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CONTENTS 
BIBLICAL 
Farsightedness 
By Taylor G. Bunch 
Jesus — Mediator �
 
By H. L. Rudy 
The Devil's Biography �
 
By R. Leo Odom 
Why Be a Skeptic? �
 
By Harvey Hansen 
Work—Man's Best Birthright 
By F. H. MacArthur 
Pride and Gossip 
By C. A. Edwards 
Heralds of Christ's Return �
 
By Louis B. Reynolds 
God's Supreme Power �
 
By George Russell 
Ring, Bells, Ring �
 
By Martha E. Warner 
MEDICAL 
Diseases of Stress 
By W. H. Roberts, M.D. 
Physical Degeneracy—Its Causes 
By D. H. Kress, M.D. 
The Great White Plague �
 
By Upton R. Pearce 
Intemperance at the Table 
By H. W. Trebor, M.D. 
REGULAR DEPARTMENTS 
The World As We See It 
By the Editor 
News Nuggets 
By R. E. Fione. Jr 
Bible Answerman 
By the Editor 
Doctor's Voice 
By W. H. Roberts, M.D. 
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the TIMES 
VOL. 31 �
JANUARY, 1951 �
NO. 1 
Editor 
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Dallas Youngs 
Associate Editor 
 W. H. Roberts, M.D. 
Circulation Manager �
 R. E. Crawford 
Contributing Editors, Religious: H. L. Rudy, G. Eric Jones, 
Carlyle B. Haynes, R. E. Finney, Jr., Taylor G. Bunch. 
Contributing Editors, Medical: Erwin A. Crawford, M.D., 
J. Wayne McFarland, M.D., Donald A. Smith, M.D. 
By 
Taylor G. Bunch 
G
ENUINE Christians are the 
most forward-looking and far-
sighted of all people. Their vi-
sion not only embraces the future his-
tory of this world of sin but also 
reaches into the eternity of the world 
to come. In the "catalogue of David's 
mighty men," recorded in 1 Chroni-
cles 11 and 12, it is said that the chil-
dren of Issachar "were men that had 
understanding of the times, to know 
what Israel ought to do." They were 
men of wisdom and vision. They 
had learned the needed lessons from 
the history of the past, they under-
stood the meaning of current events, 
and they faced the future with hope 
and courage. 
The challenge of the present hour 
demands men and women of the 
same calibre as these ancient mighty 
men of valour. Both church and 
state need leaders who "have under-
standing of the times" and who as 
the result of such a vision know what 
ought to be done. The urgency of 
such a need is emphasized by the 
biblical statement that "where there 
is no vision, the people perish." The 
world owes much, not to visionary 
men, but to men of vision. Jesus 
severely rebuked the Pharisees and 
Sadducees, the religious leaders of 
that day, because they could forecast 
the weather by means of certain signs 
in the sky, but could not "discern the 
signs of the times." (See Matthew 
16:1-3.) 
This same rebuke must apply with 
still greater force to modern men who 
are able to forecast weather changes 
and conditions for weeks and months 
in advance and at the same time are 
ignorant of the true meaning of the 
events that are taking place with 
lightning rapidity in the political, re-
ligious, social, scientific and indus-
trial worlds. To the church of His 
day Jesus said: "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 19:42. He then predicted 
the destruction of their city and na-
tion "because thou knewest not the 
time of thy visitation." Is it any won-
der that He wept over His beloved 
city and people? 
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FARSIGHTEDNESS 
Wise the Man Who Sees As God Sees 
Ancient Israel failed because they 
were unable to recognize in Jesus the 
Messiah of the Old Testament proph-
ecies. Almost every act of His life was 
the fulfilment of definite prophetic 
forecasts of the anticipated advent 
of the "Desire of nations," and yet 
"He came unto His own, and His own 
received Him not." Now His second 
advent is at hand, and modern Chris-
tendom as a whole is unready be-
cause it does not "discern the signs of 
the times" nor recognize the time of 
its visitation. One ecclesiastical leader 
declared that the church today needs 
weeping prophets to shed tears over 
modern Jerusalem. 
Religious Stagnation 
The Scriptures contain many pre-
dictions of last-day spiritual stagna-
tion and apostasy in the world of re-
ligion. The apostle Paul wrote: "Now 
the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in 
the latter times some shall depart 
from the faith, giving heed to seduc-
ing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 
speaking lies in hypocrisy; having 
their conscience seared with a hot 
iron." 1 Timothy 4:1, 2. In view of 
this situation the apostle again wrote: 
"I charge thee therefore before God, 
and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall 
judge the quick and the dead at His 
appearing and His kingdom; preach 
the Word; be instant in season, out of 
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with 
all longsuffering and doctrine. For 
the time will come when they will 
not endure sound doctrine; but after 
their own lusts shall they heap to 
themselves teachers, having itching 
ears; and they shall turn away their 
ears from the truth, and shall be 
turned unto fables." 2 Timothy 4:1-4. 
Anyone who is acquainted with 
present-day conditions in the religious 
world and the evident drift away 
from the Bible as the Word of God 
and the authoritative source of re-
vealed truth, can say as Jesus said on 
a certain occasion, "This day is this 
scripture fulfilled in [our] ears." This 
was emphasized in a recent poll con-
ducted among the 9,000 students of 
the University of Denver when 6,000 
said that they never read the Bible. 
Commenting on this, Columnist 
Royce Brier, writing in the San Fran- 
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cisco Chronicle, said: "This could be 
the most significant news story ever 
published in America, because Ameri-
ca was built by Bible-reading people. 
Indeed we can go much further than 
that, and say that the Western civi-
lization was built by Bible-reading 
people. Without the Bible as the 
foundation for a religion, whatever 
would have happened in the West in 
the past thousand years would have 
been inconceivably different from 
what did happen. . . . The founda-
tion of the Western present as of the 
Western past and any Western future 
at all, is the moral order which has 
its most effective expression in the 
Bible." 
Not long before his death, H. G. 
Wells, noted British historian, said: 
"The Bible has been the Book that 
held together the fabric of Western 
civilization. It has been the handbook 
of life to countless millions of men 
and women. The civilization we 
possess could not have come into ex-
istence and could not have been sus-
tained without it." How true was the 
remark of Victor Hugo: "England has 
two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. 
England made Shakespeare but the 
Bible made England." But great 
changes have taken place in staid old 
Bible-loving England since the days 
of Victor Hugo. 
In describing the static condition of 
spiritual matters in the United States, 
the American Legion recently said: 
"With all the blessings we enjoy in 
The future, as far as man is concerned, is 
as a dark room until the hand of Bible 
prophecy draws aside the curtain. 
this great nation of ours, it does seem 
strange that instead of advancing in 
spiritual matters we seem to be grow- 
ing stagnant. We are worried because 
the America we know and love can't 
be the same if people lose their faith 
in God. And it looks as though we 
might be heading in that direction." 
In its issue of October 19, 1949, the 
Christian Century, after commending 
present attempted spiritual awaken-
ing among the churches as they march 
forth "against the pagan secularism, 
spiritual illiteracy and open unbe-
lief," makes this comment: "If church 
men and women are sobered by the 
judgments that have fallen on our 
world and the worse catastrophes that 
threaten to descend, if they are moved 
by the promise of new light yet to 
break forth from God's Word and by 
the love which will not let us go, then 
1950 will see a momentous turning 
point in Christian history." 
Is Faith Declining? 
On one occasion Jesus asked the 
question, "Nevertheless when the Son 
of man cometh, shall He find faith 
on the earth?" He had just told the 
parable of the widow and the unjust 
judge. Her petition was granted, not 
because the official loved justice, but 
because of her persistency. Jesus de-
clared that God would speedily 
"avenge His own elect, which cry day 
and night unto Him." But even 
though He hears and answers the 
prayers of His people, faith would be 
greatly lacking in the world at the 
time of His return. It would be the 
exception rather than the rule even 
in the Christian world. 
The apostle Paul gives us another 
prophetic picture of our day, and any 
careful observer can recognize the ap-
plication to the modern world: "But 
of this be assured: in the last days 
grievous times will set in. For men 
will be lovers of self, lovers of money, 
boastful, haughty, profane. They will 
be disobedient to parents, thankless, 
irreligious, hard-hearted, unforgiving, 
slanderers. They will have no self-
control, but will be brutal, opposed 
to goodness, treacherous, headstrong, 
self-important. They will love pleas-
ure instead of loving God, and will 
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keep up a make-believe of piety and 
yet exclude its power. Turn away 
from people of this sort." 2 Timothy 
3: 1-5, Weymouth. 
This is not a picture of the hea-
then, pagan, wicked world of unbe-
lievers. It describes those who are 
"lovers of pleasure more than lovers 
of God," who have "a form of godli-
ness" or "keep up a make-believe of 
piety" but who deny the power of the 
gospel. The world today is pleasure-
mad. The great proportion of pro-
fessed Christians attend services only 
when it is convenient. They crowd the 
theatres on Sunday evenings and leave 
their churches empty. For this reason 
in most churches the Sunday evening 
services have been abandoned. With 
many the church building is only a 
place for marriages and funerals and 
other special occasions. One writer 
declared that "they build temples 
and worship not in them." 
The long anticipated golden age 
has failed to materialize. Some lead-
ers believe that the world is returning 
to another dark age; that a new form 
of paganism is sweeping over the 
world. Many felt that science would 
solve the problems of mankind; but 
instead of ushering in a new era of 
freedom from want and fear it has 
produced the weapons of universal 
destruction and filled the earth with 
a haunting fear unknown in past 
ages. It is believed that the only pos-
sible safety in the coming atomic war 
will be to either flee to the uninhabit-
ed desert or mountains or burrow 
deep into the earth. In fact bomb 
shelters of a new type are now being 
constructed for this purpose, making 
possible the fulfilment of the predic-
tions that men will go into the holes 
of the rocks, and into the caves of 
the earth when the Lord shall arise 
"to shake terribly the earth." (See 
Isaiah 2:20, 21; Revelation 6:15-17.) 
The Bright Uplook 
There are really three directions in 
which we can look. The backward 
glance over the history of man during 
the reign of sin is dark. The predic-
tion of Isaiah 60:2 has been fulfilled 
that "darkness shall cover the earth, 
and gross darkness the people." The 
look forward into the future is like-
wise far from reassuring. The black 
clouds on the horizon are accompa-
nied by lightning flashes and mutter-
ings of approaching storm. The 
downward look is also mentioned in 
the Scriptures. In Isaiah 8:21, 22 is 
described a class of people who "curse 
their king and their God," or their 
government and their religion, and 
"they shall look unto the earth; and 
behold trouble and darkness, dimness 
of anguish; and they shall be driven 
to darkness." 
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But there is also an upward look 
which is bright with hope and antici-
pation. After describing the "distress 
of nations, with perplexity" because 
of the roaring of the sea of humanity 
and its billows, which causes men's 
hearts to faint for fear as they look 
into the future, Jesus said: "And 
when these things begin to come to 
pass, then look up, and lift up your 
heads; for your redemption draweth 
nigh." Luke 21:28. The uplook is 
bright for those who recognize events 
as the fulfilment of prophecy and the 
signs of the return of the Prince of 
Peace. To them the dark clouds have 
silver linings because they are har-
bingers of the dawn of a new day. 
This history of mankind began in 
a perfect state, and to that condition 
it will return. The first two chapters 
of Genesis, the book of beginnings, 
describe the paradise that was lost 
through the failure of the first Adam, 
and the last two chapters of the 
Revelation, the book of consumma-
tions, picture the paradise that will 
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MONG other messages of hope 
that came to the Jewish cap-
tives in exile was that of Jere-
miah concerning the new covenant. 
He prophesied: "Behold, the days 
come, saith the Lord, that I will make 
a new covenant with the house of 
Israel, and with the house of Judah: 
not according to the covenant that I 
made with their fathers in the day 
be restored through the obedience 
and sacrifice of the second Adam. 
What originally was will be again, 
for God's eternal purpose will be car-
ried out as if man had never fallen. 
The apostle Paul said that "when 
that which is perfect is come, all that 
is partial will come to an end." 
1 Corinthians 13:10, Weymouth. 
The very events that bring gloom 
and distress to one class are messen-
gers of hope and good cheer to those 
who "have understanding of the 
times" and "know the time of their 
visitation." They "look up" because 
their final redemption is at hand. 
Someone has said that it is time for 
the church of Christ to wake up, and 
get up, and dress up, and look up, and 
be ready to be "caught up" to meet 
their returning Lord, who comes with 
"great recompense of reward" for 
those who "love His appearing." The 
final promise of Christ in the Scrip-
tures is, "Surely I come quickly," and 
every Christian should join in the 
response of the apostle, "Even so, 
come, Lord Jesus." 
that I took them by the hand to 
bring them out of the land of Egypt; 
which My covenant they brake, al-
though I was an husband unto them, 
saith the Lord: but this shall be the 
covenant that I will make with the 
house of Israel; After those days, saith 
the Lord, I will put My law in their 
inward parts, and write it in their 
hearts; and will be their God, and 
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they shall be My people. And they 
shall teach no more every man his 
neighbour, and every man his 
brother, saying, Know the Lord: for 
they shall all know Me, from the 
least of them unto the greatest of 
• them, saith the Lord: for I will for-
give their iniquity, and I will remem-
ber their sin no more." Jeremiah 
31:31-34. 
Here is a definite promise of a new 
covenant to take the place of the one 
Israel had broken. This new cove-
nant was not to be "according to the 
covenant" God made with Israel at 
Sinai. This covenant was to affect the 
"inward parts" of the people; their 
hearts were to be changed and God's 
law was to be written into the hearts 
and lives of the people. Those who 
entered into this covenant were to 
experience forgiveness of sins. They 
were all to know God by personal ex-
perience. God was to become a per-
sonal Saviour from iniquity, and sin 
was not to be remembered against 
them any more. 
That message had a genuine gospel 
ring. Nothing like it had ever been 
heard before. A new day had come in 
the disclosure of God's plan to save 
man. In the letter to the Hebrews this 
is called: "A better covenant, which 
was established upon better promises." 
Hebrews 8:6. These "better promises" 
concern the better ministry of 
the covenant: the ministry of Christ. 
(Hebrews 8:1, 2.) The time was com-
ing when the earthly sanctuary would 
be removed, and Christ would be-
come High Priest at the "right hand 
of the throne of the Majesty in the 
heavens." 
Jeremiah foresaw that day and he 
based his hope on the original prom-
ises God made concerning the "Seed" 
of the covenant, also referred to as "a 
righteous Branch," a King that 
should reign and prosper, and "exe-
cute judgment and justice in the 
earth." Jeremiah 23:5, 6. This prom-
ise of the "Seed" had been given to 
Adam (Genesis 3:13) and was re-
peated to Abraham and the other pa-
triarchs. It was the promise of Christ, 
the Minister of the new covenant. 
Jesus stood concealed behind Je- 
hovah, who appeared to Abraham 
and gave the promise of the Seed. 
But Abraham rejoiced to see the day 
of Christ, "and he saw it, and was 
glad." John 8:56. 
The "new covenant" is understood 
in the light of God's covenant with 
Abraham. Through the faith of Abra-
ham, the father of all the faithful, the 
promise was made "sure to all the 
seed." Romans 4:16. The new cove-
nant and the covenant with Abraham 
are virtually the same. The mediato-
rial work of Christ was the centre of 
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both: "If ye be Christ's, then are ye 
Abraham's seed, and heirs accord-
ing to the promise." Galatians 3:29. 
The covenant at Sinai did not 
change the covenant God confirmed 
to Abraham. (Galatians 3:17.) It is 
only in Christ that there is any value 
in the new covenant. There is no 
blessing that can be gained by virtue 
of the new covenant that was not 
promised to Abraham. We must share 
the promises and blessings with 
Abraham. "Know ye therefore that 
they which are of faith, the same are 
the children of Abraham. And the 
Scripture, foreseeing that God would 
justify the heathen through faith, 
preached before the gospel unto 
Abraham, saying, In thee shall all na-
tions be blessed. So then they which 
be of faith are blessed with faithful 
Abraham." Galatians 3:7-9. 
