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church. But he
knew that it is
men who make DR.. Foreman
history Paul was both outstand
ing, and Typical. He was outstand-
ing in that there is no record in
the New Testament Of any leader
as great as he. He was typical in
that for him as for others. Chris
tianity is not a quiet stand-still
religion; it must move.
plsassrs
In the book Of Acts the reader
sees Christianity moving always in
one direction: west. 1t has been
going west ever since But there
were already pioneers in other di-
rections. To the north went mis-
sionaries into the countries now
known as France. Holland, Scan
dinavia, Great Britain. To the
south went the pioneer Christians
who founded the churches along
the southern side Of the Mediter
ranean and even penetrated up the
Nile. To the east went pioneers
who brought the Gospel to what is
now 1raq 1t was not long before
there were Christians as far away
as India. The Book OF Acts closes
with Paul in the world-capital Of
Rome. But the story of the Acts
Of the Holy Spirit through the
Christian church is still being told
II is an unfinished story 1t will
always be an unfinished story so
long as there are persons yet to
be won. Life Magazine carried
story about the martyrdom Of
some young missionaries to the
Aucas. a tribe of Indians in dark
est Ecuador 1t is safe to say tina,
most Of the readers of Life had
not heard Of the Aucas before In
deed most American church mem.
bers had never heard OF them. But
the point is, some Christians had.
and to hear was to want to 60 and
tell them the story Of Jesus. Now
there are FIVE dead missionaries.
and FIVE widows =. but it is safe
to predict that some of these will
go back. and others will follow.
and one day it will be as safe to
live among the Aucas as it is on
your own street You cannot stop
the pioneers.
A world religion
Why has the Bible been trans
lated into so many hundreds Of
languages? Not for fun They don't
first translate the Bible into SAY
Magyar. and then start looking for
some Mayans to try il on. 1t is the
other way around. First some mis-
sionaries 60 to the Mayans. and
they win some to Christ And then
both the missionaries and the new
Christians want Bible in the Ian
guage of the land, so some. one
starts to translate it into Magyar,
and after some years of hard work
there appears a Magyar New Tes,
lament Some day the Old will ap-
Dear too Every translation of the
Bible is evidence that mission.
aries have been at work. If the
Christian reli 6 ion had stayed
where it started ut would have
died. but let's suppose it lived
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no Latin. no French, only some
obscure dialect of Hebrew The
existence OF Bibles in English
points to the work Of missionaries
centuries ago who brought not only
culture but religion to our wild
ancestors.
Miles are made Of yards
We talk about the spread Of
Christianity, and indeed it has
spread around the world But it
never spreads any farther at one
time than from one person to one
person. Drop stone into pond
and presently the ripples reach
every shore But the first ripple is
hardly bigger than the stone Ev-
cry road, no matter how long, is
made up of very short stretches
Every mile is made Of yards,
yards are made of inches You
can't cover ten thousand miles
without covering every inch Of all
that distance A plain church
member calling on a neighbor
and saying good word for Jesus
Christ may not feel like world
Christian; but that Is what he is
II the world is ever won for Christ
it must be man by man. No less
a person than Billy Graham has
said that the most effective kind Of
evangelism in the world is vista
ton evangelism: one plus one plus
one
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tenai Council Of the Churches Of Christ
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