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THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
July 1925
and when he had been away from his old fogy uncle for a while he would see the world didn’t believe the way he did. “But, Louise,” he replied, “that’s the point. It is true that the most of the people in the world don’t believe the way I do, but that does not make my belief untrue.” “Well, as for me, I choose rather to go with the majority than to be strange and queer. Come on, William, let me teach you to dance. If you once dance, and begin to enjoy yourself as a young person, you will drop off your serious ness like a hideous cloak,” was Louise’s rejoinder. “But Louise, I do enjoy myself, and there are many like me. There is a joy in being a Christian that transcends worldly pleasures. If you would once yield your life to Christ, surrender your will to Him, you would find a joy that the world cannot know,” pleaded William. “I don’t want to know. If being a Christian would make me dislike dancing, and ail the other pleasures in life, I don’t want to be a Christian, at least while I am young. Besides, I want to use my mind and my life as I want to. That’s what it is given to me for. Who wants to surrender the best of life to anyone else, and then have all the joy taken out of life?” “But Louise, you don’t understand! surrendering to God, is surrendering ourselves to the One Being Who knows best how to use our lives in order that we may make the best use of them. Do you not think a creator could best understand the created, better even than the created could understand itself? Don’t you think an inventor could best place his invention in the right place, and in contact with the right materials to make it count for the most? It is that way with our lives; when yielded to God, our Creator, we but yield ourselves to Him who can increase our capacity of enjoy ment in right things, who' can put us in the place and sur rounded by materials that will help our lives to accomplish the best in life for us. Can’t you see, Louise, can’t you understand what a beautiful big thing in life it is to be ‘born again’, to be ‘transformed by the renewing of your mind in Christ?’ Can’t you see that is the only worth-while thing in life?” “No, William, I can’t. Let’s go out into the kitchen and make some fudge.” Thus she turned away this, and many another conversation which she felt were getting beyond her.
Vacation Books For the Younger Folks
The following are just the kind of books that you would like to have your children read—Good Books—safe, every one of them-—“Pansy’s.
The King’s Daughter By “P an sy ” T his sto ry deals w ith a young girl called by d u ty from a C hristian hom e to a po sitio n as housekeeper for h er fa th e r in a village tavern. H er v icto ry over unfavorable circum stances in hom e an d in chu rch is b ro u g h t a b o u t by h er w ork n o t being done in h er ow n stren g th . Cloth, 75c Wise and Otherwise By “ P an sy ” T his book abounds in keen w it, an d show s a w onderful in sig h t into hum an n atu re. It deals effectively a s well as e n tertain g ly w ith such su b je c ts a s: a young m in ister’s w ife’s fondness of d ress; en tertain m en ts fo r those classed a s religious; an d th e position of w om en em ployed for house w ork. C loth, 75c Tip Lewis and His Lamp By “P an sy ” Tip is found a rag g ed boy in a m ission class, deserving his b ad nam e, an d becom es respected an d honored th ro u g h th e teach in g of his sacred “L am p.” He overcom es him self an d w ins his w ay a g ain st unfriendliness a n d disdain. The influence for good e x ert ed by th is book can nev er be estim ated. Cloth, 75c Three People By “ P an sy ” The “th re e people” a re three boys b o rn on th e sam e day; one in th e aristo cracy , one in th e w ell-to-do m iddle class, and one in th e slum s. The boy w ith th e le a st chance is th e one to com e safely to m anhood' and a c t a noble p a rt in helping o thers. Cloth, 75c Julia Reid B y “ P an sy ” Julia, w ishing to be self- su p p o rtin g , secures a position as bookkeeper in a city. Away from hom e as she is, an d w ith a b eau ty an d a ttra c tiv e n ess th a t ad m it h er to desirable so cial circles, Ju lia is soon co n fronted w ith th e questions th a t a C hristian girl in the w orld m u st decide fo r herself. The stru g g le betw een co n science an d p leasure is a h ard one, b u t th e pow er of early train in g leads Ju lia a rig h t in due tim e. C loth, 75c
Four Girls at Chatauqua
By “P an sy ” F our y o ung ladies, fo r a sum m er outing, go to t h e g ath erin g a t C h atau q u a w ith no o th er pu rp o se th a t th a t of a m erry “lark ” in th a t beautiful spot. T he sum m er so lig h tly begun, tu rn s o u t to be of m o st w eighty im portance an d also b rin g s genuine plea- u re to th e girls. Cloth, 75c Judge Burnham’s Daughters B y “ P an sy ” T his splendid sto ry fo r girls tells of a C hristian step m o th er’s tria ls w ith tw o b eau tiful an d w ayw ard sisters, in full glow of early w om anhood. R uth E rskine, w ell-know n as one of th e m em orable “Four G irls a t C h atau q u a” finds th a t h er efforts have b ro u g h t á resu lt beyond h er expectation. Cloth, 75c Esther Reid B y “ P an sy ” E sth er Reid, occupying th e responsible position of eldest in th e fam ily, aw akes to the fa c t th a t she m ig h t do far m ore in helping h er younger siste rs a n d b ro th e r to form noble lives. H er ow n life is all to o sh o rt, b u t in it she accom plishes a w onderful and enduring w ork. - C loth, 75c Ruth Erskines Crosses By “ P an sy ” R uth E rskine will be rem em bered a s th e m ost sta te ly and a risto c ra tic of th e well know n “ F our G irls a t C hatauqua.” W ell w as it fo r h er th a t she had a stro n g p erso n ality an d a n indom itable sp irit in view of w h at she w as called upon to endure. She soon learns th e g re a t lesson th a t hum ble, p ra c tic al people m ay be th e tru e s t an d m o st useful in em ergency. Cloth, 75c The Chatauqua Girs at Home By “P an sy ” T his is an entirely indepen d en t sto ry , alth o u g h it con cern s of course, th e well- know n “F our G irls’* w ho w ent to C hatauqua on a pleasure excursion an d found an influ ence w hich changed each to an e n th u siastic C hristian. Cloth, 75c
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