798 THE K I NG ' S BUS I NES S proud, heady, highminded, will not endure sound doctrine and having itching ears. The man who does not stand squarely upon the verbal inspiration of the Scriptures, substitutional atonement and salvation by faith only, may be classed with these professed friends, but enemies of Christ.—T. C. H. A L ITTLE S C R A P but Nothing to It The Christian Scientists do believe in matter after all,—and behold how great a fire a little financial fire hath kindled! The estate of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy is reported to have been robbed of from $25,000 to $30,000 a year by some of her followers. There has been a scrap among the trustees, so says a Boston dispatch. Thé poor lady, by dint of strict economy, the sale of spoons and books, and the conduct of classes in advanced scientific word-juggling, scraped together about two and one-half millions, and now some of the naughty boys who were appointed to look after her interests after she passed over (or under) are fighting in the courts. Shame on you, naughty boys; didn’t Mother tell you that money was only an error of mortal mind and now you have gone and spoiled it all by scrapping like other people do who have never been taught that ‘ ‘there is no matter and God never created matter ’’. It is enough to cause Mother Eddy to rise up from her so-called grave and come back to spank some of you directors for directing attention to this matter which does not exist. Well, never mind, boys, you know what she said—“ The noth ingness of.nothing is nothing” and maybe there is just nothing the matter with the matter after all !—T. O. H. IM P R O V IN G on God’s Plans We have noticed a recent review of Arthur W. Pink’s late book, “ The Redeemer’s Return” , published in the Record of Christian Work, and we believe the opinion expressed by the .writer concerning the whole teaching of the imminent return of Christ gives us a key to the opposition now so prevalent against this doctrine. The reviewer says: “ The program as unfolded does not have the merit of attractiveness. There is too much of judgment. It has much to ,say of the incurable evil of the human heart which is yet to be finally demonstrated. There are rivers of blood and awful battles coming. The Christ who is to return is not the Christ of the Gospels. He is somebody else who has fallen far below standard. ’’ Similar thoughts were undoubtedly expressed in all the past dispensa tions when God through His prophets gave warning that all man’s programs would be brought low in judgment. It is to be admitted that if the making of the program were left to men,#it would be changed. It is true that it might be made more attractive than it seems to be from a study of the New Testament. Naturally man hates to admit that the human heart apart from God’s plan is incurably evil and that all human schemes for world
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