November, 1934
T H E . K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
379
It is desired that throughout the nation Christians spend as much time as possible on Sunday, November 25, in inter cession for definite objects, some o f which are outlined in the Call: First of all, let us confess our individual and na tional sins, and cry mightily to God for forgiveness and spiritual healing. Then let us pray for the church, that the Spirit o f grace and supplication be poured out upon her, and that her spiritual life shall be revived. Let us pray for the homes o f America, and for the establishing of family altars. Then we should pray for the safety o f our nation, for the President, his Cabinet and advisers; for Congress, for Governors, and for all state and city offi cials. We should pray that God will not only bless America and Christians throughout this land, but that He will bless His people throughout the world, and that multitudes may be swept into the kingdom of God. Prayer is not only a privilege; it is also an imperative obligation. Again and again it has pleased the Lord to answer the united pleading o f His people. T o cite just one example: Last June, when the year’s drought exceeded anything experienced in more than forty years in America, the Blue Network was used to call the people to prayer for repentance and deliverance. The prayer that went out over the radio to hundreds o f homes was uttered by Rev. Harold M. Lundquist, Dean of the Moody Bible Institute. It was a remarkable petition, giving honor to God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ, acknowledging individual and national sin, and beseeching divine favor on the ground o f God’s grace. Many o f the Lord’s people doubtless joined in this earnest supplication. And the Sunday School Times declares that “ newspapers immediately reported rains throughout the area where the broadcast had been made.” As His people again unite in definite prayer, may it please God to grant once more the showers o f blessing without which spiritual drought is inevitable in the nation. An Oriental Views America T here have come as visitors to America during recent months, a distinguished Chinese leader and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Wang, o f Hongkong. Educated .in three Chinese Naval colleges, at the time o f his conversion in 1918 Mr. Wang held a high position in the Chinese Navy. Later, he felt led o f the Lord to resign his position and devote his time to' evangelism. In the years which have followed this decision, he has had exceptional opportuni ties for witnessing among his people, in almost every pro vince o f China as well as in other regions. Speaking o f his recent tour o f America, Mr. Wang makes various observa tions, humorously expressed: W e landed at Los Angeles the end o f June and have traveled over eleven thousand miles in three months, be sides taking about one hundred meetings in different places. One of my impressions o f America is that there are too many automobiles here. It is a nation on wheels. I have seen several automobile accidents. While riding in the car, I said, “ Praise the Lord, my cup runneth over— but please, Lord, not my car 1” I never realized before that there is a desert in America. It was very hot when we drove through the desert parts o f southeastern California and northern Ari zona and New Mexico. The heat we encountered in Amer ica is like baking—it dries you up; while the heat in China is like boiling—you at least are left juicy. “ It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not” (Lam. 3 :22). With keen spiritual insight, Mr. Wang views America’s real need as well as that o f the whole world, when he says: How sad it is to see this country, which puts the in scription “ In God W e Trust” on its dollar, departing from the God o f its fathers! It is the faith of the Pilgrim Fathers that made America great. There is no such thing [Continued on page 387]
THE AUSTRALIAN BLACKS An Illustrated Article by Louis T . T albot
A n A boriginal C hief T HE President of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles has just returned from Australia, where he spent three adventurous weeks in the interior, penetrating the region known as the Land of the Never Never. He has brought back a remarkable account of the weird customs and strange ceremonial rites of the wild trikes, and also of the great change which the acceptance of the gospel of Jesus Christ has wrought. This story, illustrated with actual photographs, will appear in an early issue of the KING’S BUSINESS. The picture of the aboriginal chief used this month is the property of Picturesque Australia. Wherever Mr. Talbot traveled, he received a warm welcome, which was extended also to the other members of his party— Mrs. Talbot, their daughters Audrey and Betty, and thirteen- year-old Hugh B. Evans III. A t Honolulu, Mr. Talbot was asked to speak to about fifty guests at a dinner arranged for their pastor by Mr. and Mrs. Guernsey Brown, members of the Church of the Open Door. These missionaries, after receiving training at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, went to Hawaii to labor among Japanese, Chinese, and Hawaiians. At Sydney, Australia, the city of Mr. Talbot’s birth, he spoke repeatedly in the Town Hall, on one occasion addressing 3,500 young people at the closing session of a Christian Endeavor Con vention. Meetings for one or two weeks each were held in the following centers in Sydney: Central Methodist Mission, Burton Street Baptist Tabernacle, Burwood Baptist Church, Manley Con gregational Church, and Redfern Congregational Church— the campaigns taking the form of evangelistic services or prophetic con ferences. Every Wednesday that he was in Sydney, Mr. Talbot addressed the intercessory meeting at noon in the Town Hall, where about 700 gather regularly for prayer. A number of souls were saved during these weeks abroad, but it was felt that the greatest work was done in establishing in the faith the many Christians who had been swayed by the modernistic trend in the world today, and whose love for the Lord and His W ord had grown cold. Numerous other invitations for ministry were received, including a call to preach for two weeks in the Baptist Tabernacle of Auck land, where Dr. Joseph Kemp had ministered for many years. Returning to his pulpit in the Church of the Open Door on October 7, Mr. Talbot was greeted at both the morning and eve ning services by congregations of approximately 3,500 people. The burden of his messages was a call to prayer— prayer that souls may be saved, that believers may be established in the faith, and that young people especially may be sent forth with the message of redeeming grace.
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