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SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR.
RALEIGH, N. C. AUGUST 29. 1918.
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"The Light of the World"
He is the Eternal Contemporary of mankind, the
noblest incentive to pure thinking, right living, and
heroic service that we know. Not one of us but is
ill at ease if he knows that Jesus is on the other side
of any issue. He was, he is, the light of the world,
and the only hope that the earth will be drawn back
from the red horror of war into the orbit of peace.
Wherefore stand we gazing into heaven! Of a
truth he has ascended far above all skies, but only
that he might fill all things with his light and power
and beauty. Our task is here, and the hour has struck
when we must stranslate our vision into heroic char
acter, but also into social justice, national righteous
ness, and world-comity, setting our faces steadfast
ly toward the day when every man shall hear the
Gospel in the tongue in which he was born. Like
the men which were of old, we need to betake our
selves to the Upper Room, that so we may be en
dued with power to show forth, in this srange and
terrible time, the power of the Spirit of Jesus in
history. Joseph Fort Newton, in Christian Century.
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