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Rome looks good after her air bombardment, compared to the way cities look after 
the atomic bombs strike. 
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J
ESUS, when He was here, looked for-
ward prophetically to the time in 
the closing days of earth's history when 
fear would possess the hearts of men. 
Said the Lord, "Men's hearts failing 
them for fear, and for looking after those 
things which are coming on the earth: 
for the powers of heaven shall be shak-
en." Luke 21:26. 
To-day, twentieth century peoples 
are witnessing the fulfilment of this first 
century prophecy. With the falling of 
the two atomic bombs upon the cities of 
Japan, fear and consternation clutched 
the hearts of men. The destructive pos-
sibility of this new explosive was as a 
stunning blow. Men reeled under the 
impact as they realized that in a few 
brief years hostile nations would/ be pre-
pared to fire a rocket-propelled bomb 
halfway around the world and destroy 
a city of thousands or millions. The 
atomic bomb accomplished the surrender 
of Japan, but it has not brought peace 
and security--rather, it has incited jeal-
ousy and suspicion among the nations. 
Statesmen, now, are "looking after those 
things which are coming on the earth." 
Knowledge has increased according to 
the prophecy of Daniel 12:4. And evi-
dently in the discovery of atomic power 
man has delved into the basic power of 
creation,—the power of the sun and 
stars. In the hands of God this power is 
safe and a blessing, but in the hands 
of man it is quite another matter. World 
leaders are desperate in their search for 
some means of controlling this almost un-
believable power to which the world has 
suddenly become heir. Proposals for 
control have been brought forth by dif-
ferent leaders. The Christian Century, 
in its issue of November 21, lists seven of 
the outstanding proposals, and then de-
clares that none of these could be de-
pended upon to work in the event of an 
international crisis. Here are the seven 
proposals: 
(1) "It is proposed to keep the secret 
of making atomic bombs within the three 
countries which now possess it, and to 
subject all scientific research in atomic 
physics to rigid government control. 
(2) "It is proposed to keep the bomb 
secret, but to release scientific research. 
A few scientists are reported to favour 
this. 
(3) "It is proposed to give the bomb to 
a pool of Great Powers, including Rus-
sia. This is the Attlee plan. 
(4) "It is proposed to give the bomb 
to the Security Council of the United 
Nations Organization. 
(5) "It is proposed to give it to the 
Assembly of the UNO. 
(6) "It is proposed to give a small 
number of bombs to an international 
police force which would operate under 
the Security Council, and to prohibit 
further manufacture. 
(7) "It is proposed to outlaw manu-
facture of the bomb by international 
agreement." 
Then in advance of this the Christian 
Century makes still another proposal. 
The proposal is that the scientists of the 
world turn over to the Economic and 
Social Council of the United Nations Or-
ganization all their knowledge and in-
formation of atomic power. Quoting 
from the Christian Century: "But we 
can see the council forming, under its 
aegis, a World Body of Scientists, or a 
body composed of both scientists and 
governmental representatives, whose ap-
proach to this whole problem would be 
the constructive one of hastening civilian 
applications of the power of nuclear 
fission." 
The idea is that atomic power should 
be utilized to raise the standard of living 
for all the "have not" nations of earth. 
That it should be made as accessible to 
everyone as gasoline is for the running of 
automobiles, dynamite for the miner and 
construction engineer, or nitro-glycerine 
for the driller of oil and gas wells. 
But to this writer this eighth proposal 
seems to offer no greater hope of nation-
al or international security than the 
seven listed above. What guarantee have 
we that a group of international scien-
tists will be true to their trust? What 
guarantee have we that scientists drawn 
from all nations will not be corrupted by 
some government which suddenly ac-
quires a thirst for world conquest? What 
guarantee have we that jealousies and 
suspicions will not arise among the scien-
tific group? What guarantee have we that 
within this group of international scien-
tists a small number of scientists, com-
paratively, will not use this power to 
further selfish aims? 
Why should we conclude that this ter- 
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MARCH, 1946 �
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INTO A NEW AGE 
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rible secret is safer in the hands of scien-
tists than in the hands of other groups we 
might mention? Are scientific men of 
"like passions as we are"? It might be 
well to remember that it is the scientific 
mind that develops all these terrible en-
gines of human destruction. And it is 
not much of a leap for the mind that is 
willing to develop atomic bombs for the 
destruction of women, children, and old 
people on a wholesale scale, to use the 
bomb again under certain circumstances 
for the destruction of an enemy real or 
imaginary, or even to use it for self-ag-
grandizement. 
If atomic energy is ultimately made 
available for industry and commerce it is 
inconceivable that it will not be used 
destructively. As time passes, other Hit-
lers and Mussolinis will arise with dreams 
of world conquest. While this new-found 
power will without doubt lighten labour 
as has gasoline and other explosives, yet 
when war comes, atomic bombs will rain 
unprecedented death and destruction on 
the cities. Fear of conquest, love of free-
dom, hatred, jeaiousy and suspicion will 
compel nations great and small to arm 
themselves with this new weapon at the 
earliest possible moment. 
And not only will nations fear atomic 
attack from aggressive and unfriendly 
powers; but within a nation itself revolu-
tionary-minded men will use this de-
structive threat to establish themselves 
in power. Gangsters will seize upon it to 
assist them in their deeds of violence 
just as they have used firearms and ex-
plosives. The difficulties of law enforce-
ment with such desperate criminals as 
John Dillinger and Alvin Karpus armed 
with atomic bombs and bullets would 
be greatly increased. Armed with such 
weapons we can conceive that gangsters 
might capture and put to tribute the 
population of entire cities. 
Dr. Langmuir, a General Electric 
physicist said, "Science is rushing forward 
so fast, that within a few short years, a 
button pushed in Russia might destroy 
every living being in the United States." 
And he stated further, "I believe Russia 
is planning to embark on a programme 
of scientific research and development 
greater than contemplated by any other 
government." 
An Associated Press report for October 
17th stated: "Overnight slaughter of 40- 
million American citizens and virtual de- 
struction of this country, were described 
by atom-bomb makers to-day as possibil- 
ities of the terrible new weapon. Both 
were seen as conceivable should war 
break out again in a distrustful family of 
nations." 
Dallas Youngs 
Science has produced a Frankenstein 
monster that may destroy the whole 
world. The whole world knows this, and 
consequently people are afraid. What is 
the answer? Will the nations agree on 
some plan of atomic control? Do we 
look forward to world peace or to a third 
world war? At the risk of being de-
clared pessimistic we must say that as 
long as the nature of men and nations 
remains unchanged we see no hope of 
permanent peace. As long as the root 
sin of all sins, selfishness, remains para-
mount the dove of peace will not find 
time or place to rest her foot upon the 
earth. 
We have no confidence in the schemes 
and plans of men to bring peace—yet the 
situation is not hopeless. There is one way 
and one only—a way for the most part 
untried, that is certain to bring peace 
and goodwill among all nations. At the 
close of World War I, when treaties and 
pacts were being made and broken, 
some one wrote in and said: "Try Jesus." 
And at this desperate moment we would 
say again, "Try Jesus." Jesus, the Prince 
of Peace, is the only One who can bring 
peace to this troubled world. He is the 
Science lets loose 
atomic destruction 
upon the world, 
and then attempts 
to forecast what 
will happen in the 
future, if— 
only One who can eradicate selfishness 
from the heart, and only when selfishness 
is non-existent will we have peace and 
security among the nations. 
The world to-day is far departed from 
the standard of divine righteousness. 
Not many order their lives according to 
God's ten-commandment law. Not many 
are seeking God with the whole heart. 
History shows that God will tolerate the 
sins of mankind only so long. The ante-
diluvians became so wicked that God 
repented of His work of creation, and 
destroyed the peoples with a flood. Sod-
om and Gomorrah and other cities of the 
plain became so wicked in Lot's day that 
God destroyed them—this time with fire 
from heaven. The city of Nineveh was 
approaching in their wickedness the ut-
termost limits of God's mercy when the 
prophet Jonah appeared shouting a 
warning that in forty days God would 
overthrow the city. But the Ninevites 
repented. They recognized their sinful 
state, and from the King on his throne 
to the slave in his pen, the city humbled 
itself and cried out to God for mercy. 
Then, when they did that they obtained 
mercy. God did not destroy the city. 
Nineveh continued for many genera-
tions; in fact, it survived until it lapsed 
again into its former state of wickedness. 
To-day the whole world is in a Nin-
eveh-like state of apostasy and iniquity. 
Unless we repent we shall all likewise 
perish. However, if nations will not re-
pent, let individuals turn from their ways 
of sin. 
MARCH, 1946 �
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LABOUR 
VERSUS �
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CAPITAL 
C
AUGHT between the upper mill-
stone of Capital and the nether 
millstone of Labour, the country groans 
in the grinding process. We are re-
leased at last from the sanguinary curse 
of militarism, only to be plunged into a 
more universal curse of industrialism. 
Christmas cheer, which should have 
been unconfined after five years of ter-
rible suffering and final peace, was sadly 
tempered by bitter class strife. War 
among nations is practically over for the 
time being, but war between the rich and 
the poor of all nations is perennial. With 
the close of hostilities, fighting between 
giant industry and the working man has 
burst forth with unwonted violence and 
ruthlessness, "with no punches pulled." 
joyfully we anticipated reconversion 
from war to peace, when normal living 
would again get into its stride; only 
to be faced with low production, low 
consumption, widespread unemployment. 
and more scarcity than ever of some com-
modities. Gloomily we contemplate a 
R
OBERT Armstrong told some time 
ago, in the Methodist Recorder, 
the story of the conversion of an English 
miner who had spent his weekly wages, 
earned underground in toil and danger, 
for beer, leaving his family in misery. 
