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Resurrection Responsibility .................................... God ’ s Workers Must Use God's Word.............. . The Penalty o f Privilege............... .— ................. Fixing the Fundamental Flag................................. Exalted Education .................................................... We Are Debtors to the Boys and Girls of America — Dr. John Murdoch Maclnnis................. .................. .. The Jew: The Source o f the World’ s Salvation and Sorrow — Dr. Mark A. Matthews.................................. ............. If Christ Be Not Risen!— Dr. Walter B. Hinson............... A Real Resurrection: Body, Soul and Spirit — Dr. Edward M. Bounds.............................•— A Contrast Between Two Tombs— Rev. Irving G. Hoff.. The Bible: The Word o f God— Dr. W. W. Bustard........... How God ’ s Word Won the Heart o f a Heathen Leper — Dr. Charles Ernest Scott....... ...... ............. Anthropology: or, The Doctrine of Man— Dr. F. L Marsh.. Miracles! Are They Probable?— Dr. Arthur T. Pierson........... Nineteenth Anniversary, Bible Institute of Los Angeles..................... Fine Gold (A Serial Story)— Josephine Hope Westervelt...... ......... Matters of Moment ................... -...... ........................... •■••••;................... Evangelistic Department (Interesting Soul Winning Stories from Real Experience)................ ........................................... Pointers for Preachers and Teachers (Homileticaj Helps).................. The Children’s Garden (The King’ s Business Junior)..... .......... Our Bible Institute in China....... ......................... ;••••■■......................... The Family Circle (For Fellowship and Intercession) - - Practical Methods of Personal Work (For Defenders of the Faith) Outline Studies in the Epistles of John— T. C. Horton..................... Christian Endeavor Topics ............................ .................................... Bible Institute Happenings............. ..................... .— ........................ The Chosen People, the Land, and the Book........................ ............ Best Books . Contributed Articles
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Christ is risen! Christ, the firstfiruits O f the holy harvest field, W h ich will all its full abundance, A t His second coming yield; Then the golden ears o f harvest Ripened by His glorious sunshine, From the furrows o f the grave. Christ is risen! W e are risen! Shed upon us heavenly grace, Rain and dew and gleams o f glory From the brightness o f Thy face; That with hearts in heaven dwelling, W e on earth may fruitful be, Till by angel hands we’re gathered, And be evermore with Thee. —C . Wordsworth (1861) W ill their heads before Him wave, 183 T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S April 1926 * l i E D I T O R I A L < Some one more—perhaps one more—will complete His body, the Church, and then the heavens will be illumined with glorious light and our risen, coming Bridegroom will shout the shout of joy—and in a moment—face to face we shall be with the Peerless One, united forever! He is longing for the wedding day. Are wet Let us turn our faces heavenward, look into His face and say, “ Come, Lord Jesus. Come quickly. Amen!” GOD ’S WORKERS MUST USE GOD ’S WORD The most important work for a lost world, from God’s standpoint, is the salvation of the souls of men. This fact is clearly set forth in the Word of God. The first prophecy and promise after the fall was that the “ Seed of the woman” should bruise the serpent’s head (Gen. 3:15). “.There is none other name under Heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Only one Name! Salvation, then, is confined to one Name! . I f we read the New Testament with this thought in mind, we will be surprised to find that all arguments, all presentation o f truth, is with the one object in yiew—>-to proclaim the Son of God from Heaven, who He was, what He was, why He came, what He did, what He promised, what He performed, what He purposes for the future. It is all there. It is all won derfully simple, yet wonderfully strange. What is the weakness of the church ! A knowledge of God’s Word. What is the weakness of the ministryT A failure to instruct the church in the Word of God. What is the weakness of the individual believer t A failure to know the Word by reading it. Not reading about it, but the individual reading of the Book of "books itself and seeking to gain a heart knowledge of its teachings and its commands. What is the saddest thing in the world today! The fact that we, as believers, with the Book in our hands, know so little of its contents and are therefore guilty before God for the consequences. Is it not true that wrong conceptions concerning our obligations as believers arise from