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saved."pleasing."50:20, 21; Deut. 23:5, Mt. 5:11-12.God's love is shown by temporal blessings, Deut. 28:1-13; Matt. 6:25-31.The writer is not suggesting that all theabove passages be read in full, but thatthey foe made the basis of comment.Now, a little of the Westminster Assembly's analysis of the manifestationsof God's love. God did not leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin andmisery but elected some to everlastinglife which is accomplished by a divineRedeemer who reveals to them by Hisword and Spirit the will of God for theirsalvation; who once offered up Himselfa sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, andreconcile them to God and who makescontinual intercession for them; whosubdues them, unto Himself, rules overand defends them,and restrains and conquers all His and their enemies; whojustifies them wherein He pardons alltheir sins, accepts them as righteous inHis sight, only for the righteousness ofChrist imputed to them, and received byfaith alone: God shows his love byadopting them into His family wherebythey are received into the number, andhave a right to all the privileges of thesons of God; and by sanctifying themwhereby theyare renewed in the wholeman after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, andlive unto righteousness. "The benefitswhich in this life do accompany or flowfrom justification, adoption, and sanctification, are, assurance of God's love,peace of conscience, (nothing but assurance of God's love can or should giveone peace of conscience), joy in the HolyGhost, (man's chief end is to glorifyGod and to enjoy Him forever. One whodoes not enjoy doing the things that glorify God is not glorifying God. One whodoes not enjoy praising God may bedrawing nigh unto Him with his lipswhile his heart is far from Him. One whodoes not love God's law does not loveGod. The blessed and happy man lovesGod's law and meditates on it day andnight. The one who does not love God'shouse and the place where God's honordwells does not love God.) The one whodoes not have "joy in the Holy Ghost"will not increase in grace, and will notpersevere therein to the end; and willnot be saved, "He that endureth untothe end shall beThe benefits that believers receive fromChrist at death are that they are madeperfect in holiness. Then it is that thiscorruptible will put on incorruption, andthis mortal will put on immortality. Thenit is that death will lose its sting andthe grave will lose its victory.The benefits that believers receive fromChrist at the resurrection. They are raisedup in glory, and shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the dayof Judg-July 21, 1954ment, "Well done, thou good and faithfulservant: thou hast been faithful over afew things, I will make thee ruler overmany things: enter thou into the joy ofthy Lord" (Mt. 25:21). "Come, ye blessedof my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation oftheworld.""And in God's house foreverbe."more thy dwelling-place shallThe Evidence that one is an object ofGod's Savinghope of glory."Love: "Christ in you the"God is love." If God isin you love will be in you. "If we loveone another, God dwelleth in us, and hislove is perfected in us. Hereby we knowthat we dwell in him, and he in us because he hath given us of his Spirit." "Weknow that we have passed from deathunto life, because we love the brethren.He that loveth not his brother abideth indeath"(I Jno, 3:14).W. M. S. DepartmentMrs. Ross Latimer. Editor.Prayer Hour. 1:00 P.M. MondayReport of Literature and MissionsStudy 1953-54The Superintendent of Literature andMissions Study submits the followingreport:The list of books for Mission Studyand general interest was prepared forthe Uniform Programs. I wish to thankMrs. E. J. M. Dickson of Needham,Mass., for her generous help in preparing the list.Reports have been received from 9Presbyterials and a single society;total of 83societies. 77 societies usethe Uniform Programs, 76 societies haveMission study, 69 societies take theCovenanter Witness, according to thecongregational plan.Religious tracts, gospels and bookswere distributed by 50 societies.RecommendationsThat we place Christian books ofgeneral interest in our church, public,and school libraries.That we work for the Bible in ourpublic schools whenever we haveopportunity.aanThat each Superintendent keep arecord of new readers, and the number in her society who read four Missionary books each year, as set up inour Satndard of Efficiency in Article11.The careful distribution of religiousprinted material can be of great valuein leadingindividuals to accept Christas their Saviour, and such methods oftrue mission work can be carried onsuccessfully by every member of everysociety.Mrs. G. E. AlexanderKANSAS PRESBYTERIAL,The theme of the Kansas Women'sPresbyterial which met in the BeulahCovenanter Church, May 4-5, was "Walkin the Spirit."Mrs. M. W. Dougherty, the president,reminded us in her address that waikingin the Spirit implies walking with guidance. It means life wholly yielded tothe will of God, in contrast with livingpartly by our own wills and partly by thewill of God. If we are in the Spirit, Hewill foeas close to us as our closestfriend. He is ready to fill us, if first ourlives are emptied of self. His infilling cancleanse us from sin.The devotional periods took up thestudy of the different fruits of the Spirit.The Bible study was on Titus. Mrs.Paul Faris ably conducted this practicalmeditation. The Apostle Paul gives herequite a list of qualifications of Christianwomen. It was emphasized that we are tobe "keepers at home." Religion does notflourish when domestic duties are neglected. It was also brought out thateverything that happens to us in lifeshould tend to make the heart more holy.The providences of God, however hard,help to purify us; they can split thebarriers open and allow the Spirit intoour hearts.Mrs. C. E. Wilson, literature and mission study superintendent, conducted aperiod in which each society gave a review of some book it recommended.These reviews, though brief, gave thedelegates the theme of the book, a preview of its value and a stimulated interest.The personal testimonywas conducted by Mrs. Lester Kilpatperiod this yearrick, with the text "working in you thatwhich is wellRaised in Christian homes, we have no testimony ofconversion from drunkenness, but shouldhave one of walking in the Spirit, usingthe wonderful provision God has madefor our victory over such things as worryand discontent. Several delegates spokeof things they had asked the Spirit totake out of theif lives.On Tuesday evening, the Beulah andSuperior juniors presented a temperanceprogram; and also a very interestingplaylet, "The Nail Family."Miss Mary Adams, a daughter of theBeulah congregation, gave the addressof the evening. She testified that throughfifty years of missionary experience shehad found the Lord's grace always sufficient. She told of some of our convertsin China, then of the different type ofwork required in Japan. She said that aPsalm book containing about one hundred Psalms is being prepared in Japanese. Rev. Sam Boyle teaches at the Reform Church Seminary and theywish touse the Japanese Psalter when it is ready.45