VOL. IX JULY, 1918 No. 7 = ee =e) The King’s Business SSS] hn hie that foved us, and washed us ———J] q from our sins in his own blood.””—Rev. 1:5 Sl Published once a month by the BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, U.S. A. Oe SSS] SST] ——=16)Che King’s Business A. TORREY, D. D., Editor Tec. HORTON, J. H, HUNTER, WILLIAM EVANS, D. D., Associate Editors ROW, Managing Editor Vol. 9 JULY, 1918 No. 7 EDITORIAL OD'S WORD FOR THE PRESENT HOUR. “For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the.eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken Him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs . . . . Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He hath delivered them to trouble, to astonish- ment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes,” 2 Chron. 29:6, 8 “And be ye not like your fathers, and like your brethren, which tres- passed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see. Now be ye not stiffmecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into His sanctuary, which He hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you. For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if ye return unto Him,” 2 Chron. 30:7-9. “Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me,” Ps. 50:15. “If God be for us, who can be against us?” Rom. 8:31. TILL FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORK OF THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES. In recent numbers we have spoken of the proposed enlargement of the work of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. We have long desired to provide here the most thorough, systematic course of training in Sunday School Methods and Teaching to be had anywhere in the world. Rev. John H. Hunter, who has had very large experience in this work in Chicago in connection with the International Sunday School Association, has given much time to the work here, but his many other duties have prevented his developing the course as he would have liked. The Dean of the Institute, in connection with Mr. Hunter, have been looking for several years for the right man to put in this place in the Institute curriculum. We believe we have found him in Rey. Henry Albert Dowling, D. D., and we have secured him for the place and he has already begun his work, but will enlarge it with the beginning of the new school year, September 25. Dr. Dowling was born at Marietta, Ohio, December 5, 1856. He attended346, THE KING'S BUSINESS the Grammar School at Marietta and began teaching while yet in his teens. Later he completed the Preparatory Department in Marietta College. then went to Otterbein University, and still later took a course in the Bonebrake Theological Seminary at Dayton, Ohio. Both the Otterbein University and Bonebrake Theological Seminary are institutions under the care of the United Brethren Church. Dr. Dowling received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Otterbein University in June, 1911, in recognition of his specialization in Organized Sunday School Work. At the General Con- ference held in Decatur, Illinois, in 1913, he was elected General Secretary of Sunday School Work for the denomination. After much consideration he decided that he ought to decline this invitation, as he was so strongly urged to remain in the work of the International Sunday School Associa- tion. He was converted at the age of 17, and became a Superintendent at the age of 19. He served as Pastor in the East Ohio Conference, United Brethren -Church, for twenty years, but for the past seventeen years has been connected with the Organized Work, having served as General Sec- retary in Detroit, Michigan, and in the State work in Ohio, Arkansas and Southern California. He was Dean of the “School of Principles and Meth- ods,” in connection with the “Long Beach Assembly and Bible Conference,” for four years. He has specialized in Organization, Teacher Training, and Bible School Pedagogy for a number of years. He has a very unusual familiarity with every phase of Modern Bible School activity, and is familiar with the last word in technique and educational methods and Sunday School work. He is the author of a number of leaflets that are in very general use. His experience in Institutes and Conferences in connection with World, International, State, County, and District Association, has brought him in touch with practically all the great leaders in this, his chosen field of Chris tian work, The Institute counts itself happy in having secured his services. HE PRESIDENT’S CALL TO THE NATION FOR-A DAY OF HUMILIATION, PRAYER AND FASTING. “ On the second day of April the United States Senate passed a reso- lution which was concurred in by the House of Representatives, to recom- mend a day of public humilia prayer and fasting. For some weeks President Wilson was silent as to his purposes regarding this request. Many wondered why he did not act upon the suggestion of the Congress of the United States, and in many places prayers were being offered that President Wilson be led to appoint such a day as Congress had suggested, Some were disposed to criticise him for not doing so, but many others had that confidence in the President that led them to think he would act in due time, and he has acted, On the eleventh day of May the President issued the following. proclamation : By the President of the United States—A Proclamation Whereas, the Congress of the United States on the second day of April, last, passed the following resolution : Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring) that, it being a duty peculiarly incumbent in a time of war humbly and devoutly to acknowledge our clependence on Almighty God and to implore His aid and protection, the President of the United States be. and he is hereby, respectfully requested to recommend a day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting, to be observed by'the people of the United StatesTHE KING'S BUSINESS 347 with religious solemnity and the offering of fervent supplications to Almighty God for the safety and welfare of our cause, His blessings on our arms and a speedy restoration of an honorable and lasting peace to the nations of the earth: And, whereas, it has always been the reverent habit of the people.of the United States to turn in humble appeal to Almighty God for His guidance in the affairs of, their common life; Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday, the Thirtieth Day of May, a day already freighted with sacred and stimulating memories, a day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting, and do exhort my fellow-citizens of all faiths and creeds to assemble om that day in their several places of worship, and there, as well as in theic homes, to pray Almighty God that He may forgive our’ sins and short-comings as a people and purify our hearts to see and love the truth, to aceept and defend all things that are just and right, and to purpose only those righteous acts and judgments which are in conformity with His will, heseeching Him that He will give victory to our armies as they fight for freedom, wisdom to those who take counsel on our behalf in these days of dark struggle-and-perplexity,—— and steadfastness to our people to make sacrifice to the utmost support of what is just and true, bringing us at last the peace in which men's hearts can be at rest because it is founded upon mercy, justice and good will. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia this eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Forty-second. WOODROW WILSON. By the President, ROBERT LANSING. Secretary of State. The heart of every Christian in America, and every intelligent Ameri- can should rejoice that the President has been led to take this-action, and it is to be hoped that this day will be observed throughout the United States. If it is observed as it should be. and if the people who pray meet the con- ditions of prevailing prayer, this day will prove the turning point in the war. HE ASSASSIN OF THE ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND DIES BUT THE WAR GOES ON. The immediate pretext on the part of Austria and Germany for the political combinations and the unwarranted demands on Serbia and the military mobilization that led to the. war, was the assassination of the Arche duke Francis Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne by Gavrio Prinzip on June 28, 1914. Of course all know now that this was mply a pretext. Tt has been proven on no less authority than that of a German Ambassador to England. and by others, that the war was determined on heferehand on the part of Germany, and that Germany just used this as a pretext and urged Austria on against their own judgment and desire, to make demands that were absolutely unwarranted. Nevertheless, it is interesting to know that Gavrio Prinzip, the assassin, died on May Ist of tuberculosis in a fortress near Prague, but the war is going on with more intense fury than ever. . ‘HE POPE AS A MEDIATOR. An arti¢le appeared in the press of the country May Ist saying, “Pope Benedict intends to issue a new peace offer on Whitsunday, May 19th, Cologne newspapers announce. The document, it is said, will be of more pressing nature than formerly and will contain concrete offers of548 THE KING'S BUSINESS mediation by the Pope with the possible co-operation of neutral sovereigns, Similar information of the Pope’s intention, it is said, has reached Berlin, where it has been received sympathetically.” We do not wonder that it was received sympathetically in Berlin. To propose Pope Benedict as a mediator in the present conflict is about as reasonable as to propose the Kaiser as a mediator. He would be just about as fit a mediator as the Kaiser, and no more fit. As we have indicated in another editorial, it is plain as day that his sympathies are all with the Kaiser. His suggested proposal was received so unfavorably that later infor- mation from Rome indicated that he had never had any intention of making any such proposal. Those who wish to see the triumph of the right in the present world conflict would do well to keep their eyes on the Pope as well as on the Kaiser. ‘HE ATTITUDE OF THE PAPACY IN THE WAR. Something is constantly arising to show how the papacy. as a system, blindly favors the Central Powers, and is antagonistic to the Entente Allies. In the Province of Quebec the priests have been very largely back of the opposition to conscription to the army of the Allies. Cases have not been unknown before conscription was passed, where the priests quite openly dis- couraged the Roman Catholies from enlisting, and have suggested to them that it was well to let the Protestant farmers go, and then they would get their farms, In some localities some have thought this was almost a settled poli In the recent opposition to the conscription in Ireland the Roman Catholic authorities, priests and higher ecclesiastics have formally, in a regular ecclesi- astical gathering, made public announcement of their determination to resist the draft, No protest against this was made by the Pope or the Papal Court. but on the other hand, when the Archbishop of Carniola placed himself at the head of the revolutionary movement in a part of Austria-Hungary he was instantly taken to task by the Pope. In a despateh by Reuter’s Limited of May Ist it was said: “Tt has been learned from Serbian sources that unmistakable signs of an approaching revolution in Austria-Hungary are becoming daily more evident. A plebiscite is being held among the Serbs. Croats and Stovenes in favor of their union with Serbia’ and Montenegro in one national independent state under the scepter of King Peter of Serbia. The prime archbishop of Carniola is at the head of the movement, Demonstrations of a s character are taking place in the Jugo-Slav provinces. Now comes news that at the request of the Austrian government, and with the sanction of the Pope, the nuncio at Vienna has opened _a disciplinary inquiry against the archbishop of Carniola for placing himself at the head of th: volttionary movement. Great developments are expected Why didn’t the Pope institute a disciplinary inquiry into the action of the Roman Catholic prelates and priests in Ireland for putting then selves at the head of the anti-Ally conscription movement in Ireland? Simply because the latter was in favor of the Allies, whereas the action of the archbishop of Carniola was against the interests of the Kaiser. It is well known that the Sinn-Fein revolution that Germany stirred up in Ireland, and that did so much to hamper the British army, was largely manipulated by Roman CatholicTHE KING'S BUSINESS 549 priests and professors, but we have never heard of any censure from Rome. The Pope’s notorious peace proposal was clearly of German origin. On the other hand, the Pope has never raised his voice in any clear and ringing way against the appalling atrocities of the Kaiser and minions, even when visited upon faithful Roman Catholie subjects. Cardinal Mercier, who has proven himself a true shepherd of his people in the outragés to which they have been subjected, has had no hearty support from Rome. The papacy has been one of the most dangerous enemies that the cause of the Allies has had. A very large share of the Roman Catholics in America, both priests and people, have been loyal, but the influence of the papacy as a whole in other lands has been altogether bad and sinister. And not a few of our Irish Roman Catholics in P\merica, in their bitter hatred of England, have done what they could to foster a revolution in Ireland that has been inspired’ by Germany. ‘OW A SOLDIER FEELS IN BATTLE. The following is a letter written by a soldier, whose name we omit, to a dearly beloved friend of the editor, William Bradley, who is doing a won- derful work among the soldiers in Egypt. ‘This letter was written some time ago. The censor scratched out the names of places, and the place from which the letter was sent: Iam afraid that my report this month must be a personal one rather than a general report, for the greater part of the time I have not seen nor heard from the dear lads to whom | have the honor to minister. The great thing to which our thoughts turn, is the fierce battle at and those of us who came out alive, look back and marvel at the mighty protecting power of God. The narrow escapes we had, the near presence of God im the midst of terrific shell fire, abundantly prove the truth of the Psalmist's statement “The Lord is my strength and fortress.” I do not know how my dear comrades fared in the battle, but one thing is abundantly clear—they feared death little, but feared God much. A little before my own Battalion went into action, and just at the time when the noise of the fight was terrible in intensity—four o'clock on the Monday afternoon—Bro. Rowe came up to me and said “Praise God, Yea, though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, for THOU art with me." When Bro. Went approached, he too exhibited a wonderful faith—“A thousand shall fall by thy sid thousand at thy right hand, but it shall NOT come nigh thee.” word I had from either of them. I have had none other since. but I know that this faith is the real thing—the faith which endears men to God and which would, should they be called upon to make the great sacrifice, ensure for them, through Jesus Christ, a much higher promotion. At twenty minutes past five, Tuesday morning, I had the narrowest escape from death that ever man had, I heard a shell coming and threw myself into a hole hard by. The shell burst just over the hole and killed and wounded my surrounding com- rades. Only a few of us, six in number, reached the trenches, only to receive a terrible baptism of shell fire. Lying flat at the bottom of the trench, covered with dirt by the bursting shells, gasping for breath, the end did not seem far away, when God spoke to me, “I will never leave thee nor forsake thee” and I knew I would be safe from then. Now this experience is no exaggeration—I honestly felt God's presence. Oh, that any one who knows not Christ, chancing to read this, would accept Him and prove Him to be all that is said of Him. The promise of God was graciously fulfilled, for later during the fight, one bullet tore a hole in my tunic, another shat away one of my tunic top buttons, and a third hit my equipment at the back and glanced off the brass buckle. The Lord had placed a shield round about me. Another incident I must record, clearly establishes the love Christian men have one for another. During the shell fire previously mentioned one of the six men had curiously enough carried in dear Horace Wake of the 4th, who had been wounded "he said, “and’ ten This was the last550 THE KING'S BUSINESS in the face during the night. ‘The dear lad did not worry much about his own wound, but repeatedly asked if I were safe. When some hours fater 1 was told of his affection- ate anxiety for my safety, I thanked God for the blessed “tie which binds our hearts in Christian love.” May God richly bless our dear brother. Now I fear I must draw to a close, but one word more to all the brethren— “Lift up your head and rejoice for your redemption draweth nigh.” If is not only a word of encouragement, but a COMMANL, In the midst of terrible dangers must we lift up our heads? Yes; God’s way for His people to acquire strength is to become faint, and then to reccive His strength. His way for them to become rich is by scat- tering all they have, Trust mightily, brethren. in God, and He SHALL deliver you. Be of good courage. lift up your head "for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth.” 1 extend my heartfclt sympathy to Brothers Wake and Went. May God be near to them in their hours of pain and heal their wounds. My thanks to Mr. Bradley and Padre Morris for their welcome vi all the household of faith, tions. and with hearty Christian love to you and HE OUTRAGEOUS BLASPHEMY OF THE MOVIES. The theatre has been for many years one of the most destructive forces morally in society, but the American stage has never ventured upon the daring indecencies and the outrageous blasphemies that characterize the Movies throughout the land. There is nothing too vile for them to present on the stage, and nothing too sacred for them to attempt to pollute. The dif- ferent movie organizations are vieing with one another to see which can sur- pass the other in daring or in blasphemy, In The American Lutheran Survey in the issue for April 4th, the following’ protest was made against the so-called biblical plays: . “A certain minister lay dying, friends tried to comfort him with the most precious passages of Scripturc, but in vain. ‘All these’ said he. ‘I have used in jests and puns.” An so, though perhaps not deprived of salvation, he was deprived of its consolations in his dying hour, Similar judgment will fall upon all who have allowed their ungodly curiosity to lead them to enjoy ‘the much heralded morality. play” 'The Wanderer! now creeping its slimy way through the theaters of America. It illustrates the impudence of the Devil and his underlings, for it lays unhallowed hands on the sweetest parable of all, the story of the Prodigal Son. Truc. ‘the biblical narrative has heen so changed and adapted to stage purposes that only in part docs it accord with the biblical narra But what of that? (Rev. 22:19). Just judgment will fall upon those who have been the guilty spectators. They will henceforth. to the end of their days, he unalle to listen to the reading of that consolatory gospel story without memory draguing out all the profane embellishments and lustful realism of the 1 We do not hesitate. in the interest of souls that need a place for repentance, to denounce is diabolical and as an attack on Christ and His Word and the plan’ of salvation lw grace this ‘biblical play’ and the whole satanic spawn of biblical play would hetter, in hiblical phrase, eat off their right hands before w and the spectators pluck out their right eyes hefore gazing upon it. We can casily ‘imagine the Saviour's applying to our American cities that ‘pack’ the theaters where such stuff is staged the fierce denunciation he applied to Chorazin, Rethsai d his own city Capernaum, When will ‘Christ low themselves seduced hy Satan_and his hired?” é | The movies are rotten root and branch, and the sooner Christian people absolutely refuse to have anything to do with them the better. HERE ARE OTHERS. We are thoroughly in sympathy with all efforts to promote the well being of our soldiers at home and abroad, their physical well-being well as their spiritual interests, but we should always bear in mind that “there are others.” and in our devotion to this glorious work among our soldiersTHE KING'S BUSINESS 551, we should not neglect our duties to our home church, and our duties to the community in which we live, and above all, our very solemn obligation to those who are perishing i in the darkness of heathenism. This has been well expressed in a leaflet that has recently been sent out by Mr. R. D. Smith, Secretary- Treasurer, of The Bible House of Los Angeles: “There is a strong tendency among Christians in these days to abandon the regular work of the church at home and abroad in behalf of the present particular service of ministering to the soldiers and sailors of the various nations, That these men are in gréat need is certain and that the serious mind- edness of those at the front furnishes a special opportunity to lead many of them to Christ is beyond disputing. But to our mind this does not give warrant to what is going_on, namely, amass movement, both in giving and serving, in their direction at the expense of overwhelming and ever existing needs i other directions. Tesides, we fear that if much of the effort in behalf of the soldiers and sailors were analyzed it would be found to be more patriotic than religious. The spectacular is ever attractive and it is easy to become enthusiastic over what appeals to the imagination, At the same time the common-place and the prosaic may constitute a greater need and demand a more constant sacrifice. We commend any and all true spiritual work being done for soldiers and sailors to our friends, not because they are militants but simply because they are mien in need of salvation. But we also commend to them the suffering and rapidly dying hundreds of millions of the human race who live in the regions beyond, , Whose spiritual need is beyond all deserib- ing and for whom few are caring.” HEN THE WAR WILL END. We were asked yesterday, as we have been asked so often before, when we thought the war was going to end. We do not know. A while ago, while in Phoenix, Ariz. a Phoenix paper published the following poem from a Lieutenant in the army. who had gone forth from Phoenix to the war, in which he undertakes to answer the question. We think his statement is a suggestion of the accuracy and reliability of much of the knowledge we have regarding many things connected with the war, as well as to the time of its end. We never felt less like becoming a prophet as to dates than at the present time. \Vhile we do not know when the war is going to end, or when the Lord is coming. we do know our Lord is coming some day and then there will be an end to this war and of all war. “Absolute knowledge | have none, Tut my aunt's washerwoman’s sister's son Heard a policeman on the beat Say to a laborer on the street That he had a letter just last week Written in the finest Greek From a Chinese coolie in Timbuctoo Who said the negroes in Cuba knew Of a colored man in a Texas town552 ° THE KING'S BUSINESS Who got it straight from a circus clown That a man in the Klondyke heard the news From a lot of South American Jews About somebody in Borneo Who heard a man who claimed to know Of a swell female society fale Whose mother-in-law would undertake To prove that her husband's sister’s niece Had stated in a printed piece That she had a son who had a friend Who knows when the war is going to end.” ‘ANTS TO HELP YOUR BOYS. Rev. Thomas G. Koontz, D. D., with whom we are intimately acquainted, desires parents who have sons in camp at Anniston, Ala’, to send their names to him that he may be interested in them and help them in their life. ESIGNATION OF MANAGING EDITOR. Mr, A. M. Row, who has been managing editor of Tur Kino's Bustwess for the past three years, has tendered his resignation, this being the last number to be issued tinder his management. VANGELISTIC DEPARTMENT, Do you read each month the reports of our evangelistic workers, under the above head? There is inspiration here for every man and woman who is. ierested in the saving of souls, and it would be unfortunate for any reader Tur Krye's Bustxess to fail to have the help that will come to them ‘rent this sotree. Many of these incidents can be used by you in your Sunday School teaching, in personal work, and in conducting mThe Missionary’s Message Note—Address delivered by Dr 1918, at IT o'clock My HAVE been requested to speak on the subject of The Missionary's Message. I have two texts in which our Lord Jesus Himself sets forth the Missionary's Message. and these two texts contain the substance of all I have to say. The first is Mark 16:15, “And He said unto them. Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” The second is Matt. 28:18-20, “And Jesus came unto them, and spake unto them, saying, all uthority hath been given unto me therefore, heaven and upon earth. go ye, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 1 com- manded you: and lo, 1 h you alway even unto the end of the world.” 1. The Importance of the Message. The missionary isa messenger, a mes- senger of God to men, The important thing with a messenger is his message. His life is important as emphasizing his mes- sage and as gaining credence for his mes- sage; but the message, for which his life is to gain credence and which he is to illustrate in his life, is the thing of first importance. If the messenger docs not bear the right message, he is am utter fail- ure as a messenger, no matter how beauti- ful, noble and self-sacrificing his life may be. There have been missionaries whose Torrey California, in the Auditorium of the Bible institute of Los Angeles, By Dr. R. A. Torrey - Dean of Bible Institute of Los Angeles to the Student Volunteers Southern nday, May 3, lives were lovely and attractive in many ways, but who did not have the right message; and, however attractive their lives were, as messengers of God, as mis- sionaries of Jesus Christ, they were a total failure. To put it in another way, a mis- sionary is an ambassador, the ambassador of Jesus Christ to men, An ambassador's business is to represent his king or gov- ernment, to urge the views of his king or government upon the people to whom he is accredited. The important thing with an ambassador as with a messenger, is his message. His conduct is important only as honoring the king and gaining credence for and giving weight to hi Both the messenger and the ambassador must get their message from their king. The messenger is a bearer of a message not the author of it. The messenger or ambassa- dor has’ no right to substitute his own notions for the message with which he has been entrusted. If an ambassador or a messenger should venture to substitute his ows message. ideas and notions for the message with which he had been entrusted by his king whom he represented, he would be re- called and severely punished. Alas! many a mi ionary has substituted his own spee- ulations for the message with y which his King has entrusted him, and unless he repents, his King will set him aside and punish him, instead of commending and rewardnig him.Il, What Is the Missionary’s Message? We come then directly to the question, What is the Missionary’s Message? What is the message with which the Lord Jesus has entrusted His messengers and ambas- sadors? In regard to that we are not left to our own speculations or guesses. The texts which I gave at the beginning tell us very plainly and unmistakably just what is ‘the message of the Messenger or Ambassador of Jesus Christ: “And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15) “And Jesus came to them, and spake unto them, saying, all authority hath been given unto me in heaven and upon earth. Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever [ commanded you: and to, T am with you alway, even unto the end of the world” (Matt, 28:18-20). It is very evident’ from these two passages which contain our Lord's parting statement of the message that He would have His messen- gers carry to the ends of the earth, that the missionary's message is “the Gospel,” nd full Gospel. He said to His His first missionaries, on this occasion, one of the most solemn in all this world’s history: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature «| as Matthew records it. He added: Teaching them to observe all things what- er 1 commanded you: and Yo, I am you alway, even unto the end of the age, makes it plain that it was not merely the Gospel (hat was to be thetr but the full Gospel. That brings us to the question, What is the Gospel? are not left to speculate about that cither, God Himself has delined the Gos- pel. “Gospel” you all know, jood News." What is the Good News that the Lord Jesus bade His disciples to go and preach to every creature, and that He bids the modern missionary, either at home or abroad, to preach to everyone to whom he has opportunity to preach? ‘The the exact disciples en message means, as 4 THE KING'S BUSINESS greatest missionary in all the history of the church, the Apostle Paul, under the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit, has answered that question and defined “Tue Gosret.” He says in 1 Cor. 1-4, “Now I make known to you, brethren the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand . . . . for I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that He was buried; and that He hath been raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.” This is God's own definition of the Gospel. 1. We see then that the first part of the Good News is that “Christ died for our sins” That is the first part of the mis~ sionary's message, the message that Jesus Christ commanded the missionary to take to all lands, the atoning death of Jesus Christ. Any man who is not preaching and iterating and re-iterating the atoning death of Jesus Christ is untrue to his God-given commission. He is not a true missionary of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit through this same Apostle Paul, the greatest missionary in the history of the church, has developed this part of the Gos- pel again and again in his epistles. For example. Paul says in his epistle to the Galatians (Gal. 3:10-13), “for as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written, cursed is everyone who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do. them. . . . Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for u Vor it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree.” He sa again 2 Cor, 5:21, a letter written community where he had worked asa forvign missionary, “Him who knew no sin He made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the right- cousness of God in Him” He says agai writing to the church at Ephesus, where he had also heen a foreign missionary for more than (wo years, in one of the most successful missionary enterprises, not only of his life, but of all history, in Eph. 1:7: to anotherTHE KING’S BUSINESS “We have our redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.” Here again and again we find the same thought, as the central thought of his mis- sionary message, the thought of Christ dying for our sins, and the “Good News” that forgiveness is given to us on the ground of the shed blood of Christ. The first part then, of the missionary's mes- sage as given by God Himself, is the doc- trine of substitution, of atonement by the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the doctrine that the Lord Jesus Christ bore every one of our sins in His own body on the cross, and that He by the shedding of His blood made a perfect atonement for our sins and that any men of any nation may obtain for- giveness of sin simply on the ground that Jesus shed His blood and thus made atone- ment and on the single condition that they believe in Him who shed the blood. Any missionary who does not make the doc- trine of the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ an integral and central part, and a continually appearing part, of his message, is not true to his commission and should be recalled and will be punished by God, whether he is by his ecclesiastical superiors or not. Any Gospel that leaves out the atoning blood is something sub- stituted for the one and only Gospel God has commissioned the missionary to declare. And the one who substitutes another Gospel for God's Gospel brings a curse and a punishment instead of a bless- ing and a reward upon his own head. About this the Bible is unmistakable in its teachin The Apostle Paul says in Gal. 1:8, “Though I, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any Gos- fel other than that which we preached unto you (viz. the Gospel that Christ died for our sins and sccured redemption for us on the ground of His shed blood and on that ground alone), Jet Aim be anathema. As we have said before, so say I now again, if any man preacheth unto you any Gospel other than that which ye received, let him be anathema” (Gal. 1:8, 9). And does any missionary ever bring any other 355 message than that? I wish I could say no; but not a few missionaries at home and abroad are bringing a message that at least lays very little emphasis on the blood, and often ignores the blood, and some eveh positively renounce and oppose the doc- trine of the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ as the ground, the only ground, upon which God forgives our sins. 2, But while the fact that “Christ died for our sins” and purchased our redemp- tion by His own atoning blood, is part of the missionary’s message, it is not all of it. The second fact in the missionary’s mes- sage ts that Jesus Christ “hath been raised on the third day according to the scrip- tures’ (1 Cor. 15:4). While the atoning death, the atoning blood, is a central part of the missionary’s message, it is not all of the missionary’s message. The mis- sionary must also declare and emphasize the resurrection of Jesus Christ. the fact of the actual resurrection from the dead of His body that was crucified. Indeed, it was the resurrection of Christ from the dead upon which the first missionaries constantly rang the changes, Peter on the day of Pentecost makes his whole message cen- ter in that fact. He sums up all that he said before in these words, “Who seeing this before, spake ‘of the resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we are witnesses,” (Acts 2:31, 32), and then he makes the practical application of these words: “Let all the hotse of Israel therefare (i. e. because Jesus Christ had been raised from the dead) know assuredly, that God hath made Him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.” So with every other sermon that Peter preached, he made the center of it the actual, literal resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. For example, he sums up his wonderful sermon in the house of Cor- nelius with these words, “Him (Jesus) God raised up the third day, and gave Him to be made manifest, not to all people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, even to us, who did cat and drink with556 Him after He rose from the dead,” (Acts 10:40, 41), and then he makes the practi- cal application of this great “Good News” that God raised Jesus from the dead in these words: “And He charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is He which is ordained of God to be the Judge of the quick and dead. To Him bear all the prophets witness, that through His name everyone that believeth on Him shall receive remission of sins.” In a sim- ilar way the Apostle Paul in his great sermon on Mars Hill, to the Stoic and Epi- curean philosophers, after having prepared the way by quotations from the Greek poets and in other ways, comes to the heart of his message in these words, “God now com- mandeth all men everywhere to repent: because He hath appointed a day in which He will judge the world in rightoeusness, by that man whom He hath ordained, whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead.” Study every other sermon of Paul or of Peter as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, and you will find that the heart of every missionary message along with the doctrine of the atoning blood, was the doctrine that God had raised Jesus Christ from the dead. The resurrection of Jesus Christ should occupy the same cent- ral and dominant place in the missionary's message today that it did with the early missionaries of the cross. It is an inte- gral part of the Gospel and any missionary who is preaching the atoning blood but omits to preach and emphasize the resur- rection of Jesus Christ is untrue to his commission and is not preaching the full Gospel that God has commanded the mis- sionary to preach. But the resurrection of Jesus Christ involves other things that grow out of it as an essential part of the missionary's It involves the absolute Deity of our Lord; for the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead was God Almighty’s stamp of endorsement on Jesus Christ's claim to equality with the Father. Jesus Christ had said while here on earth, “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30). message. THE KING'S BUSINESS He had said, “All men should honor the Son even as they honor the Father” (John 3). He had even gone so far as to say that He was so absolutely one with God that he that had seen Him had seen the Father (John 14:9). These were tre- mendous claims to make. The ecclesiasti- cal leaders of the day disallowed these claims of Jesus Christ, they had Him cru- cified for making these claims, Jesus Christ had told them that God would set the stamp of His endorsement upon these claims by raising Him from the dead, and this God did. So the absolute Deity of Jesus Christ is an essential part of the missionary’s message and any missionary who is preaching any Saviour less than an absolutely Divine Saviour, is not preaching the true Gospel, the Gospel that the Lord Jesus Christ has commanded him to preach. The resurrection of Jesus Christ also demands that we believe that Jesus Christ was a teacher sent from God, who spoke the very words of God. This also was Jesus Christ's claim, He said in John 7:16, “My teaching is not mine, but His that sent me.” He said, as recorded in John 12:49, “The Father which hath sent me, He hath given me commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.” And He said in Jolm 14:24, “The word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.” God set the stamp of His endorsement upon this claim by raising Jesus Christ from the dead. Therefore the missionary must declare, the Divine Origin and Absolute Inerrancy of Every Utter- ance of Christ. This involves the accept- ance of the entire Old Testament as the Word of God, for Jesus Christ endorses it as such, and this leaves the destructive critic without any standing as a missionary of Jesus Christ. Any missionary who docs not accept the entire Bible as the Word of God, or who docs not proclaim it as the Word of God, is untrue to his commission and is not a true missionary of Jesus Christ, however excellent he may be in his character and however kind he may be in his intentions. But the resurrection of Jesus Christ involves another thing that isTHE KING'S BUSINESS a very essential part of the Gospel which the missionary is to preach, and that is not only do we have Christ for us on the cross through whom we have perfect atonement for our sins, but we also have Christ for us at the right had of God as an everlasting intercessor, and One who has all power in heaven and on earth and Who therefore has power to give us vic- tory over sin in all its manifestations every day of our life. It is a part of the mis- sionary’s message to preach a risen Saviour who has all authority in heaven and on earth (as one of our texts puts it) and who therefore can, as a Saviour living today with .“all power,” come into our lives and take the weakest of us and make possible for us a life of daily victory. “Good News” of a risen Christ for us at the right hand of the Father involves the Good News of a Christ dwelling “in us, the hope of glory.” And the missionary in his message should not only point men in all lands to Christ on the cross through whom they may have pardon, but to Christ on the throne who is ready to come down and dwell in their hearts and make over their lives into the likeness of His own. This is a message that men and women in the darkness of heathenism sorely need today. ‘The two great problems that confront lost men and women in the heathen world today are, first. how to get pardon for the sins already committed, and second, how to get deliver- ance from the power of sin. These prob- Jems are fully solved in the missionary's message, in the Gospel, the Gospel of Christ. The problem of how to get par- don for sin is solved in “the Good News” of the atoning blood, the problem of how to get vietory over sin in daily life is solved by “the Good News” of a Living, Risen Christ who is ready to come into our hearts and lives and give us vietory, and Who is able to come and dwell in our hearts and take possession of our lives and make them over into the likeness of His own life. This is the message that the world is longing for today, and for lack of knowledge of which, the world is per- ishing today. 587 3. But as glad and glorious and full as these glad tidings are, even this does not constitute the full Gospel. The Apostle Paul, not only preached a Christ who died for men’s sins, who became sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him, a Saviour who made per- fect atonement for sin, and through whom we may have pardon for all our sins by simply believing in Him, and a Saviour who rose again and is now living to make intercession for us and who can and will give us daily victory over sin if we only trust in Him: He preached furthermore the “Glad Tidings” that this same Saviour some day is coming back again and that glad news is a part of the missionary’s message. The Apostle Paul says in Phil. 3:20, 21, writing to a church where he had done wonderful missionary work under very difficult circumstances, “Our citizenship is in heaven; from whence also we wait for a Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ: wha shall fashion anew the body of our weiliion, that it may be conformed to the body of His glory, according to the working whereby He is able even to subject all things unto Hmiself.". That this was a very important and constantly emphasized part of the Gospel that Paul preached, is evident from his epistle to the Thessaloni- ans. This was the first inspired epistle that he ever wrote, or at least the first epistle of which we have any record, It was to a church where he had heen a missionary and where he had preached the Gospel “not in word only: but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance” (1 Thess, 1:5). And the epistle is addressed to young converts; but in every one of the five short chapters in that epistle is a ref- erence to the Second Coming of Christ and it is evident from that epistle and from the Second Epistle to the same church, that the Second Coming of Christ had been an important and prominent part of Paul's missionary message to the people of Thes- salonica. Not only so, but he also com- mands the young converts in Thessalonica to emphasise this truth in comforting one another in their afflictions. Paul says inthe 4th chapter of that epistle, “I would not have you ta be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, even them also which sleep in Jesus, will God bring with Him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive, and are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first then we that are alive. that left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: so shall we ever be with the Lord. Where- fore comfort one another with these words” (1 Thess. 