T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 1185 and plain. There are no thorns and thistles in the new nature. There will be no tugging at the weeds in heaven. The earthly body and earthly nature will be sloughed off and new creatures in Christ Jesus, in a heavenly eiL- viroment, will not earn their bread with the sweat of their brow, but will feed upon God’s heavenly manna. How we should covet the joy for others and go into the world, with its thorns and thistles, to tell the story so precious to us. T. C. H. THE PRINCE OF PEACE Is. 9:6. “ Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of PC8-C6.} The “ child born” was “ the,Mighty God.” The “ son given” was the ‘‘Father of Eternity. ’’ His name is “ Emmanuel ’ ‘‘God with us ’ ‘1God manifest iu the flesh. ’’ As a ‘ ‘child, ’’ He was ‘1born, ’’ but as the Son, He was pre-existent and so was “ given.” An artist drew a picture of a wintry twilight with heavy snows, and in the background a dreary dark house, -desolate in the storm. There was something lacking in the picture. It was saddening to look upon. Then with one stroke of the brush he put a dot of yellow upon the window of the house. The effect was magical. The whole scene was transformed, and the thought was turned from the dreariness without to the warmth and cheerfulness within. This world was in such a state of darkness and dreariness when sud denly “ the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” He was “ the light and Life of men.” The whole situation was changed, for “ the people which sat in darkness saw great light, and to them which sat in the re gion and. shadow of death, light is sprung up.” (Matt. 4:16). There is “ peace to men of good will. ” .Some have strenuously sought to dispose of.the text at the head of this editorial by asserting that the words were spoken not of Christ but of Hezekiah. It is evident, however, that to apply such titles to a mere man, who was powerless to give peace to others and whose bloody reign lasted but twenty-five years, is nonsense. Others object that to call Christ “ the Everlasting Father” is to confound Him with the Father. But the literal reading is “ Father of Eternity” and is used in reference to dura tion as a Hebraism. It is not applied with reference to a distinction in the divine nature but i^the strongest possible declaration of Christ’s strict and proper eternity. f, ' , Let the Christmas season remind every true child of God that they are “ in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the True
God” (I Jno. 5:20).—K. L. B. A PREACHER PINCHED
A young minister, not so long out of an up-to-date school of the prophets, was asked by a friend of ours why he did not preach'from the Word of God rather than modern fiction. His reply was, “ Must a man be confined to the Bible?”
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