August 1929
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“For Tomorrow We Die” S IR GEORGE PA ISH , English economist, utters a gloomy prophecy: “I say with the highest authority, and I challenge anyone to deny it, that we are threatened with the greatest financial crisis the world has ever seen. . . . . The greatest authorities in this country and in the United States expect it to come this spring . . . .W e are not. trying to see our way out, we are just dancing. . . . . We are drinking and making merry, for tomorrow we d ie/’ The Christian will hope and pray that this man’s pre diction will fail. Yet we cannot forget that the Bible also predicts' the coming of economic disaster in the closing days of the present age. “And when He had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts saying, A measure of wheat for a penny” (about a quart of wheat for twenty cents) (Rev. 6:5-6). . When the price of wheat goes to $6.40 per bushel, the economists will really have something to worry about. But the blackness of the night will not discourage those who know the Lord of all. They know that man does not live by bread alone. They know that the Church will escape the tribulation of those dark days. Still further, they know that a better day is coming for the earth, when the pinch of economic need will utterly pass away. .$&• jsl' Surgery is Not Enough T HREE years ago a man in Los Angeles, with a mania for stealing automobiles, underwent an operation on his brain which it was thought might cure him of his fool ishness. He has just been arrested for stealing another automobile. It takes more than a surgeon’s knife to get rid of man’s sinful propensities. The trouble goes deeper than the “brain.” Man needs a new heart, and only God can give him this. A Sympathetic Prince T HE Prince of Wales, some time ago, did a very com mendable thing in paying a personal visit to the poverty-stricken coal-mining region of England. The sit uation he found there the Prince himself described as “ghastly.” He found men blinded by accidents, large fami lies living in a couple of cold barren rooms, people sleep ing upon bundles of rags without blankets, hungry chil dren, and men without work.. In one home the Prince picked up a little two-year-old baby and amused her by tossing her toward the ceiling. Then the Prince went on, leaving the family with an un forgettable memory—a visit from the future King of the realm. No true Christian will sneer at this evidence of sym pathy on the part of the Prince for the poor of his king dom. And yet, how. little the human ruler does, or can do, in the face of human need. After all has been done that is humanly possible for the poor, the Christian will pray for the coming of another “Prince” whose sympathy and power to relieve suffering are infinite. “For He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls o f the needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence : and pre cious shall their blood be in His sight” (Psa. 72:12-14).
their feet. It was a day of triumph. It warmed my soul. It made me want to be a better man. Why? Because the Christian who had gone home had allowed Jesus Christ to be the Master of his life among his business associates; they had seen Jesus in him. And because his lonely wife could stand by the casket of her dear one and rejoice in his triumph. She might have cried out in the agony of her soul, and we would not have criticized h e r.. Most people cry in like circumstances, but she sang praises to God. She made a pulpit out of her circumstances, five men were saved, and we all rejoiced that we had seen the Lord at work in a human life. Learn the secret: “I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me.” The Extension Department “Lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes.” T HIS may be regarded as a call to the Bible Institute of Los Angeles at the present time. To this call, the Institute Is responding. Having strengthened its stakes in the work of reorganization, it proposes now to lengthen its cords by extending the benefits of its work to evan gelical pastors and churches that desire its services. Through the Extension Department, this work will be carried into the field just as far as is possible. The exten sion work, which has formerly been identified with the Student Association and other Institute activities, has now been made a separate department of Institute work in order that it may function more efficiently in its own sphere. This will include Bible conferences, evangelistic meetings, and gatherings for young people in .centers both large and small. Wherever the Institute can extend its usefulness, it stands ready to serve to the fullest extent of its power. The members of the Faculty, some of whom have had many years of experience in these lines of work, are prepared to render service either to churches united or to those acting in an individual capacity. At this time of writing,, it ■ is probable that teachers of national repute will soon be added to the Extension De partment staff. Financial arrangements will be based on traveling ex penses and entertainment for the workers and an envelope offering at the close of the services. The Institute will make no attempt to raise money for its work in these meetings. It will seek to minister rather than to be minis tered unto. It is the desire and purpose of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles to serve evangelical pastors and churches in their own localities, and also to offer such courses of study to the young people of these churches as shall equip them for service in the home church and pre pare them for work and witnessing unto the uttermost parts.' Pastors and leaders interested in this offer are asked to address the Extension Department of the Bible Insti tute of Los Angeles for further information and for the arrangement of its services. The editor of T he K ing ’ s B usiness has been asked to state if he believes in the general teaching of what is known as “Bullingerism.” My answer is: “NO!” “The Companion Bible” has some very helpful things for the Bible student. Dr. Bullinger was a very fine scholar but his general teaching is so radically different from the pres ent testimony of the Bible Institute and . T he K ing ’ s B usiness that we cannot endorse his books. — o — Our Position On Bullingerism
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