"One Saturday night, a black night 
with no moon, as Lang Jack staggered 
out of the pub, he took the wrong turn-
ing for home. He stumbled over the deso 
late fell, completely lost, until at last he 
was stopped abruptly by a fence. Climb-
ing the rails he fell down on the other 
side and lay there all night in a hoggish 
sleep. He knew nothing more until he 
was aroused by a sharp feminine voice 
and a stabbing at his ribs. Opening his 
bleared eyes, Lang Jack saw that he had 
spent the night in a pigsty. A plump 
countrywoman was leaning over the rails 
and prodding him with a stick. Ablaze 
with indignation, she cried again and 
again, 'You dirty fellow, come out from 
among my pigs!' 
"Lang Jack said never a word, but, 
rising heavily, climbed out of the sty and 
walked away, hanging his head. 'Has it 
prophecy of a million and a half strikers 
during the winter, when work stoppage 
is so serious for all concerned. 
Capital is the man with money to 
lend, invest, and manage for the pro-
duction and sale of life's necessities and 
luxuries, at a good profit. He wants to 
swing into peace production in a big way. 
He is willing to pay wartime per-hour 
wages, but with shorter than wartime 
hours, which means less than wartime 
"take home pay" for the worker. 
Labour is the man with strength and 
skill to hire, with which to do the work 
of Capital's production. His abilities 
are absolutely essential to manufactur-
ing. He wants peacetime hours with 
wartime pay. For he maintains that the 
cost of living has not been reduced with 
the advent of peace. He fears unemploy-
ment and want, and feels insecure. 
Capital says it is impossible to pay 
higher wages without raising the prices 
on commodities. And if prices soar, in-
flation will be the result. Inflation will 
come to that! Worse than the pigs! I'll 
make an end.' 
"He swerved toward where the Tyne 
was glistening in the morning light. He 
would make an end of it all. Then, sud-
denly, another impulse took hold of him. 
He stood stock-still. 'I'll make an end.' 
he exclaimed, 'but it will be another kind 
of end. I'll show them yet.' 
"He made his way to the village, strode 
over the green, and just as the preacher 
was finishing his first prayer, to the amaze-
ment of that quiet congregation, Lang 
Jack walked down the aisle and knelt 
sobbing at the Communion rail." 
Twelve years later Mr. Armstrong lec 
tured in that little chapel. Afterward 
two bonny women came smiling to him, 
saying, "We're Lang Jack's dowters, and 
these are oor bairns," bringing forward 
four fine, robust, decently clad children. 
"I recalled Thomas Champness' saying 
about conversion being not an addition 
sum but a multiplication table, and 
caught afresh the meaning of Christ's 
words, 'If I by the finger of God cast out 
demons, then is the kingdom of God 
come upon you.' " 
mean a short boom of prosperity, followed 
by years of economic depression. And 
who wants to get into that vicious circle? 
Labour claims that capital, by dipping 
into its swollen wartime profits and 
curtailing its dividends, can pay higher 
wages without raising prices. To prove 
this, it demands that the magnates make 
public their bookkeeping secrets. This 
demand capital suspiciously refuses to 
meet, answering that its profits have 
nothing to do with the questions at issue. 
(Income tax returns for last year show 
that highly placed, managers in huge cor-
porations were paid as high as $900,000. 
Labour thinks the "big shots" ought to 
share some of this.) 
The Government, perhaps for politi-
cal reasons not made known, stands off 
from direct interference in the melee. It 
is ready to help arbitrate the differences, 
and encourages "collective bargaining" 
between the disputants, but hesitates to 
use the strong arm of enforced law to do 
any more than maintain a reasonable de-
gree of order. 
President Truman has suggested a way 
out. He urges the strikers to go back to 
work, so as not to halt reconversion, to 
wait thirty days for "a cooling-off period," 
and in the meantime a "fact-finding com-
mission" will go into the whole matter 
and suggest the best solution. But the 
unions refuse to surrender their only 
weapon, the strike, and thus risk the 
Government's being able to persuade the 
"captains of industry" to grant them 
their rights. 
To complicate the picture, "wildcat 
strikes" (strikes unauthorized by the 
unions) have become common. The 
capitalists want "company security" 
against these as well as exorbitant union 
demands. And the unions want not only 
higher wages, but "union security," which 
amounts to recognition of the unions as 
representative of all labouring mem 
whether members of the union or not. 
Since reconversion and production are 
distressingly delayed by labour and Capi-
tal tie-ups, especially since all industry 
is so inter-dependent, the potentates of 
wealth are losing money. But they can 
afford it, and decide to sit out the strug-
gle and wait for what they believe will 
be the inevitable outcome—a compromise 
favourable to them. The capitalist has 
no fear of want. 
On the other hand, labour, though 
PIGS ARE PIGS - BUT DRUNKARDS - ? 
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES 
By 
the 
Editor 
Great steel mills 
stand idle, while 
industry and the 
unions try to iron 
out their differ-
ences and bring 
to the country re-
conversion and 
normalcy. 
the unions have "war chests" of some 
magnitude, is sooner or later brought to 
the pinch of hunger and privation by 
striking; and there is no alternative but 
to take the best it can get. It must be 
stated, however, that the working man 
has made great gains in wages and work-
ing conditions in his long fight for recog-
nition. There is still a question whether 
or not violence has ever gained him 
anything. 
Basically, the strife between Labour 
and Capital revolves around the matter 
of adequate pay for work done. Industry 
should, and usually does, get enough for 
its wares to afford fair compensation for 
all connected with it, employers and em-
ployees alike. But what is just compensa-
tion? 
Owners of manufacturing plants and 
business concerns have always held that 
an employer should receive much more 
for a day's work than an employee. 
Working people are willing to grant this 
to a degree, for the owner has a legal 
right to his money, he bears the responsi-
bilities and takes the risks, and can't stop 
worrying when the whistle blows. And 
brain is generally conceded to bring a 
higher premium than brawn; though 
there will always be a question as to 
their relative worth. 
As a rule, labour is content with "a 
decent living," whatever that is. Accord-
ing to present standards, it means suffi-
cient income to support a family, edu-
cate the children, eventually own a home 
with modern conveniences, possess a car 
and a radio, enjoy recreation and amuse-
ments, give to charity, and stay out of 
MARCH, 1946 
debt. Who would question any man's 
right to these comforts? 
What labour objects to, mainly, is the 
very wide gap between its compensation 
and that of the big monied interests. For 
instance, a skilled workman getting $3,000 
a year, and high-up executives in the 
same industry getting from $100,000 to 
$950,000 a year. In fact, skilled work 
does not average as much as $3,000 an-
nual wage; and giant corporations are 
garnering millions in clear profits an-
nually. 
We judge that neither Labour nor Capi-
tal will agree with our analysis of their 
situation; but we have given it. 
Rather than take sides, and give our 
own opinion of the relative rights of 
Labour and Capital, we prefer to scruti-
nize the prophecies of God's Word for 
wisdom and judgment in the, matter. 
The New Testament prophet, James, 
writing under divine inspiration, paints 
a true and vivid picture of the employer-
employee struggle just now. We quote, 
and comment on, some of his forecasts, 
as found in James 5:1-9. 
Of the "rich men" he says, "Ye have 
heaped treasure together for the last 
days." Never before in history have so 
much gold, silver, and precious stones 
been stored in huge government vaults. 
Never before have international cartels, 
world-encircling business firms, and giant 
industries amassed so great fortunes. 
Treasure has always been heaped to-
gether, but not anywhere near this de-
gree. The "heap" reaches enormous pro-
portions as the "last days" are upon us. 
Ix isn't the treasure: it's the heat) of it 
that makes it a sign of the last days of 
this world's course. 
The seer further says of the rich men 
of our times: "Ye have lived in pleasure 
on the earth, and been wanton; ye have 
nourished your hearts, as in the day of 
slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed 
the just; and he doth not resist you." 
"Behold the hire of the labourers who 
have reaped down your fields, which 
is of you kept back by fraud." "Go to 
now, ye rich men, weep and howl for 
your miseries that shall come upon you. 
Your riches are corrupted, and your gar-
ments are moth-eaten. Your gold and 
silver is cankered; and the rust of them 
shall be a witness against you, and shall 
eat your flesh as it were fire." 
The most damning witness against 
the wantonly rich is their hoarding and 
not using. If they needed their wealth 
so ill-gotten, and would spend it, the 
curse might he mitigated. Somebody else 
would get the money thus spent, even 
though working for it. But the combina-
tion of surfeit plus in one class, and cry-
ing need in the other, taxes the limit 
of Divine patience. And He threatens 
woe to the perpetrators of such crimes, 
that makes our flesh creep. So much for 
the criminally rich. God will take care 
of them aplenty. 
In view of this, who wants to add a 
voice of vengeance on the wealthy, or to 
envy them the rusting riches which will 
consume them! And that soon! Rather, 
we find our comfort in the added words 
of the prophet: "Be patient, . . . unto 
the coming of the Lord. . . . Stablish 
your hearts, for the coming of the Lord 
draweth nigh. . . . Grudge not one 
against another, lest ye be condemned: 
behold the Judge standeth before the 
door." Labour also is condemned, for 
grudging, impatience, and violence. 
The thirty-one-year-old Amalgamated 
Clothing Worker's Union has never re-
sorted to industrial warfare, yet has se-
cured all the raises and benefits demand-
ed by more violent unions, costing em-
ployers $6o,000,000; and no prices were 
raised. 
Like all other problems which are 
ever with us, the Labour-Capital prob-
lem can be solved, and dissolved, only 
by the advent to this earth of the Prince 
of Peace the second time. Does this 
sound like fantastic mockery to the down-
trodden labourer? Then does he have 
anything better to offer? All he has ever 
gained so far has been gotten by pres- 
sure, but patient pressure. A non-violent 
strike is the very picture of patience. 
Days stretch into weeks and months be-
fore it accomplishes much. And the 
gains are small compared with full equal-
ity and total justice. 
