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THE CHRISTIAN NATION.
Vol. sg;
a fact to which our nation should
Prayer Meeting Topic,
Young People's Topic -^-'^f-^l "-^s' ^; - tree?' No : ^;.-
not shut 'her eyes. Tbey are not
» •^ '^ scientist knows. That means that f |l*
PRAYER MEETING TOPIC
YOUNG PEOPLE'S TOPIC these people who boldly take the/. tJl.
using the power which they posess
in furthering the interests of
FOR AUG. 13, 1913.
FOR AUG. 17, 1913- "=^^ °^ knowers, scientists, do not TvH,''
By the Rev. J. G. McElhinney.
By the Rev. Geo. S. Coleman. f^^^y know. Things are no,merer*
tbe Bible and tbe Savior which
Subject: The Jews, James 1:1.
. „ . , unknown and unexplainable • in I
they have given the world. Their Lessons from, the Forests and, grace _ than ^^ _ in . nature, ^ F "^'iaoie
Psalms 1911
In mic ,
great influence; seems to be exerted
in opposition to the Lord's,! Psalms. 1:1-3; 8:3-6; 19:1-4; and can test enough to direct
Fields. Ps. 104:1-35.
to both, 'however, we know enougli„|(W'**' ,
?rsion VV.
No.
80 I
220
us
24:1 (ii's;) 36:5-8; 65:4-6 (7's practically
day and the use of the Bible in
99
2, 5-8 263
and 6's;) 29; 104; 93; 148; 125: Nature makes many things clear L,iti»
137
122
126
124
79
1-7 374
1-6 350
1-4 355
1-3 353
I. 3> 5, 7> 13 211
COMMENT.
The Jews, ever since their advent
as a nation, have been a great
factor lin tbe civilization of tbe
world.
And While today there is
no Hebrew nation, the Jews constitute
an important element in
ailmost every nation oni tbe faoe
of the earth.
I. Our heritage from them.
The revelation which God made
of himself, as the one only personal
God, has been handed down
to us by the Jews.
Moses, the
first great leader of tbe Hebrew
nation, 'has given us a most sublime,
yet simple acjcount of the
beginning of all things in heaven
and in earth, wbich is, at the same
time, the most perfect account of
these events wbicb is in the possession
of the human race. It
is through this same great Jewis'h
writer that we have a code
of morals which bas never yei
been equalled by the wisest sages
the world has been able to produce.
The standard of moral and
spiritual attainment of David and
otber Jews of Bible times, while
not without imperfection, has seldom
been equalled and never surpassed.
In fact the Jews have given
the world all that is essential
in religion: the Bible, the Savior
and the church.
II.
One
Their present power.
does not need to be in a
large city long to get an idea of
the importance of the Jew as a
factor in commercial life.
Since
many of the large daily papers
are owned by the Jews, their power
in moulding public opinion is
the public schools, boith of which
are essential in producing a desirable
citizensh.ip, and to the prosperity
and perpetuity of our nation.
In considering tbeir present
power, we must estimate the
influence of the Jews in politics,
in religion, in education, and in
commerce in our own land, and
then take into account that so
far as tbey find it possible, the
same power is exerted upon the
otber nations of tbe world.
III. Our debt to them.
The word debt includes two
ideas, of something- received, and
of obligation to pay. The latter
idea is the one to be discussed at
this point.
We owe the Jew our sympathy,
for he is mow in the condition in
which we would 'have been if we
had not received through him the
knowledge of the true God and
Jesus Christ His Son "Whom to
know is life eternal."
As w'hen something is borrowed
we should return the same article
or one just as good or better, so
help all the others. The Bible Jl ^ ^, r ^a t \,.a^^ ^-*
^
'Up to tbe age of 28 I had ..^,,,,1,, ^^
we shouild pay the Jew in kind opens the things to nature to us ,been accustomed to drinW coffee m % ske
for his great legacy tO' us. We by suggesting their cause and pur- as a routine habit and suffered |*l tal test
should give him the Bible, the pose; nature helps Christ and tbe constantly from indigestion and •,• "mri
Bible with arguments and illustra- a" ^ts relative disorders. Since ."
