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knocked at the study door of the man whom he had so severely criticized. He came in and with tears rolling down his cheeks he said, “ May I join your Monday night Bible class, my brother? I want to study your theology; I want to hear your teaching.” Today that man is preach- ing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, a thoroughgoing funda mentalist and premillennialist. Love won him. No Christian has a right to compromise with error, whether that error be modernism, postmillennialism, Pen- tecostalism, or any other ism that is not true to the old Book. But let us not, in holding to the faith and rejoicing in the hope, fail in the exercise of that greatest of all virtues—-love. Love is the greatest fundamental. Worship in the Spirit N OT a ceremonial act, not the curbing of the flesh, not the eating of a wafer. These, may be the signs and symbols of worship but they do not constitute the worship itself. Worship is in the spirit. It is not the attitude of crossed hands or reverent prostration of the body; it is the posture of the soul. “ Know ye not that ye are the tem ple?” That is a great word. If my body is a temple, a church, then the worshiper is within. I f this body is a temple, what sort of service is going on within? Is the holy place dark and silent, or is the service proceeding ? I The Biola E HE past few months of publicity concern- . ing the Biola Challenge have been only preparatory. Yet they have been very fruitful for they have friends throughout the land than we dared to hope. Any institution is rich which can appeal to such a host of friends who are rich in faith and who abound in liberality. They are to be preferred to millions of endowment funds. Mr. Lyman Stewart, who was able to do much toward giving the school its magnificent plant and establishing it as one of the foremost Bible Institutes, was wise in his conclusion that Biola should not trust in en dowments which often hinder faith in God. The members of the Biola family are now be ing informed by specially prepared literature con cerning the financial problem with which the Insti tute is confronted. They are also being told of the high esteem in which the Institute is held by those who know it best, and of the present plans where by it is expected that the financial foundations will be rebuilt. Conclusive evidence that the favor of God is upon the school is the fact that the fall term of 1930 is expected to begin with a considerably larger enrollment than any of the five or six pre ceding years. But this favorable situation is itself a challenge. More students mean more expense, for students are not required to pay tuition or to meet any other obligations of the Institute; their
know the kind of service which was observed in Paul’s temple. We have one or two little glimpses as through an open doorway into the nature of his daily services. Here is an instructive view: “ We thank God without ceas ing.” That is part of the worship which proceeded in the Apostle’s temple. Not only Sunday morning and Sunday evening, but ceaselessly. “We thank God without ceas ing.” Inside that temple the worshiping spirit told the daily tale of the Lord’s mercies and sent back to the Lord a continuous thanksgiving. That is worship in the spirit. Here is another glimpse of the Apostle’s temple service: “ We pray without ceasing.” Inside the temple, the spirit was always on its knees, Always ? Yes. When Paul went from Mars Hill to tent making, his spirit did not alter its postue; it remained upon its kness. When Jesus o f Naza reth passed from the temptation to the marriage in Cana of Galilee, His spirit did not change; the services pro ceeded. The spirit remained upon its knees. That is the very glory of spiritual worship. We can pray without ceasing; we can even now be like the angels in that we can “ serve him day and night in his temple.” When we pass into our places of business, our souls can retain their rev erence ; and even in the commonplace we can be possessed by the consciousness of the presence of God. We can ( Continued on page 456) Challenge only expense is for board and room. The Lord’s stewards are expected to take the burden which the young people are unable to assume. Another matter for encouragement is the fact 1 that the Institute alumni are rallying to the sup port of their alma mater. Alumni associations are being formed in more than a score of the larger cities of America. The climax of the Challenge program will come in a convocation of students, faculty, and Biola friends, to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Institute. Before this issue of T he K ing ’ s B usiness reaches the readers, this occasion will be a matter of history. Practical plans for the gathering up of the fruits of all the preliminary publicity and prayer will immediately follow the convocation. Those who read these words, although they may be unable to respond to a financial appeal, can do much by giving their moral support and by prayer. If they will kindly send us names and addresses of Christian people who should be informed about the work of the In stitute, it will be greatly appreciated. We have no doubts, for we are certain that He who prompted men of God to found the Institute will move its friends of today to come to its help. “ He who hath begun a good work will perform it.”
brought cheering evidence that the Bible Institute o f; Los Angeles has more thousands of loyal
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