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" TH E S IN GI NG H EA RT ""Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the

dust." Isaiah 26: 19.

IN THIS Thanksgiving season, in par-ticular, when the whole world seems

to be writhing in the c'oils of the octopusof fear and distrust, we will do well to pause and consider the above advice of the prophet of the Lord, and use it asa "tonic" for troubled times. In themidst of the prevailing pessimism of these days, just as in the days of Judah,there is room for the prophet who willspeak to the souls of men in such trum-

pet tones of inspiration as the text v.:hichwe have chosen for our November study.There is a greater need of the singingheart today than ever before.

The singing heart is characterized bycertain qualities. Let us consider them, briefly.

1. Gratitude. The singing heart is thethankful heart. It has the faculty, l ikethe woman of the "Cabbage Patch", of seeing life's redeeming features, and of believing that the stars are always shin-ing, visible or invisible.

There are mercies with each returning

day. There is the l ight and the beauty of the world. There is sleep with its rest for tired brain and nerve. There is our daily bread. There is life itself. Some of ushave youth, most of us have health and strength, all o f us have our senses,though we do not alway's use them. Thenthere are the pleasures of' the mind: books, music, the loves and friendshipsof life, and the love of the heavenlyFather.

2. Love. The singing heart is the lov-ing heart. It is the heart ' that goes outto others in loving thought with the de-sire tc! help. Selfishness destroys themU$ic of life. The way to be happy isto' try to make someone else happy. Theloving heart is attracted not so muchtoward that which is lovely as toward that which is needy.

3. Sacrifice. The singing heart is thesacrificial heart. The sacrificial life is thetruly happy life. The dedication of thetemple at Jerusalem was a most impres-sive scene, especially at the moment whenthe smoke of the burnt offering ascended from the altar. "And when the burntoffer ing began, the song of the Lord began also," The sacrifice was to theaccompaniment of music. So it is in the blessed life; the sacrifice and the song gotogether.

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4. Possession. The singing heart is theheart that possesses God. No life cancontinue in song without God. No onecan be truly happy if weighed downwith a load of guilt. It is only the for-given soul that can sing the new song.It is only the ransomed of the Lord whoreturn with singing. Gratitude and resig-nation, love, service, sacrifice are inextric-ably bound up with God. No heart singsits best at this Thanksgiving time unlessit sings unto the Lord!

S IN G IN G H IS T H AN K S

Martin Luther, in his autobiography,says: "I have one preacher that I love better than any other on earth; it is thelittle tame robin, who preaches to medaily. I put his crumbs upon my windowsill, especially at night. He hops onto thewindow sill when he wants his supply,and takes as much as he desires for hisneed. From thence' he always hops to aIit tle tree r.earby, and lifts his voice toGod and sings his carol of pra ise and gratitude, tucks his little head under hiswing, and goes fast to sleep, and leavestomorrow to look after i tself. He is the best preacher that I have on earth."

C OU NT Y O UR B LE SS IN G S

There is a story that Dr. John Watsonwent to visit one of his congregation whohad suffered a heavy financial loss. Hefound him utterly broken. "Everythingis gone!" he said. "What!" said Watson,''I 'm sorry to hear your wife is dead."The man looked up in surprise. "Mywife?" he said. "And I am doublygrieved to hear that you have lost your character," said Watson, and went onremorselessly naming one thing after another, t il l at last the man protested

that all these things still remained. "ButI thought you said that you had lost ev- p.rything? Man, you have lost none of thethings which are worthwhile!"

W IN GS O F P RAYE R A ND P RA IS EPut on your wings of prayer and praise,And let's go soaring high:We'll rise to heights, and realms of lightAway beyond the sky.

Up, to the very throne of God;Where Jesus intercedesFor all our cares, and burdens here;And for our every need.

He is the one who understandsOur every thought and care;His ear is open to our cry,And he will answer prayer.

Our very hairs are numbered,And, in the Book we're told,He has all our parts written,Who would enter in the fold.

Our praises make an open way,Up, through the starry sky:And God keeps records up in heaven,Of every fear and sigh.

Our prayers are on the altar,And our answers are on the way,For those who come believing,And his sweet will, obey.

Marion Miller-Freeman.

W HAT A M AN NEEDS

A drowning man needs a swimmer strong enough to struggle with thestorm and bring him to the shore insafety. A starving man needs someonewith supply enough to feed him; a sick man needs a surgeon enough to combat,the disease which threatens to destroy; an

ignorant man needs a teacher with wis-dom enough to instruct and enlighten; asinner needs a Saviour who is sinless,victorious, and omnipotent to deal withthe sin of the past, with the poison of the present, and the fearfulness of thefuture . . . If Jesus Christ cannot dowhat we need done, then let us find someone e lse who can do it. But let usnot find fault with the One presented unless we have found another who issufficient. If you can supersede JesusChrist let us know, but be sure you cansupersede him before you attempt todo without him. Before you turn com-

pletely away from him, be sure your other schemes work satisfactorily tomeet the need of heart and life.-Alberr Hughes: Born of A Virgin.

THANKSGIVING

We thank thee, a God,For thy precious love;

We thank thee for Jesus,Who came from above;

Who died on the cross,That we might go free;

We thank thee, a Father,We thank thee!

-N aOllli Larson

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The term "Foursquare" stands for the

four-fold ministry of J esus ChrISt as theSavior (Rom 10:9), Baptizer with the HolyGhost (Luke 3: 16), Healer (I Peter 2:24),and coming King (Acts 1 11)

D E C L A R A T I O N O F F A I T H

1. THE HOLY SCRIPTURE5-(1I Tim. 3:-16,17).

We believe the Bible is God-inspired.2. THE ETERNAL GODHEAD-(I J ohn

5:7).We believe God is Triune: Father,

Son, and Holy Ghost.

3. THE FALL OF MAN-(Rom. 5 12).We believe that man was created inthe image of God, but that by voluntarydisobedience he fell from perfection

4. THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION-(John3:161.

We believe that while we were yetsinners Christ died for us, signing thepardon of all who believe on him.

5. SALVATION THROUGH GRACE-(Eph.2:8).

We believe that we have no righteous-ness and must came to Gad pleading therighteousness of Christ.

6. REPENTANCE AND .ACCEPTANCE-(I J ohn 1.9).

We believe that upon sincere repen-tance, and a whole-hearted acceptance of Christ, we are justified before God.

7. THE NEW BIRTH-(John 3:3).We believe that the change which

takes place in the heart and life at con-version IS a very real one.

8. DAILY CHRISTIAN LlFE-(Heb. 6: 1).We believe that It is the will of Gad

that we be sanctified doily, growing con-stantly in the faith.

9. BAPTISM AND THE LORD'SSUPPER-(Matt 28:19; I Cor. 11:28).

We believe that baptism by immer-sion IS on outward sign of on inwardwork.

We believe in the commemoration of'the Lard's Supper by the symbolical useof the bread and the J UIceof the vine.10. BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT-

(Acts 2.4).We believe that the baptism of the

Holy SPIrit IS to endue the believer withpower; and that his incoming is afterthe same manner as in Bible days.11. THE SPIRIT-FILLED LlFE-(Gal. 5:-

16,25).We believe that it is the wi II of Gad

that we walk in the Spirit daily.12. THE GIFTS AND FRUITS OF THE

SPIRIT-(I Cor. 12:1-11; Gal. 5:-22).

We believe that the Holy Spirit hasgifts to bestow upon the Christian; andthat we should show spiritual frUit aseVidence of a Spirit-filled life.13. MODERATlON-(Phil. 4:5).

We believe that the experience anddally walk of the believer should neverlead him mta extremes or fanatacisms.14. DIVINE HEALlNG-(James 5:14-16).

We believe that divine healmg is thepower of Christ to heal the sick inanswer to the prayer of' faith.15. THE SECONDCOMING OF CHRIST-

(I Thess. 4:16,17).We believe that the second coming

of Christ IS personal and imminent.16. CHURCH RELATIONSHIP - (A c t s

16:5).We believe it is our sacred duty to

identify ourselves with the viSible churchof Christ.17. CIVIL GOVERNMENT-(Ram. 13'1-5).

We believe that rulers should beupheld at all times except in things op-posed to the Will of Gad.18. THE FINAL J UDGMENT-(li Cor. 5.10)

We believe that all shall stand someday before the judgment seat of Gad;and there receive eternal life or death.19. HEAVEN-(I Car. 2.9).

We believe that heaven is the glaliauseternal home of born-again believers.20. HELL-(Rev. 20: 10,15).

We believe that hell is a place of eternal torment for all who reject Christas their Savior.21. EVANGELISM-(J ames 5:20).

We believe that soul winning is theone big business of the church on earth.

November, 1948

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DECLARATION OF FAITH

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THE SEVEN SEAS 4Sermon by Rolf K. McPherson, D.D.

THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE 6Sermon by Aimee Semple McPherson

MASTERPIECES OF PULPIT ELOQUENCE 8 Number 8: "Found Wantmg"-R. A. Torrey

"THINK ON THESE THINGS" _ 10

THE PASTOR'S STUDY 11"The Way", by Rev. B. C. Jones, Pastor of theWaukegan, IllinOIS, Foursquare Church

THE WHE AT F ROM T HE CHAFF 12

KFS~ BROADCAST SCHEDULE _ 13

A REAL THANKSGIVING 13 by Rev. Guy P. Duffield

PERPLEXING PROBLEMS ~ 14First in a New Series of Bible Expositions by Charles Wm Walkem, D.D.