4:13-18). Here then is the most specific command that they use this part of the Gospel in comforting those that were in sorrow, the doctrine, or the “glad tid- ings.” that the Lord Jesus Christ was com- ing back personally to this world. It is evident that this glad news. just as good news as the news that He died for our sins, and just as good as the news that He rose again and ever liveth to make cession for us and to give us victory over that our Lord Jesus is coming again personally and visibly, is an ential part of the Gospel. The Missionary’s Message. To sum it all up, the Missionary'’s Mes- sae is that Christ died for our sins, a per mement for all the of every will trust in Him; that Jesus Uhrist rose ayain and is thereby accredited om God Who spoke the very words of God, as the Son of God in an altogether unique whom dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead hod- ily, and who lives to make intercession for us and who can come into our hearts and make His dwelling place there and shape our lives in conformity with His own; and that some day He'is coming back again to this world to judge the world, to raise the dead, and take those who believe in Him are inter- sin sit fect aw man who AS A messenger sent f sense. in THE KING'S . BUSINESS to be with Himself forever in conscious and eternal blessedness. Whatever you may say or leave unsaid, never forget that you must sdy this. This is your message. If you do not declare it in its fullness. ou will he an unfaithful and disobedient ger of Jesus Christ and He will set mess you aside and you will be punished for your infidelity rather than rewarded for ar fidelity. Conclusion: This is the one message for all mission- lands. The ways of presenting this message may vary according to the dif- fering conditions among the people to whom we go, but in whatever way we the method of presenting the message, this message we must present. The mistake has been often made of thinking that before we present this Gospel message we must prepare the people for it. This is not only contrary to the practice of the apos- tles, but to the best experience of madern missionaries. Paul and Peter always began with this message as soon as they could get a hearing and kept ringing the changes on this message. I once visited one of the hest known missionary colleges in India. It was under thoroughly Christian aus- piees, thoroughly orthodox auspices, but 1 was told it was not expected that we hould preach the Guspel to the students there, that they thought that was not wise. What they were trying to do, they: s was to prepare ae the Gospel. licen ary we vary ss of men to receive 1 found that the college had cing on for many years educating the men, even training them inthe Bible, but definitely avoiding the direct presen- tation of the Gospel: and above all, avoid- ing any attempt to bring the students to ptance and public confession of Christ. The practical result, as 1 Jearned hy inquiry, was that they had turned out one generation of students after another to know the Bible an Jesus a theoretical sort of a way. and that consequently some of the most dangerous opponents of the Gospel in India had gone out from that college, having heen trained to know the Bible butTHE KING'S BUSINESS not to accept it and that they were no nearer to having a class prepared to receive the Gospel than when they began. Their method of procedure was wholly un- biblical, utterly irrational and thoroughly pernicious. It so happened that the head of the institution who was chiefly responsible for this policy and who emphasized it, was ill at the time of my visit to the college. The man in charge was thoroughly in sympathy with the preaching of the Gospel and I was given liberty to preach the Gospel and to make an appeal, which I did with most gratifying results. At one place in Japan that I visited, meetings were arranged for me with the students of one of the great universities, not a missionary university, a state university. I was advised not to preach the Gospel. The man who was chiefly responsible for my visiting the place, said to me before the meeting, “Now don't preach a sermon. They are not ready for that yet. It is not a Chris- tian school, As far as I know there is only one Christian teacher in the school and very few Christians among the stu- dents. Give them a lecture on the neces- sity of morality in education.” I had no lectures on that subject and would not have -delivered one if I had. 1 preached to them on the text, “What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?’ I attempted to prove to them that Jesus Christ was a Divine Person and that He had made a perfect atonement for their sins by His death on the cross. When I finished my sermon J said to them, ‘‘Now, I know that few, if any, of you are Chris- tians. Here are your fellow-students and your teachers and they are not Christians, but I believe that some of you are as thor- oughly convinced as I am that Jesus was a Divine Person and that He made a full atonement for your sin on the cross of Calvary. I do not know whether you have the courage of your convictions or not, but I am going to give you a chance to show. Anyone of you who will here and now accept Jesus Christ as your Divine 559 Saviour, surrender to Him as your Lord and Master, confess Him as such publicly before the world, and strive to live from this time om to please Him in everything day by day, please stand.” “There was a short space of absolute silence, then one large Japanese sprang to his feet and stood. like a soldier in the ranks, then another and another and another, until everybody available, including the Catholic priest, was busy taking names and addresses, and when I left the city the next morning I was told by the man who had advised me not to preach a sermon that he had the names of 131 men who during the two days I had been in the city had made a public profes- sion of accepting Jesus Christ as his per- sonal Divine Saviour. And my friend added, “T am going back to preaching the Gospel.” He ought never to have quit it. man deceive you. They may urge upon you purely educational work. Don’t yield to the urging. Be a missionary, a Man with a Message, a message from God. Though you may teach, be sure that you constantly give the Missionary’s Message as God has n it to us in His word: That Christ died for our sins according to the Scrip- tures, that He was buried, that He rose again and that some glad day He is com- ing back again. And God will bless your efforts providing you give the message in the power of the Holy Spirit who is at your disposal to work through you; and some glad day, when our King comes back He will say to you, His faithful ambassa- dor, “Well done, good and faithful ser- vant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou in the joy of thy Lord.” But if, for any cause, you allow yourself to be swept away from declaring the message that your King has entrusted to you, in that day when the King comes back again, you will not hear, “Well done,” but a sad voice of stern rebuke, and you will lose your crown, * Let noTHE KING'S BUSINESS 561 EVANGELIST NICHOLSON Rev. H. Gough Birchby, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Placentia, Califor- nia, sends us the following regarding ser- vices held there by Mr. Nicholson, the Bible Institute evangelist: W. P. Nicholson, the Irish evangelist, has come and gone. For two weeks he has been a flaming evangel in our midst. This ~ staid young Presbyterian church has been stirred and quickened as never before, and the whole community has felt “the mov- ing of the waters.” Night after night on the street he has invited and plead with men to come and hear the Gospel, and with Harry Von Bruch as singer and leader of song, they have drawn many across the threshold of the church. From the pulpit Brother Nicholson has proclaimed fearlessly God's hatred of sin,, and has torn aside ruthlessly the sinner’s “refuge of lies.” His denuncitaion of the sins of church members is terrific. His statements of Bible truth are clear and convincing, and the Gospel message is fully preached. His dealings with new con- verts are marvellously clean-cut and sat- isfactory, and many of God’s children whose knowledge of their Christian stand- ing was deficient and consequently weak, found themselves helpfully strengthened and established. Many came out and renewed their covenant with God, and many souls were born again, Statistics are rarely reliable, and it is not safe to count the Lord's hosts, but many homes are praising God in this com- munity that He sent His servants, Brothers Nicholson and Von Bruch to us, and Pla- centia will be a better place to live in. The pastor, Rev. H. G. Birchby, and his session are glad that the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, through it good Superinten- dent, Rev. T. C. Horton, make it possible for small communities such as ours, to have the services of so strong an evangelist as Rev. W. P. Nicholson, and the Lord won- derfully favored us in bringing to us so consecrated and helpful a song-leader as Harry W, Von Bruch, ———$s-__— Former Students Mr. and Mrs. James I. Blackman, of Beaver City, Neb, announce the marriage of their daughter Helen. to Mr. Henry C. Webendorfer, on Wednesday, April 17, 1918, at Beaver City. Mr. and Mrs. Weben- dorfer are engaged in missionary work at San Pedro, Charcas. Boliv Both are graduates of the Bible Institute. Francis J. Reagan. class of 1914, gradu- ated from the Xenia Theological Seminary, Xenia, Ohio, May 8. 1918. Thomas A. Flynn, graduate of the Bible Institute, is in Utah, working under the American Baptist Publication Society. In a recent letter he s: “We have been in desert towns on the Utah-Nevada line all winter, with fair success.” He has organ- ized a Sunday school at Goldhill, Utah, and desires prayer for him in his work, Marion Reynolds, 1917, for more than a year successful superintendent of the Biola Club, on Spring Street, is now assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Fresno, a church with nearly 800 members. H. M. Berhey, 1918, is assisting in his father's produce office at Walla Walla. Wash. He hopes soon to go to France. See The Friday Evening Class The photograph of the Popular Friday Evening Bible Class of the Bible Institute, shown on the opposite page, taken at the close of a lecture by Dr. William Evans, who, together with Superintendent Horton, is seated on the platform, This class has representatives from sixty-five towns and over twenty different denomina- tions,FOR THE SERMON, o BIBLE READING, GOSPEL ADDRESS By WILLIAM EVANS SERMON OUTLINES A Fourfold Attitude Towards Sin Text: 1 John 1:7-2:2, - InTRonUcTION. 1. Denying it, 1:8-10. 1, Nature of the denial. (a) As to the possession of a sinful nature (v. 8). (b) As to the committal of sinfid acts (. 10). 2. What is involved in such denial: (a) Self-deception (v. 8) (b) Challenge God's statement (v. 7) (c) Make God a liar (v. 10) (d) The Word of God, as a norm, has no abiding place in the heart (v 10). IL, Confessing it, 1:9. 1, The nature of confession. (a) Confess—take sides with God against it. Admit it (b) Renounce—forsake what you would have God remit (c) Believe in the of Christ (v (d) Accept for- giveness, based on His righteous- ness and justice (y. 9) The result of confession. (a) Forgiveness (v. 9). (b) Cleansing from sin’s guilt (v. 7), and sin’s power (v. 9), Victory Over It, (2:1; ef. 1:7, 9). 1, Victory possible (2:1). 2. Its method—“these things (a) Word of God (2:14) (b) Divine nature (3:9) (c) Indwelling spirit (4:4) IV, Repeating It, or Falling into it, 1:7- 2:2, ‘ cy of the blood 7-9) jod's declaration of 1. Admit that we do (2:1). 2. What to do when we do, (a) Recognize advocacy (2:1. 2) (b) Recognize provision made for it (1:7-9; 2:2) (c) Confess it (see II above) Conctuston. Christ Suffering for Us 1. 1 Peter 3:18—To bring us unto God A new access. Il. 1 Peter 2:24—Our death unto sin and unto life. A new death IM. 2 Corinthians $:21—That we might be made the righteousness of God in Him, A new spi IV. Galatians 3:13—That we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. A new spirit V. 1 Peter 2:21—That He might leave us an example. A new example. VI. Titus 2:14—That He might redeem us from all iniquity. A new redemption, VII. Galatians 1:4—That He might deliver us from this evil world. A new deliverance. 1 Thessalonians $:10, That we might live together with Him. A new fellowship. Thus, it will be seen, you have eight intents and results of Christ's death Vu vicarious Seven Indispensable Things I. Without shedding of Mood is no remission. Hebrews 9:22. II. Without faith it is i please God. Hebrews 1-THE KING’S BUSINESS IIL. Without works faith is dead. James 2:26, IV, Without holiness no man shall see the Lord, Hebrews 12:14. V. Without love I am nothing. inthians 13:1-3. . \I. Without chastisement ye are not sons. Hebrews 12:8 Without me (Jesus Christ) ye can do nothing. John 15 A.C. P. Coote. 1 Cor- VIL The Will of God in Life Do you seek for an object in life? Hebrews 10:7. “I come to do thy will, O God.” Do you seek for food in life? John 4:34. “My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me.” Do you seek for society? - Mark 3:35. “Whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.” (R. V.) Do you seek for education? Psalms 143:10, “Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God.” Do you seek for pleasure? Psalms 40:8. “I delight to do thy will, O my God.” Do you seek for a reward? T John 2:17. “He that docth the will of God abideth forever.” Ino you seek to know the will of God? 1 Thessalonians 4:3, “This is the will of God, even your sanctification.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. “Rejoice alway; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.” (R. ¥.) Do you seek assurance? John 7:17. “If any man willeth to do His will, he shall know of the te “ing.” (R. V.) Do you seek for power in prayer? 1 John 5:14, “If we ask anything accord- ing to His will, He heareth us." (R. V.) —D. L. M. 563 What the Word of God Does I Peter 1:23, By it we are born again. 1 Peter 2:2, By it we grow. John 15:3, By it we are cleansed. John 17:17. By it we are sanctified. Psalms 119:105. By it we get light Ephesians 6:17, By it we are defended. Jobn 12:48. By it man is judged —D. LM. Things that Tend to Poverty Withholding more than is meet 11:24, Refusing instruction, Prov. 13:18. Idle talking, Prov. 14:23. Love of sleep, Prov. 20:13. Oppressing the poor and giving to the rich, Prov, 22:16, . Drunkenness, gluttony, and drowsiness, Prov. 23:21. Following 28:19, Hastening to be rich, Prov, 28:22, Living far from Joseph's storehouses, Genesis 45:11. Prov. after vain persons, Prov. =D. L. M. “Agonize"” Used eight times in New Testament: In prayer, Colossians 4:12; translated “labor fervently.” As a workman, Colossians 1:29; trans- lated “strive.” As a wrestler to gain the prize, 1 Cor- inthians 9:25; translated “strive?” As a soldier, | Timothy 6:12; 2 T 4:7; translated “fight.” As aman who defends his friend from danger, John 18:36; translated “fight.” For salvation, ,Luke 13:24; translated “strive. As the Lord Lake 22:44; mothy Himself in Gethsemane, translated “agony, The Mind of Christ Text: 1 Cor. 2:16. Ixrropuction. Notice Christ's legacy to His own, “My peace I give unto you.” John 14:27,564 THE KING'S remain i in you ‘That my John 15:11 “For I have given unto them my word John 17:8 “We have the mind of Christ.” 1. The contrast between the mind of Christ and the mind of the flesh joy might 1. Rom. 8:7, Carnal mind. 2. Col. 1:21, Rebellious mind. 3. Col. 2:15, Puffed up mind 4. 2 Cor, 4:4, Blinded mind. i, What is the Character of the mind 1, Phil. 2:6, Independent: mind 2. Phil. 2:6, Willing m 3. Phil. 2:7, Serving mind 4. Phil. 2:8, Condescending mint 3. Phil. 2:8, Humble mind. 6. Phil. 2:8, Submissive mind 7. Phil. 2:8 I, The Qua f Christ in the Chri 1. 2 Cor. 8:12, A willing m 2. 8 caddy mir 3, 1 € er mind. 4.2 Tim 1 A sound mind 5 3:12, A humble mind 6 A peaceful mind A Bright Chinese Student OQ New Year's Day, 1910, a young ( nese girl, Mise Lily Ing Institute, to take ap the tw dy. She desired. het urn land ave a thorough eo Bible, in at she might do effective work fur her Lord. her (expectation being to use her kindergarten 4 training to reach the mothers. throne! children, in addition te the regular Hille work. She came to us from the Preshy terian Chinese Home in San Erancisew. the “Girls Lyceum Club” of the Bible Insti tute agreeing te become responsible for her expenses while at the ute BUSINESS She proved herself an apt student. stand ing high in every study, inchiding music, and the Institute instructors were unan imous in predicting for her a useful career in the Lord's service.’ Her face was fam iar to the congregations of the Church uf the Open Door. as she sang in the ehyir and she was a cofstant attendant at the meetin, Lyceum Club, where she was affectionately known as She finished her course in J mt remained to study a litte Jonger, until an urgent cablegram came from China, desiring her assistance in definite work for the Lord in the Bille sehool in Shanghai, where she ed her early iining. She er reahness to ge. and, though culties presented themselves, the wonderfully removed them all, and urrangements were made for her immediate departure On Mareh Hy with the faculty on the platform, and it the presence of the student body. Miss Ing received her diploma, her Nowers and gifts, She «short talk <1 God for the bless- i mate expressing, her thar ss Which had come to her through the Institute wid) decliring: her intention te Lith fully serve Him among her own people She left a day or two later, and on April © sailed for China. ‘The Bible Institute has to its growing list of represegatives in the foreign field thus added anotherLIGHT ON > PUZZLING PASSAGES and PROBLEMS By R. A. TORREY How is it that the Armenians are suf- fering such tortures when they arc a Chris- Han people, and we are taught that Christ will care for His children and give them the things which they have nee® of? In answer to this would say first of all that the Armenians are not a Christian peo- ple. There is no such thing as a Christian people on carth, It is true that the Arme- nians profess to accept the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ, but that does not make one a Christian, A very small share of them, as far as I know them, have really personally and definitely accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, and surrendered to Him as their Lord, and are trying to obey Him in all the relations of life day by day. Neither have the Amer- jeans, as for that matter, nor any other nation. But even though they were Chris- tians individually. and even though Christ does care for His children and give them the things which they have need of, that Jocs not mean they will never he allowed suffer. en suffer terrible things. That oftentimes is exactly what we need most, it is for our highest good. Indeed, God tells us in His own Word very plainly that “All that will to live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” It is a xreat privilege to suffer persecution. Suf- fering persecution is not something that we should dread nor shrink from, nor com- plain ahout, it is rather something for which we should thank God, and the fiercer the persecution the better it is for us and the more we should thank God for being hon- ored@by being permitted to suffer persecn- tion for the sake of the name of His dear Son. No one ever suffered more for the Lord Jesus Christ than the Apostle Paul, yet it was this same Apostle Paul who wrote in Rom. 8:18, “I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to he to ore compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” And he tells us also in 2 Cor. 4:17, “Our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of You will notice he speaks about his afflictions as “light afflictions,” and yet they were constant and more terrible than any that men endure today, but he was right in calling them “light.” They are light indeed compared with the glory that is to be ours, and these very afflictions work out our glory. Every child of God should count it a joy when he is permitted to suffer some- thing for the Lord Jesus. By thus suffer- ing he is making a deposit in the bank of heaven where it will bring an infinite amount of interest. Our Lord Jesus Him- self said in Matt. 5-10-12, “Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you; and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward heaven: for so perse- cuted they the prophets which were before you.” In the eleventh chapter of Hebrews we are given a catalogue of the terrible suf- ferings that men passed through for right- cousness’ sake, they “had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sazen asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being desti- tute, afflicted, evil intreated. of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.” In the light of these plain statements of God's Word regarding the persecution of those who belong to the Lord Jesus, there is no mystery, nothing whatever that is difficult to understand, in howTHE NEW cory SECOND CORINTHIANS (Continued) N our study of 2 Corinthians we have I considered Introductory matters and the Synopsis of the book; also the Introduction (i. 1-14), followed by sections 1, 2 and 3 of the first main division of the book “Matters Concerning the Apostle’s visit to the Church at Corinth” (i. 15-vii. 16). We present sections 4 and 5 of the first main division of the book as follows 4. The Divine Provision Supports and Encourages the Apostle in his Labors for God (iv. 7-v. 10). (a) The Simplicity of (iv. 7). God accomplishes the preaching of the gospel, and, indeed, His whole work, with very simple instruments—"We have this treasure in earthen vessels” (cf. 1 Corinth- ians i, 25-29; 2 Timothy ii, 19-22), The magnificence of the message (iti. 7-11) does not necessitate magnificent messengers. The poor appearance of the apostles and their lack of oratory had often heen ridiculed (cf, x. 10, ete.), ‘The content however, should not be judged by the nature of the vessel which contains it. All this is in order that the glory and sufficiency may he of God (iv. 4-6), who not only glorifies simplicity, but supports suffering granting a vision of future glory which shows present suffering’ to he comparatively light and but temporary (iv, 7-18). The Support of the Ministry (iv. 8- the Instrument of a vessel. in by vy wondrously, in this series of anti- clauses (iv, 8-18) is) the surpassing greatness of God's power, sufficiency, and support sct forth, as it sustains the militant apostle in his campaign for Christ. No mat- ter how difficult the position in which he may be placed, a way out is always provided (cf. 1 Corinthians x. 13; Matthew xvi. 18; Psalm cxviii. 