Article April 28, 1951 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from M. B. Jose, F. B. Meyer

M. B. Jose in the
United Church Observer
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

"Except the Lord build the house," sang the Psalmist, "they labour in vain that build it." This lesson we need to learn today. We cannot have a strong nation while ... the souls of men become more and more calloused to every spiritual appeal....

Christians have always lived in a world of hostility and turmoil. But they have always rejected the idea that because it is that way it must remain that way. There is no defeatism in real Christian faith. And so the Christian sets about to live his faith in a world which sometimes regards him as a naive fool, and at other times as a dangerous extremist. But the Christian is not swayed by the opinions of men, for he knows that, in the long run, it is not man's will but God's will which must prevail. ...

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