ignorance of His will so plainly manifested in the W ord ! Listen to the words of our Lord that last night on earth: “ This is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jeans Christ whom Thou hast sent." How can lost souls know the truth unless we give it to them! And if we have it and fail to give it to others, we fail in love for Him and love for them. How much education do we need in order to read and under stand the truth of God’s Word concerning lost souls! If a child lisps the words “ God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten S o n /’ is not the Spirit of God behind them to give them power! He says, “ The RESURRECTION RESPONSIBILITY The observance by the church of the Easter season is designed to turn our thoughts to the risen Christ who robbed the tomb of its claim and, in His resurrected body—personal, physical, permanent, imperishable— with the same nail-printed hands and feet, the same spear-pierced side, the same winning voice of love and tender pleading, appeared in the midst of His disciples and said: “ See Me! Handle Me! Believe Me! A spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.” (Notice He says “ flesh and bones” —not “ flesh and blood” —the blood had all been poured out as a sin- offering for sin-cursed humanity). There He was—the same wonder-working, wonderful Jesus, with a heart pulsing with holy desire for the \ faith and love of His followers, longing to reveal Him self as the Resurrected, Glorified Man. There for fel lowship with them. There that they might participate with Him in the conscious joy of the finished work of the cross. There that they might be pet apart as faith ful witnesses to His death and resurrection and go out to bear testimony. “ Peace be unto you !” were His words. “ As My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you,” and breath ing upon them, He said, “ Receive ye the Holy Ghost.” Can we visualize this wondrous scene ! An upper room; locked door for fear of the Jews; the Creator of all things, who held the world in the hollow of His hand and could have crushed it like a dry leaf; conferring the highest honor ever conferred upon man upon these humble men who had been associ ated with Him in daily service, endueing them with His own Holy Spirit and empowering them to be His ambassadors! , . In California thousands of people will ride all night in their autos in order to be present at some Easter morning service on a mountain top, where, perchance, some noted “ star” will sing an unknown song. At other gatherings on the hilltops and in meeting houses devout believers will wait in prayer for the dawning of the day to pour forth their carols o f praise and adora tion of the risen Lord. But every day should be an Easter day to the believer. He lives in the life of every child of God. Every heart throb o f His own loved ones should be in sympathy with His great heart. He longs to be recog nized. He longs to have us realize that the life withm us ife His own resurrection life ; the life that had power over the grave; the life that is eternal; the life that is all powerful; the life that is transcendent in. its joy and in its unselfish manifestation! The cry of Jesus on the cross, “ It is finished!” would be meaningless were it not followed by ^the Easter echo, “ He is risen!” How our souls rejoice as the glad note of praise reverberates in our being. Alive is He! I n the presence of the Throne is He I Coming is He! Looking forward with glad antisipation to the greatest of all events is H e ! The Bridegroom is H e ! His Bride are we! Wonderful, but true. April 1926 T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 184 Go.d ’8 call and command is sinful. There is no good deed that we can do that can equal the deed of.waming the lost and working for their salvation. Sin separates from God. Participation in known sin on the part of a believer is cruel, for it hurts the heart of Christ arid hinders the unsaved. The greatest good that any one can do is to do that which will please Him most, and we know that if we “ walk as He walked” we will be seeking the lost, for He came to “ seek and to save that which was lost.” And He says, “ .As My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you.” How tre mendous, then, is the sin of one who knowingly allows the blind to walk into the ditch when a word of warn ing might have saved them! . It is a wonderful privilege to know Jesus Christ as our Saviour and Lord. Our hearts leap with joy at the very mention of that precious truth. It is blessed to have the assurance of our salvation and know that we have inalienable rights and titles to Heaven, sealed by the blood of Christ and attested by His own words. We cannot magnify enough the grace and love which has made all this possible, but what a solemnity accompanies i t ! To know that there is only one way