Take my life and let it be consecrated Lord to Thee. No doubt the lines of this familiar song has attracted many of you, and perhaps you often have sung it, either in group-singing or by yourself. Indeed, there is something attractive in it, a sound of perfect submission, and it strikes a chord within […]
Asaph, I must complain about you. And though you have centuries ago been lain to rest in the earth, yet I would have a word or two with you. For, I am almost on the point of calling you a fool, but before I do so I would hear what you have to say in […]
This month, only a few days ago, we were privileged to celebrate another of our great Christian festivals–Pentecost. Were you happy, Christian friends? Was your inmost heart filled with the joy of your salvation? That Pentecost is by no means the best understood and most enthusiastically celebrated of our Christian feastdays is a matter of […]
In our last article we discussed the twofold approach of the Northern Regional Research Laboratory (United States Department of Agricultural) to the problem of increasing penicillin production; namely, by finding more productive strains of the organism and by improving the medium with the introduction of corn-steep liquor and lactose (milk-sugar). In this article it is […]
Origen. As we remarked in an earlier issue of Beacon Lights, the Apologists were divided into those of the Greek School and those of the Latin School. We will now single out one of those in the Greek School for our consideration in this issue. Naturally we select Origen, for he was indeed the outstanding […]
As this is written the great event on the National scene is the Rail strike; at the time of your reading this will be a review and probably other strikes such as Anthracite Coal, Chemical Plants in South, Shipping, and others will be actuality. This great Rail strike is not the first of its kind […]
It may be rather presumptuous on my part to write on this subject, and I may be trespassing in another’s territory, but I feel constrained to utter a word of warning and encouragement to our young people in this matter. According to the congregational statistics on page 7 of the Church Directory of Fuller Ave. […]
Edgerton, Minn Dear Friends, Just a line to let you know, I’m home, and discharged, and wish to take this opportunity to thank you very much for the Beacon Lights you have sent me while in service. I appreciate them very, very much and they were a great help to me. Sincerely, Joe De Koekkoek […]
Psalm 27:4 – “One think have I desired of the Lord, that would I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.” There are three thoughts which I will bring out in […]
Matthew 24: 6-8 – “And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers […]