THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 1087 Mr. Stubbs cannot see how we could reign with Him. Well, he must take that up with Paul, for Paul says we will, 2 Tim. -2:12: “ If we suffer, we shall also reign w ith him ; if we deny him , he also will deny us.” And John says in Rev. 20:6 : “ Blessed and holy is he th a t h a th p art in th e first resu rrection ; on such th e second death h ath , no power, b u t they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign w ith him a thousand years.” However, if Brother Stubbs is obstinate and does not want to join with the rest of the saints in the first resurrection, he can, of course, rise with the rest of the dead in thè second resurrection and take part in the judg ment of the Great White Throne. But we would warn him. that at that judgment the deniers of God’s Word, the unbelieving living and dead, those whose names are not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, are all relegated to the place in which there is no second chance. Rev. 20:12-15. “And I saw th e dead, small and great, stand before God; and th e books were opened; and ano th er book was opened, which is th e book of life; and th e dead were judged out of those things which were w ritten in the books, accord ing to th e ir works. And th e sea gave up th e dead which were in it; and death and hell deliv ered up th e dead which were in th em ; and they were judged every man according to th e ir works. ' / And death and hell were cast into th e lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found w ritten in th e book of life, was cast into the lake of fire.” It is a great thing to have a Bible in whose every word one places implicit trust, and such a Bible have we in the Bible Institute, and we com mend it to our friend Stubbs. The Scripture cannot be broken.—-T. C. H. T H E HOME Builders From an editorial in the Los Angeles Times, bristling with strong, virile, pungent metaphors, concerning the home, and its relation to our civilization, we quote the following: “The hum an home is th e very h e a rt of civilization. Courtesy, kindness, politeness, fairness and faith are th e perennial plants which m ust be grown in th e garden of th e home. We ta lk w ith the policeman, th e Sheriff, th e ju d g e ,‘con cerning th e d istu rbers of the peace. The overwhelm ing m ajority of these dis tu rb ers, especially th e younger persons among them , have ju st “ growed up” like Topsy, The paren ts in these homes have no t been careful to teach th e ir children to love tru th . The keen in stin ct of childhood discerns p aren tal prevarication. Children will not grow to manhood and womanhood w ith a love for tr u th ,, if b rough t up in a home where tru th is disregarded. If b rough t up in immoral homes children will grow to manhood and womanhood w ithout caring for th e sanctities of society. We do no t need a sermon to know th is; all we need to know it is sense. We do not need a preacher to tell us th a t we Cannot grow grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles. B u t thousands of p aren ts are acting every day as if we could h atch linnets and mocking birds and tu rtle doves from snake eggs. They are not foolish enough to th in k it when dealing w ith a hen ’s nest, b u t they are foolish enough to ac t it when dealing w ith th e home nest. Your home-w recker th ru sts his or h er stiletto rig h t into th e very h e a rt of civili zation. It is th e trag ic lesson of ancient Greece and Rome and Nineveh and Babylon th a t th e fall of each was preceded by th e degeneration of th e hum an home. We cannot make good hum an homes out of bad hum an hearts. And if w4 le t th e home go we cannot keep civilization. The home is th e key to the music of man. I t is th e foundation of all worthwhile democracies. The hum an
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