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not."offense."They wanted to appear well in the eyesof other people. But instead of directing people heavenward they were asJesus said of them, "Tombs which appear not, and the men that walk overthem know it According to Jewishlaw anyone who touched a dead bodyor a grave became ceremonially unclean, so the Pharisees by their hycosrisy,became a hindrance to othersinstead of a help.Now this is a good lesson for Covenanters to consider on the first Sabbath of the new year. We have set ourstandards high and "acknowledged theScriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God; and theonly infallible rule of faith and life."The Apostle Paul says to us, "Onlylet your conversation (manner of life)be as it becometh the Gospel of Christ,"for, there is great peril in insincerity.W. M. S. DepartmentMrs. Ross Latimer. Editor,Prayer Hour. 1:00 P.M. MondaySynodicalSynodical Projects for this yearIndian Mission Station Wagon $225.00paid to date $132.50 need $92.50Seminary rug for hall, $300.00 to$375.00 paid to date $125.00 need$200.00 or over.Let us remember these needs and sendin gifts promptly.Synodical PresidentFarlandDear Mrs. Carson:SynodicalMrs. A. J. McNov. 13, 1955The stove from Mr. Ross Latimer arrived yesterday afternoon, and it is afine stove. I am sure it will be a greathelp to us.We appreciate the provision the Synodical has made to pay the freight onthis stove, $8.56.Again accept our thanks,Sincerely,S. Bruce WillsonAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETYDecember Broadcasts 1955Worldwide Bible Reading1 and UniversalBible DayRADIONational Broadcasting CompanySabbath, December 11, 10:00-10:30 A.M.,EST394Dr. Ralph W. Sockman will observethe celebration of Universal BibleSunday on the National Radio Pulpit.Mutual Broadcasting' SystemWednesday, December 7, 10:15-10-30A.M., EST -Admiral Richard E. Byrd, just priorto departing for Little America, willrepresent the American Bible Societyon Mutual network's Faith in OurTime. He will tell about his own faithand the influence of the Scriptures onhis life.Sabbath, December 11, 9:00-9:15 P.M.,ESTAdmiral Byrd's Faith in Our Timeprogram will be rebroadcast over radio station WOR, New York City, 710Kc. This program may be heardthroughout the northeastern UnitedStates.Sabbath, December 11, 9:30-10:00 A.M.,ESTSecretary Laton E. Holmgren, ForeignSecretary of the American Bible Society, will speak on The Plight BeforeWOR,'Christmas on Radio Chapel,New York.Sabbath, December 18, 9:30-10:00 A.M.,ESTDr. Francis Carr Stifler will speak onWondrous Things Out of Thy Law,Radio Chapel, WOR, New York.Sabbath, December 25, 9:30-10:00 A.M.,ESTDr. Francis Carr Stifler will speak onThe Book that Came Alive,chapel, WOR, New York.Columbia Broadcasting SystemRadioSabbath, December 11, 10:30-11:00 A.M.,ESTDr. Wilson O. Weldon, pastor of theMain Street Methodist Gastonia,North Carolina, will callChurch,specialattention to Universal Bible Sunday onCBS Church of the Air.American Broadcasting CompanySabbath, December 11, 1:35-2:00 P.M.,ESTDr. John Sutherland Bonnell will include a special announcement on Universal Bible Sunday on Pilgrimage. Inaddition, the ABC network will callattention to Bible Sunday and Worldwide Bible Reading in station-breakannouncements on December 11.TELEVISIONColumbia Broadcasting SystemSabbath, December 11, 10:00-10:30 A.M.,ESTSecretary William F. Asbury will appear on the well-known programLamp Unto My Feet, coast to coast.National Broadcasting CompanyMonday through Friday, December 19-23, 11:00 A.M.-12:00 Noon, ESTHoward Whitman will do a specialseries on the Bible in cooperation withthe Societyon the popular ArleneFrancis Home Show, coast to coast.SPECIALWeekly, Beginning November 28, 1955,through January 2, 1956The Society's work will be featured onsix transcribed dramatic programs,Let There Be Light, broadcast by approximately 300 local stations. Consultyour newspaper and local radio stations for exact day and time.Daily Through ChristmasApproximately 200 stations will carryone minute films of Bible reading inthe family. Readings will follow theselected Worldwide Bible Reading passages.SELLING HONORIt was a remark overheard in a streetcar, but it reminded us that there arehonorable men in the world. A youngman said: "I am particular about paying my fare. I took a ticket home oncewhen I was a small boy and showed itto my father, saying that the conductorhad not taken it up and that I was thatmuch ahead. Myand said I had sold myfather looked at mehonor for anickel. That put a new face on it. I always think of what he said when I amtempted to repeat theIf allfathers were training their sons in thisway, there would be fewer dishonorabletransactions in high places.Presbyter.YOUR HEARTHerald andYour heart weighs a bit more thanhalf a pound, yet this miniature pumpthe size of your fist, ejects six ounces ofblood at each contraction. This adds upto 5,000 gallons every twenty-four hours.It performs this masterful job day andnight(while you eat, sleep, work orplay) for the 25,000 days of your natural existence.Every other organ of your body canslow down to a standstill. Fast for tendays, close your eyes for ten hours, orhold your breath ten minutes and thestomach, eyes, and lungs will pick upwhere they left off. But if the heartstops for ten seconds well, it's the longdash into eternity. Selected.A sign in a western town reads: "4,029people died of gas in this state last year.Two inhaled it; 27 put a lighted matchto it; and 4,000 stepped on it."Tips.COVENANTER WITNESS