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. at $7,500,000,000, was an outstanding item in the inter national trade balance during a year of retrenchment extending to all parts of the world. Think of i t ! Seven and one-half billions of dollars fh a year of hard times, spent not in business travel, but in running to and fro for the sake of running to and fro! Verily, unless Daniel’s word means nothing—it is “the time of the end!” !—o— Crumbling Thrones and Tumbling Crowns Ezekiel 21 :25-27 T HE entire world is sick!”' Such is the studied opin ion of Guglielmo Ferrero, Italy’s foremost living historian. He says: The entire globe seems to have been seized by a sort of revolutionary delirium tremens . . . infected' by revo lutionary epilepsy. During the last ten years, we have seen empires, fall to pieces, dynasties disappear, govern ment after government overthrown. All this is well known, of course, to even the casual newspaper reader. By way of emphasizing the point, we need not recall convulsion after convulsion that has overtaken the unhappy peoples of Europe and Asia; but we would remind our readers of the fact that between the Rio Grande and Cape Horn no less than twenty-five new rulers have been named in nine countries in fourteen months. Ferrero then asks: Are the governments and peoples of Europe and America beginning to be impressed with these earth quake shocks that follow each other in all continents and in every direction? . . . To resist the force of so many significant events, the optimism of our epoch would have to be blindness. With these last words of the famous historian we heartily agree. The optimism of our epoch is surely blindness—an optimism that hopes for better days with out the coming of Christ. However, these convulsions, these “epilepsies,” and “revolutionary-delirium tremens,” tlys overturning of universal order disheartens none but those who dwell not in the counsels of Omnipotence. Those within His counsel understand and are glad. “Iniquity shall have an end [in the time of the iniquity of the end, R. V.]. Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown. . . . I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is ; and I will give it him.” Come, Lord Jesus, come! “Overturn, overturn, over tu r n ”—^and reign! —o— The Voice “To All Creation” On February 12, 1931, at Vatican City, the Pope of Rome mounted a golden throne, faced a microphone, and (wonder of wonders!) spoke “to all creation.” Then he continued: “Glory to God who gives in our days such power to men of making their words arrive even to the confines of the earth.” What child of God, knowing the great purposes of God, was not thrilled, first, by the fact that God had per mitted unregenerate man (cf. Jer. 27 :6) to invent the in strument which makes it possible for a man to sit on a throne in ari earthly city and speak “to all creation” ; and secondly, by the fact that the voice using this instrument should be that of the head of a great anti-Christian sys
tem—a usurper of the authority of Christ and a pretender to the throne of the Son of God! All this must first be. But, the reign of the harlot and the beast over “all crea tion” will be brief. Soon He shall reign “whose right it is” (Ezek. 21 ’27). Then shall He who created speak to all that He created. From morn to morn, shall He of the golden throne in Jerusalem speak, and the nations shall respond to His will. — o — A Word of Warning The China Inland Mission has asked 'T h e K ing ’ s B usiness to call attention to the fact that a man, going under the name of Ward and representing himself as con nected with the China Inland Mission, has been soliciting money on the Pacific coast on the plea that he is returning to China, and that he needs certain help in*his work. In the protection of its interests and those of all Christian friends, the Mission states that it knows nothing of the identity of the person in question. Those who are fami liar with the China Inland Mission will understand that, no one of its authorized representatives ever makes any solicitation for funds, since such a procedure is entirely contrary to the Mission’s principles. It is often stated that a revival of Bible religion— without sensationalism or fanaticism—is impossible today, especially in Los Angeles. The recent series of special meetings, held under the direction of the Church of the Open Door, which worships in the auditorium of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, proved such a statement to be entirely false. Early in the year, the pastor of the church, Dr, P. W. Philpott, expressed the belief that the oustanding need of the hour was a spiritual awakening from God Himself. The members of the congregation shared this opinion and began to pray earnestly that God would make it an actuali ty. Their prayers were abundantly answered in the coming of Evangelist Melvin E. Trotter, of Grand Rap ids, and Rev. Homer Hammontree, song leader. Meet ings were held daily for three weeks, with an attendance of between 2,500 and 3,000, and on Sundays a total of between 10,000 and 12,000 were present at the three services. Schools and churches cooperated heartily, send ing large delegations. On one Friday night which was designated as Young People’s Night, eighty young men and women responded to the invitation to accept Christ as Saviour. Many of these were members of various Euodia Clubs, which are conducted each week in the public schools of Los Angeles and vicinity by the Bible women of the Institute. Approximately 300 ■persons professed definitely to accept Christ during the meet ings. At the monthly reception of members following the campaign, eighty-four candidates were received in to the fellowship of the Church of the Open Door. A large number of these were new converts who had ac cepted Christ during the special services. The Bible Institute rejoices in the evident blessing of the Lord upon this church and its aggressive and Spirit- filled pastor, and it seeks in every way to cooperate. The spiritual awakening, so earnestly desired and so gracious ly granted by God, extended in blessing to all departments of the Bible Institute, as it did to other organizations and churches—and more than that, it continues and abides. — o— A Gracious Revival
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