17), The sufferings of the apostle were not, as his enemies asserted, a judgment on him for speaking against the law, but an opportunity for the display of Christ's sufficient grace (cf. xii. 8-10) ‘The blessed, glorious resurrection hope and future glory is the sustaining truth of these verses (iv. 18-v. 1)) Four glorious, supporting, and sustaining hs are contained in y, 1-10, as follows: First. There is a cheerful view of death, This is indicated in verse 6: “Therefore we are alw. confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” To the apostle death was simply an absence from the body to be at home with the Lord. Death had been robbed of its sting and the grave of its victory (ef. 1 Corin- thians xv. 54-57), Dying days are not finish- ing days with Paul. We die unto life, unto largeness, unto liberty. econd. This life is not all. There is another and greater life than this. This is indicated in v. 1-4: “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the tr568 heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.” The apos- tle says that if this tent of our human body be folded up and taken down, we are not left without a house. We have a home better built and more permanent, “a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable. If things are to be measured by what can be seen and handled, then the Christian is silent; he has nothing tw say. He has then chosen a life of seli-denial that shall end in his obliteration. “If our lives are to be measured by the pendulum of the clock, or by the sun-dial that may be mute at any moment, and we are destined never to cross and encircle the disk of eternity, then we may point to the eagle whieh lives 500 years, to the sea-monstcr, which lives 1,000 years, and to the grain of wheat which is said to live from four to five thousand years, and ask, ‘Is it fair for God to give these things such a long tenure of life and to cut us off with but a handbreadth of time” How dark indeed would life be if there were no future! A picture with no sky has no glory. The supremest moment in any human life is that which is likened to the angel in Revelation, who, standing with one foot on the sea and the other on land, had his eyes lifted up to heaven. Third, That which we already possess i an carnest of what is to follow. This i indicated in vy. 5; “Now he that hath wrought us for the sclfsame thing is God. who also hath given unto us the earn af the Spirit.” An carnest is a sample, a pledge, an assurance, a deposit or part of a thing, the whole of which will some be delivered. The believer in Christ has heaven in miniature in his heart, The indwelling Spirit and heavenly joy is an earnest until the redemption of the pur- chased possession. God has not implanted THE KING'S BUSINESS these longings for the future in our hearts to disappoint us. Fourth. There will bea final eeward for all the, good we have done. This is indi- cated in v, 10; “For we myst all appear before the judgment seat of ‘Christ; that every oné-imay receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” “Hope is sown, for the righteous." We do not always receive reward for good done in this world. On the contrary we are often misjudged, misunderstood, unappreciated, and it is for this reason that many a man has given up his service for Christ. We are assured here, however, that at the judgment seat of Christ every man will be manifested or appear in his true light. Then it will be actually displayed what a man really is, and every bit of good that he has done will receive its full reward. 5. The Apostle’s Vindication (v. 11-vi. 10). The thought of every believer appearing in his true light and character at the judg- ment seat of Christ affords Paul the oppor- tunity of again vindicating his severity (v. 11) and unselfishness (v. 13, 14). His appeal is not only to the conscience but also to the God before whom they all are to give an account. This is not self praise on the part of the apostle (as some opponents would assert), but an opportunity for the Corinthians to defend him whenever occa- sion should arise (v. 12), The various atti- tudes of mind, thought and action ascribed to the apostle were all proofs of devo- tion to God, His gospel, and the welfare of of the Corinthians (v. 13, 14). Just as Christ died and rose again for the sake of all that they might die to sin and live to God, the apostle claims that his motive is similar to that of Christ. No apostle or worker for God is to be valued because of position, standing, or prestige among men, No man must be known thus after the flesh (cf. Galatians ii, 6). Only those who have died, and risen with Christ to newness of life have any right to proclaim Him as Sovereign Lord. When such faith is reposed inTHE Christ. then a new and right relation takes place. Such has been the experience of the Apostle Paul, and the great facts of such a reconciliation which has been provided by God in Christ has heen committed to him to proclaim. Having personally experienced such faith in Christ, and having been then commis- sioned with the gospel. of reconciliation, the apostle glories in the fact that he is a worker together with God and Christ in announcing this gospel of reconciliation to the world (2 Corinthians vi. 1). The apos- tle is both an ambassador (v. 20) and a sup- pliant (vi. 1). To commend himself to God and men as a worthy minister of Christ is the apos- tle's ambition (vi. 4). The sufferings and afflictions of the apostle were the creden- tials of his divine apostleship (vi, 5-10). Three things are here referred to as characteristic of the ministry of the apostle: First, fear of Christ as the Judge, and Christ's love for us as a Redeemer (vy. 11- 15) is its motive. Second. the basis of it Jies in the finished work of reconciliation in Christ. (v. 16-19). Third, the credentials ‘of it are the facts of the apostle’s ministry and ambassadorship (v. 20-vi. 10). Such facts clearly demonstrate that the apostle is, a sincere and thoroughly authenticated ambassador of Christ. (a) The Aposile's Experience (v. 11-19). Paul is here dealing largely with the defense of his apostolic sincerity, particu larly as in the sight of God, as well as of men, and because of the motive—the sacri- ficial love of Christ—that actuates his min- istry. . The apostle was persuaded that God knew and honored his sincerity; he would have the Corinthians do likewise (v. 11) trusts the apostle; why should not Corinthians? the This appeal to God is trac not only of the future (v. 10), but also of apostolic action all the time since his con- version, Of course, Paul wants to win and persuade men, but he would rather win the approval of God. He would like to have both (cf. 1 Corinthians ix. 19-22; Galatians i, 10). KING'S BUSINESS a) Is it the duty of the minister of Christ to defend his reputation which may be falsely assailed (cf. Genesis xxxix)? Yes. if such wrong imputation hinders the work of Christ. There is a great difference between defending one’s own wounded per- sonality and defending the cause of Christ (Jude 3). It is the duty of the friends of a Christian worker or minister who has been wrongly attacked, to come to his defense (v. 12; ef. Acts iv. 34-41). Zeal and earnestness in God’s work may lead to a wrong estimation of one’s char- acter and work. Paul's enemies said he was unduly obscure, or overwrought and crazy (iv. 35 xi. 1, 16; cf. Acts xxvi. 24). They said likewise of Jesus (Mark iii, 21; John viii, 48), amd all the apostles (Acts ii, 13-16). The love of God in Christ as reconciling the world unto Himself and the passion of the apostle to proclaim this great fact to men, the realization of his position between a beseeching God and needy humanity gave to the apostle a zeal and strenuosity which those who were barren of such a passion misunderstood and wrongly stigmatized as undue sobricty, or lack of self-control (v. 13-19). It is interesting at this point to note the apostle's belief regarding the death of Jesus Christ. It is set forth as a reconciliation (v. 18, 19; cf. Romans v, 10; Ephesians ii, 16; Colossians i. 20). We are reconciled to. God by the death of His Son, by His cross, and by the blood of His cross—that is the message of these Scriptures. Reconciliation has two sides: active and Passive. In the active sense we may look upon Christ's death as removing the enmity existing between God and man, which had hitherto been a barrier to fellowship. This . state of existing enmity is set forth in such Scriptures as Romans viii. 7—"Because the carnal mind is enmity against God.” Also Ephesians ii. 15 and James iv. 4. In the passive sense of the word it may indicate the change of attitude on the part of man towards God, this change—from enmity to friendship—being wrought in the heart of man by a vision of the cross of Christ (ef.570 THE KING'S v. 20, 21), It is probably better to state the case thus: God is propitiated, and the sinner is reconciled. The death of Christ is also viewed in a substitutionary sense (v. 21; cf. Isaiah 6; 1 Peter ii, 24; iii, 18). The story of the passover lamb (Exodus xii.), with 1 Cor- inthians v, 7, illustrates the meaning of sub- stitution as here used : one life given in the stead of another, “The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” God made the Christ, who knew no sin, to be sin for us. Christ Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree—this is substitution Christ died in our place, bore our sins, paid the penalty due our sins; and all this, not by force, but willingly (John x. 17, 18), The idea of substitution is well illustrated by the nature of the preposition used in connection with this phase of Christ's death: In Mat- thew xx. 28 Christ is said to give His a ransom for all (cf. 1 Timothy ii. 6). That this preposition means instead of is clear from its use in Matthew ii, 22—“Archelaus did reign in the room (or in the stead) of his father, Herod.” Also in Luke xi. 1— “Will he for a fish give him a serpent?” (See Hebrews xii, 2, 16), Substitution, then, as used here means this: That some- thing happened to Christ, and because it happened to Christ, it need not happen to us. Christ died for our sins; we need not die for them if we accept His sacrifice, For further illustrations see Genesis xxii, 13— God providing a ram instead of Isaac; also Barabbas freed and Christ bearing his cross and taking his place. “Upon a life I did not 3 Upon a death I did not die; Upon another's death, another's life, I risk my soul eternally Such a conception of Christ’s death (v. 18-21) makes it, in the estimation of the apostle, impossible for him to be guilty of selfishness, pride, or insincerity. It also gives him a new outlook upon the possibil- ities that lie dormant in mankind. Men are viewed not as they are in themselves— according to the flesh—but in the light of BUSINES: the cross, and as they may become in “a new creation” (v. 16, 17; cf ns vi, 15; Romans v, 2-19; 1 Cor- inthians xv. 45; Philippians jii, 7). Such a new creature is not an evolution of man~ kind, but a definite creative at of God (v. 18-20; cf. v. 5; i. 21; ii, 14; iv. 6; 1 Cor- inthians viii, 6; xi, 12; Romans xi. 36) brought about through the death of Christ. which is here set forth as a reconciliation, and in the stead of the sinner. (b) The Sufferings of the Apostle (v. 20-vi, 10). ‘With such a ministry the apostle has been entrusted, and in view of such a trust he aims to be a true ambassador (v. 20), a faithful co-worker, and a sincere minister. For the accomplishment of all this he has been called upon to suffer. The dignity of the apostolic office Paul regards as from God, not from men (i. 1; cf. 1 Corinthians i. 1; Galatians i. 16). He regards himself as standing in the place of God. The mes- sage of the apostle is equivalent to a “thus saith the Lord” of the Old Testament. What the apostle proclaims and enjoins upon the Corinthians they should “receive” (cf Romans y, 11) as the very message of God. the apostle regarding himself as an ambas- sador from the court of heaven. The apostle is not. in these verses (vi 3-10), indulging in any personal vindication. or asserting any supreme claims to holiness or sinlessness, either for himself (Philip- pians iii, 11-15; 1 Corinthians xv. 8-11; iv. 1 Timothy i. 15) or for the Corinthian believers (xii. 20, 21; 1 Corinthians i. 11; iii, 1, 11; viii, 2; x. 14; xi. 30; Gala- tians iii, 1), The fact that one's own conscience is clear with regard to sin (ef. 1 Corinthians ee of sin im that life (cf. 1 John iii 18-24). God, not conscience, is the ul late Arbiter in the matter. God may know of things which I do not yet see, and which further light will reveal to me later: This is the ideal of the apostle towards which he is striving (ef. Philippians iii. N-15). That he was secking to attain this ideal the Corinthians could testify. Surely‘THE KING’S BUSINESS 571 such a mode of life is sufficient answer to silence all enemies (1 Peter ii, 11-21). How easy it is for those whose hearts and minds are biased, prejudiced, and envie ous, to sce flaws in so wonderful a life as that lived by the Apostle Paul, but so it was, and so it is today. Too often is human opinion colored by human prejudice. A seared conscience will not see good in even the best of men (cf. 2 Peter ii. 10-18; Jude 816) We repeat that Paul is not defending him- self, but his ministry. He would not have the gospel nor his ministry vilified or any blame attached to them (vi. 3; viii 20) nor by any reputed self-secking, insincerity, or sembling on his part. ee See FROM A LITTLE FIRE Great Results Obtained from a Young Men's Bible Class BEGINNING with a Bible Class of seven young men, the Fishermen's Club of Los Angeles has been able, through the blessing of God and a strict adherence to a definite policy, to demonstrate that the Bible has lost none of its power with young men. Briefly, the following may be said of the Club: It has never known a holiday. It has never had a secular lecture. It has never had an entertainment, It has never had any schemes for getting members. Tt has never sought to be depended upon popular speakers. It has never had but one teacher. It has never had a musical program. It has never had office-seeking members, It has never had any dues. Tt has never pandered to influence. Tt has had faithful officers. popular, or any worldly It has had praying members. It has held hundreds of meetings. Tt has made hundreds of converts. ‘It has helped to support missionaries. It has a definite statement of belief to which every member” subscribes. Tt has had a definite object, and high ideals for its membership. Its spirit is evangelistic and soul-saving. At the eleventh anniversary of the Club, held in May, the following interesting facts concerning the proportion of its members who are in active service, were presented: Foreign Missionaries, 18 Missionary Pastors, 7 Medical Missionaries, 2 Pastors, 26 Assistant Pastors, 2 Evangelists, 15 Assistant Chaplain, 1 ~ Theological Students, 6 S. S. Teachers, 20 Other lines of Christian Work, 20 Preparing for Christian Work, 28 U.S. Army, 2 Total, 166 In addition to this, it may be said that the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, with its world-wide work, is the outgrowth of this club and the Lyceum Club, a corresponding group of young women. This should be a great encouragement to every Bible Class teacher, proving that the whole Bible and the old Bible, and faith unfeigned, and a definite purpose to expound the Word of God and press the claims of a dedicated life, and the obligation to give the Gospel to the whole world, on the part of every believer, cannot fail to bring results. Further particulars concerning the Fish- ermen’s Club can be had by addressing the teacher of the club, T. C. Horton, Super- intendent of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles,2 nN THE. KING'S BUSINESS: BOOK REVIEWS “The Menace of Modernism” E take pleasure in calling attention toa new publication from the pen of Dr. W. B. Riley, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Minneapolis, entitled “The Men- ace of Modernism, The Table of Contents is as follows “What Is the True Meaning of Modern- ism? Is Modernism a Real Menace? Is Modernism Undermining the Evangelical Ministry? Has the State University Become a Hotbed of Heterodoxy? Do Our Denominational Colleges Deny the Evangelical Faith? Is the Modern Bible School God's Antidote to Skepticism? Is a Confederacy of Conservatives the Call of the Hour? This is a strong, forceful, timely and pungent presentation of a theme of the utmost importance to every true and faith- ful believer in the great doctrines of the inerrant Scriptures. If every Christian man and woman who hold the Bible in their hands as the infallible rule of faith and practice, could read this book, it would enlighten them concerning conditions, and fortify them in their fight in defense of the faith delivered once for all to the saints. We would urge our readers to possess this book, and give it thoughtful consideration. It can be had_through our Book Room. (T.CH.) “Robert Garry” PECIAL attention is called to the advertisement elsewhere in this num- ber of Tue Kino’s Business of a little book entitled “Robert Garry: The Man of One Book,” who went about doing good This is a memorial of a rare life, edited by S. M. Sayford, an old friend of Mr, Garry's and well qualified to present a short story of his unique life. The proceeds from the sale of the book are to be given to Mrs, Garry, whose com- panionship and sacrifice made it possible for her husband to devote his life to the interests of the Lord's work. Tt was the writer's privilege to. know and love Robert Garry, and he is sure that there will come to every reader of this brief story an inspiration for Bible study and devoted service. (T.C. H.). ——_o—_——_ DON’T MISS THIS! The Last Opportunity—Ten Classics for One Dollar! E are closing out: the Montrose Library. Every book is a classic. Titles are as follow: “The Divine Unity of Christianity,” “Christ and the Scriptures.” “The Hidden Life,” by Dr. Adolph Saphir “The Wonders of Prophe Urquhart. “The Lord from Heaven,” “The Gospel and Its Ministry.” by Sir Robert Anderson. “Satan,” by Lewis Chafer. igher Criticism and the New Theol- by Dr. R. A. Torrey. hy John “The Growing Church.” by Dr. Cleland B. McAfee. These books are paper covered. Uf cloth- hound, with the present high cost of print- ing, they would cost you $7.50, You will never again be able to purchase them at the price at which they are now offered, They should be in the library of every Christian home; they showld he in libraries of all the cantonments in the United States; nothing could be more help- ful for the soldiers and sailors, While they fast, these ten splendid hooks will be sent you postpaid for $1.00, Biola Book Room, 558 Los Angeles, California. the Order from the uth Hope Street,THE KING'S BUSINESS 573 How to Help in a Great Work Y becoming a member of the “Fellow ship Association of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles,” you can assist in its great work. Day and night our workers are giving the Gospel to a multitude of people; through them homes are blest. hearts are comforted. souls are saved and believers are built up in their most holy faith, We crave your sympathetic interest and practical support. The preaching of the Gospel is to them that perish, foolishness, but unto them that helieve. it is the power of God unto salvation, Any person may become a member of the Fellowship Association by the payment of the $5.00 annual fee. Your name will then he enrolled and a membership certificate issued you By means of this Fellowship Associa tion, the Institute seeks to enlarge its per- manent constituency of interested praying people. Each member will receive THe Kixe’s Bustxess, the official monthly mag- azine of the Institute, Or, if you are already @ subscriber to it, your subscription will be advanced one year. The Bible Institute conducts department work, under direction of competent leaders, as follows: (1) Student Training, for Christian work (2) Bible Women, (House to house visi- tation and neighborhood classes.) (3) Spanish Work. (4) Jewish Work. : (3) Shop and Factory Meetings. (6) City Mission, thoroughly manned. (7) Seamen's Work. (8) Extension Work Bible, Classes.) (9) Bible Conference Work. (10) Work in Oil Fields. (11) Books and Tracts. (12) Foreign Work. a Alumni Homecoming (Evangelistic and ‘The Alumni of the Institute will have its Annual Homecoming and banquet, Tuesday, June 25. It is planned to make this of more importance than usual this year. The pro- gramme will begin at 4 p. m, with a Fel- lowship meeting in the social parlors. This will afford an opportunity to ‘greet old friends and meet new ones. At 6 p. m. the banquet will be served with a programme following. The theme will be “The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.” Representatives from the Grad- wating Class and the Alumni will speak and Dr. Torrey will give the address. The business meeting of the Association will conclude the evening. The officers for the present year are; Don D, Donnan, presi- dent; Mrs. Carla Duncan, vice-president; Miss Katherine Minchy, recording secre- tary; Mrs. Lyman Stewart, secretary-treas- urer. The dues to the Association are fifty cents a year, and each member contributes one dollar to the Alumni Scholarship Fund. The publication of the Biola Alumni Annual will-follow within a month after the Homecoming.