to peace and Paradise; to look into the faces of men and women, boys and girls, with the deep consciousness that many of them do not know the way out o f the maze; that they carry heavy hearts and know no rest of soul; and yet to have no prayer for them, no word of warning, no sorrow of heart, no holy passion for their salvation, should convict us of an awful sin in God’s sight. We know He came from Heaven to earth to save the lost and left the message with us, and we are sinning every day and all the way if our hearts do not throb with a holy longing that others may know the way, the truth and the life ; and, not only so, we must and will be judged for this sin and lose—not our salvation—but the joy that might have been ours eternally. “ If we know these things, happy are we if we do them!” FIXING THE FUNDAMENTAL FLAG Paul was surely “ The Great Fundamentalist,” as Mr. Pace has depicted him, and he had his instructions from the Holy Spirit as to what constituted the funda mentals of the faith. These doctrines are all definitely stated in the Word of God, and all have been thor oughly tested during nearly two thousand years. We love to emphasize them because they are so dear to Him who is so dear to us. „ He is supreme. He is the virgin-born Son of God. What He is can only be described by the several hun dred names and titles ascribed to Him in the Bible. He comes first in every thought we have of eternal things, and so He is named in the Word of God : “ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1 :1). Great is the mystery! God manifest in the flesh—the Marvel of marvels in Position, in Personality, in Power,—the man Christ Jesus, conceived by the Holy Ghost and bom of a woman, and yet “ before Abraham was” He says “ I am ;” prophesied in Scripture, portrayed in scores of pictures in the Old Testament, and pointed to by John the Baptist when he said, “ Behold the Lamb of God !” Never man spake as this Man. The Bible is a blood-stained Book. Take your con cordance and run through both Testaments, see the references to the blood and then ask the deniers of the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.” Is not the Word of God “ quick and power ful, sharper than any two-edged sword” ! What -is it brings conviction to the sinner! The Word of God. What is it produces eternal life ! The Word of God given and accepted. Thank God for every message given in beautiful English by preacher or evangelist,'if it glorifies Christ; but polished snd refined language can never produce salvation; that can only come through the Word of God. The Holy Spirit, who is the author of the Word, • must never be ignored. He quickeneth whom He will. God is a jealous God and His glory will He not give to another. He has chosen the weak things to confound the things which are mighty. The church is largely ignorant of the wonders of God’s Word, easily soothed by the sweet notes and silver tones of the speaker, and he gets the praise and his glory is published abroad; but the Spirit must be grieved. The speaker must realize that spiritual power lies in the words which are so frequently omitted lest they give offense, “ He that believeth on the Son hath ever lasting life ; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” The Word of God is a savour of life and a savour of death. What does the poor, lost soul need today! The Word of God. Who is authorized to give out the Word! Every believer! Prom pulpit to pew, every Christian will be held responsible—every one! If the pew does not realize this, then God pity the preacher, for it is his business to instruct them. If any reader of this message is convicted we suggest that you take the Gospel of John (which was written for this very purpose, John 20:31) and give yourself to it for a couple of months, reading, if necessary, on your knees, and then go out in the Spirit’s power to win souls. THE PENALTY OF PRIVILEGE “ Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin (James 4 :17 ). “ Therefore” always marks the conclusion of an argument, so read the context in which this verse is found (vs. 13-17). Life is full of uncertainties, but there is one certainty for every child of God. We are responsible for knowing the will of God, for it is clearly revealed and defined to us in His Word. We know that we were lost and we know that now we are saved. We know that others are lost and need to be saved. We know that it is the will of God that the unsaved should have the message of salvation. We know what the message is and that He has auth orized us to go and give that message. We know that we have peace and that they are with out peace,—restless, helpless, hopeless sinners. We know that we have the light of life and they grope in darkness. We know that Heaven is our home and the best is always before us. We know that hell is their home and the worst . . . We know that every day increases our responsibility and lessens the prospect for the unsaved. Our text shows us that increased knowledge means increased responsibility, and therefore indifference to awaits them. * ' ¡¡i L I 186 T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S April 1926 EXALTED EDUCATION The public press is casting some shadows upon our educational institutions by throwing the spot light on the campus comics, the lewd language, the lure of law lessness and the lack o f loyalty to lofty ideals, which characterize many of our institutions of learning, and warning the authorities that patrons are paying good money for intelligent service in teaching and training the young people, the object of which is supposed to be the producing of men and women with cultured ïlraiil and brawn, soul and spirit, ready for a life of success ful service in a world which is greatly needing it. We are supposed to have a higher and healthier standard for our schools than ever before, but have we? Crime is more prevalent than ever before in our necessity of the blood atonement for sin to explain them if they can. Every drop of blood which flowed from the wounds of Christ has a voice, saying “ I love you! I poured out My life for you! My blood can cleanse you from all sin!” Christ crucified is the foundation of our faith in the Bible and the central doctrine of Christianity. Apart from the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin (Heb. 9:12). Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:3). The blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanseth us from all sin (1 John 1 :7). And He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2). He is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (Rev. 13:8). No man ever preached this doctrine faithfully, fearlessly and fully whose message did not land, and the moral standards and sur roundings o f o u r young people should be carefully guarded —but are they? We are giving a few illus trations f r o m t h e daily papers of condi tions which prevail, and if those who read them have children in colleges or universi ties they will be able to visualize the dan ger. The editor of a mag azine, issued by the student b o d y of a Western university, recently published in the magazine a sacri legious article on ‘ ‘ The Nativity” and w h e n requested by the fac ulty to resign as the editor, refused to do so, and was supported by the “ E n g l i s h Club.” Do “ co-eds” smoke? A survey of the ques tion in the leading co bring broken-hearted sinners to the blood stained cross. But the grave could •not hold the Son of God. Where was He? His body lay in the tomb, but He, Him self, was w i t h the thief who confessed Him on the cross, in Paradise. What an entrance i n t o t h e other world! God, the Creator, and a cruci fied thief! Is any other book com parable to the Bible? And, then, into that b r o k e n body His Spirit came again, He b r o k e the bars of death and, with the same loving, sympa thizing heart, appear ed to those fishermen with whom He had lived and labored for over three years. Not a ghost! Not a spirit! A glorified Man bear ing the visible marks “ of the nails. No proof there 1Have fought agood fjght»I have finished irycour«,-1 -K a y e , - t h e - f a i t h . THE great FUNDAMENTALIST ■ is lacking. The disciples leave their testimony. He walked with them. He talked with them. He was one with them—God manifest in the flesh—yes, and m a glorified body, which they saw frqm the mountain top as He ascended to take up His priestly ministry. There He is—the same Jesus—our High Priest (Heb. 10‘19-22). He will never leave us nor forsake us nor forget us! Always accessible, always longing for our fellowship. He who said down here, “ Come unto Me and I will give you rest,” still says, “ Come! And if we could but sense His desire our hearts would respond, “ Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly, for His coming again is the climax of the fundamental doc trines. We&must promote this doctrine, preach it, open the Scriptures to others so that they too may see it and rejoice with us in the glorious expectation. What a Bible! What a revelation! What a firm foundation! Glory to God! educational colleges and universities, disclosed the fol lowing: “ In some schools, yes; in some, it is not pro hibited; the habit is gaining in favor.” As to “ boot legging” —in some places the “ co-eds” drink together, thus violating the law of the school and the law of the land, but that is considered “ smart.” At Ann Arbor, when the President of the University declared his intention of taking drastic steps to suppress drinking among the fraternities, the “ general feeling among the fraternity men was that he had overstepped his rights F ’ Think of it ! A university president insisting upon the students obeying the law of*the United States and the law of the school! What presumption ! In Bryn Mawr College, the President, Dr. M. Cary Thomas, in a recent address, reported that the State o f New York required leaders to support the constitu tion and laws of the State. She objected to this, and would go so far as to “ sustain teachers in the liberty April 1926 T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 186 and feast their amorous eyes on ‘keen little models,’ at old “ A call to the dean’s office is a ‘valentine’ and ifth ey are a bit lax in drawing social distinctions, they are 'known as ‘carpet-sweepers’— ‘just like a carpet-sweeper, y know, pic* up everything they meet.’ And, if they fail in exams, th#y refer to it as a ‘back to the farm movement,’ ‘ tell mother I’ll be there,’ or ‘homeward bound’.” “ Can any one,” comments the writer, “ in view of this, doubt the refining influences of college life ! Is there one to speak in dubious terms of the advantage of the ‘ higher education’ ?” We have given but a few o f the hundreds of instan ces which might be cited, evidencing by straws the way of the wind, and suggesting to parents and young peo ple the growing necessity of a fixed faith in God s inerrant Word and a deep down determination to be rooted and grounded in the teaching of that Word, whatever else they may lack of knowledge. « A à à to introducé elements foreign to the genius of govern ment.” In a New England college the students are required to take the course in Bible study, which course declares all the miracles to be fables. A Pittsburgh newspaper has an editorial on “ The Higher Education” which shows the “ high tone” of life at the University of Missouri as demonstrated by , the language used on the college paper. For instance: “ When a student attends a jazz dance there, he calls It a •struggle’ wherein they ‘move the piano.’ The fair co-eds are divided Into distinct classes according to their pep and pulchritude, and are known variously as 'weak sisters, •flat tires,’ ‘dllley crocks,’ ‘crutches,’ ‘ loads of coal,’ ‘duds, •whole baskets of fruit,’ etc., while one who goes with a young man for what he may spend on her is Identified by the classic name of ‘digger.’ , “ If a student borrows money he ‘writes wboden checks. If he receives a remittance from struggling and self-sacri ficing papa back home it is a ‘chip oft the old block.’ They have ‘keen times,’ attend ‘keen dances,’ enjoy ‘keen music, Ü OME men dig in the earth today for temples, treas ure, tombs -and trouble. Others “ dig” Into the Bible for the “ unsearchable riches o f Christ” and find God, grace and glory. Archeology seems to have become a popular science, for there are many expeditions digging in many parts of the earth. The most famous of these seems to be that which discovered the tomb of Pharaoh, "Tut-Ankh-Amen, in Egypt. The Egyptians are famous for their buried treasures and coffins. It is interesting to note that the last words of the last Book of the Bible are, “ Behold I come quickly.” But the last words of the first book of the Bible are, “ A coffin In Egypt.” That coffin and its contents were removed from Egypt (Exod. 13:19). And now archeologists are about to move the coffin of Tutankhamen. It is interesting and profitable to compare the tomb of Tutankhamen and the tomb of Christ! Tutankhamen was placed in a new-hewn rock tomb after six years of service to his country. Six is the number of man. Jesus was placed in a new-hewn rock tomb after three years of service to His people. Three is the number of Deity (Matt. 27:60). Tutankhamen was embalmed with poisons, but Jesus was wrapped with “ dean linen” (Matt. 27:59). The one tomb was sealed by the Egyptian authorities and secured against robbers. Our Lord’s tomb was sealed by the Roman authorities, and secured against timid dis ciples (Matt. 27:64). Curious people opened Tutankhamen’s tomb after three thousand years by an “ earth dig.” An angel opened the tomb of Christ after three days with an “ earthquake” (Matt. 12:40; 27:63; 28:2). Lord Carnarvon was the first to enter the Egyptian tomb. The Apostle Peter was the first to enter the tomb of the risen Lord (John 20:6). O is* P J L * & .Jr A Contrast BetweenTwo Tombs: W** Jesus Christ’s and TufrAnklvAmen’s R E V . I R V I N G G. H O F F Bakerstown. Pennsylvania v The author presents two pictures which, in their contrast, convey a never-to-be-forgotten lesson. Whatever value there may be to the scientists in the tombs and treasures of these ancient kings, all vanishes in the sunlight of a single look at the tomb of our Lord and His voice of assurance: "Behold my hands and my feet that it is I, Myself. 