The second or new covenant ex-
isted in every essential feature, except 
its ratification, long before the first, 
even from the days of Adam. It is 
called second because its ratification 
occurred after the covenant made and 
ratified at Sinai. 
In the promise of Christ the "Seed," 
the sacrifice on the cross is compre-
hended. He was the Lamb without 
blemish, "foreordained before the 
foundation of the world." 1 Peter 
1:20. The blood of Christ shed from 
the foundation of the world was the 
blood of the new covenant. (Luke 
22:20.) 
Under the old covenant, faith in 
Christ was manifest by the sacrifice 
of the sin offering, which pointed for-
ward to the shedding of the blood 
of Christ. Under the new covenant 
Christ brought the sacrifice of His 
own blood, once and for all. "Once 
. . . hath He appeared to put away 
sin by the sacrifice of Himself." 
Hebrews 9:26. 
No sins were ever pardoned except 
by the shedding of blood. Some im-
purities might be removed by water 
and fire, but the stain of sin could be 
removed only by blood. It is univer-
sally true that sin never has been and 
never will be forgiven except in con-
nection with, or in virtue of, the 
shedding of blood. All sin which is 
forgiven is remitted through the 
blood of the atonement. 
Because Christ shed His blood as a 
sacrifice for sin He is made "the 
Mediator of the New Testament, that 
by means of death, for the redemp-
tion of the transgressions that were 
under the first testament, they which 
are called might receive the promise 
of eternal inheritance." Hebrews 
9:15. 
Forgiveness of sins is promised un-
der the new covenant. (Jeremiah 
31:34.) This forgiveness is obtained 
through faith in Christ, "whom God 
hath set forth to be a propitiation 
through faith in His blood, to de-
clare His righteousness for the remis-
sion of sins that are past, through 
the forbearance of God; to declare, I 
say, at this time His righteousness: 
that He might be just, and the justi-
fier of him which believeth in Jesus." 
Romans 3:25, 26. 
It follows, therefore, that no sinner 
can hope for forgiveness except 
through the blood of Christ; that if 
men are ever saved they must be will-
ing to rely on the merits of that 
blood; that all men are on the same 
level in regard to salvation, since all 
are to be saved the same way. It also 
follows that there will be one and the 
same song in heaven—the song of 
God's redeeming love. 
As the time approached for the 
fulfilment of the covenant promise, 
the prophecies concerning Jesus be-
came clearer and more precious to 
those who really looked for Him. 
The prophets wrote the biography of 
Christ far in advance of His coming. 
His virgin birth in Bethlehem, of the 
tribe of Judah; His life and work as 
a prophet of God and light bearer; 
His betrayal, the time and manner 
of His death; His burial and resurrec-
tion on the third day; His ascension 
to glory as Priest and King; all this 
was carefully sketched in detail long 
before He came as the Son of man. 
At last the time of His appearance 
arrived. The angel of the Lord ap-
peared unto Joseph in a dream, say-
ing, "Thou son of David, fear not to 
take unto thee Mary thy wife: for 
that which is conceived in her is of 
the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring 
forth a son, and thou shalt call His 
name Jesus: for He shall save His 
people from their sins. Now all this 
was done, that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken of the Lord by the 
prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin 
shall be with child, and shall bring 
forth a son, and they shall call His 
name Emmanuel, which being in-
terpreted is, God with us." Matthew 
1:20-23. 
Now, "when the fulness 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. The prophetic clock struck the 
hour of the Saviour's coming, and at 
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F ALL the infamous characters 
known to the human race, the 
most notorious is Satan, alias 
"the devil." Almost everybody has 
heard of him. But if you should go to 
a public library and ask for a biog-
raphy of this fiend of fiends, you prob-
ably would not find a book written 
about him, although his criminal 
record far exceeds that of all the bad 
men of earth put together. 
To some the devil is a nonexistent, 
mythological character such as the 
Man in the Moon, Jack and the Bean- 
At first Satan was known in heaven 
as Lucifer ("light bearer") . Isaiah 
says: "How art thou fallen from 
heaven, 0 Lucifer, son of the morn-
ing!" Isaiah 14:12. Referring to him 
as the spiritual king of Tyre many 
centuries ago, Ezekiel says: "Thou 
sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, 
and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been 
in Eden the garden of God; every 
precious stone was thy covering, the 
sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the 
beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the 
sapphire, the emerald, and the car- 
he might render to his Creator the 
great service of love entrusted to him, 
Lucifer enjoyed freedom of the will. 
Possessing the power of choice, he 
could refuse to serve God. This he 
chose to do. 
What led Lucifer into sin? The an-
swer is in these words which God 
spoke to the disobedient angel: 
"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 
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stalk, and Santa Claus. To them he 
is delightfully pictured in cartoons as 
a cunning, grinning, red-skinned imp 
with goat's horns and hoofs, a spiked, 
whiplike tail, holding a three-
tined fork in his hand. 
Others think of Satan as the super-
intendent and chief stoker of hell, 
especially appointed by God to tor-
ment mercilessly and unceasingly the 
souls of all men who die without hav-
ing repented of their sins. He is sup-
posed to have a host of lesser imps 
aiding him in the task of roasting bad 
men, women, and children in billows 
of devouring flame and sulphurous 
smoke. Too, it is imagined that he 
and his helpers find plenty of spare 
time to go about over the earth and 
tempt people living here to do all the 
evil they can. 
The only authentic source of infor-
mation about Satan is the Holy Scrip-
tures. His very name is a word mean-
ing "enemy" or "adversary." In the 
Hebrew Old Testament the term al-
ways appears with the definite article 
as ha-ratan, "the enemy," for he is the 
prince of rebellion and lawlessness. 
"He that committeth sin is of the 
devil; for the devil sinneth from the 
beginning." 1 John 3:8. 
In the Greek New Testament the 
noun diabolos, commonly translated 
"devil," means "slanderer," because 
Satan is the principal liar and deceiv-
er of all times. He slanders the charac-
ter of God and entices men to believe 
the falsehoods which he propagates 
concerning Him. Christ has said that 
the devil "was a murderer from the 
beginning, and abode not in the truth, 
because there is no truth in him. 
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh 
of his own: for he is a liar, and the 
father of it." John 8:44. Hence he is 
called "the Devil, and Satan, which 
deceiveth the whole world." Revela-
tion 12:9. 
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buncle, and gold: the workmanship 
of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was 
prepared in thee in the day that thou 
wast created. Thou art the anointed 
cherub that covereth; and I have set 
thee so: thou wast upon the holy 
mountain of God; thou hast walked 
up and down in the midst of the 
stones of fire." Ezekiel 28:12-14. 
The Archangel over the angels of 
heaven is Michael, who is Christ. 
(Jude 9; 1 Thessalonians 4:16.) The 
cherubim are the angels who attend 
the Deity on His throne. (2 Kings 
19:15; 1 Chronicles 13:6.) Among 
them upon whom the glory of God 
shone, Lucifer was "the anointed 
cherub." Thus he was the prince of 
the angels. "I have set thee so," says 
the Lord. That is, God Himself had 
conferred upon this angel the high 
honour of occupying a position next 
to that of the Son of God. 
Lucifer was made "full of wisdom, 
and perfect in beauty," and he pos-
sessed great talents for music, that he 
might ably fulfil the high office to 
which he was appointed. Under his 
direction the other angels performed 
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their ministry to God. He sounded 
the keynote, and in sweetest harmony 
the heavenly choir praised the Eter-
nal One with hymns of worship, grati-
tude and joy. 
In the beginning there was not the 
slightest taint of sin in Lucifer. 
"Thou wast perfect in thy ways from 
the day that thou wast created, till 
iniquity was found in thee," says the 
Lord. Ezekiel 28:15. However, that 
north: I will ascend above the heights 
of the clouds; I will be like the Most 
High." Isaiah 14:13, 14. 
Seeing that the Son of God exer-
cised greater authority than he, and 
that He received the adoration of the 
beings created by God, Lucifer per-
mitted envy to spring up in his heart 
against Christ. It is not permitted 
that worship should be given to the 
angels. (Revelation 19:10; 22:9.) But 
Lucifer wished to be a god. "I will be 
like the Most High," he said to him-
self. He said later to Christ: "All 
these things will I give Thee, if Thou 
wilt fall down and worship me." 
Matthew 4:9. 
Lucifer permitted his unholy am-
bition to become the dominant trait 
of his character. Note the selfishness 
in his thoughts: "I will ascend . . . I 
will exalt . . . I will sit . . . I will as-
cend . . . I will be." 
He secretly aspired to set up an 
independent government of his own, 
that he might rule supreme over the 
creatures whom God had created. "I 
will exalt my throne above the stars 
of God," said he. Verse 13. Thus he 
hoped to make himself ruler over all 
the worlds in the starry universe. 
This was said at first by Lucifer 
secretly in his heart, for He did not 
dare then openly to advocate rebel-
lion against the Lord. In his conver-
sations with the angels he slyly cast 
insinuations against the character and 
government of God. In this way he 
made himself the devil, the slanderer. 
God had made Lucifer a high and 
holy angel, but Lucifer made himself 
Satan, the enemy of God and man. 
So opposed became Lucifer to the 
divine law that he decided to revolt. 
He persuaded one-third of the other 
angels to war against God. (Revela-
tion 12:4.) Federated in their evil 
designs, they "kept not their first 
estate." Jude 6. They abandoned the 
Signs of The TIMES 
G. Dore, artist 
Satan and his followers will be completely destroyed. The great enemy will be brought 
to ashes upon the earth. After that God will re-create the world, and right and truth will 
triumph. There will remain no vestige of sinners or taint of sin. 
posts of duty to which the Lord had 
appointed them. 
All that God and the loyal angels 
could do to persuade Satan and his 
followers to desist from their evil pur-
poses was in vain. "Thine heart was 
lifted up because of thy beauty, thou 
hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason 
of thy brightness," said the Lord. 
Ezekiel 28:17. That proud, rebellious 
cherub would not humble himself in 
repentance before his fellow angels, 
because he had been the wisest and 
most beautiful among them. Harden-
ing his heart in stubbornness, he de-
cided to fight against God to the 
finish. 
"And there was war in heaven: 
Michael [Christ] 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 deceiveth the whole world: he 
was cast out into the earth, and his 
angels were cast out with him." 
Revelation 12:7-9. 
Satan and his angels were "cast out 
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into the earth." They were not hurled 
immediately into a lake of fire. But 
after tempting our first parents to 
join in the rebellion against God, Lu-
cifer attempted to set up his kingdom 
in our world. 
When asked on one occasion where 
he had come from, Satan replied: 
"From going to and fro in the earth, 
and from walking up and down in it." 
Job 1:7; 2:2. When he tempted Christ 
in the wilderness, Satan "showed un-
to Him all the kingdoms of the world. 
. . . And the devil said unto Him, All 
this power will I give Thee, and the 
glory of them: for that is delivered 
unto me; and to whomsoever I will 
I give it." Luke 4:5, 6. Lucifer lied 
when he said, "That is delivered 
unto me." The truth is: "The earth 
is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; 
the world, and they that dwell there-
in." Psalm 24:1. 
God has never surrendered His sov-
ereignty over our world. But because 
most men have yielded to the temp-
tations of the devil and persist in sin 
against God, they have given their 
allegiance to Satan as their ruler. It 
was in this sense that Christ spoke of 
Satan as "the prince of this world." 
John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11. Paul calls 
him "the god of this world." 2 Co-
rinthians 4:4. The vast majority of 
people follow the heresies of the evil 
one. (Matthew 7:13, 14.) "Know ye 
not, that to whom ye yield yourselves 
servants to obey, his servants ye are 
to whom ye obey; whether of sin 
unto death, or of obedience unto 
righteousness?" Romans 6:16. 
Satan and his angels have not yet 
been cast into the lake of fire. They 
are now on earth busily stirring up 
men to rebellion against God. (Rev-
elation 16:14.) When Christ was 
about to break the power of the evil 
one over a crazy man, the demons 
cried out: "Art Thou come hither to 
torment us before the time?" Mat-
thew 8:29. The devils know that the 
time has not yet come for them to be 
punished. (Revelation 12:12.) They 
will receive their punishment in the 
future. 
"When the Son of man shall come 
in His glory, and all the holy angels 
with Him, then shall He sit upon the 
throne of His glory: and before Him 
shall be gathered all nations: and He 
shall separate them one from another, 
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from 
the goats. . . . Then shall the King 
say unto them on His right hand, 
Come, ye blessed of My Father, in-
herit the kingdom prepared for you 
from the foundation of the world. . . . 
Then shall He say also unto them on 
the left hand, Depart from Me, ye 
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared 
for the devil and his angels." Mat-
thew 25:31-34, 41. "And the devil that 
deceived them was cast into the lake 
of fire and brimstone." Revelation 
20:10. 
As each sinner will be rewarded 
"according as his work shall be" (Rev-
elation 22:12) , the sufferings of Satan 
will far exceed those of any other 
transgressor of the law of God. After 
he has been tormented enough to meet 
the demands of justice, Lucifer will 
be wholly destroyed. "The soul that 
sinneth, it shall die." Ezekiel 18:4, 
20. "The wages of sin is death." Ro-
mans 6:23. 
As John foresaw the wicked in the 
judgment, he wrote: "Fire came down 
from God out of heaven, and de-
voured them." Revelation 20:9. "For, 
behold, the day cometh, that shall 
burn as an oven; and all the proud, 
yea, and all that do wickedly, shall 
be stubble: and the day that cometh 
shall burn them up, saith the Lord of 
hosts, that it shall leave them neither 
root nor branch. . . . And ye shall 
tread down the wicked; for they shall 
be ashes under the soles of your feet 
in the day that I shall do this, saith 
the Lord of hosts." Malachi 4:1, 3. 
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WORLD 
AS WE SEE IT! 
A Prophetic Interpretation 
of Current Events! 
Atrocities 
A 
RECENT newspaper carried the headline, 
"Twenty-five Thousand Die in Korea Atrocities. Yank 
Soldiers Among Victims of Savage Reds." However, 
by the time this appears in print other atrocities 
may have eclipsed these in magnitude. 
The news article continues: "The Communist re-
treat trail back to North Korea is strewn with buried 
and unburied bodies of an officially estimated 25,000 
murdered men, women and children in South Korea. 
"Where they could, the Reds covered the evidence 
of horrible brutalities with earthen entrenchments. 
In haste of retreat, they left many bodies in exposed 
mounds at some places." 
We are appalled by such inhuman savagery. But 
we are more alarmed by the trend indicated by the 
cold-blooded murder of these 25,000 helpless prison-
ers. If this were an isolated incident in human rela-
tionships, if we could have the assurance that this 
horror would not be repeated—then, awful as it is, 
we could feel that these 25,000 had not died in vain. 
But it will be repeated, and undoubtedly in magni-
fied forms as circumstances offer. 
Beginning with the first world war, and continuing 
on in a greatly accentuated form during the second 
world war, this maniacal cruelty may not be expected 
to abate. Can the world ever forget how the great 
German nation turned aside from the pathway of 
honour, under the leadership of one who would 
create a race of supermen who, he said, would rule 
the world for a thousand years? Six million, so we 
are told, of the Jewish race alone were methodically 
exploited, then cremated in vast ovens and their 
ashes sold for fertilizer. One female official boasted 
of tying together the legs of pregnant women and 
leaving them to die in anguish. 
Now, again, in the relatively small Korean war we 
see the same murderous spirit manifest. True, war 
at best is a cruel business. But there are international 
laws, accepted by all nations, that govern the treat-
ment of prisoners. However, there is a greater, a 
higher, law that should be operative at such times. 
We refer to the law of kindness and mercy that God 
has instilled or will instil in every heart. 