—=—=2 e EVANGELISTIC DEPARTMENT ({J | REVIEW OF THE MONTH'S ACTIVITIES By Biblé Institute Workers Things That Grip. PRACTICAL PERSONAL WORK and SOUL SAVING WORK IN THE OIL FIELDS . By Frank J. Shelley UR work continues from week to week, always giving out the message, sometimes early in the morning, often late at night, “in season and out of season, rejoicing in hope, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.” We usually find five or six Christians out of the five or six hundred persons on a lease, so with the unsaved who will come in to hear the Word, our congregations are not as a rule over fifteen or twenty. For this reason we do mostly personal work among the men and give them the Gospel by word of mouth, leaving a Gospel tract with them. In a few places we get excellent congre- gations, and if we listened to the “flesh” we would go to those places, for we do enjoy a good crowd to preach to; but our precious Lord could go all the way down from Judea to Samaria to give the water of life to one poor, lost woman. “He must needs go” are the sweet words, and we know that God would have us to go to the few saints here and there and comfort them with His own blessed Word. Has not the Lord Jesus Himself said “Where two or three are gathered together, there am 1?” So we often hold Cottage Bible studies and preachings. The Lord was manifestly present in such a little gathering the other afternoon, where about fifteen or twenty were present. They sat in the living room, kitchen and on the beds, fistening to the Word. As we spoke of “Him whom God hath highly exalted and given a Name which is above every name" it was wonderful to see how the Holy Spirit seemed to touch all hearts and we trust some found peace with God. One dear lady, over sixty years old, with tears in her eyes said, “We are ever so thankful,” and our own heart was touched ‘with a sense of the Lord's presence with us. The way has opened up very wonderfully so that we are soon to have twenty-five beautiful tract boxes, which we shall take great pleasure in putting up on the diffe ent leases, in the clubs and reading roams, and keep them supplied with the sincere milk of God’s Word. We expect also to soon receive a gift of three hundred “My Experience in Chris tian Science,” which is another answer to prayer, and for which we thank Him. We have been praying particularly for one large camp here cursed with Christian Sei- ence, and the way has now been opened up so that we can teach the Word there. We have given out this tract (My Experi- ence) there, and it has done an immense amount of good. The work goes on at Bellridge, Lost Hills. Reward, McKittrick, and other out of the way places, and we have our little Bible classes here and there. We have dealt with a great many men and women. Some have found peace witli God, while others who could not let go: of self, we haye had to leave with Him. OrieTHE KING'S BUSINESS 575 poor man, a Roman Catholic, we have dealt with a number of times and he seems under deep conviction, and often cries over his sins, yet he will not believe God and trust in the only One who can deliver him from the bondage and guilt of sin. His wife is also a Catholic and they both listen to the Word and seem to be glad to have us call. Please pray for the worker and the work —that we may be strong in the Lord and keep our eyes on Him, and off self. The following by that man of blessed memories, J.N. Darby, is a true word to the followers of Christ: “Learn to grapple with souls. Aim at the conscience. Exalt Christ. Use a sharp knife with yourself. Say little; serve all; pass on. This is true greatness, to serve unnoticed and work unseen. O, the joy of having nothing and being noth- ing, seeing nothing but a living Christ in glory; and being careful for nothing, but His interests down here!” pas epee at WORK OF THE BIBLE WOMEN ‘Mrs. T. C, Horton, Supt. A LADY who. is moving from the city, came recently to the Bible teacher and with tears in her eyes, said: “I can never tell you what this class has done for me and mine. It has simply changed my life, and what I have been able to bring to my husband has led him into an assurance of being saved he never had before. It all began by your calling one day and urging me to attend the neighborhood Bible class, for which as a family we can never cease to be grateful to you.” A mother who is passing through a great deal of trouble, tes- tified: “Some of the lessons just stand out before me at times. It seems to me I never could have lived though this but for the Bible class work.” At the County Farm we had our usual meeting with the women inmates. We had sung “Only a Sinner Saved by Grace,” and the Bible Woman said, “It takes a Christian to sing that song.” When she asked. how many could sing it from the heart, only a few hands were raised. After- wards in our Bible lesson we considered the night of fishing the disciples had spent by themselves and caught nothing. Then later, the wonderful difference when, the Master with them, and the net let down at His command, it broke with the weight of the fish caught. So we pondered over the importance of the Master's presence and of Simon's obedience. As we closed we sang again the chorus of “Only a Sinner,” the worker asking if there were any who could nof sing it from the heart. One trembling hand was raised, an old woman of seventy, who had never made any pro- fession. After the meeting she tearfully admitted her own sinfulness and desire of salvation, her belief that He was able to save and that He would not cast out any After a little persuasion, she the whole verse of “Just as T Am” hesitating before the last line, saying “[ want to.” But at last out it came, “O, Lamb of God, I come” just as the worker had to leave for her train, asking that God would send His assurance to this comer at the eleventh hour. A Bible Class worker kept after a neigh- bor who was much interested in Christian Science until she got her into a neigh borhood Bible Class. She became very much interested in the study and said she had been a member of a church for many years. But one day when the worker had opportunity for personal conversation and some personal questions were put to her, she confessed that she knew she was not saved, but really wanted to be. She had been trusting in church membership and her naturally kindly feeling toward every one. When the need of being born again was made plain and the way was shown her, she said, “I do believe and I will receive576 Him.” Then the tears came thick and fast. but through them shone a new light Another link with the East. A young widow, with time and means at her com- mand some months ago dropped into a Bible class, “more hungry than she knew,” as she remarked later. She gave up every- thing and spent four months taking in all THE KING’S BUSINESS she could, buying books that were sug- gested as good helps, all with a view to returning to her home and starting Bible classes in the many needy places in and about her home town where, she said “they just never hear these truths at all” Shall we not fallow this one with our prayers? ——————_—. WORK IN THE SHOPS David Cant, Supt. TT Hose fellows are only a bunch of four-flushers. They wouldn’t do any- thing to help you get back that old job again.” So spoke a pal to a man who, later on, opened up to one of our boys at the close of a shop meeting where the Spirit of God was working. Tt was startling, the change that took place in the attitude of those men that day. They were so engrossed in their game of cards as to completely ignore the hymn books which were offered. and our invita- tion to join us in singing: but the game was soon forgotten, and not a man took his eyes off the speaker, and when, later on, the grip of the hand was given, this great big fellow, in particular, was all hroken up and told his story—such a dark. ugly story of sin; fast women, followed by neglect and desertion of home, wife and seven children. The loss of his position came next and there he was picking up odd jobs “in the far country” sure enough, “feeding upon the husks,” sick. aged and disgusted. Surely, the way of the transgressor is hard, and the backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways. We made this man a subject of deep prayer, and as prayer and works go hand in hand our faithful messenger of that day started out to secure his old job back again, the four-flushing” consisting of four visits to his old boss, and after waiting for three hours the fifth trip, he was rewarded with an interview, and largely because of his discour- importunity the case was taken up with bright prospects of reinstatement. A few days later, at a very unusual hour, our persistent worker felt constrained to alter his usual route and instead of taking him- self to the Bible Institute lecture room, discovered himself waiting for—he knew not what—in the Biola Club, when who should walk in but his man! Never before had he been there, but surely the same One who directed Philip to “arise and go toward the South that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza,” still moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform. 1 business and when a man says “I will God answers back “You shall.” In a few min- utes they were in the litthe back room down on their knees, and “when he was ta great ways off, his Father saw him 1 had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him" and such a is man meant changed man rose from his knees, this time to return—not only to God—but what must ultimately follow, to wife and children. If this is the outcome of “four-flushing,” God grant us some mote of the same camouflage. We must tell you of a good-natured “cop” whom we ran across on his beat were returning from a noon-day shop meet- ing. We were waiting on the crossing for our car and had a splendid heart-to-heart talk, loaded him up with several excellent tracts and just left the Word to soak in. Several months passed and like so many weTHE KING'S BUSINESS similar cases, the incident had been for- gotten, until one day last week we’accom- panied the boys to a meeting at the same shop, and returning there was our old friend at his post with a smiling “God bless you, boys” as we drove past. “That's the cop who was converted during the special meetings at the Church of the Open Door” spoke up one of the crew. “I'll never forget the night I tackled him and how he came back on me. I asked him if he wouldn't like to go forward and make ‘a public confession of Christ, and his reply, “Don’t talk to me, son. How many times have-you gone forward?’ I told him once. ‘Well, you're not in it with me. I've got you beat a mile, for to make sure I went forward ten times before I was satisfied I was anchored sure and safe.’” Wasn't that fine? So Paul may plant and Apollos may water, but God gives the increase.” Again we were starting out. “You remem- ber my two brothers,” smilingly asked a bright young woman. “Both used to work at the shop, and both have been gloriously saved and are now preparing to go ‘over there’ to serve their country.” Thank God, sin’s tremendous load settled forever. Glory 577 to Jesus, the future safe and ail eternity secure. That same shop which has been open to the Gospel for over eight years, has now been closéd to us, the attitude of the men necessitating it. Will you, who semember ‘our work, pray that, if it be His will, the door may be opened again. In conclusion, here is another case to remember: “That song broke me all up. Yes, I am a lost man; I realize I'm on the road to hell, but I simply can’t he honest and live on my salary. No, I love to go to church, but don’t go as it only adds to my condemnation every time I hear the message and resist. Yes, I was brought up in a Christian home, both father and mother saved, but it’s no use talking to me. I must go now.” These are but a few of the lights and shadows. The way to reach men becomes increasingly difficult, and proportionate with the receiving of the Word. comes the falling away. But “He giveth more grace” and with the purging necessary to bring forth more frit we pray for faith to take the grace that our chastenings may prove His highest mercies, and when He cometh may there he abundant fruit to His praise. eos areata THE SPANISH WORK R. H, Bender, Supt. HE Word of God is quick and power- ful.” The following incidents prove this statement After leaving the car and while debating whether to go to the section houses or cross the bect field and visit some ranches, a young man who had been on the same car, approached some Mexicans and asked them to loan him ten cents, which request was denied. Stepping up, the worker offered him a dime, at the same time handing him a tract, and began to talk Jesus to him until another car came. The young man said he was interested and wanted to know where our church was. We told him we had no church, but would have a Bible class at the section house at Wilmington (he lived in East Wilmington). When we went the following week to the place designated, and commenced to speak, 1o and behold, this same young man appeared, bringing two others with him, and best of all, he and one of the other young men pro- fessed to accept Christ as their Saviour. One of the men at the same section house said that his wife at first did not care to hear the Gospel, but now when he returns from work and takes up the “Por- cion Escogido,” and calls her attention to the different portions, she listens. Who578 THE will ‘doubt that the entrance of the Word will give her light? Here is another case: Arriving at a ranch house, we found five women and men.’ A tract was offered but they declared they could not read. “Well, then,” we said, “we will tell you the sion of these tracts," and began to talk Gospel to them. Of course they listened although with some suspicion. We left a Gospel of John and some tracts them, saying “Perhaps some one will read them for you some day Two weeks later we called again. The women heard me talking to the men out- side the house and all came out to listen. When the tracts were given out the women, too, wanted some, thus showing they were interested, and that their fear or sus- picion had taken wings and flown. These people had but just recently arrived from Mexico and were full of superstition and ignorance. They truly need our sympathy and prayers, We wish the readers of THE Krve’s Business would hold up in their KING'S BUSINE! s prayers these benighted ones‘at our doors that they would indeed give entrance to the Word, that they might become enlight- ened. On a recent trip to Camp Ki we had the joy of seeing twenty-nine of the soldier boys converted. To God be all the glory! (Note: A request has come to us from the Y. M. C. A. headquarters at Camp Kearny, that Mr. Bender give his full time for two or three months to work among the Spanish-speaking soldiers there, as he has proven to be so thoroughly qualified for this work, Mr. Bender was for many years a missionary in Central America, and has three special qualifications for this work: (1) He knows the Word of God. (2) He knows the Mexican and his language. (3) He has a definite love for souls. His pur- pose will be not only to win the men, but to train some of them so that they will do evangelistic work among their comrades, in the camp and on the field.) my, eee ene WORK AMONG THE JEWS James A, Vaus, Supt. HOSE interested in this department of the work, will remember that in a recent issue of THE Kixc’s Business we spoke of our desire to have a room located in the center of the Jewish quarter, where we might go aside with men whom we met on the street and talk to them of their personal relation to God. Our readers will be glad to know that such a room has been secured. answer to prayer, given us the necessary means to pay for the equipment and the first month's rent for a place of this kind, and we are going along in faith that He will continue to supply this need. This place will be used both as a Reading Room and a Mission. It will be open after- noons with some one in charge who knows and loves the Jewish people, and is able to prove from the Jewish Scriptures that the God has, in Messiah. long expected by them, has come. and that Jesus of Nazareth is He. les, Testaments, Gospels. books, ete, in Hebrew, Yiddish and English will be placed in the reading room for the free use of those who drop in. Gospel services will he held evenings, ser- mons being preached both in Yiddish and English, So, in these varied ways, we are seeking like the Apostle Paul of old, to he “all things to all men that we might by all means save some.’ The neighborhood in which this Mission is located is the most orthodox Jewish dis- trict in the city, and if the Jews have opposed the work which is being carried on in our “Mission Home” which is con- ducted in a very quiet manner, we may be sure the work of the “Mission” which will have more publicity will arouse much more tracts,THE KING'S antagonism and opposition. The readers of this magazine are requested to join us in praying for the success of this new work. Jewish hearts are slow to yield to the influence of the Holy Spirit, and when, as so often happens, we have been dealing with some family for a very long time, with no apparent results, our joy is two- fold when some member of such a family receives Jesus as Messiah and Lord. Such was the case of a certain family in which we have been interested a long time, Two younger children attended our Jewish Bible School, and the older of the BUSINESS 379 two we have reason to believe is a secret believer. The mother for a long time bitterly opposed any effort made to induce her oldest daughter (a girl of seventeen or eighteen years) to hearken to the claims of Christianity, In spite of the mother's efforts to prevent it, opportunity was had to make the way of salvation clear to this and on a recent visit to our home she definitely accepted the Lord Jesus as her Messiah, and with a happy face, is giving testimony to her faith in Jesus, the King of the Jews. WORE IN PACIFIC COAST HARBORS Oscar Zimmermann, Supt. AST month we had again many reasons for thankfulness, God answered prayers in numerous ways, one of which was that He graciously supplied the funds for a stercopticon machine so that now it will be possible to present this part of the Institute work with the aid of nearly a hundred slides gathered hy the worker over a period of several years. Pray that the of salvation He will enable us to tell may he richly owned of Him, If any of the readers of this article live around the San Francisco bay region, a note audressed to the worker at No. 3335 May- helle Avenue, Oakland, California, will arrange for a Sunday night at your church, and we believe that the message of God’s grace will not fail to count for Him. It will be @ privilege to receive such invita tions at any time. Very recently there came to the worker a happy surprise. After entering a number of cabins in which Chinese engine-room men were found, a door opened, after knocking, and a Chinese steward greeted the worker kindly and joyfully received a Gospel which was offered him. He was a Christian and it developed that he was story known all over the ship as the “missionary”, and had endured a great deal of hardship and persecution. The Lord made us a bless- ing to this man and he was so glad for words of encouragement and fellowship in the Lord. “The whole family—father, mother, brothers and sisters,” he said, “are Christians, and today even my old mother travels to all the villages around to read the Bible and lead Chinese men and women to Christ.” His father and mother were the first converts under the China Inland Mission in that province, in the early days. What a contrast between the captain, an American nbn-Christian, and this sweet soul—only a Chinese steward! Before leaving he wanted to know if a Bible could not be bought for him, as he, being a China- man, is not allowed to leave the ship at all here. Also, he wanted an accordion. He had been without a Bible during the trip from China to this coast, and wanted to receive inspiration through the reading of the Bible and the musical instrument, for which he wanted to pay. The Lord, know- ing the need, had caused the worker to carry with him two copies of a Chinese Gospel hymn book, and it was a joy to580 THE KING’S see his look as with a promise to get the Bible and accordion for him, the hymn book was given him. He was so thank- ful for everything and finally said to the worker: “Let us talk to God together.” He closed the door, and we knelt, the dear fellow saying “I pray in Chinese,” which he did. He seemed strong and more ready to witness for Him, and was so happy that he made the worker a present of some fine silk goods, to show his appreciation. He left with his needs fully satisfied, and is today on the high seas again. A very rare exception to the usual indif- ference shown by the vast majority of American captains and men, came to our notice recently. The captain of this par- ticular American “wind-jammer” is called “the missionary captain,” and judging from all the testimony heard, he is one indeed. Every Sunday he gathers all his crew on deck wherever they are on the high seas and preaches a sermon to them. He has the reputation of treating his men better than any other captain, paying them better and always having a crew. Apparently he isn’t one of those preachers Dr. Torrey told of in class as writing to him, saying “I'm all out of texts; send me some texts.” The worker is arranging to supply some good books on Bible study such as Dr. Torrey’s “What the Bible Teaches” and something on the second coming of Christ. BUSINESS Pray for this captain; he is a real man, The other day while engaged in Gospel work on a Japanese freighter, a leaflet was left in the chief officer’s cabin, and the chief officer himself was met on the deck a few minutes later. “He said “I know you; you came to speak to me on the Mayachi Maru.” The worker remembered that vessel well, and it finally dawned on him that on that vessel the chief officer had accepted Christ. (This was on August 24th, 1916, and he was the first fruits of the San Francisco work, the first convert on our records). “You are not the first officer of the Mayachi?” He said “I am.” Into the cabin we both went and of course the first question was “How are you get- ting along in the Christian life?’ He was very frank and said, slowly, “Jesus treated me well all the time, but I didn’t treat Him so all the time.” Going to the root of the matter, we found that he was steadfast and that the Lord was very real to him. Tt was not lack of faith, but the knowledge of his shortcomings in the sight of Jesus who had done so much for him, that made him see so clearly his own unworthiness. “Jesus is very precious to me,” he said, “and I know I belong to Him.” We thanked God for this opportunity of opening the Book to him, and showing him how to get food for his soul. eniin paris THE WORK IN HUNAN, CHINA Dr. Frank A. Keller, Supt. YN Jamar 10th T wrote to Mr. Horton. Conditions are now fairly quiet in Hunan.” At that time Yochow, ninety miles north of us, was occupied by Northern soldiers, and Changsha was in the posses- sion of the South. Rapidly the South moved against Yochow, defeated the North there and drove the soldiers out of the city. Before leaving, the North burned part of the city, and on entering it, the South fin~ ished the job, burning practically the entire city and reducing it to ruins, Mi aries and Red Cross doctors were d from the Red Cross hospital at the point of the bayonet, and Northern wounded sol- diets were murdered in their beds by the Southerners. Rapidly the Southerners moved North, saying they would have possession of Han- kow by Chinese New Year (February 1th). Just how far they got we do not know. Peking sent down strong re-inforcementsF THE KING’S BUSINESS and we learn that heavy fighting is taking place now near Yochow, and that the South is in retreat. If this is true, and if the North succeeds in forcing the South back to Changsha, there will be terrible times here as the possession of Changsha is of vital importance to both sides. We are quietly resting in Him who “makes even the wrath of.man to praise Him.” Our mails are now being sent around through the Province of Kiangsi, down to Kiukiang, and -so to the Coast, thus suf- fering much delay. A telegram despatched from Shanghai on January 30th, reached me on February 15th; the same day as a letter posted there January 3lst. Up to the present our work has not been delayed on any of the fields where our men are engaged by the war conditions. Let us return thanks to God for this great merey and continue to look to Him for protection and guidance, and for power and blessing in service. ‘The following extract from Mr. Tien’s last letter brings out beautifully the way our men are working, and God's gracious blessings : “We have just had a most happy: experi: ence in the home of one of our colpor- teurs, Ma Yuin-Ting, ‘and I am specially writing you about it that you may rejoice with us. Ma Yuin-Ting is himself a fruit of our colportage work in this district; his son, Ma Chin-Seng, is thirty years of age, is engaged in business and in his business relationships is a man of marked integrity, but has been most bitterly opposed to the Gospel. He has reviled and cursed his parents, saying they had become foreigners, and that he could no longer recognize them as parents. His father used every possible means to influence him, but he obstinately refused to give heed. He would not look into any of our books, and would even turn his head so as not to’ look at the “Gospel posters pasted up in his father's house. For many months he has contributed aot! ing to the support of his parents, and a bi ter enmity sprang up in the home. On the evening of the 15th Ma C Seng was again at his father’s house revi- 581 ling him, and on that very day we returned to the city for the Chinese New Year. Early the next morning, on hearing of our arrival, the father came to me and told me the story. T could see that he was in great sorrow, so we had prayer together and I sought to comfort him. Then I urgéd him to go home and give ‘himself to prayer and fast- ing for his’son, At the same time I went to the son’s place of business to have a chat with him. I made no reference to the family quarrel, but simply talked with him about the Gospel. His spirit of opposition was the sime as before, yet he accepted some books which he laid on his table, Then Satan seemed to add a difficulty for a woman came into the shop, picked up the books and carried them away with her. My heart was all stirred up and it seemed as if my effort after all would be in vain. After I left the shop I found the woman on the street, gave her another book in exchange for those she had taken, quickly returned to the shop and again gave the books to Mr. Ma and urged him to read them. Mr. Ma wondered at this, and aiter I had left said to himself: ‘I am going to look. into these books and sce what they, really have to say’ All praise to God for leading him to read those books! He was deeply interested and a stream of light flowed into his heart. That very evening he went home and made peace with hig parents who were amazed at the wonderful change in their son. The father had been praying and fasting, and now the parents joined in praise to God. The next morning Ma Chin-Seng went with his father to call on Mr. Jensen, the missionary-in-charge at Wukang, and also came to see me, He confessed his sin against God and against his parents, and expressed his determina- tion to leave the false and accept the true. On the following Sunday he attended ser- vices at the church for the first time in his life. His manner was most reverent, and the Christians of Wukang are all rejoicing over him.” Just a word about little Hwang Ching- En whose photo is shown. Ching-En means “blessing and géace," and she is a living582 PHE illustration of the name. She is the daughter of Mr. Hwang Chioh-Wan, the leader of our Party No. 2. In a later let- ter I want to tell you the wonderful story of his conversion, vice and of his life and ser- since, ' Ching-En jis seven years old and on a KING'S BUSINE recent visit to the city with her father she attended worship. After reading the Scripture lesson, in which she took her turn with all the others, I asked some rather stiff questions, expecting her father or some of the others to reply, when to my amazement litle Ching-En replied promptly and correctl; After the service I asked Ching-En some questions about her home and school life and her father suggested that she reci some of her lessons for me. First she took the Gospel according to Matthew and went right through it without a moment of hesi- tation, giving a fine outline of each of the twenty-eight chapters. Then she began at Genesis and named every book in the Old and New Testaments in proper order and our morni gave the number of chapters in each book: She then began once more at the first chap- ter of Matthew, verse one, and recited the entire chapter without a break. She was going right on for five chapters, but when she reached the middle of the second chap- ter I thanked her heartily and excused her from the balance. Can you beat it in America? Five years ago Mr. Hwang was a heathen, He is one of the fruits of God’s blessing on the Hunan Colportage Work. Seven years old!International EXPOSITIONS - - HEART OF THE LESSON - T.c.HORTON ILLUSTRATIONS = - o, O| S. S. Lessons J. H. HUNTER | COMMENT - KEITH L. BROOKS: “MY GIRLS" - MRS.H.J.BALDWIN. ‘W.H. PIKE | ELEMENTARY - MABEL L. MERRILL O) BEGINNING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE JULY 7, 1918. LESSON I. John 1;38-51; Gotnen Text Acts 16:13-34, “He that will, let him take the water of life freely."——Rev. 22:17. THE LESSON 13. And on the Sabbath we went | out of the city by a river side, where | prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down and spake unto the women which resorted thither. 14, And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city | of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: ‘whose heart the Lord opened, that she aitended unto the things ‘which were spoken of Paul, 15. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be | faithful to the Lord, come into my | house, and abide there, And she con- | strained us. | eae 25. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: | and the prisoners heard them. 26, And suddenly there was a-great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. 27. And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his steep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled, 28. Bui Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm; for we are all here. 20. Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas. 30. And brought them <4, and said, Sirs, what must 1 uv to be saved? . a1. And they said, Believe on the Lord Fesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32, And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. aa. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house, LESSON EXPOSITION By J. H, Hunter, 1. There Is a Beginning. This simple statement is by no means an unimportant statement. One of the best known Bible teachers in the world says that he was awakened to his need of Jesus by a sentence in a book that he was reading, which said in substance that every sou! not saved is a soul that is lost. ®y nature every one is a sinner—Rom. 3:23; and already under condemnation—John 3:18, Gal. 3:10; and God’s wrath abideth now upon him—John 3:36. No man can change this by doing any good works to win God's forgiveness and favor—Gal, 2:16; Titus 3:15 f. c. So utterly helpless is man that God says he is “dead in trespasses and sins”384 —Eph. 2:1. The beginning of the Chris- tian life is to get spiritual life into that dead man. When our Lord called “Lazarus, come forth,” the dead man became a living man, and walked out of the tomb, but no amount of instruction “on walking would have been of any practical help to Lazarus until our Lord had made him alive. Yes! there is a beginning to the Chris- tian life. Our Lord Himself called it being “born again"—John 3:3, 5-8. Becoming a Christian precedes leading the Christian life. . Il, How the First Disciples Began the Christian Life. . 1. They realized their need of something which they knew they did not have. The sick man who knows that he is sick seeks help, and the sinner who knows he is a sinner seeks a Saviour—Matthew 9:12, 13, John and Andrew sought the ministry of John the Baptist. for they had heard that he had a message for sin-burdened souls. John himself could not impart the desired relief, but he could point them to One who could help them. - 2. They heard John’s testimony, John 1:35. They were Jews. and to the Jew “lamb” meant substitution and sacrifice, For nearly 1500 years had the morning and evening lamb been offered up daily on the altar in temple and tabernacle, each point- ing forward to “a sacrifice of nobler name, and richer blood than they.” Can you say, “He was wounded for my transgressions?” Tsaiah 53:5. 3. They looked on Jesus, as John bade them. The serpent-bitten Israelite looked to the brazen serpent and was healed— Num. 21:8, 9. °In looking on Him they looked away from themselves; His sinless- ness hid their sins; His perfections hid their imperfections. “I looked to Jesus, and I found in Him my Star, my Sun; and in that Light of Life I'll walk till all my journey’s done.” Can you’ say, “I have found Him?” 4. They followed Jesus. The look bréught life; the following manifested the life. The call to Matthew—“Follow me,” is the call THE KING'S BUSINESS of Jesus to every believer today; but a man must be a believer before he can be a follower, 1 have just finished reading an article on our soldiers and their officers, the purpuse of the writer being to show that our men believe in their officers, whether the officers be from the National Guard, the Reserves, or West Point. Faith in their officers makes our men faithful followers. “The Captain of our salvation” can be trusted to lead rightly His enlisted men; but men must enlist. Ill. How the Philippian Jailer Began the Christian Life. 1. He realized his need. The earthquake, and the opened doors, and the singing evan- gelists all had a part in bringing the mat- ter to a climax, but the work had begun before that special night. “What must I do to be saved?” came from a heart that had realized its need of being saved. Paul had been preaching in the city “many days” before the casting out of the demon from the damsel brought about his arrest, and it is not hard to believe that reports of his say- ings and doings had reached the jailer. Be this as it may, no man ever called for deliverance in any realm of life who did not first realize that there was something to be delivered from. It is a good deal easier to help the young man or woman who says, “I am too great a sinner,” than the one who says, “I am as good as my neighbors and will take my chances.” 2. He sought help. It is no easy thing for a man to open up his heart like this to another man. It is the most sacred thing in a man's life—his personal relationship to God. How wise and tactful must that Sun- day School teacher Le who would win the confidence of his class that he might lead them to put their confidence in Jesus. The jailer believed in Paul and Silas, he believed they were what they professed to be—ser- vants of the Most High God, and ambassa- dors of Jesus Christ. Do we impress men that way? 3. He heard of Jesus. He could not see Jesus as Andrew and John saw Him when they followed Him; but he could hearTHE KING'S BUSINESS from Paul and Silas of that wonderful death that secured life for him. Paul di not stop when he said “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” He went on and “spake unto him the word of the Lord.” Let us follow Paul’s example and in addition to telling people to believe in Jesus show them what it means to believe. See in Isaiah 53:6 two things that we have done and one thing that God has done. The third statement—what God has done, is just as true as the preceding statements regatd- ing ourselves. Our not believing it will not undo it, any more than our not believ- ing that the sun shines will stop the sun from shining. We may refuse to believe that Christ died for us and be lost in consequence, but that will not change the fact that 1900 years ago He “died for our sins,” and “the Lord hath laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.” 4. He believed in Jesus. A convict might choose to remain in prison though the Governor had sent him a pardon, but it would not be because he could not go free. John 5:24 following Isaiah 53:6 makes it very plain—BELIEVETH — HATH. It is the word of the King. “Thank you, Captain.” said Napoleon to the private who had stopped the Emperor's runaway horse. “Of what regiment, Sire?” 585 said the moment-before private. “Of my guards,” said Napoleon, touched by the ready wit and faith of the man who simply took him at his word. A greater than Napoleon gives you His word. Will you believe Him? TV. How the Apostles and the Jailer Lived the Newly Received Life, They confessed Christ to others. They identified themselves with other believers. They had fellowship with Jesus. The apos- tles at once began to bring others to Jesus and so did the jailer. “Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men” said Jesus, Matt. 4:19. The apostles were called later to leave their ordinary occupation and devote all their time to the proclamation of the Gos- pel. The jailer, so far as we know, con- tinued at his post, but he was a Christian jailer. Today, as then, the Saviour calls some to leave home, friends, business and devote all their time and strength to the ministry of His word of the Gospel, and woe to the man or woman who heeds not the call. And some He calls to remain where they were, but to serve Him there, 1 Cor. 7 :20-24. Preachers, missionaries, Associa~ tion secretaries and carpenters, clerks, housewives, too, for “Ye serve the Lord Christ.” Have you done as they did? HEART OF THE LESSON By T. C. Horton, HE whole chapter is so interwoven that we need it all in outline in order to make the most of the lesson. The Conference with Timothy, vs. 1-5. The Call to Macedonia, vs. 6-11. The Conversion of, Lydia, vs. 12-15. The Casting out of the Evil Spirits, vs. 16-21, The Commitment to Prison, vs. 22-24. The Conversion of the Jailer, vs. 25-34. The Conquest of the Prisoners, vs. 35-40. We find in the lesson two prayer meet- ings of different types, both leading up to the conversion of two very different char- acters—one a other an religious woman, and the religious Roman jailer. One scene is laid by the riverside where a band of women were wont to assemble for prayer. They are Jews and have no syna- gogue. What an insignificant opening for the great evangelist! No committee to arrange the meeting; no advertisement; no financial backing; no tabernacle for serv- ices! Out of doors with a few women. How humiliating for the man who had the vision from the skies—a man from Macedonia crying, “Come over and help us.” No one could imagine this scene. The586 THE KING'S Bible is inspired; this is a true story; no human author would’ have staged such a scene for such a character as Paul, the apostle. Paul preached the Gospel, He preached it with the power of the Holy Spirit sent down from Heaven. God uses human agencies ; the Gospel is committed to men, not to angels. The Gospel is simple and understand- able, and Lydia heard and believed. ‘aith cometh by hearing; hearing by the Word of God” (Rom. 10:10). The light of the Word flashed into her heart, the door was opened to the truth, and the Spirit of God entered and took possession of her life. God had a new dwelling place among the heathen. The first convert in Europe was a woman. The Gospel of Christ changed the character of the life of womanhood; lifted her from a life of thralldom and servitude to a sphere of service in which she has been able to glorify God through pure, truce womanhood. She has been ever since a faithful, untiring friend and helper in the spread of the Gospel, and the exem- plification of its power to ‘save from sin and to keep in peace and quietness. The other scene is in strange contrast: A prison; Paul and Silas, with lacerated backs, feet in the stocks! Where is the God of Elijah? Where the power vouch- safed in Matt. 28:18? The prophet suf- fered; why not the apostle? They sing praises. How could they do ? Faith in God's unfailing Word sus- tained them (Luke 6:22, 23). Paul said to those Philippians (Phil. 2:17), “Yea. and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your' faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.” All things were working together for good. The servant is not greater than his Lord. Paeans of praise rose above the tumult and hard hearts were hushed in wonder and were led to worship God. The music was heard in heaven. Men's hearts were affected, but so was the heart of the Son of God. The encore came from Heaven, and a mighty shaking of the earth resulted. The prison was shaken and the shackles sundered. The jailer himself was shaken in soul and sunk at the feet BUSINE of Paul and Silas, a convicted sinner. A Roman jailer at the feet of his pris- oners, pleading for salvation! The tables are turned. Bound in bonds of sin, tortured in soul, trembling in limb, the jailer is the suppliant and the prisoner becomes the preacher and points the way with unerring certainty in answer to the question “What must I do to be saved?’ We know what Paul preached: Man's sinful nature; the grace of God in providing a Substitute whose blood atoned for sin; how that Saviour arose from the grave to justify the believer; how He intercedes in glory, and is coming again; the old, old, Gospel, “sweeter and sweeter as the days go by,” was Paul's Gospel. A cold-blooded, brutal, ignorant sinner in an hour's time becomes a baptized saint. What would philosophy, or Theosophy, or Eddyism or Spiritualism have done with this sinner in one hour's time? It would have plunged him into a suicide’s grave. The saved sinner, a new man in Christ, gives evidence of a new birth by tenderly caring for the prisoners. He opens his home to them and leads his household to the same Saviour and Lord. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) The leading of the Spirit will be in the lanes of service. (2) There must be light, before there can be life. Some demons are wiser than some col- lege professors, for they testified to the truth, A bleeding back may be a badge of honor. (3) a) (5) The paeans of praise proved a power in prison. “Praise the Lord!” An old-fashioned revival would shake the shackles from many a sinner. Faith is believing the finished work which God hath wrought through Jesus Christ our Lord, Faith is manifest in service. (6) (8) (9) The saved sinner becomes a serving saint.THE KING'S BUSINESS we 2 Ss PERTINENT ILLUSTRATIONS By W. H. Pike. PAVE improved this opportunity and spake the Gospel to these women on the river bank, as they were gathered to pray to their gods. Out of this bit of per- sonal work grew the Philippian church. An Open Heart—A lady who had been prominent in infidel circles came to a home Bible study in response to a neighbor's invi- tation, Sometime after she attended an evening church service. When the preacher had finished his sermon he gave the invita- tion, and to the amazement of friends, she arose and walked forward confessing Christ. The Lord had opened her heart, and like Lydia she joined the church and is seeking the salvation of others. An Open Home—Over and over again the home has been the birth-place of a great spiritual movement. Most of the early churches were started in homes. A large number of our pioneer Sunday Schools began in some Christian's home, and out of that home Sunday School grew a church. A Bible teacher who had taught thousands said he received his first instruction in a little Bible study held in a home. A father, on arriving home, heard his little girl praying for him. It brought him under great conviction of sin, he went down stairs and asked his wife if there was a Bible in the house. It was found and the wife read the 53rd Psalm, then he asked her to pray for him, but she could not, so little Mary was called to pray, As a result of her prayer both father and mother were brought to Christ. Joy in Persecution—The story is told of an aged Christian who was traveling on horseback in a lonely district, when a sud- den report of a pistol-shot startled him. Hastening home and taking off his coat he found a bullet hole in his coat and a bullet embedded in a New Testament that he always carried in his breast pocket. “Imag- ine my surprise,” said he, “when I found the bullet had penetrated through the Gos- pel of John to 17:11 “Holy Father, keep through Thine own name those whom Thou hast given me.” There was joy to know God’s care in persecution. Dr. John G. Paton, missionary to: the New Hebredes, was surrounded by savages one night. In the same house was a fel- low-missionary and wife. Dr. Paton said, “You stay inside and I will go out.” As he stepped from the house the savages sur- rounded him and raised their spears to strike him, and he said, “In the name of Jesus Christ, I dare you to strike me.” Instantly there was a flash of lightning and a sharp peal of thunder and the rain fell in torrents about them. The natives fled in every direction. Ignatius, one of the early fathers, said, when being put to death, “Let the fire and the cross, the assaults of wild beasts, the breaking of bones, cutting of limbs, batter- ing the whole body in pieces, yea, all the torments which the devil can invent come upon me, so I may but attain to be with Christ.” Bishop of Rochester in 1555, A. D., was led to the place of execution. On the way he opened his Bible and his eye fell upon this passage, “This is life Eternal, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.” With much joy he repeated these words on his way to the scaffold, where, having repeated the TeDeum, he exchanged the scaffold for the throne. Conversion —This conversion of the last century is more remarkable than the con- version of the Philippian jailor. Geo. Mueller was a poor Prussian boy; and before he was ten years old was a con- firmed thief; a gambling, drinking, profane youth at thirteen; at fourteen, while his mother lay dead, he staggered in the streets in a drunken state. He spent his sixteenth birthday in a prison cell, One night he was led to attend a prayer meeting held in a cottage, and there heard the word of God for the first time, and gave himself to Christ.THE KING'S BUSINESS COMMENTS FROM SUNDRY SOURCES By KL. RAYER was wont to be made. v. 13. There are famous battlefields to which men love to make pilgrimages, although there is not much to see. The apostles sought the place where soul battles had been, fought; a sacred place with an invisible altar—Parker. Women resorted. The work of European evangelization began with a handful of praying women. It was one of the most notable gatherings of history. —Torrey. We wonder if Paul looked for the man he had seen in his vision. There was no man present. A company of women had gathered in the place of prayer.