T H E K IN G ’S B U S I N E S S y --------------------- 1 Voi. 8 IrTl------ --------- JULY, 1917 ------------------ - 0 No. 7 1 IrTl UzLI E D I T O R I A L --------------------- y _ _ “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help The Word of God in in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the a Time of Danger. earth be removed, and though the mountains be car ried into the midst of the sea, though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with’ the swellingr thereof.”—Ps. 46:1-3. “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should arise against me, in this I will be confident.” —Ps. 27:1-3. | . “Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”—Hab. 3 :17, 18. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed bn thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever; for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.”—Isa. 26:3, 4. at any cost, for the nation’s good, the safety of our country is secure. There can be no honest question of what ought to be done at the present moment, and that is to totally prohibit the waste of grain by manufacturing it into strong drink. But the forces of evil 'in this country at the present time are strong, possibly strong enough to wreck our country. The President has time and again shown he had the courage of his convictions, but he is under what may appear to him a fiercer test than any he has been under before. He has it in his power, if he will exercise that power so firmly in this direction as he has in others, to bring about a total prohibition of the squandering of grain in the manufacture of drink. The President in on trial. Will he stand the test? The Senate and Congress also have within their power to stop this waste. Will they stand the test? We do not know; we can only hope and pray, but if they do not, when the awakening comes, as it will come before long, they will go down to universal contempt and execration. At the present moment the President and Congress of the United States are on trial. If our President proves a true man and our Congress, in both houses, has a majority of men who are true enough to stand, Our President and Congress on Trial.
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