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Price, $125 netTHE KING’S BUSINESS (o} f ies 8 DECEMBER, 1917 No. elf EDITORIAL ~— There will be a change in and enlargement of the Sunday School Sunday School Department of Tur Kinc’s Business Department. in 1918, Dr. Torrey’s Exposition and Practical Appli- cation will no longer appear. Any one who wishes to get the substance of Dr. Torrey’s comments in abbreviated form can find them in “The Gist of the Lessons,” which can be obtained at the Biola Book Room at 25 cents for the year. Rev. T. C. Horton will give “The Heart of_ the Lesson ;” Notes on the Lesson will be supplied by Rev. John H. Hunter; Com- ments, by Rey. Keith L.. Brooks; Illustrations, by Rey. W. H. Pike; Girls’ Class, by Mrs. IE. J. Baldwin, who formerly furnished a weekly lesson on the Girls’ Class for the Sunday School Times; Beginners’ and Primary, by Mrs. A. L. Dennis. we 7 Cy We wish to call the attention of our readers in an Daily Devotional especial way to the Daily Devotional Studies for this Readings. month. They cover 1 Corinthians 12:12-15:38. They are of unusual interest, as they cover some of the most vital questions that are coming up in church life today. For example, the ques- tion of the baptism with the Holy Spirit, question of speaking with tongues, woman's ministry, the Resurrection of ‘Christ. The very difficult question of baptism for the dead is also discussed and the wonderful 13th chapter’ of 1 1 Corinthians is expounded at length. Ever since the early days of the war in England, faith- Are Men Saved by less ministers of the Gospel have been seeking to curry Laying Down Their favor with the soldiers and their friends by preaching Lives for Their Countryinsistently that the soldiers who go to the front and die for their country will be saved by their own sacrifice and will not need to have faith in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. For- tunately, the soldiers themselves know better. Already some of our preachers in this country have begun preaching this same false and soul-destroying Gos- pel. Those who do it are certainly doing the devil's work. It is to be hoped that the soldiers in this country will not be deceived by this false and ridiculous doctrine anymore than they have been in England. But it is to be feared that1060 THE KING’S BUSINESS some will be deceived, and that many who might have repented of their sins and accepted Christ as their Saviour, will be led to entertain a false hope and thus go down to eternal darkness through the faithlessness of these ministers who are wearing the livery of God to serve thé devil in. If there ever was a time in which ministers should be faithful and not hesitate to declare the whole counsel of God, it is in the day in which we are now living, when so many of our young men are facing sudden death. In all probability hundreds and thou- sands of our young men who are now well and strong will lie in their graves twelve months from now. How faithful every minister ought to be in doing everything in his power to lead all the young men he can to accept the Lord Jesus Christ and thus be prepared for fife or death. These are awful times, but they are times of great opportunity and great responsibility. An article in the London Nation, by Capt. F. J. Moore, Original Goodness. says: “The war has revealed to the-world at large, and not least to the men themselves, that goodness, and not evil, is the ‘original’ thing in human nature.” Yes, this would indeed be a great discovery if it were true. but alas the war has not revealed anything of the kind, The war has revealed how brutal and demoniacal man is, even man intellectually at his best. man after he has enjoyed many years of education in philosophy and science in their highest development. When one sees the vilest and cruelest atrocities of the present war defended and co-operated in by men high in arniy and in Government, and even by university professors, yes, even by ministers of Christ, he discovers that the darkest things that John Calvin wrote about man’s moral condition outside of the Gospel are warranted by the facts in the case. Capt. F. J. Moore then goes on to prove his position by citing the fact that. “No matter how they drink or how they swear, or whatever they do, there is a nobler self beneath it all that is capable of the sacrifice of the Cross.” He must be a superficial thinker who does not see that any sacrifice which a soldier who drinks and swears and commits the basest sins of inpurity makes does not lie beneath their swearing and drinking and committing these disgusting sins, Furthermore anyone who compares the sacrifice that soldiers make to the sacrifice that the Tord Jesus Christ made is either an ignoramus or a blasphemer. It is not love for sinners or enemies against themselves that leads soldiers to make the sacrifices or display the heroism that they do. In many cases they make the sacrifice because they have to. They are drafted into the army and have to do what the commanders compel them to do; and even where the soldiers are volunteers, their motive for volunteering and for making the sacrifices involved in their volunteering when subjected to careful analysis is not found in very many instances to be of a very lofty character. Not infre- quently it is love of adventure, exactly the same motive that leads a man to risk his life in adventures of a far baser character. Oftentimes the motive is love of promotion or a desire for military advancement. Oftentimes the motive is of a different character, but far from that which led the Son of God, when He was “in the form of God,” the center of heaven’s worship, to think it a thing not to be grasped to be on an equality with God, but to empty Himself and take upon Himself the form of a servant and be made in the likeness of man and being found in fashion as a man, became obedient unto death, yea, the death of the cross. jTHE KING'S BUSINESS 1061 The greatest danger that confronts our young men ‘Our Most who are going to the training camps and especially Dangerous Enemy. those- who are going across the water to the battle front, is not from German bullets or bombs or gases or liquid fire, but from sin in its grossest form. In the Spanish-American war many young men who had previously led pure lives were corrupted. Dr. M. J. Exner of the Y. M. C. A. in a carefully written article on the matter in the New York Evening Post says, “The ravages of prostitution in our army during the Spanish-American war present the blackest page of its history. The fact that in the Philippines the venereal rate rose to more than 301 per thousand, several times greater than that of any other disease, tells a depressing story of military waste and of debauched manhood and degraded womanhood.” From this we see that almost one in every three of our young men who went to the Philippines were corrupted. Things have been even worse in the English army in France. It is said that duringi the first year of the war that one of the powers at war had more men who were incapacitated for service by venereal disease than in fighting at the front. The chief of one medical staff informed Dr. Exner that in the country to which he belonged there were 17,000 cases of disease concentrated in a single hospital camp. The officer of one of the armies, who represented his country at absolutely every battle front, gave me the infor- mation that more than one-third of the soldiers were incapacitated for service by diseases resulting from impurity. Last year when our soldiers were on the Mexican border it is said that “vice in its most flagrant forms flourished exten- sively in the environment of the military camps. The vice-districts became virtually the play-ground of the army. . . . Disease in many units devel- oped to a serious degree. Thousands of fine fellows who came to the border clean in their lives, and with fair promises to keep their manhood untainted, fell victims to the allurements of commercialized vice and returned home, if not injured in health, certainly demoralized in the finest qualities of their man- hood.” There are those who hold that these conditions are absolutely neces- sary. That the soldiers would be dissatisfied and will not fight as they ought unless they are allowed liberties in the matter of social vice. Experience teaches that this is not true, the experience, for example, of the Japanese in their war with Russia, where they had war for eighteen months and the men were kept absolutely away from contact with women. This was not done because the Japanese are a people of superior morality. The Japanese under ordinary con- ditions are not superior but are inferior morally along these lines, as any per- son who has visited Japan knows, and Japan, under ordinary circumstances, has a high rate of venereal disease, This was done simply as a military meas- ure and the Japanese, in spite of their inferior morality, have shown how easily possible it is. Furthermore we have had a demonstration of the same thing among our own soldiers. While moral conditions with ne of our troops on the Mexican border were appalling, “A commander of one/camp of 19,000 troops completely suppressed prostitution and the sale of (intoxicants. This firm attitude was never relaxed during the entire stay of the troops on the border. Prostitution and drink were made practically inaccessible to this body of troops with the exception of the few who occasionally got leave of absence to go to distant cities.” If one commander could do this, every commander can do it also, But when our troops get to France there will be peculiar conditions arising from the relation of our soldiers to those of other armies, and the rela-1062 THE KING’S BUSINESS tion of the commanders of the English and French to our troops. One Canadian commander who attempted to clean up his camp found himself balked by an English officer with a superior command to himself. Our Government should see to it, and most likely will see to it, that a similar outrage is not perpetrated with our troops. The Christian people should follow our soldiers with special prayer regarding this matter and should especially pray for the ministers and evangelists and other Christian workers who are going out under the Y. M. C. A. and other auspices, to help win the soldiers to Christ and to that purity of life which is the ‘outcome of an intelligent faith in Christ. The Red Cross movement that seeks to look after the physical welfare of the men who go to the front is an important movement, but its importance is very small indeed in comparison with that of the Y. M. C. A. and other movements that seek to look out for the moral and religious welfare of our young men who go to the front. In fact this movement if properly prosecuted will accomplish more for the physical welfare of the men than the Red Cross will. In the early days of the war there seemed to be a great Has the War Helped deepening of interest not only in England but in Christianity in France in eternal things. Many who had been careless England? or utterly. irreligious hefore that seemed to take a new interest in the things of God. It was hoped that the war might lead to an evangelistic awakening. But as the war has gone on, while there doubtless have been a great many conversions among the soldiers at the front, the general effect of the war does not seem to have been helpful to Christianity or morals. A recent writer, Rey, Elmer T, Clark, who seems to have niade a somewhat careful study of the matter, says in his report in the New York Tribune: “In the first few months of the war all signs pointed to the fact that the Church's expectation was to be abundantly fulfilled, The people flocked to the churches, resorted to prayer, and gave all evidences of a quickening religious life; in these months it appeared certain that a great revival was imminent. But this early religious,awakening was founded on fear, . . . . And so it happened in Europe that when the first dread and fear produced by the war had passed the superficial religious fervor passed also, thus disappointing those who were desiring a renaissance of evangelism. Today the average person traveling through Europe would certainly see no signs of a renewed interest in things religious, and even the specialist who investigates intensely and studies all known signs and evidences will discover but few. In London and Paris as well as all other towns and cities I have visited, vice is as rampant as ever, the general population is as little concerned with eternal matters, and the Church faces the same problems of sin and indifference. In France there are encourag- ing signs, but in England there are none. ‘These signs in France appear here and there in the fact that the Roman Catholic Church is adopting a more mod- ern attitude and presenting a more vital and evangelistic message. But in Eng- land, so far at least as the Church is concerned, even these signs are absent.” Oi course this is simply one man’s view, but he seems to be a well-qualified observer. There doubtless are two tendencies, and one is that the strain of war has led to an appalling deterioration in morals on the part of many both atTHE KING’S BUSINESS 1063 the front and at home. The other is that many have been rendered serious who had been thoughtless. They have been led to see the vanity of worldly things and have been led to a new interest in things eternal; therefore, oppor- tunities have been offered of presenting the Gospel that have been improved by many. But there seems to be little room for question that morals as a whole have thus far sunken lower than ever before as a direct or indirect con- sequence of the war. The chief commanding officer of the American forces General Pershing’s in France, Major General Pershing, sent the following Message to the address through the New York Bible Society, to the Soldiers. American soldiers: “Aroused against a nation raging war in violation of all Christian principles, our people are fighting in the cause of liberty. Hardships will be your lot, but trust in God will give you comfort; temptation will befall you, but the teaching of our Saviour will give you strength. Let your valor as a soldier and your conduct as a man be an inspiration to your comrades and an honor to your country. Pershing. commanding.” i Many Christian people have been doing a good deal of Cremation.” thinking on the question of cremating their loved ones who have passed away. We copy from the American Lutheran Survey of September 12th, an article by Rev, B. E. Bergesen of Seattle. Washington, originally published in the Lttheran Church Herald. It states the case as well as anything we have seen: Cremation has not met with the approval of the American people at large. In the cultural centers of the tern States it is very little practiced. But as the custom has grown in some quarters, especially on the Pacific Coast, it merits a moment's thought. The Catholic Church refuses entirely to officiate at cremations. The Lutheran clergy as a rule refuse. Episcopal pastors often take a stand against it. It is largely the laxer churches like Baptists, Metho- dists and others that are also lax. in other matters—such as remarrying the