Tid Bits of Wisdom

From the Wonderful Word Publishers

JANUARY 2012 VOL. 6 NO. 2

THOSE WHO HAVE READ THROUGH THEIR BIBLES THIS PAST YEAR

FEAR of MAN or

FEAR of GOD!

This is the time of the year that we begin reading through our Bibles. I love the book of Genesis. The Old Testament is filled with examples of how to and how not to live in the flesh. The New Testament is filled with examples of how to be a victorious Christian through the Spirit. If you look closely you will find answers to your dilemmas by observing the works of the lives of the people in the Scriptures. Abraham is called the father of faith(Rom. 4:16), but when you read about his life, you find he didnt always respond in faith. Sometimes he responded in fear without faith. Abraham had the ability to respond either way, just like you and I do. But what made Abraham a great man of faith was that every time God made His will known to Abraham, Abraham made sure he obeyed Gods voice. Sometimes in life it is not always clear as to what we should do, and often we create our own ways of deliverance by what we think needs to be done. Our ways usually bring us more trouble and create more need for deliverance. Abraham was a man of prayer who built an altar first thing everywhere he went, but the sitution we want to look at, we find no record that he prayed about it. When Abraham and Sarah started out for the promised land, they made an agreement that they would tell those they met that they were brother and sister (Gen. 20:13). The Bible says Abraham feared men would kill him in order to take Sarah as their wife. That must have been the norm for the day because Abraham didnt just think that up, but they planned for trouble that had not yet come! This was a bridge that he might never cross. It is wise to make preparations for things you know could happen, but make sure those preparations are just and honest. This was another work of flesh, as when Abraham attempted to father the promised son by Hagar. God does not say that Abraham was right or wrong in what he did, He just tells us what he did. Let me ask you the question, Was it right or wrong for Abraham to deceive the two kings, Pharaoh and Abimelech? He did tell the truth, Sarah was his sister, but he did deceive the kings by not telling them she was his wife. Charity says it worketh no ill to its neighbor. Did ill come to the kings? Yes! God quickly plagued their houses, by closing the wombs of their wives. It cannot do ill and be an act of love! Why did Abraham and Sarah do this? They were afraid for their lives. We must read both passages to understand what and why Abraham did what he did. We find this in chapters 12 and 20 of Genesis.

We will publish names again next month for those who have not gotten your names to us. Please join us in reading through your Bible this year. It is a wonderful feeling to accomplish reading every word of the Bible. You can do it! Phil. 4:13

Dorothy Callen Dorothy Cheateam Orvil Thornton Jerry Brewster Gloria Brewster Larry Connor Judy Connor Mary DeVore Larry Loopez Renee Walters Diane Brewster Kevin G. Spracklen DElda Spracklen Ronda Brazier Doris Richards Martna Matthews Luberta VanZandt Patsy Ragland

Its been a rough year but I made it, how about you?

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(Continued from page 1) FEAR of MAN - FEAR of GOD

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. Gen 12:10-13

Notice, Abraham said he did it for her sake and his sake! When I first read that story, my first thought was, You dirty dog! Then I realized that the only way Sarah could be redeemed from the king was if Abraham were alive to come and get her, and then I understood what he was thinking. Yet, he really put her life at risk to play that game. Both were willing to do this in order to preserve life. Both Abraham and Sarah worked together as a team. When Abimeleck asked why he did this to him, Abraham said, I THOUGHT there was no fear of God in this place and I would be killed for my wife (Gen 20:11). Abraham was acting on his imagination as to what could happen and he acted out of fear of man. These people might have done exactly what he thought, but he could never prove that because he acted first! Now, they were the good guys and Abraham was the one being reproved. God had made a promise to Abraham and dont you think that if Abraham had waited until he had the problem, God would have brought deliverance? Thats why the scriptures tell us to WAIT, and again I say, WAIT. When we start out to deliver ourselves, we usually act before God comes on the scene. The truth was it was God that did the delivering anyway. Yes, Abraham kept himself alive to see it, but he did not have the power to deliver them. He still needed Gods power. In both cases God put the plagues on the kings and not on Abraham. I found that very interesting. Why didnt God plague Abraham for what he did to them? Instead, He plagued the ones who had been deceived. In our eyes we would say that is not fair! Think about it for a minute. By putting the plague on the kings He stopped them from committing sin and He protected Sarahs life. Abemeleck said he did what he did in the integrity of his heart and the innocency of his hands, and God agreed with Him. God said that was why He had kept him from defiling Sarah. In both cases the kings listened to the voice of God and obeyed. These were not godly kings! Abraham did not think that these kings would fear God. He was wrong. God had the power to put the fear of God where it needed to be and we need to trust Him to do that in our lives.
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. Gen 20:9