These barbarities indicate to the Bible student 
that the world is fast reaching the climax of the reign 
of sin, that the restraining Spirit of God is rapidly 
8 
being withdrawn from the earth, and that the spirit 
of devils, as is indicated in Revelation, is taking 
possession of men's hearts. "I saw three unclean spirits 
like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and 
out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth 
of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, 
working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of 
the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to 
the battle of that great day of God Almighty." Rev-
elation 16:13, 14. 
No truer natural law was ever written than the 
Biblical declaration that, "Whatsoever a man soweth, 
that shall he also reap." Generally speaking, the man 
who lives by violence, will die by violence. This 
being axiomatic, how then can the world inherit peace 
from nations that are sowing atrocities? One perform-
ance of inhuman cruelty begets a reciprocating act 
that will in turn breed still other inhumanities in a 
magnified form. 
Hatred engenders hatred, and so the world plunges 
on in its reckless race to destruction. We believe that 
the words of Peter on the day of Pentecost are espe-
cially applicable at such a time: "And with many 
other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save 
yourselves from this untoward generation." Acts 2:40. 
Who Wins? 
EVERY now and then the nation is put to consider-
able loss and inconvenience because of a strike. The 
recent strike which tied up Canadian railroads is 
still fresh in the minds of Canadian people. Great in-
convenience was experienced. Passengers were com-
pelled to obtain air passage if they could, or failing 
that they could stay where they were until the 
strike ended, walk, hitchhike, ride the bus or phone 
home for the family car to come and get them. 
Employees in many other lines were severely af-
fected. Some industries closed down, others curtailed 
their working hours, others laid off their workers in 
part. An entire province, Prince Edward Island, was 
isolated during the strike because the boats carrying 
passengers and goods to and fro between the island 
and the mainland were strike bound. This great and 
widespread loss was effected, relatively speaking, by 
a mere handful of Canadian workers. 
January 25, 1950, the workers at the Chrysler auto-
mobile plant in Detroit went on strike. The strike 
lasted ninety-nine days and, according to an auto- 
Signs of The TIMES 
• 
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO 
Since coming "of age," labour organizations have shown them- 
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selves to be as intolerant and oppressive as was capital in its 
heyday. 
mobile trade paper, cost $1,287,918,080. That tre-
mendous figure is broken down as follows: 
1. It cost the 89,000 striking workers $78,918,000 
in wages. 
2. Fifty thousand supplier workers lost $27,000,000 
in wages. 
3. Six and one-half million were unable to pur-
chase the normal $272,000,000 worth of sup-
plies. 
4. $910,000,000 is the amount of loss ascribed to 
dealers and factory. 
As we give consideration to these figures it is clear 
that nobody won, but that everybody lost. It will 
take the employees a great while to recover the 
amount lost in wages. Likewise, it will take the 
Chrysler Corporation a long time to recover losses 
incurred. Who won—The public? The strikers? The 
factory? No, definitely not. All of these suffered loss. 
Union leaders would do well, before calling a strike 
which entails unbelievable loss and inconvenience, 
to "count the cost." 
Television 
IN THE United States television is said to be the 
most rapidly growing and expanding industry. New 
York City has nearly a million and a half receiving 
sets, and no doubt most of the remaining people 
there who do not have a set wish they had. Adver-
tisers are enthusiastic about it and claim that it is a 
nine times more effective selling medium than radio. 
Much has been said for it, and but little if anything 
against it. However, there is at least one who has 
voiced her opposition to it. Mrs. Allison Palmer, 
second-grade school teacher at Bergenfield, N. J., has, 
if she has carried out her threat, resigned as of June 
20 last, and moved to Nevada, which state has no 
television stations. 
Mrs. Palmer declares that her second-grade pupils 
are so busy imitating the television characters that 
they have no time for reading, writing and arithmetic. 
Mrs. Palmer told school officials: "Time was, when 
children worked off their surplus physical energy in 
outdoor play after school. Now they sit and goggle 
at a silly television screen all afternoon and night, 
and then work off their surplus energy next morning 
on me. 
"Why, of the twenty children in my class, nineteen 
have television sets at home. It's no wonder they are 
bored by school. How can I compete with Hopalong 
Cassidy? I have a feeling that my pupils expect me 
to go into a song-and-dance act." 
It seems to this editorialist that Mrs. Palmer has 
touched upon a vital point—a point that parents and 
educators would do well to consider with great seri-
ousness. Just what kind of mental and spiritual diet 
does television provide for your children, Mr. and 
Mrs. Father and Mother? This is a most important 
question—one to which you will, as the guardian of 
the child's total welfare, want to obtain the correct 
answer. 
It must be recognized that as the body is made of 
the food which is eaten, so the mind is made up of the 
things that are seen with the eyes and heard with the 
ears. God gives us the key to the whole situation when 
He says in the Good Book, "As he thinketh in his 
heart, so is he." If the mind is fed upon radio and 
television soap operas, murder mysteries, cowboy 
adventures and love scenes heavy with sex suggestion, 
to the exclusion of nearly all that is of serious mien 
and solemn import, it does not take a divine to fore-
cast the quality of mind and character that will be 
developed. 
Television is following in the footsteps of movies 
and radio in depicting crime, romance and nonedify-
ing programmes. This writer spent an evening at the 
home of a friend who had not long before installed a 
television set. The evening was spent watching one 
show after another. It was a wasted evening. I am 
convinced that none of the television party received 
anything of benefit. On that evening at least, the chan-
nels seemed filled with cheap, brutal wrestling pro-
grammes. I am sure that the children were not, could 
not be, edified. Certainly, an evening of television 
does not put one in a prayerful or worshipful frame 
of mind. 
So far we have talked about the abuses of television 
and its dangers to its viewers. It can be used, and it 
is being used by some, to spread the gospel. Surely 
its potential for good is great. It can be used as a 
medium for the propagation of God's message for 
these last days. We hope our readers will, if they have 
television sets, view and support that which is to the 
glory of God. 
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9 
Why Be a 
Skeptic? 
By Harvey Hansen 
T
HE Bible Christian, endeavour-
ing to point out errors intro-
duced by the skeptic, must in 
fairness admit that errors and incon-
sistencies also exist in the realm of 
religion. 
Just as alongside true science there 
is "science falsely so called" (1 Tim-
othy 6:20) , there is alongside Chris-
tianity "divers and strange doctrines" 
(Hebrews 13:9) , and men whose "re-
ligion is vain." James 1:26. 
There are "false christs" (Mat-
thew 24:24) ; "false apostles" (2 Co-
rinthians 11:13) ; "false prophets" 
(1 John 4:1) ; "false witnesses" 
(Psalm 27:12) ; "false teachers" (2 
Peter 2:1) ; and "false brethren." Ga-
latians 2:4. 
These profess that they know God; 
but in their works they deny Him. 
(Titus 1:16; 2 Peter 2:1.) Feeding 
their own bellies and not the flock, 
and minding "earthly things" (Phi-
lippians 3:18, 19) , they cause many 
"to err, and to do worse than the 
heathen." 2 Chronicles 33:9. The un-
christian works and characteristics of 
those "having a form of godliness, but 
denying the power thereof" are many 
indeed. 2 Timothy 3:5. 
The "offences contrary to the doc-
trine" (Romans 16:17) , that are 
seen by the skeptic's eye, support 
what the Scriptures say some of the 
conditions in religion would be. But 
by no means do such conditions re-
veal what the Scriptures support as 
being Christianity. 
The surest way for anyone to know 
what Christianity really is, is to let 
the Scriptures speak for themselves. 
When increase in knowledge, new 
discoveries and changes in world con-
ditions make it necessary for the text-
books in the nonphysical fields like 
history and sociology to be rewritten 
10 
Given a chance, the Bible has power to 
convert the heart and to convince the un-
believer of his errors. 
and their principles to be changed, 
we still go right on believing in such 
subjects. And no one has to prove or 
demonstrate them in the laboratory. 
But the more knowledge is increased, 
the more discoveries are made; the 
more our times are considered, the 
more God's textbook, the Bible, is 
supported. Surely, then, the skepti-
cally inclined may take God at His 
word too. 
While all men may not be faithful, 
this cannot be said of God. (2 Thes-
salonians 3:2, 3.) He is the "faithful 
and true Witness." Revelation 3:14. 
His testimonies are "righteous and 
very faithful." Psalm 119:138. "The 
wisdom . . . from above" is "without 
partiality, and without hypocrisy." 
James 3:17. It is true, faithful, pure, 
right and lasting. (Revelation 21:5; 
Titus 1:9; Psalm 12:6, 7; 33:4; 
119:160; 1 Peter 1:25.) It is the "more 
sure word of prophecy" whereunto 
we do well to take heed as unto a 
light that shines in a dark place. 
2 Peter 1:19. 
If the skeptic-naturalist would be 
ahead in his research, let him search 
the Scriptures. They are filled with 
praises of nature, and have given and 
suggested natural facts centuries be-
fore science "discovered" them. 
(Psalm 19:4-6; Ecclesiastes 1:5, 6; 
Isaiah 40:22; Job 22:12; 26:7; 28:25; 
38:31; James 1:11; Psalm 139:14; 
Hebrews 11:3.) 
If the skeptic-teacher wants a great-
er understanding of human behav-
iour and the course of human events, 
let him look in the Bible. Past his-
tory, the current scene, and that 
which is yet to come, in the main are 
but the echo of that which the Word 
of God has spoken for centuries and 
even millenniums. (Numbers 12:6; 
Hosea 12:10; Isaiah 41:21-24, 28, 29; 
42:9; 46:9, 10; Hebrews 1:1, 2; Daniel 
2; 7; 8; 9; Matthew 24; Luke 21; 
2 Timothy 3.) 
If the skeptic-scientist fears his 
mighty inventions and wants to 
know the principles of living that 
are able to save this scientific civiliza-
tion from self-made destruction, the 
Bible is still his answer. (Ecclesiastes 
9:18; Isaiah 33:6; Deuteronomy 4:5-8; 
Job 28:28; Isaiah 48:18; 22; Mark 
12:30, 31.) 
If the skeptic-philosopher wants to 
know things unseen, the things that 
are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18) , his 
only answer, his "help," is the Bible. 
True, we may look to nature and the 
world for fulfilments, object lessons 
and illustrations of the Scriptures, 
but it is they themselves that give 
the spiritual truths. (1 Corinthians 
2:10-16; John 6:63; Romans 10:17; 
John 5:39.) 
And if any skeptic would be of 
those who are "doers of the Word, 
and not hearers only" (James 1:22) , 
he can, in fact he must, apply prin-
ciples that are indeed scientific. The 
scientist faithfully acknowledges all 
the phenomena related to his experi-
menting even when some of the phe-
nomena observed may nullify a 
hoped-for conclusion. Similarly, the 
skeptic may order his own life accord-
ing to the words of life even though 
that may mean uprooting ideas, hab-
its and practices that have been long 
cherished. 
He can also prove all things and 
hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes-
salonians 5:21.) He can determine 
for himself whether or not a church 
speaks according "to this Word," ac-
cording "to the law and to the testi-
mony." Isaiah 8:20. He can "try the 
spirits whether they are of God." 
1 John 4:1. He need not follow "cun-
ningly devised fables." 2 Peter 1:16. 
With great benefit he can "fear God, 
and give glory to Him; for the hour 
of His judgment is come: and wor-
ship Him that made heaven, and 
earth, and the sea, and the fountains 
of waters." Revelation 14:7. 
Let the skeptic, no matter what his 
field, "cease . . . to hear the instruc-
tion that causeth to err from the 
words of knowledge." Proverbs 19:27. 
Let all be commended "to God, and 
to the word of His grace." Acts 20:32. 
Signs of The TIMES 
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO 
The work sentence of Genesis 3:19, imposed upon man after his fall into sin, has proved 
indeed, under the circumstances, to be his greatest blessing. Well did God know that 
an idle mind would be the devil's workshop. 
W
ORK, energy, success—these 
are the prominent conceptions 
brought before us when we 
read in 2 Chronicles 31:21: "In every 
work that he began in the service of 
the house of God, and in the law, 
and in the commandments, to seek 
his God, he did it with all his heart, 
and prospered." 
Work is the ordinary business of 
life: work for the good of our fellow 
men; work to make our own soul 
worthy of its eternal inheritance. By 
God's blessing, success is bound to 
follow, as night follows day. 
God said, "In the sweat of thy face 
shalt thou eat bread." Work is the 
best birthright which the human 
race still retains. It is the strongest of 
moral tonics, the most vigorous of 
mental medicines. All nature proves 
this point. The standing pool stag-
nates into pestilence; the running 
stream is undefiled and crystal pure. 
The earth we tread and the air we 
breathe would not be wholesome but 
for the agitating forces of wind and 
sea. In tropical climates man sinks 
into a lazy, lackadaisical attitude; 
but he is at his best in those regions 
where he is called upon to battle with 
the forces of nature for his very ex-
istence. Some folk seem to think that 
a life of toil is always a miserable life. 
I would not have you believe this. 
He who works faithfully at his task 
will receive of the Master many a 
free and happy day spent under the 
blue sky of heaven. The man who 
thoroughly performs his duty—not 
with eye service, but with singleness 
of heart, serving his Maker—may aft-
erward enjoy the satisfaction of a 
task well done. 
Duty should always come before 
pleasure. If we work diligently we 
shall save ourselves from falling into 
many petty annoyances, silly day-
dreams and morbid discontents. It is 
wrong to consume much and produce 
little, to sit down at the table of life 
and leave without paying the score. 
To strike no blow for God, to render 
no service to the cause of righteous-
ness, is folly indeed. Idleness appears 
to be a besetting sin among all races. 
It is a curse of which mankind has 
yet to rid itself, a stumbling block on 
the road to success. 
By success I do not mean the gain-
ing of high honours, or the reaching 
of distinguished attainments. These 
can be but for the few. But God is 
"no respecter of persons." He loves 
us all. We are His children, and He 
wills that in the best sense we should 
all attain a certain measure of suc-
cess. Remember that he with the one 
talent may render to God as great a 
service as the fellow who received two 
talents. Indeed, both may hear God's 
glorious approval, "Servant of God, 
well done!" True, there are always 
those among us who never seem to get 
anywhere in life. For such there are 
no prizes or ripe plums. Where does 
the failure lie? If not in lack of dili-
gence, then mainly, I think, in lack of 
energy. 
In this age, when there is abun-
dant talent, we need—unless we are 
unusually gifted—plenty of energy 
plus a lot of determination and per-
severance. We need to say—and mean 
it too—/ can, I will. We must have 
iron in our systems, not clay and 
stone. When we pray and labour, be-
lieve and hope, we cannot fail. The 
secret of every great man's achieve-
ments was that he knew how to toil 
on and on while his fellows lay down 
and dreamed. That is one side of the 
picture; dependence and faith in our 
Lord Jesus Christ is another. "Prayer 
and painstaking," said Eliot, the re-
nowned missionary, "will accomplish 
everything." 
Our first task, however, is the work 
of setting our hearts right with God. 
When we have done that we can 
point others to the path which leads 
to the Saviour's feet. Other good 
things may or may not follow, but 
whether or not they do, we shall have 
peace of mind. Remember, those 
whom the world often regards as ut-
ter failures have often been in the 
sight of heaven great successes. The 
death of David Livingstone alone in 
the heart of a heathen land—was that 
failure? The expiration of the Man 
of Sorrows in lonely agony upon the 
cross—was that failure? 
We may not enjoy great financial 
prosperity on this earth, but if we do 
our best and trust in Him who 
watches our every act, we can be par-
takers hereafter of the immortal glory 
of the resurrection. Let us "work out 
[our] own salvation with fear and 
trembling." Philippians 2:12. 
It is sometimes said that "faith" is 
the only requisite of salvation. The 
above text gives lie to that idea. We 
are to "work out" our salvation as 
well as believe. 
WORK 
Man's Best Birthright 
By F. H. MacArthur 
H. M. LAMBERT 
a man's head gets, the easier it is to 
fill his shoes. 
