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May 1926 This Conference is held in a quiet place on Long Island Sound, amid rural conditions of beauty and healtn- fulness. . Stony Brook is less than two hours from the Pennsylvania Terminal in New York City, four hours from Phila delphia, twelve hours from Pittsburgh. Frequent trains are run from Brook- ^ lyn and New York. __ The program includes well-known speakers, special Bible teachers, mis sionaries from many lands. For reservations write: Rev. A. Davis, Secretary-Treasurer, 113 Fulton Street, New York, N. Y. Notice has already been given in The King’s Business S. S. Quarterly, and is now repeated here, that at the end of this year (1926) we will dis continue publishing helps on the Whole Bible Series of Sunday School Lessons, and devote ourselves to the International Series only, incorporat ing them with The King’s Business magazine proper, as was formerly done. This course has been deemed wise for various reasons, chief among which is the fact of much duplication be tween the Whole Bible Series and the International Series of Scripture por tions selected for study. While the International Outline will be followed, the lessons will, of course, be treated from a definitely Funda mental Standpoint, and we are sure that those who depend upon The King’s Business for help in preparing their lessons for teaching will not be disappointed. AIL M THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MISSIONARY REVIEW PUBLISHING COMPANY was held in the “ Home Missions Assembly Room” at 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City, March 4. It was well attended and of even more than usual interest. _ * The Secretary, Mr. Delavan L. Pier son, reported that during the year 210 articles had been published in The Re view, in addition to “ Best Methods,” “ Woman’s Home and Foreign Mission Bulletins,” “ News,” “ Book Reviews," etc. by many well known missionary writers and Christians of native churches in various lands. There were, besides, a large number of “ Home Mis sion” articles and the July number was devoted entirely to “ The Slavs in America.” The October number was devoted to “Work in Latin America.” During the coming year the Home Mis sions Study Number will deal with “ The Church and Rural Life” and the Foreign Missions number with “ Mos lem Lands.” The President gave a most interest ing address on “ The Enlarged Horizon and Closer Contacts of the Church Today,” and also showed the need that those who go as ambassadors of Qhrist to non-Christian peoples must have a vital and positive message to give them. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEACHERS!
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«For the grace of God tbnt brlageth salvation* batb appeared unto all w*®®* «Teaching ns that denying nagoaii- ness and worldly Insta» we should live soberly» righteously and godly» In this present world» • , , “Looking for that blessed hope and the appearing of the great God and our Sav iour Jesus Christ. . - “Who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all Iniquity and purify unto himself a peculiar people, sealous of good works.*9 (2 Pet. 3:11-13). The “ blèssed hope” has always dom inated the thought of the true church. Thè English burial service contains this prayer:* “That It may pleaae Thee »hortly to uceompliBh the number of thine elMt, nnd to haaten thy kingdom, that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of Thy holy name, may have onr perfect consummation and bliss, both In body and aoul, In Thine eternal and ever- laating glory, through Jean» Chrlat our Lord” (1 Theaa. ltlO). Bengel says: “ To wait for the Son . of God is the most appropriate mark of a true Christian.” Dean Alford says: “ Such waiting is the greatest proof of maturity and richness of the spiritual life” (1 Thess. 4:17-18). ' , "The more heavenly” says another saint, “ we become in out character and thoughts, the more, also, does the stream of human history appear to be as a hastening towards the coming of the Lord.” Luther went ever farther and was hardly willing to consider any one a Christian who did not eagerly long for the day of Christ. We are sons of God,— born from above. We share the life of Jesus Himself. What more natural than that we should long for our birthplace? The desire of Jesus is that we may share His glory (John 17:24). What more natural than that we, too, par take of the same desire? (Heb. 9:28 ). (Next month “Our Purifying Hope” vs. 4-10.) m GROWTH IS AN EVIDENCE OF LIFE The teacher of the Community Men’s Bible Class at Central Point, Oregon, advises that the average at tendance has grown from fifty-two in December to one hundred and ninety- five for the month of March. We are sure that this class feeds on the "sin cere milk of the WordV and “ grows thereby” (1 Pet. 2 :2 ). AIL j H EASTERN MISSIONARY CONFERENCE T H E INTERDENOMINATIONAL FOREIGN MISSION' ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA will hold its Fourth Annual Missionary Conference at Stony Brook, Long Island, July 2nd to July 9th, inclusive, 1926. This Association is composed of fourteen missionary societies. They are pioneer missions and have over 1700 mission aries who are working among about 43,000,000 non-Christians. This Conference is known for the emphasis it places upon spiritual val ues and because it is one of the few real missionary conferences held. The whole world is presented. It is not a time for Individual appeal. Np collections are taken. It is a season of inspiration and for Information.
gone and enjoyment also (Luke 12: 16): «And he »old unto them, Take heed, nnd beware of covetouaneaai for n man a life connlateth not In the nhnndnnce of the thin*» which he poaaeaaeth.” That is, life does not consist in mere existence or in outward possessions. A man owns only so much as He really uses for God and man. The Indian looks forward to future enjoyment and possessions,— "Happy Hunting Grounds." The Mohamme dan to a Heaven which for him means a harem of beautiful women. But Jesus offers the believer as his ulti mate reward the prospect of being like Himself,— an heir of God and joint heir with Jesus Christ (Rom. 8 :17 ): «And If children, then heir», krlr» ®f God. and Joint heir« with Chrl«ti If »» he that we Buffer with him, that we may be alao Kloriflcd together.” God’s love for us is manifested in the relation into which He brings us sons of God. God, the Creator, is very great. We, His creatures, are very small. But He calls us "sons,” and we are sons (John 1: 12): «But to a» many a» received him to them gave he authority «o ^com c thc ■on» of God, even to them which believe on hi» name.” The world does not recognize us, but neither did it recognize Jesus Christ, and for the same reason (v. 1). “ For thin cau»e the world knoweth n» not, becauae it knew him not.’ The world cannot see our future glory. “ It doth not yet appear (is not yet manifested) what we shall be. The world could not see the glory of Jesus. “ But we know” (what a start ling assurance!) that “ we shall be like Him." It seems too good to be true. A heathen convert, preparing a cate chism on the Bible, came to this verse and said, “ It is too much ‘To be like Him.’ Let us write it ‘That we may kiss His feet.’ ” . "Being like Him,” includes the whole man,— body, soul and spirit. We shall have a sound mind and a sound spirit in a sound, holy body. What a . glorious prospect! Christ is the ideal Man. All good thoughts, desires, aspirations, deeds, center in Him. And we “ shall see Him!” We shall see Him because we shall be like Him, and we shall be like Him because we see Him, “ as He is.’ Both are true (Matt. 5 :8 ). Let us come out from the shadow and stand in the full sunlight of this marvelous promise (2 Pet. 1: 3, 4). Looking at Jesus transforms the life even here (2 Cor. 3 :18 ): «But we »11, with open face, beholding ■■ In a gla»» the glory of the Lord, are changed Into the nm t Image, from glory to glory» even ak by tbe Spirit of the Lord.** Looking for Jesus transforms our affections. Hence “ every man that hath this, hope, purifies himself, even as He is pure” (Col. 3:1-4). The thought of the coming Of Jesus, of being with Him, of being like Him, cannot fail to revolutionize a life. It has tremendous power in changing our whole relation to this present world. God has ordained that the “ blessed hope” should be effective in the devel opment of the highest type of Chris tian character and life (Titus 2:11- 14):
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