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VOL.UME NO. XXX. 'ANDERSON, INDIANA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1910. NUMBER 6,
CONTENTS. have Noah fo'r our father. God has made of one
POETRY: blood all nations to dwell on all the face of the
the-ir duty. May you realize that you. are indeed
your brother's keeper, and then stand by him.
I r:J.'he Evening Hour of Pmyer ...... __ ...... _ ._ 2 earth. Acts 17: 26. Therefore we are all re-
ARTICLES: lated to ea,ch other.
tiIT'} and true. R. L. B.
• • to
".Am I My Brothel' '$ Keeper'" _ .. _ ...... __ 1 But. when we look at the question, ".Am I my CLIPPING THE BIBLE.
Clipping the' Bible ... ______ . _ .... _. ____ 1 br0ther's keeper 1 " in the light of the gospel we
Located ... _ ._ .. _ ..... ... ..... __ ._._ .. ... _ 2 have a more direct and emphatic reply. in the It is quite fashionable for people to saYt
My Adventures in the Land of Oana.an .... __ .. _ 2 affirmative yes, than is furnished by reason. "Yes, I believe the Bible, but not the. SllPer-
A Religious Controversy between Hus- '~Beat' ye one another's hllI''dens, and so fulfil natural. I believe everything that corresponds
hand and Wife._. ____ . __ .... _ .. _____ .. 2 the law of Christ." Gal. 6: 2. • 'We then that with this reMon of mine." They go on readihg
'Biblical Study: are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the the Bible with a penknife, cutting out this and
J Studies ill Daniel-._._ _ ._ _. . _.. .. . _ .. __ .. __ .. __. _._ 3 weak, and not to pl~ase ourselves." Rom. 15 :1. that. Now if I have a right to cult out a certain
Answers to Questions ____ ..... _ ............. ....... _ 4 (' Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. "11att. portion of the Bible I do not know why one of
Fr'ophetical: 22: 39. "We th'en, as workers together with . my friends has no right to cut out another, and
The Kingdom of God. ___ .. __ .... .. __ 4 hin1; beseech you also that ye receive not the ancther friena to cut out another part, and so
'Doctri1tat/ ' grace of God in vain." 2 Cor. 6: 1. on. You would have a queer kind or a Bible
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'j Simplicity of the Gospel. _ ._ ...... .. _ ......... _ '6 great enemy is stl~oDg .. The battle is liar. would cut out everything about lying; every
J Some Nuts for Materialists to Crack ......... _~_ 7 raging and fight we must. Let us then be a help ~~kard woUld be cutting out what. he did nnt
.OFFICE AND HOME EVENTS 8 to each other. "They helped everyone his
Once a gentleman took his Bible around to his
.GENERAL NOTES AND NEWS: neighbor; and every one said to his brother, Be minister and said, "This is your Bible. " ",Thy
The SUbsc""';ption Ll'st 8 of good courc:ag:re. So the carpenter encouraQ.'ec1
.L~' . ..-----.--.-.... ---- '-' do you call it my Bible1" asked the minister.
'r\ A 9 10 11 iili,e go. Jclsmith, ".etc. I8a. 41 :6-7. We need to t,:~UESTIONS NSWERED .... .... ___ ...... __ ._._._ ..... ._._, , "vVell," replied the .. gentleman, "I have been
C 12 ell<:Onrage each other. . I find that discourage-
, ORRESPONDENCE -.----.-.--...... -.-...... -..... -----........ sitting under your preaching for nveyem 'a.'ri"d
:aOME MISSIONS _ .. __ ~ __ ... .. .. ___ .. _ .. ____ .. 13 went is the worst enemy some dear souls have. when you sal'a~ that a' ·thl'nlY l'n 'the Bible ........ " no4-
'And the weak shall be borne in our arms of love " . b ."' n Wl U
MISSIONARY: authentic I cut it out. n He had about one· third
The P. U blI' S1 n .n g W 01".111._ ,i' ll I ncl 1' a·. ... ..... _ ._ _. .. _.. . 11 an,l comdp abs sion uh ntilh theyfi becomde stronger. Let of . the Bl'ble Ctlt out-.a ll of' 'Job, all of .',lCJl' C'Cl"\:"."0. ~ . us stun . Y eac ot er rm an' true.
