Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 15, 1955 Page: 2 of 8
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Wednesday, June 15, 1955
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GUEST EDITORIAL
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Abilene, Texas, Wednesday, June 15, 1955
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CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
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go through life facing temptation, falling to it
I couldn’t help it. I am just
to tlie living
hindrances to
Isirti's
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The thinking of people is surely
when they will fear a tor-
hut ignore God. the greatest
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J^dlit'Tlne1 l»’<g‘ivented ‘° ma,‘!r,aI PublUhed herein If Christian Chronicle
Now Die gospel has been pleached nearly 2,000 years, and the
'1 who heat to come to the old paths
and walk therein and find rest for the soul
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factionist, heed
is too late.
A TRUE VOICE OF
MODERNISM
Ilan Gilbert spoke to a group of
ministers in Arlington. Va., and at
the conclusion one of them com-
mented :
"We have closed our minds to
such trivial considerations as the
question of the resurrection of
Christ. If you fundamentalists wish
to believe in that nonsense, or ar-
gue about it. we have no objection,
but we have more important things
to preach about than the presence
or absence of an empty tomb some
twenty centuries ago.”
The lending Methodist minister •ubScrlbeP* last Issue.
and new addresses.
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1 )winlwr at Ahilenc, Tex
a pump is frequently us-
water pours out at the
because it is high,
pump has not been
long time, tlie water
whim you want it
pump a long while, and
conies only after great
If we
prayer, every little
awakens the dispo-
sition to pray, and desire and
words are always ready: but, if
we neglect prayer it is difficult for
us to pray, for the water in the
well gets low. Tlie best way to
keep a pump in good order is to
keep it in constant use.
Forget. Springfield, Mo.
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for a
low. and
must
Men have added to and taken from the pure gospel and built
theories upon their conclusions until it is hard to determine the good
idd way " But all who love the Lord can and are doing that very
thing They are happy because of a good conscience which is a result
of finding the ‘'good old wav" and in faithful obedience walking in it
When Hie gospel was first preached and men heard and believed it,
they were cut to the heart, and asked, "what must we do?” They
were told to repent and be baptized in tlie name of .Jesus for the remis-
sion of sins and they would receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts
2. ::s i
Hundreds of years rolled by and men failed to preach the same
thing that the apostles began to preach So spiritual darkness swept
earth for a long period ♦
Different views divided the people, and different names began io
sed which kept the people- divided into factions called denomina-
Even yet we find (hat spirit al work and olll gleatest COIltl'l-
a joyous onesneas to the
or call
If we, who profess to be Chris-
tians, would spend as much time
trying to correct and overcome
our faults and mistakes as we do
trying to justify them then surely
our lights would shine brighter be-
fore tlie world. Why do some love
darkness rather than light? Faith-
ful knowledge of tlie law of Christ
will give life to the dead and joy
One of the biggest
the- growtli
church is a lack
i-dge of God’s Word
f its membership
than many people- realize
people o
in the ways, and see,
wav. and walk therein.
of the
of know-
on tlie part
It's later now'
1 great-
ly fear that many of us arc- expect-
ing the grace of God to reach be-
yond the bounds of the- law of the
New Testament Nevertheless, the
kingdom <>f God standeth sure
Having this seal let him that nam-
eth the name- of the- Lord depart
from iniquity Woodrow G. Hurns
in Lindsley Avcnu*- News. Nash-
ville. Tenn
Arc- all spiritual blessings
Redemption Ephesians 1:7.
Tlie- forgiveness of sins — Ephesians 1:7.
A new creature- II Corinthians 5:17.
A place to do all we can Colosslans 3:17
6. Faithful unto death—to receive the crown of life
2:10.
Entered as second class matter. Oct.
Tex . under the act of March 3, 1879
Subscriptions must Include name and complete address or ths inha] from
Change of address notices should include both old
of Washington said: "Among our
real leaders, the young ministers,
T do not know a single one who
believes in Christ or still cltntfs
jto the Bible.” — The Southsider,
Odessa, Tex.
How much effort and soul wc al! waste because
burdens that tht Lord never meant tor us
burdens is judging the motives of others.
How grateful wc should be that wc don’t have to judge
others. Judging is about the hardest thing mortal man is ever
called upon to do and few can qualify for judgeship. A judge
must know all about flu; case, the law and also about the back-
ground, character of the litigants, all the issues involved—every-
thing!
Who of us can qualify in respect to the actions, motives,
conduct and thought of our fellow-servants of (Juist, the bro-
ther with whom we’re itch'ng to have a debate, the ciders of
some congregation who wc think arc going w rong, our neigh-
bors about us—religious or irreligious?
1 he Holy Spirit docs tell us to love our neighbors
our enemies—even our brethren with whom wc don’t agree,
to love them and to exhort anil warn them in the spirit of love.
A judge must be objective, cool, deliberate, impersonal in
his judgment. How few of us can qualify here! Ami right here
is perhaps where the greatest waste comes.