Abraham and Sarahs actions made them look bad and made the world look good! How many times have we done what they did and justified the world because we were not honest and straight forward. We can relate to Abraham and Sarah. This was not a good testimony. Dont you know Abraham was ashamed? Pharaoh treated Abraham well by giving great gifts for Sarah. Abraham took his gifts, but I think it made him feel awful. Pharaoh made Abraham depart when he found out what he had done. He didnt want him around anymore. Abimeleck gave gifts to Abraham and told him he could stay there. He didnt seem to be as mad as Pharaoh was. I liked the fact that when Abimeleck talked to Sarah about Abraham he referred to him as her brother, not her husband. I think he was rubbing it in.

I found it very interesting that we find nothing about Pharaohs plague being removed from his house. Also there was no reference to him having integrity of heart or innocency of hands. The Lord said nothing to him about having Abraham pray for him, yet the Lord told Abimeleck to get Abraham to pray for him and the plague would be removed. Would you want Abraham to pray for you if he had just deceived you? Why would the Lord tell Abraham to do the praying? Because, you cannot pray unless you have a clean heart. Abraham had to deal with what he had done before he could pray for Abimeleck. God knew how to purge His son Abraham. God will not hear us if we have iniquity in our hearts. If we are not willing to acknowledge our faults, then we hinder our prayer life. God put Abraham on the spot when he told Abimeleck to ask for prayer. Abraham did this twice, so he didnt learn all his lesson the first time. As a matter of fact, his son used the same story some years later with his wife and a king. This time it was an out and out lie. His wife was not his sister. Isaacs son, Jacob, deceived his father over the birthright also. Later Jacob was deceived by his father-in-law, Laban. Do you think anyone is watching what we do? Oh, yes! What we do in moderation our children will do in excess! There is FEAR and there is FAITH. We should act upon our fear of the Lord and mix it with our faith in His promises. The Fear of the Lord should override the Fear of Man. Our FAITH is in the promises of God. He is to be our Deliverer. Abraham and Sarah were a great couple who did great things through faith, but they were human and so are we. Im glad God tells us both sides of the story so we will not think that the people in the Bible are different than us. If they can come short of the glory of God, we can come short. If they can do great things through faith, then so can we.

