822 THE K I N G ' S - B U S I N E S S Are there any dangers?- Yes. What? Religions cranks. They can kill any meeting in short order, and people with little pet hobbies; people with long-winded testimonies; people that think they are foreordained to occupy most of the time in a.service; well-meaning, ignorant people who live in a limited spiritual sphere, who prate about holiness, sinlessness, sanctification, divine healing, or some other good doctrine, until you wish their one-stringed instrument would break and somebody, would come along with a harp with a thousand strings. These good friends are hard to get along with. They are ‘ ‘ meeting-killers” , sure enough. You must be kind but firm with them; be frank with them. Tell them that there are some other pebbles on the beach. Tell them that you are authorized to appoint them a committee of one to stay at home and pray for the meeting. When you have but an hour for your prayer meeting you cannot hon estly give one of these dear friends fifteen minutes to tell you how holy and sweet they are, or what wonderful revelations they have had, or how we can all become just as sanctified as they are. Even in an all-night service we have to curtail the testimonies of these friends by cutting them down to three minutes. If you can handle this part of the program and keep sweet at the same time, there is nothing to hinder your having a real prayer-meeting in any church any where. You can have such real spiritual results as will gladden the heart of your pastor. You can change things in the church. You can pray some people out and some people in, and give great pleasure to the Lord. Try it and see. . C. H. . .$* 4 . SVi- §te ate ate S itting withaTraitor One of the Congressmen of our Country, stated his opposition to sitting with a traitor, referring to'another Congressman-elect, who was charged with disloyalty. We honor him. We could wish that every Christian Min ister was as loyal to Jesus Christ, and would take his stand against recog nizing and sitting on the same platform at a religious service with a pro fessed preacher who denies the Deity and atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ, sitting with a traitor, recognizing him as a brother Minister, who is a minister of Satan, receiving him, instead of rebuking him, giving him the hand of fellowship, rather than the cold shoulder, bidding him God-speed rather than good riddance. The traitor holds in contempt the man who thus falsifies himself; who lacks the courage of his convictions. And what does our Lord think of it? Has not Jesus^Christ suffered sufficiently without compelling Him to sit with a renegade? If Christ be in us the hope of glory what right have we to heap indignities upon Him? Christ loves the sinner, but for Judas, He has only the-word, “ Traitor!” I I B t - c . h . , W H A T ’S the Matter With the Churches? Rev. Newell Dwight HilliS, in a recent article in McClure’s Magazine, endeavors to answer this question. He is alarmed because so many thousands
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