THE KING ’S BUSINESS R. A . T O R R E T , D; D. Editor T . C . H O R TO N , J. H . H U N T E R , W ILLIAM E V A N S , D. D „ Associate Editors KEITH L. BROOK S, Managing Editor
EDITORIAL
T H E W O R D OF G O D For tke Present Hour “ The horse is prepared against the day of battle: t But victory is of Jehovah.” Prov. 21:31 R. V. • “ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, 0 Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe His prophets, so shall be prosper. And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Give thanks unto the LORD; for His mercy endureth for ever. And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambush-, ments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.” 2 Chronicles 20:20-22. “ Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man (or a nation) soweth, that shall he also reap. ” Galatians 6:7. “ Vengeance is mine, and recompense, M, the time when their foot shall slide : For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste. ” Deutero nomy 32:35 R. V. T h e Tobacco Profiteers The Northwestern Christian Advocate is continuing its discouraging fight against the attempt of the tobacco producers to make money out of the war by bringing the young men who have gone to the front or are preparing to go to the front more and more under the power of the cigaret/Curse. The Northwestern Christian Advocate says, “ Take the matter of tobacco, par ticularly cigarets. Just previous to the war the fight on that insidious and destructive enemy of youth had progressed to the point of prohibition in certain States. Churches, without exception, opposed the use of cigarets, and the appellation ‘ coffin-nail’ was fastened upon it with more of earnest than jest. But suddenly the current of opposition seemed dried up; the friends of the cigaret multiplied; newspapers, magazines, bill-boards, and movie-screens were flooded with the most enticing advertisements ; the Red Cross gave its blessing; other soldiers’ aid societies were won over, and not a few ministers of the gospel either openly espoused the traffic or encouraged
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