Covenanter Witness Vol. 53 - Rparchives.org

soul."me."eyes."use"W. M. S. DepartmentMrs. Ross Latimer, Editor,Prayer Hour, 1:00 P.M. MondayW. M. S. TOPIC FOR AUGUSTTHE FOUNTAIN AND ITS STREAMSProverbs 4:23Helen M. PattersonGeneva Congregation"Keep thy heart with all dilligence;for out of it are the issues of life."What wise instruction is given in thisproverb "Keep thy heart above all keeping."What careful guarding this wouldbe if we followed it to the letter! "Theheart is the seat of all affections, emotions, desires, motives and loyalities. Itis the seat of life and strength, henceit means mind, soul, spirit, or one'sentire emotional nature and understanding.""When God gave us these soulsHe gave us a strict charge to keepthem. It is our solemn duty to maintaina 'holy jealousy' of ourselves and to seta strict guard on all the avenues of the"Keep with all keeping."There aremany ways of keeping things. We cankeep by care, by strength, by calling onothers to help guard. How are you keeping your heart? Do you bow down before God in confession of sins withtears of repentance? Do you spend timein fellowshipalone with Him when noone else can see or hear, reading HisWord and talking to Him in prayer?You will find that this fellowship willhelp you keepligence."your heart "with all dilThe Natural HeartMatthew 15:19"For out of the heart proceed evilthoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies":"The natural heart is evil, wicked, fullof deceit, envy, greed, frozen to goodthings, uneffected by Heavenly things.It is the fountain of corruption."Allthese defile a man defile his verysoul, because they have their seat in thevery depths of the heart.The Pharisees, who affected outwardpurity, while their hearts were filledwith corruption and defilement aregood examples of the natural heart.They expect to see God and enjoy eternal glory because of their many washings and cleansings. Christ shows that apurification of the heart from all vileaffections and desires is essentiallynecessary in order, to enter into theKingdom of God. He, whose soul is notdelivered from all sin, through the bloodAugust 4, 1954of the Covenant, can have no Scripturalhope of ever being with God.God's Promise of a New HeartEzekiel 36:26"A new heart also will I give you,and a new spirit will I put within you;and I will take away the stony heartout of your flesh, and I will give youan heart of flesh."A new heart would change man'swhole nature. It would give him newappetites, new desires,new passions,new ideals. He would be purified and"madefit for the Master'swinning others to Him. It would renewhis mind, and enlighten his understanding,correct his judgment and refine hiswill so that he would have a new spiritto actuate hisinnew heart. With thestony heart gone, and the heart of fleshgiventhe man becomes a new creature.Now he has a heart that can feel thejoys and sorrows of others, one thatcan enjoy the many things that makefor true happiness, one that can feellove to God and to all mankind. A heartthat will be a proper habitation for theliving God. This new man will want towalk in God's statutes and keep Hiscommandments, and avoid every appearance of evil. "Here is the Salvationthat is the Salvation of every Christianbeliever. The complete destruction of allsin in the soul and the complete renewelof the heartcleanses from all sin.""The blood of Jesus ChristThe Blessedness of the Purified HeartMatthew 5:8"Blessed are the pure in heart: forGod."they shall see"It is a great thing to be pure inbody, pure in deed. It is a greater thingto be pure in mind, pure in thought, andconception and fancy. But to be pure inheart pure to the verycenter of one's secret beingis pure. The words appalleth me to tremble."source andpure as God"It mak"They shall enter into the Sanctuaryof God and shall see Him." Their handswill be clean and their hearts pure andthey shall dwell in the presence of Godsinging with the great throngof theredeemed, "Alleluia; salvation, andglory, and honour, and power,unto theLord our God, which sitteth upon thethrone, and unto the Lamb." And theyshall see the throne of God in heaven.And they shall look on Him that sittethupon the throne. Theyshall have onrobes "washed and made white in theblood of the Lamb." "And they shallhunger no more: neither shall the sunlight on them, nor any heat, for theLamb which is in the midst of heavenshall feed them and lead them untothe living water and God shall wipeaway all tears from theirANNOUNCES NEW CONTESTGrand Rapids, Mich. The ZondervanPublishing House has announced a newcontest for devotional programs for women's groups which closes December 31,1954. The rules of this new contest areas followsi:1. All material must be submitted before December 31, 1954.2. Payment is on the basis of l%cper word, on publication.3. Manuscripts submitted should consist of a brief devotional talk and suggested songs, poems, special numbersand prayers for devotional programs.4. An author may submit as many individual programs as he desires.5. All material must be strictly evangelical and Bible-centered, with emphasison the practical aide of Christian living.Programs for special days and occasions,including missionary programs, will bewelcomed.6. Devotional talks should not exceed1500 words nor be less than 1,000 words.7. The material should be typewritten,double spaced, on 8^4x11 white typewriter paper.For further information, those interested should writeZondervan Publishing House1415 Lake Drive S. E.,Grand Rapids 6, MichiganDREAD FORGETFULNESSAfter mailing eleven parcels of itemsleft by delegates in their rooms at Grinnell, I have still the following unidentified articles on hand. Upon proper identification, I will mail them to their owners.1 new Bible1 Life of Christ in the Psalms with Music2 Life of Christ in the Psalms withoutmusic1 suit boy's underwear (tell me the size)1 ball glove (tell me the make)1 pair dark glasses (tell me the color ofthe rims)1 comb (what color is it and what otheridentification)2 fountain pens (state color of yours)2 mechanical pencils (both with distinctive identifying marks)1 knife1 wrist chain1 clothes bag (state color and other identifying marks)I'll try my best to get these articles tothe rightful owners. If you left items other than these, write to Mr. Marble, GrinnelCollege, Grinnell, Iowa. His buildingand grounds corps may have found them.Remo I. Robb1102 Ninth Ave.Beaver Falls, Pa.77