Individuals may be proud of their 
good looks. Such pride ruined both 
Lucifer and Absalom. The story is 
told of a peacock who was always 
looking in a mirror at his beautiful 
feathers. He never saw his feet. Multi-
tudes today are sitting down at their 
mirrors of money, culture, education 
and what not. They never look at 
their hearts. If a man could invent 
a camera to picture hearts, he would 
starve to death for lack of business. 
Is the carpet beside your mirror, or 
the one beside your bed, most worn? 
Basically, no one has any right to 
be proud. All we have is God-given 
and comes to us stamped with the 
cross. The gospel makes us all beggars. 
Every day we must ask for grace. We 
are all on the same level before God. 
"Granted that you are superior to me 
in something or other," wrote Alex-
ander Maclaren. "Well, what does 
that matter? One molehill is a little 
higher than the other, but they are all 
about the same distance from the 
sun." 
A little boy was told that the sun 
was ninety-two million miles away. 
"Do they measure from the upstairs 
window or the downstairs?" asked the 
little fellow. Compared with Jesus, 
we all come woefully short. Why then 
be proud? 
Pride keeps us from confessing our 
sins and makes us worldly. A woman 
asked her minister if one could not 
wear jewellery and dress in the latest 
fashion without being proud. He re-
plied, "Madam, when I see the fox's 
tail showing out of his hole, I know 
that the fox isn't very far away." No 
The Evils of 
PRIDE and GOSSIP 
Pride and selfishness are basic sins. It was these that caused the 
fall of Lucifer, one of heaven's leading angels. If cherished 
they will close the "pearly gates" to every aspirant to eternity. 
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 NE does not have to be rich to 
be proud. Pride, a type of self-
ishness, is found among all 
classes, and God hates it wherever 
and whenever it makes its appear-
ance. "The proud He knoweth afar 
off," wrote David in Psalm 138:6. 
God loves humility, but hates pride. 
"What doth the Lord require of 
thee," wrote the prophet Micah, "but 
to do justly, and to love mercy, and 
to humble thyself to walk with thy 
God?" Micah 6:8, margin. The 
prophet Isaiah expressed a similar 
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thought when he penned these words: 
"Thus saith the high and lofty One 
that inhabiteth eternity, whose name 
is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy 
place, with him also that is of a con-
trite and humble spirit." Isaiah 57:15. 
The different kinds of pride may be 
classified as self-pride, family pride, 
church pride, state pride, national 
pride, and spiritual pride. 
Men may be proud of their educa-
tion. "Knowledge puffeth up," wrote 
the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 8:1. 
It has been well said that the bigger 
artist ever decks his angels with tow-
ering feathers and jewellery. Vanity 
is the froth and effervescence of pride. 
The sun appears largest when about 
to set. So does a proud man swell 
most magnificently just before an ex-
plosion. While pride has changed 
angels into devils, humility has made 
men as angels. 
Proud people are very sensitive. 
Usually, they carry their feelings on 
the outside. A man who had his feel-
ings hurt very badly was walking in 
the country nursing his wounds, think- 
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ing of his favourite subject—how 
badly he had been abused. While 
• 
walking by a pond, he saw some boys 
stoning a turtle. Forgetting himself 
for a minute, he asked the boys not 
to hurt the turtle. "We can't hurt 
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the turtle," replied the boys. "He 
stays on the inside of his shell." 
A prominent writer has written: 
"It is the love of self that destroys our 
peace. While self is all alive, we stand 
ready continually to guard it from 
mortification and insult; but when 
we are dead, and our life is hid with 
Christ in God, we shall not take neg-
lects or slights to heart."—Thoughts 
From the Mount of Blessing, p. 31. 
Family pride is common in our day 
as it has been in the past. 'We are 
inclined to point out that many an-
cestral members of our family tree 
reached pre-eminence in one field or 
another. It is so easy to lean on the 
achievements of relations, be they 
ancient or contemporary. The man 
who always boasts about his ancestors 
is like a potato—the best part of 
him is underground. 
Because of state and national pride, 
understanding and teamwork among 
the nations has only reached the 
stage of discussion and planning. If 
states as well as nations would bury 
their pride, their petty conventional-
ities, in a common grave, wars would 
be averted and the brotherhood of 
man's ideal would be brought within 
clearer focus. 
Church pride prevents many from 
investigating for themselves what 
God would have them do in order to 
gain eternal life. If God through His 
Word should point out to them that 
the way to heaven led through the 
teachings of a church other than that 
of their present membership, they 
would hesitate to step out for various 
reasons, which might all be included 
in the common term, PRIDE. 
Pride's noble opposite is humility. 
Someone has expressed a beautiful 
and glowing truth in the following 
words: "As the lark that soars the 
highest, builds her nest the lowest; 
as the nightingale that sings so sweet-
ly, sings in the shade when all things 
rest; as the branches that are most 
laden with fruit bend lowest; as the 
ship most laden, sinks deepest into 
the water; so the holiest Christians 
are the humblest." 
Jesus said, "Learn of Me; for I am 
meek and lowly." He could have 
said, "Learn of Me, for I am an ad-
vanced thinker, I am the Son of 
God." It is a source of wonder to 
many that David in all his psalms 
never tells about his successful en- 
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counter with the giant Goliath. After 
an exploit like that, modern man 
would want a G.G.K. after his name 
—Great Giant Killer. 
If we want God to lift us up, we 
must get down. John the Baptist 
said, "He must increase, but I must 
decrease." Jesus accorded him due 
honour when He said, "Among them 
that are born of women there hath 
not risen a greater than John the 
Baptist." Not all the world can pull 
a humble man down, for God will 
exalt him; likewise, not all the world 
can keep a proud man up, for God 
will debase him. 
A second type of selfishness is gos-
sip, evil speaking. Although the apos-
tle James tells us that no man can 
tame the tongue, we should remem-
ber that God can. God gave us two 
eyes, two ears, and one tongue, that 
we might hear and see twice as much 
as we say. Often it is neither wise nor 
kind to say even half of what we hear 
and see. Unfortunately, there are 
many who pass through life as if in 
possession of one eye, one ear, and 
two tongues. Their emphasis is placed 
on getting a story circulated, rather 
than on getting it straight. 
Gossip may be termed a type of 
foot and mouth disease. Those who 
are victims of the malady generally 
think it is the other fellow who is af-
flicted. Perhaps this is one of the 
numerous symptoms of the difficulty. 
A few rash words will often set a 
family, a neighbourhood, even na-
tions, at one another. The Bible 
states that a man who never offends 
with his words is a perfect man. "Be-
hold, how great a matter a little fire 
kindleth!" wrote the apostle James. 
How thankful we should be that 
in the final analysis, God will be our 
Judge. He alone knows individual 
backgrounds, weaknesses, tempta-
tions and motives. The judgments of 
men are often based on superficial 
observations. 
"There is so much bad in the best of us, 
And so much good in the worst of us, 
That it hardly behooves any of us 
To talk about the rest of us." 
I once read of an eagle who, soar-
ing with steady wing, saw far below 
him the grand scenes of nature, 
clothed with the first snows of early 
winter. As he rose higher toward the 
blue heavens, his keen eyes spotted 
the carcass of a huge buffalo, float-
ing on a distant river. He paused in 
his upward flight and descended to 
settle and revel on this feast of cor-
ruption. 
As he filled himself with the flesh 
of the dead animal, he was calmly 
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C. A. Edwards 
carried down the river toward the 
rapids and falls below. Gorged with 
his full meal, he went to sleep. 
The blood, stiffened by the frost, 
bound his feet to the remains of the 
carcass. He was borne nearer and 
nearer the rapids until the roar of 
the cataract sounded in his ears. He 
struggled for liberty, but his frantic 
efforts to throw off his horrid com-
panion were of no avail. He met a 
sudden and violent death. 
The Bible rule on dealing with an 
errant brother stipulates that we 
should go to the erring individual 
and talk things over with him per-
sonally, in a spirit of love and meek- 
ness. Were this rule more generally 
followed, how many misunderstand-
ings and sorrows would remain un-
born! 
If gossippers did not find ready 
audiences, the contemptible practice 
would at least be discouraged. Alto-
gether too many, however, are not 
only willing to listen to talebearers, 
but are anxious to repeat the tale. 
Each repetition removes the story 
farther from the original exposition, 
until it can hardly be recognized by 
the individual who first gave it wings. 
A well known writer has said: "A 
disciple of Christ will turn away with 
loathing from the feast of scandal. 
. . . The tongue that delights in mis-
chief, the babbling tongue that says, 
Report, and I will report it, is de-
clared by the apostle James to be 
set on fire of hell. It scatters fire-
brands on every side. What cares the 
vender of gossip that he defames the 
innocent? He will not stay his evil 
work, though he destroy hope and 
courage in those who are already 
sinking under their burdens. He cares 
only to indulge his scandal-loving 
propensity. Even professed Christians 
close their eyes to all that is pure, 
honest, noble, and lovely, and treas-
ure up whatsoever is objectionable 
and disagreeable, and publish it to 
the world."—Testimonies for the 
Church, Vol. 5, p. 57. 
"There is only one person worse 
than a whisperer," said Thomas Tal-
mage, "and that is a man or woman 
who listens without protesting. One 
holds the sack, the other fills it. The 
receiver of stolen goods is as bad as 
the thief. An ancient writer said, 
both ought to be hung—the one by 
the tongue and the other by the ears. 
Do not retail slander. Do not make 
yourself an inspector of wares, a su-
pervisor of carbuncles, and the gutter 
commissioner." 
Of Peter the Great it is said that 
when anyone spoke to him of the 
faults of others, he would say, "Well, 
but has he not a bright side? It is easy 
to splash mud, but I would rather 
help a man keep his coat clean." 
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H. A. ROBERTS 
A
GROUP of explorers was strand-
ed at one time on an island in 
the Arctic Ocean. Without ra-
dio equipment, they had to resort to 
firing rifles into the air in an attempt 
to attract passing seamen. Soon the 
shell box was empty and the last cart-
ridge was gone. The ill-fated party 
was left helpless. They scanned the 
horizon day after day for help. 
Finally they gave up all hope and 
were waiting for death, when one of 
their number sighted the smoke from 
an approaching ship. Rescue had 
come at last! 
Similarly, there are thousands of 
people all over the world who are 
looking wistfully toward heaven. 
They are praying and crying for de-
liverance from the great calamities 
that have suddenly fallen upon the 
race. Inquiries go up continually for 
light from God's Word to illumine 
the path of the future. 
Just such a message is found in 
the Biblical promise of Jesus' early 
return. In His own words He said, 
"I will come again." John 14:3. He 
warned, however, that "of that day 
and hour knoweth no man." Mat-
thew 24:36. Not even the angels of 
heaven can tell the exact time. Only 
the Father knows. 
Shortly before Jesus made this 
statement, He told the parable of the 
fig tree. "When his branch is yet 
tender," He explained, "and put-
teth forth leaves, ye know that sum-
mer is nigh: so likewise ye, when ye 
shall see all these things, know that it 
is near, even at the doors." Matthew 
24:32, 33. 
It was on the Mount of Olives that 
Jesus spoke the prophecy of His re-
turn. In answer to His disciples' ques-
tion, "What shall be the sign of Thy 
coming, and of the end of the world?" 
(Matthew 24:3) , Jesus gave a series 
of signs by which His people might 
recognize the last days. 
As the first token, He said, "The 
sun [shall] be darkened, and the 
moon shall not give her light." Mat-
thew 24:29. With this agree other 
prophecies: Joel 2:10; Isaiah 13:9, 10; 
and Revelation 6:12. He had refer-
ence to one certain dark day, for He 
told about when it would take place. 
It was to be "immediately after the 
tribulation of those days." In Mark 
13:24 it is placed "in those days, 
after that tribulation." 
The persecution, or tribulation, 
referred to was the 1260 years of pa-
pal supremacy which began in the 
year 538 and ended in 1798. This 
period is commonly called the Dark 
Ages. It was prophesied, however, 
that the days of affliction would be 
cut short (Mark 13: 19, 20) ; and 
they thus came to an end about the 
middle of the eighteenth century, 
around 1776. Hence the expression 
"in those days" and "after that tribu-
lation" would mean sometime be-
tween 1776 and 1798. 
According to the prophetic sched-
ule, the Dark Day came on May 19, 
1780, and extended over New Eng-
land and Eastern Canada. The same 
night the moon refused to give her 
light. Scientists have been unable to 
account for this strange phenome-
non. It was not an eclipse. The posi-
tion of the heavenly bodies at that 
time was such as to make one impos-
sible. It was a dark day without any 
explanation other than that of the 
prophecy of God's Word. 
"The stars of heaven shall fall," 
Jesus said further (Mark 13:25) , and 
this was to be the next sign. They fell 
exactly as predicted in Revelation 
6:13, that is, "as a fig tree casteth her 
untimely figs, when she is shaken of a 
mighty wind." In other words, there 
was a shower, as when green figs are 
thrown in every direction by a strong 
wind. 
This meteoric shower was witnessed 
by Frederick Douglass, one of the 
strong abolitionists and statesmen of 
pre-Civil War days, while he was 
travelling on a train. In his book, 
My Bondage and My Freedom, page 
186, he relates the experience thus: 
"I witnessed this gorgeous spectacle, 
and was awe-struck. The air seemed 
filled with bright descending messen-
gers from the sky. It was about day-
break when I saw this sublime scene. 
It was not without the suggestion at 
that moment that it might be the 
harbinger of the coming of the Son 
of man; and in my state of mind I 
was prepared to meet Him as my 
friend and deliverer. I had read that 
the 'stars shall fall from heaven,' 
and they were now falling." 
The stars that then fell were not 
planets and distant sun-stars, but 
meteorites. They fell from heaven by 
countless thousands; and in a little 
while they flickered and went out. 
As the star of Bethlehem an-
nounced the first advent of Jesus to 
the believing shepherds and wise 
men, so the falling of the stars over 
the continent of America on Novem-
ber 13, 1833, revealed to those who 
were studying their Bibles and look-
ing for the second coming of Christ, 
that this event was nigh. 
Sacred prophecy indicates further 
that the worst type of disasters and 
calamities will come in the last days. 
"Great earthquakes shall be in divers 
places, and famines, and pestilences; 
and fearful sights and great signs 
shall there be from heaven." Luke 
21:11. 
Records show that from the twelfth 
to the seventeenth century there was 
only an average of one destructive 
earthquake in one hundred years. But 
in the last fifty years, there have been 
more destructive earthquakes than in 
the eight hundred years preceding. 
The Chinese earthquake in 1920 
covered an area of 15,000 square miles 
and killed from 100,000 to 200,000 
people. The Japanese earthquake in 
1923 took a toll of 150,000 lives. More 
people died as the result of the epi-
demic of influenza during and after 
World War I than were killed in 
battle. Hunger came to 330,000,000 
people and several millions of them 
died of starvation. Many parts of the 
globe have been undisturbed by these 
tragedies. In the words of the proph-
et, they occur in "divers places." 
Christ charged us to "understand" 
the book of Daniel. (Matthew 
24:15.) It carries an important 
prophecy relative to the last days. 
"But thou, 0 Daniel, shut up the 
words, and seal the book, even to the 
time of the end: many shall run to 
and fro, and knowledge shall be in-
creased." Daniel 12:4. 
The time of the end is to be char-
acterized especially by many running 
"to and fro," and knowledge being 
"increased." This indicates at once 
the improvements in methods and 
speed of transportation and com-
munication. 
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Signs of The TIMES 
Heralds of 
Christ's Return 
By 
Louis B. 
Reynolds 
No man knows the day or 
the hour of Christ's return, 
'tis true. Nevertheless, God 
has multiplied signs by which 
we may know when that awe- 
some event is near. 
Within seventy-five years the wax 
candle and the coal-oil lamp have 
given way to the electric light; the 
horse and buggy have been replaced 
by the automobile, the steamliner, 
and the aeroplane; the needle and 
thread have surrendered to the elec-
tric sewing machine; the horse-drawn 
plough has become the tractor; the 
broom has turned into the vacuum 
sweeper; the old goose quill has given 
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way to the typewriter; the pony ex-
press has been given up in favour of 
the telephone, the telegraph, and 
the radio; the bucket in the well has 
been left idle because of the faucet; 
the stairway is seriously rivalled by 
the elevator and the escalator; the 
scythe has given place to the reaper 
and the binder; the old water mill has 
been converted into turbines and 
dynamos of unimaginable power. 