Bible he gave us, with the New
,• -ri 1 r • using Postum all the old com- Poiliiytspi
Testament, and lits interpretation tions. ihe revelations are one in , ."^ . , , ,r,. 4y,j, 1
of the Old added. We sbould
plaints have completely left me 'Wmciurch
give the Jew our Savior who was their teachmgs and the more we ^^^ j s,onietimes wonder if I ever T; ""rj, f
a Jew and whom the Jews unconsciousJy
gave to the world.
know about one the more we ihad them." ^.?,'"**'"'*
know about all; but we need to Na.me given by Postum Co.,
study them together and give each Battle Creek, Mich. Write for
We owe it to those w'ho were
its place.
booklet, "Tbe Road to Wellville."
once so highly favored by Jehovah
to pray and strive to bring Mature proves to us in a visi- „ 1 / . i, t, -uj ^
T.T , , . . . Postum comes in two forms.
them again into the blessedness
Regular (must be boiled.)
of divine favor through Jesus
bile kind of way what faitb asserts i^^iJi^p^stum doesn't require
about the invisible things of God's j>oili^.b^ds"Trepared bstantly
Chris/t.
grace. For example, if we are by sitirring a level teaspoonful in
In disicharging our obligations troubled by the doctrines of grace an ordinary cup of hot water,
to the Jews we -have the encouragement
of the promises of God
that He will eventually save
them. "And so all Israel shall be
saved: as it is written. There
shall come out of Zion the deliverer,
and s^haill turn av/ay ungodliness
from Jacob: for this is my
covenant unto them, when I shall
take away their sins.'' Rom. 11:
26-27.
Quinter, Kansas.
1-2; 147:3-6. ^'^°"t its Maker. It shows thatUi*
SaW
t!m 1 r,J- T u ^ « ^^. He makes things chiefly to be use-1
Bible References. Job 12:7-10; ful. Tbe things . ^ for ^ which ••" "c we use-^ 1
^';:io-i2; X7:^-7\ Matt. 7:16-20; , ,.,,, , , . ,.-
ii->^^ , i,/ i / , / .have httle use are few; those for L*!
24:32, 33; 26:28, 29; John 15:5; ,yhicb we already know a use are Li''
.Acts 14:17; I 'Cor. 15:36-38; 2 numberless. Many a thing once V"*'
Cor. 9:6; Gal. 6:7; Rom. 11:24;
(Concluded on page 11.)
Isa. 42:3-4.
PANTRY CLEANED.
HINTS FOR TALKS. A Way Some People Have.'
The foresight shown in nature's A doctor said:
preparation for another year.
"Before marriage my wife ob-J
sMcCnne,
„ ,, . , , , served in summer and countrv , ».i«i
God's attitude toward regard , • • . , ."'""'•'J' (te»W»
homes, coming m touch with fam- J|j,„tii(work
for tbe beautiful. ^ j^gg q£ .^^^^ied means, culture, ,* tfei t
Tbe variety which, only science, tastes andl discriminating tenden- «"
and not chance, could have cies, that tbe families using Postum ^
planned. seemed to average better than J^j^,^enaii
How food is provided for every- ^h^^e using coffee.
'Liftgte
, . ... "When we were married two IsiiiisUiiTe
thing havmg life.
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° ° years ago, Postum was among our ilt Wiffinsl
The patience of growth in na- .first order of groceries. We also in ftsbirgli, I
ture. put in some tea and coiJ.ee for
God's revelation in nature is ex- guests, but after both had stood
celled only by His revelation in Je- around thei pantry about a year l*^''?' >
A \\ B-K1 All ./ untouched, they were thrown r,"^^
sus and .m tbe Bible. All these ' ^ ^ , , jiislepin
„ , . ^. .^... away, and Postum used only. au_ ,^.,
because we cannot fully explain which makes it right for most
them, shall we refuse .to live by persons.
them ? Do you refuse to use elec- A big cup requires more and
tricity because you do not under- some people who like strong
stand it? Tbe answer is that we things put in a heaping spoonful .'%
know enough about both and can and temper it with a large supply ^
prove enough about both to war- of cream. "5^
rant us in using them practically Experiment until you know the ii^
in our hves. How does God re- amount that pleases your palate ft
generate a soul? I do not know and have it served that way in -5|
just how. How does a seed grow the future.
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in the ground and become such a "There's a Reason" for Postum.