No; patience is the way to redress 
wrongs, together with trust in the love 
of the great Judge who now stands just 
before our doors. His justice is not con-
fined to time. It extends into eternity; 
and there is its richest reward. 
There is dynamite in the mounting 
class struggle between Labour and Capi- 
tal. Neither side had better do anything 
to touch off the explosion, if another war 
is to be prevented. For the revolt of 
the masses against the classes is the 
seed of war. 
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He came that mankind might have more 
abundant life, and nineteen centuries later 
we benefit immeasurably by that life. 
If thou hadst known, even thou, at least 
in this thy day, the things which belong 
unto thy peace! but now they are hid 
from thine eyes." Luke 19:41, 42. And 
He added: ". . . because thou knewest 
not the time of thy visitation." Verse 44. 
The historical records of that day show 
us that sin had become a science, and 
that vice was consecrated as a part of 
religion. Truly, the deception of sin 
had reached its height. 
Again we have come to a time of great 
need. Again the prophecy is fulfilled 
which says: "For, behold, the darkness 
shall cover the earth, and gross darkness 
the people." Isaiah 60:2. It was to this 
time in which we live that our Saviour 
referred when He told of "men's hearts 
failing them for fear, and for looking 
after those things which are coming on 
the earth." Luke 21: 26. 
As we all know too well, the millen-
nium which the twentieth century was 
hailed as bringing in, has failed us. 
Science has utterly failed to give the 
LIFE 
MORE 
ABUNDANT 
By C. 0. Smith 
W
HEN Jesus was upon earth He an-
nounced His mission in the follow-
ing brief statement: "I am come that 
they might have life, and that they might 
have it more abundantly." John 10:10. 
To-day we hear much of post-war plan-
ning. We must provide food and cloth-
ing for liberated countries. We must 
avoid, if possible, the pitfall of unem-
ployment at home. We must see that 
there is equal opportunity for all, and in 
time, a much higher standard of living 
for all peoples. 
Such plans deserve the enthusiastic 
support of all loyal citizens. But we 
must not allow ourselves to be carried 
away with the glowing pictures painted 
by some enthusiasts. It is a good omen 
that most people take these Utopian 
promises with a wholesome degree of 
restraint. 
Men in all ages have been interested in 
the abundant life. The ancients, capti-
vated with the vivacity and exuberance 
of youth, searched earnestly for the elixir 
of life. What a discovery that would be 
if they could just find the secret of eter-
nal youth! Ponce de Leon was searching 
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for the fountain of youth when he dis-
covered Florida. 
Others with more reason saw the 
abundant life in better living. Confu-
cius claimed to have found it in obe-
dience to parents and veneration of an-
cestors; the Buddha, in contemplation 
and resignation; some of the Greek phil-
osophers found it in following the dic-
tates of reason; others, of the senses. 
Jesus pushed them all aside as thieves 
and robbers. "All that ever came before 
Me are thieves and robbers." John to:8. 
Their teachings tended only to decep-
tion, death, and destruction. "The thief 
cometh not," said He, "but for to steal, 
and to kill, and to destroy: I am come 
that they might have life, and that they 
might have it more abundantly." John 
so: to. 
The need for this more abundant life 
was extreme when our Saviour uttered 
these words. "When the fulness of the 
time was come, God sent forth His Son." 
Galatians 4:4. Sensing the great need of 
His people, Jesus wept over Jerusalem. 
We read: "When He was come near, He 
beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, 
abundant life she promised. Instead, 
she has contributed greatly to the de-
struction we have been witnessing for the 
past several years. Men and women 
everywhere stand disillusioned and dazed 
with disappointment. "What does the 
future hold?" we ask. 
Problems of temporal needs, of the 
question of sin, and of ambition, must 
be solved. Notice how the more abun-
dant life that Jesus offers solves these 
problems. 
1. The problem of anxiety over tem-
poral needs is solved by the assurance of 
His loving care that our Saviour gives 
to His children. After stating that He 
had come to give life "more abundantly," 
he said, "I am the Good Shepherd." How 
expressive that is! The good shepherd 
supplies all the needs of his sheep. There 
is no reason for anxiety on their part. 
The apostle Paul knew the Good 
Shepherd; he could testify: "My God 
shall supply all your need according to 
His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Phi-
lippians 4:1g. The apostle Peter urged 
that we exercise faith, "casting all your 
care [R.V. `anxiety'] upon Him; for He 
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careth for you." 1 Peter 5:7. And the 
Saviour Himself, in His wonderful Ser-
mon on the Mount, warned emphatically 
against worry. He said: "Therefore I 
say unto you, Take no thought for your 
life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall 
drink; nor yet for your body, what ye 
shall put on. Is not the life more than 
meat, and the body than raiment?" Mat-
thew 6:25. 
To know how to live is of so much 
more importance than to know how to 
make a living. After speaking of how 
the birds are fed, and the flowers clothed 
so beautifully, Jesus said: "Take no 
thought [that is, anxious thought], say-
ing, What shall we eat? or, What shall we 
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be 
clothed? (For after all these things do 
the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly 
Father knoweth that ye have need of all 
these things. But seek ye first the king-
dom of God, and His righteousness; 
and all these things shall be added unto 
you." Verses 31-33. 
Dr. Edward Everett Hale well said: 
"Never bear more than one kind of 
trouble at a time. Some people bear 
all three—all they have had, all they have 
now, and all they expect to have." How 
foolish it is to worry when we have the 
Good Shepherd on Whom we can rely. 
The Scriptures tell us: "Perfect love 
casteth out fear." 1 John 4:18. The 
Psalmist, himself a shepherd and one who 
sang with feeling, "The Lord is my Shep-
herd," also penned these words: "God 
is our refuge and strength, a very present 
help in trouble. Therefore will not we 
fear, though the earth be removed, and 
though the mountains be carried into 
the midst of the sea." Psalms 46: 1, 2. 
He also gave us this promise from the 
Lord for the day of trouble: "Thou shalt 
not be afraid." Psalms 91:5. 
Some time ago I heard a missionary to 
India, evacuated from that country at the 
time of the fall of Singapore, tell of his 
experiences on the homeward journey. 
They were in continual danger. At times 
submarines were sighted chasing them. 
Four times their wireless picked up news 
reports saying that their ship was sunk, 
which they knew, of course, was not true—
that is, up to that time. During all this 
time, he said, the promise of the Scripture, 
"Thou shalt not be afraid," was fulfilled 
for him. He took proper precautions, 
but he had no fear. The more abundant 
life- gives assurance. It casts out fear. It 
banishes worry. 
2. The more abundant life solves the 
problem of sin. Notice in John 1o:11, 
it not only says: "I am the Good Shep-
herd," but adds, "The Good Shepherd 
giveth His life for the sheep." This the 
Saviour willingly did on Calvary's cross 
for you and me,—His lost sheep. 
"For Christ also hath once suffered 
for sins, the just for the unjust, that He 
might bring us to God." I Peter 3:18. In 
the original, the word here used for "just" 
is in the singular number, and that for 
"unjust" is plural. Dr. Weymouth trans-
lates the expression, "The innocent One 
for the guilty many." And Dr. Moffatt, 
"a just Man for unjust men." 
It is because He was sinless, perfect, 
that His death paid the penalty for your 
MARCH, 1 9 4 6 
O VERB 
By T. A. Davis 
In the study of structural English one 
of the first things that the youthful stu-
dent is taught is the importance of the 
verb in a sentence. He is told that no 
thought can be expressed, no sentence 
can be complete, unless it has a verb, 
either spoken or implied. The verb is 
the word that gives the sentence "action" 
and sense. 
Yet, strangely enough, the teachings 
of the popular churches of to-day are 
very much like a sentence without a 
verb. Many religious leaders that are 
naturally regarded by churchgoers every-
where as enlightened men, and wise and 
good "shepherds of the sheep", are giv-
ing us an incomplete religious philosophy 
—a sentence without a verb. Either ignor-
antly or willingly they leave out of their 
teachings the all important action which 
culminates the experience of the whole 
of Christianity and of the world. This 
event, which is the "verb" in the teach-
ings of Christ, is found in the wonderful 
promise made by Him, "I will come 
again." Here is the verb that spurs the 
Christian to action—to working, hoping 
and praying. It is that belief which 
strengthened the martyrs and saints. It 
was that blessed promise that gave, and 
is still giving, to Christians down through 
the years hope where it seemed there 
could be no hope. Without this belief 
all our victories and struggles and heart-
breaks would be of no avail. 
sins and mine. And it was while we were 
lost sheep that the Good Shepherd died 
for us. "But God commendeth His love 
toward us, in that, while we were yet 
sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 
5:8. 
Why is it that so many will not accept 
the sacrifice of the Good Shepherd for 
them, and thus let Him solve their prob-
lem of sin? "There is therefore now no 
condemnation to them which are in 
Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, 
but after the Spirit." Romans 8:1. 
What a blessed thing it is to have peace 
with God, to have no condemnation! 
The more abundant life gives a clear con-
science. With Job we may say: "My 
heart shall not reproach me so long as I 
live." Job 27:6. 
Not only does the more abundant life 
give freedom from the penalty of sin, 
but also from its power. The Good 
Shepherd guards from sin. Satan, the 
great marauder, is abroad, but the Good 
Shepherd protects His sheep from his at-
tacks. We are admonished: "Be sober, 
be vigilant; because your adversary the 
devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, 
seeking whom he may devour." 1 Peter 
5:8. 
But note the victory promised in this 
verse in Zephaniah 3:13: "The rem-
nant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor 
speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue 
be found in their mouth: for they 
shall feed and lie down, and none shall 
make them afraid." 
3. The more abundant life solves the 
problem of ambition. It is not enough 
to be good; we want to be good for some-
thing. What would life be if it offered 
no opportunity for accomplishment? We 
want to do something, and be somebody. 