divorced, ete—which also are lax in this respect. It is true, that there is no direct command in the Bible as to the disposal of the dead; but the fact re- mains, that the only time on record, where God directly did the disposing He used burial, not cremation (Deut. 34:5). It is also true that when God’s only hegotten Son died, His disciples buried Him but did not cremate (John 19:42), These would seem to be sufficient reasons for God’s children to oppose crema. tion. If children love their’ Father and have faith in His superior judgment they follow His example. If they don’t, they have lost faith in Him. But as there are other arguments for the ancient Christian burial and against the ancient Heathen custom of cremation, Iet us consider them. (1) Sentiment. The very idea of burning the bodies of our dear ones like so much fuel is abhorrent to our finer feelings. It is true, that decay in the grave is also an uncomfortable thought in itself, But remember, that it is by God’s own laws1064 THE KING'S BUSINESS throughout nature that bodies decompose in the grave, while it is an invention of man to cremate. Cremation works quicker, say some of its defenders. But, what is your hurry? Practically all God's methods are slow. We can’t help that the body decays of itself. But we do not need to go ahead and cold- bloodedly burn our dead ones. Small wonder that John Stover Cobb in “Quar- ter Century Cremation” admits, that “Nowadays cremation is largely employed as a means of disposing of the dead whose memory no one cares to keep sac- red.” [Encyclopedia Britannica says: “Cremation in the United States is followed principally in cases where the person cremated has been guilty of some brutal crime or of some act in the way of suicide, making it desirable that the memory of his existence is forgotten.” Let anyone put their beloved in that class, if they please. (2) Sanitation. One of the strong arguments for cremation is, that cemeteries are unhealthy. In olden days with open wells near cemeteries, there might be something in it. But in the cities with modern plumbing and sanitation in general, there is nothing in that fear. In the coun- try, cemeteries are usually far from private wells. (3) Cremation, burning of the bodies of the dead, is in the Bible spoken of as something awful (Gen. 38:24; Deut. 12:13; Amos 2:1). (4) Hostile Act. Cremation is spoken of as the action of enemies in Jer. 25:33 and Rev. 11:9. (5) Heathenism. Cremation is of heathen origin. Not Christian. It was used by those who thereby would taunt the Christians for their hope in resurrection (Eph. 4:17). “Cremation is a deviation from the ordained and sacred custom of burial, a custom that has received the uninterrupted sanction of the Christian Chureh for almost 2000 years. It is essentially pagan in its origin and was abolished by the early Christians.""—International Encyclopedia. (6) Old Testament. Believ practiced burial in graves and caves. Not cremation (1 Kings 13:30; John 19:40). (7) New Testament. That the early Christians practiced burial is shown by their symbolism (Acts 8:2; Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12). (8) Resurrec- tion. From John §:28 we learn two things: First, that all shall arise however they have died or been disposed of—drowned, eaten or burned. Tf this was not the case, the first Christians, who were burned at the stake could not arise. Secondly. it shows—as all other passages—that the promises of resurrection are spoken over the grave not over the urn. (9) Christ Jesus was buried (John 19:43), The Christian wants to follow Christ as closely as he can—in life, in death, in burial. Furthermore—Christ has by being laid in the grave hal- lowed the grave for us and our dear ones. If it was good enough for Christ why should I—His creature—desire something different from my creator? (10) Hymnology. The Christian hynins of burial and resurrection—old and new—are written over the grave not over the fire. Prudentinus wrote in the beginning of the fifth century, the beautiful hymn : “A gift to the Church yard we tender, As dust to the dust we surrender, Returning the clay to its maker, We lay it to rest in God's acre.” In closing let me quote—as to the cremation act itself—a man, who has taken hold of the anti-cremation agitation on the Pacific Coast—Rev. F. A. Heath: “Cremation not only has a Pagan origin and this opprobrious signifi- cance, but it is also a heartless method of disposing of the dead, a method thatTHE KING'S BUSINESS 1065 antagonizes all the tender sentiment we feel toward the body of one dear to us. No one can witness the details of a cremation without shuddering with horror. We hesitate even to mention these details—the writhing of the body as the flames transform it into smoke and ashes that together roar up a furnace flue, then drop everywhere to be trodden under foot. After nothing remains but charred bones, they are broken up and ground to powder. These details of cremation are so shocking that no owner or employee of a crematory in Seattle has ever cremated his own dead. We can well believe this statement. Yet it is through the efforts of these erematory owners that the practice of cremation has become so extensive here in Seattle. As a commercial matter and from mercernary motives this propaganda has been boosted in season and out of season. Back of the pulpit lies the preacher. Back: of the Back of the People preacher there is God. The greater the reliance of the Is the Pulpit. preacher on God, the more productive will the study be, and the more effective the message from the pulpit. It is not, finally, possible that God can mean more to the people than He-is to and in the preacher, This slogan of Darwin's doctrine of evolution, cham- “The Survival pioned by Germany and taught by her professors for of the Fittest.” years past, as worthy of a national conception, and basis for its own actions and a governing principle of her dealings with other peoples, reveals to us the mind of the German, To her “might is right’—the strongest man the superman. All international law must stand aside in view of this German will to power. This is not evolution; it is “devilution.” It is a doctrine from the abyss. The Nazarene never taught such a brutal doctrine as this. Germany should surrender the caption—"A Chris- tian Nation.” If she ever was that, she has ceased to be it now. The pity is that England and America ever sent her youth to Germany to imbibe such doc- trines, She will never do so again. &1066 THE KING’S BUSINESS uu ‘The Manger Child STRANGER—yet the Heir; Unnoticed—yet the King; @ Earth raised no shout of joy; His own no welcome gave; The world could only these bestow— A manger, then a grave. "Twas “grace and truth” He brought, No meretricious glare— A glory veiled, a patient love, To suffer and to bear. The heart of Ged to show A grace before unknown; To raise the beggar from the dust And seat him on’ His throne. Incarnate Love revealed, Earth's fulness to restore; Thee, Wondrous Babe of Bethlehem, We worship and adore. —Acpert Mipia> iii nvm remount eeM H Fania HNC ENINERTNNCKNNN RN NN EMREWhat Christ Teaches Concerning Future Retribution By Rev. Wm. C. Procter, F. Ph. (1) It Himits the range of our inquiry to what is possible in a brief essay. There will be no occasion to examine the fifty-six passages in the authorized version of our Bible which contain the word “Hell,” (most of which are the translations of the Hebrew “Sheol” and the Greek “Hades,” meaning “the grave” and “the unseen state,”) and we can concentrate out atten- tion on the ten passages in which our Lord uses the word “Gehenna” (which was the usual appellation in His day for the abode of the lost) together with those other verses which evidently refer to the future state of the wicked. (2) It affords a sufficient answer to the speculation of those who don’t know, to refer to the revelation of the One who does know, Many other passages might be Croydon, England quoted from the New Testament, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, who was promised by our Lord to His disciples to “guide them into all truth,” and “show them things to come” (John 16:12, 13); but, in taking the words of Christ Himself, we shall find the greatest ground of common agreement in these days of loose views of inspiration. Surely, He who is “The Truth” would never mis- represent or exaggerate it on a matter of such vital importance, and would neither encourage popular errors nor excite need- less fears. (3) It also affords a sufficient answer to those who represent the doctrine as unrea- sonable and dishonoring to God, and who regard those who hold it as narrow minded and hard hearted, to remind them that all the very expressions which are most fiercely denounced in the present” ~ fell from the lips of the Saviour wh us, and came from the heart of of souls.” Surely we have no ri1068 to be broader minded than He was, or to nurture false hopes which have no solid foundation in His teaching; while te assume a greater zeal for God’s honor, and a deeper compassion for the souls of men, is little short of blasphemy, The current objections to the orthodox doctrine of hell are made by those who allow their hearts to run away with their heads, and are founded more on sickly sentimentality than on sound scholarship. (4) In considering the subject as pro- fessing Christians, the words of the Master Himself ought surely to put an end to ali controversy; and these are clear and unmis- takable when taken in their plain and obvi- ous meaning, without subjecting them to any forced interpretation. It is greatly to be regretted that they are not more fre- quently dealt with in the modern pulpit; but ministers are only human, and there is a strong temptation to preach what is pal- atable, rather than what is profitable. In this case, surely, history repeats itself; for we read in Isa. 30:10 of those who said to the prophets of old: “Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits”; and a cowardly yielding to this demand has produced an emasculated Gospel and an enfeebled min- istry in the present day. Coming now to consider briefly Christ's teaching on the subject, let us ask, first of all: 1. What did our Lord teach as to the certainty of future retribution? The word “retribution” is to be preferred to “punishment” because the Bible teaches us that the fate of the wicked is not an arbitrary (much less a vindictive) inflie- tion, but the necessary consequence of their own sins. Taking the passages in their order, in Matt. 5:22; Christ speaks of causeless anger against, and contemptuous condemnation of, others as placing us “in danger of the hell of fire,” while in verses - 29 and 30 He utters a similar warning con- cerning the sin of lust; and these are in the Sermon on the Mount, which is the THE KING'S BUSINESS most generally accepted part of His teach- ing! In chapter 8:12 He speaks of unbe- lieving “children of the Kingdom” being “cast forth into the outer darkness,” and adds, “There shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth”—expressions which are repeated in chapters 22:13 and 25:30, In chapter 10:28 Jesus said: “Fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell”’—a wholesome fear which is decid- edly lacking in the present day, and which many people regard as a remnant of super- stition quite unsuited to this enlightened age! In our Lord’s own explanation of the parable of the tares and wheat, He declared; “The Son of Man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the right- cous, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth” (chapter 13-41, 42, 49, 20). In chapter 23:15 He speaks oi hypocritical Pharisees as “children , showing that their conduct had fiti® them for it, and that they would “go to their own place,” like Judas (whom He describes as “the son of perdition” in John 17:12), while in verse 33 He asks: “How shalf ye escape the judgment of hell?” The law of retribution can no more be repealed than that of gravitation; it is fixed and unalterable, That hell has not been pre- pared for human beings, but that they pre- pare themselves for it, is clear from the sentence which our Lord says that He will Pronounce upon those on His left hand in the last great day; “Depart from Me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is pre- pared for the devil and his angels” (chap. 25:41). Turning to the Gospel according to Mark, we find our Lord saying, in chapter 3:29: “Whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.” Whatever viewTHE KING'S BUSINESS may be taken of the character of blas- phemy against the Holy Ghost, the cause and consequence are here closely linked together, eternal sin bringing eternal retri- bution. The words in the original undoubt- edly indicate an inveterate habit rather than an isolated act, and would probably be better translated, “is held under the power of an eternal sin.” This in itself precludes the possibility of forgiveness, because it assumes the impossibility of repentance; besides, each repetition involy- ing a fresh penalty, the punishment is nat- urally unending. Similarly, in John 8:21, 24, our Lord’s twice repeated declaration to those Jews which believed not on Him, “Ye shall die in your sins,” indicates that unforgiven sin must rest upon the soul in condemnation and pollution; for death, so far from changing men’s characters, only fixes them; and hence Christ speaks in chapter $:29 of “the resurrection of dam- nation.” Once more, the words of the Ascended and Glorified Saviour recorded in Rev. 21:8 may be quoted: “The fear- ful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the sec- ond death.” A careful study of the Scriptural uses” of the words “life” and “death” will clearly show that the root ideas are respectively “union” and “separation”. Physical life is union of the spirit with the body, spiritual life is the union of the spirit with God, and everlasting life is this union perfected and consummated to all eternity. Similarly, physical death is the separation of the spirit from the body, spiritual death is the sep- aration of the spirit from God, and eter- nal death is the perpetuation of this sep- aration, Hence, for all who- have not experienced a second birth, “the second death” becomes inevitable; for he who is ‘only born once dies twice, while he who is “born again’ dies only once. As against the doctrine of annihilation, Rev. 20:14 may be quoted: “Death and Hades were 1069 cast into the lake of fire. This is the sec- ond death, even the lake of fire.” 2. What did Christ teach as to the char- acter of future retribution? We have already seen that He spoke of it as‘ full of sorrow and misery in His seven-fold repetition of the _ striking expression: “There shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matt, 8:12; 13:42, 50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30; Luke 13:28). In Mark 9:43-48, our Lord twice speaks of “the fire that never shall be quenched,” and thrice adds, “where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” Of course He was using the common Jewish metaphors for Gehenna, taken from the perpetual fires that burned in the valley of Hinnom to destroy the refuse, and the worms that fed upon the unburied corpses that were