文：“……在空中，有永远的福音要传给住在地上的人，就是各国各族各方各民。”(启 14:6)“诸天述说神的荣耀，穹苍传扬祂的手段。”诗19：1
一九Ο六年十二月廿四日即圣诞节前夕的晚上八点钟左右，美国匹兹堡大学教授费森登从马萨诸塞州布朗特岩的国家电器公司一二八米高的无线电塔进行了一次广播。广播的节目最主要的是读《圣经》路加福音第二章从第一节至二十节，有关主耶稣基督降生的故事。另外还配有小提琴演奏曲，播送德国音乐家韩德尔所作的《舒缓曲》等。人们认为这是人类历史上第一次进行的正式广播。其实早在一九ΟΟ年费森登曾进行过声音极不清楚的演说广播，不过第一次成功的广播，应该是一九Ο二年美国人巴纳特·史特波斐德在肯塔基州穆雷市进行的一次广播。
不管怎样费森登在这次的广播可以说是最成功也是最有意义的。
也许有人会奇怪发明家在这次进行正式无线电广播，为何既没有聘请名人演讲，也没有作自我如何发明无线电的成败与经历介绍给听众。而是选上了《圣经》路加福音第二章一至廿节为主题有关主耶稣基督降生的故事，这能说是偶然的吗？不，科学家费森登定必是经过一番深思熟虑而后作出决定的。说明在他的心目中所谓“大喜的信息”应该永远归属于我主耶稣基督的诞生。因为这是事关历世历代普世万民的生与死“叫一切信他的不至灭亡，反得永生”(约 3:16)
无线电的发明，也让我们看到了，星球缩小距离，给居住在这个星球上的人类带来莫大的方便和利益。发明家不敢叨天之功，乃是将荣耀归给万物的主宰——真神。
哉！发明家费森登。
圣经谜语：
打圣经地名：
1. 站着的人白，稻刀二相连，一旦心在右，此城美名扬。（伯利恒）
2. 赤橙黄绿青蓝紫，先后安排有次序，驱散将近二千年，现今兴旺真稀奇。（以色列）
3. 二耳并排列，足各走一边，一手散不掉，令水少一点。（耶路撒冷）
打圣经人物：
1. 蒙王宠爱在王宫，心意却与百姓同，违例冒死见王面，机智借故建奇功。（以斯帖）
2. 救王性命功劳大，昂首不向人跪拜，险遭灭族蒙拯救，大得尊荣后人赞。（末底改）
3. 称为雷子最爱主，跟到十架不怕死，流放海岛见异像，离世归父他最迟。（使徒约翰）
4. 听道留心坐主前，主的话语比密甜，愿把身价三十块，拿瓶香膏做奉献。（马利亚）
Streams In the Desert for April 13
"And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth unto the plain, and I will there talk with thee."(Ezek 3:22.)
DID you ever hear of any one being much used for Christ who did not have some special waiting time, some complete upset of all his or her plans first; from St. Paul's being sent off into the desert of Arabia for three years, when he must have been boiling over with the glad tidings, down to the present day?
You were looking forward to telling about trusting Jesus in Syria; now He says, "I want you to show what it is to trust Me, without waiting for Syria."
My own case is far less severe, but the same in principle, that when I thought the door was flung open for me to go with a bound into literary work, it is opposed, and doctor steps in and says, simply, "Never! She must choose between writing and living; she can't do both."
That was in 1860. Then I came out of the shell with "Ministry of song" in 1869, and saw the evident wisdom of being kept waiting nine years in the shade. God's love being unchangeable, He is just as loving when we do not see or feel His love. Also His love and his sovereignty are co-equal and universal; so He withholds the enjoyment and conscious progress because He knows best what will really ripen and further His work in us. --- Memorials of Frances Ridley Havergal.
I laid it down in silence, This work of mine, And took what had been sent me─ A resting time. The Master's voice had called me, To rest apart; "Apart with Jesus only," Eckoed my heart.
I took the rest and stillness, From His own Hand, and felt this present illness, Was what He planned. How often we choose labor, When He says "Rest"─ Our ways are blind and crooked; His way is best.
The work Himself has given, He will complete. There may be other errands, For tired feet;
There may be other duties, For tired hands, The present, is obedience, To His commands.
There is a blessed resting, In lying still, In letting His hand mould us, Just as He will. His work must be completed. His lesson set; He is the higher Workman: Do not forget!
It is not only "working." We must be trained; And Jesus "learnt" obedience, Through suffering gained. For us, His yoke is easy, His burden light. His discipline most needful, And all is right.
We are but under-workmen; They never choose, If this tool or if that one Their hands shall use. In working or in waiting, May we fulfill Not ours at all, but only, The Master's will! －Selected.
God provides resting places as well as working places. Rest, then, and be thankful when He brings you, wearied to a wayside well.
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