This ambition can be fully realized in the 
more abundant life that Jesus offers. The 
Good Shepherd "calleth His own sheep 
by name, and leadeth them out." John 
o:3. The Good Shepherd knows His 
sheep, and they know him, and He 
leads them out. The more abundant 
life gives fellowship with Christ, and that 
brings joy in service. He leads us out. 
We follow His steps in service. 
A few years ago a wealthy American 
business man was travelling in Burma. 
Among other places of interest, he visit-
ed a mission station. There he saw 
the missionary at work. He noticed that 
the natives on this mission station were 
clean, both physically and morally. He 
saw the people come from miles around, 
bringing their sick to the dispensary for 
help. He was amazed at the need, and 
at the wonderful work of the missionary 
in filling that need. Finally, when there 
was opportunity for talk, he said to the 
missionary: "I'd give the world to be 
able to do the good you are doing." The 
missionary replied simply: "That's just 
what I gave." Like Jesus, he renounced 
the world, and in doing so, he found the 
great happiness of service with Christ. 
He was living the more abundant life. 
We, too, right here at home, may live 
the more abundant life,—the life of faith 
and trust, of freedom from condemna- 
tion and fear, the life of victory over sin 
through Jesus Christ, the life of joyous 
service with our Master; for our Saviour 
is the Good Shepherd, who came "that 
we might have life, and that we might 
have it more abundantly." Let us follow 
Him. 
"He leadeth me! 0 blessed thought! 
0 words with heavenly comfort fraught! 
Whate'er I do, where'ere I be, 
Still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me. 
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OME people have a great deal of 
trouble over the question of why 
the Lord has permitted Satan to exist and 
continue his evil work. Once grasp the 
fact that because God is a God of love 
He made intelligent creatures free moral 
agents, giving them the power to choose, 
then no difficulty will be experienced in 
understanding the problem of Satan and 
sin. 
We might ask, Why didn't God make 
us so that we could not sin? In this there 
is a wonderful revelation of the love 
of God. God could have made us as He 
made the stars—objects which have no 
choice, but an undeviating obedience 
to set laws. But God finds more love ex-
pressed in one act of obedience by choice 
on the part of one human being than all 
the obedience of the stars and heavenly 
bodies. In every voluntary service of 
love is found a revelation of God's wis-
dom in the creation of man possessing the 
ability to choose to do either good or 
evil. Is that hard to understand? Let 
me illustrate it by supposing that I have 
a little mechanical robot here that looks 
just like your little boy, and every time 
I press the button it sets in motion cer-
tain mechanics that produce the sound of 
a voice exactly like your little boy's. Every 
time the button as pressed it is sure to 
say, "I love you, daddy," and the metal 
boy walks across the floor and kisses you. 
Would that satisfy you and take the 
place of affection shown you by your 
boy? In some respect the machine would 
be better than the child because it would 
always kiss you when you wanted it to, 
while the child is sometimes wilful and 
perverse. I am sure you would rather 
have the child with its possibilities of dis-
obedience than the machine though it 
was sure to obey. You would want an 
expression of love that was free and vol-
untary; and that is just what God wants, 
and for that reason He created us as free 
moral agents, knowing that with it went 
the possibility of wilful disobedience and 
sin. 
But how about the devil, and where 
did he come from? Let us read, Ephe-
sians 6:1o, 11, "Finally, my brethren, be 
strong in the Lord, and in the power of 
His might. Put on the whole armour of 
God, that ye may be able to stand against 
the wiles of the devil." It is no human 
foe that we face. Every Christian needs 
to know what those wiles are. It is my 
purpose to unmask the devil and reveal 
his footsteps. 
The devil is a real person, and so is 
sin real. Some look upon these as if they 
were only imaginary, but when a neigh-
bour is killed and robbed on your own 
street, you realize it is more than just an 
influence, or imagination. Step into the 
mental hospitals and see the unbalanced 
minds. Stop in at the police courts and 
see the rushing business they do. Go to 
the cemetery and count the graves, and 
see the tears of those who mourn, and 
you will soon admit that sin is real. If 
sin is real, then the cause of sin is also 
real. For murder, insanity, robbery, lying, 
are all footprints of the devil. 
Jesus ought to know about the devil, 
and He always refers to him as a real 
person. Luke so: r8: "I beheld Satan as 
lightning fall from heaven." To the 
boastful Jews, Jesus said, "Ye are of 
your father the devil, and the lusts of 
your father ye will do. He was a murder-
er from the beginning, and abode not in 
the truth, because there is no truth in 
him. When he speaketh a lie, he speak-
eth of his own: for he is a liar, and the 
father of it." This statement that Satan, 
abode not in the truth is a sure sign that 
he was once in it. He became an apos-
tate, a backslider. He was once a mem-
ber of God's church, but he left it and 
became the father of lies. 
No, God did not make the devil. God 
made a perfect angelic being, and by the 
wrong use of his freedom of choice he 
made a devil out of himself. One day I 
saw a man lying on the grass in a terribly 
drunken condition. I went over to him, 
and what a disgrace to the human race! 
His hair was matted, his clothing was 
filthy, and from all appearances there 
wasn't one moral fibre left in him, and he 
certainly looked like a child of the devil. 
Now suppose I had begun to rebuke and 
reproach that man's mother for ever 
bringing such a specimen of humanity 
into the world, and tell her she should 
he ashamed of herself. You would say 
that the mother was not responsible 
for what that man was doing, that she 
gave birth to a sweet, innocent, and 
beautiful little baby, but that he made 
this drunken wretch out of himself. You 
would pity the mother rather than blame 
her. 
Just so, God made a perfect being, and 
the devil made a devil out of himself. 
So do not blame God. Suppose that man 
should one night kill a girl on the street 
after tormenting her terribly. Think of 
the heartache and mental suffering to the 
parents that idolized their boy, as a child, 
and gave him every opportunity. When 
he was little he was such a good boy, 
Suppose you say to the mother, Why 
didn't you kill your boy as soon as you 
saw which way he was going? She didn't 
because she loved him and wanted to 
train him, always hoping he_ would 
change his ways and be a good boy again. 
 
Now some people ask, Why didn't God 
destroy the devil as soon as he sinned? 
There are three reasons why He did not. 
i. God loved Satan and wanted to give 
him every opportunity to change. 2. If 
He had blotted him out right away, the 
other angels would have served God for 
fear rather than love. Heaven would 
never have been the same again. Con-
stant fear would have been back of every 
act of obedience. 3. The only way un-
fallen angels could sense sin's terrible 
significance and results was to see it 
worked out. Only time could do this. 
Satan's methods have been mulch the 
same during the centuries. Notice four 
different periods of this great controversy 
between Christ and Satan, and see how 
Satan has worked each time. "Lest Satan 
should get an advantage of us: for we 
are not ignorant of his devices." 2 Co-
rinthians 2:11. 
When sin originated, "there was war 
in heaven: Michael and His angels 
fought against the dragon; and the 
dragon fought and his angels, and pre-
vailed not; neither was their place found 
any more in heaven. And the great 
dragon was cast out, that old serpent. 
called the Devil, and Satan, which de-
ceiveth the whole world: he was cast out 
into the earth, and his angels were cast 
out with him." Revelation 12:7-9. 
What a strange place for war to begin! 
This struggle was concerning the Word 
of God, and it was settled in heaven. 
(Psalms 119:89.) The cause was an am-
bition to be worshipped as God was wor-
shipped. Isaiah 14:12-14 tells the story, 
"How art thou fallen from heaven, 0 
Lucifer, son of the morning! . . . For 
thou hast said in thine heart, I will 
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my 
throne above the stars of God: I will sit 
also upon the mount of the congregation, 
in the sides of the north: I will ascend 
above the heights of the clouds; I will be 
like the Most High." Satan was not satis-
fied with his position in heaven and 
coveted the place occupied by the Son 
of God in his previous existence. He 
wanted to be like the Most High—that is, 
equal with God. Read the whole story 
in Ezekiel 28:12-19, but note these items: 
"Thou sealest up the sum, full of wis-
dom, and perfect in beauty." "Thou 
wast perfect in thy ways from the day 
that thou wast created, till iniquity was 
found in thee." As a perfect, loyal angel, 
he held the highest office heaven could 
bestow, and was next to the Father and 
Son. Apparently every enactment of the 
government of God passed through his 
hands. 
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spurned it as spurious. Cunning deception is the devil's prime technique. 
• 
Turning to our text again, "Thou art 
the anointed cherub, . . . covering cher-
ub." The dignity of this position of 
trust is better understood by reference to 
the earthly sanctuary and the ark of the 
covenant in particular. Exodus 25:16-22 
describes the ark of the covenant as 
box-like in appearance, with two cher-
ubim, one on each end, with extended 
wings, guarding the cover or mercy seat. 
This was the place where God com-
muned with His people, and was most 
sacred. Inside the ark of the covenant, 
and under the mercy seat, were the tables 
of stone containing the ten command-
ments. Lucifer in his perfect condition 
was one of those covering—protecting—
cherubim, and it was his duty to guard 
the ten commandments, and to be watch-
ful of the mercy seat. 
It was while acting in this capacity in 
heaven that he became possessed of an 
unholy ambition to be like God Him-
self. No longer satisfied with his exalted 
position, he wanted to be worshipped as 
God. In the way of this ambition was 
MARCH, 1 9 4 6 
the first commandment of the law, "Thou 
shalt have no other gods before Me." A 
growing hatred developed toward that 
commandment because he recognized it 
stood in the path of his ambitions. Some-
how that commandment must be de-
stroyed before he could be like the Most 
High. It soon grew into open animosity 
and rebellion, and the seeds of discord 
were spread among the angels, with the 
result that one-third of the angels joined 
in the rebellion. (See Revelation 12:4; 
Jude 1:6; 2 Peter 2:4.) This plot against 
the government of God is termed the 
"war in heaven." 
The issue of this first chapter of the 
controversy was regarding the law of God 
and the first commandment in particular. 