"THY KINGDOM COME" 16Chapter Eight in Prophetic Novel by Dr. Harry E. Fisher .

DIVINE HEALING TESTIMONIES 17

ANGELUS TEMPLE NEWS 21

L.I.F.E. LINES 22

DEPARTMENT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION : 24

DISTRICT NEWS 26

DIRECTOR'S DIARY 31

MISSION FLASHES 32

MISSIONARY OFFERINGS 34

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SEAS

"He shall have dominion also fromsea to sea, and from the river unto,the ends of the earth"-Psalm 72 :8.

"Go ye into all the world and preach the ,gospel to every creature"

-Mark 16: 1 5.

Sermon by R OL F K . M cP HE RS ON , D .O .,Pastor, Angelus Temple

G O-FROM SEA TO SEA!GO-TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH!THIS IS A GOSPEL WITH "GO" IN IT!

Christ gave to his disciples a great commission, a world-wide commission, a challenge to each and everyone of uswho names the name of Christ. That commission, "Go yeinto all the world" means the gospel must be carried fromsea to sea, from mountain to mountain, from valley to valley,unto the very ends of the earth. The various rivers and streamsand oceans of the earth must be crossed by those going forth_ with the good news of the saving power of Jesus Christ.

In this prophecy of God's dominion, which shall be fromsea to sea, the Psalmist expresses the fact that God shall reignover the entire world; but until he returns to set up his king-dom upon the earth, he wants to rule in the hearts and livesof men. So the task for the church is a tremendous one.

Speaking of seas, there are many we could name; for instance, The Norwegian Sea, the Bering Sea, The Baltic Sea,The China Sea, and many, many others; but we want to view"seven sees" in God's Word that are important for all whowould serve Jesus Christ and would hasten the day of hiscoming.

W E M UST SE E TH E LO ST"Where there is no vision, the people perish."If we want to serve Christ, we must have an understanding

of what it means to be lost. "Lost"-a terrible word, even inthe natural. But words can not describe the horror of a soulthat.is lost forever. Not merely lost on a desert for a number of days, lost on the sea, or stranded for a time on a desertisland, but lost for eternity-lost without God and withouthope of deliverance.

This' is the condemnation of every man that comes intothe world, and the reason is clear. When God created manin his own image, in a state of perfection, he gave him acommand, which if disobeyed, meant eternal death. Man dis-obeyed God, and because of that disobedience, sin came intothe world, not only upon Adam and Eve, but upon all their seed. Romans 5: 12 makes this clear: "Wherefore, as by oneman sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and sodeath passed upon all men, for that all have sinned."

In every nation sin abounds, and men and women arecondemned to eternal death. Romans 6:23 tells us "the wagesof sin is death." Again God says, "It is appointed unto manonce to die, and after that the judgment."

The apostle John tells us this is the answer to those whosay, "I do not go to church, but I live a good life. I havenot committed any sin." John says: (I John 1:8) "If wesay that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truthis not in us."

But I am so glad there is salvation for all, if they willaccept that great salvation through Christ. Man, without

Christ, is lost and undone, drifting on the sea of life to eternaldestruction; but just as true as there is a negative side of life,there is also a positive side. It is true the Scripture says "the

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wages of sin is death," but it also says, "the gift of God ISeternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord."

W E M US T S EE J ES US

It is so important we should give our lives to Christ, and be willing to go where he wants us to go. Remember thethree wise men came and made inquiry of the king, saying,"We would see Jesus." And oh, how the sick and sinnerscame to Jesus, and their words were, "We would see Jesus."

The gift of God is Jesus. Eternal life is in Jesus, God's ownSon. "God so loved the world that he gave his only begottenSon, that whosoever believeth in him might not perish, buthave everlasting life." How wonderful to see the Savior!Do you remember the day when you gave your heart to Jesus?There was a tug at your heart 's door. At first, you didn'tunderstand what it meant, and then you suddenly realized Jesus was knocking at your heart's door, pleading to come in,and the moment y'ou said, "Jesus, come in, take away my sin,"wasn't that a wonderful day?

Jesus said of himself, "If I be lifted up from the earth, Iwill draw all men unto me." There is a challenge and alsoa promise in those words. Our task is to lift up Jesus, theRedeemer, that th.e world might see him and live eternally.It is true there is a penalty for sin, and the bite of the serpentmeans death, but God has made a way out for us.

We have all ben shocked, recently, when we read in our papers the account of the woman who picked up a snakeshe had kept in her museum, only to have its fangs fastenthemselves in her finger. She had no fear of handling snakes, but she had said that a bite would mean death in twentyminutes. She was rushed to the hospital, after everything had been done by those who were present, but they were unableto save her -life.

I am reminded of the time when the children of God werecomplaining, and he allowed' them to be bitten by serpents.

As they were suffering and dying, they began to lift their voices to God and to cry for help. He heard their cry and told their leader, Moses, to place a brazen serpent on a pole,and to "look and live". That message went out to all thosewho were stricken and lay dying on the ground.

Just as the serpent of brass was lifted up, so the Son of man was lifted up, that all who look, might live. Like a boatdrifting with the current, down over the falls and perishing,so is man drifting with the tide. But there is a Rock uponwhich we can cast our a;;chor and our anchor will hold.It is the Rock of Ages, Christ Jesus. Heaven and earth may pass away, but his word will never fail. Jesus will never failus. He will hear our faintest cry.

W E M US T S EE T HE H ARVE ST

Jesus gave the word, "Lift up your eyes and look uponthe fields; they are white already to the harvest."

I never look upon a field of ripened grain, and see theheavy heads of grain, just ready to be cut, but I think of thisscripture, and liken it to people just waiting to be won to

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TBE ETERNAL TRIANGLESeventh in a Series of Ten Outstanding Evangelistic Sermons

by AIMEE SEMPLE McPHERSON

H EROD! HERODIUS! JOHN!A King! A Temptress! A Preacher!Man! Satanic Influence! Righteousness!THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE!In the center,. the king-conceited, vain, ease-loving, easily

swayed and flattered, wine-sated, soft, wallowing in licentious-ness.

To his left, the temptress-haughty, cold, proud, schemingand jealous, unscrupulous, cruel as the grave.

To his right, the preacher-courageous, strong, rugged,fearless, dauntlessly telling the truth despite personal loss or gain, calling sin by its right name and terming a spade a spade,thundering denunciation at the king, declaring:

"It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother Philip's wife!" A BATTL E OF WILLS

Herod! Herodius! John!Three striking personalities!'Twixt John and Herodius~a battle of wills.With Herod torn between the two!"It is not lawful for thee to have her! Not lawful!"Insistently the words beat upon his brain and heart. This

was a new experience for Herod. Overfed with the flatteryand fawning of his courtiers, this unprecedented denunciationmust have come as an appreciable change and diversion.

It was like the thrill of cold spray after too much exposureto heat; like a tonic of bitters after too much honeyed sweet-ness; like the pummeling of a trained masseur following anight of revelry!

"Herod, your heart is steeped in sin, bathed in iniquity!Your mode of living is all wrong-:-yea more, 'tis wicked,dishonorable! Put yon temptress from your side! Purge your soul fron sin! Turn to the true and living God and to thecoming one of whom I am the witness! Repent ye in sackclothand ashes! Flee from the wrath to come!"

Here was a Spirit-filled man, a positive man, a man witha message! Shoulders back, head up, eyes flashing fire, voiceeloquent-like the rock of Gibraltar he stood, defying theconsequences, delivering the message of God.

Instead of resenting the prick of John's conviction-tipped javelin, Herod rather liked the nip of it!

"Fine sermon that; splendid preacher! He isn't afraid to

tell you straight from the shoulder what he believes. No beating about the bush there! Don't claim to have much 're-ligion myself, but I surely admire it in others-appreciateearnestness when I see itt"

Herod's usually bored expression must have changed toone of amusement and interest. A king on a throne was he-the ruler of a nation-his the power to say "Yea" or "Nay", todecide for or against God and 'a righteous life. But so indeed is every man king of his heart and will, with the power of saying "Yes" or "No" to the voice of Almighty God.

Yes, Herod listened to John and, although the words pierced his heart as' an arrow, he was able to nod his head and say:

"That's right. That man is preaching the truth. I'm awi~k.ed old sinner, all right; I know it. If I keep listeningto him, he may get me yet. Fine sermon, eh?"

But Herod toyed with conviction until at last his heart became calloused and he lost his soul. Let us take, heed thenfor 'tis thus that God deals with us all! "

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"It is not awful!""It is not lawful to have her!""It is not lawful to be a sinner!""It is not lawful'to reject Jesus Christ!" "It is not lawful for you to play with conVictIOn, to

harden your heart, to refuse the gospel message, to live aworldly, sinful, proud, selfish life!"

