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LIGHT FROM THE BIBLE LAMP

We all know how useful a lamp is in our homes, even a small, very ordinary one. When the sun goes down, its feeble light shines out and brightens up the house. It is so small it is useful only for ONE THING and, keeping these two words in our minds, let us listen to its story:- "My master got me from the shop. I was bright and shining. He put me on a shelf. The light faded and the room became dark, so black I could not see anything. I remembered I was a lamp and should give light. I tried to, but could not and I spent the night in darkness. " O N E T H I N G THOU LACKEST" (Mark 10: 21), was true of me.

People often think that by trying to be good they can shine for God, but that is not the case. They need a new power in their hearts, just as I needed kerosene.

My master came along, poured kero­sene into me. It wet the wick tongue and prepared it for the flame. That oil reminds us of the Holy Spirit which God has given to enlighten all. The Spirit can change hearts that hate God and cause them to love Him. How is it done? That brings us to our next text:

"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL" (Luke 10: 42). I did not shine until my master touched me with a match. Many people know how to shine. They can answer all the Bible questions about salvation, but they are not saved. They have never done the one thing needful. They have never, as poor sinners, con­fessed their sin and, in simple trust taken their place as sinners before God. They have not be­lieved the sweet story of a Savi­

our's love, or trusted in His power to save.

"ONE THING I KNOW" (John 9: 25). The room that was dark soon became light when the match touched me. There was no mistake. The darkness was past, the true light was shining. The blind man said, "Once I was blind, but now I can see." Do you know that? Can you say, "I know Whom I have believed" (2 Tim. 2: 12), "We know we have passed from death unto life" (1 John 3 : 14)? Satan may whisper into your heart,

"No one can know that." Don't you be­lieve him. "He is a liar and the father of it" (John 8: 44). If believers on the Lord Jesus Christ in early days could know, surely believers of our day, with the same Saviour, the same Spirit, and the same Scripture can know. In fact, you may safely put down that if you do not

know this it is because you are lost (Luke 19: 10), because you have never believed God.

"ONE THING I DO" (Phil. 3 : 13). I give light. Somebody put it in and I give it out. This should be true of all who are saved. "Ye shine as lights in the world" (Phil. 2 : 15). Are you shining? Does your life bear witness to Jesus? He has power not only to forgive, but to uphold and sustain, to pre­vent you from going astray, to protect you from Satan's snares, and to present you before His Father. Trust Him now, for "Be­hold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6 : 2 ) .

"These things have I written unto you that believe on the Name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have Eternal life."

ONE THING

Lacking Needful I know I do

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Another "Double A—Double M" Branch

We welcome the members of the branch of the "Double A—Double M" formed in Melbourne amongst our people living in that city.

They meet once a month on the first Thursday at 3 o'clock.

The following officers have been elected:

President: Mrs. Fountain.

Vice - Presidents: Mesdames Nicholson and Brown.

Secretary: Mrs. W. Terrick.

Assistant Secretary: Mrs. Houghton.

Work Secretary: Mrs. D. Clarke.

Afternoon Tea Convenor: Mrs. N. Clarke.

Well done, Melbourne!

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Standard Bearers

Mr. Sam Wilson, Native Evan­gelist, has travelled down through the Western country from Brewar-rina and Bourke to Menindee and he is now there testifying to the Lord's faithfulness and rejoicing in the God of His Salvation.

Keep on praying for him that God will use him to bring many souls to Christ.

He had to walk the last 40 miles through the red dust country as his tyre and tube gave way.

Mr. Duncan Ferguson Junior, native worker, has just paid brief visits to Warren and Quambone and came back to Dubbo to find visitors from Bulgandramine with whom he is having happy fellow­ship.

Mr. Alex Williams and Clancy Charles of Cowra have visited Yass to preach the gospel there and the Lord gave them liberty and

blessing amongst the people. Mr. and Mrs. George Cormier,

Native Workers, left Goolagong on August 14 and reached Darlington Point on the 27th to give help and encouragement to our workers and Christians there.

