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Editorials ^2*3 Homeless Houses ...... -----............ —.............................. ............ '•.................« u The Overlooked Outlook ............ ........................................... ... ............. 2ea The Pied Piper of P e d a g o g y -..--- - - - - ............................................. * The Well Worth While World-Wide Work.............................................. Fertile Facts for Everybody..................... — ...................... .. .................... * * * Contributed Articles Announcement: Summer School and Conference — Dean J. M. Maclnnis................. ............. -.......................* After the Bible. What?— Rev. John D. Nutting..........................^ Three Vital Questions Answered— Rhodes S. Baker.............................z The Jew: The Source of the World’s Salvation and Sorrow — Dr. Mark A. Matthews......—— —......................... Surgery of the Scriptures— Nathaniel Bercovitz, M. D....................... ---¿0 3 A Chinese Christian Hero............... —........-............................................... Victory Over Death— Rev. Adam Murrman................................. .......... The Name! A Missionary Incident............................................................ . Can a Corrupt Tree Bring Forth Good Fruit? — Prof. Leander S. Keyser, A.M., D.D.—.—- ................. Anthropology : or The Doctrine of Man— Dr. F. E. Marsh.................... 2 70 Fine Gold (A Serial Story)— Josephine Hope Westervelt...........................^ Matters of Moment ......—- ................................................................................. Evangelistic Department, (Interesting Soul Winning Stories 2y3 from Real Experience)...... - ........................... -................................. 277 Our Bible Institute in China.———,.....';:v ""V r ”. ” V 'u X 'V .................. 278 Pointers for Preachers and TeachersJHomiletical Helps)—. .........27Q The Children’s Garden (The King s Business Junior) .................... .......... The Family Circle (For Fellowship and Intercession) :V ........ 284 Practical Method» of Personal Work (For^Defenders of the Faith ...............284 Outline Studies in the Epistles of John— T. C. Horton...........................— ^ Christian Endeavor Topics .................. .......................... ................................. 289 Bible Institute Happenings ................................................................. The Chosen People, the Land, and the Book.......................... Best Books ...................................................................................... ...............
J. M. IRVINE, Preaident HOWARD FROST Vice-Preaident A. ADDISON MAXWELL. Treasurer DR. A. T. COVERT H. B. EVANS C. A. LUX NATHAN NEWBY J. M. RUST MRS. LYMAN STEWART
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OUR DEARLY BELOVED BROTHER GEORGE F. GUY HAS GONE TO BE WITH THE LORD
h e Bible Institute of Los Angeles has lost a beloved leader in the departure of Mr. George ■1 F. Guy, our Vice President, whom the Lord called to be with Himself in the glory. On the V iy evening of March twenty-fifth, he closed his eyes to earthly scenes and opened them to the yision of the King of kings and Lord of lords, whose faithful servant he had been for many years. A practical and successful businfes man, Mr. Guy had many of the qualities which were man ifested by the Apostle John,—love for the Lord and love for his fellow men; unfailing faith in God’s Word and untiring demonstration of that faith; modest in manner as becometh a follower of Christ, but manly in his unswerving loyalty to H im ; wise in the wisdom which is from above, but free from self-seeking; respected by all; loved by those who knew him bgst; a leader in his church; Superintendent for many years of the Sunday School; a teacher of the W ord ; a loving husband; a faithful father—he has finished his course and left behind a host of friends, and is now with many of those who have preceded him and with the Lord, which is far, far better. His memory is precious to us and we praise God for the privilege of fellowship in service with him. God needs men! He had one in George F. Guy. He has gone. May God raise up someone to take his place.
