THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
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FOR YOUR BIBLE Who h ath th is Book and reads it not Doth God H imself despise; Who reads and understands it not, His soul in darkness lies: Who understands and savours not, He h ath no re st in trouble; Who savours and obeyeth not, H© h ath his judgm ent double; Who reads, doth understand, , Doth savour and obey, His soul will stand a t God’s right-hand In th e g reat Judgm ent Day. THE SINCERITY TEST You pray, and qu ite rightly, th a t God may win th e heathen nations to Himself. B u t in th a t prayer, if it is really to mean something to God, if it is to go up as a w holehearted ex pression of your whole being, th en it ought to be th a t God can read this though t: “ I pray th a t God would b ring th e heath en nation s to Himself. I t may be th a t God is going to do p art of it through me. If God can only answer th is prayer by sending me to Africa, or China, or India, am I ready to go?” I t is no good asking God to do something through somebody else if we a re no t w illing to be th e in stru m ent of carrying out His purpose. Therefore we ought never to ask God to do anything in which we are not prepared to co-operate wholeheartedly w ith Him if He makes it plain to us to do so. We pray for foreign missions. If we offer th a t prayer and God comes to us and says: “Sell all you have and give it to foreign m issions,” are we ready to do it? I want us to be very clear th a t God cannot answer our pray ers as th e w holehearted expressions of our being unless we are prepared, the moment we kneel down and u tte r th e petitions, to say, “Here am I and all th a t I have, a ready and w illing in stru m ent for Thee to answer th is p rayer.” If we once approach God on these lines God will realize th e sincerity of our prayer.
And finally, w hat a going fo rth of the Gospel th ere will be w ith the power and fruitfulness whereof we have for so long felt the lack, when th is lesson is heeded! I t does seem as if God’s first lesson to which the en tire Book of Job is de voted—were also His .last, both to His own people, and to th e children of men. As regards the former, B lihu concludes His lesson w ith the words, “ He w ill ttot afflict” (Job xxxvii. 23). And as regards the la tte r also it is w ritten : “ But though He cause grief, y et will He have compassion according to th e m ultitude of His mercies. F o r He doth no t afflict w illingly nor grieve th e children of men” (Lam. iii. 32, 33). ■ ms i&fc. Hr ü r THE MODERN MAN H urry the baby as fa st as you can, H urry him, worry him , .make him a man. Off w ith his baby clothes, get him in pants, Feed him on brain foods and make him advance. Hustle him, soon as he’s able to walk, Into a gramm ar school; cram him w ith talk. F ill his poor head full of figures and facts, Keep on a-jamm ing them in till it cracks. I Once boys grew up a t a ration al rate, Now we develop a man while you wait. Rush him through college, compel him to grab Of every known subject, a dip and a dab. Get him in business and a fte r th e cash, All by the tim e he can grow a mustache. Let him forget he was ever a boy, Make golid his God and its jingle his jo y .' Keep him a hustling and clear out of breath, Until he wins— nervous prostration ànd death.
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