"~h, that's right, Sister McPherson! Give it to us straight!We like to hear a good sermon-a message with some nip to itl"

There you are-that's the very position Herod took!" He,t~o, liked good, straight-from-the-shoulder sermons, but theydid not take effect. -

VOiCE IN THE WILDERNESS

What tenacity, what enthusiasm, what super-abundantenergy for God this desert-dweller possessed! What a strange

_combination he was- rugged, sunburned, uncouth, dressed in camel's hair raiment and living upon a diet of locusts and wild honey. The light of the great open spaces was reflected in his flashing eyes!

To have gazed upon him, and then to have looked uponthat soft, weak-faced man seated on the throne must have been to realize that John was the greater monarch of the two!He had a message and believed it implicitly. He had a stan-dard o.f living that was as high as heaven and as pure as re-fined Silver. He was a man with the courage of his convictions.

Herodius, on the other side of the triangle, listened tothe words of the preacher as did Herod, but her reaction was

of a different nature! -"The idea of that uncouth wilderness preacher daring tostand there and openly insult us! How can we retaliate' tomake him take back those words; to: silence the rude jarringof his voice?"

No thought of penitence here! So beautiful, but oh socold! Like Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, her mind w~s' ~adeup. -She would have the life of John the Baptist!

From this time Herodius SO'ught to kill John, even as manytoday seek to kill and stifle the convicting voice of the HolySpirit aft~ they have heard the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ!

A vOice seems to whisper in their ear::'There's no use becoming excited because of a daring and

straightly-worded sermon! You will feel differently tomorrowonce you are back in the busy world and out from under th;spell of the preacher's voice. Kill that conviction of soul,stifle it; trample it under footl" ,

So, t?e Bible tells u.s t~at "J:ierod laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him m pClSon for Herodius' sake his brother Philip's wife," '

. ON THE FENCE

. Herod was in bad environment! Heredity, also, was againsthim. He was the so~ of that for~er Herod who had put todeath all .the male children at the time when Christ was born.Parental mfluence does make a great deal of difference' Nowh.e lived in t.his palace,. this place of luxury and revelry: midstsilken curtams, sparklmg wines, purring voices of flatteryand the perfumed caress of jeweled fingers. Yet there wa;something stirring in his heart.

.I can picture him ri~in~, time and time again, and tip-toemg down the long, wmdmg stairs to the confines of thatdungeon where John the Baptist sat meditating upon the

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To have gazed upon this rugged desert-dweller, and' then to have looked upon that weak-faced man on thethrone, must have been to realize that John was the

greater monarch of the two!

things of God. As he looks through the bars at the prisoner,Herod's heart is heavy within him. He is torn between twodecisions.

Methinks 1 hear John pleading-"Herod! Herod! You are putting off your salvation and

harkening to the voice of Satan rather than the voice of God!You are answering, 'Not tonight; some other time.' You areyielding to the kiss of the temptress, rather than to the woo-ing of the Spirit! You are slipping further and further away.Herod, Herod! 1 implore you, ere it is too late-decide for God today!"

But Herod replies:"Some other day, John Baptist. You almost persuade me,

and indeed 1 fear God, but other influences are at work pull-ing in the opposite direction. However, I'll see to it that your life is spared, John. 1 will .guard your safety, but 1 cannotmake the decision you ask,"

Herod, we read, was "perplexed." He was in the center of the Eternal Triangle. On one side, Purity was stronglydrawing; on the other, Sensuality was tugging. On one side,the Spirit of God; on the other, the Tempter! The better na-ture of Herod leaned toward John and the right. All that was base, sensual and carnal leaned toward Herodius and wrong

doing.Two forces are at work in the life of every man. Satandesires to have you, that he may sift you like wheat and de-stroy your body and soul. Jesus Christ desires to have you, thathe might redeem and lift you to a place of holiness besidehim in the heavens.

You are the one who must decide which way the battlewill go! You, like Herod, are in 'the center of the EternalTriangle-the devil, his imps, his earthly emissaries stretched in a long row pulling in one direction; the Lord Jehovah with

. all the angels of heaven and his faithful servants pulling inthe other!

. Just one little "Yes" to Jesus and the battle would be won.How easy 'twould be to say it just now!

"Come this way," cried Herodius to Herod.

"No!" thundered John. "It is not lawful!"THE DANCE OF DEATH

Herod's birthday arrived and with it a great celebration, but he was still unsaved. Herodius had seen to that! And shewould see to it likewise that Herod would be kept so occupied in celebrating that there would be no time to slip downstairs into the dungeon and talk with that meddling preacher,John Baptist!

Mother instinct blighted, warped, she took her daughter,Salome, dressed her in the gay and scanty attire of a courtdancer, and sent her in to dance before the king and his half-drunken lords.

So well had the child been coached; so pleasingly did shedance; so excellent was the taste of the wine; in such good humor was the flattered and pampered king that he rashlyand magnanimously cried:

"Ask what you will and I will give it thee 1Into the half of my kingdom!"

"P-s-s-t! Salome!" whispered her mother. "Bend your ear closer, my child. Ask-ask for the head --of- John-Baptist!"

That's right; kill it, stifle it, silence it, cast it aside for-ever-that voice of conviction that thrusts itself upon theclosed door of the heart like a battering ram at the citadelgates!

"Well, sweet child, daughter of beautiful Herodius, whatwill your petition be? Your dancing has pleased me well.Would'st 'like a lovely new dress? A string of pearls? A car-riage and pair of prancing horses? Come-ask what you will"and I will give it to thee; yea, even as much as the half of mykingdom!"

"I would have, kind sir, but just one thing .. ."Surely the voice of the child must have faltered! Surely

she must have needed to seek the eyes of her mother for

courage to drive her onward!"I wrmld have the head of John Baptist brought hither

on a charger!" A KING'S 'oATH

A staggering, sobering blow was this m the midst of de- bauch and revelry!

Herod mused to himself:"The head of John? Ah, 1 had hoped 1 could put this

decision off awhile longer. Who knows-he might have wonme over yet, but now 1 am in a pretty fix. 1 have boasted.1 have given my word; the lords and ladies of my courthave heard it. How they would laugh and whisper should I break my oath! And Herodius-how she would tease and mock!

"There would be no peace for me in the palace. Surely,I cannot be expected to bear the brunt of a woman's taunting,or the laughter of the courtiers. Besides, a promise is a prom-ise. I should have been on guard against this very thing."

Ah, yes, but a bad promise is better broken than k~pt!. "Oh, Sister McPherson," you exclaim, "I fear that if 1

took a definite stand and publicly owned Jesus Christ as mySavior, people would laugh at me!"

There you are! Herod and the Eternal Triangle all over again! Ah, that position is weak, weak, weak! Anyone can be a coward, but it takes a brave man or woman to say, "No"to sin, "No" to the crowd, "No" to Satan. There is nothingto boast about in being a sinner; but to change your policy,change your mind and not be afraid to let the world knowit-that takes courage.

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In whose balances was Belshazzar weighed? The balances' of God. Not inthe balances of his own estimation of himself: he would never have beenfound wanting there. Not in the bal-ances of public opinion: the men of Babylon would have said, "Belshazzar isour greatest statesman, and the comingman." Not in the balances of human philosophy. In the balances of God.

"HONEST WEIGHT"Every man and woman here tonight

is to be weighed in the same balances,the balances of God. How much do yousuppose you weigh in the balances of God? I do not ask you how much youweigh in your own opinion of yourself.That is of no consequence, for many aman who thinks most of himself is of least account in the mind of God. I donot ask how much you weigh in the bal-ances of public opinion. You may be aleading citizen and a chief magistrate,

whom all delight to honor; but often-times that which. is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sightof God.

How much do you think you weighin the balances of God? There are someof us who set much store by our moral-ity, our culture, and our refinement; butif we knew how little we weighed inthe balances of the eternal and all holyGod, .we would fall on our knees and cry, "God be merciful to me a sinner."

Is there any way in which we can tellhow much we weigh in the balances of God? There is. God has given to us the

weights wherewith he weighs us.Turn to Exodus 20 and you will get

the first ten weights by which God weighs men-the well-known Ten Com-mandments. Let me read them.

"Thou shalt have no other gods be-fore me." What is a man's god? Aman's god is the thing he thinks mostof. If a man thinks more of moneytha;" anything else, money is his god.Many a man is sacrificing conscience,sacrificing honor, sacrificing obedience toGod, to gain money. You do things in business that you know are not accord-ing to the teachings of the Bible, thingsthat you know are not pleasing to a holyGod, because there is money in them.Gold is your god, and you are found wanting by the first of God's command-ments. There are men who worship gold just as really as if they had a sovereignhung up in their bedchamber, and said their prayers to i t.

Many worship social pO.$ition. Howmany are doing things in matters of dress and in matters of social l ife thatare-disapproved by conscience! But it iswhat society does; and they think thatif they do not do the same thing they

will lose their position in society. Youare putting society before God. Societyis your god. You are weighed and found wanting by the first of God's laws.

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"EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY"

Many a man worships whiskey. Howmany a man is sacrificing his brain- power, his business capacity, the respectof his fellow-citizens, the reverence of his wife and children, in devotion to thecursed whiskey. I saw many a hideousgod when I was traveling in India, allsorts of beastly images which men bowdown before and worship, but I knowno god more beastly, no god more dis-gusting than this god of whiskey, uponthe altar of which men are offering as asacrifice their children and their interests.

