job may be as important,
in its own way, as that of the
They both showed that they were greatly pleas
ed; and the colored man took off his hat, smiled
broadly, showing his pearly teeth, bowed, and thank
ed me.
Perhaps this incident should teach us to be alert
to say a word of encouragement to those who may
need it in their daily tasks or in tests or trials
through which they may be passing.
A suggestion : See that those in your church who
have only meager gifts or talents are not overlooked
but are given due recognition and encouraged in
their Christian lives by being given such work as
they may be able to perform in the Master's cause.
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Tither's Corner
A COMMAND WITH A PROMISE
By Rev. Waldo Mitchel
I believe the tithe principle and endeavor to
practice it because (1) God claims the tithe as His,
and therefore what is His I am obligated to pay.
"Bring ye all the tithes into the
If I
owe my neighbor ten dollars, it is my obligation to
pay him that amount at the time it is due. That
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neighbor until
amount in my
pocket belongs to my
the debt is paid. So the Lord's portion, the tithe, be
longs to Him, and we fall below the standard of com
mon honesty if we do not pay the Lord what is His.
I also believe that (2) God gives special bless
ings to those who pay His tithe. He not only com
mands: "Bring ye all the tithes," but He indicates
that He will bless those who do. "Prove me now here
with ... I will not open you the windows of heav
en, and pour you out a blessing : . In this way, as
in others, the Lord shows Himself a good Master
whose "yoke is and whose "burden is light."
Once a representative of the American S. S.
Union was presenting the great need of organizing
Bible schools among people in neglected areas. He
appealed for financial support. Afterward a lady
offered a contribution, but asked, "If I give this part
of my tithe to your work, will you pray with me that
I will be able to raise enough to pay a certain debt
that I owe " The man agreed, and the lady gave her
contribution. The next time the representative came
through that town he called the lady on the telephone
to ask if the Lord had answered their prayer. "Oh,"
she exclaimed, "the Lord is wonderful ! He has sup
plied enough to pay the debt and
Another lady, a widow, recently testified that it
has been her experience that when a person goes
"all for the Lord in giving, He always does His
part, and far more, by bestowing blessings in return.
GLIMPSES Cont'd from page 66
first meeting
of the committee in October: "We shall re
tain the King James Version, of course, with its familiar
phraseology, beauty, and cadence. There are in it, however,
words that are archaic and expressions that are not wholly
transparent in modern speech. These need clarification. Fur
thermore, certain notes in the present edition of the Sco
field Bible are capable of simplification, and there are some
statements that require revision. New helps for the reader
will be added
The basic theological position will be re
tained. The committee expects to hold periodic meetings
during the next few years. Other names on this committee
which are familiar to our readers are Dr. Wilbur M. Smith
and Dr. Frank E. Gaebelein.
Some people live in almost constant dread of
death. That is abnormal for a Christian and silly for
a non-Christian. Both would be better to direct their
thoughts to life the non-Christian to identification
with Him who lives forever and makes of death for
all His own naught but a shadow, and the Christian
to letting Christ pilot his ship into the haven of rest
and cease trying to do it himself.
COVENANTER WITNESS