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Meeting Our Friends

Mrs. Long has just returned from visiting Palm Island and Woorabinda. She says:—

It was very nice to meet, quite unexpectedly sometimes, our people from the South away up on a station in the North, and again from other places not far away.

At Fantome Island I met Cyril Martin who knows Cecil Reid of Bulgandramine. I saw Clyde Combo at Palm Island who has a daughter in the Cowra district, May Parker, Joe Garbutt (or Ridley) of Herberton, I had a talk with at Woorabinda. I was pleased to meet Alfie Starlight from Cher­bourg at Palm Island and to see Archie Hill at Woorabinda. Also a number of others I had met before at various places.

It was lovely to see Lucy and Leo on Fantome Island from far away Normanton and to find Lucy holding fast to all she had learnt of Jesus there. She was talking about her daughter Linda whom they had had to leave behind at Normanton and of her dear missionaries Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, and I promised to let them know how she is.

What will it be when we all get to heaven, and meet our dear people from every Mission Station who have washed their robes in the Blood of the Lamb?

We'll get some happy surprises.

"What a meeting! What a greet­ing! With the Family complete!"

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Storks from Other Lands A CUP OF COLD WATER

-Part 2.

Oh, how good it was! How cool­ing '

"Your kindness is great, old grandmother. I shall soon be better now."

But it was many days before the young doctor was able even to come out of the dirty sty into which he had crept for shelter. Day after day the poor old woman came to him with water and rice. She swept the dirty floor, bathed his head and hands, and cared for him until he was strong enough to stand.

"Old grandmother," he asked her one day, "what makes you come like this to me? You do not know me. I cannot even pay you at pres­ent for all you have done."

A smile shone on the old woman's face, framing its deep wrinkles into a big circle.

"The foreign lady's Book says: 'If you give a cup of cold water, it is the same as giving it to Me'."

"Giving it to whom?" asked the doctor in a puzzled voice.

"To the Son of the Heavenly Lord," she said. "Do you not know that He came down into this world, and became a Man. He went about doing good, and healing the sick, and then He gave up His life, and died on a cross to bear the punish­ment of all my sins, and the sins of all who will trust in Him."

"But how does that make you do all this for me?" the man asked her.

"Because I love Him so much for dying for me, and He says if I do this for you, it is showing my love to Him," she explained simply.

At length the doctor was strong enough to leave the little hut and, after saying goodbye to his kind friend, he set out on his long walk

back to his home and to his friends, who had thought he must be dead.

Great was their surprise when he came home, and greater still when they heard how he had been cared for by a stranger. He made up his mind to save up money to reward the dear old woman who had done so much for him.

In three months' time the young doctor was again in the town near to where he had been so ill.

He knocked on the door of a poor, little hut. A neighbour looked out. "You want old Mrs. Glory-face?" she laughed. "She told us when she was ill that she was going to live with her Friend she called Jesus. She looked after a man in a shed who had the fever, and she got ill herself and died."

"But where are all her things?" asked the doctor, looking into the empty house, greatly disappointed.

"Things! She sold all she had to buy food for the man!" she told him. "She was mad, quite mad."

"Mad!" he said. "Never say that again. It was my life she saved! And I can do nothing to repay her."

"Oh, yes you can," said a gentle voice. "The Lord Jesus, Who has taken her to live with Him, will save you, too, for He died to save all who will trust in Him."

The speaker, an old Christian, told him again the Way of Life more fully, and then the doctor went into the old woman's hut, fell on his knees, and there took God's gift of everlasting life through the Lord Jesus.

"Some day I shall be able to thank her, not only for saving my life," he said to himself, "but also for showing me the way to Jesus."

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Young Dear Young Cousins,

I am very sorry to say that last month a packet of Competition answers from our cousins at Mitchell in Queensland were mislaid under a lot of other papers and so their names were not in the lists. So now I am going to put them right here at the top so they will see them first of all this month. Here they are: Hazel Smith, Jack Duggan, Essie Young, Nor­man Foster, Reg Duggan, John Foster, Jack Young, Mary Jackson, Lola Kearns, Annie Kearns, Alice Jackson, Merle Smith, Vincent Jackson, Nellie Hart, Norman Young, Pearl Lairfon. They all did the answers very nicely too—we must not let that happen again, must we?

