T h e K i n g ’ s
B u s i n e s s
291
May 1928
copies of T he K ing ’ s B usiness , containing information relative to the 4 A ’s movement, in order to prepare for battle. The Atheists in some mariner procured advance infor mation regarding “ The Godless Girl” and nothing else has so aroused their fury. The picture will show how Atheistic propaganda was carried oil among, school chil dren through the daughter o f an Atheist. A Christian boy falls into the trap and assists in the work. The stu dents raid a meeting o f “ The Devil’s Angels” and one is killed. The former Christian lad is imprisoned and mean while the Godless girl is converted and Sets out to win her chum back to the Faith. Mr. DeMille says his purpose is to show up fhe evils of intolerance, for which both believ ers and Atheists may be justly criticized. As we have stated heretofore, we cannot lend our sup port in any way to the movies, whatever bait may be used, but we are amazed at the blindness o f these Atheists to the fact that their nation-wide propaganda in advertising “ The Godless Girl” is saving DeMille thousands of, dollars in advertising and' will, as nothing else, impel people to go and see this film when it is., offered. This accounts for the fact that many, of. their hymns are very much alike in some respects and unlike in others. “ One was driven to Christ by the violence o f his sins, the other by the violence of his sufferings;” Newton’s theme was “ saving grace,” Cowper’s “ consoling grace.” In their two outstanding hymns, Newton’s “ Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken” and Cowper’s “ There is a Fountain Filled with Blood,” it has been pointed out by some author ities that “ the authors seem to have changed places”— each writing in the characteristic style of the other— and thus in coming to their best, self has been set aside and these two writers have given expression to the great universal truths o f Providence and Redemption. T he S tory of N ewton ■ John Newton was born in London in 1725. His mother was a godly woman and lived for her only child, whom she dedicated to the ministry from his birth. This influ ence he never got away from, though he wandered far and went deep into sin. He himself says that he “ took up and laid .aside a religious profession three or four times before he was sixteen.” His mother died when he was seven and at eleven he went to sea with his father., who was a captain o f a mer chant vessel plying between England and Mediterranean ports. His experiences as a sailor were varied, leading to thrilling adventure and a life of wickedness. He be came a sea captain and a slave dealer. At the age o f twenty-three, facing death in a water-logged vessel, under conviction of sin, with the memory of his mother’s early teaching and the thought of the faithful .girl who after ward became.his wife, holding him by tender ties, and the
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tions. So violent have become the threats concerning a story entitled: “ The Godless Girl,” now being,filmed, that Mr. DeMille’s advertising agent procured all the available
Hymns of John Newton and William Cowper By P rof . J ohn B. T rowbridge
ISTORY records many striking illustrations of remarkable friendships between noted men, whose names are thus inseparably bound to- |re3||b’ gether in literature and tradition. Damon, the JaMiKM. ancient Greek, was willing to stand sponsor for -L his friend Pythias, even unto death; that most beautiful Biblical story o f the royal lovers, David and Jonathan, grips us with ever increasing wonder. David describes the affection o f Jonathan as “ passing the love of women.” The Reformation period brings out the notable attachment o f two great scholars, Erasmus and Thomas More; while later records are brightened by accounts of the friendship of two great writers, Charles Lamb and Samuel Coleridge, and also that of the preacher John New ton and the poet William Cowper. An analysis o f these friendships brings out a principle that we may see exemplified all about us. In all great attachments there is the element of similarity o f tastes, as well as a bringing together o f opposite qualities that are complementary—mental and physical reactions that do not clash. In the case of the authors of “ Olney Hymns” we find Newton, hopeful, vigorous and aggressive, yet tetider and considerate, a personality in striking contrast to the retiring, self-depreciating Cowper. who was given to periods of despondency. Dr. Breed makes a very true comparison of these two friends when he says that “ while the external features of their early experiences were very unlike, their intrinsic characters corresponded very closely— especially in spir itual results; and while the physical natures and mental states of the two men were totally dissimilar, their tem peraments and tastes were almost identical.”
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