Editorial
A t Christmas there’s a
difference for the Christian
The problem of/ SEGREGATION/^ ^ e Christian W hen the segregation issue flamed out of control this fall in Little Rock Christians across America were faced with a blunt, flint-hard problem: What should the Christian’s stand be on integration? No believer could escape the fact that the eyes of the world were upon so-called Christian America. With biting sarcasm Russia’s Pravda, noting that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had said U.S. foreign policy was based on moral and religious principles, commented: “ The reports and pictures from Little Rock show graphically that Dulles’s precious morals are in fact bespattered with innocent blood.” And the London Daily Herald grimly reported: “ There’s something rotten in the state of Arkansas . . . rotten through and through . . . white-skinned rottenness that oozes from a black and evilish unseen pigment in their souls.” The ironic part about this ominous propaganda fodder was that it was provided for the world by a tiny minority of U.S. citizens whose lawless ness was nothing short of treason. A mis-guided, politically ambitious Governor Faubus had encouraged 1% of the people of Little Rock to become a senseless mob while the other 99% of decent, law-abiding citizens were compelled to stand hope lessly by. Many good people in the South who deplore mob violence have never theless equally deplored President Eisenhower’s decision to send federal troops to Little Rock. There were dark comments of dictatorship and storm troopers. Actually had the President failed to act when he did he would have been misusing his high office. What he did was both legally and morally correct. Many Christians may not know that both the President and Mr. Nixon were in close touch with Rilly Graham dining the hours of crisis. North Carolinian Graham publicly said: “ The violence, the hatred, the intolerance come from man’s rebellion against the moral laws of God. W e must love our fellow man . . . we must love him without ever think ing about his race or color of his skin.” Graham was only proclaiming what the Bible plainly teaches. A good many white men around the world (not just in the Deep South) have been conditioned by background and society to consider the Negro inferior. These white men are often God-fearing Christians. They sincerely be lieve that desegregation would bring all kinds of evils. A few of these fine folks even believe segregation is God’s will. Peter, as recorded in Acts 10, was such a man. God had to take him through a thrice-repeated vision before he became Spirit controlled and humbly obedient to the will of God. Then Peter could say, “ Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.” H ere is the answer to today’s race problems in America. No Spirit-controlled Christian can escape the solid fact that all men are equal in God’s sight. Integration is not only the law of our nation, it is also the plain teaching of the Bible. (For an important article on the race problem see page 13.) — L.H.
Your editors believe that it is a fundamental truth that Christians view Christmas differently than those who know not Jesus Christ as Saviour. For the world Christmas is a gay holiday. And some times we Christians are swept along with the popular attitude. Perhaps this is the year you w ill decide to do something definite to show your faith in Christ . . 1 something that others might know that being a Christian does make a difference. There are many ways you can do this. And one of these ways is to give a Christ-honoring Christmas, gift. W e’d like to think that The King’s Business magazine could be such a gift. Much prayer and hard work go into every issue. W on ’t you make up your list today while it’s on your mind and heart? W ith each gift we’ll send an attractive gift card signed the way you tell us. W e need your order early so our limited office staff can process it properly. Of course your gift card will be held and sent out just before Christmas. For your convenience you may use the handy order blank on the right. Thank you. — Your Editors
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