If 1 judge my brother in Christ or some fellow-servants
who take a tantalizing, irritating view of some subject that is a
pet hobby of mine, I get all “worked up.” Sometimes it takes
minutes, hours, days before 1 can sene tpy Lord as 1 want to,
before I can pray without hatred in my heart, before 1 can do
effective personal work or exert a wholesome influence on my
brethren and on religious (and irreligious) neighbors.
Our time, our strength, our opportunities are so limited in
our brief span of years. Let us not waste them on fruitless judg-
ing of the motives of others.
Don’t judge ’em—love ’em!
JAMES W NK’HOI-S
MYRNA SMITH
BOB G BAILEY
HENRY GREEN
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but.
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you
the water
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are instant in
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to
are
It is difficult for children to live
up to high moral standards in a
society that constantly impress*
on them the great importance of
materialistic standards. We often
criticize tlie church for failing to
instill moral values in children,
but we forget that we send our
youngsters to Bible school for one
hour a week to learn about honesty
and clean living, and then we per-
mit them to spend six days and 23
hours a week in society that too
often put more emphasis on get-
ting ahead than on how you got
there The Church Worker,
Fort Worth, Tex
TEMPTATION
lust how much do you believe in a promise of God5 Is it
something that is empty—of no great value5 Or do you really
believe th.it God means what He says and will keep His pro-
mise.
.Many of us
and excusing ourselves by saying,
w eak."
( iod has made
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By HORACE W. BUSBY
A thing is new when it begins to be old time after years of use
The law had been given to Israel by Moses. Then down the years to
Jeremiah’s time it was referred to as "old paths"—the good way.
It is strange how such a small animal as the skunk can
raise such a “stink.” When you have a run-in with one, the only
thing to do is just bury or burn your clothes.
Many a congregation of the Lord s church has been amazed
to find that just one or two factionists in a congregation can
really raise a “stink.”
The apoStle Paul wrote to litus, “A factious man alter a
first and second admonition refuse, knowing that such a one is
perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned” ( litus 3:10-11).
Many elders have learned the hard way the meaning behind
this instruction of Paul. Too many times the attitude is: Just ig-
nore the factionist and he will go away. 1 hey soon find that
the longer they tolerate him, the deeper his trouble will pene-
trate, and finally they have to handle the situation and figurative-
ly burn their clothes or bury (hem. Even then the odor will
linger on.
A good friend of ours once stated, when laced with a very
trying problem, “Well, 1 guess 1 had better jump through the
knot hole; it will never get any bigger."
When faced with a situation created by a
the words of Paul, and handle the situation before it
SIGNS OF SPIRITUAL
DESOLATION
Casual or no interest in religious
conversation.
Forsaking worship assembly
More concern about a clean con-
seienci than a pure heart
More fear of being called too
'narrow' than of honoring Christ
Trifling with temptation, and
thinking of sin lightly
Condemning in others what is to-
lerated in Self
Impatience and
ness toward
Confessing sin, but not forsaking,
it
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► 4 ’ 4 4 4 I 4 ’ • I i Al4 4il4 4i«i4 tUia.
Straining out the gnat and swal-
lowing the camel
Bible Lessons, Sioux City, Iowa
be II'
t ions
bution to salvation's plan and to bringing
f God is to say with Jeremiah "Thus saitli the Lord. Stand ye
and ask for tlie old paths, which is the good
and ye shall find rest for your souls."
Hut they said, we will not walk therein.”
As tlie people r< belled in heart and refused to hearken to the
old paths even so we find a parallel tuilay. People refuse in their own
hearts to walk in tlie good way, wliihji is Jesus our Lord. We must
walk in Him
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When the gospel was first preached in Jerusalem by "the Holy
Ghost sent down from heaven" (I Peter 1:12), it was new then. But
time sped on down to now, when we begin again to say "this old time
gospel.” and like Jeremiah, we stand in the ways and look for the
good way. that we might find rest for our souls. Jesus said: Come
unto me and find rest for your souls, and then when people accept
Christ, tlie way. tlie (ruth, and tlie life, they accept the good old way,
to walk in and find sweet rest to their souls (Matthew 11:28).
Tlie apostles guided by the Holy Spirit taught what Jesus taught
t hem ?.......... .
church is still pleading for ail
which is the good way ........
That one way now is Jesus (John 14:6).
Christ is tlie author of eternal salvation to all who will obey
Him (Hebrews 5:!(i The New Testament is the Gospel Story, the
Word of God for our age and time, the divine guide book for all
who by faith tire walking: toward the great city called Heaven.
a promise through the apostle Paul,
hath no temptation taken vou but such as man can bear: but
God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above
that ve arc able, but will w ith the temptation make also the way
of escape, that ve niiiy be able to endure it” (1 Cor. 10:13).
Do you realize that God has promised that there is no temp-
tation too great for us and that w hile Satan tempts us God also
provides a wav to escape that temptation?
I his w ay of escape however is not one that it forced upon
us, w e have to look for it and want to use it.
Next Dine you arc tempted stop ami look for the way of
escape that Got! has provided for vou ami it will be there. And
next tunc you arc tempted and fall then look back and see the
escape that God provided for vou but that you refused to see.
Yes, thanks be to (iod, there is an escape with each temptation.
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Nichols, James W. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 15, 1955, newspaper, June 15, 1955; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1306510/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.