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THE KING’S BUSINESS The Editor’ s office rs being overwhelmed with the mass of manuscript sent in for publication. The articles are so numerous that we are not even able to read them all. The general policy of T he K ing ’ s B usiness , is to
Unsolicited Manuscripts.
solicit manuscripts along the line of the truths we especially desire to emphasize. The magazine has a very definite policy and finds that it can do a more satis factory work by having special writers prepare the articles desired, than by having people send them without request
We greatly appreciate the kind words that are coming to us from many lands, and from ministers and Christian workers in various denominations. For example, one prominent Lutheran Minister writes us:
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“ Your magazine has no equal,, in my opinion, in all the field of religious maga zines. Its positive note of the faith once for all delivered to the saints is so very unusual today. I cannot express my appreciation in high enough terms. God bless you and make T he K ing ’ s B usiness a blessing wherever it goes.”
As already announced in our December issue, the Week of Prayer begins January 2 and closes January 8. TJie list o f topics appointed by the Committee o f the World’s Evangelical Alliance is given on pages 1066
The Week of Prayer.
and 1067 of our December issue, but we mention it again in order to emphasize the importance of all Christians and all churches observing the Week of Prayer. It is not as generally observed as it was a few years ago, and this is to be greatly regretted. When the custom was observed more fully than it is now it was not only a source of blessing to the churches at home, but unquestionably brought great blessings upon the mission work in all lands. In his experience in the pastorate the present writer has always observed with his church the Week of Prayer, holding meetings every night, using the topics given by the World’s Evangelical Alliance. Every year this was succeeded by a very defi nite awakening in his church, being followed by other weeks of prayer and by definite, special evangelistic services. The writer has been the pastor of four different churches, just as unlike one another as churches could well be, but never a January has passed without a very definite awakening in his church since the first year of his ministry, and this has been largely due to observing the Week of Prayer. In his first pastorate, in a town of less than 1000 inhabi tants, after he had been pastor for a little over a year, the Week of Prayer came. It was followed by a revival that shook the whole community, increased the membership in all the churches in it, and largely transformed the character o f the town. Every January thereafter offered a similar experience, and this was true in all the successive pastorates. Every church, large or small, in city or country, would do well to determine that everything else be put aside to give due time for the observation of the annual custom. The church owes this not only to itself and its community, but to the world-wide interest of God’s work. But there is a special reason why we should observe the Week of Prayer this year. Great calamities have overtaken nations, thè missionary work of the churches, and in many instances the home work. The present war has produced problems in foreign missionary work such as have not confronted missionary societies for many years. In many places it is demoralized, in some places
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