cast there; but, as: we have already seen, He would never have encour- aged a popular delusion. Our Lord twice spoke of fruitless professors being “cast into the fire” (Matt. 7:19; John 15:6); twice of “the furnace of fire” (Matt. 13:42, 50); twice of the “hel fire” (Matt. 5:22; 18:9) ; and nigra? eternal fire” (Matt. 18:8; 25:41). Granted that “the undying worm and unquenchable fire” are metaphorical, yet these striking figures of speech must stand for startling facts, they must be symbolical of a terrible reality. We need no more regard them materially than we do the golden streets and pearly gates of heaven; but, if the latter are emblematic of the indescribable splendors of heaven, the former must be symbolical of the unutter- able sufferings of hell. .One can no more Presume to dogmatize on the one than the other, but it requires no vivid stretch of the imagination to conceive an accusing conscience acting like the undying worm, and insatiable desires like the unquench- able fire, In our Lord’s parable of the rich man and Lazarus, the former is rep resented as being “in torments” arf anguish” even in “Hades,” and, that ory survives the present life and1070 panies us beyond the grave, is clear from Abraham's words to him: “Son, remem- ber” (Luke 16:23-25). Could any material torments be worse than the moral torture of an acutely sharpened conscience, in which memory becomes remorse as it dwells upon misspent time and misused talents, upon omitted duties and committed sins, upon opportunities lost both of doing and of getting good, upon privileges neg- lected and warning rejected? It is bad enough here, where memory is so defective, and conscience may be so easily drugged; but what must it be hereafter, when no expedients will avail to banish recollec- tion and drown remorse? The poet Star- . key stimulates our imagination in the awful lines : “All that hath been that ought not to have been, That might have been so different; that now Cannot but be irrevocably past. ‘Thy gan- grened heart, . Stripped of its self-worn mask, and spread at last Bare, in its horrible anatomy, Before thine own excruciated gaze ;” while Cecil puts the matter in a nutshell when he writes: “Hell is the truth seen too late Again, what material pain could equal the moral torment of intensified lusts and passions finding no means of gratification, insatiable desires that can have no provi- sion for their indulgence, or if indulged, all the pleasure gone while the power remains? Surely, such expressions as the undying worm and the unquenchable fire represent, not pious fictions, but plain facts; and we may be sure that the reality will exceed, not fall short of, the figures employed, as in the case of the blessedness of the redeemed. The woes thus pro- nounced are more terrible than the thun- ders of Sinai, and the doom denounced more awful than that of Sodom; but we should never forget that these terrible expressions fell from the lips of Eternal Love, and came from a heart overflowing THE KING'S BUSINESS with tender compassion for the souls of men. What did Christ teach as to the conti- nuity of future retribution? 3. Is there any solid basis in His recorded words for the doctrine of eternal hope, or, the shadow of a foundation for the idea that all men will eventually be saved? Much has been made of the fact that the Greek word “aionios” (used by our Lord in Matt. 18:8 and 25:41, 46, and translated “everlasting” in the Authorized, and “eter- nal” in the Revised, Version) literally means “age-long”; but an examination of the 25 places in which it is used in the New Testament reveals the fact that it is e used of the Gospel, once of the t Gospel covenant, once of the consolat brought to us by the Gospel, twice of God's own Being, four times of the future of the wicked, and fifteen times of the present and future Jife of the believer. No one thinks of limiting its duration in the first four cases and in the last, why then do so in the other one? The dilemma becomes acute in considering the words of our Lord recorded in Matt. 35:46, where pre- cisely the same word is used concerning the duration of the reward of the righteous and the retribution of the wicked, for only by violent perversion and distortion can the same word in the same sentence pos- sess a different signification. Again, it is sometimes urged that, as salt has a puri- fying power, the words, “everyone shall be salted with fire,” in Mark 9:49, have this significance in the case of future punish- ment; but the context clearly shows that its preserving power is alluded tv, for the passage speaks of the undying worm and the unquenchable fire. Besides, if the Divine chastisements are ineffectual here in the case of any individual, when there is so much to restrain men and women from wrong-doing, how can they be expected to prove effectual in the next world, with all these restraints removed, and only the society of devils? It is cer- tainly somewhat illogical for those whoTHE KING'S BUSINESS make so much of the love of God to argue that punishment will prove remedial here- after in the case of those whom Divine Love has failed to influence here, Not only is there not the slightest hint in the teaching of our Lord that future punish- ment will prove remedial or corrective, but His words concerning Judas in Matt. 26:24 are inexplicable on that supposition. Surely His existence would still have been a blessing if his punishment was to be followed by ultimate restoration, and Christ would therefore never have uttered the sadly solemn words: “It had been good for that man if he had not been born.” Similarly there is a striking and signifi- cant contrast between our Lord's words to the unbelieving Jews recorded in John 8:21: “Whither I go ye cannot come,” and those to Peter in chapter 13:36: “Whither I go, thou canst not follow Me now, but thou shalt follow Me after- wards.” As character tends to permanence, heaven is a place of perfect holiness and hell must be of the opposite; and this throws light upon the words of Rev. 22:11, which were apparently uttered by our ascended, glorified, and returning Lord: “He that “is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness still; and he that is filthy, let him be made filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still; and he that is holy, let him be made holy still.” The doctrine of universal restora- tion springs from a natural desire to wish the history of mankind to have a happy ending, as in most story books; but it ignores the fact that, by granting man free will, God has (as it were) set a boundary to His own omnipotence, for it is a moral impossibility to save a man against his will, Surely eternal sin can only be followed by eternal retribution; for, if a man deliberately chooses to be ruled by sin, he must inevitably be ruined by it. One never hears of the doctrine of final restora- tion being applied to the devil and his angels, but why not? If the answer is, “Because they cannot and will not repent,” 1071 the same is surely true of many human beings. Not only is there no vestige of founda- tion in our Lord’s words for the doctrine of universalism, there is also no shadow of a suggestion of any restoration of the wicked hereafter. So far from this being the case, the parable of the rich man and Lazarus rings the death knell of any such hope. Abraham is there represented as saying to Dives: “Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they which would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us” (Luke 16:26). That “fixed gulf” is surely'a yawning chasm too deep to be filled up, and too wide to be bridged over; and the awful description of hell by the poet Milton, in “Paradise Lost,” remains sadly true: “Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell; hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end.” 4. What did Christ teach as to the causes of future retribution? A careful study of our Lord’s words shows that there are two primary causes, namely, deliberate unbelief and wilful rejection of Him: and surely these are but different aspects of the same sin. In Matt. 8:12, it was the contrast between the faith of the Gentile centurion and the unbelief of the Jewish nation which drew from His lips the solemn words: “The children of the Kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness ;" while, in chapter 23 the awful denunciation in verse 33 is followed by the sad lamentation: “How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not” (v. 37). Sim- ilarly, in Mark 3:29, R. V., the “eternal sin” spoken of can only be that of con- tinued rejection of the offers of mercy; and in John 8:24, our Lord plainly declares: “If ye believe not that I am He,1072 “ ye shall die in your sins.” Finall; 16:16, we find the words: believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbeliveth shall be con- demned.” A careful consideration of these passages, and especially of the last, help to remove one great difficulty with regard to the whole subject, namely, the future state of those who have never had the Gospel so plainly presented to them as to enable them to deliberately accept or reject Christ, to willingly believe the good news or wilfully disbelieve it, Another difficulty is removed when we realize that our Lord taught that there would be different degrees in hell as in heaven. Thus, in Matt. 11:20-24 He taught that it would be “more tolerable in the day of judgment” for Tyre and Sidon than for Chorazin and Bethsaida, and for Sodom than for Capernaum; and in Mark 12:40 He speaks of “greater damnation.” It is clear that future retribution will be pro- portioned to the amount of guilt com= mitted and of grace rejected. (See also Luke 12:47, 48; John 19:11). We have so far examined, as thoroughly as possible within this limited space, all the recorded words of our Lord which bear on this important subject, It only remains, in conclusion, very briefly to point out that the whole drift of Christ’s teach- ing confirms what we learn from these iso- lated passages, and that future retribution is ot merely an incidental but a funda- THE KING'S BUSINESS ‘mental part of the Gospel message. It is the dark background on which its loving invitations and tender expostulations are presented, and the Gospel message loses much of its force when the doctrine is left out. But, worst of all, the earnest exhor- tations to immediate repentance and faith lose their urgency if the ultimate result will be the. same if those duties are post- poned beyond the present life. Is it seri- ously contended that Judas will eventually be as John, Nero as Paul, Ananias and Sapphira as Priscilla and Aquila? Finally, the doctrines of heaven and hell seem to stand or fall together, for both rest upon the same Divine revelation, both are described metaphorically, and both have the same word “everlasting” applied to their duration. If the threatenings of God's Word are unreliable, so may the promises be; if the denunciations have no real meaning, what becomes of the invi- tations? Ruskin well terms the denial of hell “the most dangerous, because the most attractive, form of modern infidelity.” But is it so modern? Is it not an echo of the devil’s insinuating doubt: “Yea, hath God said’? followed by his insistent denial, “Ye shall not surely die,” which led to the fall of man? Let us, therefore, believe God’s truth, rather than the devil's lie; let us accept Divine revelation, rather than human speculation; and let us heed what Christ so plainly taught, without mitigat- ing, modifying, or minimizing His solemn warnings. BearA A A LE Ercumennieasommsrncm cman 200 en ROF. TROWBRIDGE, who is instruc- tor in vocal music in the Bible Insti- tute of Los Angeles, has been chosen to conduct the department of Sunday School Music in the California Sunday School Review, and we here give a portion of his introductory article It seems to me to be important in any consideration of Sunday-school music that we keep in mind the nature and purpose of a Sunday-school. The church assembled for the morning service is the church at wor- ship; the evening service is often the church in evangelism; the mid-week ser- vice is the church at prayer; and the Sun- day-school is the church at study. And so, while the music of the Sunday-school may and should include elements of worship, should be associated with prayer, and at stated times should be evangelistic; yet, the thought that should dominate in our music policy in the Sunday-school should be that of instruction; not in the technic of music, nor the interesting facts of hym- nology, but educational in a way that shall mean that this wonderfully effective instra- ment created by the union of music and sacred lyrics (our hymns and Gospel songs) shall be so fitted into our Sunday- school exercises as to leave a lasting though subtle impression on the minds of the young, creating right impulses, solidifying character, lifting ideals, and above all stamping on the mind and in the heart, Scripture truth. Now to do this requires several things: First, there is needed an adequate supply of the right kind of songs. And this often presents a serious problem, The laborious getting together of a- special committee, i ETA ee ee MUSIC IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL By JOHN BISSELL TROWERIDGE or NTR ose NN PROF: J. B. TROWBRIDGE A MR consisting of the superinendent, the orgap- ist and the teacher of “Class B,” to examine several sample song books is a commdn experience; and the books thus available are usually inadequate. ranging from a nals that contain music, good in itself, butt too heavy for continuous use, to books the latest type that go to the other extrem| and contain much that is trivial both as td music and words. It is the opinion of the writer that as a) general rule a Sunday-school session should be opened, interspersed and closed. with songs carefully selected in advance, devo- | tional hymns, like “All Hail the Power of | Jesus’ Name” and “I Need Thee Every Hour”; militant songs like “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus” and “The King’s Busi- ness” ; Gospel songs like "Whosoever Will,1074 THE KING'S “Trust and Obey” and “Standing on the Promises”; standard church hymns, like “Come Thou Almighty~King,” “My Faith Looks Up to Thee,” and “Oh, Could I Speak the Matchless Worth,” Books an be found that contain many of all these classes of songs and they are a priceless treasure. Their importance can be empha- sized by calling for testimonials from any body of Christians as to blessings in the life arising from early impressions of the songs used in the Sunday school. In the second place, there must be leader= ship. With the best songs in the world the service may be lifeless and unprofitable. An automobile is useless without a. motor or an engine without a governor. So a leader must interpret Sunday-school songs and make them glow by his knowledge and skill and enthusiasm. People anywhere are always ready to follow anyone who knows where he is going. But the objection is raised that no leader is available for a given school, let us say in a small town or country school. The proper person for the place may he diffi- cult to locate, but rest assured that one can be