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T HE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S a fath e r of th e ancient Church,, “We have a boundary, th e cross of Christ.” He sits on no precarious throne, ' Nor borrows leave to he. W ithou t Him dream s of a world press ing forw ard into righteousness and brotherhood would lead into a dreary morass, a poor roadbed for a trium ph an t march. A bog-bank of reveries furnishes nothing on which to spike the rails. A stiff task faces us; a diluted gospel puts no iron into th e blood. A fter E. R. Sill had lost his faith he said: “How certain conclusions do take th e shine out of th in g s!” Professor Palm er of H arv ard once w ent to Phillips Brooks w ith a diffi cult question, and afte r talk ing w ith him an hou r he w ent fo rth w ith head high and h e a rt strong. When half way home he stopped and 1 exclaimed, “ I declare, I forgot to ask th a t ques tio n !” I t was no t necessary, for he had caught a fresh vision of Christ.— BIBLE SUNDAY December the seventh, th e th ird Sun day before Christmas, is Bible Sunday. The idea of Bible Sunday is th a t on one and the same day all Christians every where shall unite to exalt the Word of God. The necessity for th e observance of one special Sunday when the Book of Life shall be the them e of prayer and teaching, the w ider circulation of which shall become the zeal of th e church, is a t once app aren t and commendable. There is special value th a t all un ite on one day. An individualistic and scatter ed cheer would not make much impres sion compared w ith th e cheer from a thousand th ro ats shouted sim ultaneous ly. The Anglican and Episcopal church has for centuries emphasized the Bible on th is day. The New York Bible So ciety, tak ing th is Sunday which is near to December 4th, the day on which the
Society was organized 110 years' ago, has enlisted th e endorsement of official bodies of th e P resbyterian, Reformed, Methodist and B aptist Churches. The In tern ation al Sunday School Association has rcommended th a t every Sunday School observe th is Sunday as Bible Sunday. The annual observance of th is j day must resu lt in an intensity of pu r pose, and a fra te rn a l sp irit th a t will tend to magnify Jesus Christ through the honoring of the Word. The Bible is the Book of Life and Power, and there is g reater need of emphasizing its value to-day th a n ever before. We suggest th a t you sta rt now to plan in w hat way you will observe it. F ind out w hat is going to be done in the church service and in the Sunday School. Rem ind your pastor so he will have tim e to prepare an appropriate sermon. If more church members asked th e ir pastors to preach on th e Bible, fewer of th e men in the pulpit would be wandering so far afield. The church th a t loves th e Bible the most is invariably th e strongest church. L ite ra tu re giving suggestions and in form ation reg ard ing Bible Sunday and its observance can be obtained by w rit ing th e New York Bible Society, 675 Madison Ave., New York. AND WHAT HAVE WE DONE? Christian Science P ropaganda is car ried on w ith a zeal w orthy of a more intelligent faith. The yearly rep o rt of the church says th a t “in the past year 250,000 pieces of our lite ra tu re have been carefully d istribu ted in Boston alone. Over two hundred lite ra tu re dis tribu tion ■boxes have been placed and cared for by various groups in the city.” DID YOU NOTICE IT ? Did you notice th a t th e Religious Ed ucation Association at its 1919 session a t D etroit elected as its P residen t Dr. Samuel A. Eliot, who is also Preéident of the American U n itarian Association?
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