This subject may not appeal to some folks, but for those who have reached the sunset days of life, a study of it will prove helpful and encouraging. For others, let me suggest that you try to enter into its message or save it until you find yourself in the classification of “Old Age.” It […]
Next to our own home, we have discovered a home away from home. No small claim indeed! The tidiness and cleanliness of this home deserves high marks. So does the staff from the director to the least of the attendants. Friendliness and cooperation characterize all. No wonder, for we are in a Christian atmosphere. Much […]
After Caroline Townsend died, her daughter Abigail looked back at her as a glorious example of true spirituality. Once, while Abigail was visiting her friend Edith, Frances Ridley Havergal entered the room. Edith introduced the two. “This is my friend, Abbie Townsend. I was so lonely without her–she taught me to know Jesus soon after […]
I grew up hearing my parents intercede for Africa. It was not that they did not pray for other lands, but there seemed to be an added dimension to their cry for Africa. My father was born in Blantyre, Scotland, hometown of the intrepid David Livingstone. Like Livingstone, I think his heart is buried in […]
Heart-shaped pins with the five colors of the “Wordless Book” (black, red, clear, green, and gold) were made and given away by two women on their recent tour of Israel. Along with each pin, the written Word was passed out as well. The scripture, “You shall be witnesses unto Me, both in Jerusalem, and in […]
In 1983 Nancy and I left the U.S. for Zaire, Africa. We were quite naive to missions, but knew the call of God on our lives and had confidence that His Word would cross all cultural barriers and language lines. We soon found out that going to a foreign country was more involved than selling […]
Queen Victoria established it in 1856 for exceptional and conspicuous gallantry on the field of battle. Of the millions who have entered combat for the British Commonwealth, few have risen to the heights of valor demanded of the Victoria Cross; and of those select recipients, many won it at the supreme expense of their lives. […]
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In these material days, one sphere after another yields in succession to the genius of the human race. And in a very special sense the ancient word of the preacher is being fulfilled: “They have sought out many inventions.” But though telescopes have been constructed by which men may see distant objects, they have never […]
We should be looking up to heaven (Lk. 21:28), waiting, watching, worshipping. But also, we should be looking at the fields, in the last few days of the world harvest, and working. Africa, the second largest continent, embraces about 20% of the land surface of the globe. God has been pleased to send His servants, […]