found. Often, the choice may fall upon a Tady, though such work is usually considered to be a “man’s job.” In some cases the best results are secured when the superintendent himself leads the singing, but this is exceptional. The experience and observation of the writer ranges from country “cross roads” to city conditions, but he can recall no instance where one or more workers with the qualities for song leadership was not to be found—often untrained—needing discovery and encour- agement, but present, waiting to give pastor or superintendent the joy of “bringing out.” Send such a young person to a State Con- vention ; see that he studies up on the rudi= ments of conducting; get him in touch with some live and experienced leader of Sunday-school music, by personal contact or by correspondence. Then in'the third place, there must be BUSINESS good instrumental accompanying, whether by organ or piano or orchestra. In small schools an organ is most easily obtainable and is usually sufficient. A piano is always more effective and in larger schools is a requisite. An orchestra multiplies difficul- ties and creates problems of its own that cannot be touched upon at this time, but when properly organized and managed, it is a great help and a strong attraction, and in many of our large schools it has become necessity. Aside from the musical_skill and ability of the player, effective accompanying is a matter of co-operation with the director. An accompanist who begins at will and “goes her own gait” can cause more dam- age in a Sunday-school than the traditional “bull in a china shop.” Tt is common for an accompanist to sit with her back td the leader and begin to play as soon as a song is announced, giving out the entire song, or the chorus, or a part, as she chooses, while the leader stands helplessly waiting. The position of the instrument should be such that she can easily sce the leader's signals and his beat. It should be the leader who indicates the time for begin- ning the prelude as well as the singing itself, and he who sets the tempo and marks the expression; and, only as the aecom- panist recognizes this responsibility of the leader, and willingly co-operates, can the best results be secured and disaster. be avoided. ep An Appreciation R. Elmer Dover, writing from Fort Worth, Texas, under date of October 8, 1917, says: “We are very enthusiastic over Dr. Torrey’s lectures here, at the First Baptist Church, under Dr. J. Frank Norris, our pastor, who was so fortunate as to secure his wonderful services, which, T assure you, have never been equaled in this part of the country.”The Program of a Progressive Life Aj. ; Chrelsan dys By Rev. Herbert Booth Smith Pastor of Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles Note.—Address delivered befo Angeles, on June 25, 1917. Text: unto those things which are before, 1 pians 3:1, We HIS is the Program of a Progressive Life. Paul lets us into the Holy of Holies here and tells us the secret of his inmost being. He shows us the ground-plan; as an architect, he displays his specifications. Like a man showing another through his house and pointing out a framed motto on the wall and saying, “That is the synopsis of my days!" When a man becomes famous, the papers send interviewers to him to ask him to set down in a few words his habits of life, ideals for himself, and advice to others. Here is Paul’s psalm of Life, his Footpath to Peace, his birds-eye view, his formula for success: “Brethren, I count ‘aot myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize.” You see at once that there are three main elements in Paul’s program, or three viewpoints, if you will: Present, Past and Future, or Circumspective, Retrospective and Pros- pective. RS, “T count not myself to have appre- hended"—a Discontented —Present—man feeling a vague sense of dissatisfaction. Thank God for it. The Bible doesn’t speak the graduating class of the Bible Institute of Los ‘Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing f do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reachin, forth Press toward the mark for’ the prize,’—Philip- much of being satisfied here (I shall be when . . .). Do not adjust yourself in a comfortable chair to go to sleep, for you don’t belong here; you are due to go higher yet. In Chesterton’s story, “The Man Who Was Thursday,” the men get angry with Sunday because he represents rest, the peace of God, and contentment, while they are dissatisfied with the present order. A Forgotten Past, Now, of course, there are some things which we cannot forget. They are indelibly stamped on tabula rasa, but Paul says, “If I can't rub them out, I can at least turn over the sheet.” When Jesus said to some men, “Follow me,” one replied, Lord, suffer me first to say fare- well to them that are at my house,” and you recall Jesus’ answer, “No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God”—that is, don’t even go back to bid good-bye to the Past; come right on, for if you go back, it will say, “Why follow your vision? It means lonely privation; stay here with us, where you have three meals a day and butter on your bread.” A Beckoning Future. “Reaching forth unto those things which afe before.” Try- ing to fight my way to tomorrow, What if yesterday's work was a failure? What if1076 today’s plan was shattered? “I always have tomorrow,” either in this world or ‘el where. There is always a clean page in front of me; always an open door greets me in the morning; always a fresh path calling, “Walk with me today, I will lead you from rosy dawn to burning noon-day, then to golden sunset and mystic twilight, and then I will bid you adieu and leave you to God and the silence of night.” This, then, is the essence of Paul’s pro- gram: declaring war on his environment; pulling a curtain over his past, and run- ning from it like an Eastern mother from her leprous child; and then—best of all— not running blindfolded or with handcuffed arms, but reaching forward to his goal, so that if he falls in the race, he will fall with his hand forward, dying fighting. The blessing of discontent! The blessing of a good forgettery! The blessing of a com- pelling vision! Kipling puts it well for us in his poem “The Explorer”: “There's no sense in going farther—it's the edge of cultivation.” So they said, and I believed it—broke my land and sowed my crop, Built my barns and strung my fences in the little border station, Tucked away below the foothills, where the trails run out and stop. (Man satisfied with its present, but soon comes appealing future) “Till a voice, as bad as conscience, rang _ interminable changes O’er one everlasting whisper, night repeated—‘Go: Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges— Something lost behind the Rangés. and waiting for you. Go!’ So I went, worn out of patience; never told my nearest neighbors. (Man cuts loose from past and surroundings) ‘ “Then I knew, the while I doubted—knew His hand was certain o'er me. Still—it might be self-delusion—scores of better men had died— day and Lost THE KING'S. BUSINESS I could reach the townst® living, but + +++ He knows what terrors tore me... But I didn’t... But I didn't. I went So I have chosen this scripture and this chapter with its five great thifigs: (More- head) The great description with which it begins; the great renunciation which the apostle makes (giving up all to win Christ); the great acquisition (to know Him and the power of His resurrection) ; and great aspiration (words of my text). Good motto for an individual and for a church. It is the motto of Livingstone in different words. Livingstone, when he broke fresh ground among the Bakhatlas, wrote the London Missionary Society explaining what he had done and express- ing hope of their approval. At the same time he professed willingness to go any- where they wished to send him—‘“any- where, provided it be forward.” 1. A Discontented Present. “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended.” In Henry Van Dyke’s story, “The Lost Word,” Hermas, in return for a dream bestowed, promises never again to name Christ of Christmas and when the name was taken from him, an excruciatihg throb of pain thrilled through his body. So, Pve thought, if man were confined to Present tense and could not say “tomor- row”; if the memory of yesterday were obliterated, the hope of tomorrow ban- ished. and only the work of today were left; if man had no ancestors, no posterity, and only himself, today; how sad it would be! Such is the fate of the man hemmed in by the narrow doors of Present Tense. Now, of course, today is mine to live. I cannot talk about the future my father made, or live on my son’s reputation. I must live today, but must I be content with today? Am I to sit down and fold my hands and say, “This is all I ask?” Must I take a lease of ninety-nine years on side- street? No, I hope to move to Avenue Must I bargain to do business in a 2x4 for aye? No. I hope to have a depart-THE KING'S I ment store that covers a block. Must I take soothing lotion to lull me to stagnant rust pray for a thorn in to make me move on. Oh, the misfortune of a realized ideal! Here are two artists. One standing by his latest production, bursts into tears. Why? th my work.” ww of the great artist, Opie, says that in the nine Because I am never saw him would ars she was his wife h his work, and ¢ room thro’ ch distinguishes the civilized ma >m the barbarian, Can you imagine th: Je in a hut with a stic s ly implement The barbarian ays. “Iam satisfied; this is life REV. HERBERT BOOTH SMITH ila 1 e here in We are tal and do not forget.” Jam not goin tay her is a sense in which my past clings to reads ‘Onward still, and upwa: like a s Its habits have no stop-overs till 1 ey my brain; its f nner, “Exc ‘A T ed memories painted on walls eventh he - ae f na tior uit J eached that il me ane phe Var man cot Av his past: my t ain ther ¢ min a it q sing’ Iresden a sort of Jean Valj has lately 1 much n ered: Mr. ( s May, author ! ” 1 a 1 millionaire philan egarded as ust, a letter, saying 1 he foremost ¢ of the king- ual tT He ¢ ws yeialist’ and pec i u n you n SI i dentity of Mr, May and q 1 m : desperado of t his commonpl t 5 That is always the way ream cn a man tries to forget his past. Some vere dreamers, dr nting, rit comes alon, and says, ‘hes i n't you the man that killed that Egyp- yearned heyond th 1 ye esterday, as though God the strange Fo: low In't forgiven all my yesterdays. These . le like Mephistopheles, who keep I. A Forgotten vecting over our shoulder to remind us wrwettin hose 11 nicl r hat we have an unsavory past—these peo- hind.” Of course, there is a sense le who go around unlocking closets and which we can never forget. Manfred asks letting out the skeleton of a dead past to the spirits to wipe out his past, and they us during the sunshine of the pres- reply, “It is not in our power—but thou cnt—ought to he sent to State's Prison. yst dic.” “Will death confer it on me?” In the name of the dying Jesus, who for1078 gave the repentant thief for all his blood- red yesterdays, let bygones be bygones. This was Colonel Hadley’s plan. He never inquired into the record of anyone, no matter how dark’ it was, for, he said, “God is willing to forget, and why should not 1?" Now I plead for forgetting the past in the sense: that it shall not be a criterion by which to judge the future. Many peo- ple oppose things simply because they are new. “We never had it before” is suf- ficient argument for them. The old-time religion and the old-time rut its good enough for me. My grandfathe? never rode in electric cars; my grandfather never had printed bulletins in his church; and I hope I never shall. Very well, dear old friend, if that is the way you feel about it. Meanwhile you mustn’t criticize those of us who are not living on our grandfather's reputation, but are men enough to stand on our own platform. Maybe it is not as good as the old. but it is at least ours. Paul says he could have lived on his past if he had wanted to, but he didn't want to. I. A Beckoning Future. I picked up a hymn book in the Montrose Auditorium and turned over the leaves, I noted one hymn by May Whittle Moody; “I Have Nothing to do with Tomorrow.” Well, in a sense she means what is true: I cannot carry tomorrow’s burden ’till it comes, No, but here is the true picture: I am traveling a long road day by day. Now, I can’t travel tomorrow's miles 'till I get there, but I can see tomorrow's sun shining down the road. You can’t deprive me of tomorrow's beckoning, inspiring light, and I can think meanwhile how much bigger man I'm going to be by that time. Nobody can stop me from “yearning beyond the sky-line” of today. A writer in “The Homiletic Monthly” some years ago discussed the fact that all things are prospective: the impulse of a river is always onward; animal organism builds on toward man—image of God; thoughts and affections fly beyond the THE KING’S BUSINESS limits of now. Why all ts? He says, “Because there is a future and a God.” God has gone on before and broken a path, The reason we insist on climbing the mountain is because Another's foot- steps have broken the way. If there is no God, let the atheist tell us the meaning of this stirring toward the future. It is a good thing to have a goal and to have it way beyond you, You know how they do at athletic meets. They have a receding goal. As soon as a man has reached his former record for pole-vault, hammer-throw, or 220-yard dash, does he stop and sit down? No; they put the bar higher each time. for a growing athlete wants a growing goal. What if they do tell him to rest on his oars and that he can never reach aim, he knows that other men have been laughed at and have done the impossible. and so he takes his place in the long line of martyrs who have been laughed out of court by those who couldn’t sce the vision they saw and were satisfied with three meals a day and a fair wage. He knows that there are problems in mathematics where the correct answer can never be obtained though you worked for years, but cach figure brings it nearer. He knows that he has an Asymptate some- where and though by hypothesis he will mect the line only at infinity, yet he is proaching closer all the time. He knows that visionary life—the life that has a goal before it and expects the goal to come to it. While the visionary life has a goal before it and works its way to that goal; so he takes Paul’s motto: “Forgetting” and dissatisfied, “I reach forth unto those things which are hefore.” * IV. A Unified Aim. “This one thing L do.” One good thing about Paul was that he kept his motto— didn’t merely have it framed in glass or crocheted in silk on the wall. When he was a lad studying at the feet of Gamaliel, this one thing he did: got an education. When he was an orthodox Jew, he was a Pharisce of the Pharisees—this one thing3 THE KING'S BUSINESS he did: tried to stamp out the new heresy and became a famous prosecutor. When he found Christ and Christ found him, this one thing he did: became a loyal servant of his new Master, giving: up all for His sake. Paul was an intense man. As we say today, he threw his whole soul into what he did. That’s the trouble with these Mogul men—get them started and they'll pull the whole load of light-weight box cars with them, either up or down hill, whichever way they are faced and started. Sir James Scarlett, when asked the secret of his success as an advocate, replied that he took care to press home the one prin- cipal point of the case without paying much regard to the others. Famous De Witt, one of the busiest statesmen, when asked how he could despatch so many affairs, said that the whole art consisted in doing “one thing at a time” Hastings, when a boy of seven years, formed the resolution that he would do one thing: he would become Hastings of Daylesford, and recover the ancestral estate. And boy dreaming beside the river and man ruling. So will Asiatics beneath tropical sun never forget the aim through seventy years, and live to see fulfillment of it. It is said Confucius’ son once came to his father and asked him he didn't advance better, since he applied himself eagerly to all subjects. Con- fucius answered, “Omit some of your pur- suits and you will get on better.” “This one thing I do” might almost be called the motto of the twentieth century. It is a Day of Specialists. We want a man who can set type, sell insurance, advertise a firm, ‘preach a sermon better than the average. The man who can say, “I don't pretend to be a walking cyclopedia; don't know anything about somethings; don’t know much about many things; but I do know everything about one thing”—you're the man. “This one thing I do.” Vv. A Strenuous Race. “I press toward the mark for the prize.” why The figure of the text is that of a runner. 