-----Editor

Tid Bits of Wisdom has had a wonderful start to a new year. December was a good month for support. Some people only support once or twice a year and usually that is December. We thank everyone for their gifts to this work. December was like an extra month of support. January 4th I had surgery to put a defibrillator and pacemaker in my heart. My heart was working at 10 to 15% and if I wanted to continue driving, this was a must. I had hoped it would give more energy, but at this time it has not. I have nothing to complain about. I continue to have full productive days and I thank the Lord for each one of them. Life is a day by day experience for all. We have no promise of tomorrow, so we must make the most of today for the glory of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I praise God for every one of those days and Im sure you do to. We would like to expand our ministry at Tid Bits to reach as far as possible. If God increases the support, we will reach out. Would you pray and ask the Lord if He wants to use you? We received some sweet letters this month and we felt we should share them with you. If God has used this little paper in your life, stop, write to us and share how God has worked in your life. Gloria has lost two cousins in the last couple of months, Wanda Martin and Joan Duff. It is such a comfort to know they are with the Lord today. Remember, if you would like to honor someone who has passed away with a love gift to the paper, we will print their names in the next months paper. All gifts can be sent to Tid Bits of Wisdom, 1801 Old Hickory Trail, DeSoto, Texas, 75115. Our web address is on the back page. All gifts are tax deductible. This paper is paid for by faith through Gods people.
Letters received in December: May God bless you all for the Wonderful Word. I enjoy it every time I get it. Jerry and Gloria, I pray that you both are in good health. Lewis & Ann C. We have enclosed our bi-annual gift to Tid Bits and have added extra. We hope it will be helpful in getting the paper to more people. You all do a wonderful job of sharing the Word with a lot of people. God bless you both. Bill & Linda R. Thank you so much for the Tid Bits of Wisdom I receive each month. I enjoy reading it so much. Just wanted you to know I finished reading my Bible again on November 30th. The Lord is good - I am still able to be up and on the go. I have prayed much for you two in this last year. God bless you and may you have a wonder Christmas season. Dorothy C. Received your newsletter - it always makes for a brighter day! Linda D. Your little paper is such a blessing. I have wanted to tell you before now. I read it and pass it on to other friends. May Gods riches bless you and be yours in the New Year. Norma D. I wanted to tell you of a blessing I received as I was handing out the Tid Bits paper to the congregation at church. A man, who is a Christian and regular Sunday attender, said to me, I just have to tell you this. I saw the man and woman (picture of you and Bro. Brewster) in the paper and read the article of husband and wife relationship. My wife and I have been having some problems and I read that article which helped me. I also read it to my wife and it helped her, too. They are getting along better as he saw areas he needed to improve. He said your picture caught his eye and he could see the love there and wanted that love to be in his marriage. He loves the paper. Hope this is an encouragement to you for all your hard labor with the Tid Bits. Dorothy C. I just want to thank you for the encouragement I got from Tid Bits of Wisdom in the Aug. & Sept. 2011 edition. I went to a camp meeting one week after my husband walked out on me and our four boys. Someone handed me your pamplet. It truly was a blessing. I know God wants me to put on the whole armour of God and stand for Him

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everyday and not quit and give up. My desire is for the Lord to bring my husband back to Him first, then everything else would fall in place with Jesus. I know His mighty hand and mighty power is well able and He truly has proved He is my shelter in the time of this great storm. I hope to get more issues of these pamphlets. Keep on for the Lord; you never know who needs that direction to find the wisdom in the wonderful Word of God. Thank you again for being a blessing. Please pray my husband will turn back to Jesus and for God to put the broken pieces of our home back together for His glory. Mrs. E. I just read through the Bible on the 31st. Now Im starting over. Just wanted you to know. Oh how I love the Word and I love you two also! God will bless you for the great work you are doing. Im praying and believing for your health. Keep up the good work. Glory to God. Pauline C. These letters blessed our hearts and were the greatest gifts we received this year. Please pray for this family. What if it were your family? This little paper was there at the right time with the Word of God. You can be used of God in the same way if you will just share the truths of Gods Word with those you come in contact with. The person who gave this woman the paper was as much used of God as we who wrote it. It takes all Gods children to do Gods work. May God bless the work of your hands this year. Please do not be timid when it comes to sharing Christ. We do not have much time left.

DWIGHT L. MOODY 1837 - 1899 A great many people are trying to make peace, but that has already been done. God has not left it for us to do; all we have to do is to enter into it.