— Gaebelein. Considering how little regard the Jews had for women as persons to be conversed with and taught, it is noteworthy how large a part women play in the Gospel history. It is the effect of Christianity to place women in her true position.—Plum- mer. What woman has, and shall have of privilege and true honor, she owes to that Gospel—Herrick Johnson. v. 15. Lydia, seller of purple. Women of business may be women of prayer — People’s Bible. Heart, the Lord opened. Without this, the Word would have made no entrance. Paul had previously stated that the Lord had called him to preach at Philippi. When God points out our work, He makes the way for it—Camb. Bible. The inclination of the heart toward the truth originates not in the will of man. The first disposition to turn to the Gospel is a work of grace—Olhausen. v.15. Her household. We are not justi- fied in concluding from these passages that infants were baptized. Household might mean slaves and freewomen.—Plummer. Come into my house. When Lydia became the subject of Christian influence, she at once would ‘have 2 church in her house; she would have fellowship at once, Let Christians abide together—Parker. v. 25. Inner prison—midnight. Strength is sometimes better gained by prayer than by sleep—Torrey. Under such conditions they prayed, praised and preached. We Brooks. need never want for matters of praise. Would a dungeon and stocks put you out of tune?—K. L. B. in Echoes. The merriest bird whose tiny breast God has filled with treasures of cheerful melody would become silent in a cage so dreary and dark, Like larks, they soar up and bathe in the sun- shine of God's favor—Saphir. Sang praises; prayed. Prayer moves the hand that moves the world—Wallace. Perplexity drives us to prayer and prayer drives away perplex- ity—Melancthon. Pray, Christian; there is no Gethsemane without its angel—Bin- ney. Praise is the blossom of prayer— Anon. Prison it might’ be called, but prison it was none in reality. It was only a valley on a highland journey.—Parker. Prisoners heard. You do not speak with- out being listened to; go to church without being observed, or sing your hymn to your- self—Parker. v. 27. Would kill himself. No reason suggests itself to our understanding by which suicide can be justified. What claim can that man have to courage who trembles at the frown of fortune?—Napoleon. What a picture we-sce of the atheism; careless- ness and wretchedness of this man. Dis- tracted by an unexpected calamity, he has no refuge wherein to take shelter; no counsellor to direct him. He is driven to despair.—Saphir. vy. 28, But Paul cried. No haste to take advantage of their miraculous liberation; but one thought filled the apostles mind at the moment—anxiety to save a fellow creature from sending himself into eternity, ignorant of the only way of life—J. F. & B. v. 30. Sirs. Grace changes the language of men. Marred as the prisoners were, they suddenly looked beautiful to him.— K. B. in Echoes. The Greek word implies an acknowledgment of great superiority. Those who had been his prisoners were now his lords—Camb. Bible. HWhat shall 1 DO? Come, friend, think of all the sys- tems of religion and philosophy, ancient andTHE KING'S BUSINESS modern, and tell me what human being can give an answer to this question—an answer true, sure, decided, authoritative—guilt- laden, sin-stained as he is, What was to be done? Behold, it HAD BEEN DONE. Look unto Him and be saved.—Saphir. v. 33. Washed stripes. Christianity always drives men back upon their yester- 589 days—Parker.. True repentance will lead a man to try and rub out yesterday's injury. —Sel. Bleeding wounds were never thought of by the indifferent jailor. Now that his heart was opened, he cannot rest until he has done all in his power for their bodily relief—J. F. & B. “MY GIRLS” By Mrs, H. J. Baldwin. PON being asked, “Do you expect to go to heaven?” people invariably reply, “I do” If you ask, “Are you a Christian and do you know that you are saved?" many will answer, “I'm not sure.” Would you expect to reach London if you did not prepare to go? No. You buy a ticket and.engage a state-room. Many hope to reach heaven, yet make no provision. Judging by the lives people live we might conclude that there are several routes. The “do-the-best-you-can” line, the charity and philanthropy route, the good-works, bravery and heroic lines. But God Says these will not save. Salvation is “not of works lest any man should boast” (Eph. 2:9). The first thing to do in becoming a Christian is to believe. (Believe what?) 1. That we need to be saved. We must realize that we are lost. Christ said that He came to save that which was lost (Luke 19:10). Not that we will be lost after this life but we are lost now. We are lost because we are sinners. God says, “We have turned every one to his own way” (Isa, 53:6). “AN have sinned.” “There is none righteous, no, not one (Rom. 3:10, 23). The Phillipian jailer knew he was lost, else he would not have asked what to do to be saved. 2. That we cannot save ourselves. God was a murderer to send Christ and Christ was duped and deceived to die for our sins, if we can save ourselves. God says, “By grace are ye saved, and that not of your- selves.” 3. That Christ alone can save us. Neither is there salvation in any other for there is L none other name under heaven whereby we - must be saved (Acts 4:12). Christ said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the Father but by me” (John 14:6). There is but one door admit- ting us to the Father's presence and Christ is that door. A man dreamed that he was building a ladder to heaven by his heroic acts and kind deeds. At length his ladder reached heaven, but there in the door stood Christ, saying, “I am the door, by me if any man enter he shall be saved. He that climbeth up some other way is a thief and a robber” (John 10:19). We may climb up some other way, but there is no admit- tance. Receive. It is not enough to believe in Christ with the mind. We must admit Him into our lives. He is God’s gift to us. We receive Him as we would receive a Christmas gift, by taking it. To be a Christian, I must receive Jesus as my Saviour; I must accept as a fact that since He bore my sins in His own body on the cross, in my stead (2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Peter 2:24) all my past sins are forgiven; that by admitting Him into my life to live my life for me, He will keep me from yielding to present sin; that in Christ I am a new creature, old things are passed away and all things are become new (2 Cor. $:17). When we receive Jesus Christ to be our Saviour and Lord, God in His Word assures us that: 1. Our sins are forgiven (Isa. 43:25), When we put on blue or green glasses, everything looks green or blue. The moment we receive Christ, God thereafter looks at590 THE KING'S us through Christ’s righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21). 2. We become God's children. “To as many as receive Him to them gave He the right to become children of God” (John 1:12, 13). Christ is God’s only rightful son. We are adopted children, Illustrate adop- tion by imagining a millionaire adopting a little street waif. The child takes his nzme. So we take Christ's. Every privilege and pleasure of that home the child enjoys. The millionaire meets its every need. The child shares the inheritance equally with natural heirs. * 3. We have eternal life. “He that hath the Son hath everlasting life” (Joha 6:36). Not because of any feeling that we may have, but because God says so. We must either believe God or we make Him out a liar, “I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish” (John 3:36; 10:28). We may fall down on deck, but we can never fall overboard. BUSINESS Taking Christ to be one's Saviour implies four things: 1. The assent of the mind which believes in God. 2. The act of the will which receives ‘Christ. 3. The attitude of the heart w! and rests in Christ. 4. The accent of the life which obeys God. Observe these six things about Lydia: She went to the place of Prayer; she heard the Word; God opened her heart; she gave heed to the Word; she confessed Christ publicly; she brought her household with her to Christ, Salvation ich trusts the most important of all questions, because one’s happiness, char- acter, usefulness and eternal destiny hinge upon it. No matter what else one may make of life—name, money, fame— these are of no value if one has not first found Christ. We have only to receive. Alll is God's gift (Rom. 6:23). BEGINNERS AND PRIMARY By Mal L. Merrill. Loving and Trusting Fesus—John 1:35-51. EMORY VERSE. “We love Him, because He first loved us.”"—1 John 4:19. Approach.—Now children, this morning I want you to do something for me. Bring the little table over and put it in this cor- ner, and place your little chairs around it, and I will be there in a few minutes. Now you have gotten things read) for me today, and when we come to our lesson story you will see how God asked some one 'to get things ready for Jesus so he could go among the people and tell them how He loved them. That is why we love Jesus, because He first loved us. Let us thank Jesus for loving us, and ask Him to help us to love Him every day. Lesson Story—When God was ready to have Jesus go out and tell the people how much He: loved them He asked a man to prepare the way, that is to get ready for Jesus. Now this man’s name was John the Baptist. but T am not going to ask you to try to remember his name, only you will know when I mention his name that he was the one God asked to go among the people and tell them who Jesus was and get the people ready to hear Jesus. John the Baptist told the people that Jesus was God’s Son, and how He could take away their sins and help them to do the right things. This man also told the people that Jesus was the Lamb of God. One day John the Baptist was standing near the river Jordan with two of the men who had been listening to all he said about Jesus. Their names were John and Andrew. While they were standing there a man passed by, and John the Baptist told John and Andrew that the man was Jesus, the Lamb of God, he had been telling them about. As soon as John and Andrew heard it was Jesus they left John the Baptist, and followed Jesus. When Jesus turned aroundTHE KING'S BUSINESS He saw John and Andrew following, and He asked them what they were looking for, and they told Him they wanted to know where He was staying. Then what do you suppose Jesus said. Just three words: “Come and see” I think they were so happy when they heard this that they walked very fast until they got to the house where Jesus was staying, and they stayed there the rest of the day and all night. What a lovely time they had there with Jesus, and of course they just loved Jesus and were so glad to be His first disciples. Andrew began to think about his brother, whose name was Peter, and he started out to look for him, and when he found him he said, we have found Jesus, and he brought his brother Peter to Jesus. I wonder if we have some one in our home that does not know and love Jesus, and if we could not do just like Andrew, go and tell them about Jesus, and then bring them to Him, Some of you do that when you bring new scholars to Sunday School so they can learn about Jesus, The next day Jesus went to another place and saw a man by the name of Philip, and he called Philip and he followed Jesus too. Jesus is calling to every one of us to follow Him today just as He called Philip to follow, and let us be sure to follow Him every day. John also had a brother James, and he went after him and brought him to Jesus.~ Isn't that fine to bring their own brothers to Jesus? (Put yourself into this 591 scene and enthuse the boys and girls. Make it simple and compelling as it really is. Children are splendid personal workers; encourage them). Philip had a friend and he went after him, This man’s name was Nathaniel, and he did not come right away like the others and was asking Philip ques- tions about Jesus, and then Philip told Nathaniel to come and see Jesus for himself. When Nathaniel saw Jesus and heard Him talk, he said he knew then that Jesus was the Son of God. Now we see Jesus has six disciples that love Him and trust Him and are willing to follow Him (the older pri- mary children will remiember the names, and the song teaching. the disciples’ names would be very appropriate for this month). ‘Let us see if we can: remember the names of the six we have heard about today. Jesus told them if they d love Him and trust Him, and go out and bring-ethers- to Him just like they had begun to do, they would do a great work. You know why He has told us this story about the first disciples? I will tell you. He is expecting every one of us to follow Him, and go out and bring all we can to know‘ our Jesus and love and trust Him. Let us say our Memory verse. Closing Prayer —Thanking Jesus for call- ing us to follow Him, and asking Him to help us to bring others to follow Him too. ——_—_o——_— READING GOD’S WORD JULY 14, 1918. LESSON II. Aets 8 :26-39; Psa. 19:7-11. GoLben TEXT: ‘Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”—John 8:32. THE LESSON 26, And the angel. of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 27. And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to wor- ship, 28. Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 29, Then the Spirit, said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30. And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esa- jas, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31. And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 32. The place of the scripture592 THE KING'S which he read was this, He was led as a shecp wo the slaughter; and like a lame dumb vefore his shearer, so | pened he not his mouth: | 33. In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall | declare his generation? for his life is taken from the carth. 34. And ihe eunuch Philip, and said, | pray thee, of who» speaketh the prophet this? of hi answered | ‘self, or of some other man? | | 35. Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. . 36. And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, Sec, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptised? 37. And philip said, If thou belice- est with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and s I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38. And he commanded the chariot | ta stand still: and they went down | both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptised him, BUSINESS 39. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw hin no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. . a4 7. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutcs of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the com- mandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever: the judgments of the Lord ave true and righteous alto- gether. 10. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also ‘than honey and. the honeycomb. 11. Moreover bv them is thy sor- vant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. LESSON EXPOSITION By J. H. Hunter. I, What the Bible Is. ‘There are many names used passages to designate the writings. or parts of them, that we call the Bible. “Law. tes- n these two timony, statutes, commandments.” but all are linked up with the Lord. It is “the law of the Lord,” and so on. To the Psalmist those parts of our Bible that he possessed were God's communication of His will to men, not merely a message from men, though they came through men. See 2 Peter 1:21. David had no difficulty in accepting this, no matter how hard it may be for some moderns to do so, In fact he claimed that this was. true of what he himself wrote. See 2 Samuel 23:1, 2. This is the uniform claim of the writers of the Old Testament books. See Moses, —Exodus 4:10-12; Num. 12:1-9, ete.,; Joshua—Josh. 1:1, 7. 8; 24:2, 26, 27; Isaiah—Isa. 6:1, 8. 9; Jeremiah—Jer, 1:6-9; 15:16; Ezckial—Ezek. 3:16, 17, 26, 27. Look up the other books of the prophets and note that they declare their message to be “the word of the Lord.” The phrase, “the Lord spake,” or phrases of similar import, occur 1904 times in the OM Tes- tament. Only one conelusion can be drawn from this. Either these men told the truth, and in that case the message is God's message and authoritative; or they told what is not true, and the message is their own and of no higher authority than’ any other message from fallen humanity. {f they told what was untrue regarding the origin of the message, what about the contents of the message? Good men would not misrepresent the origin of their mes- sage and bad men could not write such a message. No! “The writing was the writing of God”—Ex. 32:16. In the New Testament passage the word used is “scripture” or “scriptures.” This refers to the sacred books of the Jews, our present Old Testament. The Ethiopian was reading “Isaiah the prophet,” the 53rd chapter. This chapter is from that section of the book which the German destructive critics, and their British and American fol- lowers, say was not written by Isaiah, at least not by the original Isaiah, but by some other man—possibly another Isaiah,THE KING’S BUSINESS As there is not the slightest clue to who this second man was, they have dubbed the unknown “deutero-Isaiah.” How strange it is, and what a pity, too, that the Spirit who guided Philip so miracu- lously in every other detail of the inci- dent, did not straighten him out on the identity of the writer of the passage through which the Ethiopian, and count- less multitudes of other sin-burdened mien and women since, found the Saviour. As to what our Lord Jesus thought about the Scriptures, see Mark 7:10-13 where He calls them “God’s word;” Matt. 5:17, 18 where He declares their perma- nency; John 10:35, where He declares they “cannot be broken;” John 5:46, 47, where He says Moses wrote of Him (the destruc- tive critics say Moses did not), and declares that if they “believe not his (Moses’) writings, how shall ye believe my words?" He endorsed the historical accuracy of the Scripture accounts of the creation—Matt. 19:4; of Cain and Abel—Matt. 23:35; Sodom and Gomorrah—Luke 17 :28-32; Noah and the flood—Matt. 24 :37-39; Jonab and Nineveh—Matt. 12:39-41. He ordered His conduct by the Scriptures—Matt. 8:17; 13:34, 35; He defeated Satan with “it is written”—Matt. 4:4. 7, 10, using on this occasion a portion of the Scripture that the destructive critics say were a part of the forgery of some pious(?) Jew in the days of Josiah nearly 1000 years after Moses was dead; He was so confident of the accuracy of its very language that He . silenced the Sadducees with the tense of a verb—Matt. 22:29-32; and over and over again He appealed to the Scriptures to sub- stantiate His claims — Matt. 22:41-46; 26:24, 31, 54; Luke 24:27, 44. Sometimes a new student of the Institute comes to me to endorse a check for him as the caffier docs not know him, When I do’ so; the cashier raises no more ques~ tions for she can hold me responsible: So our Lord endorses Moses, David, Isaiah and all the other writers of “the law, the prophets, and the psalms,” and I am per- fectly satisfied with His endorsement. 