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November 1929
T h e
K i n g ’ s
B u s i n e s s
A F a ith fu l W itness T HE Evangelical Christian of Toronto, has for twenty- five years been giving out a clear and faithful Gos pel message under the editorial management of Rev. Roland V. Bingham. To celebrate the occasion and to give due recognition to Mr. Bingham, a number of his Canadian friends gathered at a complimentary banquet on October 15. The Editorial Staff of T he K ing ’ s B usi ness sent a message to the gathering expressing, in behalf of themselves and their scattered parish, their appreciation of the Evangelical Christian and its worthy Editor. Mr. Bingham is going abroad immediately for a six- months missionary journey to Nigeria and Abyssinia. The prayers of many will follow him. m More Than Conquerors T HESE words have all these years had a wonderful charm to us. We do not remember ever haying heard or read them or anything like them in any literature, either religious or secular, except in the writings of Paul. In one place he also says, “ Thanks be unto God who always causeth us to triumph.” This is a great statement also. But to be more than a conqueror inspires us with hope and courage. For years we did not understand just what these words mean, or to what they apply. But we think we see a little clearer their meaning. We find by examination of the previous verse (Romans 8:35) that they refer to a contest with those things that are considered the most severe and trying of all the things that come upon men. They are tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, peril and the sword. What a catalogue of ills from the human standpoint. How much they mean we of this age do not comprehend. But can there be anything more severe and testing to the soul? They were the ills that confronted the early church and over which they triumphed and found great blessing. If grace could enable them to be more than con querors, what can it not do for us with our trials that are petty compared with what they endured? To be more than a conqueror is illustrated by Samson when he met the lion who had come forth to destroy him. By divine power he slew the lion. He was a conqueror. When he came back that way, he found that a swarm of bees had made their resting place there and filled his former enemy with honey. He not only overcame the lion but out of that enemy got much sweetness. He was more than a conqueror. • If the early church could not only overcome but actually get sweetness out of their trials and hardships what ought we not to get from ours? The same divine power that gave Samson sweetness in abundance after his conflict can make us more than conquerors as we face a frowning world and all the ills of life. Is it not a pity that we allow them to rob us of the sweetness that God wants us to have over every hard place, and every enemy overcome? Elisha asked God to show the young prophet that the mountains were full of the chariots of the Lord. Some see the enemy but not the chariots. We can make every difficulty and foe a chariot in which we may step, or a Juggernaut to crush us. Which shall it be? In the name of the Lord we can not only triumph but actually get blessing from our difficult places—no matter how try ing they may be.— The Christian Witness.
A National Prayer Great God o f nations, now to Thee Our hymn o f gratitude we raise; With humble heart and bending knee We offer Thee our song o f praise. Thy name we bless, Almighty God, For all the kindness Thou hast shown To this fair land the Pilgrims trod, This land we fondly call our own. Here Freedom spreads her banner wide And casts her soft and hallowed ray; Here Thou our fathers’ steps didst guide In safety through- their- dangerous way. We praise Thee that the Gospel’s light Through all our land its radiance sheds, Dispels the shades of error’s night, And heavenly blessings round us spreads. Great God, preserve us in Thy fear; In danger still our Guardian be; Oh, spread Thy truth’s bright precepts here; Let all the people worship Thee. — Selected.
employed, a man who was always talking about his religion. “Well, no,” said the foreman; “John is a good fellow, but he has yet to learn that while it is all right to talk about religion in its place, yet in the workshop a man’s religion should come at his fingers and not in his mouth.” “So let our lips and lives express The holy Gospel we profess; The New Managing^Editor F OR several months Mr. William A. Fisher, the Exec utive Vice-President of the Institute, has had the responsibility of editing the K ing ’ s B usiness . H e'is to be congratulated for his splendid work. His duties as an executive have been very heavy and the responsibili ties for the K ing ’ s B usiness , rested upon an already overworked faithful servant of God. Beginning with this issue Dr. J. E. Jaderquist, a new member of our Institute faculty, will occupy the position of Managing Editor. Dr. Jaderquist is not a novice in this new position of responsibility. He has been an editor of Christian litera ture for many years and we are sure that under God he will make the K ing ’ s B usiness one of the strongest of our Christian magazines. Beginning with the December issue Dr. Jaderquist will edit the Sunday-school notes, and as he is one of the best teachers on our faculty we can assure our readers that his comments on the Sunday-school lessons will be of the highest order. Many new features will be intro duced in the contents of the K ing ’ s B usiness in the near future.— T h e E ditor . So let our works and actions shine, To prove the doctrine all divine.”
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