“ The Departure W h ich is Far, Far Better Sermon preached by Rev. T. C. Horton at the funeral service of GEORGE F. GUY Vice-President of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles
Talk about books. There is no book in the world like this Book. Can you imagine that picture? Some good glad day it will come true,—that shout from heaven, the shout of Christ, the shout of the God man, the shout of Him who is waiting to have His own with Him, that the church might be complete, gathered together with Him up there. The “Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout,” and at that trumpet sound of God our dear brother will have his resurrection body. Our loved ones that have gone on before wiil have their resurrection bodies and we who are alive and remain will be immediately changed into His likeness and be caught up together with Him. Can you think of a picture comparable to that? Visualize itl All that have died in Christ and those of His people that remain here on earth, in a moment, in the.twinkling of an eye, changed into the likeness of His glorified body. Wouldn’t you like to see it come? For fifty years it has been my privilege to pray every day, “Lord Jesus, come quickly 1” I want to see Him. I want to see Him because I love Him. If I had a thou sand lives I would give Him every one of them. I would give them to Him who saved me, a poor sinner. .He saved me and imparted to me His own life by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. I am bound to Him with a tie that no power on earth, or heaven or hell, can ever break, and I am looking forward,-and I hope you are looking forward as our loved dnes are looking forward yonder, to the day of all days. Maybe it will be today, tonight, tomorrow; but whatever the hour, it is the one great joy that fills our hearts. The beloved wife, the children, his loved ones, his friends, those that know the.Lord, are united with him in the consciousness that the best is before us. Then, is it strange that to some o f us comes this longing in our souls, as it did to Paul the Apostle, this desire to depart and be with Christ? Oh, it is far, far better than anything there is down here, and there is a little tug at these hearts of ours. It is the drawing of love from our hearts to the great heart of the Christ of God, whose love has been shed abroad in the hearts and lives of people and in whose hearts there is a great longing for the time when you and I shall be with Him. What comfort for these dear onesl What comfort to all of us, his friends! Though we are conscious that he is gone and that we shall miss his face, his voice, his touch, we can keep in touch with him for he is in touch with Christ and the gates are open and heaven is real, far more real than earth. Heaven is real 1 You can get your own vision of it. Christ is there in His glorified body,—marks upon His hands and marks upon His feet, and the wounds in His forehead and in His side. The Man Christ Jesus, the Man in the glory is the Man that is waiting for the day when we will be with Him and be like Him. . If we are Christians we rejoice in. what Christ has accomplished, and there should come into our hearts a longing that many other men might be raised up to .be God’s men, for He needs them. Do you know that God cannot get men? There are a good many men here today, and I want to say to you that God is unable to get men. Did you ever think of that? He cannot get them. If He could get a thousand, if He could get ten thousand in Los Angeles today, He would take them all and use them as He did this dear man, but He cannot get them. Why can’t He get them? Why is it that the compassion and love and sac rifice of Christ has so little appeal to the heart of people? He want, them. I pray that He will get some here today who have been drawn close to His great heart, and that both men and women will' say, “Lord, from today I will yield my all to you and lay myself at your feet and kiss your feet, and from henceforth I want to be your real ser vant” If this is the-case, God will be glorified, and the heart of the dear man who has gone yonder will rejoice through all eternity. Amen!'
HAVE lost a friend. I say I hire lost him,—he J l is no longer on this earth. I loved him. He was a business man,—a business man that: was a real Chris es tian man with a real heart for men. I shall miss him. Many will miss him. It is a part ofj the provi dence of God, and we recognize all that He does as being for the best So often it has been the case that in the departure of some one of God’s dear ones, He has used it to bring to the hearts of some people a lesson out of which would come great things for God and for others. I knew Mr. Guy for a good many years and loved him. It was always a comfort to be in his presence and to clasp his hand. It was always a comfort and a joy to have the consciousness of his love and his prayers, and of this we have been deprived by the wisdom of God. The world needs men of his kind and the church needs them, and perhaps out of all of our hearts today there may come, in the consciousness that God has taken him to be with Himself, a real prayer that God will raise up others like him. .. . , , There is always a little cloud over the departure ot a loved one, but‘ beyond the cloud there is always, the con sciousness of the Light that shines down and dispels .the cloud. Would he want to come back? Oh nol Is it a holy desire to want to be where he is ? Oh yes 1 Paul says, “ I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.” , . Pity the men and women that have never had a desire like that! Pity theml Pity them that they have had no desire to be with our Lord, the crucified, risen One. Pity them that have never had the heart, pull from yonder, where He is, to be with Him and be like Him. Paul had it He knew what he was talking about when he said, “For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far, far better. Better than what? Better than anything that this poor world can ever give,—far, far