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en."immortality to light through the Gospel."also."man!"eyes."tiny. Where reason or worldly evidenceseems to indicate something differentfrom the Bible, I choose the Bible, andwait for reason to be proved wrong. TheBible is right, and it reveals my LivingLord.Psalm 90:1, 2"Lord, Thou hast beenourdwellingplace in all generations.Before the mountains were broughtforth, or ever Thou hadst formed theearth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting Thou art God."John 1810:17, "Therefore doth my Father love Me, because I lay down mylife, that I might take it again. No mantaketh it from me, but I lay it downof myself. I have power to lay it down,again."and I have power to take it1591"To recognize the LIVING GODas the Searcher of hearts; and JesusJohn 14:18, 19 "I will not leave you Christ as the Judge, before whom allcomfortless, I will come to you. Yet alittle while, and the world seeth Me nomore: but ye see Me; because I live,ye shall liveLuke 24 :36-40"And as they thus spake,Jesus Himself stood in the midst ofthem, and saith unto them, Peace beunto you. But they were terrified andaffrighted, and supposed that they hadseen a spirit. And He said unto them,Why are ye troubled? And why dothoughts arise in your hearts? Behold,My hands and My feet, that it is Imyself; handle Me, and see; for aspirit hath not flesh and bones, as yesee Me have. And when He had thusspoken,and his feet."He showed them his handsActs 1:11 "Ye men of Galilee, whystand ye gazing up into heaven? Thissame Jesus which is taken up from youinto heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heavRev. 1:18"I am He that liveth,and wasdead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of helland of death."Romans 6:9, 10 "Christ, being raisedfrom the dead, dieth no more; deathhath no more dominion over him. Forin that He died, He died unto sin once ;but in that He liveth, He liveth untoGod."2 Tim. 1:10 "Jesus Christ . . hathabolished death, and hath brought life andThese and countless other passages declare He is alive. Besides, He is revealed as performing a great variety ofworks"supplies all ourneeds,""savessinners," place,""prepares a "sups withus,""givesrest,"etc.only by a Living One.which are possibleThe testimony of Scripture is unvariedand unchanging. Our Lord Lives!2. The Testimony of God's People.To the apostles the living, ascendedLord was a most vivid personal experi-218ence. To Paul He "appeared" as to one"born out of due time." To the countless hosts throughout the years, faith ina living Lord has been the motive forsteadfast livingeven under threat ofdeath. Remember Patrick Hamilton in1528, going to the stake, crying "Howlong, Lord, wilt Thou permit this tyrannyof And Andrew Melville's passionate rebuke to his king: "Sir, when youwere in swaddling clothes Christ Jesusreigned freely in Scotland."Think of the great "I believe" statements. Every creed expresses faith in ourLiving Lord.And the covenants:shall stand in judgment."This was the statement, renewed in 1638,to which 60,000 names were signed, manydeath."in blood, and "Till1871 "We receive for ourselves and forour children, the Lord Jesus Christ asHe is offered in the Gospel to be ourSaviour."1954 "We believe in the One living andtrue GodFather, Son and Holy Spiritas revealed in the Scriptures."Every person who has earnestly accepted these statements has known the LivingLord to be life's most vivid reality.3. The Testimony of Personal Experience.Volumes of Christian experience isavailable to demonstrate the truth of ourLiving Lord.A family, 800 miles inland from theChina seacoast, were robbed of all theirbelongings, moneyand even clothes. Sixweeks later they rode into the seaport,wearing new clothes, and with money intheir pockets.Cannibal chiefs,sworn to eat eachother, have sat as brothers at the Lord'sSupper.Orchestra leaders, singers,radio andTV entertainers and producers leave theirhigh income jobs and accept work aslay evangelists. 'The Christian Amendment Movement is blessed by the servicesof a producer and writer touched in thatway by the Living Lord.Myexperiences of these last monthsare my testimony. A hearing in Washington, with less than two days in whichto complete preparation and gather theforces. The Lord did it. No company ofmen could have so arranged it.And, as one who saw behind the scenes,the Grinnell convention was certainly theworking of the Lord. Mistakes? Theywere ours, and I'm sorry we got in theway. But, suitable weather, solemn reverence, consecrated young people, glorious praise, safety in travel, an upwardlook and liftand marvelous in our"This is the Lord's doing,He lives! May our hearts be His abiding place forevermore!THINK THESE OVER:1. Do the processes of natural life helpyou believe in a Living Lord?2. What in eternal life makes a LivingLord necessary?3. How is the Livingthe world?Lord manifest to4. Has any recent experience confirmedyour faith in the Living Lord?JUNIOR TOPICJACOB IN THE NORTH COUNTRYMrs. M. K. CarsonOctober 24, 1954Scripture: Genesis Chapters 29-31Memory Verse: Genesis 28:15a.Psalms:46:1, 6, psalm of the Month125:3-4,page 320127:3-4, page 322References: Answer these questions.1. To what place did Jacob come in hisjourney. Genesis 29:42. What else do we know about Haran?Genesis 11:31-323. Whom did Jacob ask for? Genesis 29:54. What relation was Laban to Jacob?Genesis 29:105. Where did Abraham's servant firstsee the bride of Isaac? Genesis 24:13-166. Where did Jacob first meet his futurewife? Genesis 29:9-107. Where did Moses first meet his futurewife? Exodus 2:16, 17, 218. Where did Jesus talk to the womanof Samaria? John 4:6-7Last week, we came to the end of thefirst chapter in the life of Jacob, the yearsat home in his father's house. Then thelong journey north was like the slowturning of the page to see what will happen in the next chapter. We know littleof that journey, how he knew the way,who helped himwhat adventures he had,as he traveled. Not one thing do weknow except the night he saw the ladderreaching to heaven and heard God'spromise to be with him. But that onenight was one of the great nights of hislife. In the light of God's presence, therest of the journeywas easy.In the fields of Haran, one sunny day,the second chapter of his life story opens,with Jacob talking to a group of shepherds. The lovely young woman comingwith her sheep, they tell him, is Rachel,the daughter of Laban. Truly the Lordhad led him. When Jacob saw Rachel,his cousin, he ran and rolled away theheavy, stone covering the well, and watered her sheep for her. Then with thetears running down his cheeks, he toldher he was the son of Rebekah who hadleft home so long ago to marry Isaac.What a welcome Jacob received whenRachel introduced him to the family!COVENANTER WITNESS