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en,"objectives.'and then see that they got to bed at a reasonabletime. This is the circumstance we mothers often findourselves in.I thank the Lord, however, that we can enjoyrich blessings right in our own home without havingto take the baby from his crib, dress up, and drive25 miles. Reading our church publications hasbrought blessings to me which I'd like to share withyou. With the mail coming at the time of day whenI'm busy working and wouldn't take time out forBible study, I will pick up the Gospel Herald or theYouth's Christian Companion and glance through.It may be just a poem on the front page or a shortarticle written by a favorite writer that will catchmy attention.1) I have been moved to a greater faith in myLord, a more patient attitude toward my children, alittle more kindness to my neighbor, in this way.2) I have found our church literature to be agood stimulant to my prayer life. While the Biblepoints us to our own need of prayer, our churchperiodicals bring the needs of others to our attention.Many a time I've been led to bow my head and askthe Lord to supply the needed strength and courageto a foreign mission worker to overcome some obstacle. I have asked Him to give wisdom to those struggling with a difficult language and to supply thematerial needs for the cold and hungry refugees, alsoasking Him to lay a greater burden upon my ownheart to help supply the needs of those less fortunate.3) Church publications have proved to be ahelpful source to direct me in my giving. I count ita privilege to be able to help send Bibles to studentsin India who have never had a Bible before. Recentpleas by the Mission Board have made me want togive more liberally toward the work of missionsthroughout the world. Needy fields which are presented throughout the various publications can bebrought to the attention of the youth classes who aretaking an offering and are looking for a special needfor which their gifts may be used.4) Church publications have been a means ofeducating myself at a very low cost. Most of thewriters have gone deeper into the school of learning,both by actual study and by experience, than I have.The language and vocabulary of the writer eventually becomes the language and vocabulary of the reader. Surely a growing vocabulary is a valuable assetto any person who is interested in witnessing for theLord, whether it is witnessing to our children, toSabbath school classes or to the salsemen coming toour door.5) Reading our church publications is a meansof widening our acquaintances throughout theChurch. After reading and enjoying the articles orpoems written by a certain person we can't help getting a good idea of what that person is like. Some ofour writers seem like good friends of mine becauseI've enjoyed their articles so many times. I'm thinking especially of the time I saw the announcement inthe Gospel Herald that Millard and Miriam SieberLind were the parents of a baby girl. Knowing therewere five boys in the family and now a baby girl, Irejoiced with them. I felt like sending a congratulations card although I had never seen or spoken toeither one of the parents. They were my acquaintances through the printed page.6) I can say that our church publications haveSeptember 21, 1955greatly helped me to grow toward a more roundedChristian life. I am grateful to men of the past whosaw the value of printing Christian Literature periodically and also to those who are putting long hoursof real work into our literature today. May the Lordcontinue to bless them as they look to Him for guidance and wisdom to publish that which will be tothe strengthening of the Church. Let us be goodstewards by faithfully subscribing to our publications and keeping up the payments. But let us notfeel it is the proper thing to do and then stack ourliterature in the magazine rack and, eventually, onthe trash pile without reaping any spiritual benefitfrom it. It would be a great benefit to each one of usto heed the advice given to Timothy by the ApostlePaul, "Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine" (I Tim. 4:13).Reprinted from Gospel Herald, April 26, 1955.THE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE . . . from front pagetal sophistry but as a sober fact of the kingdom ofGod, His saying that they take up the cross daily,if society is to be remade for the benefit of the individual. Thus, the cross becomes the essence ofsocial conscience. This is the philosophy discoveredby the poet who wrote :"In the cross of Christ I glory.time."Towering o'er the wrecks ofThis is the philosophy of the cross, the onlypower which can prevent the utter wreck and destruction of society. Christian education is centeredin the philosophy of the cross.And the other phase of the Christian philosophy "Olivet"; The significance here is that rightand righteousness can and will triumph. "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heavis more than a pious wish ; it is a program of action and a prophecy of achievement. It is not necessary that we fold our hands and acquiesce becausedestructive forces are unleashed in the world. True,there is Calvary, but there is also Olivet.This is the symbol of the lighthouse of knowledge on the hill. The Christian college dares to teachmen to fight on for right. Its philosophy is not oneof defeating, damning despair, but of gloriousachievement. The Religious Digest.VINEYARD GLEANINGS . . . from page 178Baptists of all fellowships would be happy to cooperate inany moves to facilitate this freedom. We stand firmly withSenator Hennings, who stated it well on the floor of theSenate, 'The committee does not intend to row with muffledoars toward concealedI am sure that SenatorHennings is also aware of the danger of attempting to mountthe proverbial horse, then ride off in all directions."Those who have worked for the teaching of the Biblein the schools or reading of it have found that the Baptistsare one of their main sources of opposition.We are stressing this investigation because now is thetime for our public spirited organizations, the CAM and theNRA to be on the alert and to put in their oar, and for therest of us to be praying that the Bill of Rights will not become a Bill of Wrongs.183