Covenanter Witness Vol. 55 - Rparchives.org

up."ride,"station."station"at'REMO I. ROBB, D.D.ECHCovenai^July 1955TO ILLUSTRATE THE C. Y. P. U.August 7TOPICSAre You Going to Camp?It is said that there are over 17,-000,000 American youngpeople whonever go to Sabbath School or Church."one-arm"Where are they? Playing thebandits, in the picture shows, in thetaverns, parked in lovers' lanes, on thepublic dance floors, yelling their headsoff at some sports eventon the roadto hell. If these millions of young peoplegrow up without the Church, few ofthem will ever be won to Christ. Itis estimated that nineteen out of everytwenty who become Christians do sobefore they are twenty. After twentyfive,only one in 10,000 are saved. Afterthirty-five, only one in 50,000. Afterforty-five, only one in 200,000. Americaneeds a conscience for the moral safetyof its youth. The young people's Christian and Church conference is one ofthe most reasonable means of reachingyouth for Christ today.August lkGrowing in Our Prayer Life.W. J. McNaughton and his wife, itinerant evangelists, drove along a mountain road from Gray Bull to Ten Sleep,Wyo. Their 1913 Cadillac, pulling atrailer,was almost out of gas and theywere out of money. It had rained andthe road was muddy and slippery. Theyhad no friends in this strange part ofthe country. That morning they hadknelt beside their bed and prayed andcommitted their trouble to the Lord.But as theystarted out in the rainymorn and on to the muddy road, nobodycame along with either money orgas. They decided to go on as far as thegas held out. At one point they almost slid into the roadside ditch, sotheystopped on a little rise in the roadto wait until the road dried up a bit.Soon a man came walking by. "Iwould give you a McNaughtontold him, "but the road is so bad wehave decided to wait here till the roaddriesSoon a big trailer truck came rumbling along, and forced McNaughton todrive on. He caught up to the manwho was walking, and gave him a lift.56About 20 miles farther they came toTen Sleep, and McNaughton stopped tosee how much gas he had left."Turn into that fillingsaidhis rider, "I'll fill your tank for youwith thanks. You see, I own that fillingAugust 21How Well Do You KnowYour Bible Stories?Of the following ten statements, onlyone is correct. Find out which one itis, and what is wrong with all the others.a. Cain was the first child ever born.b. Moses took no snakes into the ark.c. When the Bible mentions Adam, itmeans the first man.d. Joseph's eleven older brothershated him.e. Solomon became kingwas David's oldest son.f. Jonah swallowed the whale.because heg. John the Baptist was Jesus' olderbrother.h. Whenever the Bible talks of Simon,it means Simon Peter.i. In Damascus, Saul went to thehouse of Judas to be healed of his blindness.j. Paul was shipwrecked in the BlackSea.k. Jesus was born at Nazareth.August 28Have You Forgotten?(A reminder of the signingCovenant at Grinnell, 1954)of theThe following was written during lastwinter as a High School creative writingtended Grinnell:project by a young person who atLASTNIGHTTHE BEST NIGHT OFMY LDTEThe fire burned brightly. As westood around that last campfire of ourCovenanterIowa, myConferenceGrinnell,mind drifted over the pastweek. Soon all would be in a state ofconfusion that always comes with thehour of departure, but right now as Ilistened to the testimonies of my friendsI felt that sense of peace thatdeeponly God can give.The night was veryblack and theonlysounds were those of the speaker's voice and the slight movementsof the eight hundredpeople listening. IForfelt as if I were in a great cathedralwith only the stars for light. I hadbeen closer to my Lord that week thanat any other time in my life. Throughthe inspiring messages, the wonderfulPsalm festival,and the counsel andguidance of my friends, I felt that noother time in myso much to me.life had ever meantThe testimonies were even better thatnight as one by one people told of whatGod had done for them. All around methat star-studded July night I could seetears glistening on the cheeks of myfriends, and I knew they were on mine,too, but somehow it didn't matter. Iwondered if I would ever feel this wayagain, for I knew that God blesses uswith beautiful moments like this veryfew times in a lifetime.Singing the comforting words of theTwenty-third Psalm, we slowly walked awayfrom our last campfire witha sense of peace and security knowingthat God went with us. I shall neverforget that evening.WHITE LAKE CONFERENCE(This reached the Secretary's desk toolate to be included in the July issue ofthe young people's magazine, The GoalPost. We are happy to print it here.)White Lake is to have a ten day conference this summer, from Friday evening August 12 through mornMondaying August 22. This gives workingpeople a chance of two weekends.Another change is the combining ofPrep, and C.Y.P.U. encampments. Buthave no fear,everyone will receiveplenty of attention, for there will be aBible Study conducted byRev. DonaldRobb of Cambridge for the Prep, campers and one conducted by Rev. RobertHenning of New York City for theC.Y.P.U. campers. Our Prayer Houreach morning is under the supervisionof Dr. Paul D. McCracken, with a different speaker each day and smallgroups of six to eight for discussion andprayer.Special featuresare the campfireseach evening, for which Dave Park ofSyracuse has agreed to light the matchand the K.K.K.; talent and stunt time;an all day recreation day, August 16,planned by our sports director, WayneCOVENANTER WITNESS