were so impressed that the motto was allowed to remain until this very day. Those four words could well be in scribed not only on our own watches but also across our hearts and minds as Christian workers. We are to be about our Master’s business, not look ing into someone else’s, but- rather mak ing Christ known and living Him in a practical manner. This is the truth the Bible gives us when in the words of the Saviour Himself we hear, “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” * * * The driver is safer when the roads are dry, and the roads are safer when the driv er is dry. * * * MONEY TO BURN Sometimes money is of absolutely no value. During World War II, on Cor regidor, the Philippine Islands were about to collapse. The bastion had sus tained unbelievable persecution and privation. Horses and other animals were being killed for food. Out of the fortress vaults, finance officers brought more than one hundred m illion dollars in currency. There was no way to take the money off the island and it couldn’t be left for the enemy. The only thing left was to burn it. The soldiers watched a tremendous fortune go up in smoke. Money didn’t matter for time was running out. You see, money is valuable only while time lasts. For in death it can’t be transported to the next life. No one is quite so poor as a rich man when he dies. The only thing he has, unless he is a Christian, is money. Then, all of a sudden he has absolutely nothing. That is why the Bible admonishes us, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all of these things shall be added unto you.” To what are you looking for satisfaction? The pursuit of money is like the drinking of salt water for it only creates an insatiable thirst for more. A man’s life, the Lord Jesus declared, consisteth not in the abun dance of the things which he possess- eth! 14
If you take responsibility on your shoul ders it will leave no room for any chips. * * * A MOTTO FOR YOUR CLOCK No doubt one of the most unusual timepieces in all the world is mounted in the temple hall of London. Back through the years, leaders of the com munity had ordered a large handsome clock to be built which was to carry an appropriate motto on its face. The man who designed and built the clock was frustrated because he didn’t know what inscription to put on it. Patiently he waited for a decision. The time for dedication was getting so close he be came desperate and so he kept pressing the mayor for some needed phrase. Daily he would come to his office to find out what it should be. The busy magistrate finally became angry and provoked. In hot-headedness he declared, “Go about your business.” According to London legend, at least, the poor crafts man thought that these were the words for the clock’s motto. So he blazened them in bold relief across the face of it: “Go About Your Business.” Strange ly enough, when people saw it, they Rev. William Eitzen, Biola Alumni Execu tive Secretary (right), greets Rev. Elcho Redding, missionary from India, who is now taking special training at Biola College. Rev. and Mrs. Redding have been used of the Lord to reach the refugee Tibetan people for Christ.
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