1 » I Tutankhamen’s tomb was full of fashions, food, funeral flowers, facts and figures, and contained a mummy. But the tomb of Christ was empty except for the grave clothes that remained (John 20:7). The funeral flowers were faded, but still showed some traces of green. Men marveled at this. But Jesus is “ The Rose of Sharon, the Lily of the Valley, the same yesterday,, today and forever” (Cant. 2:1 and Heb. 13:8). Tutankhamen never touched the food placed In the tomb for his use, so it dried and petrified. He has never had any life since he died. But Jesus Christ was raised from the dead and is alive (Rom. 8 :11 ); He ate fish and honeycomb after His resurrection from the dead (Luke 42:43). Tutankhamen is still a mummy in the tomb, bound and helpless. Our Lord and Saviour is OUT of the tomb, LOOSED, LIVING, LIBERATING men and giving life to all that call upon His name (Acts 2:2; Rom. 10:21). Wealth beyond description was found in one tomb, where “ moth and rust doth corrupt and thieves do break through and steal.” But the glorious wealth of Christ is in His Father’s house, in heaven, reserved safely for the faithful (John 14:2). Two guards were found in the one tomb,— wooden, power less, silent. Two angels were found in Jesus’ tomb, living, powerful, speaking words of comfort (John 20:12, 13). Lord Carnarvon was warned to remain away from the tomb because of the “ secret potions” there, the curse of the Pharaohs for disturbing their “ rest.” By this the Pharaohs say, “ Stay away or suffer.” And some seem to have suffered. But Jesus ever says, “ Come and rest, COME lest you suffer.” Patient persistence found the coveted place— Tutankha men’s tomb— a place of death. And patient persistence will find Jesus, the Saviour of men, the Giver of Life, for “ Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart” (Isa. 55:6, 7; Jer. 29:13). ? 5* if *• [V it « ► I» 187 T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S April 1926 We Are Debtors to the Boys and Girls of America DR. JOHN MURDOCH MACINNIS Dean of the Bible Institute of Los Xfigeles, California JT (Extract from a sermon preached In the Church of the Open Door, Los Angeles, California, February 21, 1926.) «He called to Him a little child. and set Mm In the midst e f them .’* Matt. I 81 X. HE '"ch ild In the midst” is not only to teach us lessons but also marks a very definite responsibil ity. Jesus reminds us of this fact In this very context. He reminds us that to receive one such little child In His name is to receive Him; on the other hand, to cause one of them to stumble Is almost an unfor- glveable offense. It Is profitable for one giving that offense that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea. The fact of our responsibility to the children could not be stated with greater force and yet It Is to be doubted If many of the peo ple of the church of God anything like appreciate what this solemn responsibility means. We should remember that these boys and girls are In the midst not by their Invitation or by their Initiative. We have brought them here and when we remember that they have In them responsibilities for eternal good or eternal woe, we should realize that we owe them the very best possible to make that life the best that it can be made. They are entitled to be well-born and being born, they are entitled to the best surroundings. They are ready to absorb any Influence that we bring to bear upon them and to be moulded after our will. If they are surrounded by Chinese, they learn Chinese; if by English, they learn English, and that Is Indicative of the readiness with which they absorb practically any Influence that is brought to bear upon them. They are entitled to the very best possible atmosphere to foster their lives. We owe them the best that we can give them in the way of education. Of course as Christians we should begin to teach them about God and our duties to Him and the life made possible through Jesus Christ Just as early as It Is possible for them to understand these things, but beyond this we owe them the very best kind of influence Jn the way of education, and here I wish to take up the question of what we owe the boys and girls of America. There is very little doubt in the minds of the rank and file of the American people that we owe them an education. The fact that we are putting millions of dollars every year into the support of schools and a school system, is sufficient proof of that, but we not only owe them an education but we owe them the right kind of an education and I con tend that the right kind of an education for boys and girls born in America must include a knowledge of the Bible and its wonderful story. An education that does not involve this is fatally defective. A growing number of Americans are beginning to appreciate this fact, and all over our nation groups of people are demanding that the Bible should be put in the public schools. This demand is in keeping with the truest kind of Amer icanism. The Bible belongs in the American school system and nothing could be more