better 1 We fix our eye* upon Him today, if we have accepted the Lord and Master as our Saviour, and there is a kind of a pull upon these hearts of ours that we might be with Him (for we are to be like Him and we are to be with Him), and when this change takes place and we are there with Him, the desire i of our hearts is fulfilled. T . What gives this draw and pull upon our hearts? it is Christ. It is the conscious knowledge of Christ; He is our ideal; He is our Lord; He is our Master; He is our sac rifice who poured out every drop of blood in our behalt that our sin might be put away and that we might be born anew into His likeness,—this wonderful God man, different from all others that ever lived, who'came down out of heaven to mingle with men that He might manifest Him self to them and take upon Himself the burdens and cares and sorrows and sins and woo to Himself men to be with Him and be like Him. , . . . . T Oh, yes, to depart and be with Christ is far better I . 1 am saying that for the comfort of all of us who are mis sing this friend,—for the dear ones in the home,—it is far, far better to be with Christ, and I say to you frankly, never in circumstances like these—and I have been in them n?apy hundreds of times—has there ever been a time but what there has been a little pull upon my heart to be with our brother who has gone. Oh, the revelation that has cotne to him there, and he is there with so many loved ones; he is there with so many of the saints. He is there looking for ward to the day of all days when the Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout. Did you ever read that? Did you ever meditate upon it? "The.Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, ’and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall nse first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the^Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
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parents and for the Lord, and by their example pro voke others to do their best to have better homes in their houses. THE OVERLOOKED OUTLOOK It must be that the great majority of citizens in these United States are not informed, or else are indif ferent to the conditions existing in our public schools concerning the matter of religious education. We are living in a luxurious age,—a selfish, sensual age. It is a fast age—not anchored to any deep rooted principles of right living. It is a mad age, From youth to old age there is a marked indifference to sober thinking and a manifest tendency to “ hilarious hik ing” along life ’s pathway. We are the most prosperous nation in the world and the most presumptuous. The nation is mirrored in the walk and talk of a half-dressed, bare-headed school girl promenading the principal street of a great city, with a haughty mien which says, “ Look at me! We have had our “ growing pains,” as a nation, but have grown painfully indifferent to our early training. Where are we bound fo r ! The light has gone out in the light house, the keeper has gone to sleep, and both wind and wave are bearing us on to the rocks. There is a whistle of warning from the life-buoy, but, alas, it is so insignificant! What care w e ! Are we not big and bulky, rich and rising! Then “ down with the pes simist” and let us be jolly and joyful and believe for the best! But—what are the facts! Look, for a moment, at these figures. There are 27,000,000 American children and youth under twenty-five years of age who are not enrolled in any Sunday School and do not receive any systematic religious instruction whatever. That means that nearly seventy per cent of our youth are without any definite religious influence but are subject to every possible snare of Satan. . . . Other countries demand religious education, t 'aise systems are careful to see that their children shall be indoctrinated while young. The Roman Catholic chil dren in this country are not forgotten by their parents, but are compelled to learn the doctrines of their church and to follow in the footsteps of their fathers. What can be done! Well, let us wake up. We are not ignorant of the prophecies of the Word and we need not be hoodwinked. We must do our best, and do what our Great Commander has ordered us to d o : Be instant in season and out of season.” “ Sow beside all waters.” Let us remember that the Word of God is quick and powerful” and give it out, using every means possible to reach the young people with tne Gospel. They make the best possible Defenders of the Word of God” when they once yield to its teaching. Get hold of them. Indoctrinate them. Teach them. Rally them as a band of Gospel defenders. Save what you can, while you can. Tomorrow may be too late. . Don’t pay attention to the critics who may call y HOMELESS HOUSES There is no single word in the English language of greater import than the word 1 home ’ ’ ! There is, perhaps, no other word that has a larger place in the hearts of thousands yet living. It is an old-fashioned word that stirs the memory and sets the heart throb bing in the breasts of many of the older generation. Home! With a real father and a real mother, real brothers and sisters! Homes with familiar family ties! Homes with a Bible and prayers and songs of praise! Homes where hearts were knit in the closest fellowship and burdens were shared! There was a oneness of interest between young and old, and when separation came for a season, the thoughts of absent ones lingered, and there was a tug at the heart and a deep longing for the fellowship that only a real home can inspire. “ Home, home; Street, sweet home; () Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home, was the beloved song. Now we have houses but few homes, It is a wonder ful age for houses; wonderful improvements in style and finish. Even the little cottages are gems of con venience and comfort, and .we are glad that it is so. Glad that the mother has some time for rest and recrea tion, glad that the father can return at night to the dwelling