F E M A L E INSPIRATIONS

I Gloria Brewster

THREE WOMEN WHOSE ACTS WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED

My husband was teaching on a Wednesday night about the life of Mary, when God brought to my mind two other women who had something in common with Mary. All three women will always be remembered for their work in a special way. Let us first look at Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Luke 1:46-50 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

Mary lived her life in such a way that she was prepared to be used of God, should He need her. Mary was old enough to be espoused to a husband, but still sexually pure. To be used to birth Jesus, she could never have been with a man. This was a must. If you are a young lady hoping one day to be a bride, may I say there is no greater gift to give the man you marry than a pure body. It may not seem like a big deal to you today, but it will be when you come to marriage. I must say before going on, that if you have been violated against your will and you have not chosen to become impure, you are still a virgin at heart. The heart is what effects the relationship. Sexual sins are raging in our streets today and anyone of us could be affected one day. Remember, do not fear (or allow it to destroy you) what man can do to the body, but fear God who can destroy both body and soul. This old body is not going to heaven and its not going to destroy what we have in Christ. Remember, if you have lost the opportunity to go to the altar pure, make sure you go with a pure heart having made right anything that went wrong. If you are a pure woman in body and soul today, fight to keep it that way until you walk to the altar with the man you love. There is no greater gift we can give God or man, than purity. Mary also had to be of good character in order to be a good mother to Jesus. I believe Mary was chosen because she was a balanced woman who had self control. She knew how to receive instruction, therefore she would know how to give instruction, which is a must for a good mother. Mary said, after having been chosen to birth the Lord Jesus Christ, that ALL GENERATIONS SHALL CALL ME BLESSED. Have we not all called Mary blessed? As long as the world goes on, Mary will be called blessed. Though she is dead, yet she will always be remembered! What is the lesson we can learn from Mary? It is wonderful to be used of God to fulfil His Word. Oh, that we would be ready should He need us today. The second woman who came to my mind was the woman who had an alabaster box of very precious ointment and poured it on the Lords head as He sat at meat. Now, we believe this to be Mary, the sister of Lazareth. Matthew

does not call her by name. Dr. Lightfoot believes that Mary, the sister of Lazareth, is also Mary Magdaline. Im not sure of that, but it could have been Mary, the sister of Lazareth. We will just call her Mary. Mary is an example of worship. We will find with the other two women that the Lord came to them, but this Mary came to the Lord. That is the difference between works and worship. Worship is approaching God with the purpose of serving Him with honor and praise. Works is surrendering and allowing the Lord to approach us and do His work through us. Mary was criticized for her worship. As a matter of fact the disciples had indignation toward her, thinking she was wasteful. Jesus asked, Why trouble you the woman? She hath wrought a good work upon me. We need to leave other peoples worship to them and the Lord. It is not for us to deside how others should worship. Most of the time our problem is not giving to much, but giving to little while trying to say I love you to the Lord. Do we give Him our best? Because of her worship she is now remembered and this story is told for a memorial of her. She will always be remembered for her worship. Then we come to the last woman that the Lord brought to my mind and she is Sarah.
Gen 21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

Sarah, the laughing woman! Did you know that Abraham also laughed? (Gen. 17:17) It says he laughed and said in his heart..... Now I dont know

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An Hour with David Livingstone A Biography by Walter McCleary

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David Livingstone was born at Blantyre, a small town on the Clyde about eight miles from Glasgow, March 19, 1813. His parents were poor, but they were cultured Christians. Their influence early determined the future of their son David. He was the second child of a family of five sons and two daughters. At ten years of age, under necessity, he worked as a piecer in the Blantyre Cotton Works. In the evening came his schooling. Often passersby saw his light burning at midnight. From six oclock in the morning till eight at night he was at the mills; after that, at his lessons. He had a strong constitution. Even after he entered Glasgow University, he worked during the summer months in the factory. It was necessary. There were fees to be paid and two shillings to be raised weekly for his room rent. At twelve years of age, he showed anxiety about his spiritual welfare. At twenty he was converted. It was a natural stepping stone from the Christian home to membership in the church. His folk were worshipers at the Hamilton Church. Two of the elders instructed him in the doctrines. For five months he walked regularly from his home in Blantyre to the little church at Hamilton to be taught by and prayed with by one of the elders. After this he was duly allowed to become a communicant member.