Now here are the names of the win­ners in the stars this month—they will each receive a card as an award—John Terrick, Melbourne, David Charles, Robert Charles, from Moonah Cullah. Dorothy Naden, Bulgandramine. If you have had 6 stars and have not received your card, just let me know, won't you?

Three more cousins have written nice little letters this month. I will be glad to hear from any of you at any time.

With Christian love, Yours in Christ,

COUSIN EVANGEL.

Letters from three of our cousins:

Moulamein. This is my first letter to the Evangel.

I would like to ask all dear friends to pray for my mother, as she is very sick. She has been sick a long time. So may God bless her and may she be better soon. She has a lot of troubles as well. So I hope all her troubles will be turned into gladness. And pray for little Kath­leen as well. She will be in hospital a long time. I hope our prayers will be answered.

And may showers of blessing fall around us.

I will close with love to all, from Agnes Sampson.

Peak Hill. This is to tell you that I am having a

go at your competition for class one— eleven years and over. Well I am not eleven yet. I would like a Bible of my very own.

My father is an Associate worker at Peak Hill. He is at present in Sydney

Folks ^ under medical treatment. Mum has been sick for over a year, and is still ill. Your loving friend,

Edith Higgins. Moulamein.

This is my first letter to you. I hope you are well, as it leaves me well. There was some nice rain here and the grass looks very nice.

I ask all dear cousins to please pray for my little sister Kathleen, who is in Broken Hill Hospital. She will be there some weeks yet with bad eyes. I will close with love to all cousins. I am, your loving cousin, Mearl Sampson.

Results of July Competitions CLASS 1. (11 years and over)

1st Price: Cousin David Charles from Moonah Cullah.

2nd Prize: Cousin Irene Currie from Fingal Point.

Stars awarded to : Nancy Briggs, Rob­ert Charles, Emily Ross, Lily Ingram, Eddie Sampson, Stanley Charles, Lennie Charles, from Moonah Cullah. Desmond Meredith, Mono Goodchap, from Cher­bourg. Mearl Sampson from Moulamein. Enid Bellair, Roslyn Brovming, Joyce Rotumal, June Fay, Beryl Morton from Fingal Point. Mae Kennedy, Gordon Carter from Darlington Point. Betty West, Harold Powell, Dorothy Naden, Pearl Robinson, Doreen Bamblett, from Bulgandramine. Eileen Freeman from Herberton. Edith Higgins from Peak Hill. Alma Edzmrds, Lulu Kirby, Betty Clayton, Violet Kirby, Annie Murray, from Balranald. Jessie Terrick, Willie Terrick, from Melbourne. Norman Fos­ter from Mitchell.

CLASS 2. (Under 11 years) 1st Prise: Cousin Claude Williams,

from Cowra. 2nd Prize: Cousin Sheila Sampson,

from Moonah Cullah. Special Prise: Cousin Bettty Brown­

ing from Fingal Point. Stars awarded t o : Joe Briggs from

Moonah Cullah. Hubert Naden, Phoebe Read, Kathleen Read, Norma Solomon, Violet West, from Bulgandramine. John Sampson, Ronald Sampson from Moula­mein. Phyllis Morgan, Beatrice Kirby, Laura Edwards, Christina Kirby, Vera Pyke, from Balranald. John Terrick, Winnie Terrick from Melbourne, John

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Browning, Ellen Yettica, Joyce Slockee, Eunice Brooming from Fingcil Point. Norman Brown, Henry Williams from Cowra.

New Competitions CLASS 1. (11 years and over)

This is the "Bible Vegetable Garden." Write down the names and if you are able, draw or cut out, and paste beside the names pictures of the plants you will find mentioned in these verses, giving the verses in which they are found:—

1. Isaiah 1; 2. Exodus 9. 3. Numbers 11. 4. Song of Solomon 3. 5. Jeremiah 1. 6. Genesis 42. 7. St. Matthew 3. 8. Isaiah 18. 9. Deuteronomy 8. 10. 2 Samuel 17. 11. St. Luke 11. 12. St. Matthew 13.

