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# / McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C-. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1937 Jews Are Fighting for a Homeland Ready at any moment to defend the strip which he is trying to convert to fertility is the Jewish settler of the Jesreel valley. C'lVE or six million Jews, uprooted by dictatorships and tossed about " by economic storms, may have to depend upon the development of the Holy Land, under British mandate, as a solution to their difficulties. But they face the hostility of the Arabs living there, whose economic and religious interests conffict with theirs. In North Palestine the Jews fence themselves in . armed settlements as a pro tection against marauding Arab bands, while they try to work the poor land. With Britain anxious to get rid of her mandate, and with en emies in nearly every cor ner of the world, these “peo ple without a country” are in a sorry plight. The life is not an easy one, by any means. Back breaking labor is not made any more bearable by con stant threat of pillage and death. Pictured here is life in a fenced-in settlement in the Jesreel valley. • Settlers must carry rifles while working the swamp-infested plain. Men and women take turns in guard duty behind the barbed-wire fence which protects the settlers from the raiding Arabs. A woman sentry is pictured here. Note her studious appearance, determined look and mannish military dress. The dreaded Mohammedan raiders have been sighted by a neighbor settler, who immediately set up a signal. From her position in a high tower, this lookout follows them with powerful glasses. """"''improved UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. Dean of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for October 17 CHRISTIAN SPEECH AND CONDUCT LESSON TEXT—James, Chapter 3. GOLDEN TEXT—Let no corrupt com munication proceed out of your mouth.— Ephesians 4:29. PRIMARY TOPIC—The Words I Say. JUNIOR TOPIC—A Bridle on the Tongue. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— Christian Speech. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— Christian Words and Works. Christian speech and conduct may well be studied in the book of James, for he stresses the impor tance of works as demonstrating faith. There are two common er rors—one is to attempt to be justi fied by good works apart from faith in the Lord Jesus Christ—the other is to talk about believing in him and then fail to live in accordance with one’s profession. Some have assumed that James fell into the former error, urging works as a substitute for faith, but an intelli gent reading of his epistle clearly indicates that he is in no sense con tradicting the Scripture doctrine of justification by faith, but is show ing that professed faith which does not result in Christian living is in reality a dead and useless thing. I. Christian Talk (w. 1-12). As he enters upon his searching and convicting discussion of the tongue and its misuse the writer dis tinguishes between 1. Two kinds of talkers (w. 1, 2). a. “Teachers” (v 1.) who have a peculiar responsibility because they stand as the representatives of God at the sacred desk. It is not a place to be sought after, and the man who fills it at God’s call needs divine grace and direction that he may speak the truth. b. “We all” (v. 2). The speech of every one of us counts either for or against God, even though we may not fill the teacher’s chair or stand in the pulpit. 2. A single danger (w. 3-12). All of us have the one danger—lack of “tongue-control.” Developing that thought the text first points out that a. Powerful things need control (w. 3-5). The horse is a wild and useless animal without the directing and restraining bit. A ship without a rudder will be lost. A tongue needs direction and control, for while a little thing, it is tremen dously powerful. b. An uncontrolled tongue is dan gerous (w. 6-8). How vivid is the imagery of the words before us. A fire spreading and destroying, an untamed animal running wild in all its fury, a deadly poison eating away the life—such is the uncon trolled tongue. We recognize the truth of these things. We see how vile and care less speech debases man, how words chosen for their power to destroy pour forth from the press, over the footlights, from man to man and lit erally “set on fire the course of nature” (v. 6). c. An uncontrolled tongue is in consistent (w. 9-12). Again the fig ure is striking. The fountain which pours forth fresh pure water to sus tain life does not at the same time bring forth the bitter brackish wa ter. Fig trees do not bear olives, vines do not bear figs. Nature is consistent and dependable. But the tongue—ah, that is an other matter 1 How sadly do we confess our failure, for here do we “offend all” (v. 2). We bless God, and defile and destroy man, with the same lips. “These things ought not so to be” (v. 10). II. Christian Walk (w. 13-18). The word “conversation” in v. 13 is an English word which now means “talk” but which formerly meant “manner of living.” 1. Words and works must agree (w. 13,14). It is only right that those who speak of following Christ should prove it in their manner of living. Talk may be smooth and broad in its claims, but the demon stration of its reality and honesty is in the daily walk. This calls for wisdom which is divine—earthly wis dom will not suffice. 2. Earthly wisdom is false (w. 15,16). There is a wisdom apart from God. Men of the world are brilliant and able, but scrutinize their wisdom and you will find that it is “sensual”—that is, of the senses—or natural as distinguished from spiritual. All too often it is downright “devilish” (v. 16). 3. True wisdom is from above (w. 17,18). Undefiled, unselfish, uncom promising, but not quarrelsome or stubborn, impartial and sincere— and “full of mercy and good fruits” —such is God’s wisdom for the Christian’s life. Strength Unto Strength The strength of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going, and going in that way too. —Henry Ward Beecher. Physical and Spiritual Growth We develop physically by acquir ing for ourselves; but spiritually we develop by giving to others.—Rut ledge. Opportunities A wise man will make more op portunities than he finds.—Bacon. and becoming clothes, selecting designs from the Barbara Bell well-planned, easy-to-make pat terns. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Pattern No. 1379 If you wear a 12 to 20 size, then you’ll want this very becom ing dress made with lifted waist line to give you a molded figure line. 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