place, be it humble or pretentious; and glad for the children that they can have so many privileges which were unknown to an earlier generation. But—are there many homes—real homes! You can hear the jazz over the radio. You may hear the shuf fle of the feet or the shuffle of the cards but not often the melody of sacred song nor the wonderful stories of the Word of God, nor heart-searching prayers for God’s guidance and blessing. Pity the homeless children who, during those years when their young hearts longed for the touch of a sainted father or mother, for loving words of counsel and admonition against companionships which would undermine their faith in the cross of Christ, were deprived of them. * Who is to blame for this “ homeless house condi tion! Is it the age in which we live! World condi tions! No doubt these have their in flu en c en t is not the fault largely with the fathers and mothers! Cod has placed the responsibility upon them and so has the law of the land. . . „ _ , Marriage is a sacred institution, ordained o f Cod, sanctioned and commended by our Lord Jesus Christ, and is fraught with tremendous obligations and conse quences. The present day influence of the school and the world and sometimes of the church is not condu cive to the strengthening of sacred home ties. Our hearts are sad over conditions because we know the tide is on and we cannot change it; but parents who have hearts of love for their children can do much—if they will—to change the house into a real home, and by so doing stimulate the love of the children for their May 1926 T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 254 **> please God by sounding the alarm and demanding that no teacher shall be allowed to allure the youth of our land with their Satanic sophistries. ^ Read the notice in this issue of what the “ Bible Crusaders of America” have accomplished in Mis sissippi by which the teaching of evolution is forbidden in the tax-supported schools of that State. What has been done in Mississippi can^ e done in any State where the citizens are aroused to the danger which threatens our young people. THE WELL WORTH WHILE WORLD-WIDE WORK Our Lord was a worker. With His own hands He THE PIED PIPER OF PEDAGOGY Who is not familiar with the old tale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin immortalized by Robert Browning in rhyme ? The legend relates how that a certain musi cian, dressed in a fantastic coat, came to the town of Hamelin and, in a spirit of revenge, drew the children, by the magic of the tones of his pipe, to a cavern in the side of a hill which, upon their entrance, closed and shut them in forever. What could be more suggestive than the cartoon Mr. Daniels has given us in helping to visualize the sad story of our student population today t There are probably more than twenty million boys and girls, young men and women, in our State-supported schools, moulded a n d fash ioned the universe. “ All t h i n g s were made by Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made.” T h a t statement is about as conclusive as it could be, for it includes “ all things.” God’s plan for this j world was mapped out in eternity, and in the fulness of time He came to the stable in Bethlehem and was bora of a woman. He was known as “ the Carpenter’s son” for thirty years. There is a veil over those years in Nazareth, but we can picture Him at work at the bench. He was a Man, a r e a l Man,' a promised Man, and w h e n the time came for Him to take up the work for which He left the glories of H e a v e n , He an nounced it and took it up in the most definite ly practical manner. for the construction and support of which we are being heavily taxed. We want our chil dren trained to think and to know funda mental facts in order that they may be qualified to become self-supporting, loyal citizens of our land. History records that, in the past, our public schools h a v e b e e n largely instrumental in- building up o u r sterling citizenship. In those early days, the Bible lay on the teacher’s desk a n d was honored as God’s Word. There was no question as to the in errancy of that Book. Character was formed through faith in the Bible, and its precepts were woven into the lives of our youth; It was never d e n i e d , never treated irrever ently, and because of this we have b e e n b l e s s e d a b o v e all other n a t i o n s . His work was world-wide work. “ God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” The world was already under condemnation. Sin had brought the curse, and every child born into the world since Adam’s day has been under the curse. Man could do nothing to lift this curse. Only God’s Son could bring salvation to lost souls, and our Lord gave up Heaven to live a homeless life on this earth. The birds of the air had nests, but the Son of Man had not where to lay His |head. He allied Himself to a band of poor fishermen and set out to tell the story to lost souls. Me mingled with the common people and they heard Him gladly. He was despised and rejected of men, but He continued His work until He bore the sins of the world and paid the penalty by the sacrifice of His own life-blood. He arose from the dead and commissioned His fol- But today, the Pied Pipers in our institutions of learning, from the grammar schools up, are playing the most dastardly, unholy game ever played. We are paying professors and teachers who delight in under mining the faith of the students. The students listen to their sweet, seductive strains and are led into the dark cavern of doubt and unbelief which ends in hell, while we lie supinely upon our backs and hug the delusive phantom of hope that it will come out all right somehow. Many of these young people go to so-called Sunday Schools and churches where they hear the same kind of music from the lips of pastors and teachers. We read the startling statistics about the lowered stan dard, of morals of the present generation, give a yawn and go to sleep! For God’s sake, let us wake up! Let