King's Business - 1922-03

230

THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NE S S

THE WHAT GOD SAYS TESTIMONY The hope of safe, sane, aggressive, evangelistic work along true Gospel lines, must always rest with the laymen. Given a body of men loyal to the whole Word of God and filled with the Holy Spirit, nothing can hinder a fruitful service for any church; and when such men are united in inter­ denominational work they form a band competent for exploits for God. Laymen are also 'progressive. They are students of affairs. They know men. They mingle with them. They understand the right appeal by which men can be reached. And the heading of this article is an illustration of how the brain of a layman works. He wants to compel the attention of the public. He desires to sow a seed of the Word. He doesn’t print a long sermon; few would read it in the dailies. He catches the eye, creates a desire to know what is meant, impels the reading of a strange text and then, of course, one takes a moment to read a short sermon—for it takes only a moment. Here is the sermon as it appears in a daily or weekly newspaper: at>s “And they set the Ark of God upon a new cart.” II Sam. 6:3. New carts are quite the vogue. The effort to get the blessing of God by new ways fills the religious columns of the newspapers with strange advertisements. This new cart was David’s idea, and King David was a man of resource. And yet it must be admitted that he seldom allowed himself to do things according to his own notion. Generally he reverently consulted God about every move. But this time the idea occurred to him that it would be a great thing to get the Ark of God home to his new city,—“ the city of David.” Now there were explicit directions as to just how the Ark was to be moved (read Numbers 4; 1-15), but with this new idea in his head he went head-long for the Ark. Yes, that’s it, “head-long.” If he had gone heart- long he would have consulted the sacred records. But he put the Ark on a new cart and put a team of oxen to it, and God had to kill a man to show how dangerous head-long ways are. And poor David was flabbergasted. Now, the ancient records aré still the one infallible guide to worship, and new carts are dangerous and many are killed spiritually trying them. Copyright, 1921—J. A. E. Now you read it, didn’t you? Why? That is just what every man or woman who sees the headline will do. A number of bright consecrated business men have organized: a band known as “ The What God Says Testimony” and have adopted a business man’s policy of advertising. These little sermons will be SOLD tt> daily and weekly newspapers. The heading “ What God Says” will always be in the style as it appears at the head of this article. q flS a t m about- NEW CARTS

Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online