It was then he made the decision to consecrate himself to the service of Christ in some form of missionary effort. After graduation in medicine and theology, he applied to the London Missionary Society. Could he come down for an interview? He had no money for his fare. Two friends helped him. The necessary probation period in the London School over, he was ready for his life task. China was his choice; but the opium war had closed the door; his heart was turned to Africa, and to that continent he sailed, and landed at Capetown in 1840. What did he look like as he set sail? Moderately tall, slim in build, a wiry, closely knit frame suggesting great powers of bodily endurance. He gave as his reason: When first I felt the expansive benevolence of the gospel in my heart, it became an interesting question to me: How can I spend the remainder of my days in bringing my fellow-men to the enjoyment of the same happiness and peace? How can I spend my years?.... Spend and be spent. The missionary ideal was constant in all his years. Kuruman, in the country of the Buchuanas, was seven hundred miles from Capetown. This was Livingstones destination for the time being. Two missionaries, Hamilton and Moffat, had established this mission thirty years before. They had built a comfortable mission-house. There was a stone church surrounded with well cultivated lands, with vegetables and fruit. He arrived and was received with gladness. He arrived; yes. Traveling was slow; roads were almost non-existent; great heights had to be overcome and detours to be made; the only means of travel a covered ox wagon. After a short stay to climatize, he wrote home, stating the philosophy of his life: An effort should be made to penetrate from this frontier station into the very heart of heathendom. He asked leave of the home directors to investigate the possibilities. Up to that time missions were expensive establishments in sparsely populated localities within easy reach of cost towns. This was not Livingstones ideal. He was a pioneer, a blazer of trails so that others might follow. That was his urge. He was driven to the end of his days by this attitude. He was the worlds greatest in that respect. Two years after his arrival, per-

mission was granted. He was given his freedom to push on and explore. He made experimental trips. He found tribes to the north waiting to welcome him. He carried medicine; the medicine of regeneration. They knew about it long before he arrived at any of their villages. The underground telephone was working. I wish you could change my heart. Give me medicine to change it, for it is proud, proud and angry, angry always. So he was welcomed by one of the chiefs. It was at Mabtoso, a beautiful valley, which he had chosen as one of his experimental stations, that he nearly lost his life. The natives were being terrorized by a lion. Livingstone ddetermined to destroy him. Cattle were too valuable in this country to allow a lion to make a meal upon them. In the hunt, they came across their quarry. He fired, discharging both barrels, each bullet taking effect, but the animal wasnt dead and sprang on the missionary, badly marking him in its death agony. His arm was crushed, and the marks of the teeth remained to his dying day and identified him. He married Moffats daughter, mary, in 1844. She was a noble missionarys wife, for she knew the country and its conditions. She was, as he described her, the best spoke in his wheel. She taught, nursed the sick, made candles, soap, and clothes. Except for four years in England, she was his constant companion. Even in poor health, her spirit was one with him in his pioneer energy. The hardshps of her days on the trail brought on her early death. Preaching and teaching, Livingstone was also physician to the sick. He had a genius for friendship with these blacks. Love begetes love was his motto. His hands were never idle; bricklayer, capenter, stonemason, and general director of the social economy of his settlements, he passed his days in intense action. In 1849 came his first great geographical discovery, Lake Ngami. It was not marked on the map. The journey to its finding was long and dangerous. To aggravate his starting, the Boers swept down on his settlement and scattered all before them. They plundered (Continued on page 7)

(Continued from page 4) THREE WOMEN WHOSE ACTS WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED
if he laughed out loud or not, but God didnt say anything to him about it. He just recorded the fact that Abraham laughed. You probably never heard a sermon on Abraham laughing, have you? The Bible does not say that we will laugh with Abraham, it says we will laugh with Sarah!
Gen 18:9-15 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.