1079 in the Roman Stadium. He forgets the things that are behind; he doesn’t stop to look around to see how close his rival is. He knows he has not yet reached the judges’ stand. “Brethren, I count not myself,” etc. He aims in front of him— “Reaching forth unto those things,” etc. He concentrates—“This one thing I do, His money may not be drawing good inter- est; his house may be on fire; but now is not the time to be distracted. He sees only one thing: the track before him and the goal gleaming in the distance. “He presses toward the mark for the prize.” He fights his way; he doesn’t expect somebody to present hifn with seven-league boots for to carry him over the course, upborne by fairy’s wings. Through thick and thin, he presses. The following story is told of Professor Hall and his son Will. Profes- sor Hall was very much interested in Greek, while his son was not much of a student. Will would get excused from class and go out and run. Father didn’t take much stock in Will’s ability for run- ning. Finally, the day of the meet came and Professor Hall went out to see his son Will start out well—to his surprise, holding his own—now gaining on the leader—now two or three from the front— now in the lead. The boy's practice was telling. He finally found himself yelling, “Go it, Will.” and Will won. Then Pro- fessor Hall said to those around him, “That’s my boy.” There may be those of us who haven't anybody to yell, “Go it, Will” We are not overwhelmed with rosebuds or deafened by the hurrah's we hear. We sometimes think the people in the grandstand don’t care whether we win or lose, and some- times (wicked thought) we wish we'd lose. But we take heart when we remember that Paul won, and Jesus of Nazareth won, without very much applause. So we dog- gedly keep at it, and if we fall one of these days a Jong ways from goal, the kindly soul that picks us up off the dusty track will hear us say, “Anyhow, we pressed toward the mark for the prize.”1080 THE KING'S BUSINESS A Call for Volunteers This is the Place REE training of consecrated young men and young women, to make them efficient Bible workers, prepared for any field of Christian endeavor, is the sole object sought by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. The greatest enrollment in our his- tory marked the opening of the fall term, but it also brought with it increased responsibility. The greater the number of students, the more necessary the generous co-operation of Christian men and women in car- tying on this unselfish work, for, be it known, the student pays only actual cost for board and gets all training in the school absolutely FREE. It doesn’t take a mathema- tician to figure out that a large fac- ulty, the heavy running expenses and the interest-bearing indebtedness, must be met from voluntary sources. Will not every reader of Tue Kinc’s Business become a volunteer. You can become one either through direct contributions or through our Annu- Bond Plan. Appeal is made to every man and woman who wishes to see the Gospel carried to neglected fields near home and to the farther- most parts of the earth. Assurance is given that every dollar shall go into the Lord's work. Our graduates are at work almost_everywhere—in the home field, in China, Japan, India. Africa, Mexico, South Amer- ica, Help send others by helping to sustain this great institution. Make all checks payable to Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Write for particu- lars of the Annuity Bond Plan, ityAn Appreciation of Your Calling Bphesians 1:0 : : Chane lint Hes By William vans, Ph, D.,D.D. Associate Dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles An Address of Welcome delivered before the Institute by Dr. Evans, at the ‘opening of the school on September 26, 1917. 22 c2°P ERMIT me to draw your ZF pattention this morning to WF Ephesians, the first chapter, PSL the 15th to the 17th verses, DX noting especially the first clause of verse 18: “Having the eyes of your heart enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of his calling.” Permit me to speak to you, then, for a few moments on “An appreciation of your calling to Christian service.” It is our appreciation of a thing which gives it value. The greater the value of anything the deeper, ordinarily, our appreciation of it. So is it with our call to Christian service. The more thorough our under- standing and the deeper our appreciation of our call, the more value will we set upon it as a factor in our life-control. Peter, the Apostle, was never quite the same man after he descended from the roof of the house of Simon, in Joppa, where he had received that most wonder- fully instructive and rebuking vision in which he was taught that in the sight of God there is “no respect of persons.” It was the appreciation of this fact that gave value to his. mission, spirit to his purpose, and alacrity to his step. His very walk was accelerated by the vision he had received from heaven. From henceforth he knew no man after the flesh. If any man is in Christ Jesus he is a new creation. Nor was Paul, the Apostle, ever quite the same man after the vision of the Christ he received on the way to Damas- cus. From that very hour his mission in life was determined, characterized and guided by his appreciation of the Christ whom he had seen and the call he had received on the Damascus road. Thus the persecutor of the Church became the Apos- tle of the Church of Jesus Christ. It was the appreciation these men had of their call to life and service that gave value, dignity and force to their ministry, It was the Nazarite’s appreciation of the vow of separation that rested upon him that gave value and character to the out- ward expression of that inward call as set forth in separateness of life and action, There were many things not wrong in themselves which the devout Jew could do but which the Nazarite could not do, not because those things were wrong or even unlawful in themselves considered, but1082 because the Nazarite was living in a realm higher than the lawful—he was living, moving and having his being in that realm and plane of life which is higher: that which is “expedient” and “edifying,” as well as “lawful.” So shall it be with your life and mine. Its work, thought and activity will be deter- mined by the appreciation we have of our calling. It is for this reason that the Apostle Paul here prays that the eyes of the heart of his readers may be opened and illumined that they may know, or as the Greek word properly expresses, fully know and appreciate the hope of their calling. L_ The Nature of Your Call. 1, Your call may be dim and indistinct as to time, place and purpose. You may not be able to tell just how the call to service came to you. There are many true, genuine Christians who are not able to tell the day, hour or place, when and where they were converted, but that they were converted there is no doubt, for the fruit of their lives bears evidence to the genuineness of their conversion. Nor is it absolutely necessary that one be able to give such specific information with regard to his conversion. So may it be with regard to your call to Christian service. It may be that some Christian worker, evangelist, or minister ‘once, apparently incidentally, put his hand on your shoulder and said, “My friend, has God never said anything to you about giv- ing up your life to His service?” And that very word set you to thinking, It so happened in my own case, if you will par- don the personal reference. The late Dwight L. Moody, at the close of one of his marvelous addresses on “Service,” came down to where I sat, and, placing his hand on my shoulder, said, “Young man, has not God called you to Christian ser- vice?” Thus the spark of ambition for service which had been in my heart for some months was fanned into a flame, and within a month I was in preparation for the service of God. THE KING'S BUSINESS It may be that the call came to you through the reading of the Bible and a consideration in connection therewith of . the needs of the world. You caught the vision of the greatness, goodness and love of God, and the sin, need and woe of the world. You felt that God longed to save men, and men needed God so much. You alized that you stood between a vision and a task, that “deep was calling unto deep,” and thus you were led to offer your- self to God to fill this need. It was the study of the open Bible and the map of the world that led Carey to devote his life to missionary service. ‘Or it may be that the words of a mother, living or dying, expressing her wish that if God should call you into His service you would not refuse Him—it may be that this sacred memory has issued in the surrender of yourself to work for God. Tt may be like Amos and Isaiah. You have heard a very general call: “Who will go for us and whom shall'I send?” You have replied, m 1. Lord, send me.” eral call that came to It was stich a Amos hen answered Amos, and said to Ama- ziah, 1 was no prophet, neither was 1 a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.” “Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey? Will a young lion ery out of his den, if he have taken nothing?” Can a bird fall ina snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? Shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken noth- ing at all? Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil ina city, and the Lord hath not done it? Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his se- cret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Tord God hath spoken, who can but proph- esy?” It may be that your reply to the call was in “no language but a cry.” In response to your vision of God, you said, as Saul of Tarsus said when on the way to Damascus he was arrested by Christ:THE “Lord, what wilt thou have’ me to do?” The answer was, “Arise and enter into the city (of Damascus) and it shall be told thee what thou must do”” So in response to your cry, “Lord, what shall I do?” you received the reply, “Go to the Bible Insti- tute and there it shall be told thee what thou shalt do.” So you are here in this modern school of the prophets, every one of you, saying, “Speak, Lord, for thy ser- vant heareth.” = Nor are you any more certain as to what special kind of service you are called to. You have said, “There's surely somewhere a lowly place In earth's harvest fields so wide, Where I may labor thro! life's short day For Jesus, the Crucified. So, trusting my all unto Thy care, I know Thou lovest me! I'll do Thy will with a heart sincere, Till he what you want me to be. I'll go where you want me to go, dear Lord, O'er mountain, or plain, or sea; T'll say what you want me to say, dear Lord, T'll be what you want me to be.” And so you have come to the tight place. You may be confident that He who hath led you thus far will still lead you on. During the Civil War, a recruit who had lost his place in his company, said, very to General Sherman, “Where shall I fall in?" The General replied, “Fall in anywhere, there’s firing all along this line.” It may be, further, that you realize, also, the handicaps and shortcomings which may interfere with the best service. You have asked ‘this again and again: “Can one of such limited ability be of service to God?” The Roman asked for the strong; the Greek, for the cultured; the Hebrew, for the religious. Only Jesus Christ would receive the bird with the broken wing. Only in the Scripture is it recorded that “the lame take the prey.” Jacob limping is greater than Jacob scheming. How wonderfully is the fact set forth KING'S BUSINESS 1083 in the Scriptures that God uses the weak things of the world; the stick in the hands of Moses, the sling used by David, the jaw bone of an ass by Samson, the lamp, and pitcher by the soldiers of Gideon, the ram's horn by the priests at Jericho, and the ox goad by Shamgar. The battle is not to the strong nor the race to the swift; nor is it of him that willeth or him that runneth; nor is it by might or by power. God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the strong, and the foolish to confound the wise, The worl by wisdom knew not God. We are not despising scholarship. We need it. The more of it we have the better, provided it is dedicated to God. The story is told of a physician named Brown who, in the midst of a career which Promised wonderful success, was smitten blind. In his depression and disappoint- ment he was drawn nearer to God, and cried out in the agony of his soul, “Lord, I consecrate this blindness to Thee.” It was this same doctor who, even though blind, invented the alphabet for the blind so that thousands upon thousands of blind People have been able to read the Bible. So was it with Dr. Lorenz, the famous blood- less physician, It is reported that once, while operating, a slight wound in his hand became infected so that he could no longer be a wet surgeon. He resolved there and then that he would become a dry stirgeon. It was this great physician that Mr. Armour, of the ‘great packing house of Chicago, called all the way from Paris to treat his daughter, who was unable to walk. I. Your Ambition to Be Faithful to the Call and the Vision. You have not been disobedient to the heavenly vision, but have determined to follow the light that God has given you as far as it will lead you. You are ambitious for God. I like the word “ambition.” It is a Bible word. Paul says we are to be ambitious to show ourselves approved unto God, workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy1084 THE ii:15). Paul also says, “Wherefore; also, we are ambitious . . to be well pleas- ing unto him (2 Corinthians vy. 9), Ambi- tion is a good word, but has been