us demand a change of tune from the lips of the pipers, and let us i! 255 T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S Hay 1926 A “ brass brain” has been invented, with 15,000 separate parts, by means of which the government can tell ten years in advance what the high water mark will be at 3,500 seaports. . ■_ What is the secret of all this progressi The dis covery and development of new laws. For it is a funda mental truth that God always operates through definite laws, and no doubt He has hundreds yet undiscovered. He has laws for the human life, a knowledge and adap tation of which greatly aid us in our daily tasks. He has spiritual laws, one in particular which should be known by all people: Death is caused by .sin. “ The soul that sinneth it shall die.” “ After death, the judgment.” Christ came into the world to introduce a new, corrective law for sinful men (Rom. 8 :2-4) : "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law o f sin and death. , "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh; "That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. The Ten Commandments have never been kept by any man, for the nature of man is sinful. But^ God introduced a new law, “ the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus,” which makes us “ free from the law of sin and death.” Christ came in the likeness of sinful flesh, judged sin in the flesh, bore our sins, suffered in our stead, and when any one accepts Christ as Saviour, God puts into operation this new law of eternal life. Wonderful! Far more so than any of the laws of nature. There will never be any change in this new law. It is settled forever. All that is left for any man to do is to adopt it and have the joy of Hving a new life. lowers to “ Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature,” and we today are participating in the blessing of His soul-saving work and soul-saving commission. Every true believer is bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh and is commanded and commissioned for the same service, each one in his or her place. What is that work! The simplest, sweetest and most sou)-satisfying in the world,—the one thing which binds us in closest fellowship with our Lord: “ Tell the good news to hungry, thirsty souls. ’ ’ Be a preacher, for that is what the word “ preacher” means. When John the Baptist, in prison, heard of the works of Christ, he sent two of his followers to ascertain if it were true that He was the promised Messiah, and they carried back to him Jesus’ own message (Matt. 11:5, 6 ): "The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached unto them. And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. , A preacher is a “ herald,” a “ proclaimer.” Any place is a good pulpit from which to tell the story. A doorstep makes a fine pulpit. Many have been won to Christ there. A street corner is a royal pulpit. Hun dreds have been saved there. A jail, a hospital, an office, a store,—anywhere, everywhere, preach—“ bab ble” —make it known! i „ That is the command of the Master, “ Go—give. You may not realize it, but it is true, that in every community starving souls are longing for the message: “ Believe and be saved” ; “ receive Him and have eter nal life, which is the gift of God. ” Thousands of people are ignorant of the fact that they have been saved and commissioned to save others. If every pastor and every Sunday School teacher would wake up and tell the people these simple but serious facts, we would have an evangelistic campaign throughout the land. The best work has always been done by the simple-hearted people who have the undaunted faith in God’s Word and have accepted the place of ambassadors for Heaven’s Court and are carrying out the command. TRY IT OUT! FERTILE FACTS FOR EVERYBODY This is a new age, although so young. In mechanics, medicine, earth, air,—new laws are constantly being discovered. Ships are piloted through the air and photographs and music are broadcasted by radio. Wood alcohol is produced from coal and water. We are no longer dependent upon India for indigo, but produce it from coke. .. . String beans will produce a coarse fibre suitable for carpets and curtains. A cement-lined pipe will never corrode and will save many repair bills;. , Electricity is to be used to speed growth in plant life and hasten the ripening of fruits and vegetables. A prism now being perfected will soon enable us, not only to hear a ball game over the radio, but to see the players as well. . . . . Through a “ geophone” conversation can be heard from a fifty foot thick wall of coal. This device will help save the lives of imprisoned miners. m m GOD IN HIS WORD Oft in the Sacred Word When open leaved before me, I catch the vision of my Lord; His shadow passes o’er me. No more is He afar, As earth from distant star; But He has come into my room, Light and love seem to steal Upon ipe, as I kneel; Heaven’s wonders on my rapt soul loom, The Word becomes His Throne: As though I saw His Glory And as I read, God Himself I own Is in the Sacred Story. The secret, long desired, Of fellowship, is given: I read, and all my soul is fired As with^a present Heaven. Now I my God have found; His Glory shines around: These are indeed His Oracles: As priest, in mystic cave, Pretended that he gave Access to false gods, here God dwells. Thus as the Sacred Word Unfolds its Wondrous Story, I catch the vision of my Lord, And I behold His Glory. * —William Olney. Hill View, Champion Hill, S. E. 5. 