BIOGRAPHY

Reuben Archer Torrey was born inHoboken, New Jersey, January 28,1856. He received his early educa-tion in private schools and was gradu-ated from Yale University (A.B.> in1875 and Yale Divinity School (B.D'>in 1878. He was ordained a Congre-gational minister the same year.During 1882-3 he pursued a specialcourse of theological study at Leipsicand Erlangen, and on his return toAmerica, engaged in city missionwork in the city of Minneapolis,Minn. He then became associated with Dwight L. Moody, and in 1889was appointed Superintendent of theMoody Bible Institute, Chicago, il-linois, in which office he remained nine years.

During the early part af the cen-tury Dr. Torrey began to engage inworld evangelism, and in the caurseof a dozen years, or so, conducted evangelistic campaigns in Britain,Australia, China, Japan, Korea, In-dia, and other lands, and in all partsof the United States. In 1912, hewas chosen Dean of the Bible Insti-tute, Los Angeles and in 1915 wascalled to the pulpit of the Churchof the Open Door in that city. He re-mained in both offices until 1924,and upon resigning engaged in in-dependent teaching and preachingdown to the end of his life. The closeof a wonderfully full life of devoted Christian service came on October 25, 1928, on which date Dr. Torreydied at his home in Asheville, N.C.,

at the age of 72.Apart -from his gifted speaking

ability, Dr. Torrey had other fine giftsIn ample measure: he was a bornorganizer, precise and capable in business affairs, and hod a genius for loving friendship and constancy of spirit. He taught earnestly, and hisknowledge was commensurate withhis zeal. He preached the gospel of full salvation in faith and with rarecourage.

His influence is perpetuated in theinspiration and guidance he -gave tothousands, as he opened unto themthe beauties and verities of Holy

Writ, and led them into the ways af salvation and inta the hallowed pr~-cincts of praIse and prayer.

How many a young man and youngwoman worships the god of pleasure.They are doing things for pleasure thattheir conscience disapproves of, thingsthat hinder communion with God. They

'are sacrificing everything that they mayhave amusement and pleasure. Amuse-ment is their god. Weighed and found wanting by the first weight of the ten

commandments.I have no time to dwell upon the sec-

ond command: "Thou shalt not makeunto thee any graven image, or any like-ness of any thing that is in heaven above,or that is in the earth beneath, or that isin the water under the earth; thou shaltnot bow down thyself to them, or servethem, for I the Lord thy God am a jeal-ous God, visiting the iniquity of the fa-thers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hateme, and showing mercy unto thousandsof them that love me, and keep my com-mandments."

The Third Command - "Thou shaltnot take the name of the Lord thy God in vain j for the Lord will not hold him'guilt less that taketh his name in vain."-How much do you weigh when youare weighed by that law! Oh, how manya man on your streets breaks that law!And men not only break it, but theythink it a light matter. They think thatlaw is of no consequence. When you ap- proach men and speak to them aboutChr ist, they will say, "Well, but I donot know that I need Christ. I am nota very bad man. I have never stolen any-

thing. I have never killed anybody. Ihave never committed adultery. Oh, Ido swear occasionally." They think it alight matter, but God does not regard itso. "Thou shalt not take the name of theLord thy God in vain; for the Lord willnot hold him guiltless that taketh hisname in vain."

If there is any sin which shows thatthe very foundations of a man's char-acter are honey-combed and rotten, i t isthe sin of profanity. You cannot trust a profane swearer anywhere. A profaneswearer is r ipe for any crime. What isthe only foundation for a sound char-acter? Reverence for God; and whenthat is gone the foundation of character is gone. - Character may not crumbleaway at once, as a building does not al-ways fall the moment i ts foundation isrotten, in a measure, but it will fall.The foundation is gone. No man 'canswear profanely until he has gotten very,very low in the moral scale. A man hasto go down pretty low (has he not?) tospeak disrespectfully of his mother. Wehave seen men go pretty far into sin,and yet have so much manhood left that,'when others spoke insultingly about their mother, they would resent it . A man hasfallen very low who will speak lightly of his mother; but a man has got immeasur-ably lower before he will speak profanely

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"T HE C HR IS TIA N'S S ON G O FTHANKSGIVING

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." -Ephesians 1:3.

THE APOSTLE PAUL could have presented no better gateway to his

epistle to the church at Ephesus, thanthis introductory Act of Praise, which

. extends from verse 3 to 14. It is one of the' most sublime of inspired utterances,and an overture worthy of the com- position that it introduces.

Paul gives the theme of this entirecomposition in verse 3, with which weshall deal briefly here.

"Blessed be God!" This is the song of the universe, in which heaven and earthtake responsive parts. "When the morn-ing stars sang together and all the sonsof God shouted for joy," this grand con-

cert began, and continues still throughthe travail of creation and the sorrowand sighing of men. The work praisesthe Master. All sinless creatures, by their order and harmony, by the variety of their powers and beauty of their formsand delight of their existence, declaretheir Creator's glory. The praise and thanksgiving to the most high God

which the lower creatures act instru-mentally, it is man's privilege to utter in discourse of reason and music of theheart.

"Blessed be God!" This is the perpet-ual strain of the Old Testament, fromMelchizedek down to Daniel,--of David in his triumph, and Job in his misery.But nOt hitherto could men say, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord JesusChrist! He was "the Most High God,the God of heaven,"-"Jehovah, God of heaven,"-"Jehovah, God of Israel, whoonly doeth wondrous things,"-"theShepherd" and "the Rock" of his people,"-"the true God, the living God, and aneverlasting King"; and these are glorioustitles, which have raised men's thoughtsto moods of highest reverence and trust.But the name of Father, and Father of our Lord Jems Christ, surpasses and outshines them all. With wonderinglove and joy unspeakable St. Paul pro-nounced this Benedictus. God was notless to him the Almighty, the High and Holy One dwelling in eternity, than inthe days of his youthful Jewish faith; but the Eternal and All-holy One wasnow his Father in Jesus Christ. Blessed

of God. The purest mother is nothing tothe all holy One. No mother ever loved a chUd, no mother ever sacrificed for achild, as God has loved you and madesacrifices for you; and if you can takeGod's name upon your lips in profanityyou are a vile wretch. I beseech of youget on your face before the eternal God before you sleep, and cry to him for mercy.

PRAYING PROFANITY

But there are other ways of takingGod's name in vain besides profaneswearing. Much that we call praying istaking God's name in vain. Every timeyou have knelt down to pray and havehad no thought of God in your heartwhile you take his name upon your lips,you have taken God's name in vain. Inthe' Church of England you go throughthose marvelously beautiful prayers inthe ritual, but when you do it as a merematter of form, with no thought of God in your mind, you have taken God'sname in vain. You repeat that' wonder-

, ,ful prayer that the Master himself taughtus: "Our Father which art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdomcome. Thy will be done'in earth as it isin heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as

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we forgive those that trespass againstus. And lead us not irito temptation, butdeliver us from evil. For thine is thekingdom, and the power, and the glory,for ever and ever." All the time you re-cite it you have not one thought whatyou are saying. It is downright appalling profanity.

The Fat/rth Command - "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six daysshalt thou labor, and do all thy work, but the seventh day"-not the seventhday of the week, as some men say, daring

to put into God's word what he did not put in, but the seventh day for restafter six days of work, without specify-ing which day of the week it should come. Of course it was the seventh dayof the week with the Jew, in commem-oration of the old creation; but with theChristian it is the first day of the week,in commemoration of the new creationthrough a risen Lord. "The seventh dayis the sabbath of the Lord thy God; init thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manserv-ant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle,nor the stranger that is within thy gates:for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is,

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be his name: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory!

The apostle's psalm is a psalm of thanksgiving to God blessing and blessed!The second clause of this verse 3 rhyth-mically answers to the first, "who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings,etc." True, our blessing of him is far different from !?is blessing of us: oursin thought and words; his in mightydeeds of salvation. Yet in the fruit of lips giving thanks to his name there isa revenue of blessing paid to God whichhe delights in, and requires.

All blessings we enjoy as believers, weenjoy by Jesus Christ. All blessingscome from God as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. No good can beexpected from a righteous and holy God to sinful creatures, but by his mediation."He hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings." Spiritual blessings are thebest blessings with which God .blessesus, and for which we are to bless him.He blesses us by bestowing such thingsupon us as make us really blessed. Wecannot thus bless God again; but mustdo it by praising, and magnifying, and speaking well of him on that account.

It is well to remember that those towhom God gives Christ, he freely givesall other spiritual blessings as well. It isnot so with temporal blessings: someare favored with health, and not. withriches; some with riches, and not withhealth, etc. But where God blesses withspiritual blessings, he blesses with all. None is withheld! Paul calls these "spiri-tual blessings in heavenly places." Bythis, he does not mean so much blessingcoming from those places-from God the Father who sits there-as it is bless-ing which lifts us into that supernalregion, giving to us a place and heritagein the world of God and of the angels.Two passages of the companion epistlesinterpret this phrase: "Your life is hid with Christ in God" (Col. 3:3); and again, "Our citizenship is in heaven".(Phil. 3 :20). - The decisive note of Paul's blessedness lies in the words "inChrist." For him all good is summed up there. Spiritual, heavenly, and Chris-

tian: these three are one. In Christ dying,risen, reigning, God the Father has raised believing men to a new heavenly life.From the first inception of the work of grace to its consumation, God thinksof men, speaks to them and deals withthem in Christ. To him, therefore, withthe Father be eternal praise and thanks-giving! .