grossly abused. Our word “enthusiasm” is another word which has met harsh treatment. “Enthusiasm” really comes from two Greek words which signify “God's indwelling.” The enthusiastic man, therefore, is the man who is inspired by the consciousness of God's indwelling. Paul had an ambition, a master passion. He expresses it in such words as: “For me to live is Christ;” “this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Caesar, and Napoleon were ambitious men, as is also the Kaiser of Germany, but the ambi- tion of these men is characterized by sel- fishness. Paul had an ambition—one may even call it an obsession—and that was to he wholly and altogether atthe disposal of Christ for service among men. Paul’s Hebrew training and religion, his Greck taste for culture, and his Roman passion for power and territory were all laid at the feet of Christ for service. To these things he gave himself wholly. It is said of Elder Knapp, an evangelist of earlier days, that he was once sent to a church that had been split in two by quarreling and bickering. After a ministry of six months, the officers of the church came to him and suggested that, inasmuch as he had been unable to heal the breach, and the gospel was seemingly ineffective to bring about spiritual results, they thought it would be better for him to resign and the congregation to disband. This Elder Knapp refused to do, saying that his bones would bleach out on the streets of Pen Yang before he would admit that the gos- pel of Christ was a failure. The request of the church officers made a very deep impression on the Elder and brought about a wonderful transformation in his own life. He laid hold of God anew, surrendered himself entirely to-the one purpose of mak- KING’S BUSINESS ing the gospel effective in the hearts of the men of this community, his one ambi- tion being to see Christ glorified. At the end of one month spent in earnest, pro- tracted prayer and labor, he was able to say that every person in that community, with the exception of two, had been con- verted, The breach had been healed, quar- reling and bickering had passed away, and the spirit of love had taken the place of enmity. This was the ambition that he had when he first came to the place. His ambition to see the vision realized was praiseworthy. In order that you may carry out your ambition for Christ, you have come to this Institute, and, are willing to labor in order that you may be found faithful. You are not looking upon your work here as a vacation but rather as a vocation. You have come prepared to do hard work for God. Genius not many of us possess, but, after all, genius means hard work, Edi- son, the great inventor, has not invented anything hy accident nor without hard work. “Are your discoveries often bril- liant intuitions?" he was asked. “I never did anything worth doing Ly accident,” he replied; “nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go ahead on it and make trial after trial until it comes.” “This is the gospel of labo Ring it, ye bells of the kirk, The Lord of love came down from above To dwell among men who work.” You have come prepared to redeem the time and to buy up the opportunities. Interesting indeed is that pithy -saying about the use of a minute: “I have only just a minute with sixty seconds in it; forced upon me, didn't choose it, didn’t ask it, can’t refuse it. If it is up to me to use it, must give account if I abuse it. Only just a minute with sixty seconds jn it, but eternity is in it.” Be prepared to work hard even at the expense of toil and labor. Do not shrinkTHE KING’S BUSINESS back when work begins to pain. Beware of those who come to you and say, “Be careful, now, you're overworking, “you're doing too much” Such advice may be good and timely in its place, but we must be careful that we do not allow it to lead us to rest-before our work is done. It is true that hard work may cause us to die young, but it may be that the Church of Jesus Christ is dying to have somebody die young for it. For “We live in deeds, not in years In breaths, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He lives longest who thinks the noblest, acts the best, Lives in one hour more than in years do some, Whose thick blood sleeps as it courses through their veins.” Further, for the carrying out of this ambition, you are willing to obey. You are willing to follow where once you led; to obey where once you commanded; to serve when once you were served; to give when you have been accystomed to receiv- ing; to do what you are told to do when, perchance, you have been the only child, and have had your own way. You are going to believe the Word of God, even though you cannot explain its hidden meaning and mystery. You will be called upon again and again in the realm of faith to accept, believe and act upon some conviction of duty which you, nor any one else can explain. “He came and took me by the hand Up to a red rose tree. He kept His meaning to Himself, But gave a rose to me. I did not ask him to lay bare The mystery to me, Enough the rose was heaven to smell, And His own face to see.” For the carrying out of this ambition of your calling, you are willing to suffer, if needs be. It is remarkable to note that, according to the teaching of Jesus, God’s method of making a thing grow is first to kill it. “Except a corn of wheat fall in the 1085 ground and die, it abideth alone.” Power over men comes to those who are willing to suffer for men. The way of the pierced feet is ever the royal road to power. The cross of Christ still charms men, and he who will climb to its rugged bars will find its charm of power. Christ gained His kingship over man, not as a teacher from the temple courts, not as a miracle worker in the streets of the holy city, but as a Redeemer, the sin-bearer. It was on the cross that the word “King” was written. Have you noticed the order of the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15? It is instructive and impressive. First, there is Christ, the first fruits, then afterwards they’ that are Christ's, then cometh the end. Note the order; First, Christ, the supreme cross bearer. “Then, they: that are Christ's.” Who are they? “They that are Christ's” have “crucified the flesh,” they are the cross-bearers, those who were willing to serve and suffer, Next comes the crowd, those who were willing to be served and not willing to suffer. Those who are next to Christ are those who, like Him, are willing to take up their cross and follow Him. It is recorded that once, when the commanding officer of a regiment resting outside of Cawnpore had received orders # relieve the regiment at Delhi, he reviewed his troops to ascertain how many among the wounded were fit for service. He passed by one after another saying, “This one will do,” and “that one will not do,” until he came to a young man who had been wounded in a previous engagement. Looking the young man over, he said, “I am afraid this fellow is too weak to go, we'll have to leave him behind.” When the young man heard this, he exclaimed in passionate tones, “Oh, General, for God's sake do not leave me behind. Let me go with the regiment. It is only a little touch of fever, and the sound of the bugle will make me well.” Would to God that each one of us had a similar passion that would lead us to be willing to suffer, if need be, for Christ’s sake.1086 THE KING'S BUSINESS Opening of Fall Term MOST entinsastically the Fall term of the Institute opened on September 26, with over 300 students. Dr. William Evans, associate dean. presided in the absence of Dean Torrey, and delivered a splendid address of welcome, surrounded hy all members of the faculty, except the dean, The address, which was given under the title, “An Appreciation of Your Call- ing.” will he found in full in this issue A new “department, “The Evening School.” was opened under the direction af Rev. William H. Pike. It is for the henefit of men and women employed in business, or otherwise. engaged during the day, the terms to run simultancously with those of the day school. Bible, Gospel music and personal work will he taught, and three years are required to qualify for a diploma. It is a splendid opportunity for persons in and near Los Angeles who wish to secure special training. and they are urged to address Mr. Pike on the sub- ject. The lessons are free, the only charge being a nominal registration fee of $1 per term of twelve weeks The Correspondence School has made such rapid growth that it has heen placed under the care of Keith L. Brooks, as sec- retary, to whom inquiries should be addressed. Students have enrolled from all parts of the world, some of them sol- diers, to whom the course in personal work has appealed. May the same vision come to many of our soldier boys in camp or at the front. Every department of ‘the Institute shows the most satisfactory advance, indicating that the strenuous times in which we are living. causes the minds of men and women to turn toward spiritual things. We ask the prayers and financial support of all Chris- tian people for this great institution, which gives its training absolutely free, except in the correspondence course, where a small fee is necessary, owing to the extra expense in conducting it. Dr. Torrey returned from his summer's conference and evangelistic work, the mid- dle of October, and resumed his work at the head of the training school, Gs Dr. Keller in China Dr. Keller writes from Hunan, as fol- lows: “Tt is just wonderful to see the men grow. What the Year Rook says bout the development of our men is not one hit overstated, Just recently one of our parties was within ten miles of a vil- lage where they had heen working some time before. and on Sunday morning two of the men said to the leader of the party, ‘We would like to walk over to said place and have a service with them.” The leader tried to dissuade them, saying. ‘You will have your walk in vain; the people will not he expecting you, and you will not be able to hold a service on such short notice.’ The men felt that they must go, and so they walked the ten miles to the village. and to their great joy they found a little congregation of twenty-five villagers gath- ered for worship in their simple. but true way. In the afternoon at a second meet- ing they had a congregation of forty. and this in a place where the people would have known nothing of the Gospel had not the Bible Institute colporteurs gone to their village a few weeks ago. Oh, it i just wonderful! How we do thank God for this great privilege.” Sg oss A Soldier's Lament After a recent concert, given for the entertainment of a number of soldiers, one of them was asked to propose the vote of thanks. He arose and said: “We are very grateful for the amusement afforded to us tonight; and we appreciate all the musical talent brought for our enjoyment. But we are off to the front tomorrow and J do not know how to die—I am not pre- pared to meet God: I only wish there had been something for our souls.”FOR THE SERMON, BIBLE READIN Homiletical Helps » GOSPEL ADDRESS By WILLIAM.EVANS SERMON OUTLINES Theme: The Healing of the Nobleman’s Son, ~ Text: John 4:46-54. IntRopuction. This is a different miracle than that recorded in Matthew 8 and Luke 7. It is recorded by John as showing the great power of Christ in being able to heal at a distance. It is also a lesson in the develop- ment of faith throughout its various stages. 1. The faith of the Nobleman. There are three stages: Trying; ing; triumphant. 1. Trying (v. 47). (a) Temporal, physical need led the Nobleman to seek Christ's help. Adversity is a blessing in dis- guise. (b) It was the testimony of others that led the Nobleman to. seck help from Christ. The value of testimony. Christians are God's advertising men. Many still led to Christ through Christian testi- mony. 2. Trusting (vy, 48. 49) (a) The Nobleman took the word of Jesus rather than signs. (b) He was obedient: He went on his way believing, (c) He rested in the word of Jesus and manifested no restless anxiety. There is such a thing as “a rest of faith.” 3. Triumphant (vv. 50-54), (a) The child was healed in the “same hour.” rust- (b) The Nobleman himself believed, not merely about Jesus, but in Him; not in His Word only. but in Himself. (c) The Nobleman’s entire household believed. ID. The power of Christ. 1. Not circumscribed by time or space. Elijah and Elisha stretched themselves on the body of the dead. Gehazi used his staff. Jesus healed at a distance. There was no need of physical contact, 2. We caniot dictate how God’s blessings shall come to us. (a) This is true of our salvation, Compare the healing of Naaman (2 Kings 5); the conversion of Saul of Tarsus (Acts 9). (b) OF our prayers. Compare Jacob wrestling with God. (c) Of the power of the Holy Spirit © falling upon us (d) Of the coming of revivals, Com- pare the Welsh revival and the work of Finney. 3. The power of Christ is through prayer. brought Christ’s Entrance Into Jerusalem. John 12:12-26. Intropucrion, An important event; hence narrated in the four Gospels. Jesus here presents Him- self as the Messianic King, and also sets before the people the nature of His King- ship.1088 I. The claims of Jesus to Kingship. of Jesus as Interpreter; now Compare other claims Teacher, Life, Light, King. 1. By divine appointment—He came in the name of the Lord (cf. Psa. 2:6). 2. By His own inherent right. He was the only-begotten of the Father ‘and heir to the throne; He was King by virtue of every right divine. 3. He won by His death on the cross. Christ gains His ascendancy over the hearts of men, not as the Teacher from the Mount, or as the Truth from the tem- ple, or as the Example from the streets, but as the Life from Calvary. He rules from the cross (cf. John 12:32). 4, By the longing of human hearts. The Greeks so expressed it: “We would see Jesus.” He is the “desire of all nations.” He is King because men want Him. He is King of my life because I want no other King. II, The nature of His Kingdom. 1. Peaceful and meek. What a contrast with the Jewish con- ception of the Messiah! He will conquer by His Personality. He is the Prince of Peace. 2. Unostentatious. There is an absence here of those things which usually accompany kingship. Quite a contrast to the Jewish love of the cere- monial and religious trappings! What a picture of Christ's entrance into the human soul—silently and without noise! IIT, The acceptance of His kingship. 1. Spontaneous. Christ will not coerce, but win by the force of His own Personality. 2, Involves self-sacrifice and self-denial, What was true then is true now. God’s way of making a thing grow is to kill it (John 12:34). 3. Brings its reward. To crown Christ now is to crown our- THE KING'S BUSINESS selves eventually. Where Christ is, there will His servants be. 4, Christ is accepted enthusiastically. Here is a vivid picture of emotionalism in religion. Nothing really effective can be done without emotion, The bright self- sacrificing enthusiasms of early manhood are among the most precious things in the whole course of human life. “Bring forth the royal diadem and crown Him Lord of all” "s Return from Captivity. Ezra 1:1-11. Intropucrion A wonderful illustration of God's active disposition of matters in history. J. The proclamation (a. 1-4). 