256 T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S ___________________________MaP 1926 An Announcement of Arresting Importance by Dean J. M. Maclnnis ^SUMMER SCHOOL AND CONFERENCE^ BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES There will also be a course in the book of Romans that will bring us face to face with the thinking under the guid ance of the Holy Spirit, of the greatest mind in the school of Apostles on the subject of what it means to be a Chris tian, and what is fundamental in becoming one. We shall also offer a course for the consideration of ques tions raised by the science and criticisms of our day, in which we shall endeavor to show that the most satisfactory answer that can be given to the great questions of our world and life is the Christian answer. For those who are interested in the question of Prophecy from a dispensational point of view, we shall offer a course in the dispensational history of Redemption which will be in the nature of expository studies of certain great portions of the Word of God. We also realize that the subject of the Praise in the worship of the Church and in the life of the Sunday School and Young People presents a great many difficult and prac tical questions for Christian workers. In order to help along that line we shall ofTer a course in General Chorus and Conducting by one who has taught these subjects in McCormick Theological Seminary and the Chicago Bible Institute and, during recent years, in our own Institute here. The aim of that course will be pre-eminently practical and we know that it can be of real help to Sunday School work ers and Young Peoples’ leaders as well as to Pastors. • In addition to our own Faculty we are inviting in men of national and international standing. Rev. Charles E. Hurl- burt, who was referred to by the late Theodore Roosevelt as one of the greatest men he met in Africa, and who undoubtedly ranks among the great missionaries of our gen eration, will be present and take up questions of the inner life and also questions of the Missionary challenge as it comes to the Church and young people of our day. Dr. L. R. Scarborough, President of the Southwestern Theological Seminary at Fort Worth, Texas, is unquestion ably one of the outstanding men in the Baptist Church of opr country. He is not only an educator of great wisdom and power, but in the developing of the finest kind of schol arship he has developed one of the greatest soul-winning centers in the Baptist Church in the United States. He will take up some of the practical questions that will be involved in our studies, from the point of view of one of our leading educators. Dr. H. W. Bieber of the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant of Bala-Cynwyd, Pa., was trained to teach Science, and after giving some time to that profession was called into the ministry of the Church and has now come to be recognized as one of the outstanding Bible Conference men of our country. He holds a very high place in Conferences like the Montrose Conference and the Winona Conference, and we are very glad to be able to introduce him to the peo- HE Summer School and Conference Idea has come to hold a very large place In the life and think ing of the Church In our day. This Idea, which originated with the Church, is being taken over by the educational world and Is being used In a very effec tive way, indicating the value and effectiveness of the idea. Some of the greatest influences that have come into the life of the Church of Jesus Christ in the last twenty-five years have come through various kinds of conferences for Bible study and the deepening of the Christian life. In recent days the idea has been developing into more of a School idea, and there are schools to help Sunday School and Young Peoples’ leaders held all. over our nation. It is not strange, therefore, that many inquiries have come to us at the Bible Institute in the last few years regarding a Summer School. After a careful consideration of the whole subject we have decided to hold a Summer School for three weeks this sum mer, conserving in it the values of the conference idea. The purpose of the School will be to meet the great prac tical needs of all classes of Christian workers that may see their way clear to attend the sessions of the same. We know the feeling that comes to Pastors, Evangelists, Sunday School Teachers and Young Peoples’ workers, as well as those leading in Missionary interest, after they have given themselves to the work of the church' during the year. There has been a very decided strain on the life as they have been giving out constantly with comparatively little opportunity to' refresh their own lives, so we desire first of all to meet the needs of the personal life and will endeavor to supply leadership that will help people into a deeper and a higher Christian experience. In this we shall endeavor to bring those attending the -School face to face with the possibilities and resources of the Christian life in a sane and wholesome way. We shall also give a course on the problems of approaching men and women for the pur pose of leading them to Christ and then building them up in a true faith and into a strong and fruitful Christian life. Along this line we shall also give consideration to the place of Christian psychology in the work of the church and missions. In these courses the purpose will be to meet in a frank and practical way the vital problems confronting each worker that is earnestly endeavoring to win men to Christ and lead them into the way of living the Christlife in every-day relationships. One of the greatest needs of our day is a thorough knowledge of the Bible in a practical and experiencial way that will enable, men to teach it in such a way as to vitally grip the lives/ of those with whom they are dealing. There will be a course in the Minor Prophets— those men with a burden for righteousness and a vision and confidence of final victory for the good. The aim will be to make these great preachers of righteousness live over again, that we may hear their message for our day. | 257 T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S May 1926 May we also mention that beginning May 10th, and con tinuing for three weeks, we are conducting a school for leaders in Daily Vacation Bible Schools., These sessions are held Monday and Thursday evenings, at 6:30 and 7:30 each evening, and are conducted by those having charge of the work in the Institute who are helped by outsanding leaders from the different