September, 1939
TH E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
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Around the King s Table E D I T O R I A L
“Could anything be more import ant to us than to learn how we suffered that lucky chance ? Is there any speculation more fasci nating than to ponder our probable end ? Or any investigation more thrilling than to determine whether we are, in fact, alone upon the face of the deep, or accompanied by a farflung handful of freaks like our selves? The 200-inch telescope may answer where all other instruments have failed.” To men of science we may seem to be “lucky”—but what a strange deduc tion! Science is presumably the tabu lation of exact facts. It is presumed to be based upon a mathematical cer tainty. How then can there be any room for luck in science ? After all, this so-called "luck” of ours is but another evidence of the moral and spiritual blindness of our modem-age wisdom. The very presence of the universe is a calculable fact that proves Deity. It proves more, because it demonstrates a personal Deity. If there is such a Deity, His reign and rule is by law, and law is science that is exact. The God of the Bible is the God who sus pended the earth in such exact proxim ity to the sun that there is a perfect balance in all the elements of life. He. did it in the beginning of all things. He continues that balance by His per sonal control of such laws as He insti tuted. That God has chosen to reveal Himself in the Bible as the written Word and in His Son, Jesus Christ as the Living Word. We may discover much in our star-gazing, but we will find out much more about God through the Scriptures.—Roy L. Laurin. “Pestilential Piffle” In the course of a commencement ad dress to the graduates of a certain med ical school, the speaker took occasion to refer to the literary trash of the day by speaking of “printed purveyors of pestilential piffle.” The description is apt. The bookstand offerings ¿re not only piffle but also a form of piffle that is a menace to mor als. We are not only becoming mental “softies” through our modern reading habits, but the low moral tone is also disarming the mind of high standards. It is the duty of parents, teachers, and preachers to sponsor good reading ma terial and to encourage youth particu larly in reading the Bible. —Roy L. Laurin.
ly preached. If not all religious broad casts are true to the Word—and it is sadly true that some are not—there are still sufficient of them to give more than a generous opportunity for one’s acquaintance with the Bible. Be an understanding Christian. Be a “know-so” and not a “hope-so” be liever. The way to understanding offers no magic formulas. It is simply this — “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15). The way to un derstanding is gained by study. Thank God for Bible Institutes! These schools have given a pre-eminent place to the Bible. Thank God for Bible churches! We trust ministers will recognize their great opportunity and will preach ex pository sermons. Bible instruction, out of the Bible itself, in both church and Sunday-school, is our *great modem need.—Roy. L. Laurin. Are We Lucky? In a recent review of the astronomi cal prospects of the new 200-inch tele scope on Palomar Mountain in San Diego County, California, published in Time, the following statement was made: “We are interlopers, freaks—per haps the only ones of our kind in all space. We cling to a tiny rock at just the right distance from just the right sun; around us the vast bulk of cosmic material is either fiercely burning at temperatures of millions of degrees or else lying dis persed in unutterable thinness in the cold of absolute void. A slight de viation in either direction from our own happy medium, and out we go in an instant. ndIif Ibe^ lifted up from
More Problems The article in this issue entitled ‘‘Ex ploring1 Infinity” will acquaint our readers with the remarkable astronom ical possibilities of the new 200-inch Palomar telescope. The great glass un doubtedly will add much to our fund of information concerning the realms beyond us. It is possible, however, that our hopes are set too high, and as one scientist says, “Perhaps the 200 -inch will only repeat what the 100-inch ac complished on a smaller scale years ago—turn up a score of problems for every one it solves.” Man is still finite. While our applause is generous and sincere to these brilliant men who explore infinity for us, we must remember that we all need to approach these things with reverence and reserve. It was a sad observation when some one recently said, "We know a good deal more about iron than about God.” If our pursuit'were to find out more about the Creator rather than the creation, the practical benefits would be great, for it would benefit us morally. It is in this field that activity is more needed than anywhere else. —Roy L. Laurin. Stand and Understand “Stand therefore . , . ” (Eph. 6:14). “ . . . the Lord give thee understand ing in all things” (2 Tim. 2:7). Every Christian needs to experience both of these things. It is necessary not only to stand for something, but also to understand what we stand for. One is an attitude, while the other is an attainment. One is constancy, while the other is conviction. There can be no successful denial of the fact that we need Christians who stand for some thing. This is a day of change and shift. But if this fact is true, it is equally important that our position should be an intelligent one. Peter ad monishes us to “be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.” Ours is a day when ignorance is in excusable. The truth is at hand in many agencies. The printed Word it self is multiplied almost beyond com putation. Christian magazines abound in great numbers. Tracts and books are- too numerous to mention, while in addition to all these is ih e miracle of radio, by which the gospel may be wide
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