I have an inferiority complex...but its not a very good one. Nobody on his deathbed ever said, I wish I had spent more time at the office. The wishbone will never replace the backbone.
WE ARE OPEN We are open for business most days about 8:30 am. Some days as early as 6 or 7, but occasionally as late as 12:30 or 1, but usually around 9 unless its later. WE ARE CLOSED We close at 5 or 6, sometimes at 4. If trouble breaks out at home we close at 3. Occasionally were open as late as 11:30 or 12:00 am, depending. Some afternoons, mornings, or entire days we arent even here at all, but lately weve been open all the time, except when were closed, but really we should be here then too, unless we left early.

The Lord asked Abraham why Sarah laughed saying Shall I? This is the first record that the Lord said the child would come through Sarah. She thought it was too late to be her that birthed the promised child and she couldnt help but laugh when she thought about it. Now it wasnt bad that Sarah laughed, it was bad that she wasnt honest about it. What was the Lords response to her laughter? Is any thing too hard for the Lord? NO! There isnt anything too hard for the Lord! Sarah denied laughing because she was afraid. The Lord made her face it and said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Later Sarah makes the statement that God had made her laugh so all that hear of it would laugh, not at her, but with her! So here we are, hundreds of years later laughing with Sarah. I was 37 years old when I had my last son and I laughed all the way through it. I cant imagine being 90 years old! What do we learn from Sarah? Gods ways are not our ways and sometimes we just have to have a good laugh at what He is doing with us and through us. We learn from Sarah to relax and enjoy the ways of God. So, what are these ladies teaching you and me? Mary, the mother of Jesus, would say to us: Be a prepared vessel of purity so God can choose you to do His wonderous works. Mary, the sister of Lazarus would remind us to give our best to the Master and worship Him with all our hearts, even though others do not understand our worship. Sarah, the wife of Abraham, would say to rejoice and laugh at the unique ways in which the Lord works through our lives. Enjoy the journey! Laugh a little; it was funny. Did you ever notice how the Lord goes to great measures to make woman feel important. Proverbs is full of verses that give the value of woman. Here He has made three womens work and worship to be used of Him through time. These are the only works that I know of that the Lord said would be remembered forever. There may be more, but I cant think of any.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Abraham Lincoln

One of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closest friends; if they seem OK, then youre the one.

If you are smoking in here You had better be on fire!

STOP GLOBAL WHINING!

----Gloria Brewster

A diet is a selection of food that makes other people lose weight.

his home, carried off furniture and clothing, and destroyed his books and medicine. The Dutch Boers did not like missionaries. The gospel might injure trade. Constantly in search of tribes and seldom long at any one settlement, Livingstone, often accompanied by his wife and three children, kept up an incessant itinerary. He was feverishly restless; his pioneering enthusiasm never let up. Routes must be marked for future missionary endeavor. At the end of 1851, he discovered the Zambezi, in the center of the continent. This river was destined in the future to be the great highway of traffic in South Central Africa. But a halt was necessary. The mother and children demanded it. They journeyed to the Cape to recover health and strength. There the fammily sailed for England. He promised to follow intwo years. Four and a half years elapsed before they even heard of him. Alone, back in the jungle in search of his tribes, anxiously trying to discover new routing and open up the entire central part of the continent, the world lost sight of him. It was during this period that he made his name known to posterity. He crossed and recrossed the continent from the mouth of the Zambezi to St. Paul de Leando. A white man had never done it before. Everywhere, he preached the gospel, and always he left a profound impression, not only with his message, but with his own sterling Christian manhood. Frequent attacks of fever sowed seeds of his later weakness. Often when he arose in the morning he found his clothing as wet from perspiration as if he had dipped them in water. He evene forgot the days of the week and the names of his black companions. He was delirious. In his rational moments, he longed to discover the cause of fever, this white mans peril. He came near when he suspected the tsetse. Fever and dysentery were his worst en-

