Vol 1:11 (November 1955)
Editorial
Christ Magnified … By Life … By Death
The home call of our beloved brother Paul Plubell, on Tuesday, Oct. 18th, is a tremendous loss to the assemblies of God’s people, the world, and to the Committee of Food for the Flock. May the Lord comfort the hearts of his devoted wife and family. We commend them to the prayerful solicitude of the Lord’s people.
His spiritual enthusiasm, godly counsel, and gracious tolerance, will be greatly missed. The recollection of his honourable and sincere approach to problems in connection with this publication more deeply impresses upon us our particular loss.
Paul Plubell, fervent in spirit although not physically robust, passionate for souls although curtailed by failing health, has left an example of spiritual vigour and fragrance the memory of which is a challenge and a benediction.
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The contents of this issue should create inward conviction, joy, and hope in the Christian reader’s heart.
The value of implicit confidence in God is set before us by Henry Fletcher in his devotional study of Hannah in his article, Opportune Succour. We welcome this contribution by our esteemed brother and hope to have more from his pen in the near future.
In the doctrinal section for this month, there is a concise yet somewhat detailed presentation of the features of the Church Universal. It is hoped that this article will prove beneficial to both young and old. We contrast the Church with Christ as we do the moon with the sun. In the Word of God, the Church always has second place to Christ. We cannot overestimate the value of Church doctrine, but let us never give it primacy over Christ.
Brother Albert Upton is an Industrial Engineer with a large American Corporation. We are so pleased that he takes time to turn his analytical mind in the direction of Biblical things. He is interested vitally in young believers, and they will find sound counsel and much help in his article, Give Attendance to Reading. The second section of this paper will appear next month.
Robert McClurkin submits an excellent exposition of 1 Corinthians, chapter 15. The great importance of the resurrection is seen as one follows the logic of this article. Much profit is to be gained by carefully reading every reference, and repeatedly reading this paper.
The letter appearing in The Forum merits attention. It was sent by a highly respected elder among the assemblies. Should others feel inclined to develop this subject further, we shall be pleased to hear from them.