July, 1937
T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
268
We know that people who drink wine cannot think clearly. They do things that they would not do if their minds were working well. God wanted to be sure that the priests were leading the people in the right way to the truth about God. For this reason He said that no priest might drink wine or any strong drink when .he led the people in the worship in the tabernacle. Many years later the wise King Solomon said: “It is not for kings to drink wine . . . Lest they drink, and forget the law.” If drinking wine is bad for a priest and a king to do, it is bad for any of us to do. We would hurt our bodies by drinking wine, and we could not keep the laws of our God and of our country if our minds were not able to think clearly.
L E T T E R F R O M D R . ROR J O N E S W ell-Known E vangelist and Founder and P residen t o f the BOB JONES COLLEGE, CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE My dear Friends: In just a few weeks the railway trains and highways of this country will be crowded with young folks going off to college. Many young people who enter college this fall will return to their parents at the end of the year with question marks in their minds about the authority of the Bible. Many will return atheists. Let me warn you fathers and mothers who are planning to send your children off to college! Take no chances. Play the game safe. There are some good, orthodox Christian colleges in the United States, but there are not many of them. You fathers and mothers can send your sons and daughters to the Bob Jones College, which is located in the beautiful Tennessee Valley section of the South, and go to sleep at night in peace knowing that they are safe physically, mentally, and spiritual ly. At the Bob Jones College your children will have as good educational advantages as can be found in any educational institution in America, and they will come back home to you with their Christian faith stimulated. If you wish literature, write the Bob Jones College, Cleveland, T p t l T l p c G P P Sincerely yours, BOB JONES.
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Object: A small rope with three strands six feet long. (Separate the strands and dye one black, one yellow, and one green. Twist the strands back together. If a rope is not available, use yarn or string and twist or braid together. Make a noose in one end of the rope.) Lesson: I brought with me today the strangest rope that you have ever seen. Here it is. It is yellow, green, and black. It is the drunkard’s rope, with which he hangs himself. The drunkard’s rope has yellow in it. When people say that a person is “yellow,” they mean that he is a coward. Young people who drink whiskey often think they are showing bravery by drinking, but in reality they are cowards and cannot bear to have their companions laugh at them. If they were really brave, they would say “No.” Another color in this drunkard’s rope is green. People often are called “green” when they are ignorant or lack experience. Often a person will drink whiskey because he ignorantly believes that it will help him to forget his sorrows. He is “green” and does not know that sooner or later he will have to awaken and face his sorrows. The other color in this drunkard’s rope is black, the color which speaks of sin. Many murders have been committed by people who were drunk. Drink leads ' to broken homes, to poverty, and to many kinds of sin. James, come and let me slip this noose over your head. The more you struggle, the tighter it becomes. The drunkard hangs himself with the rope of cowardice, ignorance, and sin. You wouldn’t want to let the drunkard’s rope bind you, would you, James? In the strength of the Lord Jesus, refuse to take the first drink, and you will never become a drunkard.
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