This, then, is the Christian's song of thanksgiving at this season of the year-not a song glorying in temporal blessings, but a song of praise to God the Father for spiritual blessings which we have asa result of belief in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, and as a result of accep- 'tance of his shed blood for cleansingfrom sin! "Blessed be God!"

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R EV. B. C .JONES

Pastor of theFoursquare Churchof Waukegan, III.

submIts thismonth's study

"THE WAY"

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,the truth, and the life: no man cometh1tnto the Father, but by me."-John14:6.

W ORRY AND FEAR IS not th'eway. We should not worryabout tomorrow. Jesus said, "Take nothought for the morrow." In other words, we should take each day as itcomes-take today, today; not tomor-row, today! Get reconciled with your-self-with life. Don't be afraid; don'tworry. Have faith in God! All life con-verges upon one thing: This is the w.ay-

the way of Christ-and blessed is theman who walks therein. The "way"suggests the following ten letter "R" 's:

1. REVIEW

Review your life honestly. You donot get anywhere by defending yourself.Be honest. Take out the things in your life that are displeasing to God. Takean inventory of the good and bad i'nyour heart. Discard the bad and culti-vate the good.

We should take notice of where wemade our mistakes and failures, and then by God's grace avoid them next time.We should allow the Holy Spirit to pick out the flaws and defects, and search outthe hidden sins in our lives-sins of om-mission as well as sins of commission.

The Psalmist said, "Search me, 0 God,and know my heart: try me, and knowmy thoughts: and see if there be anywicked way in me, and lead me in theway everlasting." Psalm 139:23, 24.

2. REVERSE

Turn back from wrong actions and deeds. Once having found the defectsand blemishes in our lives, we should

shun them. The Word of God tells usto turn from our wicked ways. If weexpect to go forward for God, we mustreverse our former procedure--that of

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walking after the ways of the world,the flesh, and the devil.

John tells us to "Love not the world,neither the things that are in the world.If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." I John 2: 15.

3. RETURNReturn to Christ, and he will take

the place of your fears and conflicts. Weneed to return to our first love, if weexpect a revival in America. We mustreturn to the faith of our fathers, if wewould see a spiritual' awakening in our churches, towns and cities.' We mustreturn to the preaching of the old-fash-ioned gospel, if we would see the sinner saved-the preaching of the blood of Christ and its efficacious power to cleansefrom all sin-the preaching of the blood of Christ and its efficacious power tocleanse from all sin-the preaching of the cross and the atonement which our blessed Lord provided for us on Calvary.

If we would see our prayer meetingsgrow spiritually and numerically, wemust return to the preaching of the

baptism of the Holy Spirit. If we would see the members of our churches filled with new hope and vigor to press on,we need to return to the preaching of the second coming of Christ. If wewould see miracles performed and newfaith arise in the hearts of believers, weneed to return to the preaching of divinehealing and praying for the sick.

"If my people, which are called bymy name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn fromtheir wicked ways; then will I hear fromheaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." II Chron. 7: 14.

4. RENOUNCESurrender yourself to God to do his

will at any cost. We. cannot have allthat God would give us until God hasall of us! An individual once made aremark to a minister who was unusually blessed with the anointing, blessing, and the power of the Lord. "I would givethe whole world if I had the joy that you possess," he said. "That is exactly whatI had to give to obtain it," replied theminister.

Let us give Christ all of our -am- bitions, plans, and wishes. He wants

your talents, your personality, your hands, your feet, your mind, and your faculties. Paul said, "I beseech youtherefore, brethren, by the mercies of

God, that ye preseht your bodies aliving sacrifice, holy, acceptable untoGod, which is your reasonable service.".Rom. 12:1.

There must be an unconditional sur-render to God, if we would have his best for ,our lives.

S. RECEIVE

Take the forgiving grace and re-deeming love of God. Salvation is agift which we ourselves must acceptand appropriate to our own souls. Noone else can accept or receive it for us.The same is true for all the spiritualgifts. We must have open and recep-tive hearts. Jesus said, "Blessed arethey which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."Matt. 5:6.

6. RESTORE

Restore old ties and friendships. Bewilling to cement broken and severed relationships one with another. Jesussaid, "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Matt. 5:9. We should striveearnestly to live peaceably with all men.

In 'loving one anotlier we will mani-fest the love of God in our hearts, for how can we love God if we hate our brother? We must be willing to for-give and forget. Jesus, said that weshould be willing to forgive our brother not seven times, but seventy timesseven! Jesus, himself, set the greatestexample of forgiveness he possibly could,when he hung on the cross and prayed for his accusers, asking his heavenly Fa-ther to forgive them, for they knew notwhat they were doing. So we should bewilling to forgive, even as our heavenly

'Father has forgiven us.7. RELATE

Relate yourself to the church by sup- porting it not only with your gifts, butwith your attendance. Attend as manyof die services as you possibly can. ThePsalmist said, "I was glad when theysaid unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord." Psalm 122: 1.

Relate yourself to your home. Be sureyou have a family altar there each day.If there are children in the home, besure they are getting the proper spiritualguidance and counsel. Remember, the

place to begin curbing crime is in thehigh chair, not the 'electric. chair! Besure your home is a place where theBible is read. The Word of God is the

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Pentecosfal Leaders ConferSecond Time

On August 3, 1947, a conference of Pentec'ostal leaders was held in Chicago,Illinois. This meeting was the second of exploratory conferences of the Pente-costal leaders for, Christian fellowshipamong the various Pentecostal groups.The name adopted for this group is"Pentecostal Fellowship of North Ameri-ca". The objectives are:1. To provide a vehicle of expression

and for coordination of effort in mat-ters common to all member bodies.2. To demonstrate to the world the es-

sential unity of Spirit-baptized be-lievers, fulfilling the prayer of theLord Jesus "that they all may beone" (Jno. 17:21).

3. To provide services to our constituentswhich will enable them to accomplishmore quickly and efficiently their res- ponsibility for the speedy evangeliza-tion of the world.

'4. To encourage the principles of comityfor the nurture of the body of Christ,

Front row, left to right: C. B. Smith, Pentecostal Assemblies of Canoda; E. J . Fulton, Open BibleStandard Churches; Howard P. Courtney, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel; J ohn C. J ernigan, Church of God; J . Roswell Flower, Assemblies of God; H. L. Chesser, C. of G

Center row: Charles M. Leamlng, O.B.S.C.; I. Carlton Spencer, Elim MISSionaryAssemblies; WilliamDirks, Church of the Bible; L. M. Rowland, Pentecostal Church of God of America; Mrs Courtney;Mrs. Mitzner, Ivan Q. Spencer, E.M.A.; Artnur H. Stanton, E.M.A.; H. T. Owens, P. C. of G. of A.;Ernest 5 Williams, A. of G

Back row: Hermon D. Mitzner, I. C. of F G.; Harry H. Hodge, United Gospel Tabernacle; J ackArnold, Holy Gospel Church; J . Stewart Brinsfield, C. of G; C. M. Wortman, P. A. of C.; Noel Perkin,A. of G., Edward B. HIli, Zion EvangelistiC Fellowship; Howard A. Goss, United Pentecostal Church

keeping the unity of the Spirit untilwe all come to the unity of the faith.

After pr;tyer and careful considerationit was recommended that the following be incorporated in the constitution and by-laws of the new association of Pente-costal fellowship:

1. That the name be "The Pef\tecostalFellowship of North America", withthe explanation that this Fellowship is_ "an association of Pentecostal Evange-lical' bodies united for the promotionof spiritual fellowship and coordina-tion of missionary and evangelisticeffort throughout the world."

,Christian soldier's be~t weapon, and itis essential to have it with him always.In doubt it decides; in consultation itdirects; in anxiety it reasons; in sorrowit comforts; in failure it encourages; indefense it protects; in offense it is might-ier than the mighty!

The most important institution in theworld today, next to the church of JesusChrist, is the home. See that it is aChristian home.

8. REPLENISHReplenish yourself. Start the day right

with meditation and prayer. The Israel-ites gathered a fresh supply of mannaeach day. If they tried to save any of it, it spoiled. In like manner we need a fresh supply of "manna" for each dayalso. Otherwise our lives will becomestagnant, ineffective, fruitless, and po-werless 'in Christian work. We need to be replenished with spiritual power.Thank God, there are many refillings,which can be ours if we "Tarry ... untilendued with power from on high." Luke24:29.

9. RELEASERelease yourself from yourself! Take

on the problems of others. Get a burdenfor lost sotls, and seek to help the lessfortunate. Your own problems will not

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seem so important when you see otherswith weightier problems than your own.Learn the secret of bearing one another's burdens, and experiencing the joy of helping and praying others through their difficulties. Paul tells us to "Bear ye oneanother's burdens, and so fulfill the lawof Christ." Gal. 6:2.

