The Gospel Trumpet - 37:21

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TH.cREFORE AND
llo WW I leak out my sbeep, and will dellnr UleJII out of all plaelea 'lfbere they b&'fe uoeu IIC&~tered ID Clle c:loudy ud clark day. -J!&el<; U: lS.
And Ulay allaU ~ my people, ud 1 ...W be their Ood.--.l'N'. 3il:S8. At •~• Umo tt lllall be U&llt..-Z.CIL U: 7.
Volume XXXVII. Anderson, Ind., U. S. A .. Thursday. May 24. 19 I 7. Number 21.
TB:El MISSIONAJUllS' l'.A.B.EWELL
Ooll8 are the daya in the lnnd tbat we caU borne,
Gooe are the lritndo with whom we love to r.oam,
Gone from our Aigltt a.~o tbe plMcl we best k'DOW,
li"OT .Habn\. voiel!tl (·all to ua, n.·nd we muwt go.
!'loon otartin~:, •lop!trting, fnr lnnds •oro.• th& &ea.
We oKy good·b,Y a~ mo111out• lly, rlea.r frienils, to tboo.
l..iHie we k.nuw whnt iw b~fore ~ there,
T.iltle we know tho bur<lMe we ruuot be:I.J',
nut, tru•Hng Onol, we have no doubt nor !ea.r;
w~ 'U JeArn to l<•vo tb~m n 'er there the warne 111 here.
t:lcion leaving, beUevlog, that we are going to 1to.y,
We give our llvM, our all. to lov~d onea rer &'Way
To every trllJo and nation of lho ea.rtll,
Tbla tn1th mu•t ~to from lh~ lauJ that gav~ it Mrlb,
The b!Aelt, the browu, th.o yollow, ant\ the whit.,,
A:re l>Pflro'Ding t~ ua lo come and l(ive them light.
We 'r• cumlni, we 'ro cmnln~. 0 Ianda h~!OIU} Lhe oea,
We hrl11g the IJ!ea-.•rl llgJJt of truth frurn Calvary.
We ha•ton on, the lJOfPOl nows to loll
'l'o w.UUng nn11a tho SaTlor lo\·os so well.
Tho time ia abort &Dd mo•:sen1era aru few,
,\r.d we muet lllbor :taitbfuUy lbe work to d9.
0111 hulp ual ob, bolp oat with your prayers n_nd dollon
tho,
For w~ woulrl ebare tb~ btl-rVC!Jt of theae aoula with
ynu.
Alld wh~n. driiJ' lrlorula, I b" So ,·lor '• h" o w• 'vo told,
Aad won tb~oft brolh••u, thew ;i.<IL·r~ tn th• fohl,
We '11 m•o~ wHh you ArQund the great white tbron•,
With tboee for wh~m we gA\e our Jhes to rnRke
Obriat known.
Ra faithful, bo !a.lth!nl, to tb~ I ft>k tlod gin• to you,
For be baa earnest work .. t bun•~ for ~·on to do.
-Solcetau.
HOW BROAD IS YOUR VISION ~
By Br.ll~ M. Wai$(W
PE'rhnps you, Jcur rrnd~r. llR well as some
oth.crR, have a f.rndcncy to limit facts of the
world in grnet'll.l t.o ~·our own vision.
lluve you. in RpPnkilll! of the large cides of
t.hP world, rver l);ivcu tl.ll ('Xamrlr;;, the no.mcs of
eitie~ of your own cuuutQ· only. or thoMl of
cifjrs ~·ou have viRitcd T Or wht•u speaking of
~at men, do ,1'011 thlnlc Onl)· of a iew conne-cted
with the hist.ory of your <>w·u nation 1 1f yonr
vision of thini?S !:(eo!!rnrhic or historic i~ nar­row,
kh01tld you not wnt,.h, lrRt your vi,ion of
thin~ spiritual be uarrnw in proportion!
In your daily devotion~ mttl pr~~·ers <lo ~'()11
pray fvr your own tLLmily, COl1~1'11g>Uiion, <lr
~ommunity, n.nd then feel that ~·ou have dune
your duty f ff t.hil! hitS h~rn Yt)tll' cn~tmu i11
t11e pfiJ\t. C(l.ll yon not loron,J~n your visi11n f
The uext firtt11 you pray, mention nt least the
work in your own State. If you will clo this,
then tile work in your entire country may seem
nt-nrer to you, and that will no doubt stir up nn
interest in oUter countries. 'T'hr.n, posRihly your
VlSIOn will broaden until the world for whc~m
Chrillt wed will burden your heart. .lt'~IJ! !(llV~
hi11 lii~ for the world. not just for one r~e or
nlltion. To whnt part. of tlu1 world ia yoln' in­terest
limitt>d' now brOl\ll is your viaion'
The Creed of Our Lord Jesus Christ
'By R. L. 8trrv
We will notice the creed of Jesus Christ under nave life, and that they might lave it more
two headings: Fil'!lt, that under which he abundantly" (.Tohn 10:10). G"hriat'• cned ia
ln hor!'d: and, second, that which he gave and 1111 infinite as he l•imsel f is. Man '• ~de ant
lf.'ft Cor us. u fa.llit.le a$ their anthon. Christ '11 ~reed wn.1
Fir~t., under what creed did Jcsllll Christ Ia- Christ himself-all he wM, all be wd, all he
bor t ~hall the answer be, The Mooaic law I said. It i. ns bon.ndlf'es, deep, nlll!enrchabl(',
That a:nswer ~an not he I!Orrert, for .T esus waa e.xlumatli!Sa aa Chrillt hiJnSIIlf. It is a llll'~e
not of the Levitical priesthood; he Rervcd not in of spiritual life, of !nll sal vn.tion, oi healing for
lhe t~mple, nor did he offer Ao'l.Crinces upon the the b<>dy, ol comfort in life, and ol. eternal joy11
1\lta.r. He hau no part in the adminial:ration hPyond. It can no more be romprcllendeil u.t
of the ce.rE'moniea of the 1aw. .And if he bad, to onee than Chri~>t can be eomrrehcnded nt onoo.