FIELD REPORTS ____ .. ___ ._ ...... __ .. ~ ...... _ ......... _ ...... __ ............ _14 iastes and ReveHition, and a good doo:J. beSides.
OBITUARY __ . __ ..... _ .. _ ... _____ .. .. _. ___ . _ ... _._14 J Our br~~ren Ihave fo~e ~o R;tlSS,l~(I~dii ~d The minister wanted him to leave the Bil)le With
REQUESTS FOB PRAYER. ....... _ ...... __ .... ____ ._ ..• 15 h apan1 d t ey lave h e l~ co: ·or a ~ 0 him for he did not want the rest of the congre·
MEETING NOTICEs ....... __ ......... ._._. ____ . ___ 15 ;me ax: . ~ ~r~y ~ e gospe to t ?se C~Ul~~les. gation. to see it, but the man sai.d, C( Oh,no,
INFOR~[ATION .... .... __ . _ ......................... __ ....... _ ........... _ .......... 15 . re y~U hno ~ a vV l~t t~O~ can ;nJOY t ~ ess- I have the corners left and I will hold on to"
fADVERTISEMENTS ....................... _ ................................... __ .... 13, 15 IDI~S:r 0 . "Vvm~l Ie, Itelr nee IS must he sup- them," and off he went holding OU'to the corners.
DIVINE lIEALING: p If"Cl. erl y say un 0 you, nasmuc as ye If you believe What some men preach. you
Siclmess and Disease .......... __ ........... _ ............. __ ... __ ... 16 ?:d i\ n: unt~,on;1of tth~ie~; of~ese, y~ did would 11ave nothing but the corners left in a.
" Testimonies ......... ~ .......... ._. _____ . ______ ._. _ ._16 1 no me. at . :". at so emn few months. I have often said tha.t if I am - ...... ~ ... ~ ........ ~~.................................... ,
"AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER 1"
Gen. 4: 9.
, There is a great amount of selfishness in the
world today. Each man is left, as a rule, to
"paddle his own canoe" Oil' go down in the .
raging strife. The strong ones rise while their
weaker fellows str.uggle unsuccessfully in life's
battle. "J\1an's inhumanity to mann is every­where
. in evidence. "But it· shall not be . so
a:tt1Otig you," 'are Ohrist '8 emphatic words on
this point. Matt. 20: 25-27. .
If we view tl;le question of our text in the
light of reason we coul.d only answer to it,
• 'Yes. ' , 'We know that man is from one com­mon
parent, Adam. This siele the flood we all
words! Broth.er, if Jesus were on earth today going to throwaway the Bible' I will throw it
· and in need, what would you c1Q 1 If I1.'e Hty on all into the fire at once. There is no iie;ed 6f
a bed of sickness, or needed the necessaries of waiting five years to do what you can do at
liJ:c you would minister to him: would you not" once. I have yet to find a man who begins to
Oertainly .. W ell~ the scripture just quoted m.akes pick at the Bible' that does. not pick it all to
us responsible for our brethren. By neglecting pieces jn a little while.
them we neglect Jesus; by helping them we help A minister whom i met a wliile ago ~i,d t()
J esu<j. met '~:M~oody, I give up preaching except out
.. After h~aring a discourse. on "Am Imy of the four gospels. I have given up all of the
brothpr's keeper t" one time, a brother testified epistles and all of the Old Testament and I do
that if he knew Jesus was in neetl somewher(1 'not know why lean not go to the fOtIntain head
close. by he would go to' hisr,escue, everl' if he and preach a~ Pa;rul did. T beli~ve the "gospels
had to crawl on his knefls to. get to "hi:in. Nl) are all there is, that is authenti.c." It was not
doubt lItany of us wou~d do the s'ame. . long before he gave up the four gospels" and
JC:'SllS is in Russia, he is 'in Japan, and in finally gave up the m:inistry. He gave up the
· India. He isin need, toof··1J'~C8.~e:'<:tttrbretln:-en 'Bible, arid. God gave hiin up.--';'Seleoted fr(}fn, · are neec:'lng means to enable th'emio live alld eln D. L. lffo0 diJ.