The Penn's Grove record., 1916-03-03
DOORALWAYS OPEN
No Embargo Ever Placed on
Mans Entrance to the
Word of God.

the day of Pentecost he preached to
m%ultitudes of people in the streets of
Jerusalem, three thousand of whom
were converted and baptized. The
amazement of the populace over the
miracle of the gift of tongues.
They cried out: What is this We see
and heart" And they exclaimed, Par.
thians, Modes, jewellers in Meso
potamia, and in the parts of Lydia
about Cyrene, ETC., I'VE do hear them
speak the wonderful things of God
in u own tongue" This marvellous
miracle of socio-psychologic effect
finds a modern analogy in the dis
semination of the Bible in the Babel
tongues of the warriors upon the nu-
merous fronts and the populations in
the many countries that are at war.
While the gates of Janus point to
general warfare, the wide-open gates
OF the Gospel point to the universal
peace which the Gospel Of Jesus
Christ has been set to proclaim.
All Have the Gospel.
More than forty tongues are en-
ployed among the fighting peoples,
and in all of these the Bible is be-
ing disseminated. Germans, Britons,
French, Russians, Italians, are lead
ing nations among which the Gospel
is freely circulated, both to their civil
and their warning populations, The
door of every nation is opened to the
entrance of the word of God, and there
is no embargo upon it anywhere. In
these days of ~inconceivable tragedy
multimillions of fighters along the
lines of flame, and the watchers be-
side the humble firesides of the DESC
lated homes and those who are fugi-
tives upon the face of the earth, are
uniting in the sentiment of the Psalm
list. The entrance of thy word giveth
light. Religion is neutral; the religion
that tells of God, the Father, who be-
holds with compassion the ills of his
children. This religion is lot the pos
session of any country, of any grade of
civilization, of any creed or cult. It is
open to all, and in its most expressive
form, as found in the Bible used by
Jew and Gentle alike, and in the New
Testament that opens up the hopes OF
the followers of Jesus. The word Of
light and leading is shining as a lamp
to the steps and a hight to the paths
of the nations in these dark days. Null
titudes in humble reliance upon the
Almighty are exclaiming: Yea,
though l walk through the valley of
the shadow of death l will fear no
evil, thy rod and thy staff they COM
fort me-"
Among those to whom the comfort
of the Gospel is brought through the
agency of the Bible society are the
Flemish, the Bohemians, the Polish,
the Turkish, the Arabic, the Tunistan,
the Pashtu, the Urdu, the Maori and
very many other more or less obscure
tribes and peoples. Surely these for
ty-odd races and nations can exclaim:
I'VE do hear them speak in our own
tongues the wonderful words of Cod
For the modern miracle of tongues is
the dissemination of the Bible in these
tongues to the fighters who stand
shoulder to shoulder, or who are op-
posed to one another in the warfare,
and those civil populations of the en-
tire earth whose fortunes are involved
in the outcome of the great strife.
Hoped-for Results of War.
Surely the sword of the spirit, which
is the word of God, is ~unsheathed
among the warriors, and this is the
sword of truth, the sword of peace, the
sword of love, the sword of brother
hood. 1t will carve down the tenets
Of war; it will STAY the dragon of
hate; it will destroy the spirit of evil
that has taken hold of the nations.
When the war is over it will be found
that the warriors have all been receiv-
ing inspiration for the holier things
of life from the same sources. Then
it will be disclosed that nationality
and race count for little; that God
hath made of one blood all the races
of the nations to dwell in unity.
The wider brotherhood will be
wrought out and men will love each
other. The carnal weapons of man s
warfare will be set aside for the gra-
cious guidance of the principles that
underlie all human hope, the princi-
pies of true religion, the love of God
with all the mind, soul and strength
and the love of ones neighbor as
ones self. Out from the smoke and
CRIME and blood of the trenches will
come forth radiantly the governing
principle for the newer brotherhood:
What doth the Lord require of thee,
oh man, but to do justly, to love mercy
and to walk humbly with thy God"
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