what pnrpoae would it havo been 1 There were rr you want to learn the crec•d of Jesus, leiU'D
plenty of priests to do those things. 1t is t.ma of him; sit at bia fe.et, Ill! wd Mnry of old: bu1loe
that Je11n_q lived under the law, but he · did not the altar of prayer with penitential teal'8, all
work under that law. The creed of Jesus Chri~;t, the 1\·omnn "which was a sinner" bathed hi~
ii it may be called a creed, wu.s simplicity il!!elf. feet, that you IIUlY lCIIrn the pl)wer o£ his word:
It was this: I am come !'rom Ood. '"fhy t;i.ns be forgiwu thee." Call on him, ns
fte proclaimed himRelJ: the Mctl8iah, the Son did tlte blind man by the roadRide at Jericho,
of Ood. He came wreet from heaven; be eamo that you may ltmrn the power of bia word: "Thy
Jtot a man. ITe ofi'Pred no human r.t·pflputinlA faith ltalh rnude thee wltole. '' Go with ltim to
nor n!lkcd for human recommendations; he, of the grave at Bethany, UULt yon may learn t.he
l1is own !liviJJe rj~!tt. bef.'llll his work whofiy depth of his sympathy and love. Go to the
separate from, and independent of, all human upper room, and listen to that prayer for sanr,.
~cncies. lie CtUne to this world 88 God., o.nd, tification, that you ma.y leaJ:n tho care he had
t\B auob, he began u.nd tin:ished his work. for all his children. Then come with me t.o Cal-
Sc~ond, what r.reed did .Jt'SI'l!l Christ found T vary and see him die, that you rony l~arn the
We will first t:ousider wh!tt he did not fotmd. mell.!lure of his aacri:fiM and love !or man. And
Christ. did not elaborate any creed. He did not then, for proof of the vitality of. his CJ't\ed of
~y, "I hclicve in God," and proceed t.o de· life, look nt the apostles going forth, after his
IICrihf' the God he believed in. lie did not have death. in his Spirit and power~ until their ad-articlc>
one, nrt.iale two, etc., doWl.! to the thirty- ve!'Sarie~~ were oompellcd to say, "They bave
ninth article. All the creeds of men, from the been with .Jesus.''
Coufi'SIIion of Attb,'!lburg, Ute first Protestant The nred that JPsua founded isltJft on re<:ord
confession of faith, down throujrh lhe Confes- in the New 'l'est.am.cnt. MinittLcrs must be care­sionof
Dort,t.he 'l'hirty-nine Artit•Jt,s of the Flpit- ful not to set forth the creed of Jeans na some·
copnlinns. the Westminster ConfcSMion of Fa.ith, thing eMily bounded nnd compr<"hcndcd. Poo­t.
he BuptiRt Confe!!llion of Pnith, and all the reRt, pie must .first accept Christ, When one MClt!pl.l
can be, nnd 11snsUy are, ncct>pl:ed na n whole by Christ, he, as Savior, Snnctiflcr, llea.ler, Com-thMe
who h!'liE've t.h!'nl. Being Plt~tily !'Ompr~>· fort.c.J•. nnd Keeper, sppNI.rs to Lhem fl.ll their
heudrd, their ooundarills are tliNtim•t, oud .:>On· ueeds require. In~te11d. of le~~rning lht' "reed of
Relptently they CIUI bE' nerrptt•d whole am] Ctllil·n, .TrNHR. Hs we uo the ct·ccd!l oi men, hy ment~l
with full undrrstand.ing, 11t one t.ime ns well aM comprehensions nl(lnC, we mn11t lrnrn it by ex-another.
Once tmdcrst.ood, thi'y ure always pcricnC'o nnd hy f11ith. 'l'he cr.>ed lfl'OWII na tho
understood. But Jesus ga,·e no such creed liB f'ht·i~tian !{rowll: that is, one's ~ompl'eheuijion
these. of it f!J'uws. We Hhnll find it suffiritmt for tho
The e.rec•cl thnt Jesus foundr.d w:ts a c·rced of entire ju11rawy of life.
life. •· T arn <'Ome," said l•r. ·• t hut tht<y mi~ht 'rhco r•J'I•t•cls of m~tn are eold nuu liioll:s~. 'l'he