593 Ihave a friend who has to be away from his office sometimes for several days, or weeks even, and when this happens he signs a blank check or two and leaves them with his trusted manager. When the man- ager needs money he fills in the amount on the check and takes it over to’ the bank whose only question is whether the signa- ture is genuine. Our Lord was going away for a while, and He left His rep- resentatives, the apostles, a blank -check— John 14:26; 16:12, 13, which they filled in and gave us the writings of the New Tes- tament. So I am satisfied that my Old Testament and my New Testament are all they claim to be for my Lord stands surety for both. Il. How to Make It Our Own. Read it. This is what the Ethiopian was doing. The Bible is a big book, but it can be read through in a year by reading three chapters each week day and five chapters each Sunday. Or read one book at a time. The longest book in it can be read in about four hours. Romans can be read in an hour, Galatians or Ephesians in less than twenty minutes. If any one will devote only fifteen minutes a day to reading the Bible, he can read it through in one year. Read it meditatively. Do not read it as a task to be done as quickly as pos- sible, as a child might read so many pages of history assigned by the teacher as a pun- ishment; but read it as one of our boys in France reads that, letter from the one he loves dearer than life itself, Think it over after reading, recall it through the day. , Read it prayerfully. “Open Thou mine eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law,” Psalm 119;18. Martin Luther said, “To pray well is the better half of study,” Read it practically. Let the purpose of your Bible reading be Bible living, Put into practice what you learn. Remember that every Christian is a walking Bible or a walking libel. The gospel according to you is more read by your associates than is any of the other four. The Psalmist594 THE KING'S proved his Bible by practicing it. So can you, if you will. Get the help of other Christians. The Lord often uses our fellows to help us. That is why you are reading this. Philip could help the Ethiopian and the Ethiopian was not too proud to accept his help. What Christians have written is helpful, too. Sun- day School teachers should own, or have access to a good commentary’such as Jami- son, Faucett and Brown or Matthew Henry. Parker's People’s Bible and Spurgeon’s ser- mons are full of help to a better under- standing of the Word. BUSINESS Pass on what you have learned. This is what Philip did. In Bible study it is true that what you seek to keep for your- self you soon lose; but what you pass on to others becomes doubly your own. O make Thy Church, dear Saviour, A lamp of burnished gold To bear before the nations ‘Thy true light, as of old. O teach Thy wandering pilgrims By this their path to trace, Till clouds and darkness ended, They see Thee face ta face, HEART OF THE LESSON By T. C. Horton. HIS lesson teaches the overruling oper- ation of the Holy Spirit in soul-saving. Familiarize yourself with the text of the lesson; read it over and over again. Here are some graphic pictures: An enthusiastic evangelist in the midst of a revival; a sudden call to the desert; an obedient worker walking and wondering what his work was to be; an engrossed Ethiopian searching the Scriptures; an evangelist on the run; an interview and invitation, and an inquirer instructed; the wayside witness of conviction and conver- sion; a praise service in a chariot. Put the colors in these pictures, make them life- like, and they will live in the hearts of the scholars. First, there is a call. To the flesh this call seems unreasonable, unpropitious and unnecessary. It difficult to be submis- sive to the voice of God when that voice calls to service which seems to promise small results, but God has said, “Your ways are not my ways.” Philip yields unhesi- tating, unreasoning obedience. “Arise, and go” is the command, and arise and go, he did. The call is imperative, the obedience is implicit. Abraham went he knew not where, and Philip went, he knew not where- for. Had Philip stopped to confer with flesh and blood, he would probably never have met the eunuch, Second, the cause of the call. A man from Ethiopia. No doubt a proselyte of the gate; a believer in the faith of the Jews; returning to his home, occupied with the Word of God. Here was the occasion of the strange call—a single person, and he an Ethiopian. “The hands of Ethiopia were stretched out” (Psa. 68:31). The importance of one’s service for the Lord is not to be measured by the multitude reached. Quality is often of greater impor- tance than quantity. We miss the mark if we despise the day of small things. There may be ome bey or one girt in your class destined to arouse a community or stir a nation. Nothing is small that is done for God, and nothing is so small that God wants done that it may not result in being the greatest work of our lives. Tradition tells us that this man was the means of bringing the queen to the feet of Christ, and of evangelizing Ethiopia and parts of Arabia, ‘The angel of the Lord gave Philip a call to go down to the desert, and now the Spirit gives command to go up and join himself to the stranger. How important a mission in which the Spirit and an angel are inter- este Here is a lesson on hand-to- for the Lord. The word “join” means “glue” or “cleave.” He is to cling fast to this man until his work is done. God wants and workTHE KING'S men to reach men. Most men are won by one, and if we get near enough to them, we will be more likely to win them. We need to have a personal interest, a personal sym- pathy and a personal contact. There are seventeen interviews recorded in John’s Gospel, and all are with individ- uals, and in connection with each of these interviews there is revealed deep spiritual truths. Philip’s question “Understandeth thou?” led to an invitation to take a seat in the chariot, God saw the eunuch was looking for light and He sent His servant to teach him the truth. Look at the remarkable providences which led up to this interview: The dispersion of the diseiples at Jerusalem had brought Philip to Samaria and had resulted in bring- ing the prepared preacher and the engrossed eunuch into conjunction upon a public high- way in the unity of the Spirit. There are no accidents in God’s sphere; there is no chance, Here is a man anxious to know the way of life, and another man anxious to make the way of life plain. These men are essential to each other. God brings them together. Philip opened his mouth and God filled it. Tt wag a marvellous passage to whieh the unseen Hand had guided the eunuch, and BUSINESS 595, now the pages are illuminated by this un- looked-for instructor. The strange, sweet, sacred story of the slain sheep and the dumb lamb; the innocent victim hurriedly cut off from His generation. The wounded, bruised, chastened Substitute is shown to be - .., the Messiah of the Jews. The Spirit-filled | teacher lays one hand on this passage -in Isaiah, then some six centuries old, and the other on Jesus: Christ some six months before crucified without the gate of Jerusa- lem, and identifies the one as the atoning work of the other. The eunuch perceives the one Person essential to salvation, the Son of God, the Saviour of men, Calvary’s crucified One, as his own Saviour. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) The soul-winner’s theme “Christ cruci- 7 fied for sinners.” (2) The eunuch, an inquirer, was awak-. ened, then anxious, then assisted; he then accepted and acknowledged. (3) The treasurer found a treasure. (4) The Bible was a casket, and Philip had the key. (5) The eunuch saw no more of Philip, but he saw more and more of the Lord. (6) A pertinent question for all: “Do you read?” “Do you understand?” “Do you obey?” PERTINENT ILLUSTRATIONS By W. H, Pike, EADING and studying the Bible is time gained. You cannot afford not to read it, Reading the Bible—“Read it thro, Pray it in, Live it out, Pass it on.” Read the Word of God—Prayerfully, carefully, constantly, consistently, systemat- ically, patiently, and reverentially. Read the Bible to find its author, to see yourself, to see the world, to know the path of life. , Sir Edwin Arnold s: respond to the query, |, “You ask me to What I owe to the Bible?” My short reply would be, ‘Every- thing. But if, as I suppose, Tam addressed as a man of letters, I will simply say that T owe my education as a writer more to the le than to any other hundred books that could be named, I had read the Bible through three times over before I was twelve years old.” Wher you read this wonderful book, you are reading sixty-six books, covering over 1500 years to be written, by more than 40 men of different ranks in life; law- givers, kings, princes, physicians, peasants, fishermen. This book says over 200 times, “Thus saith the Lord.” It tells about the596 THE KINGS coming of Christ in the New Testament just as the Old Testament said He would come. Dr. Talmage once said, “Children should learn the first chapter of Genesis, that they may know how the world was made, the third chapter. that they” may know how it fell; the first chapter of John that they may know how it is to be redeemed, and the Zist chapter of Revelation, that they may know how it is to be reconstructed.” An Trish boy, under threats, was com- manded to burn his Bible, and said, “T thank God that you cannot take away the twenty chapters I know hy heart.” Jesus, the heart of all Scripture—Two little girls sat on the floor looking at pic- tures. They had a large pile of papers before them. One little girl said, “Oh, here is Jesus!” “Yes,” said the other, “that is a picture of Jesus.” Then the first said, “Let’s go through all the papers looking for Jesus.” Jesus is in all Scripture. P! pointed out Jesus to the man of Ethiopia. An Indian convert, when dying, was asked how she felt. “Happy! Happy!” she replied, and laying her hand upon her Bible, said, “I have Christ here,” and press- ing it to her heart, “I have Christ here;” then pointing to heaven, “and Christ there.” The written Word of God here throbs with the life of Christ. as the living Word of God in heaven is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. An old fable says, “Helena went to Pal- estine in search of the crosses but did not BUSIN know which was the Saviour's cross, so she took a corpse and put it upon each of the crosses, and when she came to the Saviour’s cross it started in life. The best proof of the life-giving power of the Bible is to see life come into those who read, believe and obey it as did this Ethi- opian, Personal Work.—Here is a Chinese boy doing the same kind of work, Philip was doing. A Christian Chinese boy saw one day, in a heathen temple, an old man wor- shiping idols. He asked, “Do the idols see and hear you when you worship?” The old man replied, “Yes.” “But,” the boy said. “they are made of clay, how can they answer your prayer?” After they had talked for some time, the man asked, “Where did you learn such wonderful things?” Then the boy told him about Jesus and showed him how he could be saved. The old man soon learned to love the Saviour, The story is told of an old man who once prayed with a little boy under a tree in a field. Years later, when this boy had grown to manhood, he visited’the spot, and the memories awakened by the old tree led him to pray for himself and there he found Chi Decision.—A man, who was seriously con- sidering the Christian life, as he approached the railway station to take a train, said to himself, “As I enter the train I will either decide to be a Christian or not.” As he entered the car. he said, “I will take Christ.” COMMENTS FROM SUNDRY SOURCES . By KL O into desert, v. 26. God sometimes opens doors of opportunity for his ser- vants in most unlikely places.—Henry, v.27, Arose and went. He had learned the very highest form of wisdom, that of doing just what the Lord bids you—Tor- rey. Obedience is the key to every door— Geo. MacDonald. Obeying the will of God leaves one no time to dispute about His plans—Sel. Eunuch of great authority. If the Spirit of God begins His work in a Brooks. soul, all the riches and honors of this world are felt to be empty and unsatisfactory,— Saphir. v.28. Was returning. In that august and splendid sanctuary, he had found no peace. There he had heard the voice of the law and his conscience testified that the law was good, but that he was sold under sin. Alll the indistinct, vague fears and terrors rose now before him—Saphir. Reading Isaiah —It is wisdom for men of businessTHE KING'S BUSINESS to redeem time for holy duties. Time is precious and it is the best husbandry in the world to gather up the fragments that none be lost—Henry. As you read the Serip- tures never think how you read but WHAT you read.—Kemble, v. 29. Go near, join thyself. One of the greatest mistakes of the church today is that we are trying to save men from a distance. —Torrey. We should study to do good to those we light in company with along the road. Of those of whom we know nothing else, we know this—they have a soul.— Henry. God does not expect us to speak to everyone we meet about his salvation, but if we watch for His leading as to whom to approach, He will give it—Torrey. v. 30. Understandest thou? Little sen- tences spoken for Jesus save souls for eter- nity.—Sel. Have your tools ready and God will find you work.—Sel. When you pass an unsaved man, don’t forget that you may be to blame for his condition.—McNeill. Heard him read. It is easier for some minds to learn by the ear than by the eye. Utterance aloud is a very powerful aid to mental retentiveness.—Parker. v. 31. Except some man guide me. Do not be distressed because you are puzzled and bewildered by religious mystery. The most advanced minds in the church have had to pass through precisely your experi- ence. The path of the just shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Teachable- ness is one of the finest characteristics of honesty—Parker. He who truly loves the Word will be given the power to under- stand what he loves—Bede, The reason we find so many dark places in the Bible is for the most part, because there are so many dark places in’ our own hearts— Tholuck. I never saw a useful Christian who did not know how to use his Bible. If a man neglects the Bible, he may pray and ask God to use him, but God cannot use SN 597 him for there is nothing for the. Holy Spirit to work with—Moody. : y. 35, Began at same Scripture. Scrip- ture is to be its own interpreter, or rather, the Spirit speaking in it. Nothing can cut the diamond but the diamond. Nothing can interpret Scripture but Sctipture—R. Watson. There isa great difference between the reading that leads away from the Bible and that which leads, to the Bible—Pettin- gil. Preached Jesus. The Scriptures tes- tify of Christ. Only in so far as we per- ceive, accept and declare their testimony can we have in them eternal life (John 5:49) therefore, at whatever Scripture you begin, if the Spirit who not only breathed the Word when it was written, but is still its light and life-giving interpreter, enables you to preach, you will preach of that Scrip- ture—Christ—Saphir. Come to the Bible through Jesus. Coming to it through the commentaries, is much like looking -at a landscape through garret windows over which generations of unmolested spiders have spun their webs.—Beecher. One may read the figure on the dial but he cannot tell how the day goes unless the sun shines on the dial. We may read the Bible over, but we cannot learn to purpose till the Spirit throws the shadow of Jesus over it, —T. Watson. v.36. What doth hinder? Let not con- science bid you linger, or of fitness fondly dream. All the fitness He requireth, is to feel your need of Him—Sel. v.39. Went rejoicing. The interest which a regenerated soul takes in the Bible is founded on a personal application to the heart of the saving truth which it contains. —Walexander. When you have seen Christ, every dreary note will have been taken out of your voice and you will have begun! to sing with the birds of summer— Parker. ‘MY GIRLS” By Mrs. H. J. Baldwin. ANY today would consider this Ethi- M opian negro “a back number,” but he surely sets us all an example in his attitude toward God's Word. What would you think of your friend, if upon receiving your letter she cast it aside not even opening598 THE KING'S it to find the advice or suggesiton you had given? God, becatise He is the creator, is the only one able to give us first-hand infor- mation about all that goes to make up life. After ereating man, God did not leave him alone, but provided a complete guidebook. Many, many spurn and insult God by not opening His book. They insinuate that they are able to provide for and direct their own lives, and that they care nothing for what God says or thinks. Not so this Ethi- opian. He considered the message of the God of the universe to be of supreme importance. He was not a Christian, so did not understand very well what he was reading. Nevertheless he read. God never lets a person hungry to know more about Him hunger long, even if it necessitates calling a great evangelist (Philip) from a great distance and from a great work (Acts 8:5-8). Bible Study for one out of Christ will lead her to believe on Christ (John 20:31) It did the Ethiopian, The Bible is God telling us that He loves us and that He wants to save us through Jesus Christ, His Son (John 3:16, 17). This Ethiopian was reading what some might call dry Old Tes- tament prophecy, but he saw this message for it is stamped on every page of the Bible (v. 35). When this man saw God's great love and Christ's sacrifice for him he then and there accepted Christ. Bible Study for the Christian brings Guidance, “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and light unto my path (Ps. 119:105). Have you ever been out at night when it was absolutely dark? Perhaps about you were pitfalls and precipices. How welcome the lantern or light. Satan surrounds the Christian girl with pitfalls. Her life is made up of one decision after another, Shall I go on with school? Which position shall I accept? Shall I allow this young man to be my friend? The wrong decision may ruin one’s entire life. No girl knows to choose wisely. Like the lantern, God through His Word, will give the needed light for the next step. Philip is an ifusy tration of the guided Christian. Growth, “Thy words were found and I BUSINESS did eat them” (Jer. 15:16). “As new born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word that ye thay grow thereby” (1 Peter 2:2). Every new life must be noutished. I have a beautiful plant. Unless I nourish it with . tich soil and daily with water and sunshine it will die. Would you expect a new baby to thrive if it were fed one day and then not for two days, then not for a week? Christ declared that the one who received Him as Saviour, was that moment born again, or was born spiritually (John 3:3-16; 1:12, 13). Just as our physical bodies starve if not nourished, so will our spiritual nature. Talking to God (prayer) and let- ting God talk to us (Bible Study) nourishes our spiritual nature just as food and water does the body. Girls say they are too busy and can't find time for Bible study. We all find time for the thing we really want to do. This Ethi- opian wasn't reading the Jerusalem Review, or Samaritan Tribune. As he did, we can at most use the odd minutes of waiting. or on the street car or train. Suggestion: Each night before you retire write some helpful verse on a bit of paper. Commit it when dressing the next morning, Take it with you to school, store or shop. Live with God in that verse the entire day. One young woman pins her verse above the kitchen sink and commits it while doing the dishes. She turns drudgery into joy. Vietory. “Thy Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against Thee” (Ps. 119:11). Satan constantly tries to trip us and ensnare us. Christ when tempted by Satan met him each time with a verse of Scripture (Matt. 4:4-10). There's no time to run to the Bible for a verse when face to face with temptation. If we will but hide the Word in our hearts, the Holy Spirit has promised to bring it to our remembrance (John 14:26). Success. “This hook of law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night—for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thow shalt have good success” (Josh, ). “Blessed is the man, whose delight in the law of the Lord, and in His lawTHE doth he meditate day and night. Whatso- ever he doeth shall prosper” (Ps. 1:1-3). Joy. What an embarrassing predicament Philip would have been in had he not known his Bible. God always finds per- sonal work and avenues of helpfulness for the one who knows his Bible. Philip went on his way rejoicing (v.39). Of course he did. A young man who had clothes, cul- KING'S BUSINESS 599 ture, music, talent, money, and popularity, thought at first it might be a cross to be a Christian. The Lord used him to win two friends. He said he thought the world had,given him a good time but it couldn't are with the joy it gave him to bring souls to Christ. “Thy Word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart.” BEGINNERS AND PRIMARY By Mabel L. Merrill. God's ‘Great Letter to the World. EMORY VERSE—"Teach me thy way, O Lord.”"—Ps, 27:11. Approach.—How many of you boys and girls ever had a letter come to you through the mail with your name on the envelope? Yes, a great many of you.’ How did you feel when you got a letter just for you? Happy! Well, I guess you were, and you just jumped up and down for joy and ran and told all your playmates you had a let- ter, and you had mother read it over and over -until you knew everything that: was written in that letter (Let children tell you of their letters). When people send us a letter they want us to read-it, and when they ask us to do something for them. in that letter, we could not know what they wished us to do if we did not open and read the letter. When we learn to read letters will we ask mother to tell us what is in them? No, we will read them our- selves. I hold in my hand the most won- derful letter ever written (hold up Bible). The reason this is the most wonderful let- ter ever written is because God wrote it, and He wrote this letter to everybody in the world, and has asked us to read it and do what it says. Let us ask God to help us listen this morning, so we will know what He wants us to do. Lesson Story—Now God knew there would be a great many boys and girls and men and women, who would not do what He had asked them to do, but would just go on and do their own way. Just see how plain He has Mpde this letter so we can all understand if. This part of the Matt. 7 :24-27 letter we are going to hear about today was written by Jesus, God’s Son, and He loves us so much He wants us all to do His way. Jesus says in this letter when we listen to His words and do what they say. we are like a man who built his house upon a good rock foundation, for when the great wind storms blow against this house it will not fall, or when the heavy rain storms and floods come upon it, it will not fall, or be hurt at all, because it is setting on a rock that is so strong it holds the house through all the storms. God’s word ig stronger than the storms and is just like a rock and if we will always do what God’s word says we will stand strong just like that house, and nobody can make us do - anything that is wrong. You will always play fair in all your games, be kind to each other, be loving and helpful at home, and you will tell other boys and girls how they too can be strong, by doing what Jesus has told us to do in His great letter—the Bible. Now let us see what Jesus says about those who do not listen to His words, and will not do as He has asked them to do. He says they are like a man who built his house upon the sand, and when the storms of wind and rain, and the Foods came upon that house, it fell down, and the man lost all he had. You know how you build little houses on the sand at the beach, and when the water goes up against them, down they go. The sand is weak and can not hold in a storm, and when we do not do the things God has asked us to do in His letter, we are weak just like the sand. When we