Covenanter Witness Vol. 53 - Rparchives.org

workers"His pierced hands to a confused and hopeless world,loyalty to her Lord demands of His Church that withno uncertain sound she tirelessly spend her time inproclaiming His message of hope: "Come unto me,all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will giveyou (Matt. rest"11:28). This is the church's supreme task today! Apart from accepting and proclaiming the crucified and risen Christ as Lord andSaviour, and waiting for His literal, visible comingin power for the resurrection of the redeemed andrestroration of all things, there is no hope. For allmen Christ in you is the only hope of Glory.A Missionary SpeaksTo the Editor:"Missionary Facts Every Christian Shouldby O. D. Johnson, in your journal is an excelKnow,"lent article and contains much that should be helpfulto both pastors and the laity.The paragraphs concerning training of "nationalcontain statements that should again andagain be emphasized to the people in America. Iquote: "American Christians who support missionfield training schools do wrong to insist upon much,if any, direct contact with nationals in training. Theidea is prevalent in foreign lands that money growson trees in America, and young nationals in trainingcan easily be tempted to ask their correspondentsin America for money to help them in various ways.The trouble is this: money doesn't help them."Today we are witnessing the travel to Americaof well-trained English-speaking nationals, a numberof them being evangelists and pastors. They are making journeys there not only once, but twice, and repeatedly, and for what purpose ? Missionaries are outin these lands trying to win men and train them forthe Gospel ministry here among their own people.They are needed here. When they go to Americathey make contacts which often they continue for aperiod of many years, and money given to them forthe spread of the Gospel all too often goes to theirown personal use and they are not required to givean accounting of such funds to any one. We find thatthe ministry of these nationals after return to theirhomeland has often been impaired and becomes ineffective.Bangkok, Thailand.M. P. V. in Evangelical ActionTither's CornerBy D. H. ElliottFriends in HeavenIf my money is my life, as affirmed last week,it goes where I send it and where it goes I go also.If I desire to reach folks for Christ in Syria, Cyprusand Japan and cannot go in person the payment ofmy tithes and offerings transports me there inspirit. Thank God there is a way provided by whichwe all can work among the Negroes of the South,the Indians of the West and the people in the mountains of Kentucky.Do you ever think of the joy of meeting inheaven folks you have helped by your contributionson earth ? When you arrive will someone from Chinagreet you with :"I want to thank you for the part you had inbringing me to this place of everlasting joy. I will beeternity."your grateful friend for allYou say, "I don't understand. I have never seenyou before." "No, but you helped to send Miss Adamsto my country and she led me to Christ." Later youmeet others from Syria and Selma and Kentucky andother places with the same happy greetings and expressions of heavenly friendship. Another may thankyou for your contribution to the Bible Societywhich purchased a Bible through which he foundsalvation.Isn't that what Jesus meant in the parable ofthe unjust steward in the 16th chapter of Luke?The R.S.V. gives an accurate translation of verse 9."And I tell you, make friends for yourselves bymeans of unrighteous mammon (money), so thatwhen it (the money) fails they (the friends) mayreceive you into the eternal habitation."Turn your cash into character.Character abides forever.Lesson Helps for the Week of October 24, 1954C.Y.P.U. TOPICfor October 24, 1954MY LORD A LIVING WORDPsalms:(Personal Experiences)2 Kings 19:14-37; Phil. 4:198:1-4, page 1245:1-6, page 11655:12-14, 17, page 14080:1, 2, 5, 6, page 198145:4-8, page 350.References: Isaiah 45:5-8; 48:16-18; Acts3:14, 15; 4:10-12; 17:24-28; 1 Cor. 15:23-26; Col. 1:16-20; 1 John 4:12; Phil.3:20, 21; Heb. 1:1, 2.Comments by Remo I. Robb, D.D.A "lord" is a master. Everyperson hasOctober 6, 1954a master. Some say "I am the master ofmy fate." Others follow masters: who arein the grave and whose power lies only inage-old precepts engraved on mustyparchments. But the Christian's lord isJesus Christ, the living and true God.Plainly, self is a very uncertain master, no more to be depended on than oneknows himself to be. Self depends onothers and thereby proves to be no lordat all.The dead really are no masters. A deadperson has no more power than a deadanimal. Even good precepts spoken longago are valueless except as they affectlife, and the longnot themselves touch our lives.dead preceptors canOur whole beings call for life. We arealive, we hope for eternal life. Our Lord,our Master, Who commands our everymove, to Whom we devote our wholeheart, soul, strength, and mind, must beHimself the source of life, the power oflife, and the center of life eternal.All this the Lord Jesus Christ is. MyLord is alive at this moment. I know it.Therefore, by faith I live in Him and forHim./ have a three-fold testimony to myLiving Lord1. The Testimony of Scripture.The Bible is God's Word. On the truthof its message I stake my eternal des-