This is "the time of the end." It is 
the period in which, as Daniel proph-
esied, knowledge would be "in-
creased." 
At present no wild tale of inven-
tion is too much for us to accept. 
Planes, ships and cars are guided by 
radio; electrons and planets are 
brought to view; new speed records 
are achieved, approximately seven 
hundred miles an hour; taller sky-
scrapers are built. Nobody dares now 
to claim a discovery of "the largest," 
"the smallest," "the greatest," or 
"the latest" in anything. Those terms 
are lost in the rushing tide of modern 
civilization. This is "the time of the 
end"! 
Another sign of the approaching 
end is recognizable in the crime and 
widespread lawlessness of our age. 
Says the apostle, "Evil men and se• 
ducers shall wax worse and worse." 
2 Timothy 3:13. The last days are pre-
dicted to be brimful of iniquity of 
varying descriptions. "This know 
also," Paul observes, "that in the last 
days perilous times shall come. Fol 
men shall be lovers of their own selves, 
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphem-
ers, disobedient to parents, unthank-
ful, unholy, without natural affection 
trucebreakers, false-accusers, inconti-
nent, fierce, despisers of those that are 
good, traitors, heady, highminded, 
lovers of pleasures more than lovers of 
God." Verses 1-4. 
In addition to all this, Jesus de-
clares that there will be "distress of 
nations, with perplexity; . . . men's 
hearts failing them for fear, and for 
looking after those things which are 
coming on the earth." Luke 21:25, 
26. 
War has distressed and perplexed 
statesmen more than ever before. 
Peace plans are in the making, but 
they reveal the utter helplessness of 
humanity in this great crisis. 
"Ye shall hear of wars and rumours 
of wars," Jesus further adds. "Nation 
shall rise against nation, and king-
dom against kingdom." Matthew 
24:6, 7. Revelation 11:18 states that 
in the last days the nations will be 
angry. Today it is especially true. 
The amassing of great wealth by 
the few is also a forecast for our day. 
"Ye have laid up your treasure in 
the last days." James 5:3, A. R. V. 
"Come now, ye rich, weep and howl 
for your miseries that are coming 
upon you. Your riches are corrupted, 
and your garments are moth-eaten. 
Your gold and your silver are rusted; 
and their rust shall be for a testi-
mony against you, and shall eat your 
flesh as fire." James 5:1-3, A. R. V. 
The message of a soon-coming Sav-
iour is being preached in nearly all 
countries and in more than eight 
hundred languages. It is estimated 
that fifteen-sixteenths of the world 
is now covered by the gospel message. 
When all is done, "then shall the end 
come." There is much yet to do, but 
in this age of revolutionary achieve-
ments, it will be done quickly and 
Jesus will come soon. 
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EWING GALLOWAY 
When It Comes 
New York City is girding itself for the worst. The next time an emergency 
vehicle in that city uses its siren, the sound will mean that an atomic bomb 
has been dropped. Until then all fire trucks, ambulances and police cars 
will not use their sirens, according to current reports. Under the bomb no 
one will be safe. "Defense," according to the experts, is a misnomer, for 
there is no adequate defense. If a bomb were dropped half a mile above . 
Union Square in New York City an estimated 75,000 would die immediately, 
another 75,000 would be dying. The central part of the city would be the 
earth's biggest pile of rubble. 
To prepare for the worst, Governor Dewey picked Lucius Clay, onetime 
World War II general, now retired, as chairman of the state's Civilian De-
tense Commission. Lawrence Wilkinson, who served in the Ordnance De-
partment during the war, is the defense director. By December 1 initial 
preparations will be made, he hopes. 
Such preparations are gigantic. Marked for duty are 24,000 pieces of 
equipment including: dump trucks, tractor-mount cranes, arc welders, 
compressors, concrete mixers, hydraulic jacks, lumber, pipe, cement and 
dynamite. Most important of all, there must be available 600,000 pints— 
seventeen freight-car loads—of blood, within six weeks of the bombing. 
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Most Precious Product 
Unquestionably the world's most costly tangible substance is produced 
by the united States' giant 5500,000,000 Oak Ridge radio-isotope plant. In 
1949 the entire output of the plant weighed less than one ten-thousandth of 
an ounce, and the average shipment of isotopes weighed less than the graph-
ite in a man's pencilled signature. Much of the material produced in this 
plant is extremely dangerous to handle. Materials are stored in lead-sheathed 
tunnels. Workmen handle some with long poles. looking at their work in 
mirrors, since a direct gaze, even through plastic or glass, is too dangerous. 
Special shower areas are provided in each building into which workers can 
dash and be drenched, if they have spilled deadly material upon themselves. 
Shipments are made in lead containers weighing as much as hundreds of 
pounds. 
Only a Distant Hope 
As reported in Time, President Henry M. Wriston of Brown University 
recently offered some solemn counsel to undergraduates at the opening of - 
the school year. "Abandon the most fatuous and debilitating slogan that 
ever misled a generation. Give up security as an ideal. Anyone who promises 
security is misbranding his political, social and economic goods. . . . If 
you insist on being cheated, buy gold bricks or perpetual-motion machines. 
It is now clear that if you live at all, you will live dangerously—not only 
during the instant crisis but for all your lives. Peace has been so mishandled 
for more than a generation that its convalescence will he long and its full 
recovery a distant hope." 
W
HO is able to set a limit upon 
the absolute power of God? 
Astronomers have plumbed the 
depths of space as far as their instru-
ments will allow. They tell of mighty 
suns and starry systems at distances 
far beyond our ken. They awe us 
with descriptions of mighty stars so 
huge and hot that if one were to 
come as near to the earth as our sun 
it would consume the earth in a 
second. 
Chemists take us into the realm of 
the infinitesimal and both intrigue 
and frighten us with disclosures of 
titanic forces latent in creation's tini-
est units, the atoms. We are amazed, 
but the Word of God says, "Lo, these 
are parts of His ways: but how little 
a portion is heard of Him? but the 
thunder of His power who can un-
derstand?" Job 26:14. 
"Lift up your eyes on high," He 
bids us, "and behold who hath cre-
ated these things, that bringeth out 
their host by number: He calleth them 
all by names by the greatness of His 
might, for that He is strong in power; 
not one faileth." Isaiah 40:26. "Pow-
er belongeth unto God" who "by His 
strength setteth fast the mountains." 
Psalm 62:11; 65:6. 
 
He also exercises His power in be-
half of His children. "He giveth pow-
er to the faint; and to them that have 
no might He increaseth strength." 
Isaiah 40:29. He calls upon us to look 
up and behold His creation, not only 
to be awed by the awfulness of His 
power, but in order that we may 
have confidence that He "is able to 
do exceeding abundantly above all 
that we ask or think." Ephesians 
3:20. 
The Lord calls attention to His 
surpassing power in order that we 
may not be reticent about calling 
upon Him for all we need. God is 
not weakened by any demands we 
may make upon His power. To hold a 
world in space is not more exhausting 
to Him than to cause a flower to 
grow. If He can keep a world from 
falling, certainly He can keep us. 
When Jesus was on earth He dem-
onstrated the power of God in the 
healing of disease. He made the blind 
to see, the deaf to hear, and the lame 
to walk. He created food, stilled the 
tempest, cast out devils, raised the 
dead. Thus the power of God 
touched human lives in marked ways. 
Those who beheld it wondered at the 
things that were done. In every realm 
that power is displayed. It may well 
be asked, "Is anything too hard for 
the Lord?" 
Yes, the Bible tells us there are 
things that God cannot do. Not that 
He lacks the absolute power, but be-
cause of other considerations. He is 
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not only all powerful, but all wise. 
He is the embodiment of love, wis- 
dom, judgment, truth, righteousness 
and mercy. All these attributes are as 
infinite as His power, and are a guide 
to the exercise of His might. 
He has power to destroy the world, 
but in mercy He forbears. He has 
power to do many things that His 
wisdom forbids. His divine love and 
wisdom govern the workings of His 
power. George Washington is reput-
ed to have said, "I cannot tell a 
lie." Not that he lacked the power to 
do so, but his habit of telling the 
truth prevailed. 
God cannot lie. "In hope of eternal 
life, which God, that cannot lie, 
promised before the world began." 
Titus 1:2. That is an inability to be 
proud of. Lying is regarded as a weak-
ness, even among mankind. But God 
cannot lie. What an anchor of the 
soul that tremendous fact becomes! 
God has promised. God cannot lie. 
God is truth. "A God of truth and 
without iniquity, just and right is 
He." Deuteronomy 32:4. 
God cannot deny Himself. We are 
told in 2 Timothy 2:13: "If we be-
lieve not, yet He abideth faithful: He 
cannot deny Himself." 
Denying one's self is not to be con-
fused with practising self-denial. God 
gave the supreme example of self-
denial when He gave His Son. The 
Saviour's life on earth was a life of 
self-denial. But to the Bible student 
one thing is noticeable: He never, 
by word or deed, gave the impression 
that He was anyone less than the 
divine Son of God. Angels "that ex-
cel in strength" refused men's wor-
ship on the grounds that they were 
fellow servants of God. (Revelation 
19:10.) Jesus never did. There are 
several instances mentioned in the 
Gospels of individuals' kneeling be- 
. fore Him. He accepted worship as 
His due. He ever spoke as the Son of 
God and in unmistakable language 
claimed the honour due the Son of 
God. 
God must always be supreme. He 
is the source of all wisdom, all right-
eousness, all love, all power, all maj- 
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esty. We may not believe in Him or 
wish to obey Him. Yet He abideth 
faithful; He cannot deny Himself. 
He cannot relax any of His righteous 
requirements. He cannot accept a di-
vided allegiance. 
God cannot save into His ever-
lasting kingdom the persistent trans-
gressor of His law. He cannot save 
you and me unless we are willing to 
be saved. Concerning the creation of 
the world we are told, "He spake, 
and it was done; He commanded, and 
it stood fast." Psalm 33:9. But of hu-
man beings He has said, "All day long 
I have stretched forth My hands unto 
a disobedient and gainsaying peo-
ple." Romans 10:21. 
The difference lies in the fact that 
man has been endowed by his Crea-
tor with a sovereignty over his own 
eternal destiny that is inviolable. He 
created man for His glory (Isaiah 
43:7) , in His own image. He gave him 
the power of choice to exercise for 
good or for evil, with earnest admo-
nitions to refuse the evil and choose 
the good. To influence that choice 
God has gone to great lengths, but He 
has never resorted to coercion. 
Considering the enormous conse-
quences of our actions, many people 
wonder why the Lord did not make it 
impossible for us to sin. He could 
have, but in that case we would have 
been mere automatons. There is no 
end to the things that obey Him with-
out choice. There would still have 
been need for creatures who would 
respond to His love, and who would 
joyfully serve Him because of His di-
vine excellencies. "God is love," and 
in His love and wisdom He has or-
dained that love shall be the con-
straining motive among all the in-
telligent creatures He has made. 
To win our love God has gone the 
limit. It is impossible for Him to do 
more. In the gift of His Son He has 
given ample reason why all should 
love and serve Him. Yet the Bible is 
full of the story of God's pleadings 
and man's rejections of all His offers 
of grace and mercy. The Lord has 
been grieved much more than has 
man. Jesus, weeping over Jerusalem, 
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Although God is all powerful, yet there are 
some things that even the Almighty can-
not do. He cannot lie. He cannot make a 
right thing wrong or a wrong thing right. 
cried, "How often would I have gath-
ered thy children together, even as a 
hen gathereth her chickens under her 
wings, and ye would not!" Matthew 
23:37. 
"Ye would not." And because they 
would not, He could not. Since that 
day religious zealots have tried to 
force compliances to certain religious 
dogmas and practices. Dungeon, fire 
and sword have been used to force 
"salvation" on those who held back. 
But those who use such methods are 
entirely out of line with the Lord's 
wishes. Notwithstanding all the di-
vine treasures heaven has poured 
into the cause of man's redemption, 
"whosoever will" is still a vital part 
of His invitation. 
He is able if you are willing. He 
has rich rewards to offer the obedient, 
and will, in sorrow, punish the diso-
bedient. Yet, He cannot force you 
to love Him. He who guides the 
multitudinous stars and systems can-
not make even a child love Him if His 
goodness has not inspired a reciprocat-
ing love in that child's heart. He can-
not force you to be saved—that 
would be in conflict with His love 
and wisdom, which have planned a 
far more glorious future for you—
if you are willing. 
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God's Supreme 
Power 
By George Russell 
BIBLE ANSWERS 
64 your 
BIBLE ANS WERMAN 
Send your Bible and religious questions to "The Bible Answerman" 
Box 398, Oshawa, Ontario. 
Dear Bible Answerman: 1 feel the 
need of a greater faith. How can I get it? 
The answer to that question is 
found in Romans 10:17: "So then 
faith cometh by hearing, and hearing 
by the Word of God." 
We could well wish that every per-
son had the burden of acquiring a 
greater faith. Surely this is a "faith-
less" age. We can now see the signifi-
cance of Jesus' question, "When the 
Son of man cometh, shall He find 
faith on the earth?" Very few are pos-
sessed of a mighty faith in God. Gid-
eons, Daniels, Elijahs and Jeremiahs 
do not seem to be among us today. 
Elijah lived in a time of great na-
tional apostasy. Yet Elijah was a man 
of great faith: "Elias was a man sub-
ject to like passions as we are, and he 
prayed earnestly that it might not 
rain: and it rained not on the earth 
by the space of three years and six 
months. And he prayed again, and 
the heaven gave rain, and the earth 
brought forth her fruit." James 5:17, 
18. 
Faith has its fundamental basis in 
the Word of God. And the most 
fundamental tenet of faith is a be-
lief that God is; that is, that God ex-
ists. "He that cometh to God must be-
lieve that He is, and that He is a re-
warder of them that diligently seek 
Him." Hebrews 11:6. But how is the 
honest doubter to believe that God 
is? Let him survey the handiwork of 
God. Let him look at the starry heav-
ens and behold there the countless 
myriads of giant suns sailing majes-
tically through the infinitude of 
space. Let him consider the fact of il-
limitable space itself. Let him con-
sider the wonders of the earth, and 
the life which is upon the earth—life 
which ranges from one cell on up 
until it climaxes in the complicated 
processes of the human mind and 
body. 
After that let the doubter read 
Psalm 139:13-16: "For Thou hast pos-
sessed my reins: Thou hast covered 
me in my mother's womb. I will 
praise Thee; for I am fearfully and 
wonderfully made: marvellous are 
Thy works; and that my soul know-
eth right well. My substance was not 
hid from Thee, when I was made in 
secret, and curiously wrought in the 
lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes 
did see my substance, yet being un-
perfect; and in thy book all my mem-
bers were written, which in continu-
ance were fashioned, when as yet 
there was none of them." 
Let the doubter go on from here 
adding line upon line and precept 
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upon precept. The Bereans of Bible 
times had the right idea: "The 
brethren immediately sent away Paul 
and Silas by night unto Berea: who 
coming thither went into the syna-
gogue of the Jews. These were more 
noble than those in Thessalonica, in 
that they received the word with all 
readiness of mind, and searched the 
Scriptures daily, whether those things 
were so." Acts 17:10, 11. 
History records that not a few in-
fidels who have started reading the 
Bible to prove it false, have as a re-
sult been convinced of its truthful-
ness and divine origin and have been 
converted to its precepts. 
The highway to a greater faith is 
in the contemplation of the Word of 
God, in the works of God in nature, 
and in a willing obedience to that 
which is seen to be true. 
Dear Bible Answerman: I read in the 
Bible that some of the leading Jews 
found fault with Christ for claiming 
power to forgive sin. Does Christ have 
power to forgive sin the same as the 
Father? 
When Christ was upon earth He 
affirmed His power to forgive sin. 
