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June, 1944
Current Business LOUIS T. TALBOT, Editor-in-Chief
Commencement at Biola The thirty-fourth annual commence ment exercises at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles will be held in the week of June 4. The baccalaureate address will.be given on Sunday eve ning by Don Householder, co-pastor (with Robert P. Shuler) of the Trinity Methodist Church, Los Angeles. Class day exercises will be held on Wednes day, yJune 7, and the commencement message will be delivered on the fo l lowing evening by H a r r y Rimmer, well-known s c i e n t i s t , author, and preacher, ./• The Class of 1944 numbers seventy- four members, of whom sixteen will qualify for a degree. The motto of the class, “ Christ to the Uttermost,” ex presses not only the aim of these graduates, but also the purpose of the school itself. the war. The trend was definitely to ward internationalism on a grand scale. This trend seems now to be revers ing itself. There is an evident leaning to intense nationalism. The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Commit tee has bluntly said that the idea, once so popular, of an “ international police force” is no longer seriously contem plated. Official reports have been rather meager on the subject of what ac tually took place in the celebrated conference between Messrs. Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. However, only a few weeks after the conference, leading military directors in the na tion’s Capitol announced that America must continue compulsory military service for all young men for an in definite period following the war. It was stated that we must plan to main tain an army of at least several m il lion men in the post-war period. The war will be prosecuted until we have attained “total victory”—that is, the total defeat and disarming of Ger many and Japan, and their satellites. Germany and Japan will not be per mitted to keep military forces in the post-war world. Against what nations will our large post-war army be used? Already, it would seem, our more far- visioned leaders discern the general outline of a third world war. The Scriptures tell us that there will be no world system of peace and brotherhood until Christ comes and es tablishes His own righteous rule. [.Continued.on Page 2241
—will’ avail nothing unless he who prays is rightly related to God the Father through His Son Jesus Christ. There must be the confession o f per sonal and national sin, the acceptance of the atoning work of Christ the Saviour, and reverent dependence upon Him for favor if prayer is to “work” and accomplish what is desired. To present the advantages o f prayer with out declaring its governing conditions is, basically, a tragically unkind thing to do. A ll the rules are in the Book; let us acquaint ourselves and others with them and submit to then). Then let us PRAY, assured of results.
Thank You Many readers have told us that the May number—which was the first one to contain fewer pages than formerly, in compliance with WPB requirements —brought special blessing to them as they read it. We praise God for this happy result. Readers have appreciated the fact that much advertising is b e i n g re jected (at financial loss to us) -in order to keep the article section and the de partments of lesson helps at their nor mal size. K To all these understanding and gen erous souls—“thank you.” This Business of Prayer In prominent display type, many newspapers throughout the nation re cently carried a two-column, page-long article entitled “A Time for Prayer.” The “ time,” the article explained, is to be at the beginning o f the antici pated invasion of, Europe: It would be proper . . . if on in vasion day not only prayers should be offered up in all churches and private houses in the United States, but that when the announcement is made that the invasion has be gun, there should be an observance of prayer and meditation on the streets. A ll traffic should stop, for however short a time . . . Soon er can the sun be plucked from his sphere than the idea of God can be erased from the human spirit and His worship banished .from the earth . . . We urge that all Americans PRAY, each in his own way, to the one Supreme Being who holds this mighty ven ture . . . in the hollow of His hand and in the decrees of His will. It is indeed heartening to find great American dailies, that reach thousands of readers, giving this much space to the subject of needed prayer in the n a t i o n . One can remember many years when there was no such empha sis coming from the secular press. It would be even greater cause for rejoicing if these newspaper readers had been informed of the real nature and purpose of prayer. Should not the article have stated plainly—as the Word of God does—that true prayer is not a demand made to God on the part of unregenerate hearts, that it is not like a charm to be used for one’s per sonal advantage? A ll the praying that may be done in churches, in homes, on the streets— worthy as this plan unquestionably is
Behind the News By DAN GILBERT
NEW DEFINITION OF TREASON: • In Chicago, recently, a soldier was brought into court, charged with caus ing a disturbance in a cocktail lounge. He was first arraigned on a charge of “malicious mischief” ; he had thrown whisky glasses through bar mirrors. The judge tolerantly excused the act as a pardonable prank. The same soldier was then accused of breaking five bottles of whisky. The judge became severe at once and im posed a prison sentence, declaring, “ Anyone who would destroy five full bottles of whisky in times like these commits a crime tantamount to trea son.” Commenting upon the case editor ially, the Salt Lake City Tribune said, “Were Carrie Nation alive today and engaged in the activity that made her famous,, this judge would probably sentence her to be shot at sunrise.” When one considers the attitude of this judge, and of some bureaucrats who allot large quantities of gasoline to keep the beer trucks and whisky salesmen on the road, he would gain the impression that the protection of the “freedom of the alcoholic traffic” was one of the “freedoms” for which we are fighting. CHANGE IN POST-WAR PLANNING: • A drastic «change has taken place in the general attitude toward the post war world. A year ago, the leaders of the Allied Nations were thought to be committed to the idea of a strong world government to be set up after
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