unAmerican and illogical than the movements that are fostered to crowd it out of our system. The strange movements are not the movements that insist upon its being read in every school but the agi tation to deprive the children from hearing it read. It belongs in our school system by the very logic of our his tory. This nation owes its origin and Institutions to the ideals and influence of the Bible. The United States of America would have been impossible apart from the Influence of the Bible upon the people who laid its foundations. This is not the wild dream of religious fanatics but the sober interpretation of our history by the highest Court in the nation. It has been declared by the Supreme Court of the United States that the United States is a Christian nation. Of course we have not realized the ideal In our everyday life but that does not change the fact that that is what we are in our own interpretation of our Constitution and ideals, and it would be difficult to imagine what we would use in the place of that word “ Christian if we were to eliminate it from this decision. It is certainly clear that the overwhelming majority of the American peo ple would not be willing to write in that we are a Godless nation and I am sure we are not a Mohammedan or a Jewish nation., 't'- What, then, shall we say in interpreting our ideals before the world if we are not Christian? Being Christian, our school system is for the purpose of developing boys and girls so that they may be enabled to intelligently use their franchise in harmony with our ideals. How can they know what the Christian ideals are If they are not taught to read the Christian Book? Our contention Is that the Bible is not a sectarian Book so far as the American nation is concerned. It is a Book of religion that gives to us the fundamental ideals that we foster as a Christian nation. Nothing could be more incongruous than the thought of educating the millions of the boys and girls of America at public expense without ever introducing into the system of education the Book to which the nation owes its origin and which contains her Ideals. Then again we owe it to these boys and girls to give them the Bible in order that they may intelligently understand our history. They certainly ought to know the circumstan ces under which the nation originated, the nature of the peoples who were instrumental in laying its foundations and making possible its institutions. How could any teacher explain this without explaining the Pilgrims and Puritans, the Dutch Reformed, the Quakers, the Presbyterians and the host of others who made possible the Declaration of Independence and the struggle that finally made possible that independence under the Constitution, apart from the Bible? The lives of these people were dominated and April 1926 T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 188 try will never know the Bible unless it is read to them in the public school. One of the fundamental principles of modern pedagogy is that our Ideals must be personified and given to the children in character study, therefore the study of biography is given a large place in our school system. Is it reasonable or con sistent that we should introduce our boya and girls to the heroes of Greece and Rome and to the great statesmen of Europe and the leaders of our modern world and deny them the story of Isaiah, Moses, Jeremiah, John and Paul? If there Is anything in the study of biography for the purpose of Influencing the young people with the right kind of ideals, what could be more Irrational than the denying to our young people the opportunity to read the story of the only perfect Man who ever lived— the story of Jesus of Nazareth? The question may be raised regarding American fair play. It seems to me that nothing could be more in harmony with American fair play than that the majority should determine what shall be taught In our schools. For exam ple, a Jewish rabbi in my hearing appealed to this spirit of American fair play .In a plea that he was making against the putting of the Bible in the schools because he believes that the Bible is a sectarian Book and his people do not believe In the New Testament, therefore it is not fair that it should be taught in the public schools. He forgot that some of us have Just as deep a conviction that the Bible Is not a sectarian Book and that the highest interests of the boys and girls and of the nation demand that it should be in the public schools. The whole ques tion is as to whether the minority or the majority are to rule In this case. The conviction that it should be left out is certainly not more sacred to the minority than the con viction that it should be put in is to the majority, and in a government like ours the majority must rule. In order to be perfectly fair, where the majority in any given school are Hebrews then