Gold Tried in the Fire - Robert J. Wieland

Saviour of "all men" and expects His ministers to
have something helpful to say even to a teenager in
an African village. Magara first asks this question:
"(1) The Bible says that if you meet one who is
in a bad way, help him. Suppose while I was going
on the way, I found someone carrying a pot of
pombe [native beer]; shall I help him?"
I happen to know a little about African village
life. The "one in a bad way" carrying a pot of
pombe is very likely his aged aunt or grandmother.
To her, selling her beer is the only way she knows
to get some cash for buying soap or salt. Suppose
Magara, the "new young Christian," refuses to have
anything to do with her enterprise. "No, dear
grandother; I can no longer help with the
'manufacture or sale of alcoholic ... ' " She retorts,
"What a fine Christian you are—not helping your
poor old grandmother!"
The next question is as difficult:
"(2) Suppose I am on the way from the church
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