"The Son of man hath power upon 
earth to forgive sins." Luke 5:24. 
Christ set this forth as one of the 
evidences of His divinity. The Phari-
sees and other leading Jews of the 
time, not recognizing His divinity, 
naturally denied His power to for-
give sin. They maintained that only 
God was able to do that. The point 
wherein the Pharisees failed was that 
they did not see Jesus as the Divine 
Son of God. They saw Him only as an-
other man such as they themselves. 
It was very true that, as the Phari-
sees said, only God could forgive sin. 
But Christ was God. He was as divine 
as His Father in heaven. He was of the 
same substance and essence as His 
Father. He was a member of the di- 
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-vine Family, and as fully God, and 
as fully possessed of the divine nature, 
as was the Father. 
This does not seem too hard to 
comprehend. We have children that 
are born of our flesh. They possess 
our human natures in the identical 
degree that we do. An infant a day 
old is a human being, and is as fully 
possessed of human nature as his 
father, who may be a man of thirty or 
forty. Human fathers have the ability 
to transmit their natures to their off-
spring. Is it unthinkable, then, that 
the divine Father would not have 
the ability to transmit His "divine" 
nature to His Son? 
The power of God should not be so 
abridged. Some texts may prove help-
ful. "As the Father hath life in Him-
self; so hath He given to the Son to 
have life in Himself." John 5:26. "In 
whom we have redemption through 
His blood, even the forgiveness of 
sins: who is the image of the in-
visible God, the firstborn of every 
creature." Colossians 1:14, 15. "Unto 
the angel of the church of the Laodi-
ceans write; These things saith the 
Amen, the faithful and true Witness, 
the beginning of the creation of 
God." Revelation 3:14. "For God so 
loved the world, that He gave His 
only-begotten Son, that whosoever 
believeth in Him should not perish, 
but have everlasting life." John 3:16. 
God had a Son—one only-begotten 
Son—upon whom He conferred His 
own divine nature and all power—
all divine power. And prominent 
among these divine prerogatives was 
the power to forgive sins. 
Dear Bible Answerman: I know that 
some prophets are true and that some are 
false. The question I have is this: How 
can you tell a false prophet from a true 
one? 
This is a good question and one 
that we should be able to answer 
from the Bible. Deuteronomy 18:20-
22 gives us one answer: "The prophet, 
which shall presume to speak a word 
in My name, which I have not com-
manded him to speak, or that shall 
speak in the name of other gods, even 
that prophet shall die. And if thou 
say in thine heart, How shall we 
know the word which the Lord hath 
not spoken? When a prophet speak-
eth in the name of the Lord, if the 
thing follow not, nor come to pass, 
that is the thing which the Lord hath 
not spoken, but the prophet hath 
spoken it presumptuously: thou 
shalt not be afraid of him. 
The predictions and forecasts of a 
true prophet always come to pass. 
Therefore, if a man claiming to have 
the prophetic gift foretells events 
which do not take place, you may 
rest assured that that man is not of 
the Lord. Likewise false prophets per- 
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form miracles to deceive people, as 
we see from Revelation 12:13, 14: 
"He doeth great wonders, so that 
he maketh fire come down from heav-
en on the earth in the sight of men, 
and deceiveth them that dwell on the 
earth, by the means of those miracles 
which he had power to do in the 
sight of the beast; saying to them that 
dwell on the earth, that they should 
make an image to the beast, which 
had the wound by a sword, and did 
live." True prophets do not seek to 
deceive people and to lead away fol-
lowers after themselves for their 
own gain; they seek rather to unify 
the people, to lead them in the way 
of faith and obedience, and to glorify 
the name of the Most High. 
False prophets teach that holiness 
may be obtained without obedience 
to the law of God. (See Numbers 
16:1-5; 15:38-40.) 
Untrue prophets teach men to sin. 
"Behold, ye trust in lying words, that 
cannot profit. Will ye steal, murder, 
and commit adultery, and swear false-
ly, and burn incense unto Baal, and 
walk after other gods whom ye know 
not; and come and stand before Me 
in this house, which is called by My 
name, and say, We are delivered to 
do all these abominations? Is this 
house, which is called by My name, 
become a den of robbers in your eyes? 
Behold, even I have seen it, saith 
the Lord." Jeremiah 7:8-11. "I have 
seen also in the prophets of Jerusa-
lem an horrible thing: they commit 
adultery, and walk in lies: they 
strengthen also the hands of evil-
doers, that none doth return from his 
wickedness: they are all of them unto 
Me as Sodom, and the inhabitants 
thereof as Gomorrah." Jeremiah 
23:14. 
False prophets pervert the gospel 
of Christ. "I marvel that ye are so 
soon removed from Him that called 
you into the grace of Christ unto 
another gospel: which is not another; 
but there be some that trouble you, 
and would pervert the gospel of 
Christ. But though we, or an angel 
from heaven, preach any other gospel 
unto you than that which we have 
preached unto you, let him be ac-
cursed." Galatians 1:6-9. 
These deceivers reject the divinity 
of Christ: "Beloved, believe not every 
spirit, but try the spirits whether they 
are of God: because many false 
prophets are gone out into the world. 
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: 
Every spirit that confesseth that 
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is 
of God: and every spirit that confes-
seth not that Jesus Christ is come in 
the flesh is not of God: and this is 
that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye 
have heard that it should come; and 
even now already is it in the world." 
When Jesus was here He said we 
should know people by their fruits, 
the same as we know a tree by its 
fruits. False prophets bring forth evil 
fruits: "Beware of false prophets, 
which come to you in sheep's cloth-
ing, but inwardly they are ravening 
wolves. Ye shall know them by their 
fruits. Do men gather grapes of 
thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so 
every good tree bringeth forth good 
fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth 
forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot 
bring forth evil fruit, neither can a 
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 
Every tree that bringeth not forth 
good fruit is hewn down, and cast 
into the fire. Wherefore by their 
fruits ye shall know them." Matthew 
7:15-20. 
Dear Bible Ammerman: Was Jonah 
really swallowed by a whale? 
It probably was a whale, although 
the Bible says in one place that God 
prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. 
Some people scoff at the incident and 
call it a fish story; nevertheless, men 
have been swallowed by whales and 
have survived, and Jesus, when He 
was here, put His endorsement upon 
it in these words: 
"For as Jonas was three days and 
three nights in the whale's belly; so 
shall the Son of man be three days and 
three nights in the heart of the earth." 
Matthew 12:40. 
JESUS-MEDIATOR 
(Continued from page 5) 
that very time He appeared upon 
earth. The promise of God was ful-
filled to the letter. There was neither 
haste nor delay. 
Immediately after His baptism and 
anointing as the Messiah (Matthew 
3:13-17) , Christ entered upon His 
work as "the Messenger of the ccve-
nant." Malachi 3:1. He came to in-
troduce a new covenant between God 
and man, a covenant of grace. This 
covenant He also came to confirm by 
His teachings and miracles, by His 
death and resurrection, and by the 
outpouring of the Holy Spirit as an 
earnest for the anointing of the whole 
church, that the work He began could 
be continued by the same power and 
authority. 
Thus Christ confirmed the cove-
nant with many, assuring us that God 
is willing to accept us upon gospel 
terms. His death made His testament 
of force, and enabled us to claim 
what is bequeathed by it. By offering 
Himself a sacrifice once for all, He 
put an end to all Levitical services. 
His sacrifice suspended them, set 
them aside. When the Substance had 
come, the shadows were done away. 
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DOCTOR'S 
VOICE C% 
Send your health 
queries to the Doc- 
ti 
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tor's Voice, Box 398, 
Oshawa, Ont. 
Hay Fever 
Question: Is there any cure for hay 
fever? 
ANSWER: Vasomotor rhinitis may 
be precipitated by cold and drafts. 
Persons so affected have to be par-
ticularly careful in this regard. More 
often allergy to pollens is the primary 
cause. Trees usually pollinate in 
early spring, plantain follows in June, 
then come spring grasses and finally 
fall weeds. Desensitization has its ad-
vocates, but benefit from treatment 
is very unpredictable. Antihistaminics 
are useful in relieving symptoms. 
Since they cause drowsiness, persons 
in responsible positions or who drive 
usually have to avoid them except at 
night. The housewife plagued with 
house dust may find them a boon 
where the most strict cleanliness has 
not been sufficient. Thinking of the 
proverbial straw that broke the 
camel's back, animal pets, tobacco 
smoke, and fumes of every descrip-
tion should be avoided. Nose drops 
and the like usually do more harm 
than good. Emotional stress plays an 
important part, which fact should be 
borne in mind. Diet should be simple 
and adequate. Not more than a few 
simple varieties of food should be 
eaten at any one meal. 
Prostate Gland 
Question: What is the cause of disease of 
the prostate gland? 
ANSVVER: Enlargement with me-
chanical obstruction to flow of urine 
is thought to be due to some endo-
crine or glandular imbalance not fully 
understood. Administration of hor-
mones is helpful only where cancer is 
present. Infection of the prostate 
gland is usually secondary to bladder 
infection, which on the other hand 
may be due largely to prostatic ob-
struction. In any case, treatment of 
the urinary infection will usually 
clear up the infected prostate, per-
haps with the aid of massage treat-
ments. 
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Chronic Alcoholism 
Question: How effective is antabuse in 
treating chronic alcoholism? 
ANSWER: This drug which causes 
the patient to become quite ill if he 
takes alcohol is useful. Reactions at 
times have been quite severe. This 
fact has to be explained to the pa-
tient before he starts the treatment. 
It will strengthen his resolve to stay 
away from liquor. Usually where this 
treatment is required the patient and 
relatives are quite willing to take the 
risk of a relapse. Failures usually 
result from the patient omitting his 
regular dosage in order to indulge 
temporarily. 
Cirrhosis of the Liver 
Question: Is there any danger of a mod-
erate drinker getting cirrhosis of the 
liver? 
ANSWER: It is acknowledged that 
where the diet is adequate in pro-
tein and vitamins, cirrhosis of the 
liver is unlikely to develop if al-
cohol is administered. Unfortunately, 
however, alcohol is often taken to 
the exclusion of food. Occasionally 
one sees a moderate drinker (one 
who takes a drink in the evening), 
whose diet apparently has been ade-
quate but who has unmistakable 
signs of liver damage. 
Cataracts 
Question: Is it considered safe for an 
aged person to have cataracts removed? 
ANSWER: Removal of cataracts 
seems to be a well-established opera-
tion. However, factors of particular 
concern to the eye surgeons are dia-
betes, high blood pressure, extreme 
degrees of hardening of the arteries, 
and advanced kidney disease. 
Chronic Alcoholics 
Question: What is a chronic alcoholic? 
ANSWER: A chronic alcoholic is 
one who has an uncontrollable desire 
for alcohol, or one who is dependent 
upon alcohol because of emotional 
maladjustments. 
Diseases 
of 
Stress 
W
E ARE indebted to Dr. Hans 
Selye of Montreal for much of 
the emphasis placed on the fac-
tor of stress in relationship to ill-
ness, and for much of the research in 
this field. 
Diseases of stress include mental 
illness, hypertension, angina and cor-
onary artery disease, hypertensive 
heart disease, exophthalmic goitre 
(hyperthyroidism) , gastric and duode-
nal ulcer, asthma, colitis (ulcera-
tive) , acute rheumatic fever, rheuma-
toid arthritis, together with allied 
rheumatic disorders such as iritis, pe-
riarteritis nodosa (a rapidly develop-
ing and severe form of hardening of 
the arteries) , lupus erythematosus (a 
severe skin disease resistant to ordi-
nary treatment) , also gout and even 
migraine headaches. Kidney disease 
(nephrosclerosis) and a very common 
skin disease called neurodermatitis (a 
form of eczema) have been mentioned 
in this regard. 
Stresses are thought of under three 
major categories: physical, emotional. 
and infective. Physical stress would 
include environmental influences, 
such as inadequate clothing, (cloth-
ing not adapted to season or changes 
in weather) , inadequate housing (the 
uncomfortable houses of the poor, or 
of the miser, or of the vacationist in 
a damp summer cottage) . Not unim-
portant is chilling. An hour or more 
out in the cold and wet may precipi-
tate a minor or a more serious illness. 
A suitable precaution under such cir-
cumstances is to take a hot bath or at 
least to soak the feet in hot water 
from ten to twenty minutes. 
A diet inadequate in minerals, vita-
mins and protein makes one more 
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susceptible to disease. It is interest-
ing to note in respect to canned foods 
that one-third of the minerals and 
vitamins are to be found in the liquid 
and should be utilized. Highly re- 
fined and correspondingly devitalized 
foods such as white flour and its prod-
ucts should form a very limited part 
of one's diet. Fatigue is naturally 
thought of. The average person re-
quires from eight to nine hours' sleep 
each night. Furthermore, the average 
person through efficient action and 
organization of his work can accom- 
plish more in a day than is his usual. 
It is unwise to prolong the work of 
the day into the evening. A six-day 
work week is maximum. 
Emotional stress is a very impor-
tant feature. Fear and indecision are 
two of the most damaging emotions. 
A positive outlook on life is essential 
for the best health. Never was there a 
time when there was a greater need 
for hope, courage, and sympathy for 
the unfortunate and the oppressed. 
The third major factor of stress is 
infection. Repeated illnesses place 
a heavy demand on the reserves of 
the body. Streptococcal infections in-
cluding scarlet fever, tonsillitis, fre- 
• 
quent sore throats, et cetera, seem to 
be particularly damaging, more so 
when the diet has been deficient, 
which, incidentally, may have been 
the cause of the infection in the first 
place. If infection does supervene it 
should be adequately treated. Chil-
dren should be given every opportu-
nity to reach adult life in good health. 
The stresses mentioned above seem 
to be mediated along certain fairly 
well established pathways. Emotional 
stress, for instance, originates in the 
frontal lobe of the brain. It is inter-
esting to note that where the frontal 
lobe is damaged by accident or other-
wise, the patient tends to be irritable 
and unsympathetic. From the frontal 
lobe impulses are transmitted to the 
hypothalamus, a lower area in the 
brain, and from thence the pituitary 
gland is stimulated. The pituitary 
gland being the master gland of the 
body, it in turn stimulates other 
glands such as the thyroid, and more 
particularly in this instance the ad-
renal glands, by means of the pitui-
tary hormone (or mediator) ACTH 
(adreno-corticotropic hormone) . At 
first the adrenal gland may under this 
stimulation pour out in excess its 
own hormones. These latter hor-
mones have to do with: 1, salt and wa-
ter metabolism; 2, the utilization of 
foods, and anti-rheumatic principles 
now so well known as cortisone or 
compound E, and 3, masculinizing 
hormones having to do with hair 
growth, et cetera. 
Where the pituitary becomes fa-
tigued and ACTH is deficient there 
By 
W. H. Roberts, M.D. 
is insufficient stimulation of the ad-
renal gland and in turn inadequate 
amounts of cortisone (compound E) 
are manufactured. On the other 
hand, if the adrenal gland on its 
own becomes fatigued or exhausted, 
cortisone will be lacking on this ac-
count. In either case where there is 
a relative or absolute lack of corti-
sone, diseases such as the rheumatic 
state or intractable asthma, or ulcer-
ative colitis may develop, depending 
upon the individual. It is on this ac-
count that ACTH and cortisone have 
been used somewhat interchangeably 
in treatment. Their cost is not incon-
siderable—a conservative figure for 
the medicine alone would be from 
twelve to fifteen dollars a day at 
wholesale prices. Their use is still 
very much in the research field, as 
relapses after treatment seem to be 
the rule rather than the exception. 
Dr. Darrel C. Crain, writing in the 
September issue of 
Postgraduate 
Medicine, states, "Nothing has ap-
peared in the past two years to alter 
the basic concepts of treatment as 
previously accepted." 
Pregnenolone, desoxycorticosterone 
acetate and vitamin C, male hormone 
and modifications of aspirin are all 
swept aside in this statement. Hence, 
not too much emphasis can be placed 
on prevention. Housing, clothing, 
diet, rest and exercise must be 
planned for with optimum health in 
mind. 
