Covenanter Witness Vol. 55 - Rparchives.org

soul?"some"the souls of men. "What will a man give in exchangefor his It seems incredible that a personwould do anything to risk a matter of such primeimportance, but, like all else, salvation, while a freegift, yet must be sold.And your selling will not be ended when the manor woman accepts Christ as his personal Saviour andjoins the church ; it will have just begun. He must besold, and kept sold, on the importance of attendingthe regular services, ofregularly communing, ofattending and taking an active part in the SabbathSchool, the Prayer Meeting, the Brotherhood, theWomen of the Church, etc., etc., ad infinitum. Thejob is endless. But Paul, the greatest human salesman of all time when the ultimate results of hiswork are considered, recognized fully the importanceof that phase of his pastoral work for he said, "Iam made all things to all men, that I might by allmeans save (I Cor. 9 :22).Gentlemen I finish as I started. You are embarking upon the most challenging, the most demanding, but the most rewarding profession on theface of the earth The Ministry of Jesus Christ. Andmay God bless you and give you many souls for yourhire.TRAFFIC RULES FROM THE BOOK OF BOOKSby Dr. James DeForest MurchIt was a dangerous intersection. Three cars wereinvolved. Had it not been for the cool-headedness andconsideration of one driver there would have beenterrible tragedy. That driver was a Christian. Afterwards he remarked, "I guess the Lord must havebeen in the back seat and I took orders !"The fact is the Christians should be the bestdrivers. Conduct on the highways as well as everywhere else is based on character. Character is basedon morals. Morals are based on religion. As Goetheput it, "There is no outward sign of true characterthat does not rest on moral foundation."The open road offers one of the best opportunitiesin our day and time for men and women to applytheir Christian principles in practical matters. Ifwe will drive like Christians our highways will besafe and the world will be a better place in whichto live.There are many books of traffic rules but I havenever seen one based on the Word of Life. Of coursethe Bible was written long before automobiles werethought of. Jehu is the only Bible character whomight qualify as a modern traffic hazard. Thoughthousands of years have passed since this King ofIsrael drove like mad we still say of speeders, "Hedrove like Jehu." But Bible truth and Bible principleshave a strange relevance to man's doings regardlessof the times in which he lives. Automobile trafficrules are no exception. Someone ought to compile aset of traffic rules from the Book of Books. Withthis thought in mind I sat down with the Bible theother day and came up with these :I. TAKE GOD INTO CONSIDERATION(God) giveth to all life, and breath and all things... In him we live and move and have our being.Acts 17:25, 28.In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shalldirect thy paths. Prov. 3:6.August 24, 19552. PRAY FOR HELPThe hand of our God is upon all them for goodthat seek him. Ezra 8 :22.Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thyprecepts. Let my soul live and it shall praise thee;and let thy judgments help me. Psalms 119:183,175.The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.Prov. 15:33.Pray without ceasing. I Thess. 5 :17.3. OBEY THE LAWWhoso keepeth the law is a wise son. Prov. 28 :7.Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man forthe Lord's sake . . .I Peter 2 :13.4. STOP, LOOK AND LISTENThe hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord hathmade even both of them . . . Wait on the Lord andHe will save thee.-^Prov. 20 :12, 22.5. KEEP YOUR MIND ON YOUR BUSINESSHe that wavereth is like a wave of the sea drivenwith the wind and tossed ... A double-minded man isunstable in all his ways. James 1 :6, 8.6. BE RESPONSIBLETo him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not,to him it is sin. James 4 :17.We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.Rom. 15:1.7. SET A GOOD EXAMPLELet your light so shine before men that they maysee your good works and glorify your Father whichis in heaven. Matt. 5 :16.Let everyone of us please his neighbor for hisgood to edification. Rom. 15 :2.Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in thename of the Lord Jesus. Col. 3 :17.8. LOOK OUT FOR OTHERSLet no man seek his own but every man another'sgood.I Cor. 10:24.Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfill thelaw of Christ. Gal. 6:2.9. BE COURTEOUS AND KINDBe ye all of one mind having compassion one ofanother and ... be courteous. I Peter 3:8.Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory,but in lowliness of mind let each esteem the otherbetter than themselves. Look not every man on hisown things, but every man also on the things ofothers.Phil. 2:3,4.All things Whatsoever ye would that men shoulddo to you, do ye even so to them. Matt. 7 :12.Be ye kind one to another. Eph. 4 :32.As we have opportunity, let us do good unto allmen. 'Gal. 6:10.Have compassion on the ignorant and them thatare out of the way; for ye yourselves also are compassed with infirmity. Hefo. 5 :2.10. PUT LOVE INTO ACTIONLet us not love in word, neither in tongue; butin deed and in truth. I John 3 :18.Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Matt.19:19.Let us consider one another to provoke unto loveand to good works. Heb. 10:24.Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, dogood to them that hate, and pray for them that119