denominations in special work. With the sincere desire to help the churches and Chris tian workers to the greatest possible extent we are also contemplating next year a great mid-winter conference to which we shall invite some of the outstanding Christian workers and Bible teachers from all over the world. In this larger work that we are now undertaking we ask for the prayers and co-operation of all who are interested in the deepening of the Christian life and in making dynamic the services of the Church of Jesus Christ as it faces one of the greatest opportunities that the Church has ever faced. We realize that it is neither by might nor by power but by the Spirit of God that the work is to be accomplished, and we crave your earnest prayers that we may be guided by the Spirit and given power to accomplish His will concerning our task in the strategic place that He has given to us as an Institute. pie of the Pacific Coast. He has a decidedly original and striking way of presenting the truth and is especially help ful to preachers and Christian workers. We hope that many of the Christian workers of Cali fornia and adjacent states will avail themselves of the opportunities presented by this Summer School and Con ference. We hav^ a! beautiful building situated in the heart of Los Angeles, within easy reach of the beaches and the mountains, and its lecture rooms and auditorium are as cool as any place that you can find during the heat of summer, and room and board can be secured at very reason able rates. The classes will be held during the mornings and in the evening— the afternoons will be left free for recreation and sight-seeing. All the members of the Fac ulty as well as the visiting ministers will be available for conference, and we shall encourage in a very decided way conferences with those who are seeking help in matters of personallife as well as problems concerning their work. Our great desire is to be of the greatest help possible to those attending and to send them back to their churches and their work with a greater love for Christ and for the Church and for the men and women who are yet outside of Christ. ¿Me. ita l! m k The Prophetic Testimony of Philadelphia The Prophetic Testimony of Phila delphia is founded upon the following statement of belief: - T 1. That the Bible is the infallible Word of God and prophesies future events of tremendous portent which have to do with the people and nations of the world, and the present world condition leads us to believe that the fulfillment of many prophetic utter ances is close at hand. 2. That the return of our Lord may occur at any moment for His blood- bought saints when— “ the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 3. That all schemes of world gov ernment and reconstruction will ulti mately be subsidiary to the personal reign of the Lord Jesus Christ on the earth; when all nations will be subject to His Kingship, which will be the only solution for permanent world peace. 4. That Israel (i.e., the Jews) will be restored to their own land (Pales tine) in unbelief; and when Christ re turns to earth, they will own Him as their Messiah. 5. That the knowledge of prophetic events and the truth of our Lord’s re turn is a purifying hope and a force ful and practical incentive to high standards of Christian life and service. (This is a general statement which does not profess to decide upon partic ular details of prophetic interpreta tion.) tist Bible Union and Editor of “ The Bible Witness,” Hounslow, England; Dr. F. E. Marsh, London; Dr. F. B. Meyer, London. Lord’s prayer [HE need of an outstanding, public witness to prophetic truth has increasingly im pressed itself upon the hearts of those loving our Appearing. A f t e r m u c h , , B1 and deliberation, the Pro phetic Testimony of Philadelphia was founded at a time of prophetic meet ings in Philadelphia addressed by Dr. F. E. Marsh, of London, in December, 1925. For eight years, the Advent Witness Preparation Movement of England, with the beloved Dr. F. B. Meyer as chairman, has given a powerful testi mony to the glorious truth of our Lord’s Return. Such men as Sidney Collet, F. E. Marsh, A. H. Burton, Dinsdale T. Young, Douglas Brown and Dr. Meyer have sounded the pro phetic note throughout the length and breadth of Britain. It is with the same purpose that the Prophetic Testimony of Philadelphia has been formed in prayer, to proclaim God's program as revealed in His in fallible Word. The Prophetic Testimony of Phila delphia is interdenominational; the Blessed Hope provides a common meeting ground for all believers. Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month, addressed by leading exponents of prophetic truth. Confer ences other than the regular Tuesday meeting will be held, in various parts of Philadelphia from time to time. Speakers who have already been and will be heard include such men as Dr. J C. O’Hair, Pastor North Shore Con gregational Church, Chicago, Illinois; Dr. Arthur H. Carter, President Bap Oeneral Chang, known as. the Billy Sunday” of China, in command of the first battle line of Oeneral Feng’s army in the pres ent war In China. An Interesting incident is told of General Chang to the effect that through his preaching an ex-policeman ac cepted Christ. After getting out of prison he received a New Tes tament and agreed to read and carry it daily. He bought a wheelbarrow on which to carry his clothing and Scripture por tions, and Is making a tour of the 22 provinces of China, which he hopes to complete in ten years. He will appeal especially to the prisoners, of which It Is estimated there are fully 100,000 in China. i in or possession of the Word. We would be left on the dead level of all heathenism, as soon as the present re sults of the Bible could wear away; and the great war taught us that the devil in men soon gets the mastery if Christian restraints are withdrawn. 