September, 1942
THE K I NG ’S BUS I NESS Around the King's Table LOUIS T. TALBOT, Edilor-in-Chief
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Listen In! The daily Bible teaching ministry of Louis T. Talbot, President of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, is to be extended to reach many new friends. BEGINNING AUGUST 1 7 - Time: 11 ,to 11:30 A. M., Monday ■^ through Saturday. Station: KMPC (710 kilocycles). The use of this 10,000-watt Bev erly Hills station is important for two reasons. It gives tenfold ad- ditiondi power over, that which has been used for these bróad- ■ casts heretofore, and. it identifies Or. Talbot's program with the key station in a new and far-reaching' . network. It is hoped that stations in . Fresno, Portland, and Seattle may be added later. BEGINNING AUGUST 2 4 - Time: 11:15 to 11:45 A. M., Monday through Saturday. Station: KROW (960 kilocycles). This program will be an exact re,- production of the one given earlier over KMPC. CONTINUING— Time: 9 to 9:30 P. M., Monday through Friday. Station: KPAS (1110 kilocycles). All of these broadcasts are exposi tory, practical, and challenging. They • make the Word of God real to the layman. Please ask your friends in the localities reached by. the stations named to share in the blessing of this Christ-honoring ministry. Whom Shall I Ask for in November? We Christians accept procrastina tion—our own and other people’s— without much lament. When we are dealifig with an individual who shows a disposition to put off the acceptance of Christ-as. Saviour, often we do not press the point. f Every “salesman of the gospel’’ .should take a lesson from the insur-’ ance representative »mentioned in The Advertiser's 'Digest: “An insurance salesman was on the point of writing a $25,000 pol icy. The prospect said he recog nized the need, meant to buy the insurance, but was inclined to , wait a while. ‘Later, later,’ he said. ‘Come back in November.’ . I “The insurance man’s hand was , on the doorknob. As he was leav ing, he spun around and asked: ’"Whom shall I ask for if you are not here in November?' . “The prospect got the point. It hit him squarely in the heart of a Many of the men and women and boys and girls with whom we talk today will not be “here in Novem ber.” Now is the time to win them jfor Christ. very strong complex. . . . ’■“ ‘Sit down,’ he said.” *
and ‘When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder.’ Gene, gives God all the praise and credit for saving, them, and he is so thankful that He gave him the strength and cour age to endure.” )
“ God Heard the Voice of the Lad" Gene Aldrich, Naval Radioman, and his two companions who were' forced to spend thirty-four days in the Pa cific oh a rubber raft the size of a bed, have been hailed national heroes. Their story of being .for over a month without supplies of food or water or navigating instruments has appeared in various,, publications and has been heard over the radio. The mother, of one of the sailors, Mrs. Ada Aldrich, objected to the wording of the ac count appearing' in a secular publi cation, and wrote a letter to the editor. Among other things she said: “It was the ‘Aldrjch lad’ that led that littlU band in the Lord’s Prayer (even though Dixon was old enough to be his father), and every evening, thereafter they held prayer services . . . 'He is the'’ first I have read about who gives God eredit and first place, and that’s news.” , THE KING’S BUSINESS wrote to Mrs. Aldrich, asking her to tell more about her son’s faith in God, and about her own. Following are excerpts from her letter. She is the mother of nine children and lives in Sikes- ton, Mo. (population about 8,000). She. wrote to THE KING’S BUSINESS: “We have always lived in very humble circumstances. We know ‘ wha,t sacrifice means. And last but not least,.we wish to ido that which God would have us- do al ways . . . The last ‘fourteen days of the boys’ voyage they had nothing to eat. Even in. those try ing days, when all seemed hope less, Gene raised his pleading eyes to God and in a weak but humbie voice said, ‘Lord, if. it be Thy will for me-to starve to death,- I’m willing;. Thy will be done.’ Then when two 'mighty waves washed him at last upon the coral reef which surrounded the little islet where theylanded and found a haven of res.t, he raised his hand to heaven and thanked God for saving him, and prayed Him to give his t.w o companions strength to make it safely to shore . . . Gene saw miracles performed one whole month. His favorite • Scripture is Psalm 23. Their pray er services were held about sun set daily. They tried to sing ‘Nearer My Qpd to Thee,’ ‘The Little Brown Church in the Vale,’
Sixty years ago,, in September, 1882, the Knights of Labor held their gen eral assembly in New York City, and. on September 5 a great parade was organized by the Central Labor Union of that city. In 1884, a resolution was adopted whereby the first Monday in September should be considered Labor Day, and steps were taken to have it recognized as a holiday. Labor Day, 1942, probably will be the occasion for increased emphasis upon' the fact of the importance of labor’s part in the present national emergency. Editors and public speak ers have pointed out the almost un precedented goals attained by the wo'rking people. - For example, War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson told the nation on July 25 that the country’s general output of planes, tanks, ships, guns, ammunition, and all campaign equipment was almost tripled over the production of last No vember. And yet he added: “I want to impress again and again that the picture is in no sense one that provides a basis for undue optimism . . . too much boasting is altogether premature.” It is the same truth, whether it re lates to industrial production or to personal salvation: It is a dangerous thing to rest on one’s own achieve ments. Complacent trust in personal goodness may even be a fatal atti tude. It is not a fact that men like to hear, but it is God’s truth never theless that it is "not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us” (Titus 3:5). “He that glorieth, let him glory In the Lord1* (1 Cor. 1:31),
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