824 T HE K I N G ’ S B US I NE S S as a profession to be guaged by what it will pay a man in dollars and cents, of course men will not respond, and we are glad of it. The call of the Presi dent for young men to rally in defense of their country found a response in red-blooded men, did it not, in spite of poor wages, great sacrifices, great danger, loss of limbs, loss of eyes, death? Has it come to such a pass that the dollar mark must be put upon the ministry? Is there no appeal to red-blooded young men in the cry of the crucified, risen Lord to go forth and preach the Gospel of grace to dying men? Is there no longer any call to a life of sacrifice for the Lord of glory? No compassion for the souls of men? No love for the lost? It was not money that moved Christ out of Heaven, but it was mercy. It was not money that attracted the early church to the regions beyond. It was persecution. It was not money that made Peter and John preachers of the Gospel. It was real Christian manhood. It was not the call of the dollar that stirred Paul, but the cry of the crucified, risen Lord. It was not money that induced men to be martyrs for Christ’s sake. It was not pay, but principle that brought the Pilgrim Fathers here. It has not been money that has induced missionaries to go to the neglected fields, hundreds of whom have gone trusting absolutely in the promises of God for their support. The so-called “ red-blooded men” that have turned their backs upon the ministry for which they have been educated, because the salary was small, were too small for any salary which could be offered them, and there must have been a “ yellow” streak in their blood. The matter with the churches is the character of so many of the leaders. The matter is the false conception given concerning the business of the church. The program laid out for the church is found in the Bible. When ever men have gone with the Bible in their hands and have given a “ Thus saith the Lord” , people have responded, and men and women have been built up in faith. When men have tried to run the church without a Bible, and have put on a program of social service, welfare work, moving pictures, dances, entertainments, etc., the thing has proven a failure,—and thank God it has. Such a program is a travesty, an insult to the Lord, and a reflection upon the call and calling of the church. There are plenty of good churches in our land, manned by godly men, fruitful in service, which give the lie to any suggestion that there is anything the matter with the church, but one thing,-—the absence of a Bible in the hands of a man who knows it, and has had a call from God to preach and teach it. —T. C. H. PRE-MILLENNIAL Doctrine Fundamental In the First Epistle of John, the second chapter, 24th verse, John says, “ Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning.” And in the 28th verse he says, “ And now, little children, abide in Him: that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His Coming.” It is clear then that the doctrine of our Lord’s return had been given to the Church at Ephesus at the beginning, and that dispensational truth was designed for babes in Christ.
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