Severe stresses may come quite un- 
expectedly. I think of the profession-
al man sitting with his wife in the 
back seat of a car the driver of which 
was hampered by poor visibility on 
account of a heavy rain. Next thing 
he knew he was lying on his back on 
the roof of the car, on the inside, 
not knowing whether or not his wife 
was still living. He was reassured on 
this point but was then made aware 
that the car was on fire and that the 
air was laden with smoke and fumes 
of burning rubber. The driver of a 
passing bus pried off the running 
board to get them out. Not long aft-
erward the man developed rheuma-
toid arthritis of the spine. 
There comes to mind also the 
young woman who developed exoph-
thalmic goitre after a bus accident. 
Chronic stresses that we can do more 
to avoid may be just as harmful. 
Fulton Oursler speaks of a woman 
who was angry with her husband be-
cause he would not buy her a fur coat. 
She thought she was getting even 
when she entered the hospital for a 
stomach operation, the result of com-
plications of an ulcer. The ulcer was 
probably largely due to maladjust-
ment to the circumstances in which 
she found herself. 
It is reported of Doctor Selye that 
when he first became aware of the 
importance of stress in touching off 
degenerative diseases, he contended 
that the only answer was to "take it 
easy," to get away from upsetting 
worries, strains and overwork. Find-
ing that even with deep carpets, 
noiseless revolving bookshelves, and 
numerous assistants, he could not get 
entirely away from the stress of a busy 
life, he now advises that you "roll 
with the punch"—"take stress and 
strain as easily as you can, and save 
yourself wherever possible." That is 
to say, You Must Relax. 
MIRROR FEATURES 
To counteract the stress of twentieth-century living it is well to have a hobby. The man 
above is a "whittler." Whittling helps him to relax. 
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H. M. LAMBERT 
w
E ARE cleaning up our cities. 
Rapid advancement has been 
made in the matter of public 
hygiene and sanitation, but we have 
neglected the more important matter 
of personal hygiene. It is more im-
portant to have clean blood than it 
is to have clean streets and clean 
back yards. Wrong habits of eating 
and drinking are responsible for 
much of this degeneracy. 
Never in the history of this nation 
has there been more gluttonous eat-
ing than now. Never has there been 
consumed more alcohol, tobacco, tea 
and coffee, and other habit-forming 
drugs than at present. The prevalent 
use of alcohol brings about degener-
acy. We do not mean by this that it 
makes men lean, or that it emaciates 
them, or even that it makes them feel 
physically weak, if consumed in small 
quantities. The one who drinks beer 
daily puts on weight. He has the ap-
pearance of robust health, but he is 
not a well man. He may have an 
abundance of adipose tissue, but it is 
of an inferior quality. He may be 
physically strong, but he is vitally 
weak. He is considered a poor risk 
by all life insurance companies, and 
he is an undesirable subject for sur-
gery. 
There can be no doubt that prev-
alent use of beer is responsible in 
part for the present degeneracy among 
our young men. 
Alcohol, however, has a forerun-
ner, and associate, in the cigarette. 
These two are inseparably connected. 
They are Siamese Twins—wherever 
you find one, you find the other. 
While all smokers do not drink, it is 
a fact that practically all drinkers 
smoke. It is safe to say that seventy-
five per cent of chronic alcoholics 
smoked before they drank. Smoking 
paves the way for drinking. In all 
my experience as a physician I have 
never known of a drunkard or an in-
ebriate giving up drink for any 
length of time without giving up 
also the cigarette and tobacco. 
It is difficult to determine how 
much of the degeneracy to ascribe to 
alcohol and how much to tobacco, 
but my own conviction, based on 
observation, is that tobacco as used 
at present by our youth has more to 
do with it than drink. It is a habit 
that is taken up by children before 
they are mature. The modern prac-
tice of inhaling the smoke, which al-
ways accompanies cigarette smoking, 
is probably doing as much toward 
bringing about the degeneracy of the 
American race as opium smoke in-
halation did in bringing about the 
degeneracy of the Chinese race. 
In China, opium smoking when at 
its worst was confined almost wholly 
to adults. In North America, cigarette 
smoking begins with boys before they 
reach their teens. The time came 
when in China it was found necessary 
to suppress this practice. In North 
America the time will surely come 
when the cigarette must be denied 
to our young people. The fight 
against the cigarette will resolve it-
self into a fight for existence. You 
may say it is impossible to accomplish 
this. It was once accomplished. 
In England, smoke inhalation was 
once so common that it was said 
everybody smoked. When the evils 
resulting from it became apparent, 
public sentiment was created against 
the practice by the better classes. The 
time came when smoking on the 
streets of London and the other large 
cities was stopped. Doctor Johnson, 
writing in 1773, said, "Smoking has 
gone out." For seventy years England 
was smokeless. Even when Queen Vic-
toria ascended the throne in 1837 a 
man smoking on the street or in 
public places was seldom if ever seen. 
It was not until after the Crimean 
War that the practice of smoking 
again became prevalent. The British 
soldiers being brought in contact with 
the Spanish formed the habit of smok-
ing cigarettes. On their return the 
boys and young men copied the man-
ners of these heroes of the day, "by 
cultivating beards and smoking ciga-
rettes." 
In referring to this practice among 
the young men of England, and its 
influence upon them later, Sir Bramp-
ton Gordon in his parliamentary 
speech on the finance bill said, "If in 
ten or fifteen years hence we should 
have the misfortune to engage in a 
great war this practice among our 
youth of today would tell against 
us." 
Doctor George Edmeston Fahr, 
when Contract Surgeon of the United 
States Army, called attention to the 
prevalence of heart disease among 
young men in the army during World 
War I. The disease known as "irrita- 
P4seetat 
Degeneracy 
Its Causes 
By D. H. Kress, M.D. 
ble heart," termed in Great Britain 
"soldiers' heart," he found was re-
sponsible for the rejection of many 
young men who were considered 
sound until physical exertion com-
mon to the life of the soldier revealed 
the defect. He said: "A casual ex-
amination did not reveal any heart 
trouble in such cases. They were 
passed as fit subjects for the army, by 
the examining physicians. It was 
only when on a march or drill that 
they were singled out." 
The company commanders were 
better able to diagnose these cases 
than were the examining physicians. 
He quoted one of the officers sailing 
There might possibly be some excuse for 
this monkey's smoking. He doesn't know 
any better. But smoking makes a monkey 
out of a man when it comes to combatting 
disease. 
22 �
Signs of The TIMES 
EWING GALLOWAY 
for France as saying of the large num-
ber of men in his company who could 
not stand up under hard hikes, who 
were short-winded and lacked cour-
age and initiative in performing ath-
letic stunts: "Don't the doctors know 
anything about heart disease? All 
these men have poor hearts. They 
haven't any wind. I have sent them 
back to the infirmary a number of 
times, but the doctor will never dis-
charge them. I know they will never 
be any good when we get them into 
the trenches. I would rather have a 
company lacking its full quota, than 
to have the quota made up of these 
men. They are the biggest handicap 
1 have." 
In speaking of the British Army, 
in particular, Doctor Fahr said: "It 
will surprise many to know that there 
are two and one-half times as many 
pensions for heart disease in the 
British Army as there are for the loss 
of limbs and nearly twice as many as 
for nervous diseases, shell shock, and 
epilepsy together." 
In referring to the report of one of 
the British base hospitals in France, 
he said: "The condition previously 
known as irritable heart, but recently 
better designated as neurocirculatory 
asthenia, is by far the most important 
circulatory disturbance, both to the 
medical officer culling out at the re-
cruiting station and to the medical 
officer examining at the front. For ex-
ample, the report of one of the 
British base hospitals in France shows 
that out of 5,000 soldiers examined 
for circulatory failure about eighty-
six per cent showed the condition 
known as irritable heart." 
He said further: "Careful inquir-
ies have shown that among a large 
number of those who broke down at 
the front with this disease the symp-
toms were already present while in 
civil life. The severe bodily exertion 
associated with modern wars served 
to bring out and emphasize the condi-
tion." 
In referring to the symptoms pres-
ent in such cases, he said: "Many of 
this class have cold, clammy hands, 
and show a course tremor of the fin-
gers or of the lower limbs during the 
examination. They are subject to gid-
diness when forced to work in the 
hot sun, and are compelled to go into 
the shade to rest and cool off, when 
other men stick to their work. In 
other words, they are not first-class 
men but belong to the constitution- 
. ally inferior class. 
"We want to emphasize again that 
very few of these men are any good in 
military service, and we do not be- 
. lieve that very many of them can be 
made first-class soldiers, capable of 
severe bodily exertion, even when 
carefully trained. The army needs 
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Alcohol is another cause of de-
generacy. It incapacitates men for 
service in this life, and if its use 
is continued it will destroy all 
hope of eternal life. 
nothing but first-class men, 
and these men are all of them 
third-raters. They are the 
men who do not succeed in 
life. They are constitution-
ally inferior." 
Experiments conducted at 
the Hampstead Military Hos-
pital for heart diseases in Eng-
land, by Drs. John Parkinson 
and Hilmer Koefod, led to 
the conclusion that the use of 
cigarettes was the chief cause 
of the prevalence of this form 
of heart difficulty. 
The London Lancet, the 
leading medical journal of 
Great Britain, of August 18, 
1917, said: "In this war as in 
the wars of the past, many 
soldiers prove inefficient because they 
become unduly breathless on the ex-
ertion which military service entails. 
It has been freely asserted that exces-
sive smoking, particularly of ciga-
rettes, is one of the most potent causes 
of the condition." 
Recruiting stations revealed that a 
large proportion of the candidates 
for naval and military service were re-
jected as unfits in the past. This is 
a cause for alarm. 
Never has greater need existed for 
young men who can endure the hard-
ship of war than now. We are build-
ing better ships, what we need to do 
is build better men. The time to 
build men is before they are called to 
active service. This building process 
should begin with students in our 
schools, and not with addicts when 
called to arms. 
In time of peace we should pre-
pare for war by building men who 
will be able to endure the prolonged 
test of the battle front. It is a poor 
business policy for any nation to en-
courage a traffic that tends to weaken 
the heart and unfit young men for 
military service and then pension 
them for life when thus ruined. The 
millions of dollars received annually 
from the tobacco traffic in revenue 
come far short of compensating fi-
nancially for the loss thus sustained. 
Japan has been awake to the need. 
Some years ago a bill was introduced 
into the House of Representatives by 
the Honourable Mr. Nemote, a mem-
ber of the House. He said: 
"I would like briefly to give you 
reasons why we have introduced this 
bill. Recently even children in our 
public schools have come to smoke 
cheap imported cigarettes, the conse-
quences of which we fear will bring 
our country down to the miserable 
condition of countries like China 
and India; because tobacco, like 
opium, contains narcotic poisons 
which benumb the nervous system, 
weaken the mental power of children 
addicted to smoking; and thus to 
give point to our national policy, we 
must strictly prohibit the smoking of 
tobacco by children and young peo-
ple. If we expect to make this na-
tion superior to the nations of Europe 
and America we must not allow our 
youths in common schools, who are 
to become the fathers and mothers of 
our country in the near future, to 
smoke." 
Dr. W. B. Riley relates the follow-
ing, which is of interest. He spent a 
brief vacation on the premises of a 
Scottish sheep herder. His host had 
met him courteously at the station,. 
but in the long drive to the ranch he 
had seemed strangely disinclined to 
talk. There had seemed to be a heavy 
burden on his heart. Pressed for the 
reason for his silence, the old shep-
herd had wept as though his own chil-
dren had been snatched from him. "I 
lost sixty-five of my best lambs last 
night," he said. "Wolves got in." The 
sympathetic pastor expressed his own 
grief over this great loss of his friend's. 
"And how many sheep did they kill 
besides?" he asked. The shepherd 
looked surprised. "Don't you know," 
he answered, "that a wolf never will 
take an old sheep so long as he can 
get a lamb?" It is the lambs the enemy 
is after. They need our care. To build 
men we must begin, with our youth. 
23 
S
EED must have soil in which to 
grow. Germs of disease must have 
tissue soil for their growth. As 
the farmer must prepare the soil for 
the seed he employs in farming, so 
man must prepare the body soil for 
germs of consumption in order to 
make possible this disease. 
Pure, cool air is one of the most 
important of all agencies in maintain-
ing the vitality of the tissues of the 
body. Air is more important than 
food, for at best we spend only two 
coughed into the face, or communi-
cated through a kiss, or by the use of 
spoons, cups, or by hands touching 
hands which are infected, or by hands 
coming in contact with other objects, 
as doorknobs, which have been 
touched by infected hands. Hands 
should be kept clean, and should al-
ways be washed before partaking of 
food. Spitting in corridors of public 
offices, railway stations, theatres, 
churches and other buildings is a 
pernicious practice. The sputum be- 
cated from man to man through the 
use of a common drinking cup. The 
use of the common communion cup, a 
practice which some have been loathe 
to forsake, afforded a source of the 
greatest danger. No doubt much dis-
ease has been spread through this 
source in the past. The probability is 
that there is always one or more 
present in an assembly who is capable 
of 'infecting the cup with germs of 
disease if not with tuberculosis germs. 
Lettuce, celery, strawberries, and, 
THE GREAT WHITE PLAGUE 
hours out of the twenty-four at the 
table, but breathing is continuous. 
It is possible to go without food for 
a number of days, but to be deprived 
of air a few minutes means death. 
The ordinary city man lives in a 
vitiated office atmosphere during the 
day, then sleeps in a vitiated bedroom 
atmosphere at night. Could he spend 
the entire time out of doors, it would 
be well; since he cannot do this, tie 
should in some way bring the outdoor 
atmosphere into his office and bed-
room. This can be done by a proper 
system of ventilation. 
It is not merely necessary to breathe, 
but we must breathe deeply. Deep 
breathing is not natural to the sed-
entary man. To the child, romping 
and playing about, and to the athlete, 
deep breathing is natural. Exercise 
creates a demand for air, and makes 
lung expansion a necessity. 
For the man of sedentary habits, it 
is necessary to maintain an erect pos-
ture at the desk, thus energizing the 
muscles of the trunk, and permitting 
the diaphragm perfect freedom of ac-
tion. During the day at intervals, it 
is well to spend a few minutes before 
the open window or out of doors in 
physical exercise. Time spent in this 
manner is not time lost, for it means 
an extra bank deposit of energy and 
life, followed by better work. Those 
having a tendency to tuberculosis 
should be careful not to overstrain 
the diseased lungs in their anxiety to 
develop lung capacity. 
No other agent is so effective in 
destroying germs of consumption as 
sunlight. It imparts life to useful 
plants, but carries death to the nox-
ious plants, to parasites, and to germs 
of disease. 
The germs of consumption are con-
veyed from man to man chiefly 
through contact. They may be 
21 
comes dry and is ground up into dust 
through the traffic, and then the ba-
cilli are conveyed by the wind and de-
posited upon foods which are ex-
posed. No foods are more subject to 
this danger than meats sold in butch-
er shops. Such foods are always ex-
posed, and naturally they form the 
most suitable soil for the growth of 
such germs. Falling upon such soil 
they multiply rapidly. 
Consumption is not a hereditary dis-
ease. House heredity is a more ac-
tive cause of tuberculosis than is fam-
ily heredity. To show the vitality 
of these germs, the British Medical 
Journal reported the following case 
several years ago: 
"A family of nine occupied a house, 
occupied ten years previously by two 
tuberculous patients. A short time 
after moving into this house, three 
among them showed symptoms of tu-
berculosis, although previous to this 
the whole family had been in splendid 
health. These three had used the same 
bedroom as the former tenants. Pieces 
of wallpaper were examined, also dust 
from the ceiling and walls, and tu-
bercle bacilli were found in abun-
dance." 
Cats, it seems, are especially sus-
ceptible to this disease. No less than 
eighty per cent of the cats examined 
in Massachusetts were found to be tu-
berculous. These creatures should not 
be kept in our homes as pets for 
children to fondle if they associate 
with other cats. 