10. REJOICERejoice in the thought that the Chris-

tain way is the only way! Happy is theman who puts his trust in Jesus Christ.

Paul tells us to rejoice in the Lord, and to "rejoice always.". As we look out upon a sin-sick world,

a world almost ready to be ignited into~lnother global conflagration, we can seenothing in which to rejoice. But we

.can rejoice in the Lord, and in the thingsof God. His Word gives us comfort and assurance. We can rejoice in the HolyGhost. We c;:ahhave the joy and comfortof Christian fellowship and church wor-ship.

Truly, the Christian way is the onlyway! I am sure that if we follow thesesuggestions we shall not want for spiri-tual power and the blessing of God uponour lives. This is the way-let us walk therein.

A. We believe the Bible to be the ins- pired, the only infallible authorita-

tive Word of God.B. We believe that there is one God,eternally existent in three persons:Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

C. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his virgin birth, inhis sinless life, in his miracles, in hisvicarious and a ton i n g sacrificethrough his shed blood, in his bodilyresurrection, in his ascension to theright hand of the Father, and in his personal return in power and glory.

D. We believe that for the salvation cif lost and sinful men regeneration bythe Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

E. We believe that the Full Gospel in-cludes healing for the body and anenduement of power for service ac-cording to the pattern of Acts 2:4;19:6.

F, We believe in the present mInistryof the Holy Spirit by whose indwell-ing the Christian is enabled to livea godly life.

G. We believe in the resurrection of boththe saved and the lost; -they thatare saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto theresurrection of damnation.

H. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ .

A sincere desire was expressed by theleaders of the different Pentecostal groupsthat we should by all means present aunited front on the mission fields, aswell as the home base, and that every-thing possible should be done to bringabout a closer bond of fellowship be-tween the various Pentecostal groupsaround the world, for it will be a power-ful and wonderful testimony to boththe world and the church.

The Modern TouchIn an effort to bring children into

the church, the Men's Club of the First

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Moravian Church 'of Easton, Pa., re-cently tried a new approach. Chippingin $10 per member, they raised $300 and bought a television set for the SundaySchool room. Too many of the town'syoungsters, they thought, were peekinginto taverns to see video broadcasts, whenthey could spend their evenings in thechurch. What this has to do with the

gospel of Christ, we are not quite sure, but perhaps it is planned to give altar calls following the sports events or movies televised. One thing is certain,however; nowhere does the Word of God sanction the use of the church for purelyentertainment reasons. To br ing theworld into the church in this manner issimply to make a hollow mockery of thevery purpose for which the church of Jesus Christ.exists; viz., the salvation of lost sinners (Acts 2 :47). .

At the same time, in the resort townof Rockford, Mich., a drive-in churchwas put into operation, enabling car- borne churchgoers to sit in their auto-mobiles and listen to 45 minutes of hymns and 15 minutes of public-ad-dressed sermonette. Surely this is a dif-ferent interpretation of Jesus' admonitionto "go into the highways and hedges and compel them to .come in." The world must laugh at these feeble attempts tocompete with her!

.... 0 Famine For the WordThe American Bible Society has begun

to spend almost $3,000,000, the largestannual budget of its 131 year history.The society will ship enough paper, cloth,thread, board and glue to Japan to pub-lish 125}000 Bibles, 600,000 Testamentsand 1,000,000 Gospels. Germany willreceive 700,000 Bibles, 1,15 5,000 Testa-ments and 20,000 Greek New Testa-ments. Greece will receive enough paper for 100,000 Ancient Greek Testaments, plus 200,000 other Greek Testaments to be shipped in from the U.S. Other al-locations of Bibles, Testaments and Gospels include 800,000 for Bul-garia; 45,000 for Czechoslovakia; 110,-000 for France; 450,000 for Korea; 30,-000 'for Rumania; 135,000 for Serbia and Yugoslavia; and 10,000 for the Ukraine.

"Reds" in the Church, Too?The Rev. Don Householder, co-pas-

tor with Dr. Bob Shuler of the TrinityMethodist Church, Los Angeles, on Sun-day evening, June 13, 1948, charged thatcommunism and modernism are rampan'tin his denomination, The MethodistChurch. He cited a recent editor ial inthe New Orleans METHODIST AD-VOCA TE to support his charges. Theeditorial declared that The MethodistChurch was "giving haven to too manymen who give more evidence of knowingmore about communism than they doabout personal salvation."

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~e~~;:~TUESDAY7:4~ p.m Evangelistic Service9:00 p.m J,?seph Waugh, -r:eno.~9.30 p.m. Foursquare ReVIval

" ----:-Dr.Cou~tney'10:00 p m. Songs In the NIght10:30 p.m "Uncle Paul"11:00 p.m "Beauty of the Scripture"

WEDNESDAY7:4~ p.m Evangelistic' Service9:00 p.m Rev. Mrs. Hal Smith9:30 p.m Missionary News 9:4~ p.m "Spirit of L.I.F.E."

10:1~ p.m Rev. C. T. James10:4~ p.m Joan Vartanian, Vocalist11: 00 p.m. "The Foursquare Gospel"11:30 p.m. Organ

THURSDAY7:4~ p.m Evangelistic Service9: 1~ p.m. "Sweet Hour of Prayer"9: 30 p.m Audrey Mae Mieir

10:00 p.m Jason Walker, Tenor 10: 1~ p.m The Pearson Sisters10: 30 p.m. The Sacred Hour 11:00 p.m "Songs for'Latin America"11: 30 p.m :.......... Veteran's Administration11: 4~ p.m. :............................................. Organ

SATURDAY7:4~ p.m Divine Healing Service9:30p.m ,. Burbank Foursquare Church

10:00 p.m Pauline Hensche

10:1~ p.m Recorded Gospel Melodies10:;0 p.m Selby De ~elius. Org~~~11: 00 p.m. Our Favorites11:30 p.m. Request Program

A REAL THANKSGIVINGQ Y REV. GUY P. DUFFIELD

Pas/a" Pomona Foursquare Church

O NE of the richest heritages which. any organization possesses is in a personnel which has grown 'to full ma-turity in its service. There is, in years of

experience, that which can never be ac-quired by all the studying in the world.The Foursquare Church is becomingricher in this regard as each year rolls by.

We glory that we are a young organ-ization and we are thrilled with thevibrancy of youth which characterizesso many of our activities. We are es- pecially blessed in that so large a per-centage of our ministers are sti ll quiteyoung. Yet we can be doubly gratefulthat we also have the benefit of thosewho have become seasoned warriorsthrough long years of service on the battlefield for Christ. Their experienced and mature wisdom in spiritual things isinvaluable in these trying days.

It is important, however, for us torealize that the years of active serviceof these, to w hom we look for thesteadying hand of wisdom, are growingsteadily fewer. There comes a time whenthe exacting years of sacrificial, con-secrated service comes to an end. Thehuman body cannot continually stand the strain of bearing the burdens of others, of being burned out with an ever-consuming zeal. Some of these who have

.given long years in the pioneer days of our church are wondering just what l ies

. ahead for them. Already several have had to retire from active service. The bestthat we can do as members of this greatFoursquare family is to make some provision to assist in caring for otherswho shall soon be forced to lay downthe burdens of their ministerial activity.

Last year a plan was put into opera-tion whereby an offering is received oncea year, on Thanksgiving Sunday, in allof our churches. This offering goes intothe Supplemental Ministerial Retirement

Benefit Fund. From here it is administer-ed by the Pension Committee and theInternational Board in the behalf of those who have not been in the PensionPlan long enough to provide an adequateannuity, and who must rely on publicchar ity if the organization they haveserved so faithfully does not ar ise totheir help.

.It is hoped that every FoursquareChurch will cooperate in this worthyendeavor. Last year 102 churches, of atotal of 468, responded with an 'offer-ing. This represents about 22'10 of our churches. This was quite encouraginginasmuch as the plan was i~ its infancy.

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INFANT SALVATION

"And he took a child a/l(l sct him inthe midst of them: and when he had takm him in his arms . .. And theybrought yOllng children to him, that heshould touch them: and his disciples re-buked those that brought thelll. But when Jesus saw it, he was milch dis- pleased, and said Ul1tO thclII, Suffcr thelittle children to cOllie Ul1to l/IC a1ll1for-bid thcm not: for of S1Icb is thc king-dom of God . .. And he took them upin his arms, put his hands upon themand blessed them." Mark 9:36; 10:13,14,16.

THIS PARTICULAR perplexing prob-

lem of infant baptism has been dis-cussed in nearly every denomination and has been made quite a subject for debate.The very fact that all three synoptic writ-ers record the act of Christ blessing thelittle children shows its importance. Manyand varied are the different ideas pro- pounded on this subject. For instance,there are some theologians who believethat all infants who are not christened will be damned. Then there are otherswho believe that the infants who are not'included in the elect will be damned.There is still another group who believe

that all infants of parents who are notChristians will be damned. Adam Clarke,the great scholar and theologian, calls thisan inhuman diabolic system and a doc-trine or theory emanating from Moloch.

