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servants"ready."only"GOD'S CURE . . . Cont'd from page 423CURRENT EVENTS . . . Cont'dfrom page 419sufficient time. Then ask Him where all your moneyand energies over and above essentials can be channeled so as to save the greatest number of souls.The answers to these prayers will surprise you,and demand radical changes in your life, but thismuch is certain: the thousand million souls livingtoday, who have never heard the name of JesusChrist, will get a major share of your attentionif you obey the Lord. You can have part in introducing them to Christ!And get this: you will be profited greatly byyour new life of service. Jesus said, "For whosoever shall save his life shall lose it: and whosoeverwill lose his life for my sake shall find it . . . Forthe Son of man shall come in the glory of his Fatherwith His angels ; and then he shall reward every manworks."according to his Matthew 16:25, 27.Christ will call the wasters "wicked and slothful and cast them into hell, but He willpromote the faithful ones in the Day of Judgment.You cannot choose your battlefield,The Lord does that for you,But you can plant a standardWhere a standard never flew. Nathalia Cranetria, but over 30 million a year are imported from WestGermany. The movement is directed against all comicbooks,not merely the crime or "horror" type which have arousedopposition in this country. The leader of the Austrian crusade maintains that comics destroy the taste for ordinarywritten material, producing adults who look at nothing butnewspaper headlines and picture magazines.GROWING PROBLEMSThe federal government faces increasing welfare responsibilities, according to a study by the Population Reference Bureau, a private research group. In the past five years,our population of working age (15 to 64) increased only 3.8per cent. In the same period, the number of children under14 rose by 19.7 per cent, and those 65 or older increased by14.3 per cent. Education of the young and care of the agedwill become increasingly serious problems as long as thistrend continues.Our birth rate has leveled off at 25 babies per 1,000persons, after reaching a peak of 26.6 in 1947. This is higherthan the rate in most European countries, but lower thanAsia or Latin America. Another interesting fact is that thepercentage of non-white people in our population slowlybut steadily declines. The percentage of non-whites is now10.8, whereas they made up 12.1 per cent of the Americanpopulation in 1900.Lesson Helps for the Week of January 15, 1956C. Y. P. U. TOPICfor January 15, 1956by Rev. T. R. Hutcheson"BE A LEADER"(Used by permission of the InternationalChristian Endeavor Society)Scripture Matt. 20:20-28.PsalmsPsalm 119:1-3, page 287Psalm 1:1-6, page 1Psalm 131 :l-3, page 327Psalm 8:3-7, page 12Psalm 51 :7-12, page 131Here are three topics on "ChristianService that Counts," for the last threeSabbaths of January. Tonight, "Be ALeader"; next week, "Be A Follower";and the last Sabbath, "Our Citizenshipunder Christ." Be a leader this week,and a follower the next; and if thesemeetings influence our lives forever, beboth a leader and a follower from nowon. How can this be?We are all both leaders and followers.A teacher leads the class into new ideasand attitudes; but he in turn follows thepolicies of the school. The leading scorermay make the most points, but he mustabide by the referee's decision. Thereare people you follow, and people whowill follow you.Every Christian is a follower. Thatside of life will be emphasized in nextweek's meeting, which has in the Scripture reading, "Immediately they left the426ship and their father, and followed him(Jesus)."ingBut tonight we emphasize bea leader. Have these verses read,which show the need for leaders :Ex.18:17-23; Joshua 1:2; Judges 17:6; Ezek.22:30; Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 15:22; ICor. 6:1-5; I Tim. 2:2; 3:1-6.Leaders are needed in so many places.Playmates need someone to decide whatthey shall play. Communities need leaders to get new playgrounds. Someonehas to start the dishes. Classes needsecretaries. The cub scouts need denchiefs. Little is done without leadership.At this point, have the group make alist of the leaders in your congregation;not by name but by the service theyare doing. Don't forget the leader ofthe Junior meeting, of course, and thetreasurer of the missionary society. Howmany do you have?After each of the followingverses isread, ask the group, "Who said that?"Ex. 3:11; Judges 6:15; I Kings 3:7; Is.6:5; Jer. 1:6; I Tim. 1:15. Question: ifthey felt that way, how were they everleaders?Assigned topics for discussion:1. Who is more important, the mayoror the garbage collector?2. Discuss the fact that some peopleseek leadership with wicked motives,such as personal ambition. What doesJesus think of selfish motives?3. There is a saying, "Some men areborn great; others achieve greatness;others have greatness thrust uponthem."Discuss this as explaining whysome people are leaders, while othersare not.4. Remark on the need of the "Gang"for Christian leaders.5. A great man said, "I will study andprepare myself, and when the timecomes I shall bemay prepare for service,Jesus'Discuss how wewhich wasword for leadership. Notice howyou can do a better job of leading thegames at a partyprepared.when you are wellConcluding verses: I Cor. 11:1; and,in unison, I Cor. 12:28-13;13.JUNIOR TOPICFor January 15, 1956Mrs. David CummingsMorning Sun, IowaSAMUEL, AS JUDGEScripture: I Samuel 8:1-23Memory Verses: "Prepare your heartsunto the Lord, and serve Him(I Samuel 7:3).PsalmsPsalm 1:1-3, page 2 MemoryPsalm for JanuaryPsalm 2:1-4, page 3Psalm 7:1,2,3,5, page 7Psalm 97: 1-4, page 233When Samuel had grown to be aCOVENANTER WITNESS