1. The cause of it—the word of God (Isaiah 45:1-7; Jeremiah 25:12; 39-10) 2. The dynamic power of it—God stirred up the heart of Cyrus. .The move- ment began, continued and ended with God. 3. The agent in fulfilling God’s purpose —the heathen king. The hearts of kings are in the hands of God. 4. The purpose of ‘it—liberty and free- dom of worship. A proclamation of emancipation. II, The response (vv. 5, 6), 1, It was of God. It was God who put the thought into the heart of the people to respofid as in the heart of Cyrus to inaugurate. 2. It was for God. What is of God must be for God. There is always trouble when we use God’s power for our own aggrandizement. Nebuchad- nezzar and Simon Magus found this to be true, 3. It must be a willing response. There is no forced service in God’s work. 4, It was partial. Not all the people obeyed the call ofTHE KING'S’ BUSINESS Cyrus to return to their own land. So will it be with the Zionistic movement today. 5. It was obeyed. Those who desired to do so, migrated; those who remained at-home, provided money and material. Theme: Daniel in the Lion’s Den. Text: Daniel 6. IxTRopucTiON. The value of the biographical study of the Bible. God speaks to His people through human life, I. The character of Daniel. 1. Faithful. This is true of his business, political and religious life, as a study of the context shows. He was always true to God and his conscience, Even a seeming disobedi- ence to the king was obedience after all. 2, Courageous. It was when he “knew” that the writing was signed that he did as he had done “aforetime.” Daniel was willing not only to strike but to be struck for his religion. 3. Prayerful Three times a day, openly and fearlessly, he prayed. Il, Daniel's Temptation, Goodness does not exempt from trial but rather incites it. 1, The nature of the temptation. To deny God, to be ashamed of and hide his religion; to be untrue to his convic- tions. 2. The agents in the temptation. (a) The king, unwittingly, and yet really. (>) His companions who, through envy and jealousy, plotted his downfall, LI. Daniel’s Deliverance. God always puts a way of escape beside a temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13). 1. Daniel’s assurance of it. To Daniel, the Most High God ruled and could deliver him should He choose to. 1089 2. Faith won the victory. Through faith, the mouths of lions were stopped (Hebrews 11:33). 3. The deliverance was miraculous. That the lions were hungry is evident by the fact that they ate up Daniel's adver- saries (6:44). That Daniel was not eaten up was due to the supernatural interfer- ence of God—"He sent His angel.” Theme: Forgiveness. Text: Matt. 18:21-35. Intropuction. The important place occupied by the sub- ject of forgiving wrongs and enemies in the teaching of our Lord. Christianity is exceptional in this respect. 1, The pattern 23-27). 1, Man's need of forgiveness, Sin is a debt. We owe God a perfect life. To come short of it is to be in debt, 2. Man's inability to pay. of forgiveness (vv. The largeness of the debt here indicated shows man’s inability to pay it during his life-time. So is it with us. Forgiveness must be a gracious act of God. 3. God's forgiveness. It is gracious, unlimited, impartial, com- plete. Our forgiveness should be like God's (Ephesians 5:2). We are constantly wronged and need to cultivate a forgiving spirit; our forgiveness should be gracious. I, The motive of forgiveness. 1. Is based on the divine forgiveness— “Even as God for Christ's sake forgave you.” 2. For the purpose brother, enemy, friend. To gain a brother is more noble than to ruin him. 3. One’s own pardon, in a sense, depends upon it or, better, is shown by it. Not that we are forgiven because we for- give, but if we are truly forgiven, we will show it by forgiving. of gaining theTHE KING’S BUSINESS By Keith L. Brooks Salvation Tallks THE WORST HERESY ON EARTH ERE you asked, heresy on earth?” what would be Would it be—Christian Sci- ence—Russellism—Spiritism ? “What is the worst your answer? What does the Bible say about it? How wonderfully the whole question is sifted out! The Bible lets us know that there are but two religions in the world —God’s and man's. Man's religion, no mat- ter under what name it may travel, is invar- iably founded God’s religion, the ‘only religion the Bible knows, stands absolutely distinct from all man-made upon self-righteousness ; religions, for it is “built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and right- eousness.” The most dangerous heresy in the world is the belief that man can by his own efforts and merit, come into eternal life with God. This strikes at the very root of all heresies of the present day. They all come in the name of Jesus Christ—but it is not the Christ of the Godhead and not the Christ of the Cross. Human religions all say—“If we DO our best, we shall live.” God's religion says, “You must FIRST LIVE before you can DO anything.” “All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.” Relationship with God must come before works. Relationship is out of the question so long as one tramples under foot the plan of salvation that God has provided, substituting a self-devised plan. “Other foundation can no man lay than that IS LAID which is JESUS CHRIST.” Human religions, of whatever name, God's plan which requires that man should first admit that he is qualified for hell, before he can be qualified for heaven, He must acknowledge his NEED of a Savior, Consequently the nasty moralist is the hard man to reach with the Gospel. carefully eliminate “What shall we DO that we might work the works of God? This is the work of God that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.” Men are lost, not for lack of good deeds, but primarily, “because they believe not on Him.” Reader—where have you cast your anchor ? “Forhid it Lord, that I should boast Save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.”THE KING'S BUSINESS 1091 Week of Prayer HE present number of Tue Kine’s Business will reach all our subscribers by December 1, The Week of Prayer begins in about a month from that date, and we should make preparation for it now. A letter from Rev. H. M. Gooch, secretary of the World’s Evangelical Alliance, has been received enclosing the letter sent the brethren in Christ Jesus throughout the world. This letter reads as follows: Dear Brethren in’ Christ Jesus, In the year now behind us, the whole civil- ised_world has been solemnly called to learn in the school of God. The disciplines of life have been heavy upon us, but the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, has becn upon the page as we scanned it, By that light we have learned much that may ‘help us to face all that lies ahead. We have been forced to distrust our fecble measures of the power, the wisdom, and the love of God. We have been driven to question both the adequacy and the finality of our inter- pretation to the world of our Lord Jesus Christ. Kon-Christian writers in “the East have, boldly challenged Christianity. ‘The Holy Spirit is lead: ing us through our failures, not only. to a deeper search, but also to an earnest expecta tion of what’ other nations, more lately come under the influence of the Gospel, may’ re in the risen, exalted and omnipotent Son of God, The things that arc shaken aze crumbling, and with them’ is being removed the veil that h “the City which hath foundations, whose. bi and maker is God.” In this way, the realities of life have proved the realities ‘of faith: God and sin in eternal opposition: redemption, and renewal the only way to peace: the Spirit of Cod ‘upon the chaos our assurance that God is deed. “within the. shadow." fe are. called anew to exercise the unspeak- able privilege of Prayer. The magnitudes of the time ‘are so great that nothing human can com pass “them. “God has “pressed back into aur trembling hands the supreme approach’ to Himself. reas Did year ever open with a more clamant nece tis represented by the World's Evan- Alliance? The Alliance mobilizes t faith of the world for Common Prayer, Chri tian Unity, and Co-operation. These are pr ludes to insight and. vision, revival and new T life, in preparation for the sure ful- ent of the promise of His Coming. “Whose Kingdom ig an everlasting, Kingdom, and, Whose Dominion is from generation to generation.” The topics suggested for universal use are as follows: Sunday, January 6th, 1918—Topic for sermons and addresses: “The Eternal Things."—Dan. iv. 3; 2 Cor. iv. 18; Heb. xi. 10; xii, 27. Monday, January 7th—Thanksgiving and confession. Thanksgiving—For the ever- widening circle of brotherhood in Christ. Confession—That Christian witness, even instrument of at its best, so little reflects the id of Christ. Prayer—That the followers of Christ, speaking the Truth in love, may make no compromise with evil; that the number of those who look for His glorious appearing may be increased. Scripture Readings: Acts xvii. 24-28; Matt. xi. 28- 30; 1 Peter ii, 21-25; 1 John ii, 3-6; 1 Thes. v. 22. Tuesday, January 8th—The Church Uni- versal—The “One Body” of which Christ is the Head. Thanksgiving—For the body of Christian witnesses throughout the ages ; that a common purpose, with diversity of gifts, is drawing the various Communions together; for heartsearching in the Churches concerning their inefficiency. Con- fession—That when the Church has failed the cause is not in her Lord, but in her- self; of the Church's failure to reach the young manhood and young womanhood of the world. Petitions—That 1918 may wit- ness new advances towards Christian Unity: that through. sanctification of the Spirit, love of the Truth, and new gifts of wisdom and energy, the witness of the Church may become the beacon of the world; that the primary duty of the Church to evangelise may be given its true place. Scripture Readings: Eph. ii, 13-22; Heb. xi. 32-xii. 2; Eph. iv. 10-16; Mal. 10; Prov. xxiii. 22-26; 2 Thes. ii, 13-15; Matt. xxviii, 18-20. Wednesday, January 9th—Nations and Their Rulers, Prayer—That the purposes of God in Christ may be sought and known among the nations; that in the develop- ment of their national ideals, the nations may find Christ; that efforts for the estab- lishment of lasting Peace among the nations may be Divinely guided ; that recon- structions may be considered and effected with due regard to the Word of God and the things which are eternal; that the bur- dens of rulers and of those who make and influence public opinion, may be laid upon the hearts of Christians everywhere; for smaller nations sorely troubled and suf-1092 fering through the War; for all servants of the community. Scripture Readings: Prov. xiv. 34, xxi. 1; 1 Peter iv. 19; 2 Peter 9; John xii. 20-32; Isaiah ii. 2-4; 1 Cor. iv. 1-5. Thursday, January 10th — Missions Among Moslems and Heathen. Thanks- giving—That even a world-wide War can- not delay the wheels of His chariot; that the Churches in the Mission Field are frankly assuming their responsibilities ; that Religious Liberty is becoming universal. Prayer—For Churches and Missions suffer- ing through the war: that the heritage of the Church may be enriched by the faith and fresh experience of the young churches; that amid the necessary modifica- tions of form and method, the Lord’s mes- sengers may hold fast Eternal Truth. Scripture Readings: Dan. ii. 34. 35. 43; iv. saiah x1. 1-8; Matt. ii, 1-11; Eph. iv. Friday, January Lth—Families, Schools, Colleges, and the Young. Thanksgiving— For the blessing attaching to family life: for the comfort and assurance of a blessed THE KING'S BUSINESS immortality in bereavements, Petitions— That the privileges and responsibilities of parenthood may be gladly accepted; that in households, family worship, and “the nurture and admonition of the Lord” may have first place; that in their readings, amusements, and companionship, the young may be kept unspotted from the world; for blessing on all Teachers; that in all institutions of learning, the fear of the Lord may be the beginning of wisdom. Scripture Readings: Psa. exxvii; 2 Cor. i 4; 1 Cor. xv. 54-57; Matt. xviii, 1-6; Prov, i 7; ix. 10-12. # Saturday. January 12th—Home Missions and the Jews. Petition—That the needs of every class in the community may find an echo inthe heart of the Church; that Christian sympathy, fair dealing, and mutual respect as between employers and employed may bring men together in mutual regard; that the seed of Abraham may enter into the fulness of the promises of God in Jesus Christ. Scripture Read- ings: Matt. xxii, 1-10; Prov. xxii 1, 2; James ii, 1-9; Mal. ii, 10; 2 Cor. iii. 12-18. LIGHT ON UZZLING PASSAGES and PROBLEMS By R. A. TORREY Wil! you kindly let me know what you think we should do, as the command of God is to keep the seventh day and we keep the first day, Sunday, while | do not see that word in the Bible? We certainly should do exactly as God says, but God does not say what you quote Him as saying in your question. You have not quoted the Word of God correctly, or at least your question implies that you mis- understand the very plain words found in the Bible. Your question as you put it implies that God said in the fourth com- y mandment, that we should keep the seventh day of the week, Now if you will turn to your Bible and read carefully what is writ- ten in Exodus 20:9, you will find that the very important words “of the week” are not there. The Seventh Day Adventists and the Seven Day Baptists and other Sev- enth Day people read in these words “of the week,” but God did not put them in the commandment as originally given. All the commandment says, as given by God in the record in Exodus 20:9, 10, is that wwe shall work six days and rest the seventhTHE KING'S BUSINESS day after we work the six. But the com- mandment does not say what seventh day it is to be, whether the first day of the week or the seventh day of the week, it simply says, “Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh (not the seventh day of the week, but the sev- enth day after these six days of work) is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God (in the Hebrew as in the Revised Version it says, is a Sabbath of the Lord thy God): In it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant. nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger, that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Now it is very plain that all that is com- manded here is that there shall be six days of labor followed by a seventh day of rest. It simply says work six days and rest the seventh. It does not say rest the seventh day of the week, It is true that the Jews did keep the seventh day of the week in commemoration of the completion of the old creation. but the commandment does not hid that. The church after the resur- rection of Jesus Christ from the dead kept the first day of the week in commemoration of the new creation, the “Lord's Day” (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1, 2; Rev. 1:10) Christ appeared to his disciples after the resurrection on the first day of the week. Tt was the day He especially honored after His resurrection, Into the whole subject of Sabbath keeping I go at length in my little pamphlet, “Ought Christians to Keep the Sabbath.” In regard to the Seventh Day Adventists, let me say that they twist and pervert scripture and also history, Their statements as to when the keeping of the first day of the week began are altogether unreliable and historically incor- rect. They have tried to answer my pamph- let. “Ought Christians to Keep the Sab- bath,” but they have distorted what I say in their attempt to answer, have taken words out of their context, and_perverted__are to come, ___ 1093 their meaning and tried to blind the eyes of their dupes by dodging the issue and bringing in questions that have nothing to do with the point at issue. What is meant in Revelation by the Beast and mark of the Beast “and the number six hundred three score and six?” About this would say that we shall be able to decide more definitely about the beast after we have seen him than we can now. We always need to be cautious about interpreting prophecy. But this may be confidently said, that the Beast is beyond question a mighty man who is to exercise power in this world, He will not be mani- fested and exercise his power until after the church has been caught up to meet the Lord in the air (2 Thess. 