Covenanter Witness Vol. 55 - Rparchives.org

you?"selves to save others the swifter are our steps andthe higher our diadem."serv-Jesus said, "I am among you as one thatand "he that would be chief among you, let himbe servant of Young folks all."we send you forthnot to be leaders, but to be servants of your felloweth,"succumb."peach."undefiled."others."also."week."guest she hadevfi? had in her house. Upon furtherinquiry I found that this was. the same chap whograduated with me at Syracuse. Think of it. Thisman was going through life arid tagged as the mostselfish person his acquaintances ever met.The other student, the track man, wasn't agreat runner. He could win a point or two sometimesin a meet, but he was happy that he could contributesomething to the score. This same Y.M.C.A. secretary said to me concerning him, "He is a Anda "peach" he was. He fell in love with a woman ofthe class who was several years his senior. Becauseof her age she refused to marry him. He confided histroubles to me. I said to him, "Do you really love herage?""Yes,"in spite of herhe did. "And she loves"Yes, she does." "Well, buddy, hang on, shewill And she did. They went out to Koreaas missionaries. I had several letters from him telling of their joy in carrying the Gospel to those paganpeoples. Then one day came a letter of the passingof the wife in giving birth to a son. Not long afterwards came the news of his own passing away. Unselfishly they gave themselves for others. I believethat today you could find some of their converts, orthe offspring of those converts standing loyally forthe faith that alone can save us from communism.William Watkinson, a great preacher of England, hassaid this, "In the very nature of physical contests, tohelp an opponent cannot be, but in human life it isthe essence of success that we are helpers of oneanother's job, that the strong aid the weak, the wisecounsel the inexperienced, the pure lift up the fallen,and the more sincerely and vehemently we deny ourmen. Live your life unselfishly.Loyalty. We all know what loyalty means. Lovaltyto a friend, loyalty to a sweetheart, loyalty toparents, loyalty to one's husband or wife, loyalty tocountry. It is a quality that we admire and thattouches us deeply when we behold it. But I speak tonight of the highest loyalty a loyaltywhich if wepossess we will be loyal in everyother relationshipin life I speak of loyalty to Jesus Christ.PRO CHRISTO ET PATRIAorPRO CHRISTOJesus alone of all mankind has mastered the artof living."He spake truth.""He was holy and harmless and"He gave himself for"He was loyal to his Heavenly Father.""Not my will but thine be done." "The cupwhichmy Father gave me to drink,shall I not drinkit?"He alone can enable you to master the art of living. I plead with you to be loyal to Jesus Christ.We hope that while in our midst on Geneva campus by fellowshipwith our faculty of Christian menand women, by direct instruction in our Bible courses, by worshiping in our chapel services, by the messages from God's Word in our monthly convocation358services, Geneva may have made upon you such impression indelible impression that you will goforth to live for Christ loyal to Him.Some of you have finished your formal education, some will go on to obtain a master's degree inscience, in mathematics, in history, in Bible. May allof you obtain unto that master's degree in the art ofliving, and you will if you live a life of integrity,and are loyal to Jesus Christ.purity, unselfishness,"Art requires the most tireless application, butit pays great dividends," and in no field does it paygreater dividends than in the art of living. May eachone of you be such an artist.Class of 1955,"Farewell"and "God Bless You."ETERNAL EMBEZZLEMENT . . . from front pagefor us, we take from our income no less than a tenth,surrenderingpersonal desires.Consistency. "On the first day of the Toomany of God's people are like wells that have to bepumped, rather than like springs that flow from theheart. What we do regularly becomes a habit andforms the pattern of our personality.Honesty. What I present to God must be cleanand without blemish. The end never justifies themeans. The way in which we get our money is as important as the way in which we give it. We dare notmisrepresent, shirk our responsibilities or be unscrupulous.Stewardship of our funds is anIndicationNot necessarily the amount, but surely the attitude, of our giving reveals much about our spiritualstatus and signifies the extent of our interest in theGospel. Jesus said, "Where your treasure is, therewill your heart be If our gain is in this world,our attention and affection will be focalized in temporal values. When we reckon the riches of His gracemost worthy, our estimate will be eternal.The Biblical principle ofpriority, that is firstfruits,indicates that if the first is God's all the restis His as well. The Scripture reasons that if God didnot withhold His own Son from us, will He not withHim also freely give us all things ? It is a prevailingfallacy that we may do as we please with our resources after we have given God a portion. It grieves ourhearts to see expensive collections of useless baublesand trinkets in the homes of our church families,gathering dust and pleasing the pride, but deprivingsome one of the opportunity to hear the gospel. Extravagance and indulgence with the ninety per cent isas offensive to God as is trifling with the tithe."That there may be meat in mine house" reveals theof giving.ImperativeModern transportation and communication havereduced the world to a neighborhood; but we havenot loved our neighbors as ourselves in sacrificialevangelism. There is not an evangelical agency thatcould not enter open doors of opportunity if fundswere available. The evangelistic and Christian educational program of each of our churches could be expanded with the addition of equipment and personnel.COVENANTER WITNESS