October 1932
T h e K i n g ’ s
B u s i n e s s
459
NOVEMBER 4 I n t h e W il l o f G od
Our Work MUST Go Forward In the light of the Gospel command what is your responsibility toward India’s 351 millions?
“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do o f his good pleasure" (Phil. 2:13). Doubtless, there are avenues by which the will o f God reaches us, o f which we know nothing. And there are numberless methods by which God’s will can impress itself on ours without violating the indi viduality o f our willinghood. It is enough to know that He does work in us to will and to do o f His own good pleasure. And it is certain that we cannot will aright ex cept He prompt us. More than this, we do not know and cannot say. W e cannot but think, however, that no soul o f man is born outside the range o f the working o f that loving will, which is peace on earth and good will to men. Alas, that it is so often resisted, even unto death I “ Wilt thou be made whole?” (John 5 :6). How many there are around us like the impotent man o f Bethesda 1 They are wait ing for healing with eager desire. To get it, they linger for years in the porches of Mercy’s House. They wistfully see the gladness with which many go away healed. They hope that their turn will come at last. But they are waiting for the wrong thing— for some mysterious troubling of the waters, rather than for the Healer. For a ceremony, and not for Christ. For an angel, and not for the Saviour. For the help of men to put them into salvation, or to their own lame efforts to shuffle into the pool o f healing. To such the Saviour comes. “ Wilt thou.be made whole?” NOVEMBER 6 A t t it u d e D e t e r m in e d b y W il l “ The will of the Lord be done” (Acts 21:14). Even if you are conscious of having swerved for a moment from the path of perfect willinghood, by His grace put your will back again on the side o f Christ, with tears and confessions, and ask Him to hold it, as a father holds the hand o f his child on a slippery day. Forget your feel ings. Entrench yourself in your will. Ask Jesus to purify and sanctify it by His Spirit, so that it may be true to Himself. And believe that He is as eager as you are to still all the rebellion o f the soul, and to make you what you wish and will to be, in your best and holiest hours. Your attitude toward Christ is determined, not by your feelings, but by your steadfast de sire and will. ________ NOVEMBER 7 G e t h s e m a n e L e s s o n s “ Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suf fered” (Heb. 5:8 ). As sons, we must endure the rod o f chastening, which is “not joyous but griev ous.” The way to the kingdom lies through Gethsemane, with its deep shadows and its tears, and sweat of blood. All that can abide the fire must be made to pass through the fire. And let us not begrudge it all, since we learn obedience by the things we suffer; and discover the art o f comforting others as we have been comforted. When to the cross I turn mine eyes,' And rest on Calvary, O Lamb o f God, my Sacrifice, I must remember Thee! —J. M ontgomery . NOVEMBER S W h e r e is Y o u r F a i t h ?
“ Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do ?” In our territories alone are 1,000,000 precious souls for whom Christ died, and obeying God’s call to GO FORWARD efforts are being made to enter other unevangelized areas. “Whatsoever He saith unto you do it.” In Our Fields: 68 stations and outstations. 42 missionaries, excluding those on home staff. 139 native helpers. 183 children, inmates of four orphan homes. Founded 1893 A Faith Work Interdenominational International Write for information concerning C. I. G. M. Prayer Fellow ship and for sample copy " Darkness and Light.’’ CEYLON AND INDIA GENERAL MISSION 155 Institute Place Chicago, Illinois Write to David MacNaughton, Secretary
Christian Faith and Life A Monthly Magazine for men in every walk in life. Theolo gians, Educators, Scientists, Ministers, Students, and Laymen of every continent are listed among its readers. It has a Fundamental Conviction. It is that Truth belongs to man in his total nature; and that mere intellect can never arrive. It has a Fundamental Faith. It is that the Bible is God’s super natural redemptive self-disclosure, crowned in Jesus Messiah His Eternal Son, Who is Truth. . To this Faith it seeks to relate all facts. By this Faith it measures all speculations. Above all it sees Christ tower, and to enthrone Him both in faith, in worship, in science, is its devotion. HAROLD PAUL SLOAN, D.D., LL.D. Editor-in-Chief
ITS DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS:
C h r is t ia n E v id e n c e : Bishop H. M. D uB ose, D.D., LL.D. C u r r e n t S c ie n t if ic D isc o v e r ie s : George McCready Price, M.A.
T h e C h u r c h i n E u r o p e : Frederick Hasskarl, B.D. R e v ie w s o f R e c e n t B o o k s : Professor Leander S. Keyser, M.A., D.D.
$2.00 PER YEAR. SINGLE CO PY 20c SPECIAL OFFER— We will mail 5 previous numbers of this magazine FREE with every new subscription for one year.
W H A T A FEW OF OUR FRIENDS SAY
Ably edited, admirable in its teaching— B ishop W . A . C andler , D.D., LL.D. An evangel of righteousness unafraid, a clarion call to a deeper spiritual life.— D ean G eorge A. W alk , D.D. A mighty champion of the faith—W. M. Cox, E sq . Scholarly but not technical, popular but not shallow, vigorous but not emotional. - t -P rof . H . W . M agoun , P h .D. Both scholarly and spiritual. Finel— R oy T almage B rumbaugh , D.D. I like its comprehensiveness and its emphasis on the supernatural.— M ilton H arold N ichols , D.D. . I read more than 20 religious magazines but do not know of any similar to and to be compared with it.— G eorge J. B usdicker , D.D. CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE, Reading, Pa.
Made with FlippingBook - Online magazine maker