The integrity of God's law must be main-
tained at all cost if God's government was 
to remain. The result was that God won, 
His law was maintained, and Satan and 
his angels were cast out. 
Next we find Satan in the Garden of 
Eden, (Genesis 3:13) doing the same as 
he did in heaven—disputing the Word 
By W. R. Foulston 
of God. I can almost hear him make the 
same charge as he made in heaven. "And 
God says you will die if you eat this? 
Huh, you won't die, but you will be as 
gods, and that is just what God doesn't 
want you to be. He has reserved that for 
Himself." The same first commandment 
was at stake, and Satan is here insinuat-
ing that there can be many gods and 
that God was selfish by denying them the 
fuller life that was just within their reach. 
Adam and Eve believed the serpent, and 
yielded, thus forfeiting the dominion be-
stowed upon them as the custodians of 
the garden of Eden. They lost their 
home and were driven out of the Garden 
of God. In this second phase the issue 
was the same—the commandments of God 
and the first one in particular. The re-
sult was that man lost and Satan claimed 
the position that Adam occupied as the 
representative of this earth. 
But "God so loved the world" that He 
could not leave them in such a hopeless 
condition, and sent His Son into the 
world "to seek and to save that which was 
lost." He came to purchase back all 
that had been lost by Adam's sin. No 
sooner had he been baptized than Jesus 
and Satan met in the third phase of the 
great struggle. (Matthew 4:3, 6, 9.) It 
is significant that Satan's methods had 
not changed, but were only more subtle. 
Hear him as he meets Jesus on a high 
mountain, as a panoramic view of the 
nations pass before him: "You do not 
need to die and suffer so much to get it 
all back. All you need to do is to bow 
down and worship me, and all these 
things I will give to you. Simply pay me 
homage or worship and I'll give it all to 
you right here and now." Such a short 
cut in the plan of redemption had its 
appeal, yet the Saviour recognized the 
trail of the old serpent. The issues were 
the same. The first commandment of the 
ten was in question, and if Jesus had so 
much as worshipped Satan the battle 
would have been lost. In such an event 
Satan would have had what he wanted all 
the while—worship that belonged to God 
alone. The essence of the temptation is 
easily found in the light of the two pre-
vious attacks upon the government of God 
—the first commandment. Jesus refused 
to yield to such subtle tactics, and re 
plied, "Get thee hence, Satan; for it is 
written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy 
God and Him only shalt thou serve." 
Thus ended the third chapter, but Satan 
was not finished, because now he deter-
mined to prevent all humanity from ac-
cepting the provision of salvation. 
Satan can no longer frustrate the plan 
of salvation, and he now tries to get 
mankind to join him in the rebellion 
• against those commandments. The fourth 
chapter of this controversy is on, for 
"Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and 
of the sea! for the devil is come down un-
to you. having great wrath, because he 
knoweth that he hath but a short time. 
. . . And the dragon [Satan. vs.9] was 
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wroth with the woman, and went to make 
war with the remnant of her seed, which 
keep the commandments of God, and 
have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Rev-
elation 12:12, 17. To-day, Satan does not 
do his work personally, but "even him, 
whose coming is after the working of 
Satan." 2 Thessalonians 2:9. He now 
has his agents or ministers of unrighteous-
ness that are doing the same work he at-
tempted. The issues are unchanged. 
The integrity of God's government is in 
question, and it centres around the ten 
commandments. Satan has not forgotten 
the old hatreds and animosities that were 
the first causes for his rebellion. In 
these last days he is angry with the rem-
nant people of God that keep the com-
mandments of God and have the testi-
mony of Jesus. 
This battle is still in progress and 
people are making the decisions daily 
on which side of the great controversy 
they are going to stand. Satan has his 
agents asking you to join them in their 
attack upon the commandments of God, 
and God has his agents appealing to 
mankind to accept the commandments as 
the standard of righteousness. Men to-
day are choosing which road they will 
travel and which of these two groups 
they will join. Strange to say, the major-
ity of people are joining Satan and his 
host and are expressing their animosity 
to the law of God. They refuse to ac-
cept it as God's standard, they take de-
light in calling it a yoke of bondage, they 
want you to join them in overthrowing 
God's commandments. As you consider 
thoughtfully your part in this great con-
flict, remember that God is made hap-
pier by the choice of loving service on 
the part of one person than the unerring 
obedience of all the starry heavens. 
Do you know why Satan delights in 
causing so much suffering in this world? 
He was cast out of heaven, and ever since 
he has determined to get even. He can-
not touch God or Jesus in heaven, so he 
does it by torturing God's children. Let 
me illustrate it. A judge sits on the bar 
of justice. He is a large man of noble 
apThearance and very strong. Before 
him stands the criminal, a mean, 
withered-up man, whose record reveals 
he has tasted every kind of sin and is de-
serving of punishment. The judge must 
administer justice, and in harmony with 
the evidence, the prisoner is found guilty 
and sentenced to ten years in prison. 
During that ten years the prisoner is 
determined to get even. After he is re-
leased he sees the judge walking down 
the street. The criminal wants revenge, 
but the man is too big, and he decides 
it is useless to try. He can't touch that 
man, but he still says he will get even 
somehow. One day he finds the judge's 
little girl playing alone, and he tortures 
her, and then kills her—all to get even 
with the judge. Just so, Satan cannot 
touch God, but he can cause pain to the 
heart of God by torturing His children. 
Just remember, when Satan is hurting 
you he is really aiming at the heart of 
your heavenly Father. The time is soon 
coming when Satan will no longer be 
able to cause pain and suffering to God's 
children. 
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By H. F. De'Ath 
W
E READ in the book of Acts of the 
Apostles of a Roman centurion, 
Cornelius by name, who was "a just man, 
and one that feareth God, and of good 
report among all the nation of the Jews." 
Acts to:22. 
That this army officer could serve a 
pagan state satisfactorily and yet earn 
a reputation for being just, generous, 
and God-fearing, says much for Cornelius. 
Prayer and fasting, and giving alms, ap-
pear to have been habitual with him. 
Nor are we left to guess how Heaven re-
garded these spiritual exercises of Cornel-
ius. "Thy prayer is heard," said a heaven-
ly visitant, "and thine alms are had in re-
membrance in the sight of God." Verse 
31. So it seems that God takes special note 
of a man's good inclinations, of his de-
votions, and of his practical generosity 
to the needy; no matter what his calling, 
race or colour, such an one's good works 
commend him to God. And yet the 
apostle Paul, in writing to the Romans 
and Ephesians, tells us that "a man is 
justified by faith without the deeds of 
the law;" that "by grace are ye saved 
through faith; and that not of yourselves: 
it is the gift of God: not of works, lest 
any man should boast." Romans 3:28. 
Ephesians 2 : 8, 9. 
Now while good works sincerely and 
unselfishly performed may commend a 
man to God, they do not, they cannot, 
justify him before God, which is an en-
tirely different thing. 
Justification is a legal term, which in-
dicates that before the law there is no 
guilt in the one who has been charged 
with a particular offence. But "before 
God," no man can plead innocent of the 
transgression of any part of His law, "for 
all have sinned, and come short of the 
glory of God." Romans 3:23. Hence, no 
amount of good works can procure man's 
justification before God. Even in an 
earthly court, while a man's good con-
duct in other directions might possibly 
commend him to mercy, it could never 
justify him in the eyes of the law, in re-
spect of a particular breach of that law. 
And if another, quite innocent, were to 
offer to bear the penalty of that transgres-
sion, and were accepted as substitute for 
the real lawbreaker, even that would 
not satisfy the law, much less justify the 
sinner. Infinitely more magnanimous is 
God's attitude toward the truly contrite 
transgressor of His holy law. He is pre- 
pared to meet the sinner on a substitu-
tionary basis. But He and His holy law 
both being perfect, He can accept only 
a perfect substitute; that is, one who has 
never transgressed any one of the divine 
commands of His law. 
Nor is this all. He also undertakes 
to provide such a substitute, upon whom 
is laid the penalty of man's sinfulness. 
So "when the fullness of the time was 
come, God sent forth His son, made of a 
woman, made under the law, to redeem 
them that were under the law, that we 
might receive the adoption of sons." 
Galatians 4:4. 5. Jesus of Nazareth is His 
son, "who knew no sin," yet "became sin 
for us." 
But the love of God through His son 
goes even farther than this. He not only 
provided the perfect substitute who paid 
the penalty of man's sin by the voluntary 
sacrifice of Himself on the cross of Cal-
vary, but justifies completely every sinner 
who pleads the merits of His son's sacri-
fice. That is, in His infinite love, He re-
gards such an one as though He had 
never sinned and accepts him in the 
person of His own beloved Son, who is 
the express image of His perfect heavenly 
Father. 
That is indeed something that no 
earthly judge would or could possibly, 
do. Towards His rebellious human crea-
tures God acts consistently with His 
sublimely gracious character. 
How the heart of the Roman centu-
rion must have glowed "with wonder, 
love, and praise" when, after the death 
and resurrection of Jesus, he was made 
aware of this stupendous truth, as he 
doubtless was, through the teachings of 
the apostle Paul. 
Thus was this just man by prayer, by 
seeking after God and practising the 
principles of goodness and truth as they 
were revealed to him, led at last into the 
full light of the Gospel which "is the 
power of God unto salvation to every one 
that believeth." Romans 1:16. And any 
man who chooses to walk in the light as 
it shines on his pathway and sets his 
face firmly toward Zion, need have no 
fear but that he will at length reach that 
"city whose builder and maker is God." 
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Which Religion? 
IN the terms of the Japanese document 
of surrender, General MacArthur laid 
down two principles that deserve wide 
attention as fundamentals if world se-
curity is to be assured. 
"The new weapon which was brought 
into action in the closing days of this 
war eliminates war henceforth as a pos-
sible method of settling international 
disputes. No nation can afford even a 
victory, much less a defeat. In another 
war, all contestants would confront an-
nihilation." 