An Hour with David Livingstone

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emies. Only his iron constitution and his spiritual reserves kept him on the trail. His letters tell of his terrible distress during this first period of his great missionary life in Africa. It was not only his body that racked him with its fever, but his mental agony at the conditions he found along the slave routes. Cruelty and oppression were the results of the lawless traffic in human beings; the greed of the white man and his utter inability to appreciate the black mans hopes if given half a chance. These things weighed heavily on his spirit. qDegrading superstition met him everywhere. A lesser man would have succumbed. Their deity was a Great Spirit, who struck awe and terror into their minds. Witchcraft and divination were the results, and human victims were sacrificed. Livingstones spirit groaned. On the way he found Victoria Falls. He named it after his Queen. The Zambeezi is about 1860 yards broad here, flowing from north to south, the crack in its bed as long as the stream is wide. Into this chasm, twice the depth of Niagara, plunged the mile wide sheet of water. It was a sublime spectacle. He declared it was the greatest wonder of all. He was the first white man to look upon it. A welcome furlough in England followed. He had been away sixteen years and had covered some nine thousand miles of Africa. He came back to civilization as a man from the dead. He was hailed and honored as a great discoverer and philanthropist. Godl medals from the Geographical Societies and honor degrees from the universities were only part of the tribute a grateful world showered upon him. Crowds waited on him and listened to his story. It was strange and startling, yet no one doubted its truth. The newspapers of the day kept his name ringing from one end of the land to the other. What did he look like? A foreign looking person, plainly and care-

lessly dressed; of middle height, bony frame, and Gallic countenance; short cropped hair; his face deeply furrowed and heavily tanned. His most characteristic expression was that of severity. His command of the English language was imperfect; he had seldom used it in the last sixteen years. He apologized for its jerky sentences. But they honored him - this man who had been smitten by more than thirty attacks of fever, endangered by seven attempts on his life, continually exposed to fatigue, hunger, and the choice of perishing miserably in the wilderness. Shut out from the knowledge of civilized men, this missionary had pursuedhis way, an apostle and a pioneer without fear, without egotisml, without desire of reward. At home he found time in the cirle of his beloved family to write his missionary Travels in South Africa.. It was a complete narrative of his labors and discoveries between 1840 and 1856. His journals wer exact. He observed the minutest detail regarding the natural history of the country and its capabilities for agriculture, trade, and metals. He had arranged a sort of African Materia Medica after examining the properties of the wild plants. Even the diseases of wil animals did not escape his attention. He had the noting eye. Future travelers us his books as guides. It was during this first furlough that he felt the necessity of breaking with the L.M.S. They could not finance him as he saw fit. There was not the line of demarkation that they required between missionary and geographical endeavor. The government and friends overcame the handicap of money and supplies. He was made a consul to facilitate his pioneer way. A boat was constructed to make it easy in river and lake to mark new spots upon the African map.

To be continued next month. The older I get the better I was!

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Faith Is The Victory

Encamped along the hills of light, Ye Christian soldiers, rise. And press the battle ere the night Shall veil the glowing skies. Against the foe in vales below Let all our strength be hurled. Faith is the victory, we know, That overcomes the world. Faith is the victory! Faith is the victory! O glorious victory, that overcomes the world. His banner over us is love, Our sword the Word of God. We tread the road the saints above With shouts of triumph trod. By faith, they like a whirlwind's breath, Swept on o'er every field. The faith by which they conquered death Is still our shining shield. To him that overcomes the foe, White raiment shall be giv'n. Before the angels he shall know His name confessed in heav'n. Then onward from the hill of light, Our hearts with love aflame, We'll vanquish all the hosts of night, In Jesus' conqu'ring Name.

Luke 17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. KJV

--Psalms 68:11-Founded December, 1966 WONDERFUL WORD Magazine, now Tid Bits of Wisdom, is the official voice of WONDERFUL WORD PUBLISHERS, a non-profit, religious organization, endeavoring to publish Gospel Literature in the Spanish Language for world-wide distribution, through Bible believing Missionaries at no cost to them. It is published as the Lord enables. It is dedicated to Missionary activity on the fields already white unto harvest, and contending for the verbally inspired Word, exalting the LIVING WORD.

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