they should be allowed to read the best Hebrew translation that they have of the Bible; if the majority are Roman Catholic then they should be allowed to read the translatipn that is approved, by their church, but if the majority are those who believe that the King James version is the best translation of this Book then . that translation should be used. The point of great Importance is that every boy and girl should bo made acquainted with the Book in some trans lation. What we are pleading for is not an Interpretation of the Book or the Introduction of any sectarian theology but the reading of the Book itself. We are pleading for the filling of the minds of the boys and girls with the teachings and ideals of the prophets, of Jesus, and the Apostles. Apart from any interpretation, no boy nor girl can help but be benefited by the memorising of a Psalm like the Twenty- Third Psalm, or a portion like the Sermon on the Mount, or the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians, or the story of the sacrificial life of our Lord culminated in the sacrifice made upon Calvary. If the story of Lincoln and his unself ish service is an influence in the making of the kind of citizens that we want in this country, how could we pos sibly argue against the Influence of the story of Him who beyond, all lived for others? Furthermore we contend that the denial of the Bible to the boys and girls of America is a betrayal of the ideals that made America possible and the foundations upon which our school system was instituted. We are debtors to these boys and girls, and let us do our utmost to see to it that no boy nor girl can be born and educated in America without knowing the Bible and its story. ^ , — N E W N E S S O F L I F E W . H o s t e Back to the cross I look and wondering see The Christ o f God in agony for me! But gazing closer on that form Divine I see with Him myself, His death was mine. Again bpside the garden tomb 1 stand, And see Him buried there with reverend hand; But in the grave faith sees, not one but two; God hid me there for ever from His view. And was that precious “ Corn o f wheat” thus sown In tears wasted? Or did it rise alone? A fruitful ear bursting from ’ncath the sod, It rose its every grain a saint of God. Since then by simple faith ourselves we see, Whether for life or death , in Christ to be; May the world henceforth in our words and ways See Christ in us to His continual praise. — “ T h e Christian." moulded by the Bible. It is absolutely impossible for any teacher to scientifically teach American history In the pub lic schools and keep the Bible out of the schools. If it is necessary to the explanation of our history, why not allow the children to know the original Book? Let them see for themselves what it is and know the nature o f the teachings that resulted in the ideals embodied in our institutions. The people who established the school system of America certainly had no idea of divorcing religion and the Bible from our school curriculum. There is no question about the fact that they meant that people should have the right to worship God according to the dictates of their own con science, but as is stated in the Virginia Ordinance of 1878, Article 3, “ Religion, morality and knowledge, being neces sary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the moans of education shall forever be encour aged.” This is not exceptional but, on the contrary, repre sents the general idea back of the founding and support of public education in the Republic. * We also owe the boys and girls of America a knowledge of the Bible in order to appreciate America’s best literature. Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier and the Immortals of the lit erary world of America can never be understood by people who are ignorant of the Bible. But, going back to the Idea that religion and morality are necessary to good gov ernment, we owe it to the boys and girls to give to them the best that religion has to offer and the greatest source of moral influence known to us. It has been demonstrated in recent days in a strictly scientific way that the teaching of the Bible to boys and girls In a systematic and sincere way very materially affects their moral ideas and standards. This is the thing that we need today more than anything else. Everywhere men and women are complaining of the crime wave among young people. If we deliberately divorce the greatest source of moral influence known to us from the training and education of our young people, can we reason ably blame the young people if they are not living up to the standards and ideals of the Book that we refuse to teach them? We may just as well be honest and face the fact that millions of the boys and girls growing up in this coun I I I I P !* i |k *1 ‘Ì * *!»
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