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Can You Name The First Four Books of The New Testament?
In a nation-wide Gallup Poll, in
which people were asked to name
the first four Books of the New Test-
ament, only one person out of three
could name all four; and over half
of the people were unable to name
any of them.
What a shocking revelation of the
public's appalling ignorance of the
Book of books!
What reason could there possibly
be for such ignorance? Does it mean
the Bible has lost its rightful place
in the home, in the school and in
many churches?
We are reminded of one woman
who carried her Bible to a Sunday
service; and after listening to the
eloquent preacher, said: "It was the
Dictionary, not, the Bible, I should
have brought with me!"
It is the glorious privilege and
solemn responsibility of parents,
teachers and preachers to acquaint
their charges with the Holy Scrip-
tures.
Since over half the people are un-
able to name any of the first fourbooks of the New Testament, it must
mean that they are also ignorant of
the contents of the Gospel, according
to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John!
Those books contain Heaven's good
news for earth's sinful inhabitants.
They contain the story of our Savior's
birth, life, words, works, death, burial,
resurrection, ascension, and promised
return.
Nowhere, but in the Holy Scrip-
tures, can one read such life-giving
words as these: "For God so loved
the world, that He gave His only be-
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life. For God sent not His
Son into the world to condemn the
world; but that the world through
Him might be saved." (John 3:16-17)
If up to the present, you have been
among the ignorant half of the pop-
ulace, why not make all haste to
acquaint yourself with the "World's
Best Seller" and be able to say: "I
have esteemed the words of His
mouth more than my necessary food!"
(Job 23:12)The "Why" and "Wherefores"
O unprovoked love that stills
All murmurings of unbelief!
O sweet beneficence that wills
To turn to rapture all my grief!
Oh, just to lie within Thine arms
In the sweet happiness of peace
Secure from Nature's dread alarms-
Here rest begins and terrors cease.
To leave the "Whys?" and "Where-
fores" there
With Him Who all perfection is;
To places the "Thees" and There-
fores" where
Naught but a cold abstraction is.
Perfection must act perfectly-
Almighty love makes no mistakes;
God is the end of mystery-
He. out of chaos, order makes.
Leave in His hands the threads of
life
To weave into a perfect whole;
He ends all speculative strife
When fully worshipped in the soul.
-Samuel LevermoreA Dead Man
-Sets Houses on Fire
A carpenter, living in the Mauer-
kirchen district, near Bonn, West
Germany, entertained very serious
fears that the depression and slacken-
ing building activity might force him
out of a job.
To prevent this, he conceived and
carried out a diabolical idea. In all
chimneys which he helped to con-
struct, he built in a panel of wood
which would slowly burn through;
and expose the trigger of a "timing
device" which would explode and set
the house afire.
The police and firemen in the
district are still worried over the
device because it continues to make
houses burn down with ominous reg-
ularity.
The police arrested the carpenter
and imprisoned him; but he com-
mitted suicide in prison, two years
ago, at the age of 77.
Although he has been dead two
years, houses on which he worked
still burn down. He started placing
his device in houses during the early
1930's; and it is quite impossible to
secure a complete record of all the
houses he helped to build in 23 years.Who Shall Roll The Stone Away?
These special friends, who loved Him
so'
As to the sepulchre they go,
Keep asking-and we hear them
say:-
"Who the great stone shall roll
away?"
When lo, their fears unfounded were,
For when they reached the sepulchre
God's Angel had that very day
Already rolled the stone away!
Like them, when mourning for our
dead-
Like them, we oft the future dread;
Forget God's care-His love untold-
His mighty miracles of old!
Such faithless children, such we are-
Whose faithless eyes see not afar!
So slow to trust God's grace and
power
To see us through life's darkest hour!
So slow His gracious word to heed-
That He will furnish every need!
Forgive us, Lord, when still we say:
"Oh, who shall roll the stone away?"
-Cora Baker Hall
The authorities do not know how
many houses still standing have the
destructive device in them; and con-sequently do not know how many
more fires to expect -nor how many
lives may be lost in the fires.
The dead carpenter is a striking
illustration of 1 Timothy 5:24, which
says: 'Some men's sins are open be-
forehand, going before to judgment;
and some men they follow after."
No one but the Lord knows how
many more of that man's sinful, se-
cret devices will work havoc and fol-
low him to judgment. Our sins, even
the secret ones, shall pursue us to
judgment, unless they are forgiven,
through faith in the Savior Who died
for them, and Whose blood "cleanseth
us from all sin." (1 John 1:7).
How much superior it is to be for-
given, and then be "zealous of good
works." The same Word says: "Like-
wise also the good works of some are
manifest beforehand" (1 Timothy
5:25). Instead of doing evil, how
much better to do good secretly-
and openly-which shall be abun-
dantly rewarded hereafter!
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LeTourneau Technical Institute. LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 9, May 1, 1955, periodical, May 1, 1955; Longview, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1526792/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.