Naturally, in answering any subjectwe must have a scriptural basis wherebywe can answer these perplexing prob-lems. Nearly every writer on this sub- ject refers to the incident recorded inthe Gospels where Christ took the littlechildren in his' arms and blessed them.Do w.e have any authority for basing in-fant salvation on this particular passageof scripture? Does Christ himself offer us any solutiori to this proble~? Therecord distinctly tells us that Jesus took the little children in his arms and blessed

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by C H AR LES W M. WAL KEM , D .O .

Illstrlletor, L.I.F.E. BIble College

them. Why did these mothers bringtheir children to Christ? Naturally, theinfants themselves would not be cog-nizant of anything that was being donefor them; at least, they would not havethe mental capacity to relate their ex- periences while they were in the armsof the Savior. Furthermore, nothing isrecorded here about the spiritual condi-tion of these mothers-whether theywere saved or unsaved, whether theywere Jewish or Gentile. I would like to propound a very strange question. Itmay seem puerile to some. But, do wehave any atheists among little children?Personally, I believe that all children be-fore they reach the age of accountability believe in a Supreme Being unless someolder p~rson, of course, would try to in-culcate into their little minds doubtrelative to the existence of God. Christhimself reminds us of their innocenceand simplicity, for he too passed throughthe stages of infancy and childhood,

,being the holy child Jesus.

One reason I believe that infants will be saved is because no sin has developed in them to produce conscious resistanceto the power of divine grace. Hence,there would be no need of the convicting power of the Lord. As we approach thissubject we discover that it involves, ac-cording to some denominations, the' sub- ject of infant baptism. The MethodistChurch believes in this ordinance of in-fant baptism and practices it. 1 find no New Testament scripture to supporttheir theory. We firmly believe that all parents should dedicate their children toGod, but whether this dedication is to be performed by the method of sprink-

ling is quite another matter. It has beensaid that many a father or mother, whentheir child is at the point of death, rush-es to a minister to have their child sprinkled to prevent the child from beingdamned.

Now even the wicked are judged ac-cording to their works. The heathen,the Apostle tells us, are without excuse because they are conscious of the invisibleGodhead. But we ask the question, caninfants be judged according to thisstandard of judgment? Surely not, be-cause they are not old enough to see these"invisible ,things."

:Q~ wi1,ave an~ Old TestameI).t scrip-ture to substantiate our position on this

subject of infant salvation? I think wedo. If under the law people obtained mercy, can not we rightfully expect evenmore under grace? When the 250 princesunder Moses revolted divine authority,the earth opened her mouth and swal-lowed them up. They went down aliveinto the pit and all that appertained tothem. Now to the cursory reader onewould judge that the children of theserebels were swallowed up also, but thecomplete record does not end with theseventeenth chapter of Numbers. Weturn a few more pages in the sacred record and discover seven words whichtell the story.' "Notwithstanding thecbildren of Korah died not." If God were not a merciful being he would havein his anger destroyed even the childrenof these belligerent Bolsheviks, but God'sanger is not executed on the mere basisof revenge. He does not "get mad", aswe say colloquially. His anger is holyanger. Now, would God show any dis-crimination when the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up these rebellious princes? The divine record does not say.

It merely states that the children died not, for God saw to it that they did not perish.

Let us return to our New Testamentscripture. Let us note exactly whatChrist did and what he said. Nothing issaid here about repentance or faith inthese children, although they evidentlydid have faith in him, because a littlelater on he declares, "EXCEPT YE BECOMECONVERTED AND BE LIKE LITTLE CHIL-

OREN, etc."

I was reading a commentary the other

day published by a skilled logician and when he came to that verse of scripturein the twentieth chapter of Revelationconcerning the great white throne Judg-ment, and the dead who stand beforethat throne, he gently reminded his read-ers that even the infants would be thereat the great white throne judgment tohear the summons Rronouncing eternaldamnation upon their souls. Can youimagine such a thing: a little baby stand-ing in the presence of a holy God to besent to the lake of fire because he wasnot sprinkled? There are ,no doubt thou-sands ,!Jf p~ople of mature mind.s whohave been sprinkled by _some pnest or

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tha t .beheading ? Would he then silence that voice and hear its pleas no longer? Must those eyes, which had glowed and flashed with the fire of God, be glazed with the lack-luster of death?

"It is not right to crowd a man like this!" he must havestormed to himself. "But now I am in for it; there is no

way out!" And thus it is, indeed, that of times the greatest, the most momentous decisions affecting the entire life for time and eternity, are made in a hasty and flurried moment.

Did a shudder pass over the frame of Herod? Did his face blanch and his hand tremble as he lifted it to give the order?Or, was he too drugged by the hypnotic smile of that beautifuland scheming woman? It' matters not so much how, or inwhat frame of mind he did it, the fact-the awful, inescapablefact-remains that he did it!

Lifting his hand he called:"E-x-e-c-u-t-i-o-n-e-r! Go down into the dungeon and

bring to me the head of John Baptist on a charger."He sat and watched as the executioner went to do his bid-

ding; heard the ringing tread of his boots upon the stair.

On went the dance; on went the merry jesting; on flowed thesparkling wine!But at least two people in that banquet-hall waited .with

every nerve taut!Of Herod we read the words: "And the king was sorry."But Herodius knew that the hold of conviction would

soon be broken now! She would have Herod all to herself,without the interferring accusations of this man of God. The pull which had gone on so long- the pull of righteousnessagainst evil-would be released in a moment. Her positionwould then be secure.

Two faces turned toward the stairway down which the.executioner had disappeared. One-hard, cold, relentless, acruel smile twitching the corners of her mouth. The other-tense, white, sorrowful.

Two pairs of eyes watched the door, 'waiting to see it flyopen. One-cruelly glinting and eager. The other-anxious and horror-stricken.

THE GREAT VOICE STILLED

The latch lifted!A booted foot struck solidly against its panels and the

door swung open with a creaking of its hinges!The man who stood framed therein was the cynosure of

all eyes.There he stood with the head of John Baptist!The voice of the prophet was stilled, but surely never

did voice of mortal man speak more eloquently than did thatcountenance ot death with its pallor and wide-set, staring eyes!

"John! I want you to know that it was really her fault!'

Herodius trapped me into giving the order th:lt spelled deathfor you! I made a bad promise and had to keep it!" Ah, not so, Herod! You cannot blame others; y01l have no

one to blame but y01trSelf!" The voice of John was no longer heard in the palace.

Herod's feet ceased to tread the corridors of his dungeon;neither did he have the privilege of saying to the faithful prophet:

"Some other day, John!"The voice of conviction was stilled-silenced for,ever-

as far as King Herod was concerned..~ * *

Days dragged into weeks, weeks into months: Revelriesand riotous living kept Herod's mind and time occupied.

But-strange rumours began to be bandied about! Strangetales were being whispered among the ladies of the court,among the chambermaids, the lords, the captains. Finally theword came to Herod himself!

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Oh, it was no news to the common folk of the land-they had been hearing this new prophet gladly for some timenow! His name was used often in the houses of poverty.It came, methinks, last of all to the house of riches and toHerod. The news caused a startling sensation in the land!His name was Jesus of Nazareth, but some said,

"He is Elias!""Verily, he is one of the prophets returned unto us!""Nay, he is but a good man.""I think he is the promised Messiah!"But there was one rumour more persistent perhaps than

the others- a rumour which brushed 'the cup of false securityfrom the shaking hand of the king-

"It is J-o-h-n B-a-p-t-i-s-t!" Can you not hear Herod muttering to himself 'midst the

gloom of night in his bedchamber:"Can it-can it possibly be John Baptist, risen from the

dead, to haunt me. Yes-it 1I1USt be; it ;s John. He;s risenfrom the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forththemselves in him! It is John, whom I beheaded!"

A GUILTY CONSCIENCE

Notice that Herod now says: "John, whom I beheaded."In a revealing flash-the flash of conviction in that awful

moment-he does not blame Herodius nor Salome, nor excusehimself on the grounds of keeping a bad promise; nor did he blame conditions into which he had been trapped, but by hisown mouth did he confess-"whom I beheaded!"

How the Lord' can strike conviction to the heart! Wemay deceive ourselves through the years, may hide our SInSlike Achan hid the golden wedge and shekkels.

"I know I stole that money, but forget it! My conscience bothers me no more."

"I remember the time when I injured such and such a person, but forget it; it's just 'water under the bridge' now."

"Things that used to trouble my conscience with blindingaccusation have grown dim and are covered by the debris of the years.'"

But, like the ice of Jack Frost which he paints o'er thewindow pane on a wintry night, the thin covering of forget-fulness melts when the sun is risen! The light streams in and we come face to face with reality-and with God! Excuses aregone, as we stand before the Great Judge! There is none elseto blame in all the world, and we, like Herod, whisper throughwhite lips:

"John, whom I beheaded! Jesus, whom I reiected!"Standing before us on that Judgment Day, Christ the

Lord will point the finger of his nail-pierced hand and say:"ThOll art the man! Thou art the woman!" Just as Herod cried, "It is John Baptist come back to life"

-so the sinner shall cry, in the light of that terrible hour,"It is Jesus, whose pleading voice I stifled. It is Jesus-Jesusof Nazareth come back to life!"

Brother, Sister, what are y011 going to do?Sinner, the Spirit is crying to you:"It is not lawful! It is not lawful to reject him longer!"The Tempter is saying:"On with the dance, the show, the merriment! Forget

your troubles and cares, drown your sorrows in the thingsof this world! Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow youdie!"