"The survival of civilization, perhaps 
even of humanity itself, depends upon a 
radical change in the characters of men; 
and only religion can produce an im-
provement in human nature which will 
make it a safe custodian of the scientific 
knowledge it has gained." 
• 
Thus the arbiter of the Far East makes 
it plain that at last a few men have the 
power to obliterate mankind, including 
themselves; and that religion is the only 
power that can keep them from doing 
it. 
But this comes short of solving the 
world's present problem. The author of 
the above statements has recently shown 
that he would not trust Shintoism, the 
former state religion of Japan, to save 
the world from destruction; for it is 
blamed for getting Japan into war. And 
how about professed Christianity saving 
the world, when it was professed Chris-
tians who discovered nuclear energy, 
made the atomic bomb, destroyed hun- 
. 
dreds of thousands with it, and hold it 
as a potential threat of further destruc- 
tion?
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At least, that is the way it appears 
to non-Christians. 
▪ 
We make a sharp distinction between 
professed and real Christianity. We be-
lieve that genuine Christlikeness would 
save us from world annihilation by 
atomic bombs. To all appearances, how-
ever, and according to Biblical prophecy, 
Christ-pure Christian principles are not 
going to be applied for the solution of 
the atomic bomb problem. Rather, those 
who "destroy the earth" will continue to 
destroy it till One comes to "destroy" 
them. (Revelation i t :18.) They will not 
• 
destroy themselves. Before that happens, 
God will intervene. 
Confused and distracted by the hun- 
• 
dreds of different remedies being offered 
to cure fear of atomic fission, we will do 
well to get straight on the matter by 
squaring our reasoning with the Word 
▪ of God. He has never yet led us into 
speculation and bewilderment. 
MARCH, 1946 
The swastika, "the crooked cross," has 
shrunk, and is on the way out as a symbol 
of anything desirable. 
National and Social 
Disgrace 
WE are informed on good authority 
that in many business firms the "higher-
ups" require boys and girls under them 
to secure liquor permits. One liquor 
commissioner estimates that this practice 
accounts for 250,000 permits. What are 
we coming to when the corruption of 
youth and the disruption of social safe-
guards go on at this rate and in this law-
less manner? 
The consumption of alcoholic poison 
is on the enormous increase since the 
close of hostilities. And there is no pros-
pect of a halt. We call upon all who 
have any influence and whose example 
counts to help stem the tide of evil con-
sequent on drinking. And a large part 
of the increasing crime and disastrous ac-
cidents we see and read about is trace-
able to partial intoxication. 
One potent reason for the accident 
toll increasing is the larger number of 
drinking drivers. While the law penal-
izes "drunken drivers," science has 
demonstrated that "drinking drivers" are 
more dangerous. The drunken drivers 
are usually too far gone to even direct a 
car, while the drinking driver is "sure" 
that he can drive safely, and so attempts 
it. So many drivers who have had acci-
dents excuse themselves by saying, "I 
had only a couple of beers." 
An evil thing is as bad in small quanti-
ties as in large, and sometimes worse. 
This is because of its deceptiveness. The 
dupe of intoxication does not expect 
two beers to affect driving; but they do. 
The only queues left now are those in 
front of the liquor shops. We are in a 
bad way when the clamour for body de-
stroying intoxicants is so general. And 
the makers and purveyors and treaters 
are most to blame. "Woe unto him that 
giveth his neighbour drink, that putteth 
thy bottle to him, and makest him 
drunken." Habakkuk 2:15. 
Did we say disgrace? It is a crime 
against human weakness. 
War's Benefits 
WITH all the evil and awful results of 
war—and how horribly evil and awful 
they can be!—it's a bad war that does 
nobody good. Besides teaching us by 
costly experience to avoid it next time; 
besides greatly enlarging our knowledge 
of world geography and foreign peoples; 
besides helping us to appreciate peo-
ple's viewpoints which are radically 
different from ours; the war has 
given us an insight into the mental pro-
cesses of peoples with little or no back-
ground of Christianity. And by Chris-
tianity we mean Christlikeness. 
It is said that the leading men who 
are now on trial for war aggression and 
for having a part in inhuman crimes of 
race extermination and torture, feel no 
guilt. Why should they, when the ethics 
they profess provide for no sense of 
shame or of regret for conduct? It is 
thus described by those who have made 
a study of it: "There is no sense of guilt. • 
Sin and catastrophe are in the same cate-
gory. The war's disastrous end was 
grievous as earthquakes had been grie-
vous. Defeat polluted but did not neces-
sarily shame; it called perhaps for 'puri-
fication,' but not for repentance and 
atonement." 
If the Allies had been totally defeated, 
it would have in no way or degree af-
fected our sense of right and wrong. In 
our own eyes, we would have been as 
right in defeat as we are in victory. The 
fact is. victory or defeat in arms does not 
decide any moral question. Why should 
we expect any sense of guilt or shame in 
men whose ideal of right is to attain 
their selfish ends regardless of the means? 
They have held to their selfish ends re- 
gardless of the means? They have held 
to their moral standard as we have held 
to ours. 
When peoples have been taught for 
millenniums to hate those who oppose 
them, as we are taught to hate evil; when 
they know no love for, or even consider- 
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ation of, enemies; when the Golden Rule 
is entirely foreign to their natures; when 
the infliction of suffering on the weak 
or on an enemy is a delight; when to 
them might is right, and the highest 
manifestation of wisdom is found in 
outwitting someone; when defeat means 
to tamely submit, and wait, and pre-
pare for a better time to strike more 
successfully:—what else could we expect 
than what we have seen? 
But we have nothing to congratulate 
ourselves about. When Christ comes to 
our foreign neighbours He transforms 
them just as completely as He does us. 
It is my firm conviction that if He had 
had half as much access to them as He 
has had to us, they would far exceed 
us in the Christian virtues. The best 
way to prevent another war with Japan 
is to spend at least a tenth of the cost 
of defeating them by military means, on 
efforts to convert them to Christ. And 
if ever they were susceptible, they are 
now. 
But will this be done? No; because the 
so-called Christian world is not at all 
convinced of its efficacy. Can ,we expect 
much from non-Christians when, after 
long exposure to Christian influences, 
less than half of the people of Western 
lands even profess belief in Christ as a 
Saviour from sin and death, and when 
our national policies are not founded on 
the only Way to prevent war and to 
bring lasting peace to the earth? We are 
the ones to hang our heads in shame. 
"Why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do 
not the things which I say?" Luke 6:46. 
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Saving the Race 
PARAMOUNT now is the necessity of 
teaching the rising generation the es-
sentials of a saving religion, if we would 
escape the unpleasant future that threat-
ens us. The teaching of religion in the 
public schools does not meet the need; 
and, besides, it violates religious liberty. 
The best ways out of the dilemma are, 
more effective religious instruction in the 
home and the church, and the establish-
ment of schools guided by wholly Chris-
tian principles. A writer in The United 
Evangelical Action says pointedly: "The 
overwhelming majority of our future 
voters are to-day building their educa-
tional structure upon the sand. They 
know not from whence they have come; 
they know not whither they are going; 
and they do not realize why they are 
here. . . . 
"That something drastic must be done 
to save Christianity and its implied 
democratic way of life should be evident. 
Unless the present trend toward secu-
larism is reversed—unless the Christian 
spirit' that formerly motivated our so-
cial life, and unless the religious prin-
ciples which formerly undergirded our 
political structure, be revived, both our 
social and our political system must ere 
long be consumed by the dry rot of secu-
larism. 
"For all those who prefer for them-
selves and their posterity the absolute 
rule of God to the absolute rule of one 
or more sinful mortals, we would urge: 
Establish private Christian schools while 
this is still the privilege of our waning 
democratic form of government. 
"We cannot rear a generation without 
God and expect it to submit to the rule 
of God. What we sow we may expect to 
reap. Sow in the hearts and minds of 
our youth a view of life that knows not 
God, and we may expect to reap a har-
vest of godless men and women. 
"However, if we train a child in the 
way that he should go, we have the prom-
ise of God that children thus trained will 
not depart from their training even in 
their old age. (Proverbs 22:6.) Christian 
countries need Christian schools if Chris-
tianity is to survive. We need private 
schools based upon God's Word for the 
Christian children who now attend the 
secular schools." 
God first committed education to His 
church, not the Government. Govern-
ment education is good as far as it may 
go without infringing on religious liberty. 
But it can never give the child a sym-
metrical education, which must include 
specific beliefs of religion. 
Commonly Called Sin 
WIDESPREAD agitation in Canadian 
church circles is being stirred by loud 
and persistent public statements made 
by Canada's Deputy Minister of Health, 
Major General G. B. Chisholm. By pro-
fession a psychiatrist (medical specialist 
on mental disorders), and formerly a 
professor of psychiatry at Yale University, 
he counts it his duty and privilege to 
denounce any placing of curbs on youth 
with regard to right and wrong, holding 
that such curbs block the natural de-
velopment of their growing minds. 
Psychiatrist Chisholm shares this be-
lief with many, if not all, of his profes-
sion. They lay many mental diseases to 
the fact that youth is suppressed and re-
pressed, and that inhibitions and prohi-
bitions react nervously on the individual 
to do positive harm. Much of the blame 
for this is placed on Christian teachings. 
To quote Doctor Chisholm: "For 
many generations we have swallowed all 
manner of poisonous certainties fed us 
by our parents, our Sunday and day-
school teachers, our politicians, our 
priests, our newspapers." These cer-
tainties are that there are such things as 
right and wrong; and he fulminates 
against "the crippling of intelligence by 
these bandages of belief." He cries out 
against "authoritarian dogma" and "ex-
clusive faith," and would free those who 
live under an imposed "inferiority, guilt, 
and fear, commonly known as sin." 
