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another."robbery'."evil.'ing them with a profound enthusiasm for the worldwide assignment which Christ gave to His Church.Surely, many graduates from our Christianschools have given themselves for missions, butthere are fartoo many who have failed to catch thebreadth of vision and the inspiration for missionsthat a sound mission-mindedness would have supplied. The reason for this lies partly in the faulty conception that many still have which permits a divorce in their thinking between Christian educationand missions.Take care of your stakes. Indeed ! See to it thatthe local church is being edified. Let it be strongand virile. Have sound preaching, good catechism instruction, faithful familv visiting, and a strongemphasis on Christian education of the covenantThese may not be toyed with in any way!The edification of the local church is solemn businessand needs our finest and, if need be, our most sacrificial efforts. But also extend the cords of yourtent. This means : Reach out beyond your own areawith the gospel. Christian education and missionsbelonfr together. They are efforts really of one household. In the light of Isaiah 54 :2 we may say : "Seeto it that ye do the one, and leave not the otherTither's CornerSomething PracticalD. H. ElliottI assume that most if not all of our congregations use the envelope system for their offerings.The Central-Pittsburgh and Mars congregations (andperhaps many others) have for years secured theirenvelopes from the National Church Supply Co. Inc.,Chester, W. Va. This Company furnishes any formof envelope at reasonable prices. They will include apicture of your church if you desire at no extracost. They also offer a substantial reduction if ordersare placed before the rush season begins.This Company will furnish now an envelope witha different paragraph on "tithing" printed on theback of the 52 envelopes for the year. Here are a fewsample paragraphs of what we mean."Origen, Cyprian, Augustine and other 'ChurchFathers'tell us that the church of the first centurypracticed tithing. Such statements as this are foundin their writings, 'For tithes are required, and whohas been unwilling to give them has 'been guilty of"The Scriptural Basis for the TitheCommended by Abraham Gen. 14Continued by Jacob Gen. 28Confirmed by Moses Lev. 27Commended by Jesus :23"Matt. 23"Covetousness the Great Sin of the ChurchThe love of money and the things money can buy hasproved the undoing of more Christians than any onesin. God says that 'The love of money is the root ofallThis deadly sin, stinginess toward God,vanishes when people start tithing."Wouldn't statements like these prove a stimulant to the giver each time he inserted his offeringin the envelope?Please call this to the attention of your officialboard. A postal card will bring you the information,samples and prices of this service.(N.B. This is not a paid advertisement.)Lesson Helps for the Week of December, 19 1954C. Y. P. U. TOPICfor December 19, 1954by Rev. D. Howard ElliottTHE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENTPsalmsJohn 13:34107: verses 1-6, page 264116: verses 1-4, page 28289: verses 1, 5-7, page 21626: verses 1-5, page 61"A new commandment I give unto you,That ye love one another; as I haveloved you, that ye also love oneJudge Gary was the man who formedthe United States Steel Company out ofthe Carnegie Steel Company. He was aman of high moral character. He was theleader among the steel executives of thenation. When there came to be manysteel companies in the country, theowners would meet with Judge Gary inNew York to discuss their problems together. Theywould meet around a greattable at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Therewould be the best liquors possible on theDecember 1, 1954table, but one who was there said thatin all the meetings they had there, notonce was that liquor ever touched, nota man ever took a drop.One time Judge Gary opened the meeting by demanding, "How many commandments are there?" No one answeredfor a little and finallyThe Judge persued the subject until fione said"Ten."nally Rufus King, a Presbyterian Elder,and head of Jones and Laughlin SteelCompany of Pittsburgh said, "There areeleven commandments. 'A new commandment I give unto you that ye love oneanother.' "Then Judge Garywent onfrom there to speak on the subject oflove applied in business life.In a way, it is a misnomer to call itthe "Eleventh Commandment." In realityit is the Second Commandment accordingto Jesus' own words, "and the secondis like unto it, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' "Jesus in speaking the words of the textwas speaking to His disciples alone, justafter Judas had left them in the upperroom at the last supper. You might thinkthat such a commandment were superfluous. Didn't they naturally love oneanother? We must conclude that love isnot always found where we might expectit.Each of us is a born lover. It seems tobe a part of our make-up to love something. But what we love makes up oneof the great differences between people.And what we love reveals what our character is. We can love evil things as wellas good things. The chief object of lovethat can be considered evil is the love ofselffor some are lovers of selves morethan lovers of God. It is right to loveself, but only after other loves are putfirst. Some are lovers of pleasure, wealth,honor, etc. which only reveals that theylove self first and are not seeking first theKingdom of God.Why should we love one another? (1) Itis the example of God. "God is love.""For God so loved the world that He345