But the answer comes back:"It is not lawful! What will you do with Jesus? What

answer 1vill y011 give to the question of your soul's eternal future ?"

In the last day, when you come face to face with theMaster and gasp, "It is Jesus!" Not-"Whom I beheaded," but-"Whom I crucified!" You will be left without excuse.

Will you say "Yes" to God now, or let your soul be losteternally? You are in the center of Time's Eternal Triangleand you alone can decide the outcome!

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CHAPTER EIGHT

"THE BEAST BARES HIS FANGS"

(Synopsis: Mary Thomason, engaged to John Roberts, successful young lawyer of Plainsdale, is taken away in the "Rap_ture" of the Church, on the eve of Joln~'s decision to accept Christ at thealtar of the First Fundamental Church,where he has been attending serviceswith his fiancee. Realizing his procras-tination has caused him to be left be-hind to face the Great Tribulation, Job" falls to his knees and repents of his sins,resolving at the same time to take a firm stand for Christ in the days tocome. His law partner, Jack Williams,a backslidden Christian, makes the same pledge. During the months that follow,they watch with fascination the suddenrise to power of a world Leader whobrings universal peace and prosperity toearth. )

THE ECSTASY Mary felt as she was

snatched from her lover's side "inthe twinkling of an eye," was thelike of which she had never exper-ienced before. The distant, yet clear and vibrant tones of a trumpet, as if callingan army to battle, grew louder and louder as she soared heavenward. Shefelt herself being drawn upward asthough by a mighty magnet; gravitywas reversed, and the earth no longer had hold upon her! A tremendous, surg-ing wave of freedom and unbounded joyswept over her entire being, as thoughshe were a prisoner suddenly loosed from

the binding shackles of a dismal dungeon.The joy that entered her heart whenshe accepted Chr ist had caused her tofeel as i f she were walking on clouds, but this transcended even that blessed experience. As she caught the lastglimpse of earth fading into nothingness beneath her, she knew that soon shewould see her Savior face to face!

Others were rising all around her fromevery direction-friends among the liv-ing, and some who had been dead for many years, resurrected and uniting withthe living in the air.

Mary's rapture at seeing Christ stand-

ing at the "marriage supper" table, sur-rounded by the saints of all ages, cannot be adequately described by mortal tongueor pen. She could not take her eyesfrom him, but gazed steadfastly in wor-ship and adoration, drawn by those eyesthat were as a f lame of fire . Snatchesof the description given by the beloved disciple, John, in the Revelation, flashed through her memory-"His head and his hairs were white like wool ... hisfeet like unto fine brass . . . h is voiceas the sound of many waters ... hiscountenance was as the sun shineth inhis strength." Suddenly she knew that i twould take all of eternity to praise and thank this one who was "Altogether Lovely" for redeeming her soul from

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byDR. HARRY E . FISHER

destruction! Because of his vicariousatonement on the cross of Calvary, sheand the millions on high would no moreknow sorrow, nor crying, nor pain, nor death! Joyously she united in the glad

.refrain that reverberated through thecourts of heaven:

"Alleluia: for the Lord God 01m~ipo-tent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice,and give hallour to him: for the marriageof the Lamb is come, alJd his wife hathmade herself ready!"

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JOHN ROBERTS lost no time in tak-ing charge of the small group of Dr.Mackay's members who had been lef t behind, and in getting as many as pos- .

sible to accept Christ and prepare them-selves for the final act in God's dramaof redemption! This many did not hesi-tate to do. A number of backsliders re- pented and returned to their first love.Those who had been "on the fence" sawtheir mistake in waiting too long, and they asserted their faith in God and Christ before the assembly. Of course asmall minority scoffed, and these weremade to feel so uncomfortable in the presence of the others, that they soon joined themselves with the nearly intactcongregation of Dr. ~tevens at FirstModernist. John even did what he could

to win a few of that minister 's membersaway and over to his group by persua-sive argument, and was somewhat suc-cessful, much to his surprise and joy.

Meanwhile th.e "Superman," for thuswas the new Leader tabbed by the pressin describing his various accomplish-ments, made frequent televised broad-casts from his headquarters in Rome, inwhich he kept himself in the public eyeand by which method he notified the peoples of the world of his plans and actions. Everything was under his con-trol. Not an item was published in thenewspapers and periodicals except it had his sanction. No broadcast was aired un-til i t had passed his censorship and had his stamp of approval upon it.

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One evening, as was their custom whena special broadcast from Rome was sched-uled by the World Network, John and Jack were seated in their apartment, withtheir eyes glued to the television set,awaiting the appearance of the Leader who was to make an announcement of great importance' at 8 :00 p.m. EST. Fi-nally the time' arrived and, preceded bythe usual fanfare and "build-up," theLeader's face flashed on'the screen. Broad-casting by remote control from the plushsurroundings of his executive mansion,he informed his listeners that conditionswere now ripe for him to pay a v isitto the 'common people' of the nations-his loyal subjects-as well as to confer personally with the various subordinateswhom he had set up in the capitals of the world to direct his 'puppet' govern-ments. Viewing him via television, and by newspaper and magazine photographs,was an inadequate method of judginghis appearance and personality, he ex-

plained; further, he had a plan whichhe wished put into operation of whichhe desired to inform his people first-hand.

When the Leader had concluded hisaddress, an announcer read a l ist of the places where he was scheduled to speak,and gave the dates on which he would appear, stating that th~ list would also be published in all newspapers and per-iodicals. He suggested strongly that i twould be well for all men everywhere toheed the announcement and be on hand.when the Leader arrived in their locale. '

The two young men sat quietly for a few moments : it the conclusion of the

broadcast, each. with his own thoughts.Then John mused reflectively, half aloud,"New York . . . Madison Square Gar-den ... Thursday night, November 24. .. Hmmm." Suddenly he sat upstraight and pointed to the calendar which hung on the wall. "Jack! That'sThanksgiving Day! That's the day whenwe Americans pause to give thanks toAlmighty God for his blessings to thechildren of men! How diabolically clev-er of 'Superman' to have chosen thatday in which to receive the plaudits of his subjects!"

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-a bitterly cold night which saw peoplehurrying to and f ro in their fur coats,overcoats and muffiers. John and Jack,who had left Plainsdale early that morn-ing and sped by train to New York,found themselves pushed and shoved a long with the mass of humanity thatwas crowding into the Garden to hear this great person who had accomplished that which others had found impossibleto do--restored order out of chaos! Anair of hushed expectancy hung over the place like a pall. Never, even for thelargest and most publicized heavyweight prize fight, had Madison Square G;lrdenaccomod.ated such a huge crowd before;

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in fact, it could not handle them now,for they were, even at an early hour,forming a surging mass in the streets out-side. A public address system was beingutilized, and loudspeakers were blaringforth the songs and jokes of radio and screen celebrities who were featured onthe entertainment portion of the eve-ning's program. A special announcementwas made to the effect that after theLeader had finished his address, the Gar-den would be cleared as many times aswas necessary, to allow those on the out-side to enter and view the famous per-sonality whom many had travelled far distances to see. Of course, as usual, theaffair was being televised world-wide, toenable all to see and hear this most im- portant of events.

Jack and John had arrived sufficientlyearly to squeeze in and find two seatstogether about half-way towards thefront, where they could command a good

eye-witness account of ~he proceedings.While the comedy and musical rou-tines were in progress on the stage, thetwo young men were deep in discussionof certain aspects of the Leader's sched-.uled appearance. "I noticed that therewas much advance publicity in the news- papers today and a great deal of discus-sion about the fact that, as yet, thespecial 'plan' which the Leader was tohave proclaimed has not been mentioned or even hinted at. This is his last publicappearance before returning to Rome.Either he has changed his mind, or elsethis is the night when he will present the

'plan.' ""I believe you've 'hit the nail on the

head,''' replied Jack. "I wouldn't besurprised but what he has saved what-ever spectacular announcement he has tomake for this very evening, and will useit to climax his tour of the world."

"One thing I'm anxious to see," hecontinued, "is how he manages to callfire down from heaven. I know he doesit, at least so it is maintained by thenewspapers and those who have seen himin action but 'I'm from Missouri' and have to be shown!"

"Well, I believe without a doubt thathe is able to do it, and I think it amountsto a great deal more than just 'hokum'or a magician's trick. I believe he is filled with the very power of Satan himself!I wouldn't be surprised at anything hedoes!"

The master of ceremonies stepped tothe microphone at the conclusion of asoprano solo, sung by one of the leading prima donna's of the Metropolitan Opera,and, amid a brassy fanfare, announced that the great Leader would appear atany moment. He further suggested thateveryone rise and be ready to offer atumultuous welcome. John and his friend stood up, but kept their hands at their sides when the special curtain which had been hung. for the occasion was swept

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aside, and a tall figure strode dramati-.cally forward'to the center of the stage.The applause was deafening. Shouts and whistles rocked the huge arena. Thiscontinued for some time, with the onewho was the center of attraction bowingand smiling and nodding; and it did notcease until he had held up his hand for silence.

So this was the 'Superman!' His fea-tures