THE KING’S BUSINESS
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No. 2
FEBRUARY, 1917
Vol. 8
e d i t o r i a l A well-known preacher said from the pulpit quite recently that he knew of two college professors w o had undermined the faith of hundreds of young me who entered the class room with faith m God and
A Professor’s Responsibility.
religion but who had left it minus faith and trust. This was an exceedmg y grave charge to make, and we fear, alas, it is too true for we have met many such young people—young men and women1who left their homes with a co fideJe in fp frito l thLgs which was bom of faith g .Godajjd M B f e g B but who have returned to their parents shipwrecked in faith O h > w mu h such professors will have to answer for in the final reckoning. guilt must rest on their consciences as they recall the havoc of faith - wrought in human lives! No wonder the average Christian parent trembles as he thinks of putting his son or daughter in the hands of just such teac •• There is such a thing as soul-murder. No murderer shall enter the g , of heaven. May God-have mercy on those who destroy the faith of our yout .
The Associated Press is just sending out an item which brings forcibly to mind the inspired words of Jesus, “Go to now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches are corrupted,
Wicked Follies of the Rich.
and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and their rust shall be for a testimony against you and fire Ye have laid up your treasures m the last days. Behold, the the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by out - and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure, ye S v e nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. . have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you. Be patient theretore, S h r e n until the coming of the-Lord . . . . . . stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.” This item,reads, ‘‘A catwith a ^m ond -set p-old tooth and other Persians valued at as much as $2,000.00 will be a ieature of 'the Sevetoh Annual Show of the Pacific Cat Club to be held here (San Fran cisco') February 16, 17:” Think of squandering diamonds and gold on the tooth o f a c a i w h e n children are perishing for lack of food in Germany, Belgium Poland and in other lands, to say nothing of the_wants of widows M ^orphans and toe sick in our own land. When the rich put on public exhibition cats with diamond set, gold filled teeth, and bury their pet dogs at an expense-of hundreds of dollars, and give dog parties and cat parties at toe cost of thousands of dollars, and deck out their babies in silks and jewels *{
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