This philosophy harks back to ancient 
times, but especially to the theories of 
the German philosopher Nietzsche. It 
would free man, and especially youth, to 
give way to his own inner urges and de-
sires, and would put no limit on self-ex-
pression, whatever harm that expression 
might do to others. It found its culmina-
tion in the youth movements in Europe 
and the logic of aggression which insti-
gated the war just over. What a time 
now to advocate the abolishing of re- 
SIGNS OF THE TIMES 
Sir George Ma-
caulay Trevelyan, 
Master of Trinity 
College, and Eng-
land's most noted 
historian, �
checks 
the time on an 
ancient sundial. Is 
it later than his-
torians think? 
• 
straints, when hundreds of millions of 
human beings are suffering the dire 
harvest of such seed-sowing! 
But our psychiatrists are not without 
some good reasons for their conclusions 
about the best way to make people good 
and happy. However, they confuse the 
"thou-shalt-not's" of God's Ten Com-
mandments and the Sermon on the 
Mount with the endless and futile tra-
ditions of the Church. Strip from the 
short and simple and clear prohibitions 
of the Bible the burdensome restrictions 
placed on men by false religion, and 
there is no resultant inferiority com-
plex. If there is, it is because man re-
fuses to acknowledge his evident guilt 
and to put it away. 
Would our mental .specialists have us 
fly against law and order, and leave us 
to learn by the hard way of experience 
just what is the thing to do to enjoy life 
and escape pain and death? Experience 
is a penalizing teacher, and leaves scars 
on body, mind, and character that can 
never be effaced. "Try anything once." 
is fraught with frustration and death. 
However we face it, sin, which is noth-
ing more nor less than the "transgression 
of the law" of God, is a tremendous fact 
in human experience. We were born 
with it, and it is inherent in us. Self-ex-
pression brings it to the surface. Nat-
urally, the heart of man is "deceitful 
above all things and desperately wicked." 
"There is none that doeth good; no, not 
one." 
The good there is in men, and there is 
much of it, has been placed there by the 
transforming power of Christ's sacrifice 
for us through the process of the "new 
birth." It is not a natural process, but 
a miraculous, divine method of making 
men new. Parents thus renewed train 
their children after their own high 
standards of good. And those children. 
unless they too are born again, grow up 
to believe that they are inherently good. 
because they have inclinations to do 
right, received by heredity and training; 
and they then concoct a philosophy that 
everybody has mate goodness. Such are 
the theorists of whom we write. And 
their very impatience at bans on conduct 
proves their denial of the God of law. 
and of a universe necessarily subject to 
law. 
Their whole predicament results from 
their repudiation of the divine plan to 
save men from the guilt and inferiority 
of being under law, by making it pos-
sible for them to rise above law by will-
ingly and happily keeping it. 
Doomed! The fear has been expressed 
that thirteen million people in Germany 
alone will die this winter of disease, star-
vation, and freezing, unless much more 
is done to help them than is now deemed 
possible. But a war-distressed world has 
become too callous to such crying needs. 
About all the sympathy central Europe 
gets is the answer that other peoples are 
suffering too. It is poor comfort, and 
doesn't feed, warm, or cure. We are do-
ing our best to help; but can't refrain 
from observing that the sowing brings 
the harvest. 
Mahatma Gandhi. 
India's religious 
and political sage, 
considers Britain's 
latest proposals 
for a new India. 
His Congress Party 
still demands corn-. 
plete and immedi-
ate independence. 
Stimulants and Narcotics. A large variety 
of articles used as food or drink might 
be classed under this heading. They ir-
ritate the stomach, poison the blood, and 
excite the nerves. Stimulants are craved 
because, for the time being, the results 
are agreeable. But there is always a reac-
tion. The use of unnatural stimulants 
tends to excess. Let us seek the stimula-
tion which comes from the use of whole-
some food and drink, pure air and ex-
ercise. 
Shinto. General MacArthur has com-
manded that Shintoism no longer be the 
state religion of Japan. This partly be-
cause that religion is considered warlike, 
and to have been to a degree responsible 
for Japan's aggressive militarism. But 
also because the union of religion and 
government is never safe for any nation. 
This move is not taking away Japan's 
religious liberty. It is granting liberty 
to all religions equally in Japan, and 
incidentally granting more liberty to the 
Japanese Government. 
may 
Ends. Employment is not the chief end 
of man. The slave is never out of a job. 
Democratic government is not the chief 
end of man. There are democracies that 
ignore the rights of minorities. Wealth 
is not the chief end of man. A fortune 
cannot buy happiness, and usually ban-
ishes it. Long life is not the chief end 
of man. It is "labour and sorrow," or 
it is all the harder to give up. Everlast- 
ing life is the chief end of man—and it 
is attainable. 
pew 
Headlines. 
"Traffic Toll Mounts." 
"One Out of 23 in U. S. Listed as Crim-
inal." "Divorces in Britain Show Big In-
crease." "Liquor Increase Blamed for 
Rise in Traffic Toll." "Strikes Paralyze 
Industry." "War's Terrible Cost." "Pales-
tine Seethes." "One World Government 
or Annihilation." And the hand of God 
writes in bold letters across them all, 
"IN THE LAST DAYS PERILOUS 
TIMES SHALL COME." But adds. 
"LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, FOR YOUR 
REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH." 
"if 
Advertising. After hearing a report on 
the low spiritual tone of England and 
the lost influence of the Church on the 
everyday lives of the English people, the 
Church of England is to launch a five-
year campaign of advertising religion, 
at a cost of $5,000,000. After reading the 
details of the scheme, we fear too much 
emphasis is being placed on the ads. 
The gospel must be preached to be 
effective; but modern methods of adver-
tising cannot take the place of evangelis-
tic preaching. Let preacherspreach with 
vigour and conviction the life-transform-
ing power of a resurrected and soon-com-
ing Saviour, the miracle-working power 
of the Holy Spirit and the redeeming 
power of the blood of Christ, and ad 
vertising will largely take care of itself. 
MAR CH, 1946 �
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T
HE human body is composed of mil-
lions of living, minute organisms 
known as cells. These cells are so small 
that they can be seen and differentiated 
only by the aid of a powerful micro-
scope. An ordinary drop of blood, for 
instance, the microscope reveals has in 
it more individual cells than there are 
people in the United States of America. 
These cells are not thrown together 
promiscuously but are harmoniously ar-
ranged in communities. There are brain 
cells, nerve cells, muscle cells, liver cells, 
kidney cells, bone cells, blood cells, etc. 
Each community of cells has its distinctive 
mission and work to perform. Each cell 
has an individual existence, and must 
be supplied with food, water, and air in 
order to live; and like every other liv-
ing creature it gives off waste material 
which is poisonous to it, and which must 
an average only about six weeks. That is, 
every six weeks there is a complete 
change of the blood. The cells of the 
liver, it is estimated, live about three 
months; while the muscle cells live a 
little longer, and the bone cells live 
longer still. These cells propagate and 
produce of their kind. Millions of cells 
die daily and new cells take their place. 
The carcasses of the dead cells must be 
disposed of. Nature has a method of 
doing this. They are cremated and uti-
lized as body fuel. In the liver the ash 
which is left behind is prepared for 
elimination through the kidneys. How 
perfectly the oxidation and elimination 
of these organic wastes is accomplished 
may be determined by a careful exam-
ination of the urine. Normally an indi-
vidual weighing Iso to 175 pounds will 
throw off through the kidneys ash 
BODY 
CITY 
be continuously removed to perpetuate 
its life. 
Food, air and water are conveyed to 
.them through the medium of the arterial 
blood supply, while wastes are removed 
through the venous circulation. While 
these cells have an independent life, 
they minister to each other. The red 
blood cells convey oxygen obtained from 
the air to the cells of the brain, muscles, 
and glands, while the blood serum con-
veys food to them in a liquid form. With-
in the cells the food and air enter 
into a chemical combination producing 
heat and energy. In this way the vital 
fires are kept burning. Each cell may 
be said to be a small furnace that burns 
fuel and gives off carbonic gas, leaving 
behind an ash just as do the furnaces in 
our homes. The gas is removed chiefly 
through the lungs, while the ash is 
eliminated chiefly through the kidneys. 
The life of these cells is very brief. 
For instance, the red blood cells live on 
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amounting to about so to 6o grams in 
every 24 hours. If the specimen of urine 
contains only 20 to 3o grams of solids it 
may frequently be ascribed to the fact 
that oxidation is not complete, or there 
is a retention of wastes due to disease of 
some vital organ. The retention and ac-
cumulation of wastes is an injury to the 
cells and tends to shorten their life, and 
the house in which they live will collapse 
prematurely. 
The human body may in fact be com-
pared to one of our populous modern 
cities made up of millions of human be-
ings. To supply the needs of these, many 
trainloads of food have to be brought to 
them daily. An adequate water supply 
and a dependable sewerage system to 
dispose of the wastes have to be provided. 
Should the food supply be cut off, it 
would result in lowered vitality and ulti-
mately of starvation and death of the 
dwellers. Water is a very essential com-
modity in our cities. Should the city 
By D. H. Kress, M.D. 
sewer become blocked, death of its in-
habitants would result from the ac-
cumulation of filth and waste. 
The most difficult problem that con-
fronts those who look after the welfare 
of our cities is not a pure food supply 
or a pure water supply, important as 
these are, or even an adequate sewer 
system to carry off the wastes. The great-
est and most difficult problem is to fur-
nish the inhabitants with pure air, since 
air contamination is almost unavoidable 
owing to the crowding together of the 
people. 
Each person is constantly casting off, 
through the lungs, organic poisons pro-
duced by the cells which tend to pollute 
the air that has to be re-inhaled. When 
we add to this the exhaust gas given off by 
the burning of the millions of gallons 
of gasoline by automobile engines, and 
the burning of oil and coal in the thou- 
Perfect co-ordination of millions of liv-
ing cells in the body make radiant health. 
sands of furnaces, and the burning of 
tobacco in public places by its thou-
sands of people, it makes it practically 
impossible for city dwellers to experience 
the luxury of the pure air supplied to 
country dwellers. 