Tuberculosis may be communi- 
By 
Upton R. Pearce 
in fact, any raw eatable herb or fruit 
growing close to the ground, may, 
through the germs conveyed to them 
through the use of barnyard manure 
and other fertilizers, become an active 
cause in the spread of disease. Gar-
deners have been known to use di-
luted human excreta in watering vege-
tables. All vegetables eaten raw 
should be well washed. 
Tuberculosis being common among 
domesticated animals makes meat a 
suspicious food. A professor connect-
ed with one of the state agricultural 
colleges, referring to the animals in a 
certain district, said, "They are reek-
ing with tuberculosis." I said to him, 
"What do the farmers do with them?" 
"Oh," he replied innocently, "they 
sell them to the butcher." The fact 
is, this is what is done with diseased 
animals. These creatures have too 
great a commercial value to kill and 
bury. Any honest butcher will inform 
you that there are very few animals 
slaughtered which do not give evi-
dence of some visible disease. There 
are others that give no visible evi-
dence, yet they are diseased. 
The impression seems to exist that 
the hog is seldom subject to tubercu-
losis. This is probably due to the fact 
that the hog when killed is generally 
fat. The tuberculous slaughtered hog 
is fat because it is not allowed to live 
long enough to become emaciated. 
When a hog begins to lose in weight, 
it is at once killed and eaten. Burton 
R. Rogers, D.V.M., in an address pub-
lished in the Bulletin of Iowa Institu-
tions, declares that hogs are very ex-
tensively infected by this disease. He 
said, "In my four years' work as in-
spector of meats I have seen no less 
than ten thousand such animals, to 
say nothing of the like proportion 
which two hundred other federal in-
spectors have seen." 
Signs of The TIMES 
H. A. ROBERTS 
Emaciation develops as a symptom 
only in the later stages of the disease, 
both in cows and in hogs. In many 
cases these animals to all outward 
appearance are in good condition, yet 
the lungs and ribs are literally cov-
ered with tubercles. Whether or not 
tuberculosis is present in such cases 
can be detected only by the tubercu-
lin test. Wherever this test has been 
adopted, owners of cattle have been 
startled at the revelations made. With 
the majority, the revelation has not 
been at all welcome, since it has 
meant the loss of one-fourth, and in 
exceptional cases three-fourths of the 
entire herd, a loss which owners have 
felt almost unable to sustain. The 
tuberculin test has been almost aban-
doned on this account in many places. 
The germs of tuberculosis may be 
conveyed through milk, butter and 
cheese. They thrive and multiply rap-
idly in these products, and it has been 
discovered that they are capable of re-
taining their vitality for weeks and 
even for months. Tuberculosis germs 
have been found alive in butter at the 
end of four months, and in cheese at 
the end of thirty-five days. 
"A few years ago a farmer living 
in Montcalm County, Michigan, lost 
two head of cattle from tuberculosis. 
Subsequently his entire family, con-
sisting of six persons and two attend-
ants, was stricken by the disease, and 
died." 
Sterilization of milk destroys the 
germs of consumption, but milk fur-
nished by a diseased animal is even 
then not safe for human consump-
tion, for while the germs may be 
destroyed by the heat, the poison 
known as tuberculin, produced by 
the germs, is not destroyed by heat. 
Milk containing this poison is there-
fore unfit for human consumption 
even after it is boiled. In order to 
appreciate this, it may be well to 
study the tuberculin test and its pur-
pose. 
Tuberculin is the poison produced 
by the germ of consumption. To ob-
tain tuberculin, the germs of tubercu-
losis are grown in laboratories in test 
tubes. They are afterward destroyed 
The old adage that an ounce of prevention 
is worth a pound of cure was never more 
true than in the case of tuberculosis. 
by heat. This leaves free the product, 
tuberculin, which may afterward be 
filtered out and separated from the 
dead germs. Two to four drops of 
this poison, diluted, if injected into 
the tissue of an animal, will produce 
no noticeable disturbance if the ani-
mal is healthy. If the animal has the 
disease even in the earlier stages, 
there is circulating in its lymph and 
blood a certain amount of this same 
kind of poison. When this additional 
amount is added, the disease processes 
are aggravated and fever ensues. In 
twelve or twenty-four hours after the 
injection is made, the fever rises any-
where from two to six degrees, or 
even higher. All tuberculous animals 
respond to this test even though in 
good flesh and apparently in health. 
This test has condemned cattle which 
were so entirely unsuspected of hav-
ing the disease that only after slaught-
ering could the owners be convinced 
that no mistake had been made. 
Every family should know the 
source of its milk supply, and refuse 
to purchase milk unless the animals 
furnishing it are properly kept, hu-
manely treated, and the utmost clean-
liness in milking is observed. 
The Lord anciently made with His 
people a covenant which holds good 
today. He said that if they would 
obey Him in all things, He would 
preserve both them and their cattle 
from disease. (Read Deuteronomy 
28.) The promise was: "If thou shalt 
hearken diligently unto the voice of 
the Lord thy God, to observe and to 
do all His commandments [which in-
clude the laws of health for animals 
as well as for mans . . . blessed shall 
be . . . the fruit of My cattle, the in-
crease of thy kine, and the flocks of 
thy sheep. . . . If thou wilt not . . . ob-
serve to do all His commandments 
and His statutes . . . cussed shall be 
the . . . increase of thy kine, and the 
flocks of thy sheep. . . . The Lord 
shall smite thee with a consumption, 
and with a fever, and with an inflam-
mation, . . . and they shall pursue 
thee until thou perish." 
We would at least infer from this 
that the unsanitary conditions under 
which animals are compelled to live 
has something to do with the preva-
lence of disease in the cow and in 
man. One of the Canadian medical 
journals, in speaking of the increase 
of disease among animals, concludes 
with the following: "With cholera in 
hogs, rot in sheep, influenza in poul-
try, and tuberculosis in milk and beef, 
is it any wonder that large numbers 
are becoming vegetarians?" 
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25 
Intemperance 
at the Table 
Obesity Constitutes One of the Greatest Perils to Longevity 
H
AST thou marked nature's dili-
gence? The body of everything 
that takes nourishment dies, 
and is constantly reborn." These 
words of Leonardo Da Vinci are used 
by Dr. Garfield Duncan to introduce 
his book Diseases of Metabolism. It is 
a good reminder to persist in one's 
efforts to achieve perfection, perhaps 
even the objective of an ideal. weight. 
It is interesting to note that carbohy-
drates and fats, whether burined with-
in or without the body, yield the same 
calories per gram; namely, four cal-
ories per gram, and nine calories per 
gram respectively. Protein yields four 
calories per gram within the body, 
which is less than without the body, 
because it is not fully assimilated ow-
ing to nitrogen excretion. 
Tables have been prepared indicat- 
ing �
the calories require .d in excess 
of the basal needs by per sons engaged 
in various occupations. They are list-
ed by Duncan as follows: 
Occupation—Men �Extra calories 
per hour 
Tailor �
44 
Bookbinder �
81 
Shoemaker �
90 
Metal worker, filing 
and hammering �141 
Painter of furniture �145 
Carpenter making a table �
164 
Stone mason chiselling 
a stone �
300 
Man sawing 'wood �
378 
Occupation—Women �
Extra calories 
per hour 
Seamstres,,—needlework 
6 
Typist 
24 
Seamstass using sewing 
machine 
57 
Bookbinder 
63 
Housemaid, moderate work 
81 
Laundress, moderate work 
124 
Housemaid, hard work 
157 
Laundress, hard work 
214 
In contrast to physical effort, 
mental effort causes negligible in-
creases above the basal rate. The bas-
al metabolic rate of vegetarians and 
honvegetarians shows very little dif-
ference as measured by oxygen con- 
26 
sumption during stated periods. The 
normal range is said to be plus or 
minus fifteen. The ideal weight is 
about as follows, acct.-ding to height: 
one hundred pounds for the first five 
feet, five pounds for each additional 
inch, ten pounds additional if you 
are heavy-boned, and an extra ten 
pounds for men. This corresponds to 
the weight you were when about 
twenty-five years of age. The advan-
tage of keeping the weight normal is 
that you are less susceptible to the de-
generative diseases such as premature 
hardening of the arteries and its com-
plications, also diabetes. As the say-
ing goes, "the lifeline is inversely pro-
portional to the waist line." Too rigid 
dieting is like going on a high-fat 
diet, since body-fat stores are mobi-
lized. This in itself has resulted in 
undue strain on the circulatory sys-
tems of some persons, and has cast 
some opprobrium on dieting. A 
weight loss of two to four pounds a 
month is considered a safe pro-
gramme for older individuals. The 
younger person is rarely satisfied with 
anything less than two to four pounds 
a week. 
On an undernutrition programme 
the patient may actually gain weight 
owing to water retention. The pa-
tient will eventually lose at a pre-
dictable rate if the diet is adhered 
to and standard measures are used. 
Persons with heart disease particular-
ly stand to gain by weight reduction 
where they are obese. Thyroidectomy 
has been considered in extreme cases 
to conserve body energies by reducing 
metabolic rate—a similar drop in 
basal metabolic rate of minus twenty 
or minus thirty has been accom-
plished by weight reduction. 
If overeating is a moral evil be-
cause of its damaging effects upon 
By 
H. W. Trebor, M.D. 
the body temple, its origin can be 
likened to that of other moral evils; 
namely, ignorance, habit, and wilful 
disregard of nature's laws. In the 
latter category are the so-called "food 
drunks." Overeating does in fact 
cause a mild intoxication. 
The mental attitude may mean the 
difference between success and fail-
ure. Obesity is no longer an evi-
dence of health and prosperity as it 
may have been during the depression. 
Neither does it add to one's beauty 
as it is said to have done in the days 
of ancient Greece. Hunger is a whole-
some state. The masters advise us to 
interrupt eating far short of satia-
tion instead of continuing beyond by 
the taking of desserts. In fact it is 
said that desserts are made tasty be-
cause if they were not so enticing 
no more would be eaten at that state 
of a meal. One authority goes so far 
as to say that they have no place in 
the normal dietary, that they should 
be considered a rare indulgence re-
served for special occasions or holi-
days. While dieting, hunger between 
meals can usually be assuaged by one 
or two glasses of plain or charged 
water. 
Dr. Frank A. Evans, collaborator of 
Duncan, has advised that the glutton 
who eats for eating's sake to the point 
of semi-intoxication should be warned 
that "since gustatory delights form a 
great part of his enjoyment of life, to 
give them up might make life too un-
interesting to endure." Newburgh 
and Johnston have said of the ex-
tremely obese that they have a "com-
bination of a weak will and a pleasure-
seeking outlook on life." Such arc 
advised to ponder well the great sacri-
fice they must make before embark-
ing on a diet. When so advised some 
return soon, or sometimes even a 
year later; some withdraw, never to 
return. Proverbs 23:1, 2 comes to 
mind, "When thou sittest to eat 
with a ruler, consider diligently what 
is before thee: and put a knife to thy 
throat, if thou be a man given to ap-
petite. Be not desirous of his dainties: 
for they are deceitful meat." Gland 
Signs of The TIMES 
H. A. ROBERTS 
trouble as a cause of obesity is really 
somewhat of a myth, as fat has only 
one portal of entry; namely, the 
throat. 
Doctor Evans has summarized the 
signs, symptoms and results of weight 
reduction about as follows: If blood 
pressure is elevated, a certain reduc-
tion may be expected. Symptoms of 
cardiovascular strain, such as breath-
lessness on mild exertion, will be 
eliminated. Albuminuria, if present, 
will be decreased; sugar in the urine 
may be eliminated. Indigestion, dizzi-
ness, headache, sleeplessness and pains 
in the joints may be relieved. With re-
gard to hernia it may be said that 
many cases show improvement of 
symptoms and decreased size of the 
hernial sac. Without exception vari-
cose veins in the legs of the obese im-
prove with reduction in weight. In 
other words, subcutaneous fat pro-
vides no support for varicose veins. 
With regard to disturbances of men-
struation, accurate dieting will alle-
viate the symptoms in most patients, 
and will relieve them completely in 
some. The correction of menstrual 
disorders in the obese with dieting 
suggests that some endocrine troubles 
may be due to the ingestion of faulty 
metabolic mixtures at a physiologi-
cally impressionable period of the pa-
tient's life such as puberty, and not 
that some metabolic dyscrasia (obes- 
Those who love 
long life and 
length of days 
must guard well 
against obesity, 
because it is a well 
established fact 
that every inch 
added to the waist-
line shortens the 
lifeline. 
ity) is secondary 
to disturbed en-
docrine func-
tion. The, men-
tal attitude is 
improved. 
There is more 
self - confidence. 
Reducing, or 
rather restrict-
ing the diet, is 
a good personal-
ity exercise. 
The greatest 
menace to those 
who are overweight is their friends! 
"Many persons instinctively respond 
to an obvious loss of weight in an-
other as an evidence of serious dis-
ease, and with impulsive solicitude 
they tell the obese friend after cure 
that he 'looks terrible' and enquire 
anxiously about the cause." 
Permanence of results? It is admit-
ted that relapses are fairly frequent. 
A food addiction in some persons is 
too strong to resist. It is reported of 
a coloured patient who had reduced 
from 389 pounds to 169 pounds, a net 
reduction of 220 pounds, that she re-
ported to a hospital some years later 
weighing 420 pounds. She now had a 
serious and painful illness requiring 
administration of morphine. She was 
heard to say, "Doctor, can't you put 
that hypodermic off until after 
lunch?" Sometimes Doctor Evans im-
pels a hesitant patient toward co-ap-
eration by pointing out to her who 
weighs, for example, 190 pounds and 
should weigh 130 pounds, that she is 
made up of 130 pounds of her charm-
ing self and 60 pounds of dead inert 
fat. 
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STAR PHOTO SERVICE 
Ring out the old—ring in the new! is the cry at this time of 
year. But what will be rung in? Undoubtedly more and greater 
destruction by warfare, more crime, more fear and more hatred 
between nations and peoples. 
W
E ARE standing upon the 
threshold of a new year, a year 
which soon will be ushered in 
with the ringing of bells, the blowing 
of whistles, much revelry—but little 
prayer. And if we are to judge it by 
the old, we cannot get away from the 
fact that it will be a year filled with 
momentous events of mounting hor-
ror, which will touch even the bravest 
heart. 
Why, why must these things be, I 
asked of myself as I stood watching 
the sun in the west as it disappeared 
behind the hills in a blaze of colour, 
but no answer came to me. Instead, 
my thoughts went to little Bobby, 
who had asked if the new year would 
be all shiny, like his new shoes. Then 
the thought came to me that the year 
could shine, and would shine if the 
people in it would look up to God 
instead of down to the evil in the 
world. 
A shoe-shine shop on one of the 
streets of New York held a lesson for 
me on the art of shining. During the 
warm weather, the chairs were all 
arranged out on the sidewalk, but 
when cold weather came they disap-
peared. However, in the window was 
a sign, "Shine inside." Then I knew 
By Martha E. Warner 
that if we would shine we must have 
God's Spirit in our hearts. 
Christ, you remember, said, "Ye are 
the light of the world." Therefore 
each individual must decide for him-
self whether he will be a shining light 
or a dark, dark shadow over which 
men will stumble and fall. 
As Bobby's shoes soon lose their 
newness, likewise will the new year 
lose its shine. Our resolutions are for-
gotten and the world takes on a 
much-worn and scuffed look. Then 
when we face the unexpected things 
that will confront us, we lose faith, 
and we fear; thus our light has gone 
out, we do not shine. 
This condition should drive us 
back to the God who not only tells 
us to "fear not," but gives us the 
blessed assurance that He will watch 
over this world "from the beginning 
of the year even unto the end of the 
year." Deuteronomy 11:12. 
"Then pealed the bells more loud and 
deep: 
'God is not dead; nor doth He sleep! 
The wrong shall fail, 
The right preirail, 
With peace on earth, good will to men!' '' 
Ring, bells, ring.