THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NE S S He find pleasure in the suffering of a heart in which there was no guile? The prophet proceeds to say that the bruising of the Servant of Jehovah was the source of His prosperity. “When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall prolong his days.” Whenever the soul is offered there is an access of life. It was so in Geth- semane. When He took the cup from His Father’s hand, the angel came to strengthen Him. The bruising of His soul was the yielding of His will. The crushing of the flower brings out its fragrance. The breaking of the ala baster box diffused its perfume through the house. When He poured out His
889 blood as a libation, it made atonement for the sins of the world. The tender conscience feels the wounds of sin the most. The purest heart suffers the keenest pain. MATTER OF DRESS If a girl dressed for prayer meeting the way she does for the front page of a magazine that goes into a million Chris tian homes the meeting would' promptly break up in disorder and disgrace.— L. A. Times.
S E E 8 2 8 | llllllliH ..I...■ ■ ...... ..................................................................................................... ................... ...... THE BIBLE * | 3E Bible needs no defense from men. Exiled, it has 1 created a new kingdom and shifted the center and I balance of power. Carried away captive, it has broken 1 down rival altars and overthrown false gods till the 1 right of way has been accorded to it by friend and | foe. Sold into bondage by false brethren, it has cap- 1 I . tured the hearts of its masters and ascended the throne jj I dominion. Driven into the sea, it has gone over dry-shod, ( | seeing its enemies overwhelmed in the flood and itself singing thé 1 ! glad song of deliverance. Burned on the public square by the I H public executioner, it has risen sphynx-like and floated away in 1 H triumph, waving the smoke of its own funeral pyre as a flag of B | victory. Scourged from city to city, it has gone through the 1 s capitals of the civilized world, leaving behind it a trail of light ■ jj attesting its divine authority. Cast into a leper’s pest-house, it B | has purified the scales of contagion, restored the rosy skin 0f smil- 1 B ing infancy, quickened the energies of romping youth and re- ■ ! created the sinews of heroic manhood. Betrayed by a kiss it has ■ 1 stood erect in the calm majesty of eternity, amid the swarming ! 1 minions of its enemies. Nailed to a felon’s cross, it has illumined B | the darkness by the radiance of its own glory, and transformed 1 | the summit of sacrifice into a throne of universal judgment. Sealed 1 | into the gloom of a sepulchre, it has come forth with the echoing 1 H footsteps of Almighty God, rising to dominion over all intelli- B | gence. Marvelous Book ! Full of divine life and power ! No one 1 ■ can touch even the hem of its garment without being healed. No 1 | one can come near enough even to stone it without being blessed. | j It shall rise in power and beauty as long as there remains one B | sinner needing salvation, or one saint hoping for heaven.'—‘Fowler. I llllllMIIIIlllimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim ............................. niiiniiinmnrmB P A G E
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