The ever increasing mortality rate after 
the age of fifty years from heart failure 
in our cities is due in part to polluted 
air. 
Several years ago in passing through 
"Fat Man's Misery" at Lookout Moun-
tain, Tennessee, my guide, a coloured 
man, called upon me to stand still. In 
front of us was something I had heard 
of and had the greatest respect for—a 
rattle snake. He said in a very authori-
tative tone of voice, "Do not move," 
and I obeyed orders. With a large stone 
he crushed the head of the creature. Aft-
er he made sure it was dead we passed 
on. He afterwards told me, as we were 
walking along, where the rattlers were 
to be found in the snake, and assured 
me he could return and get them forme. 
I offered him twenty-five cents if he 
SIGNS OF THE TIMES 
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MON 
The Doctor Has an Answer for It 
• 
would do so. He came back disappointed 
and said, "I did not kill it dead enough." 
The rattle snake with a crushed and use-
less head, almost severed from the body, 
had disappeared. The body of the crea-
ture no doubt continued to live for some 
hours after it was actually considered to 
be dead. The cells composing it ulti-
mately died, not from injury but from 
the accumulation of their own wastes. 
The cold-blooded creatures sometimes 
live twenty-four hours after they are 
really said to be dead. 
Some time ago I was invited to a 
farm where various experiments upon 
animals were conducted in the interest 
of medical science. My attention was 
called to a dog, the head of which had 
been almost completely severed from its 
body. The dog was dead, but the cells 
composing the body of the animal were 
still alive and were kept alive for more 
than twenty-four hours. By means of a 
special contrivance, the circulation of 
the blood was maintained and the heart 
was kept beating. The carbon dioxide 
and wastes produced by the cells were 
conveyed to a receptacle corresponding 
to the lungs where an interchange of 
gases took place. Oxygen was taken on 
by the blood cells and carbon dioxide 
was removed. The circulation conveyed 
nutrients and oxygen to the body cells 
just as when the animal was alive, but 
not as perfectly. The cells being sup-
plied with food and air, and their wastes 
being removed, they continued to eat. 
breathe and live, after the dog was actu-
ally dead. Death of the cells ultimately 
resulted from the imperfect elimination 
of wastes which were poisonous to them. 
Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller 
Institute, New York, in his experiments 
with living tissue, demonstrated that so 
long as cells are supplied with nutrients, 
and their wastes are perfectly removed, 
even though separated from the body 
of an animal, they will continue their 
existence just as they do within the body 
of a living animal. Tissue which he had 
separated from the heart of a chicken 
over twenty years ago was as much alive 
the day he took me to the vault where it 
was kept as it was the day the chicken 
was killed. While the rest of the chicken 
was dead, this little piece of tissue from 
the heart was not merely living but is 
actually growing. The life of a chicken 
at best is not more than about twelve 
years, but here was tissue from a dead 
chicken that was still living and active 
at the age of over twenty years. The pros-
pects were that it would continue to 
live for many years to come, indefinitely, 
Dr. Carrel thought. The secret was in his 
ability to keep the cells composing it 
freed from wastes which result from ac-
tivity, and supply them with the nutrients 
they needed unassociated with impurities 
of any kind. Had Dr. Carrel been neg-
lectful in supplying the nutrients or in 
the removal of wastes, or had he per-
mitted a trace of alcohol or a little nico- 
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tine to be added to the medium in which 
the cells were bathed, death would have 
resulted long before this. Had the pro-
cess of supplying nutrients and elimi-
nating wastes been no more perfect than 
was found in the chicken itself, the life 
of this tissue would at best not have 
exceeded the life of the chicken from 
which it was taken. 
What practical lesson does this teach? 
First, it teaches that cell life is de-
pendent on the purity of the medium 
in which it is bathed and that medium is 
the blood. This being so, the one who 
succeeds best in keeping the blood stream 
clean and the body cells supplied with 
nutrients clean and unassociated with 
anything of an injurious nature will live 
ANEMIA 
Have you any advice for anemia? For 
twelve years I have suffered much and 
been under treatment of different doctors. 
Have taken prescriptions containing ar-
senic, iron and strychnine, which were 
very drastic and produced a permanent 
skin trouble. Have now had all my teeth 
out, and in order to build up my blood 
have started again on iron tablets, but 
even in small doses they seem to bring on 
skin eruptions in large quantities. Please 
advise. 
Anemia results from lack of protein, 
iodine, calcium, niacin (vitamin 83), vita-
min B6, cobalt, copper, and especially iron. 
Vitamin 86 is particularly rich in corn 
oil, yeast, and black molasses. According-
ly if weight permits corn oil should be 
used for cooking and salad dressing. It 
could largely take the place of butter. 
Hauser says: "Iron is used more effi-
ciently by the body in building blood if a 
trace of copper is present. Fortunately 
copper and iron occur together in foods. 
The richest sources are: black molasses 
(1-2 tbsp. daily), liver (best in the form of 
liver extracts by injection), nuts, apricots, 
wheat bran, and wheat germ (3 tbsp. to 
12 cup daily of some partially defatted 
brand). The supply of iron and copper 
can be greatly increased by substituting 
black molasses and nuts for candy, nut 
butters for jams and jellies, and using only 
whole grain breads and cereals. In fact, 
the greatest single cause of the widespread 
anemia in America is the discarding of 
iron in the refining of breadstuffs and 
sugar, and only a fourth of the iron re-
moved is replaced in fortified flour. 
"Although fruits are not rich in iron, 
most of the iron they do contain reaches 
the bloodstream. Apricots have been found 
the longest. To have pure blood necessi-
tates a pure food supply, a pure air sup-
ply, and perfect elimination of the 
wastes which are normally formed. 
God at the beginning placed man un-
der the most favourable conditions and 
surroundings to make this possible. He 
gave him the foods best designed to 
keep the blood stream pure. 
"Of every tree" God said, "thou 
mayest freely eat." The simple products 
from the soil contain all the elements 
of nutrition unassociated with impuri-
ties. The nearer we approach God's plan 
of breathing pure air, eating pure foods 
and taking the needed exercise found in 
useful out-of-door life, the better the 
health and the longer the life. 
to be particularly valuable for correcting 
anemia. The iron from peanuts, celery, 
and carrots is well absorbed, as is that 
from black molasses. Meats are rich 
sources of iron, but it is not particularly 
well absorbed. It has been found that of 
single foods ordinarily used, liver pro-
duces the most hemoglobin, kidney second 
(not wise to use), apricots third, and eggs 
fourth." 
A proper amount of acid in the stomach 
aids assimilation of iron. Take either 6 
oz. of grapefruit juice or two ounces of 
lemon juice with meals to supply acid. 
Avoid baking soda for obvious reasons. 
To be sure of taking enough protein 
take eggs at least three or four days a 
week (better every day for a while), and 
two servings from the following: Legumes 
(soy, navy, kidney, lima beans, or lentils), 
cottage cheese, nuts. Also, fresh vege-
table salad daily, one serving of greens, 
and a glass of tomato juice or vegetable 
juice. For desserts, dates and raisins. 
Quinine, arsenic, and strychnine are 
poisons. Why they should continue to be 
combined with iron is a mystery. They 
frequently cause skin rashes and other 
serious reactions. Almost any brand of 
iron with liver concentrate would be good 
to take as a supplement, one tablet or 
capsule after each meal. Also take at 
least 500 units of vitamin D daily as 
straight cod liver oil or in capsule form. 
Powdered brewer's yeast powder (1 tbsp. 
in milk after each meal) is a further ex-
cellent source of vitamin B. When yeast 
extracts, such as Marmite, Sovex, and Ve-
gex, come back on the market you could 
use them. 
The two main meals of the day should 
be breakfast and dinner (lunch); supper 
should be very light. 
MARCH, 1946 �
15 
WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE WORLD? 
The children gaze in rapt wonder at a 
model of our world. They are the "rising 
generation," and if they have any mature 
thoughts they are wondering what is to be-
come of it by the time they grow up. 
Measured by the time it takes to fly around 
it by air, or to communicate from anywhere 
to anywhere on it by waves of ether, it has 
shrunk during the last ten years to a small 
fraction of its former size. And science prom-
ises to make it much smaller yet. 
Vast mountain systems have become stone 
walls. Oceans have narrowed to lakes. Des-
erts are a few sand dunes. Rivers are brooks. 
Language barriers are but a breath. Distant 
neighbours have moved close up. All this 
should make for greater friendliness. 
Strangely, however, we appear to be in 
greater danger than ever before. Even with 
former alien enemies docile and even kindly 
disposed, to a degree, there is gross fear of 
one another. Serious misunderstandings flare 
up and persist. It is postwar—but still war. 
A vague bewilderment has grown into a 
mental certainty that in atomic energy man 
has started something he cannot stop, made 
something he cannot control, discovered the 
means of universal suicide. And a whim or a 
temper may touch it off at any moment. 
Assurances to quiet our fears are not lack-
ing. The new power is in the hands of peace-
loving, cautious, Christian leaders. No one 
otherwise disposed can get control of it for 
several years. The atmosphere can't be set 
on fire; no universal and instantaneous con-
flagration can obliterate the earth or reduce it 
to the condition of the moon. But the fears 
will not down, and mankind cannot trust any-
thing or anybody. 
Our best assurance is that the future of the 
world is to remain in the hands of God. No 
accident, no man or set of men, will or can 
destroy the earth. Divinity has a very definite 
plan for the years ahead, and much of that 
plan has been revealed in the Word. 
Best of all, no one who loves God and ac-
cepts His salvation through Christ and keeps 
His commandments need have the least fear 
for his own safety in the tumultuous years to 
come.