... Of The Cross. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1931, p. 43. 9. Elmer T. Clark, J. Manning Potts, and Jacob S. Payton, Editors. The Journal And Letters Of Francis Asbury, Vol. I, p. 115. London: Epworth Press; Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1958. 10. Clarence E. Macartney. The Making Of A Minister, p. 224. Great Neck, New York: Channel Press, Inc. (copyright 1961 by American Tract Society, Inc.). 11. Maclaren, op. cit. 12. Bonhoeffer, op. cit., p. 141. 13. Morris N. Kertzer. What Is A Jew? p. 44. Cleveland ...
... received into the congregation of believers, when we accept responsibility on committees, and the many other times we make promises before God and to each other, we often are like this young man who says yes, but doesn’t do the work. Clarence E. Macartney tells: "When the Pennsylvania westbound train on which I was traveling stopped recently at Altoona before beginning the ascent on the mountains, I saw in the yards there many powerful engines, their bunkers filled with coal, steam up, smoke issuing from ...
... from which we cannot escape. But the Second Coming of Christ has a great truth in it. It is not all futile and hopeless. We are moving toward a great event. That event is not a catastrophe, but rather the eternal rule of God. Clarence E. Macartney says: "In Sherman’s march from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and from Atlanta to the sea, the Confederate government, impatient with the Fabian tactics of General Johnston, removed him from command and gave his army to the impetuous General Hood. Hood at once marched ...
... else. The merchants game of "I win" wasn't unlike a contest of cultural dodgeball. Remember dodgeball from rainy days when P.E. class had to be inside? You probably remember it as great fun or as hideous torture. For kids who were naturally ... his everyday tasks, responsibilities, and pleasures in order to take up the burden God set before him. The late Dr. Clarence Edward Macartney, of First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, Pa, used to make the distinction between God functioning THROUGH you and IN you. ...
"Give us this day our daily bread." Is that really a concern of yours? Are you truly worried about whether or not there will be food for you to eat today...or tomorrow or the next day? Probably not. We who live in America know very well that there is MORE than sufficient food for all OUR citizens - TOO much for many of us. Granted, we have a problem in getting the food properly distributed (as in Bosnia), but the food IS there. That would make it sound as though our prayer for daily bread is irrelevant. ...