CLASS 2 (Under 11 years) Find in your Bible the book of Psalms,

then turn to number 23 and find this verse and fill in the missing letters. Each dot is a letter:

THE L. .D .S M. S D

As far as we know the one nearest ready is Robert Blair. He was the first one to offer.

We hope to take in the first young men candidates next month (October).

Will you pray for them for they will need your help in their great step?

When the Brigands Came The missionaries in a certain Chinese

city were ordered by the British to leave a town called Sanyua because of the dangers from robber soldiers.

Then it came over the missionaries that it would be dishonouring God to go to a place of safety, leaving their con­verts exposed to danger.

So a prayer meeting was held, with the result that the carts were sent away and the missionaries stayed. They were kept in peace of mind, although a rob­ber band, a thousand strong, was march­ing on the city and was within twelve miles.

Then came a terrific downpour of rain, such as had not been known for years, scattering the robbers and making the roads impassable. So God honoured those that honoured Him.

Cousin Evangel has a new address. I wonder do you know who this

cousin is? Well, she got married lately and now she is going to live at Pindimar at the Native Workers Training College. Can you guess? So now you will have to address your reports and competition answers to Cousin Evangel, A.I.M., Pindimar, NSW.

Native Workers' Training College, Pindimar

Several applications for entry to the Pindimar College have reached us and we have sent papers to most who have offered and have received them very well filled in and most of them satisfactory. Then to the accepted ones we have sent an outfit list which they are getting ready.

NEWS OF OTHERS We hear that:

Mrs. Arthur Kirby of Balranald, who recently lost her husband, has again had to pass through a time of sorrow. W e sympathise with her in the loss of her dear little baby.

Mrs. IVhyman of Moonah Cul-lah, who has been ill, is on the road to recovery.

George Daisy of Woorabinda has been set apart as a Native Worker and Paddy Flynn and Willie Roberts as deacons.

At a recent meeting in Mel­bourne there were 50 of our people present. Three men played on the gum leaves, accompanied by one of

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the women on the organ, and three men gave testimonies.

Winnie Terrick of Melbourne, who does well in our Young Folks' Competitions, received a prize for not missing one J .CE. meeting for six months. Well done, Winnie!

Mr. and Mrs. lack Demlin of Cherbourg are expecting to return to Gayndah shortly to minister the Word of Life there.

Cherbourg held their Church An­niversary Services on the last Sun­day in July and on the Monday fol­lowing a Fellowship Tea and pub­lic meeting, when the reports were read and items given. The main

Births Huckle.—On July 13th, 1938. to

Mr. and Mrs. J. Huckle, of Con-dobolin, a daughter, Iris Jean.

Vines.—On July 22nd, to Mr. and Mrs. F. Vines, of Condobolin, a daughter, Malinda.

Weston.—On July 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs. A. Weston, a son, Richard. Cummeragunja.

Briar.—On July 25th, to Mr. and Mrs. Shaw Briar of Condobolin, a daughter, Julia.

Smith.—On July 27th, to Mr. and Mrs. Paddy Smith, of Moonah Cullah, a son, William Patrick.

Brown.—On July 28th, at Women's Hospital, Melbourne, to Mr. and Mrs. Brown, a son, Alan.

Day.—On July 31st, to Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Day, of Moonah Cullah, a son, Frank.

Weazle.—On August 2nd, at Cher­bourg, a son.

Wetherall.—On August 3rd. at Cherbourg. Sheila Ann Wether­all.

Reid.—On August 5th. at Cher­bourg, Spencer Reid.

Kirby—On August 13th, to Mrs. Laura Kirby and the late Arthur Kirby, a daughter, Mary Eliza­beth.

item was a dialogue entitled "Find­ing the Lost." The choir rendered special music at both gatherings.

The Fingal Point Endeavourers held a Camp Fire Meeting recently when hymns and choruses were sung from memory, texts repeated and a few thoughts expressed by several of the members on John 10.

Bulgandramine friends held their Picnic and Anniversary in August when Mr. Weymouth and Mr. C. Barlow travelled across from Condobolin for the occasion.

A Native Workers' Training Class has been started at Darwin wth six members.

Thomas.—On August 14th, to Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomas, of Cum­meragunja, a daughter, Erma Doris.

Dedications At Cherbourg on July 10th, Doris

May Broome, John Stephen Broome, Cyril Broome.

Deaths Brown.—On August 1st, at Cher­

bourg, Inez Brown (baby) Smith.—On August 5th, at Cher­

bourg, Major Smith, of Mitchell, Queensland.

Bundi.—On August 6th, at Cher­bourg, Billie Bundi.

Wandin.—On July 12th, at Green-vale Sanatorium, Victoria, Fran­ces Wandin, aged 19 years. "She being dead yet speaketh."

Kirby.—On August 15th, at Bal-ranald, Mary Elizabeth Kirby, aged two days. "The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord."

Dargin.—On August 28th, Noel Keith Dargin, infant son of Martha and Stirling Dargin, of Bulgandramine.

Shaw.—On August 29th, Gracie Shaw, at Dubbo Hospital, aged 18 years.

BIRTHS, DEDICATIONS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

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CHRISTIE'S OLD ORGAN By Mrs. Wal ton

(Concluded from last month.)

When Christie opened the door of his lodging on the day of which I am writing, he heard a sound which very much surprised him. It was the sound of his old barrel organ, and it was playing a few notes of "Home, Sweet Home." He wondered who could be turning it, because he had forbidden the landlady's children to touch it, ex­cept when he was present to see that no harm came to it.

And so he hurried upstairs to see who it could be that was turning it this morning. On his way he met the landlady, who said that a gentle­man was waiting for him. And when Christie opened the door, who should be turning the barrel-organ but his old friend Mr. Wilton.

They had not met for many years, for Mr. Wilton had settled in another part of England, where he was preaching the same truths as he had once preached in the little Mission room.

It was a very happy meeting be­tween Mr. Wilton and his young friend. They had much to talk about, not having seen each other for so long.

Before he left, Mr. Wilton knelt down and prayed that God would give Christie a blessing on his work and enable him to lead many of the people to come to Jesus,

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It was Sunday evening and Christie was once more in the little mission-room, not now as a poor, ragged boy, but as the young Scrip­ture reader.

Mr. Wilton was to take the ser­vice tonight, and Christie had been busy all the afternoon giving special invitations to the people to be pres­ent, for he wanted them very much to hear his dear friend. The mis­sion-room was quite full when Mr.

Wilton entered it. How it rejoiced him to see Christie going about amongst the people with a kind word for each, and handing them the small hymn-books from which they were to sing.

Christie walked home by the clergyman's side. "And, now, Christie," said Mr. Wilton, "do you think you can be ready to start with me tomorrow morning at eight o'clock? You have had hard work lately and I have asked leave from Mr. Villiers to take you home with me that you may have a little country air and quiet rest."

Christie thought there was no fear of his being late. He thanked Mr. Wilton with a voice full of feeling, for he had sometimes longed very much for a little pause in his busy life.

What was the result of that visit may be gathered from the follow­ing extract from a letter written by Christie to Mr. Wilton some months later :-

"I promised you that I would let you know about our little home. It is, I think, one of the happiest to be found in this world. I shall always bless God that I came to your village and met my dear little wife. At last I have a 'Home, Sweet Home' of my own. We are so happy together! When I come home from my work I always see her watching for me, and she has everything ready. And the evenings we spend together are very quiet and peaceful. Nellie likes to hear about all my visits during the day and the poor people are already so fond of her they come to her in all their troubles.

"And now, dear Mr. Wilton, you may think of Nellie and me as liv­ing together in love and happiness in the dear little earthly home, yet still looking forward to the eternal home above, our true, our best, our brightest 'Home, Sweet Home'."

T H E END.

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