Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1919-11-07

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little girl who,
o1.er d rev lessons in drawing in the
puollc school, entered a contest for a
certain prize where there were 10000
competitors and she won the prize
! Ohe OF the signs Of the times is the
Increased demand for skilled labor
Cheap labor is plentiful, but skilled Ia
wi IS scarce. Hence, all over the coun-
Try are sprlnging up technical schools
ior training the eye, the ear, the voice
Sciioois Tor nurses, journalists and de-
slgners. The world is weary of incom-
petent help. Wages are no considera.
tlon' only give US men and women who
know how.
olnce the Bible is the instrument
ny winch conversion is usually effec-
teo' every Christian should learn how
TO use it. The Bible is called tho
SWORD OF the Spirit, but of what use
Is the sword to one who has NOT taken
Ienclng lessons? His opponent can
disarm him in g moment and 1oo1-o
nlm utterly defenseiess. Even so MANY
CHRISTIANS who might WELD the sword
OF the Spirit with tremendous power
are almost impotent for the lack of
niue training in the use of the Bible.
"A girl OF sixteen who had been con-
Verted only week found in the in
curry room a married couple with
no one to talk to them. She ap-
proached them modestly, opened IN
the subject of their relation to the Saw
LOT and, when they offered any excuse.
she would answer, Eyes it may seem
SO TO you but God says so and So" and
then she would read the passage Ra.
lore long all three of them were on
their knees in prayer.
a TREND OF mine was giving studies
on personal work in a New England
town. A woman present, whose hus-
Dand was sceptic, committed to men,
DRY two verses that seemed especially
appropriate to her husbands case. At
the supper table that night he began
as usual some attack on the Bible
When he had finished, she uuietlv
quoted the two verses that she had
learned.
where do you get that?" he inouir.
ed fiercely.
I'm the Bible.''
DO you mean to say that those
words are in the Bible?'
II do"
"ShoW them to me-
She brought the Bible and nointed
out the passage. When he read it. he
laid down the book, and said, "Wife.
am wrong and there is only one thing
Tor me to do, and that is confess nv
sin to God and plead for mercy" and
pushing his chair from the table he
added, Il might as we'll do it now as
ever and together they knelt in pray-
er Tor the first time in their lives. All
the wife had done was to quote a pas
sage OF Scripture; but it was the pas
sage that fitted the case, and hence the
result.
A man might own a whole drug
store; but if he did not know where
to ind the drugs, or their various me-
dlclnal properties, he would be of little
use to the sick. Even so a Christian
may have Bible that contains rene
dies for every spiritual condition but
II he does not know where TO find
them, or how to use them, he will have
little success as a soul-winner. The
training-class shows how to diagnose
case, what remedies to use and
where to find them.
l know of training class out Of
which three young men started for the
ministry, two young women went into
mission work and one offered herself
for the foreign field. Out of another
class OF 16 members, two became min
listers, II went to the foreign field, one
is trained nurse, and one is a relig-
1ous reporter on daily paper. An
other class Of 20 members sent nearly
all the number into some form of
Christian work. The fact is, that when
people know how to do Christian work
well, they love it. Why not have q
training class in your church? These
are stirring times, and God needs ev-
cry available worker. Will you be one,
and will you advocate a training class
In your community until you get it?
Many person knows that he ought |
to be a Christian, and expects to take
that step sometime, but fails to realize
that If it is the right thing to do at |
all, it ought to be done at once. By
neg1ecting to take this step Immediate
~ he is losing valuable time which |
ought to be used in training for the |
Masters service, and a whole lifetime |
of service is altogether too small to
repay the debt of gratitude which he
owes to the Lord Jesus Christ, who
gave his life for him.