4. We would lose almost the only experience o f God and religion. The Word is His main means of talking with man, and of our cultivating inti mate relations with Him. The Word Itself says that it is “ God-breathed," as the word means in 2 Tim. 3:16, which is translated "inspired.” One who reads the Word as merely a hu man “ record" of “ literature" gets fallibility from it, and casts God out or discounts Him in it, as he may think or wish, just as Mormonism and other cults do. But he who reads it as the very Word of God gives Him a chance to speak to his soul, and then naturally speaks back in prayer, and so grows in grace by personal com munion with God. It is characteristic of speakers and writers holding the human idea of the Word that they almost never mention religious expe rience, or evidence much of it in their lives— the very thing the Bible was in tended to produce. Let us never lose this estimate of the Word, or the close fellowship with Him which it alone can produce. True religion is pri marily inward love to God and knowl edge of Him; not mere outward deeds. “ God looketh upon the heart;” and eternal destiny is decided by what He sees there, while it is also the source of outward condufct. Hence the belief we hold of the Bible is fundamental, and the loss of the true idea means the loss of almost everything Christian, as soon as cause could produce effect. Nothing will kill one’s prayer-life and personal walk with God more quickly than neglect of devotional use of the Word; unless it be other wilful sin. Many other results deserve mention, but space has already been exceeded. Surely the only rule for every.Christian .should be to cher ish faith in the Bible most closely, and to use the blessed Book devotionally and often! Doing away with or weak ening the power of the Bible on men would mean in religion just what do ing away with the multiplication table would mean in mathematics— RUIN! Religious truth is Just as positive, sci entific and certain as mathematical, on all the great points, and the Book is Its revelation. After the Bible,What? REV. JOHN D. HUTTING Cleveland) 0kio Secretary of The Utah Gospel Mission Editor "Light on Mormonism" Ay a A-HL ft/VY"' XUA Such standards are all the carnal man has to offer, and the last half of Romans 1 portrays their legitimate outcome. Bible standards would soon be forgotten, or at once outlawed, with the Book. 2. There would be no standard of belief left. Read Paul’s sermon on Mars Hill for the very best that re ligion without the Bible can offer-— continual questionings about "some new thing,” altars “ to. the Unknown God,” Intellectual gropings and uncer tainty for even the highest minds, with the immorality, blood and wickedness of every kind which every student knows was characteristic in such lands! "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he”— with nothing to tell him definitely about such things, what is possible but blindness and such un certainty and evil? And so surely as belief- shapes conduct, so surely will the life become immoral in whatever line its tendencies may be. The very idea of morality or immorality is left unsettled, and is the prey of its own surmisings, and temptations, or of despair. “ The road downward is easy:” we need all the incitements and help possible if we are to progress in the 'upward way, and of all these an im plicitly valued and faithfully used Bible is greatest. Here is probably the greatest n e e d of the present law breaking— the standard is gone in so many minds and its teaching about eternal penalty! 3. Our one source of knowledge even about Christ would be gone. The Bible is the only record of this Life and its events and results in this age. It would be ludicrous, were it hot so awful, to hear and read aspersions on the reliability of the New Testament and in the same breath professed lau dations of Christ and His “ loving spirit,” etc., of which we know nothing save from that Book and the early Church which grew out of its events. All genuine Christian love comes from hearts which have been born again of God; and the very knowledge of the new birth would vanish with belief OULD It not be well for per sons who are " p e c k i n g away" at the faith of men in the Word of God to stop and think, “What next, | if my ideas should prevail?" The Mormon has his answer ready. His “ prophet” began his course with affirming the insuffi ciency of the Bible and hence the need of his “ continued revelation” on points where the Book was "deficient,” and he made these professed “ revelations” the sum and substance of his great system of error. Christian Science is based on the same idea about the Word, expressed differently, and every other cult which we recall in Christian lands has done practically the same thing. Priestcraft can only get control by crowding out the Bible. Often this Is accomplished by peculiar, forced in terpretations of the Word, which amount to the same thing while out wardly maintaining belief in the kr Word, making the plain, real sense of the Bible untrue and substituting for this their own purposeful variations. But when men go still deeper, and act ually avow that the Bible is not the Word of God but the words of men, what then? Many a man these days, some standing even in professedly Christian pulpits, has thus denied the Word. Causes are Judged by their results. If such a position could pre vail, what then would be the inevitable result in our faith and life? morality left. Aside from the Word there is no such standard. Every- cult has its own standard when it departs from the authoritative Word; Mor monism believes in polygamy, in many "gods” grown up from men and with all fleshly attributes and temptations; almost or quite every other cult sooner or later gravitates toward the same goal and for the same reason; the true God of the Bible is lost, and their standards made for themselves are sensual, and are gradually lowered to fit their deeds— see all heathenism. We can only suggest a few of the many things which seem inevitable: 1. There would be no standard of
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