2:6-8), but his power will be manifested before the Lord comes back with His church to earth. The number 666 is his name, that is to say, in Greek figures are expressed by letters and some letters that correspond to the figures. 666, will spell his name. His mark will be an actual mark which he requires people to wear as a sign of their subjection to him. Of course many Seventh Day Adventists teach that keeping the first day of the week instead of the seventh day of the week is the mark of the Beast, but such teaching is absolutely nonsensical. His mark will not be any ceremony, neither first day Sabbath keeping or any other cer emony; it will be an actual mark which his people are compelled by him to wear, “in their right hands, or in their foreheads” (Rev. 13:16). Furthermore, as the Beast is not yet manifested “the mark of the beast” does not and cannot yet exist. If you read the entire 13th chapter of Revela- tion, you will see that there are to be two. Beasts, one a supreme Beast and the other a subordinate Beast who exercises the authority of the first Beast, that is there are to be two great men of great authority and power manifested here in the world, working terrible things in the days which"EVANGELISTIC REVIEW OF THE MONTH'S ACTIVITIES . By Bible Institute" Workers ‘DEPARTMENT | Things That Grip. | PRACTICAL PERSONAL WORK and SOUL SAVING | | —— 2 WORK AT BIOLA CLUB Marion H. Reynolds, Supt. E do not know of a greater blessing that could have come to The Biola Club, its workers and friends, than the all- night prayer meeting held recently. God wonderfully blessed us, and we give Him all the praise. At 7:30 we gathered for our regular meeting and had a splendid time. Then at 9:30 Rev. Mr. Gottberg, formerly of the Moody Bible Institute, spoke to us on the Conditions of Prayer, after which the meet- ig was turned over to the Holy Spirit and how God did speak to us! Many lives were straightened out. and men got on praying ground, At 12:30 a. m. a man who was under the influence of liquor s gered in. We gave him a seat and com- menced praying that God would sober and save him, Prayer after prayer ascended to our Father for the work of our Club and the Institute, and then we closed for a brief season of rest and fresh air, After half an hour we took up the Old Book and drew some practical lessons out of it, and again united our hearts in fer- vent prayer for the work and the workers, and that God might send in some one with whom we might deal. God wonderfully answered, and in less than half an hour there were cight unsaved young men in the room. We prayed for their salvation, then promptly turned it into a praise and testi- mony meeting, and gave the invitation. Praise God, it was all in answer to prayer. ——. One young man, the first to make the deci- sion, came forward in the face of the sneers and jeers of his crowd. Then another came, and we prayed with them, but the other fellows left. Having prayed with the two men, they went out also but promptly came back, with the old bunch and one other, It was a blessed privilege with these fellows and to see the mighty conviction of God and of sin write ten upon their faces, and to see their argu- ments fall to the ground before’ the power of the Word of God, to de In the meantime God was answering our prayers for the first man who came and by the personal touch we were able two win him to our blessed Saviour, This is what he said: “E sure do appreciate what you fellows have done for me, and T want to do what I can to be of help to you. You have saved me from a periodical spree and have saved me the $100 in my pocket which 1 would have spent” He went out and went to work a happy man. Does it pay? We did have a blessed time in thanking the Lord for His answers to prayer, and at 6 a. m, we all joined hands (thirteen of us) and sang, “Blest he the Tie That Binds,” and it meant some- thing, too, We are expecting great things from God this month, and are attempting great things for Him, We need your prayers as never before, as we are pressing forward in the work which He has given us to do.THE KING’S BUSINESS. 1095 WORK AMONG THE JEWS : James A. Vaus, Supt. ANY interesting incidents have oceur- red in the past few weeks in connec- tion with our work among the Jews, Our hearts have been cheered and refreshed «i our faith strengthened by the recent conversion of four Jews and one Gentile, The account of one of these conversions follows: One of our Hebrew-Christian workers, visiting’a number of Jews in the tubercular ward of the County Hospital, paused for a moment at the bedside of a Jewish tailor. The hopelessness of his case had embit- tered his soul and he was not in a very receptive frame of mind when the worker approached him. Invariably the Jewish heart is stirred to anger on meeting another Jew who has become a Christian, and when one has not only become con- verted to Christianity, but has also become a missionary to the Jews, their wrath knows no restraint. This case was no ex- ception to that rule and the torrent of abuse poured out upon the worker was awful, ag he upbraided her for (as he thought) turning traitor to her people for the sake of money. After several attempts to reason with this man had failed, the worker withdrew. after leaving some Iit- erature (which, in his present frame of mind, she feared he would not read), feel ing that a second visit would be unprofit- able and useless. However, “God's ways are not our ways,” and the worker, in spite of her doubts as to the wisdom of a sec- ond visit, felt strongly impelled to see this man again. A great change had come over him. There had been time to think over the conversation, and even to read the liter- ature, and God's Holy Spirit was moving upon his heart. A very profitable time was spent in showing him God’s great plan of salvation, and the worker left, much encouraged by the change in him. On the occasion of the third visit, the worker was refused entrance to the ward on the ground that her last visit had resulted in creating a great disturbance among the patients. Very much surprised, the worker asked for particulars, knowing there had been no disturbance while she was there on her last visit. The nurse told her that the whole ward had been in an uproar because in the mid- die of the night this Jewish man had awakened and kept all the patients in the ward awake by shouting out, “Glory: Halle- lujah! I've found the Jewish Messiah !" After sufficient time had elapsed to cause the disturbance to be forgotten, the worker again presented herself at the ward and was admitted without protest. She found him still rejoicing in his new-found salva- tion. —___. THE SPANISH WORK R. H. Bender, Supt. ORE and more as we come in con- tact with the Spanish-speaking peo- ple, we are made to realize that it is only as we trust and believe in the office-work of the Holy Spirit that these benighted people will ever come into the knowledge of the truth. For it is the work of the Holy Spirit to convict of sin, and of this they are in great need. For instance, while talking to a group of men, explaining to them the way of salvation, and testifying to the change which comes in the life when it is yielded to Christ, we asked in closing how many would like to accept Christ and let Him change their lives. Their answer was that they had always accepted Him. Another group of young men, in answer to the same1096 THE KING'S BUSINESS question, said that ever since they were old enough to believe, they had believed in Christ. When I asked them if they were saved from their sin, they smiled and turned away. Another young man in the hospital, when asked if he believed, said, “Why, yes. ever since I was baptized (in infaney), I haye accepted Christ.” You will readily see that it is all a his- torical faith, a belief about Christ, but not an experimental knowledge of Christ as a personal Saviour, Then others have said that God had~permitted sin in the world and it was natural to sin, and God had given license to commit all manner of sin, While working in one of the railroad camps, we called at a house and asked if they would feceive a tract and listen to an explanation of the Gospel, and the man of the house said, There is my reli- gion!" pointing to the wall. We looked, and said. “Yes. we see two lighted candles and am image behind them, If that is your God why don’t you take it down and place it on the floor and tell it to get back again, and in that way you can prove to your satisfaction if it has any power to save you from sin.” There were six or cight in the room and they all smiled. Then we said, “Do you know the first command: ment?” to which he replied, “Thow shalt love the Lord before all things’ (R. C.)- We asked, “Do you do it?” Then turning to the Scriptures we read to him Exodus 20, They made no answer, but we went on and preached Jesus to them. That surely was heathenism in our so- called Christian land. It certainly was dark and dismal, both spiritually and morally, and they seemed to be quite satis- fied to remain that way. Let us pass from the shadows, for there are bright spots where the light has dawned ited souls. Down country, where we have a group of several milies, while explaining the results of the new birth and the new creation, one of the men spoke up and said, “Sure, that's ” We turned to him and said. “What do you know about it?” “Well,” he said. “since you were here last I accepted Christ as my Saviour, and I have experienced a joy and peace and satisfaction such as I never had hefore.” ‘Thus we meet those here and there who have entered into rest. and trust that many more will come. We are confident that as we sow the seed and’ water it with our tears and prayers, He sive the inerease. To Him be all the glory forever! upon some of these heni so +. WORK IN PACIFIC COAST HARBORS Oscar Zimmermann, Supt. Na recent issue of TH King’s Business appeared an account of how the captain of a certain vessel summoned the whole ship's crew to the dining room to listen to the Gospel message given by the worker through a Japanese student. Believing it will be interesting to know what the Japa- nese think of the efforts made in behalf of their countrymen, an article describing the incident, printed in the daily Japanese newspaper, “The New World.” follows. ‘The article was brought to the notice of the worker and translated by a friend: “Sweet singing which came out from a window of a cabin of one of the Japanese steamers > “Yesterday at noon, two men visited the Kenkon-Marn No, 8, which is anclor a wharf of San Francisco. One of them was an American and other Japanese student, When they had hoarded into that steamer, presently a man who seemed her captain appeared outside of cabin and ushered them into his room, As they disappeared to inside, presently all erews who. were working noisily and busy on deck here and tessaTHE KING'S BUSINESS there, entered into cabin and disappeared from outside, and became very quiet on deck. Shortly after, sweet hymnal song had come out to outside of cabin. Do you know who were two of them? One of them, who is an American, was Mr. Oscar Zimmermann. His office is a room of the Boarding House of the seamen, on the front of Ferry Building, He is a repre- sentative of Los Angeles Bible Institute. After the steamers come to this bay from foreign countries he call upon those steamers and comiort all of the erews who have tired during long voyage and preach Gospel to them at each time. the Japane: this bay, he As recently increased in id especially attention of those steamers and wanted to work among Japanese crews« He has sought some be- steamers coming assistant who help him and his work among Japanese. Fortunately he could get Mr. Kobayashi, just summer vacation time, he has good chance to help Mr. Zimmermann’s work, and also Mr, Kobayashi himself has much benefit in order to study of practical theory in this vocation. Both of them are working on account of noble work and sacrifice them- Mr. Kobayashi told to editor that Mr. Zimmermann gave spiritwal comfort and Bible and tracts for selves, each crew when 1097 steamers brought alongside of wharts of this Bay “Mr. Zimmermann and Mr. Kobayashi had visited the Meiteu-Maru the other day. That was the first work of both of them when they called upon the Kenkon-Mara. Her captain, Takai, had welcomed their work and gave them good opportunity in order to preach for all of the crews. After through dinner he gathered all crews at cabin and Mr. Zimmermann has preached a little while and Mr. Kobayashi has trans- lated it.” It was only a week or so later, while the same vessel was passing up the Columbia river to Portland, that nine of the men climbing down the side of the vessel, attempted to swim to shore and were drowned! The interpreter whom the worker used, refused to give the invita- tion, saying: “We must he better ae- quainted; maybe the next time.” Wat a solemn message this loss of the nine men brings to tho ¢ who count on another time! news came by mail from the wircless operator for whom prayer was asked recently. Also, on an English ves- sel a splendid time was had when one man accepted Christ, of which we in another issue. ay say more —S WORK IN THE SHOPS David Cant, Supt. E thought it would be an excellent idea, during the Sunday evangelistic meetings, to cast our lot with our visiting brethren, and by uniting all our shop- meeting forces be able to make a more effectual onslaught on the camp of the Philistines. Many new fields hitherto un- worked have been thus opened to us; many varied and stirring experiences have been ours, and we close the month with a grate- ful recognition and acknowledgment of our gracious Heavenly Father's loving kindness and blessing to us all. It certainly has been a strenuous month, for we have been everlastingly .at it from early morn till dewy eve, and way beyond that till the dawn began again. The city markets have been visited in the early morning hours and our advent with horns and electric organ, and “Brighten the Cor- ner Where You Are,” has brought the crowds from all quarters,